The Concert chapter 1 part 1

Original story written by: Marit Worms

I still couldn't believe that we are really here now. Together with Naomi and Jasmine, I stood in a busy crowd in the square in front of the concert hall, waiting to enter. The doors could open any minute now. Naomi and Jasmine were all giggling about which member of the  band they would like to see most. "Lynn, who do you hope to see?" Jasmine's brown eyes looked at me excitedly.

"You know I'm only coming for you and Naomi", I replied bored. Naomi rolled her eyes. "Come on Lynn, even if you don't love them, there must be one that you think is hot?" She said cheerfully. I laughed. "The music isn't bad, but it’s not my style, I don't know them, I can't even remember their names, no matter how many times you’ve mentioned them", I replied again.

"Geez." Jasmine and Naomi were my best friends, even though they were several years younger. We had met through work, they took their first side job and came under my care to be worked in and it clicked immediately. They had been talking about how badly they wanted to go to this concert since Christmas, even though their parents thought they were too young to be allowed to go unattended. The girls jumped with enthusiasm as the doors finally opened and the crowd began to move. Slowly we got closer to the door. The girls screamed and I rolled my eyes with a smile. Crazy girls. They were all dressed up and holding flags with the name of the band that you could get at a fan shop further down the road. It still amazed me how difficult it was to get the tickets. I looked around. All kinds of people were dressed in different clothes, there were banners, names were painted on arms and faces…. I didn't expect them to be so popular that the fans would go this far.

"They are all so incredibly handsome!" I heard someone say.

"And so very sweet!" another girl giggled. It will all be fine, after this I really have to focus on my homework again. I’m just caught up with math and I like to keep it that way. The idea that I might get another F for math gave me jitters. Soon I will not pass my final exams, and then what? Sure you can always retake the exam, but if it doesn't work out the first time ... I can't fail! I have to make my parents proud, even though they are no longer with me. I fiddled nervously with the necklace they gave me. It was a thin silver chain, with a teardrop-shaped pearl colored stone attached to it. We slowly walked forward and two tall men appeared at the entrance.

"Open the bag please”, muttered one of the men. He looked coldly at me while he waited. I shrugged and slid my backpack off my shoulder. The man looked inside my bag and rummaged through it. "I have to confiscate this bottle of water. It is not allowed to bring drinks or other liquids inside. Is there anymore in your bag? There are about 200 more men waiting", he said grumpily. I let out a deep breath and grabbed a bag of candy from my purse. “This is it. That's all", I grumbled back. The man looked at me suspiciously. I felt myself getting impatient. He had to check even more people? Just do your job! "Hey, if you don't trust me, you can always go through my bag again, right?”

"Not so cheeky", he said bluntly.