I'm in Love with my Teenage Fan

Chapter One

A year later I still haven’t seen that girl again.  I’m about to turn twenty three and I met this other girl at one of my shows.  Her name is Kathy and she is actually one of those blondes from that night I saw her.    Kathy is twenty two and she has hazel eyes, don’t get me wrong she is gorgeous, but she isn’t the one I want.

                We aren’t officially dating yet.  I mean we go out on dates and hang out and stuff, but we are just waiting on me to actually ask her if she wants to be my girlfriend.  Not sure if that is what I want though.  Kathy walks and smiles at me.  I smile back and she sits next to me and wraps her arms around my neck.  “Picture time!”  Someone snaps a picture and I just sigh.  I don’t know why she loves taking so many pictures but it is annoying especially when I have to with all the fans.

                I wait for her to leave and I look at Billy.  “Hey dude remember that girl from a year ago when we opened up for Josh Turner?”  he nods his head and I say, “I still can’t get her out of my head.”

                “Dude move on, it has been a year and you have Kathy.”

                I sigh and shut up.  Billy is the only one that saw her and I want to talk to someone about this but it doesn’t happen.

                We have a show tonight for some town an hour away.  They are having their fireworks and I guess it’s cool but I haven’t been into my music much lately.  I just got a job as a teacher and I am excited about it.  I mean I love math and I am glad that I can do something that could make others love math as well.

                I walk out to the stage and do sound check and chill out.  About fifteen minutes into the set I see this girl walk by the stage and I forget that I am playing.  She has on booty shorts and boots, and waist length brown hair.  Mitch looks at me and I start playing again.  She keeps walking by and every time my head follows her.  That is her, the girl that stole my heart and mind.  I have to talk to her after the show.  I have to, no chickening out this time.

                After the fireworks start I look for that girl.  I really do, but instead I find Kathy.  She walks up and throws her arms around my neck and kisses my cheek.  “Congrats.  You did great.”

                I smile at her and out of habit say, “Thanks babe.”

                She looks relieved and smiles even bigger.  She must have seen me checking out that girl.  I keep looking for her and I can’t find her.  I walk back to Kathy and she smiles her sweet smile and whispers, “Do you want to celebrate how great you did tonight?”

                I smile and say, “Maybe, but hey I need to talk to Billy really quick.”

                She smiles and I jog over to Billy.  He looks at me and I know he saw her too.  “Jacob, you need to leave it.  Did you see the girls she was with; they looked sixteen at the oldest.”

                “Yeah but she doesn’t look that young does she?  Surely she is legal.”

                He sighs and walks away.  I have to find her.  I don’t care what Billy thinks.  I keep looking but I can’t find her and I need to load the truck so we can go home.  I wrap my arm around Kathy reluctantly and she smiles at me.

                I smile back at her and load the truck.  I feel my phone go off and I pull it out of my pocket. It is just someone requesting me as a friend on Facebook.  I don’t know the name so I just put it back in my pocket and tell myself I will look at it later.

                I get home and Kathy smiles at me.  “Do you mind if I stay the night tonight.  I don’t want to go home all by myself.”  She then gives me the puppy dog face.  I nod my head and she heads to my bedroom.  I know she is wanting to finally take that next step, but I don’t love her I can’t find the guy in me to just sleep with her.  I walk into my bedroom and she is lying on the bed in just my old shirt.  I roll my eyes and turn off the light then lay down with my back to her.  She reaches her arm around me and says, “Jacob, cuddle with me.  You never want to do anything.”  I turn over and wrap my arms around her.  I feel her smile and I close my eyes to sleep.