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Okay, I need to go over my checklist once more. 

Laptop? Check. 

Phone ? Check. 

School Laptop? Check. 

Logan's Latop? (Which he will kill me for using) Check. 

I glanced over to the digital clock on the side of my bed anxiously awaiting for 10 AM. 9:58. Okay only 2 more minutes. 

I ignored the buzzing text messages from my best friend Jensen asking me if I was ready not daring to leave the Lollapalooza website scared that I would lose my spot in trying to get tickets before they sold out. I will not be left out of one of the best festivals, especially in my hometown. 

Lollapalooza has been a breath taking experience for the past two years that I have gone, but this year they were celebrating their 25th anniversary which extended the festival to 4 days instead of 3 with insane headliners. I glanced over to the neat lineup poster seeing all of the highlighted names of people I was waiting to see. 

J Cole. Lana Del Rey. Haim. Major Lazer. Disclosure. Martin Garrix. Flume. Hardwell. Vic Mensa. Bloc Party. Cherub. Sam Smith. Yellow Claw. Mac Miller. Cherub. Cashmere Cat. Tchami. MO. Alina Baraz. This was only the start. 

9:59.

I felt my heart pounding in my chest over the playlist I made of this years lineup. I don't want to throw a fit, but if I don't get this 4 day pass, then it's just going to happen. 

I'm ready for the glitter, the outfits, the smiles, the cold beer on a hot summer day, the Chicago skyline lit up at night, the breeze from Lake Michigan, the amazing people in the crowds, Chow Town, and the amazing stages built to electrify the audience with visuals. 

I could already picture myself in the crowd dancing my ass off with my friends, making a complete utter fool out of myself. But hey, that's just what you do when you're having the time of your life. 

My alarm clock made a small tick noice signaling it was 10. My eyes quickly moved over to my laptop screen seeing my screen change to buffering meaning that I was just waiting to get through. 

I got up from bed moving all of the devices at an angle to see the screens still and started pacing around the room. I was walking from my vanity back to my window, door to my bathroom. 

Song by song I grew more restless, annoyed, and anxious. I needed this. Well, I don't need it like I would need water, but I want this. 

I ran my fingers in my hair moving it in front of my face pulling it in frustration. This has to be a sign, right? No tickets for me? 

I moved my hand to my fingers wanting to bite my nails to find that I had chewed them in restlessness. Ugh. 

I was about to impatiently slam my computers when I saw a small menu pop up on my school computers screen. I ran towards my bed falling onto the floor next to my bed frame seeing all of the ticket options displayed for me already. 

I rushed adding a 4 day pass to my cart and moving quickly to check out before there were no more tickets. 

'Confirm purchase?'

Duh, what the fuck. 

Buffering. Buffering. Buffering. Buffering. Buffering. Buffering. Buffering. Buffering. Buffering. 

'Congrats, you're going to Lolla' 

I let out an excited scream before realizing that my brother was probably still asleep in his room down the hall. I quickly took a screenshot of my order number starting to close all of the devices I was using. 

I was going to go. I am going. 

Every year something tops the previous years festival. I wonder what's going to make it this year. 

"Ella, do you have my fucking laptop again?" I heard my brother Logan scream sounding pissed off. Fuck. 


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A/N: Hi everyone, new 1st part of the new rewrite. Hope you all enjoy!

-S



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