Summer 2003
I rolled over and looked at the bright red numbers on the alarm clock. It was 6:45am. Damn I couldn't fucking sleep. It was killing me. I pushed back my long brown locks of hair and just sat there looking up at the ceiling wondering when the day would start. But let me start by saying my name is Jina I just turned 18 in March. Ive been moving around from house to house. My parents kicked me out as soon as I turned 18 so for the past few months I've been going to friends houses and staying with them. Last night I stayed over Heather's house with my other buds Ashley and Danielle. We were going to see Good Charlotte our favorite group. They hadn't played on Long Island since November of 2002 and we were dying to see them again. They were playing at a place called Jones Beach Theatre in Wantague,NY. We never thought they'd actually play in a place like that.. but Blink 182,Greenday and NFG did so I guess it wasn't long before they'd be there. I looked out of Heather's sliding glass door in her white room. She had posters of Good Charlotte and Simple plan and other great bands. I looked around her room as the sun peered into the room. I had to pee so badly so I got up and walked into the bathroom that was attached to Heather's room.
"Jina what are you doing up it's only 7:00",Heather grumbled as I stepped over everyone to get back to my spot. She was laying on her bed.
"I can't sleep Heather today is the most exciting day ever! I told you we have to get there early and wait by that gate where the buses go.. I've met so many famous people over there.. in my boyband phase especially",I laughed.
"Like who?",she questioned.
"Remember I said I met 9 days,BBmak.. and 98 degrees",I reminded her.
"Oh Yeah",she smirked.
"Can I wake them up yet?",I looked down and Ashley and Danielle who were sleeping peacefully.
"Go ahead I need to shower.. you can go next..",she said getting up and grabbing some clothes before heading to her bathroom. I tip toed towards the little radio that was on the floor next to the bed. I plugged it in and placed the GC cd in it. Luckily Heather's parents were already gone to work. I placed it right next to them and put Anthem on full blast.
"OMG!",Ashley screamed sitting up in her green sleeping bag. Danielle groggily looked at me.
"Guys wake up we have to get to Jones Beach before 12 so we can find the buses come on please",I whined like a child.
"Jina it's 7... lunch time is not for another 5 hours..",Dani stated shutting her eyes.
"We need to get there before lunch tho pwease!!!",I stated turning GC down.
"Fine! Im up!",Ashley protested as Dani pretended to snore.
"BITCH!", I yelled throwing a pillow at her. She laughed and got up to get dressed. We all decided to dress comfortable because we didn't care. The only thing we actually did was just put on some black eye liner and eye shadow but mostly we wore jeans and a t-shirt with either MADE, LeVel 27, or a regular GC shirt. We didn't care at all. We all got into Heather's red convertable and drove off to Jones Beach.
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We parked right nex to the exit so that when the night was over we could rush to our car and not be the last ones out becuase our car was by the exit. We walked down the pale colored pavement and looked up at the structure of Jones Beach Theatre. There were people at the little beach which was by the parking lot. I basically dragged each of them towards the gate on the other side by the VIP parking lot where I had spotted many famous people for many years. We sat down near a white sign which had the seating chart. We saw a few fans these fans had signs some of them seemed pretty normal like us. Until GC's tour bus went by us and they started screaming as the boys waved out the window.
"You think they'll come back out here with those animals?",I questioned looking at the bus as the break lights went on and it pulled over to the side. My eyes grew wide.
"I hope soo I wanna see my Pauly!",Danielle stated crossing her arms. We were now standing and waiting to see what they would do next. I saw Heather and Ashley's eyes were glued on the bus. They were attached to the fence. A few minutes later Ashley said.
"I see Billy he's walking down the steps.. aww he looks soo good!",Ashley stated. Danielle and I completley turned ourselfs to where we could see the boys getting off the bus. I looked to see Joel coming off of the bus. He was perfect everything about him was. His hair was in his little spike thing. He was wearing a made jersey and black dickies. I saw Billy was wearing his normal LeVel 27 shirt. Paul was just wearing all black. Benji was wearing shorts with patches on them and a black shirt. Just as they began to walk over to us the girls were getting all giddy. I rolled my eyes as the boys came towards us.
Me,Ash,Heather,and Dani began to smile as they came towards us. All of asudden the crazy girls jumped in front of us to get autographs first. I gave them dirty looks.
"Heather push through them damit! they are fucking teenies!",I yelled. Heather nodded and tried to make her way towards the crowd. As I was making my way towards the guys some girl tapped me on the shouldure.
"Excuse me but I was here first",was her response.
"You were here first my ass they were coming towards us and you fucking got in my way you damn teenie now shut the fuck up and let me through",I told her.
"You fucking didn't",she stated. She was a pretty big girl and she was a lot bigger then me. I looked up at her. She had dark skin and dark hair. She was wearing a really tight GC shirt which was really nasty on her.
"Wanna mess bitch?",she questioned.
"Bring it",I told her. Dani stopped when she heard us arguing.
"Jina dont",she warned me. Heather and Ashley stopped as they were almost there and turned back around. I waited for a few minutes and BAM! the girl knocked me down into the crowd of girls and all the girls screamed. Then I realized this girl had jumped on top of me she was squeazing my insides. I figured I'd try to fight back. She had hit me in the eye and I could feel it sweeling.
"GUYS HELP US!",Heather screamed for the boys attentions. Benji,Joel,Billy,and Paul looked up from signing and gave the stuff they were signing back. Joel was the first one over to the scene. Benji was the next at grabbed the girl off of me. I looked up at Joel but my vision was blury. I had about 10 shots at her but they were really bad. She had me good my eye was swoling by the second and my lip was humungous as well. I was really dizzy too. I looked up to see Joel standing over me with his hand to help me. I groaned as I felt myself reach for his hand. He grabbed for my other hand and he pulled me up. I wasn't sure what was going on the only thing I heard was.
"Im gunna go bring her to the bus to get some ice.. I'll be back",then I felt Joel's arm wrap around me and the next minute I was walking with him to their tour bus to get ice. The guards escorted the other girl out and the rest of the guys went back to signing autographs for the rest of the fans.