Why Pick Me?

Chapter 1

As me and my father walked around the Warped Tour Field looking for some of my favorite bands I noticed Jack Barakat from All Time Low standing next to Alex Gaskarth. I squealed running up to them holding my dad's hand pulling him with me. "Hi" I said sheepishly.

"Hey!!" said Jack rubbing his hand in his skunk hard very nervously. He looked as though he was crying recently.

"Are you ok, you look like you were crying?" I asked him. Slowly tilting my head indicating I was interested in knowing what was wrong.

"Oh just girl problems, but no need to worry!!" He said jumping up and down.

"How do you like these 24year old children?" Dad mumbled a little to loud.

"Hey!! we are not children!!!" Alex shouted at my dad very playfully.

"Don't worry about them dad they're my inspiration." I said blushing at Jack. He was my favorite out of the 4 guys. I loved his skunk hair, his chocolate eyes, and his Jack Skellington tattoo. I'm Madison, this is my first Warped concert and I won tickets to the whole tour a while back.

<1 year ago>

I'm listening to the radio in my room. Right now I'm trying to win tickets to the Warped Tour this year, the station was giving out tickets to all of the concerts today. I am using 2 phones to win, mine and my dad's. On my father's phone I was talking to my friend Sarah, we both wanted to go badly. In the other was the station.

"Sarah this is taking to long!!!!" I whined into the phone.

"Do you want the tickets or not!!!!?"

"Yes, but this is taking to long!" I said.

"Hello?" said a deep voiced man on the other phone.

'Hi." I said weakly.

"And who is this?" he said excided.

"Madison" I responded.

"YOU JUST WON THE WARPED TOUR TICKETS!!" he screamed into the phone. I had a huge smile on my face as I screamed back at him.

" Ok Madison listen to me, I need you to come to the station to pick up the amount of tickets you need." he said. I can't believe that I won these tickets. I thought to myself.

"Ok I will be there soon." I said before hanging up. "SARAH COME TO MY HOUSE FAST!!" I said into the other phone. After she said ok, I hung up and texted Dan.

Me: Dan get over here fast i want to tell you something!!

Dan: okie i will be der

Dan was my best friend, I always told him everything. I always told him about the bad brake ups, what I was doing the next day, or if I just wanted to tell him how bored I was. He was always there to listen. He has a nice British accent because he came to the states with his friend Phil when we were in 10th grade. Dan, Sarah, Christian, Phil, Damon, and me are the best of friends. There was a knock on my door and Sarah and Dan walked in. I hugged Sarah, went over to Dan to give him one but he looked gloomy. I gave him a high five instead.

"I got tickets to the Warped Tour!!!!!!!" I said hopping up and down. Sarah squealed. Dan was happy but I didn't see it in his eyes like I normally would. "Dan what's wrong you look down?" I said putting my hand on his shoulder.

"I'm fine don't worry, I'm happy for you! Do you know whom you're taking?" he said with a smile on his tan face. I thought about it for a second then I got it.

"You two, me, my dad, and Christian." I said as Sarah squealed. Sarah had a crush on Christian, I use too but once Sarah told me she liked him I stopped so she could have a chance of going out with him.

I told them how I had to go get the tickets, and Dan drove us because Sarah and me were shaking too much to drive. I felt sick, but not a bad sick just nervous.

I whispered to Dan, " I feel sick." He gave me a sad face.

"Everything will be ok don't worry." he whispered to me.

"This doesn't seem real." I said. Dan pinched me. "OW!! Why did you do that!?"

"To show you that you aren't dreaming." He said smiling; I couldn't help but smile back. Once we got through the doors there was a lady behind a desk with her face into a computer, she had black hair and bangs that went a little past her eyebrows. She looked up and fixed her glasses.

"Yes how may I help you?" She said very sweetly.

"Uhm we're here to pick up my tickets." I said. I saw her face light up.

"Great! You are a very lucky girl, the tickets are usually expensive." We went down a hallway into a room with no windows to see the guy that told me I won. " This is the girl who won the tickets." she said pointing to me.

"Wonderful! Here you go dearie. Have fun on the tour." He said. I nodded taking them. As we left I got a text from Christian.

Christian: Hey Sarah just told me you won tickets to the Warped Tour! is that true????

Me: yea it is! met us at our apartment were on our way

We drove home blasting Blink-182. I think we got a few looks from the people in other cars. Once we got home I called my dad telling him what happened and he agreed to come with.

" I wonder what bands we would see while were there?" Sarah asked.

" We can figure that out later. " I said. " By the way, on the first concert I'm going with my dad alone." I rubbing my neck, I knew they would freak out.

"WHAT?!" they all said.

"I had a little argument with my dad so I'm repaying him by having some father daughter time. You guys can come after the first concert." I said sorrowful. They all agreed. We talked for hours laughing till we cried. After a while I told everyone it was time to go, it was getting dark and their parents wanted them home. I went to my room and laid on my bed listening to Mayday Parade till I was dead asleep.

I left my room with the same clothes I had on yesterday. I put bread in the toaster and waited. The toaster popped telling me the bread is toasted. I went over and grabbed a butter knife and smothered peanut butter on the bread. After I ate I went to my room to get dressed, I put on my Sleeping With Sirens tee, skinny jeans, and my black Van's. I asked Dan if he wanted to hang out, he said sure. I snatched my keys and went to my truck. When I got to the park Dan was already here.

"Hey." I said waving and smiling at him. He smiled back.

"Hello." He said. We talked about the Warped tour the whole time, how we were going to meet our favorite bands, about what we were going to do after the concerts.

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"Hey, when are you and your dad driving to Phoenix?" Dan asked.

"I think a week before my birthday." I said. My birthday was May 23, so we were leaving May 13. After what seemed like forever we left the park and went our separate ways. After today I wouldn't see him for a week because of packing and other things.

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