Shoulders

Chapter Two

Amber's POV
We got to the stadium, where they were going to be performing, and I was wearing my necklace and bracelet by the time we pulled into a parking space.

"One more thing I may have slightly forgotten to mention to you." Katelyn said. I looked at her, a little confused.
"I may have gotten VIP tickets, so we get to do front row, and we'll get about a twenty-five minute private meet-and-greet with all the artists here tonight. How does that sound?" I nearly screamed, hugging her. This was the best birthday ever. We got in line, and she handed me my ticket, and fifteen minutes later, we were in our front row seats, waiting for the concert to start. We had about a half hour before the concert was going to start, so I checked my phone and saw I had a text from Hanna.

H- did you find out what you're doing yet?
A- yeah. We're at a For King and Country concert, and we're going to dinner after! I can't believe this!
H- sweet! I'm actually going to get an aid fitted for me tomorrow.
A- Cool. Do you know what Conor's doing?
H- yes, but he told me I can't tell. Gotta go. Piper and Jesse are waiting for me.
A- see ya.
H- bye.

As soon as I put my phone away, Joel came out onstage, and got a microphone.

"Alright, well then. Now, where are we again? On yes, Richmond. Well, we have someone special performing tonight. You may know her, and love her music, but I might have you beat. I love her and her music both. Ladies and gentlemen, Moriah Peters." I gasped, jumping, and I heard Katelyn laughing as she came out onstage. Joel gave her a quick kiss as he headed back offstage. She turned to us, smiling and slightly blushing.
"Okay then, just so you know and so there are no false rumors going around, my maiden name is Peters. My married name is Smallbone, since Joel is my husband." Her last words were drowned out by the cheering. After a couple minutes, the cheering died down, and she started talking again.

"Alright then, this first song is the title song of my new album, Brave. After this one, I have a very special song, called I'll Wait for You." She did Brave, and then Joel came back up and did I'll Wait for You. She performed I Choose Jesus, Stand Strong, and I Don't Want to Live for Me, and then For King and Country came up and performed Fix my Eyes, Proof of Your Love, Ceasefire, and Priceless. Then, it got really dark, and we heard a gunshot noise, and we saw flames, which scared me half to death, and I may have screamed when we heard that noise.... Anyway, Skillet came up, and did Monster, One Day Too Late, Rise, and Fire and Fury. Then, Luke came up, and performed Comatose with Skillet, which, quite frankly, was amazing. Then, I was shocked again by Colton Dixon coming up and he did Back to Life, More of You, Never Gone, You Are with Moriah, and he did Scars. I had never actually heard that song before, and I found myself thinking about the scars that I had given myself from that cutting that I did. I looked at Katelyn, and she was crying too. She had a pretty rough background, but all I knew was her parents had been abusive. Each band did eight or nine more songs, and some they mixed up the artists with it. Then, the final song was For King and Country's It's Not Over Yet, and Moriah, Colton, and Skillet did it with them, which was amazing! I looked at the time, and it was six-thirty. Wow. Time flies when you're at a concert like this. We got to tour backstage, and then we had our meet-and-greets.

Joel's POV
I looked at the sheet of paper in my hand, and nodded slightly.
"We've got two more people, and they're together. Ummm....two young ladies." Luke nodded, and Thomas led two young ladies in. One looked about twenty, and the other sixteen. We shook hands with them, and sat down. There was an awkward silence for a moment, and then the older girl spoke.

"Well, one of us has to break the ice here. I'm Katelyn, and this is Amber. We actually met about two years ago, and her coming here was a birthday present from me and some from my brother." I chuckled slightly.
"Well, Amber, Happy birthday. So question for you two. Are you related, because you look like sisters?" Amber smiled sadly.
"No. I wish, though. She was the one who first introduced me to your music. We met when she moved to the group home that I'm at right now." She must've noticed my confused look, because she gave another sad smile and continued.