From Day One

I stood in front of my closet in a towel staring at all my clothing. I didn't know what to wear to a concert. I had never been to a concert like this before, it wasn't really my scene. I was more of an artsy person, you could find me at a museum or probably at a movie theater because I was a sucker for a good movie on a Sunday afternoon. I went to my closet and took out a pair of regular blue skinny jeans, and looked through my top section. I went through everything and I just didn't like anything I liked. I went to my sister Jamie's room and looked at her closet and found a cute pink tank top. I brought it back to my room and put the outfit on and dressed it up with some necklaces. I pulled out a few different heels and found a cute pair that went. I walked over to my full size mirror and checked myself out, I thought I looked very cute.

My phone went off telling me I just got a text message. I picked it up from my bed and saw that Jenny had texted me saying she was on her way. I looked over at that clock and it read 5:40. I went down stairs into the main bathroom and put my hair to a side pony tail and had my bangs fall down across my face. The doorbell rang and I went to the door and saw Jenny and let her in. She kept eying me and a weird face.

“This is what your wearing to a concert?” She said and I nodded my head and smiled. I looked down at the outfit and tugged the hem of my shirt down a little to straighten it out. “Why do you always have to be so girl? Were going to a concert not to lunch or the mall, a concert.”

“Hey I look cute.” I protested.

“I didn't say you didn't look cute but just not for a concert.” I frowned at her and she pulled my hand up the stairs to my room. She let go of me and walked to my closet and opened up the doors.

“Alright let me see.” She kept looking at it and finally pulled out a pair of black skinny jeans and threw them to me, “Put those on” I looked at them and obeyed.

She went through my shirts and found a white tank top that was longer in the back and short in the front. It had a big skull on it and didn't say girlie at all.

“With this shirt.” she handed me the shirt and I pulled it over my head. “Now you look like a punk-rock princess.”

I walked over and pulled out a pair of simple black heels. Before I even picked up both the heels from the shelf Jenny was already groaning.

“Your going to be dead in those shoes by the end of the night. Trust me, just wear your Toms.” I looked at her and couldn't believe I was wearing this outfit. I threw back my head and shook my head. “I'm just warning you, wear the heels but you will be begging to take them off later tonight.” I looked between my heels and my Toms and decided she was right and slipped on my Toms.

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We arrived to the concert venue and loud music was already playing. There was a small line that was moving fast. We walked up to the security, who looked at our bags and checked out tickets. I held onto Jenny's arm as she led us to the crowd. My eyes went to the stage and I saw the familiar blond up on stage singing. I tugged on Jenny's arm and she looked back at me and gave me a questionable look.

“That's Joel.” I pointed to the stage and her eyes followed and she turned back and looked at me.

“Yeah that's Joel Kan-”

“Kanitz” we said at that same time. “He was at the coffee shop earlier, I met him and 3 other boys.” she nodded her head and smiled. I looked back at the stage and we kept on walking. He walked around the stage singing and giving off all this energy. He jumped up and down and sang with his band mates.

Jenny stopped and we were all the way in the back and she looked at me with a smile. I all of a sudden got scared and had a feeling what she was going to ask and I started to shake my head. “No I'm not going in there,” she started to pout her lip our and give me her puppy dog eyes. “There's no way.”

“We came to a concert, to enjoy the music and you can't do that unless were in there.” she said and pointed to the crowd and the stage. I saw girls jumping and screaming. Everyone was sweating and hot, it looked uncomfortable but it intrigued me.

“Alright. Lets go. But don't let go of my hand.” She let out a laugh and took my hand and led me deep into the crowd. Everyone was so close together but we still pushed our selves to get close to the stage that we could. She finally stopped and we were pretty close to the stage and dead center.

As Joel and his band preformed I started to like concerts. We jumped up and down and danced around. I screamed and yelled out his name just like all the little teen girls around me. It was fun, I was letting go and feeling alive. I could get use to going to concert to relieve stress.

“Thank you Dallas, you guys have been great tonight.” Joel said into the microphone to the crowd. “We'll be at our merch after The Maine performs” and when he said that Jenny turned to me and squealed out. I guess that was the band she was excited to see. Joel and the other 3 boys walked off the stage and the lights came on and regular music played.

“Are you having fun?” Jenny turned a little and looked at me. I started to nod my head up and down.

“Yes. This is great.” I said and she stated to laugh.

“Well I'm glad I have a new concert buddy.”

“Oh yes, anytime I'll go with you.”

I watched as different guys went on stage and got the next performance ready. They brought out the drums and the microphones and did sound tests into the microphones. And once I knew it the lights went off and everyone started to scream. 4 boys ran out onto the stage and all the girls went crazy. They started to play their instruments and 1 final boy came out on stage and had his back to the crowd. All the girls by now were screaming bloody murder, including Jenny. The lights flickered on and the boys turned around and everything stopped when I saw his face. When he smiled out to the crowd and started to sing, I instantly smiled and couldn't keep my eyes off of him.

“Oh my god” I said and tapped Jenny on the shoulder. She looked at me and mouthed a 'what'.

I pointed to John and she looked at what I was pointed at and looked back at me, she had this smile on her face and moved her eye brows up and down. She didn't realize that that was John from the coffee shop. She turned back around and looked at the boys and I did the same. Well my eyes spent more time on John than everyone else. I looked around and noticed Kennedy and Garrett playing next to John also and I was stunned. I couldn't believe that they were in the coffee shop talking to me.

John was born to be on the stage, sing his heart out. He had this stage presence that made him seem so real. I saw Brittany Spears live when I was younger but she didn't have what John had. She just seemed so fake. Every time John closed his eyes and sang out I felt the emotion he was singing about and it touched me.

Their music was amazing, it was catchy but it wasn't like music on the radio. The lyrics had so much meaning, they weren't just about some girl it was more than that. They were about life and becoming someone. I stopped dancing and screaming and just listened to his voice and their instruments.

With one last wave all the guys in the band were off the stage and everyone in the crowd started to scatter and moved outside. Jenny and I just stayed put for a little while and made a plan. She knew they wouldn't be out right away so we decided to walk to a near by dinner and grab a bite to eat.

As we walked in the coolness of the night time air and talked about the concert. We were loud and basically screaming, we were so happy. We got to the diner and ordered something quick and easy to eat. We both weren't hungry because we were so excited to meet the boys well in my case see them again. I would do anything to talk to John again and see his eyes.

“Can we go now?” Jenny asked me. I nodded my head and we headed out of the diner back to the venue. The crowd wasn't as intense as it was before we left which was a good thing. We saw a huge group surrounding John, it looked like it was going to take forever but I knew that it would be worth it. We stood in the back of the girls waiting.

I felt a sudden nudge and fell forward bumping into a group of girls.

“Oh god I'm so sorry.” A guy said, I turned around and saw that it was Garrett. “Oh Starbucks girl, Rosie right?” He said.

“Yeah hey, Garrett or was it Kennedy?”

He let out a small laugh, “Garrett. So are you a fan of ours?”

“Oh no, my friend Jenny,” I pointed to her and she had a huge smile on and waved and he said a hello to her. “forced me to come. But now I'm definitely a fan.”

“Well I'm glad you came. John will be happy to see you. Well I'll see you later.” He waved us goodbye and went back into the venue.

I couldn't help but to smile. 'John will be happy to see you.' what did that mean? Had he been talking about me? I turned around and as I did Johns eyes scanned over the girls and found their way to my eyes. At first you could tell he didn't know who I was and he looked back at the girl he was talking to, and his eyes looked back up and I gave him a smile. His eyes opened wider and he looked so excited. He mouth a 'hi' and I returned it. I waited for my turn to talk to him, I let girls go so I could talk to him last and not feel rushed. He looked like he was trying to get to me, every time he would look up he got more excited that I was here.

There was one girl left until it was me and I wasn't patient anymore. John wasn't listening to the girl who was fangirling over him. He nodded his head and let out a lot of 'yeahs' and 'mhmm's' he gave her one last hug and looked at me. We both stepped closer to each other and kept our eyes on each other.

“I didn't think I'd ever see you again.” John finally said.

“Yeah same here, I couldn't believe it was you up on that stage.”

He let out a cute laugh and rubbed the back of his neck with his hand, “So I'll take it your not a fan of ours?”

“Well I wasn't, now I am but I had no clue who you were when you came into the coffee shop.”

“Yeah I could tell since you weren't screaming or freaking out.”

“Are you the next Justin Bieber?” I said jokingly which made him laugh. I wish I could always hear that cute laugh.

“God no at least I hope not.”

“Well I bet to these girls you are.”

“It sometimes feels like that.”

“JohnO! I love you. Oh my god. Hi. Can I have a hug?” some fan came up and was basically screaming in her high pitched voice. John just looked over at me and gave me a look that said it all.

“Hey, yeah sure” he leaned over and gave the little girl a hug and she asked for a photo also which he agreed to.

“Can you take the photo for me?” the girl asked me. I just looked at her stunned that she was interrupting my time with John. I nodded my head and put a smile on and took her camera. He put his arm around her and she did the same. She had the hugest smile on her face and I looked over and John and he was making a face. I couldn't help but to laugh and gave him a stern face and shook my head. I didn't want him to ruin this girls photo. He let out a light laugh and put a smile on his face. It took me a second to focus because his smile just seemed so genuine.

“There you go.” I said and handed the girl her camera.

“Thank you so much.” she said to me and took the camera. “Nice meeting you JohnO. I love you and The Maine so much, you mean a lot to me and I always listen to your music.” She said and his smile grew and he nodded. I could tell that he made music because he loved it and when fans said that it made the whole thing ten times better.

“Well thank you so much. That means so much. Have a good night.” He said nicely and gave her one more hug. She walked away and I stepped a few forward and just looked at him.

“What?” he said with a curious face.

“Oh nothing, I can just tell that you love what you do.” I said honestly.

He looked at me and nodded his head. “I really do. I make music and I'm glad I can reach out to so many people.” I was feeling the tingle in my stomach, my heart was beating faster and I was glad I met John.

“That's amazing really.” I said with a smile. We went quiet but it was awkward. I this would last forever. I wish he wasn't just a band guy. I wish he was more or could be more.

“Do you want to go get a drink or something?” I looked at him and my face kind of fell. I knew if I went out with him then that'd be it. After tonight there wouldn't be anything else between us, we probably wouldn't see each other ever again. I would probably think about him all the time but I would have to move on. “Oh god. I'm sorry. We don't even know each other and I'm asking you to go out with me. I'm sorry.” He got all nervous and talked really fast.

“Oh no no no it's fine. It's just I don't want to get my hopes up and them being crushed. I'm glad I met you, really but going out for a drink won't change anything.” he gave me a confusing look and furrowed his eye brow.

“I understand. And I'm glad we met. I'm glad I went to get a coffee, I almost didn't and then we wouldn't be here. I have to say you are the most beautiful girl I've seen and I see so many girls every night but none of them compare to you.” He said with a small smile but looked very serious.

I blushed and looked away from his eyes. I let out a small nervous laugh. “Is that you get your girls to come back to the bus or something?”

“Not at all. I have the worse game out of all the guys, I was just being honest.”

“Oh well then thank you, you very kind.” We both went quiet again. I looked down at my phone to check the time and it was going on 1 in the morning and I had to wake up at 5 and go to work.

“It's getting late and I have work at 6 so I should probably go.” I said slowly and in a low voice. I didn't want to go and leave John. I knew that this would be the only time this would happen. Maybe The Maine would come back in town and I'd see him again but that was slim.

“Oh, yeah.” was all he said and I could tell he felt the same thing. We took a few moments til we came back to reality and started to say good bye.

“It was good meeting you John.” I stepped forward and leaned in for a hug. I wanted to hold on forever. I wanted to keep his scent around me for forever and just be with him. I knew that the feeling I was feeling wasn't something everyone felt. It was when you truly found the one.

We pulled away and just looked at each other for one last time.“It was a pleasure meeting you, Rosie.” And with that I walked away, I kept looking back at him and he kept his eyes on me. I went up to Jenny and she said she was tired and had work in the morning as did I. As we walked away I couldn't help but to feel sad, like I wanted to cry. I felt like I was giving something up that I shouldn't have. I knew there was some kind of connection between me and John What if I was just another girl to make him feel good for a few hours? But I still couldn't get Garrett's voice out of my head 'John will be happy to see you.' Maybe I wasn't just another girl, maybe there really was something.