xxJudayy

That was THE best night of my life…ever.  The only bad thing was that I didn’t get to meet John…hold on, I’ll give ya the rundown:

It was a normal school day until I left before last period.  Me and my friend walked home and got everything ready.  We waited for my dad to come and he took forever to get going.  So, we’re finally on our way and we get to the HOB around 3:15.  He dropped us off and we waited outside the ticket window until he came back. Well, I did…she got us a great spot in line.  Anyways, while I’m waiting for my turtle father to walk back to where we were, the doors were open to the stage where THE MAINE were soundchecking.  I saw John and died.  I was all about ready to peeeeeeee my pants!  Then the guys from ARTTM showed up to unload all their shit from the van.  They must’ve walked by me a hundred times and I just stood there watching.  I was very angry with myself.  I kept watching The Maine and they were playing Into Your Arms and then they did some weird screamo song and John looked very entertained, haha.

I keep waiting for my dad and then Nick Santino walks by on his phone and I’m like “ohhhhhh shit”.  He’s such a cutie, haha.  But yeah, didn’t say anything to him either.  Then my dad finally gets there so we buy the tickets and get back in line where my friend is waiting.  It’s about 3:45 now so we had some time left.  We waited for my other friend to come meet us with her two friends and she got there around 4:30-4:45, I don’t remember.  We talked and talked and were SOOOOOO excited!!  I was ready to pee the entire time!

Time passed kinda quickly actually, it was great.  By 6 the doors were open so we went in and I got right up front.  Like, against the barricade up front.  I felt kinda bad cause I was squashed up against this girl but she was really nice.  My friend was behind me and I had the bag with presents in it  over my back.  She was holding on so she wouldn’t move.

While we were waiting, there was music playing and there was a box kinda up top of the stage where all the guys were hanging out.  Halvo got up on the ladder there and started shaking his ass.  It was very funny.  Then I saw John, Kenny, Garrett, Loren, and Nick up there.  Nick was the only one to stay though because his family was up in this special balcony section that connected to the box.  He would come near the railing and people would start screaming and then he would walk away.  He did this multiple times before their set started at 7.

They played their EP and one new song which was very very goooooood.  I was singing all the words.  Yes.  All of them.  People started eitehr crowd surfing or trying to get out of the pit…I think it was both but the secruity guards had to keep yanking people out.  They took one girl out next to me and she kicked my arm so now there’s a huge bruise there.  Nick was adorable though.  He was like “Fuck yeah!” and then he looked up to the balcony and was like “Sorry mom”.  Haha.  Halvo was like thisclose to me a buncha times cause I was right in front of his mic and that was exciting.  Because of all the moshing, I got moved closer to the center but not close enough.  Damn.  Oh, and then John came out to sing his part in Just Another One and I started smiling like crazyyyy.  He was adorable.  He always is.  Love you.

So next was Hit the Lights.  Eh.  A little too loud for my taste and I didn’t really like them but I was happy when Kennedy came out and played a song with them on guitar.  Their guitarist wasn’t there…

Then The Maine was up and John came up and I started screaming.  Like scuh-reaming.  That boys definitely knows how to work a crowd and he kept saying the funniest things.  We made eye contact for like a second but that was it because he was always on the other side of the stage.  I caught Garrett’s eye once or twice too and Jared sweat on me.  John kept taking sips from his water and throwing it super far out so I couldn’t get it.  Then Garrett threw his pick and it went right by my head.  Like, I saw it whiz by me.  Then it hit the girl next to me, bounced out of the pit and I held my hand out for it.  The security guard picks it up and hands it to the girl next to me.  I was like “really????”  I knew the words to every single one of their songs and John messed up once during either Time to Go or We All Roll Along, I can’t remember.  All I remember is singing the right words and he started the wrong verse and then stopped singing til the chorus, haha.  Then, before Into Your Arms John was telling us what the song was about and he’s like “This song is about sexual intercourse” I was laughing very hard after that.  When they played I Must Be Dreaming and sang “two kids, one love, who cares if we make it up?” I threw my fingers up like there was no tomorrow.  We had a “Who’s sexier in Boston contest” and the audience was split into two sides: Garrett’s and John’s.  I was on Garrett’s side.  It was fun.  Between songs, John starts talking then he stops and turns to Garrett and says “Dude, I just burped.  That shit tasted like chicken.  That’s fucked up” and I laughed again.  He’s so amazing!!  There were so many other amazing things in their set but I don’t want to type them all, haha.

FF5 was up next but I didn’t really want to see them so I left the pit and went upstairs to find my friend who had left earlier.  We were looking for The Maine cause they said they’d be out but they were showering and stuff.   I bought a shirt for my brother at the 3OH!3 merch table and then went to get a shirt and poster from The Maine’s merch table.  We met up with my other friends after that and stayed together for a while while FF5 was going.  They were actually really good!

We waited for 3OH!3 then and they were SO AMAZING!!!  Me and my friend snuck around near the doors during Chokechain so we could get to meet the guys sooner.

When they finished Don’t Trust Me, we bolted outside and found Halvo!!  I took a picture with him and I’ll post it in a bit.  We found Loren really shortly after and I got a picture with him too, haha.  Then we walked around a little cause I needed to find John to give him his stuff.  Then I saw Garrett and Kennedy and got pictures with them so that was good.  I kept looking and looking for John but no such luck.  I saw a glimpse of him but left and I got really upset.  After some more searching, the guys were being ushered inside because the police wouldn’t let them stay outside.  I almost started bawling right there as I gripped John’s present in my hands.  I went back to where Garrett was because he hadn’t been taken away yet.  “Garrett! Garrett!” I called, tapping his shoulder.  He was surrounded and the guy was taking him away.  I was on the verge of tears.  “Go get him!!!” my friend yelled and I sprinted after him.  “Garrett! Garrett!” I called.  Still didn’t hear me.  “Garrett!” I tried one more time and he turned around.  I can’t imagine what my face looked like.  “Hey” he said.  “Can you give these to John please?” I asked, shoving my presents at him.  He smiled and said in a very sweet voice “Yeah, sure”  I smiled so wide and thanked him over and over.  I was content then and would have been happy if it ended there.  I was wrong.  I started walking away from the HOB and John was pinned against the wall by at least 50 girls and was apologizing because Max was taking him inside.  He kept saying “I’m gonna get arrested!” over and over and over.  I was on the outside of the pack of girls and he was giving the inner circle hugs and then he just left.  Without even looking at me.  I saw his hair and then just…gone.  I got so upset.  You don’t even know, I was sniffling the whole walk to the car (which was pretty far) and then my friend cheered me up and made me talk about all the other good things that happened.

It was the best night of my life.

Now, I’m just waiting on a phone call for a very very speical someone.