chapter 3

3
I almost forgot Foster. Almost a month after that first show I lost touch with him. I became so wrapped up in the stress of school and things going on where I was that I couldn’t really give the friend forum the time of day anymore. In the middle of winter holiday that year the entire Two Weeks Time website went down and stayed down. Rumors went around that the band broke up and or the record company never paid the bill. I tried emailing Foster but I never once got a response from him. I returned to my normal life, started talking to Ryan again. At that time I figured it was a sad loss but something I would just deal with. I felt as though I never had a chance with Foster anyways so what was the point in holding on.
This thought stayed until about mid march when they announced their spring tour. They were going to be playing a huge arena venue right around my half birthday. So I told all of my friends to buy tickets we were going to make that night into our own little party. Little did we know we weren’t going to be the ones making it a party.
We got to the show early as usual but this time it was warmer. Jenna came with even though she swore to me that she wouldn’t ever go early to a show again. Waiting outside was a blast we ended up buying an entire box of ice cream from the local Pharmacy because waiting in the sun was tougher than we thought it would be. Around mid afternoon we noticed Foster walk around his tour bus towards the arena. A few girls that were ahead of us ran up and chased after him so he stopped to sign things for them and take pictures. I offered him to share some of our ice cream and he instantly remembered who I was. All the feelings that I had back in the fall came rushing right back. He told me that he was trying to bring the friend forum back online soon. I was so happy that id finally be able to talk to him once again. I told him how it was my 16th half birthday and he gave me a slightly weird look but he told me to talk to the guy selling their shirts and cds that night, Jamie once I got inside. I had no idea why but I was about to find out.
Looking now at the pictures of what I wore that night I looked like a complete fool and Jenna didn’t look much better. We were both in pink dresses with jeans and I had a birthday tiara from the dollar store on my head. I would never wear what I wore that night ever again. The dress I had on wasn’t exactly figure flattering. It made me look like a big pink bubble. I could’ve been a spokeswoman for bubble gum. It was so ridiculous. What made us even more ridiculous was the fact that we were the only girls there in dresses. Not even my other friends wore them. We stuck out like sore thumbs.
Midway through the opening band’s set I noticed the line over by the merchandise began decreasing. I left the crowd with Jenna on my arm and we went to go talk with Jamie. He walked off as soon as he saw me and it just made me even more confused. I had no idea what was going on. Next thing you know Jamie came out of nowhere and handed me two VIP sticker passes. He told me we were going to go on stage during the Two Weeks Time set. I had no idea what to do with myself? Was this really happening? Me and Jenna with the band and their friends in front of 5000 or more people? I didn’t know if I could handle it.