A Picture Only Shows So Much

chapter 2

I woke up groggy and confused where i was. the room was a strange neutral tan color and there were no decorations. i wiped my eyes again and saw the familiar chair in the corner. i was home. The room smelt heavily of paint. The bed looked like it had never been slept in. All of my posters were boxed up and put in the attic. Evidence that i lived here was gone.

I crawled out of the bed and my feet were hit with a tingling sensation. they had replaced the beige carpet with dark wood floors. a meow bounced against the empty room and i lifted up a blanket to see my cat. i had found him 9 years ago in my backyard and we kept him. his name is king henry the third. my parents have been keeping him while i was at college. they don't allow cats in my apartment. i picked him up and gave him a kiss. he snuggled in under my arm and we walked downstairs to meet my mother making coffee. henry jumped out of my arm and ran to his food bowl while i greeted my mother.

"Good Morning mom." i said groggily. my hands found the cup of tea my mom made me.

"good morning sweetheart. i see you found henry." she laughed. i walked over to his food bowl and scooped out some food and he purred while he ate.

"so thanks again for the tickets. i honestly can't wait for tonight." i said with a smile.

"well you know its noon right. don't you want to start getting ready?" she said looking at the clock.

"oh my god thank you." i pecked her on the cheek and ran back upstairs. i was able to take a shower and do my hair and makeup with the sudden burst of energy i had. i checked my phone and it said 3 o'clock. people would already be in line but i decided to hurry down there.

it is 4:00 by the time i get down there and the line was super long. Instead of going to the back i looked for the meet and greet line. while i was looking people were giving me awkward looks. I tried my best not to look like i was totally cutting everyone in line. I found a nice looking girl and asked her if this was the line.

“hello. my name is emily. is this the line for meet and greet with all time low?” i asked.

“hi my name is heather. yeah it is. are you shooting the show?” she glanced down to my camera bag.

“oh yeah i am. this is my first time seeing them. i feel so lucky to be able to shoot it!” i laughed.

“wait. youve never seen all time low? well i'll be at barrier in front of jack. thats where i always am. this is my fifth time seeing them.” she said with a beaming smile. she looked no younger than sixteen.

“yeah i was busy with college and they never came at a time where i could go. ll probaby be shooting zack most of the time. he is my favorite if i had to choose!” I said. then all of a sudden  matt flyzik came out the door and started talking. he told us what was going down and what we had to show to get in. i pulled out my media pass and my email confirmation. When i reached the front of the line matt told me that after meet and greet just show one of the security men my pass and they would let me over. We were let into the venue and led into the actual concert area. all time low was spread out amongst the standing area.

i gripped my camera bag tightly and felt my heartbeat quicken. there were only 35 of us. i made my way over to rian and waited for about 3 minutes before i could get to him.

“hi rian! would you mind signing my media pass for me?” i lifted up the laminated tag and he signed it quickly.

“youre shooting the show? thats so cool. make sure to get good pictures of me!” he winked and i tried my best not to let out some noise similar to a dying whale.

“can i get a picture too?” i asked. “yeah sure.” he said. i held up my phone and took a picture using the front camera.

“see you later!” he laughed. i looked around and i saw that jack’s crowd was thinning out. i walked over to him and a smile went across his face.

“hi there! my name is jack and how may i help you today?” he said in a walmart helper voice. i let out a little laugh and smiled.

“can you sign my media pass for me jack?” i couldn't stop smiling.

“oh sure young lady. so youre going to be taking photos huh?” he asked as he signed my pass..

“yeah i'll try my best to get good ones.” i laughed.

“well you gotta get my good side see,” he turned profile and made a cute face. i laughed and he chuckled a little too.

“well can i get a picture with you also?” i asked. he nodded and put his arm around my shoulders as i took a picture of us. my arms were too short to get us both in the picture.

“here let me!” he slid his hand over mine and took my phone and extended it further. he took the picture and gave me my phone back.

“so where am i going to be able to see the photos you take?” he asked as i was about to go.

“oh i usually put them on my facebook page.” i responded.

“here type in the name of it and ill search it up later to see the photos!” he handed me his phone and i typed down the name in his notes app. i handed him back his phone and he gave me a high five. i walked over to alex and zack and had to hurry through their lines. time was almost up and i had a sea of people behind me. when the band said their goodbyes and headed backstage we headed towards the barrier. i showed a big buff security guard my pass and he let me go around the barrier. i said thanks and he nodded.

it seemed like forever until the first opening band came on. i took a few shots of them. they were good but i could see why they were an opening band. the next one came on and they were one of my favorite bands. i took a lot of pictures of them and jammed out by myself. Then all time low came on the stage and i went to the right side of the stage where zack usually is. they started playing and i walked around taking photos of alex,rian.and zack. then i got to jack and he smiled wide.

i smiled back at him while he turned to the side like he did in the meet and greet. i threw my head back laughing and so did he. he went back to playing and i walked back to alex. in the middle of the set i took another walk around and i was back at jack. he wiped his forehead and sat down on the edge of the stage and played. fans practically threw themselves over the barrier and pushed me closer to him.

“Hi again” he yelled. i made out what he said and mouthed “hi!” i pointed my camera at him and got a bunch of different angles. something hit me in the back of the head while i was taking a picture and before i could get it jack reached out and grabbed it from my hair. he put the double d hot pink bra around his neck and i started giggling. i held up my camera and pointed to the right side of the stage and waved goodbye. he shot me a pouty face and i quickly took a picture. while i was moving my way to the center a crew member brought out an acoustic guitar and alex was introducing therapy.

i bit my lip and looked down at my camera. i was dreading having to shoot during this song. he started playing and i quickly took a couple good shots and then i let my camera hang there. i sang along and tried my hardest not to cry. i put my camera in front of my face and took a couple of pictures to try and hide my tears for the fact that alex was a foot in front of me. he finished the song and i discreetly wiped my cheeks.

the rest of the band came back out and alex announced they only had one more song left. i went inbetween jack and alex to try and get better pictures of rian and then the band members started coming off the stage and into the crowd.i felt someone grab my hand and spin me around. jack pulled me onto the barrier and whirled himself into the crowd. he motioned for me to come but i held ip my camera and mouthed the word “cant.” he made a frown as the security gaurd pulled him back over. jack leaned close and asked, “please come hangout after the show?”. why not. i mean hanging out with my favorite band. i nodded and he smiled. he motioned for me to follow him and i did. we went backstage and it was a flurry of band members.