Euphoria // Grunge One-Shots

Exception - Shannon Hoon

'There's way too many people in here, why did I decide to go?' I say to myself when I reach the venue where the concert will be.

I decided on going to the concert, because I barely get out of my house and when I do get out, it's because I need to go to work. I work in the back of a music store, so I never get to talk to anyone there either. I actually never talk to anyone, like ever. I don't really have friends, just some people at work, but we're not that close to be labeled as 'friends'.

"Want can I get you?" the guy behind the bar asks me. I tell him I just want a coke and he gives me one.

After I get my drink, I walk to the even busier part of the hall. I make my over to the crowd and get pretty much to the front. I hear multiple people talking about the band that will be playing, Blind Melon. I've never heard of them, but hearing all the positives comments about them makes me very curious.

Seeing everyone around me talking to each other and having so much fun makes me wonder why I'm socially so awkward. I just want to be like everyone else , I just want to have good friends like everyone else has, I just want to go out more often and see more of the world, but we're talking about me, (Y/N), here. It's already a miracle that I am here, completely on my own, genuinely enjoying a concert which haven't even started yet. I should do this more often.

Suddenly, everyone around my starts screaming and clapping and basically goes nuts. I look up from the ground and notice the band has entered the stage. After the first song the singer speaks up and greets the crowd. "Hey y'all!" he screams into the microphone. "We're Blind Melon, thanks for coming! Let's rock this place tonight."

After his quick speech the crowd goes even wilder and I am not so sure if this is the kind of thing I'm made for, but I push that thought aside and try to enjoy the show.

"Oh damn, isn't he sexy?" I hear a girl next to me say to her friend. "I know! Shannon is the sexiest singer I've ever seen."

My attention drifts towards the singer I now know as Shannon and I feel myself staring at him, he really is something. He must've felt me staring at him, 'cause after about a minute his eyes meet mine. I desperately want to look away, but I can't help but continue looking at him. He has me in some kind of trance and I feel myself go a tomato shade of red when he smiles at me; his smile is the best thing I've ever seen in my whole life.

He looks away after that and completely loses himself in the music and I finally snap out of my trance. I try not to think about it too much, and just enjoy the rest of the show, but I feel my mind constantly drifting back to his smile.

Fortunately, I do enjoy the show, it's the best thing I've ever seen. The music is so amazing and the band sounds so good live.

In the meantime the show has ended, but I decided to stay a bit longer to enjoy the rest of the night. I know that if I go home right now, I'll just be bored and do nothing. I'm enjoying myself here and I don't want it to end just yet.

"They were fantastic, weren't they?" a guy next to me says. I look up to him and see him smiling down at me. I smile back at him, trying not to be my awkward self, and say "Yeah, they were great. I really enjoyed it."

"I'm Frank, by the way." the guys says as he reaches for my hand. I shake his hand, "I'm (Y/N). It's nice to meet you."

I feel myself relaxing under the circumstances and feel like this won't be the last time I'll go to a show like this. The people here are all so nice and it's the only place I actually talk to people. Frank introduced me to his friends and I've been talking to them ever since.

Hours pass and I suddenly feel someone tapping me on my shoulder. When I turn, I'm met with that smile I saw before, on the guy called Shannon, also known as the singer of Blind Melon.