Serendipity

Making Wishes

The concert was dragging for Lucy. 'I can't believe I let Emma talk me into this.' She was tempted to go to the bathroom and stay there until it was over.

Emma looks down at Lucy who is still sitting. "Come on, it's not that bad! Besides, here comes Fall Out Boy!" She starts jumping down excitedly.

"Fine, I'll see what all the fuss is about," Lucy replies and stands up slowly.

She stares at the stage as the band takes the stage and scans the members. She does a double take when she gets to the person up front. "Hey, Em?" She nudges her friend with her elbow who is too busy singing along to the song.

"What, Luc?" Emma asks after the fifth nudge.

"Uh, who's that?" Lucy points to the person singing.

"Oh that's Patrick Stump, he's the lead singer!" Emma says excitedly. "Wait, why?"

"Oh no reason, I was just wondering. He has a... uh... nice voice," Lucy replies and continues staring at Patrick.

"I told you! You just can't resist their music!" Emma shouts.

"Yeah, that must be it. Who's your favorite?" Lucy asks looking at the other members of the band.

"Oh that's Joe! He plays guitar! Isn't he dreamy?" Emma points to somebody on Patrick's right.

"Sure, yeah, dreamy." Lucy turns back to Emma but she's too engrossed in the music.

'That can't have been the Patrick you met at the store, Lucy. Besides I bet he meets like a million fans a day.' Lucy sits back down and stares at Patrick. She had to admit that his voice was amazing, and the more she listened to it the more she found herself liking the band.

"That was a great concert! Wasn't it?" Emma asks as they're leaving.

"Yeah it wasn't a complete waste of time," Lucy replies. "So, we have to go to bed the second we get back to the hotel. We have to make it to Las Vegas for Thursday's concert."

"But we have two days," Emma whines.

"You're the one who wanted to do this! Besides if we get there tomorrow we can party some and maybe check out the sights."

Emma shakes her head, "You just want to go to the Hard Rock Café."

"No, I want to go to a music store that sells guitars because I need new strings. You broke mine imitating Joe, remember?"

Emma frowns, "Okay well that seems fair."

They make it back to the hotel room and fall asleep instantly.

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"Hey guys, I think I'll go down to the music store," Patrick suggests to his bandmates, "Do any of you want to come?"

"Nah, dude, we'll see you later though!" Pete responds, almost missing the hacky sack.

"Alright then," Patrick mutters to himself.

"Hey, Boss, heading out?" Bobby asks.

"Yup and it looks like it's just me again so, yeah," Patrick climbs into the SUV.

"Where to?" Bobby asks while starting the vehicle up.

"Oh, just take me to a music store. I want to look at some guitars," Patrick replies and stares out the window.

They pull up in front of the store and Patrick gets out. "See you in a few minutes okay, Bobby?"

He nods and turns up the air conditioner. Patrick goes into the store and heads towards the electric guitars. He sees a white Les Paul and reaches for it just as somebody bumps into him.