Chapter 3
Christmas day came and went. But I gave thanks that my father was home for the holidays instead of in some hospital room. I spent as much time with him as I could. Thanks to Melissa and my new favorite music group The Backstreet Boys I was doing much better. For a while there my father seemed to be doing better then I was. There was something about their music and their stage presence that seemed to make me feel better when things got really rough. My dad must of known how his health had affected me personally, and he also knew that I delt with the hard times through music. He even took time to learn the lyrics to my favorite BSB songs so we could sing them together in the car. Knowing that my mom was gonna be the designated basket case during this time he counted on me to be the strong one. Knowing that my friends and the BSB's was where I got my strength from he kept me going on both of those points. He went as far as watching some of their performances on TV with me and reminding me when the new magazine issues were supposed to be coming out. I found humor in it all, but later I learned that this was his way of keeping me level headed so I could be there to help my mother and my younger brother.
Then one day I was on a double date with my friend Amber and her boyfriend Greg, and I was with this guy Nick that had asked me out on Friday after school. We had all decided to go to the school carnival for the afternoon. I was having a miserable time, not only did I have to pay for myself but he spent the entire time watching me ride the rides with my friends cause he was afraid of heights and then when we were walking he would take every opportunity possible to look down the V-neck line of my shirt.
"This guy has got to go."I whispered to Amber.
"Tell me about it, Greg said he would beat him up for you." I laughed.
"No that's ok, but tell him that I appreciate it."
"KIM KIM KIM!!!!"I turned around when I heard my name being yelled. I saw my friend Lyn running towards us. She was running so fast that she couldn't stop in time and she crashed into me.
"Lyn chill out, what's going on?!!" We both stood up straight as Lyn tried to catch her breath.
"Backstreet.... Concert.....Next-."
"Ok, hold on catch your breath first, then tell me."After a minute she was ok."Ok, now what did you want to tell me?"
"The Backstreet Boys are having a concert at the House of Blues on February 21st ." My heart stopped beating for about 3 seconds I think
"How did you find out?"
"My mom told me, I knew you were hear so I came by to tell you."
"I have to have tickets to that, are they on sale yet."
"Yeah, but their ex-spected to sell out pretty quick."
"Ok, it's time for me to go home anyway, I'll order the tickets from ticket master as soon as I get home. Do you want one?"
"My mom already ordered mine but we can go together."
"Cool and I know Melissa will want to go too. You know her with Brian."She and I agreed to call each other later and finished our plans. When I got home I told my dad about the concert and he immediately gave me his credit card to order mine and Melissa's tickets. Since the concert was general admission with no assigned seating, I knew we would have to get there early to have a good view. My dad made sure that I knew where I was going and made me promise I would call home when I got there. This is why having a cell phone is a good idea. I agreed to every thing, promising him I would be safe. As the time drew near, I got more and more excited.
