The Voice (Luke Hemmings)

1. Out

I sat in my bedroom, laying on my bed with my head pressed into one of the many pillows. I heard the faint music from a few streets away, where the arena was. There was an All Time Low concert, right now. When I heard that they were coming to Los Angeles I was so stoked. But of course, my father told me I couldn't go because my grades were 'too low'. So yea. Here I am, laying on my bed, moping around. If I asked my mom if I could go, she would tell me: "Yea, sure. Go have some fun." But she wasn't the one who made the rules here. My father did. So if he told me I couldn't go, I couldn't go. Period.

I sighed deep and opened my window. I could hear the faint bass better now. I looked over the rooftops to see the arena, where All Time Low was performing right now. Fuck. Stupid parents. Stupid grades. Stupid father. Ugh. My phone buzzed next to me and I looked who it was. It was Anna, my twitter friend from Sydney.

Anna: U ok?

Ugh, she knew me so well. We've never met each other, but we were really close. I did have a couple of friends here, in Los Angeles, but it wasn't the sort of friendship that if one of them moved away I would miss them. I just... Nah.

Me: Lil bit.

Anna: :'(

I chuckled.

Anna: Why don't you just go to the arena and try to sneak in? It's what I would do...

My face scrunched up.

Me: Idk... My father will kill me when he finds out. And I'll never get past those sharkeisha guards.

I waited for her response.

Anna: IF you get caught. And if you do, isn't that worth it? I mean, you get to see All Time freaking Low! And who cares about the guards. You'll find a way.

I chuckled again. All Time Freaking Low. Yea.

Me: U know what? I'm just gonna do it.

I threw my phone on my bed and walked to the closet. Within 10 seconds I found my favorite All Time Low pullover and my black shorts. That's another reason why I didn't have a lot of friends... My music taste. And my appearance. I really like wearing band shirts with simple skinny jeans under it, but I guess other people just think it's boring. But I don't really care so I keep wearing them. I threw my Vans on and looked around my room one last time, to see if I need to bring anything. Nah. I held my phone in my hand while I walked downstairs. My parents were both working, so they wouldn't notice me being gone. I closed the front door behind me and walked down the driveway. When I was in front of the massive gate I pushed the buttons of the lock and the gate opened. I walked through the gate and followed the faint sound of the concert.

While walking towards the arena a lot of thoughts were racing through my mind. Not about the concert, but about my family. How messed up it was. I didn't have any siblings, only my mom and father. My mom was an only child too, so I don't have any aunts or uncles on her side. And her parents died a couple years back. And my father has an older brother. But keeping in touch with your family is just "A waste of time". He said when I asked him about my uncle. So yea. Only my parents. My mom works 3 days in the week at the children's hospital and my father has his own company. That explains the mansion and the 3 cars in the garage. But I don't like it. He's obsessed with his work and he's either at work, or in his office at home. He only comes out of his office to go to his work. How does he eat you ask? My mom brings him breakfast and dinner every day. That bastard can get it himself, but my mom and me both know what he would do when she doesn't do what he asks of her.

The arena was now in front of me. I walked to the entrance, only to find out the doors were closed. There had to be another entrance... Right? I walked around until there was another entrance. This was only for meetings and stuff though, but there had to be at least one door from the meeting side of the arena to the concert side. So I casually walked in. "Can I help you?" A woman behind the desk on the right asked me. I nodded and walked towards the desk. "Yea, I'm here for the All Time Low concert, but the doors were already closed... I'm late because I'm from Arizona and my mom's car broke down so I had to take the bus." I lied smoothly. "I'm sorry, but I can't help you. There isn't any other entrance to the concert." She said. I frowned and let tears blur my vision. I sniffled and nodded. "Can I at least go to the toilet here? Because it was a long ride." My voice quivered. "Yes, of course. Just follow the toilet signs on the wall." I nodded and sniffled again. I looked around and saw the toilet signs, so I walked towards them. When I was out of the woman's sight I opened my eyes wide and blinked a couple of times so the tears would go away. After that I wandered through the corridors and stopped when I saw a map of the arena hanging on the wall. There was a big red arrow pointed at the place I was standing right now. I looked at the map of the different floors. Gosh, there were 8 floors. And then I saw there was a door on the third floor that led to the concert. I made some photos with my phone of the map and walked towards the concert.