Meeting The Wanted [The Wanted Fan Fiction]

Chapter Three: gig numero uno - Blackpool

Quick upload again, it's better than the last one, which was just a filler so it didn't seem a bit jumpy, so yeah, enjoy! -natalie xx

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Chapter 3: gig numero uno - BLACKPOOL!

2 weeks had passed since I won the tickets, and I was nearly done with all12 written exams and 1 practical exam. I just had Geography left. Unfortunately, my geography exam was on the 25th June, and I see The Wanted on the 24th...looks like there won't be any revision for me that night.

I had revision on the Wednesday and the Friday before I saw The Wanted. So every other day was spent talking with Devon about our poster/s. We'd decided to make a few, but didn't know what to put, so we made a few a4 sized trials. We had ones like “TW we're Glad You Came ;)” “Don't fall Jay!” “We Love You Guys!” but settled for 2 different ones, so we made a double sided poster, one side said “SAY HI TO DEVV AND NATALIE!” and the other said “Nearest Tents Here, Nath” which had an arrow pointing to us. It took me a few days to make it, and I covered it in clear sticky back plastic so it was waterproof, after all we're in Britain, it's bound to rain! The night before, I was buzzing and couldn't sleep whatsoever. The line-up for the gig was;

Forbidden JUiCE, The Struts, A.M.E, Lawson, McFly and The Wanted. We'd heard Lawson, McFly and The Wanted, but Forbidden JUiCE, The Struts and A.M.E were new to me and Devon. I finally got to sleep way passed midnight, but managed to get up at 6am. The first thing I did was tweet:

@NatalieJayneTW: “Blackpool Today to see @thewantedmusic with @DevonRoperTW #excited” I showered, ate and packed my rucksack with lots of food and drink so that we didn't get too hungry. I curled my hair, as it usually stays curled longer than it stays straight. I was wearing my TW ripped pattern T-shirt, denim shorts, grey tights and hot pink wellies- it was supposed to rain so I was preparing for the worst. I topped my outfit off with my grey TW hoodie which is good to stay warm. My parents and I got into our car and put my rucksack and poster into the car, then went to pick up Devon.

~In Blackpool~

It was 10:45 when we got into blackpool and joined the queue of girls that were waiting to get in. The gates were supposed to open at 12:30 for us, but they had announced it would be later.

We waited until 1:30 when they finally let us in, we'd had awful winds, rain and finally the sun was coming out! Everyone just ran to get in, trying to get as close to the front as we could, we were about 10-15 rows back, it was hard to tell but we could see people on the stage pretty well.

The first act came on. Everyone cheered, as we all thought it was McFly, but it wasn't, it was support act Forbidden JUiCE- they were really good! Their songs were really catchy and upbeat. Once their set was over, they left the stage, to the audience cheering really loud. me and Devon really enjoyed them, finding them rather attractive too, I think the audience agreed! The struts and A.M.E came on after, the audiences reactions showed they were getting a bit bored, and I too agreed, we just wanted Lawson, McFly and The Wanted to come on, and soon enough they did.

Lawson were first, they sung their Single “When She was Mine” it was pretty amazing, then followed up with “Taking Over Me” and “Standing In The Dark” and did a few we hadn't heard as much, like Red Sky and Anybody Out There. They were really good live, and they played their own instruments!

After, McFly came on, they sung a range from their original songs, their newest, their new song, and even a few covers. I was surprised seen as I wasn't as big a fan of them as I was the wanted, but I really enjoyed their performance, it got me and Devon pumped up for The Wanted. “Thank you Blackpool, GOODBYE!” they shouted to the crowd as we screamed at them.

A few people had only come to see them, so those that only came for McFly left, letting us move forward a few rows. We had to wait 10 minutes so they could put up a background for The Wanted, some people started a chant “We Want The Wanted” which everyone was shouting, surprisingly they came on a few minutes after.

I honestly couldn't contain my excitement, I screamed and sang along, as they were singing Lose My Mind, Warzone, Lightning and All Time Low. During the few minute gap between each song that they sung, we put our banner up, hoping they'd notice it, we put the “Nearest tents here Nath” side facing them, but none of them noticed it. After their Cold Play medley, in which they all played instruments (except Jay) we decided to put the other side up, and Jay looked directly at us and said “Hi Devv and Natalie” and waved!

I actually froze for a few minutes before jumped up and down, screaming and waving back. We were actually shaking! We looked at each other and shouted “OH MY GOD, JAY SAID OUR NAMES, OH MY GOD!”.

Their performance wasn't on for much longer, they sang Chasing The Sun and Heart Vacancy and a few other covers until they said they went off the stage. The whole crowd just shouted for more, knowing they'd missed something out. The boys jogged back onto the stage a few minutes later.

“Right, so we got into the van, and were going down the motorway at 80mph when tom here goes-” Nathan puts on his best impression of tom “Guys, we forgot Glad You Came” the audience laugh at his impression “so we sped straight back and now we're here to sing it to you guys, so here's-” “GLAD YOU CAME!” they all joined in.

It was like a party, it truly was! Everyone jumped around, singing along, and at times it got so loud that you couldn't even hear them singing for the crowd. Max stopped singing and just smiled, really happy with the fans singing it back to him “We're Glad You Came!” he finished. All five of them decided to thank the audience for coming, when they added “You really have been the best crowd, we love you!” and jogged off the stage. The place emptied pretty quickly then, everyone wanting to get home, I was exhausted, and needed sleep. We walked out to meet my parents, who were talking us back, as a few girls walked passed “hey, we loved you banner!” we smiled and thanked them. The drive back was pretty quiet after we'd settled down, we fell asleep, and got back around 9:45pm. I didn't have time for revision for my exam, but I didn't seem to care, I was just happy that Jay McGuiness knew who me and Devon were and he said hi to us. I fell asleep with the biggest grin possible on my face. I was happy!

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Hope you liked this part!

Jay really did notice our poster, and we screamed like mad! ahaha

next update will be within the next few days, i think 

-natalie xx