anyone want to help me figure him out?

thanks!

Olivia♥

I got to the Harper's Ferry (the venue) at about 4:00. I ate dinner impatiently (I think I scared the waiter) and got in line at 4:45 to get my tickets (I was on the list). I made some friends in line and then someone in a monkey suit came out carrying a boombox playing I Don't Care...I thought nothing of it, I mean we were in Boston. Then I heard some screaming and 3 seconds later Pete comes running by wearing the monkey suuit only he didn't have the head on.

About an hour later they started letting people in and a half and hour after that I got in. I told the guy my name, got my wristband and went inside. I walked around inside looking around, this place was so TINY!! Seriously it's the size of the inside of an airplane! I bought some merch and headed out to the floor.

The opening band, A Loss For Words, came out. They were good, a little "hardcore" for my taste but they were good. And they were local whic is double the awesome! After they were done the techs for FOB came out. They sound checked and after 20 minutes FOB came out.

They started with Thnks Fr Th Mmrs, because of where I was in the crowd (3 people back) and how small the venue was I could mostly hear the people around me screaming the lyrics and not Patrick but I was doing the same thing. Pete talked for a little bit and asked us to choose a song for them to play! They played the Patron Saint Of Liars and Fakes. That's one of my favorite from TTTYG . Joe threw 50 billion guitar picks into the crowd (all of which I failed to catch). Pete talked some more, this time about his wedding and Patricks toast to him. They were going to play Sugar We're Going Down, but then they played a part of American Boy by Estelle because SWGD is about "American Boys". Then Pete made Andy come out from behind the drums, he was only wearing a pair of grey boxer briefs.

They wouldn't play GINASFS because of California illegalizing gay marriage. They played Yule Shoot Your Eye Out (much to Pete's protest of "It's not close enough to Christmas yet!") They played I Don't Care with their snasty light-up guitars (sorry i didn't get any good pics of that) Much to my and the person sitting next to me's happiness they played Homesick At Spacecamp (my favorite song from TTTYG), needless to say I was very happy about that.

During this entire time the security kept yelling at us to back up because the first row was litterally leaning on the stage. Pete just kept yapping and asking what songs we wanted (not that I minded). They played Growing Up and then they played Saturday for their final song complete with Pete Wentz crowd surfing. They finished their set and left the stage. I milled around for a little while and talked to people then I headed out to my car.

I got home before 11pm!! New record for a concert! So basically the point of this was to tell everyone that if you can make it out to a small FOB club show in your area do it, because it's worth it!

I started my concert day by leaving home at 3 o'clock right after school and getting to Lowell at about 4:15. I brought twister and played with a few people while we were waiting for Zach to come out to let us in for M&G. Some time after that Zach came out. He apologized for asking us to come so early, he didn't anticipate the cold weather. He went down the line with his list and made sure everyone in line was on the list and he gave the ones on the list shiny green M&G bracelets!    

Then he gave extra bracelets to family members and friends and we waited a little more because there was a radio station M&G before us. Zach led us inside and we went into a room where he gave us the "speech" about not being akward,
they can't sign anything on your body and absolutley no food! Aparently a few years back some girl gave Panic some cookies that she baked her own hair into!! Umm ewww!

The boys came out a few minutes later and I marveled at Ryan's skininess, Jon's flip-flops (30 degrees out people!!), Spencer's moustache (can you say child molester? I can!) and of course Brendon's adorableness! The line started moving, people handing Panic things to sign from CD booklets to My Little Ponies! I got up there and handed Spencer my petition and told him that I know I'm retarded and it's stupid but look at it anyway. 

He smiled and read it. He called it cool and handed it to Brendon telling him he has to read it because it's really cool. Brendon read it and said "Thats the real inconvient truth!" and Spencer joined the conversation again and said thats a real cause worth fighting for. Brendon smiled nicely and highfived me, handing the petition to Jon. He just smiled, signed it and handed it to Ryan. He was most definitley high. Finally Ryan got it. He chuckled, signed it, gave me a high five and handed it back to me. I got back in line for the picture and when I got up there brendon put his arm around my shoulders and I swear I almost melted. Zach snapped the picture and we headed out to the venue again where a local band Lennen Fall was playing, I didn't catch any of their set though.

We bought some merch adn food and went down to the floor. We waited for The Cab to come on and moved our way up to the large crowd on the front of the floor. They came out and played their set playing I'll Run and Bounce (the only two songs I know by them...I'm not a big fan...). After that some guy named Ridiculous came out and advertised Rockband. Then out came the Plain White T's. They started out with Natural Disaster and a few more new songs, then they played Hey There Delilah which everyone of course sang along to. After they were done Ridiculous came back on with 2 "Rockbands" who were actually ok. The first band played Thats What You Get by Paramore and the second band played a song I recognize but the name escapes me.

Next came Dashboard Confessional. I'm not a huge fan but I know a few songs. (btw the security guards had been throwing out water bottles so no one in the crowd passed out and we were all sharing. Mono anyone?) Dashboard played a some songs, one which I recognized and then they played a cover of a song I recognized (no name again but I believe it was the song about Boston that's on the radio some times...) and then they covered P!NK's song So What with The Cab (and maybe the Plain White T's?). They covered it well too.

After Dashboard Ridiculous came out yet again with 2 MORE Rockbands, I swear everyone in the crowd sighed at this. He threw out some t-shirts and CD's (neither of which I got) and the Rockbands played.

Finally after 7 hours of standing Panic came out. They played songs from both Pretty. Odd. and A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. Then they played the song from the Halloween video for the first time ever live! Finally they covered Shout and it was amazing. Sadly the boys left abruptly not heeding the crowds shouts of one more song. People began leaving because they realized that the boys weren't coming back out. I stayed near the barrier for a minute and it was good that I did. There was a security guard holding his hand out over the barrier and he was holding a pick. There were a bunch of screaming girls near him grabbing for it but he wouldn't let them have it, then I came over and just kinda took it from his hand and he let me have it with a smile. WEIRD! Zach threw out some drumsticks which I'm sure must have given someone a concussion and my friend and I limped out of the venue to the stairs where our ride was waiting.

So the moral of this little tale is if you can go to the Rockband Live Tour do it!! Just do it ok.

Oh - don't forget to check out my photos, too! The gallery is here: Rock Band Live Gallery                                                                                                         

i dont really like the title thnks fr th mmrs and i thought i think of a new one for this contest!!! yay!!!

A/N: I am probably one of the biggest liars you will ever meet. I said I was gunna have this up weeks ago…that obviously didn’t happen. Blame my teachers! It’s their fault! They’re the ones who insist on me doing 5 worksheets, 40 math problems and then they make me write things in a different language! It’s cruel! Anyway so, yeah here it is and I will try to have another one up tomorrow, because I’ve got 7 more chapters written in my note book I just have to type them. So soon…hopefully…

After work Alex went to his house and I drove home. Olivia was sitting in front of the TV with Jack and Courtney. They had two large pizzas in front of them and were watching Napoleon Dynamite. I walked over and sat down next to Jack and Courtney. I grabbed a piece of pizza and go sucked into the humor of the movie.

            When the movie was over we all sat and talked.

“So Jack, how’s Michael?” I asked.

“Who’s Michael?” Courtney asked.

“He’s my boyfriend and good,” Jack answered.

“Oh! Olivia, where were you last night?” I asked.

“I was at Brendon’s.”

“Oh…had some fun last night, eh?”

She blushed before asking me a question.

“Sydney, Brendon wants to know if you and Alex want to double date with us tomorrow.”

“Sure sounds fun.”

The conversation continued like until jack and Courtney had to leave.

            Once they were gone I drifted to my room and took out my book and read a few pages before getting utterly bored and throwing it on the floor. I sighed and laid back. I must have fallen asleep because when I opened my eyes, sunlight was pouring through my window and birds were chirping. I pulled my pillow out from under my head and put it over my face in an attempt to block out the sunlight. The birds on the other hand could not be silenced and seeing as they were being so freaking annoying this morning I was not able to fall back into unconsciousness.

“God damn birds,” I muttered to myself as I got out of bed.

            I walked to the kitchen to get some breakfast. I pulled cereal from the cabinet and poured a bowl.  I ate at the kitchen table in silence since Olivia was still sleeping. When I was done I cleaned up and went to my room and got dressed.

            When I came back out Olivia was searching through the fridge for food.

“There’s nothing in the fridge!” she complained.

“Well there’s stuff in the cabinets…”

“Oh…Okay!”

She took out a box of cereal and began eating it.

            When she was done eating she dragged me to the mall claiming to need more band shirts even though her collection could already fill a museum.

            When we got to the mall she made a bee-line for Hot Topic. I trudged along behind her still pissy from the morning. Once in Hot Topic, Olivia dragged me by the wrist around the store, pulling down anything she liked.

            We finally stopped for a minute because she couldn’t decide between two Fall Out Boy shirts. I was staring off into space when my phone rang. I jumped because it was so loud. I pulled it from my pocket and flipped it open.

“Hello?”

“Hi Syd. It’s Jack.”

“Hey Jack. What’s up?” I asked in a monotone voice.

“Not much, just wondering if you were at the mall.”

“Yeah, I am. Why?”

“Oh no reason just wondering. Well I gotta go. Bye!” he said and the line went dead.

I stared at my cell phone expecting it to implode or something. Nothing happened so I put it back in my pocket. I shrugged off my suspicions and went back to staring off into space.

            Olivia and I walked around a bit more before she bought what she wanted and we left. We were walking towards the food court when I felt something hit the back of my head. I reached back slowly, afraid of what might be there, and peeled the object off. I brought it in front of my face and almost threw up. I dropped it to the ground. Ew! Bologna. I spun around and saw a retreating figure.

“I’ll meet you at the food court in a few,” I said to Olivia.

            I started to follow the culprit, weaving through the shoppers crowding the mall. I began catching up to him bit by bit.  When I was close enough to see what he was wearing I tried to figure out who it was. He was wearing black on black which could have been an assortment of people. That narrowed down my list by a tiny fractional piece, so I continued following him. I finally managed to get within arms reach of him and grabbed his elbow.       He spun around and smiled evilly at me before slipping a cloth bag over my head…

A/N: Ooooooh, cliffy!

A/N: The italics in this chapter are my dream.           

Alex of course wanted to see a horror movie, so for most of the movie my eyes were closed.  When we got back home Alex could see that I was still freaked out.

“Do you want me too stay with you tonight?” he asked outside the door to my apartment.

“No I’ll be fine by myself,” I lied.

“Are you sure?” he said unconvinced.

“Yeah, I promise.”

I stood on my tip-toes and kissed him.

“’Night,” I said.

“’Night,” He said.

He kissed me again and walked away.

            I walked in my apartment, noticed Olivia wasn’t home, walked to my room and fell asleep still in my clothes.

            I was sitting in a stone room on a chair. My hands were tied behind my back and I was gagged. I could see Alex on the other side of the room tied up the same way. I looked around the room trying to figure out where I was. There wasn’t much in the room. The only opening in the room was a rusty door on one wall.

            The door burst open and a burly man with a deformed face, knife and gun walked in. He walked over to Alex and kicked him. I tried to scream but no sound came out.

            The man grabbed Alex by his shirt and stabbed his arm with the knife, then proceeded to hack violently at his face. Alex let out a muffled scream. The tears started streaming down my face. Then the man put the gun up to Alex’s head and pulled the trigger…

            I sat up and bed and screamed. Tears were pouring down my face and I was covered in sweat. When I stopped screaming quiet sobs broke through my chest. I looked at the clock on my night stand. It was 3:30 am.

            I grabbed my cell phone and dialed Alex’s number. It rang a few times before a very tired sounding Alex answered.

“Hello.”

“A….Al….Alex,” I said between sobs.

“Sydney? Are you okay? What’s wrong?”

I sobbed harder. I gasped for air and tried to speak but all that came out was more sobs.

“Sydney, I’m coming over. I’ll be there in a minute,” he said and hung up.

            The phone dropped from my hand. I pulled my knees to my chest and took deep breaths to calm myself.

            When Alex arrived I had calmed down quite a bit, but I was still crying. He sat down next to me and pulled me onto his lap.

“It’s going to be okay,” he whispered to me.

I took a few shaky breaths and then looked up at him.

“What happened?”

“I…I had a dream,” I managed to get out. “And you…you…” I took another ragged breath before finishing. “You died.”

            I hid my face in Alex’s shoulder and cried some more. Alex held me and rocked back and forth, humming a soft melody.

            When my tear ducts were dry and took a deep breath and looked up at Alex. He smiled and kissed me.

“So I’m curious. Did this dream have anything to do with the movie we saw?”

“Um…well…yeah…”

“You know I wouldn’t have minded staying.”

“I know, but I didn’t want to wake you up in the middle of the night because I was scared,” I said sheepishly.

“Well that obviously didn’t work,” he pointed out jokingly.

“Yeah, I know. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. I want to be here to make you feel better.”
            I smiled and started playing with a piece of his hair. He grinned and started humming again. The tune was very pretty and I was sure I hadn’t heard it before.

“What song are you humming?” I asked.

He looked surprised.

“Oh…um…it’s just a song I wrote. Why?”

“I just thought it was very pretty.”

“Oh…thanks.”

“So you write music huh?”

“Yeah and I play guitar.”

“Really!? I play guitar too.”

“I know.”

“You’re such a little stalker!” I said playfully punching his shoulder.

“I’m sorry. Does that bother you?” Alex asked as he playfully pushed me back onto the bed.

“No,” I giggled as he straddled me. “It’s kind of…cute.”

He leaned down and nibbled on my ear.

“So I’m just “cute” to you?” He asked.

“No! Of course not! You’re kind and funny and sweet and handsome…”

“And cute.”

“Yes. You can be cute,” I said with a sigh.

“Okay…” he said and flipped over and pulled me on top of him.

“What was the point of that conversation?” I asked, resting my head on his chest.

“I don’t know,” he said playing with a piece of my hair. I laughed and closed my eyes.

            The next thing I heard was my alarm going off. I turned it off so it wouldn’t wake up Alex. I walked out of the room as quietly as I could and grabbed a red bull. I decided to steal some of Olivia’s clothes so I wouldn’t have to go in my room.

            I changed in the bathroom and brushed my hair and teeth at the same time. I left Alex a note and drove to work. Vicky-T came up to me when I walked in.

“So I saw you and Alex yesterday. You guys still “just friends”?” She asked.

“Uh…well….um…eh….” I coughed.

“Ha! I knew it!” She started doing a happy dance.

“Uh-huh.” I said as I walked away.

            I wasn’t working the register today, I was replacing the stock and helping customers. Alex came in and walked to the counter where I usually worked. When he saw I wasn’t there he began looking around the store.

            He spotted me and came over. He hugged me and kissed me.

“Ow!” he said.

I pulled away and cocked an eyebrow at him. He was rubbing the back of his head and facing away from me.

“Young man! That is no way to behave in a public place! There are young children here!” a stocky old lady said. 

I had to bite my lip to stop from laughing at the look on Alex’s face. It was a cross between really scared and really confused. She hit him with her purse once more before turning to me.

“Excuse me miss. Do you work here?” She asked in a completely different tone than before.

“Yes. Can I help you with anything?”

“Yes. Um, my granddaughters 9^th birthday is coming up and she absolutely loves Hannah Montana. So I was wondering if you could show me where the Hannah Montana CD’s are.”

I internally cringed. I plastered on a fake smile and nodded.

“Wait here.” I mouthed to Alex.

I led the woman to the children’s section where all the Disney CD’s were.

            She thanked me and I headed back to where Alex was. He was still rubbing the back of his head when I got back.

“Let me see you head,” I said.

He bent down and I lightly fingered his scalp. I felt a bump and noticed he winced when I touched it.

“Come on let’s get you some ice,” I said.

I took his hand and led him to the back of the store.

A/N: Sorry! It’s been a while! I’ve been lazy! Im sorry! But anyway I will hopefully have a couple more chapters up by tomorrow! Hope u enjoys and leave me lots of comments!

Brendon sat down on the bench outside of school listening to his friends babble. They were all laughing at some joke Gabe made about one of the “larger” girls in school. Gabe bad mouthed everyone because he used to be made fun of for his height and inability to speak English because he’s Hispanic. Only the second week of school and my friends can already make jokes about people, Brendon thought. Though fall had almost hit, the weather remained like it had been in the middle of July. Hot and sticky like fresh caramel. Then again they did live in Las Vegas, right near the desert, so it was like this almost all year round.

“Hanna and Audrey are so totally anorexic!” Pete exclaimed rather randomly. Short and always glaring, Pete sadly possessed the appearance of an evil gnome.

All the boys but Brendon laughed and agreed with the comment and began making their own cruel jokes about their school mates. Other students started arriving and soon the bell rang to signal the school day had commenced. The group of friends made their way inside leisurely, trying to keep the final few minutes of freedom for a little longer. Then Brendon walked straight into someone.

“Oh…I’m sorry…I didn’t mean to…I’m just trying to find my class…” stuttered the towering, slender boy Brendon had walked into.

“It’s fine; it was mostly my fault any way.” Brendon said chuckling and picking up the books the boy dropped when they had collided.

“Oh, my name is Ryan. I’m new here so could any of you show me where the Social Studies room is?” Ryan asked looking a little more comfortable with everything because of Brendon’s delightful personality.

“Why should we?” both Alex and Jack, the fraternal Barakat twins, retorted at the same time. They were both tall and had perpetual scowls on their faces because they constantly had something nasty to say.

“We-well…y-you don’t have to.” He replied losing his comfort and stuttering again.

“I have Social Studies, I’ll show you!” Brendon said smiling habitually, though inwardly reminding himself to kill his friends later.

“Thank you!” Ryan said looking comfortable again because he could now find his classroom.

            Brendon introduced himself and all his friends to Ryan, handed him the books he had dropped and headed off towards the Social Studies room. Brendon could hear his friends laughing at him and could feel Spencer’s patented icy blue death glare on his back but he ignored it.  The boys made it to class a little late but Mr. Beckett, one of most agreeable teachers in school, excused them because he realized Ryan had gotten lost and Brendon had helped him find his way. The boys sat down next to each other and listened to Mr. Beckett continue on about American geography.

            They left the classroom together getting to know each other better. The boys were equally warmhearted and they were also both brunette with brown eyes, but Ryan was exceedingly shyer than Brendon. Talking, Brendon and Ryan found that they were very similar and could be good friends. They went about their own business throughout the day until lunch. Brendon found Ryan and brought him to sit at his lunch table. Brendon’s friends acted no more accepting of Ryan at lunch, in fact they couldn’t have acted less accepting but they were too busy with today’s back to school gossip about the summer to worry about the new boy.

            In 6^th period Calculus Ryan met another group of people. One of the boys, Jon, asked Ryan why he and Brendon sat together at lunch.

“Well, because we’re friends.” Ryan replied.

“Oh…but he’s evil!” Jon exclaimed looking at Ryan, confused.

“What?! Brendon isn’t evil!” Ryan said in his defense.

“But he hangs out with Pete, Gabe, Spencer, and Alex and Jack!” Jon said looking even more confused. He was obviously not very bright.

“Yeah…so?” Ryan asked, genuinely perplexed.

“Well they’re horrible and he hangs out with them. So therefore he must be horrible too!” Jon said back believing every word that came out of his mouth.

“Do you really believe that?” Ryan asked.

“Yeah, of course, I mean it makes sense.” Jon replied happily.

“Oh ok…”

            Ryan continues being friends with Brendon despite this, but he finds out that most of the people at Palo Verde High aren’t smart or accepting enough to see past Brendon’s friends to his true, likable personality and because of this no one else wants Brendon or Ryan as a friend.

The moral of the story is: a man is judged by the company he keeps.

a/n: this is a school paper that had to be based off a moral. i need a title! please leave your concrit and title ideas in your comments!!! thankies!