SO IT WAS SET, WE WERE ON A MISSION TO FIND OUT HOW EXACTLY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET TICKETS TO THIS REALLY WAY BORING SHOW, THAT NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WATCH. POOR JESS'S MOM, WE MADE HER DO EVERYTHING. SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF CALLING THE FOX STATION AND FINDING OUT ALL OF OUR INFO. WE WERE THRILLED TO FIND OUT THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TICKETS TO THE SHOW AND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE HOUR LONG SHOW AS WELL, HANSON, WAS GOING TO BE PREFORMING A LIVE CURB-SIDE PREFORMANCE.
SO THEN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BIG DAY CAME, I WAS SO EXCITED I COULD HARDLY FALL ASLEEP. I HAD SET MY ALARM FOR 4:15 AM. BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE IT WAS AROUND 6. WE WERE THRILLED TO FIND THERE WERE ONLY THREE OTHER PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE WAITING FOR THEM TO ENTER THE BUILDING.
WE FIGURED THAT SINCE WE WERE GOING TO BE WAITING HERE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, WE SHOULD FIND OUT HOW BIG OF HANSON FANS THESE GIRLS REALLY ARE. (THEY WERE PRETTY NICE ACTUALLY, BUT LET ME TELL YA, THEY WEREN'T AS OBSESSED AS WERE WERE! I MEAN ARE.)
THEN AT AROUNG 7, THEIR MUSIC TRUCKS CAME CARRING ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT. AND THEN THE NICEST MAN CAME OVER TO US. HE SAID, "LISTEN ME AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER WORKERS HERE HAVE NOTICED HOW EARLY YOU GUYS GOT HERE, JUST TO SEE HANSON. YOU MUST BE THEIR NUMBER ONE FANS! SO WE HAVE DECIDE TO GIVE YOU THESE STICKERS. WITH THESE STICKERS YOU WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE ROPED OFF AREA WHERE HANSON IS GOING TO BE SINGING. BUT YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME ONE THING, DO NOT PUT THESE STICKERS ON UNTIL I TELL YA, BECAUSE I CAN'T GIVE THEM TO EVERYONE."
WE WERE SO PSHYCHED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO FIRST, YELL AND SCREAM OR CALL ALL OUR FRIENDS AND TELL THEM THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ON T.V. JESS'S MOM DECIDED SHE WOULD TAKE ME TO A PAY PHONE TO CALL MY MOM AND TELL HER THE EXCITING NEWS.
NOW IT WAS AROUND 7:30, THERE WAS WORD GOING AROUND THAT HANSON WAS DUE ANY MINUTE. SO FOR FORTY-FIVE MINUTES, GIRLS STOOD WONDERING IF THEY WERE IN THAT CAR, OR IF THEY WERE IN THAT CAR. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A MAROON COLORED MINIVAN PULLED UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING DOORS. FIRST OUT CAME IKE. THEN ZAC SOON FOLLOWED, WITH TAY GUIDING HIS LITTLE BRO INSIDE, TRYING TO AVOID CONTACT WITH THE CROWD. BUT JESS, REALSING SHE WOULD PROBABLY NEVER GET ANOTHER OPPERTUNITY TO BE THIS CLOSE TO TAYLOR HANSON, SEIZED THE MOMENT AND REACHED HER HAND OUT, HOPING HER HAND WOULD LAND ON TAY. AND GUESS WHAT, NOT ONLY DID SHE TOUCH HIM, SHE MANAGED TO PUNCH HIM. (NOW GIRLS, DON'T BE ALARMED, IT WAS MORE OF A LOVE-TAP.) THIS CAUSE TAY TO TURN AROUND TO SEE WHAT ALL THE COMOTION WAS ABOUT, BUT JESS WAS TOO BUSY YELLING AT US, "DID U JUST SEE WHAT I DID?" THAT SHE MISSED MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH TAY. BUT OH WELL WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
THEN CAME THEIR MOM, CARRING SOUND ASLEEP MACKIE, AND JESSIE AND AVERIE, ALL HEADING TOWARD THE BUILDING. THEN THE WORKERS OF THE SHOW CAME AND TOOK EVERYONE ACROSS THE STREET, BECAUSE THE GUYS HAD TO GET READY FOR THEIR SOUND CHECK. ONCE THEY WERE DONE, WE WERE BROUGHT BACK AND THE PEOPLE WITH THE STICKERS WERE ALLOWED IN THE FRONT ROW. I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD, SO I COULD GET THE PERFECT SPOT, RIGHT IN FRONT OF TAY!! WE STOOD THERE LIKE SARDINES FOR AN HOUR.
THEN THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME HAPPENED. OUT CAME IKE, ZAC, AND TAY. THEY LOOKED SO GOOD. TRYING AND ACTING ALL COOL IN FRONT OF THE FANS, TAY WALKED OVER TO THE MICROPHONE AND TRIED TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT LITTLE DID HE KNOW, IT WASN'T ON! THEY WERE TOLD TO TAKE THEIR SEATS AND THE LIVE INTERVIEW WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN. AT THE START OF THE INTERVIEW, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DRINK THIS MILK, AND WHEN THEY WERE DONE, OF COUSE LIKE NORMAL FANS, WE ASKED FOR THE HALF FULL GLASS. AND THE PEOPLE WERE SO NICE AT THE SHOW, THEY GAVE IT TO US! I FELT A LITTLE BAD FOR IKE, BECAUSE NO ONE WANTED HIS GLASS.
DURING THE COMMERCIAL, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO REMAIN QUIET, YEAH LIKE THAT WAS GONNA STOP ME FROM LETTING TAY SEE ME! SO ON THE COUNT OF THREE MY FRIEND LISA AND I YELLED T-A-Y-L-O-R AS LOUD AS WE COULD. AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING, IT WORKED. WE CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION AND HE WAVED TO US. I HAVE A PIC TO PROOVE IT TOO!! THEY THEN PLAYED MMMBOP AND THINKING OF YOU.
DURNING EACH COMMERCIAL, TAY WAS SO NICE. HE WOULD TRY AND TALK TO THE CROWD. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT HE SAID. SINCE IT WAS ABOUT 90 DEGREES OUT, AND HE WAS WEARING PANTS, HE GOES, "HEY WHO IS HOT OUT HERE???" AND BEFORE ANYONE COULD ANSWER, JESS YELLED OUT, "YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "I MEANT TEMPERATURE WISE." WAS WHAT TAYLOR'S RESPONCE TO JESS'S REMARK.
THEN UNFORTUNETLY THE SHOW WAS OVER, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HEAR MYSELF ACTUALLY SAY THAT, BUT YEAH I WAS SORRY IT WAS OVER. THAT HAD TO BE THE BEST DAY OF MY WHOLE LIFE. AND PLUS WHEN WE GOT HOME AND HAD OUR PICTURES DEVELOPED, WE WERE EVEN MORE EXCITED TO FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE A FUTURE IN PHOTOGRAPHY. ********SORRY THIS WAS SOO LONG, BUT HEY IT WAS A LONG DAY!******* -DANIELLE-
