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Chapter 1:
It was the night that I had been waiting for ever since my mum ran into my room, flailing an envelope in her hand, about 2 months ago.
“What's this mum?” I said looking up from my computer screen. She smiled at me and place the manila envelope into my hands. I slowly opened it and as soon as I saw the title, I wanted to scream. At the top of the tickets, it read “Arctic Monkeys: AM Tour”.
“Thank you mum!! I absolutely love you” I got up and hugged her to the point I though I was squeezing her a little too hard. From that day, I had been waiting for this night. The Arctic Monkeys had pretty much be the band which I would have killed to see, especially if I got the chance to see Alex Turner on stage.
I placed my phone into the speakers and put on the song that never seemed to fail to make me happy, “Do I Wanna Know?”. I slipped on my sparkly, straight dress which I though would suite the mood perfectly. Well it was sparkly, so no doubt Alex would notice me in the crowd…. Yeah like that would happen. As my mum had said every time I went out, “Always be comfortable in anything you wear”. Well I guess in this situation I should wear my Doc Martins, since they were the only comfortable shoes I own. I put my skull boots on, picked up my phone and walked down stairs.
“You trying to impress anyone?” my dad said, looking me up and down. I didn’t really want to mention to him that the lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys was a sex god, cause that could be awkward.
“Oh no one, I’m just going to a gig tonight…. And no dad before you say anything, I’ll come home before midnight…. No later!” I said, trying to make my dad believe. I ran over to him and kissed him on the cheek. My mum waved me good bye and before I ran out of the door, she gave me a bundle of money.
“Just in case something happens” she whispered into my ear. I started walking down the road to the abandoned warehouse about 5 minutes from my house. As I got closer to the warehouse, I could hear the music booming from the inside. I could feel the base running through my body. I showed my ticket to the man at the door, who all but said to me “Have fun…”. That felt really weird, and I mean really weird….
As I made my way into the massive room, I spotted a few people who I knew. Even though I knew them, didn’t mean I wanted to see them at an event like this. I walked over to the bar and bought a lemon lime and bitters. I must admit that wasn’t the best move cause I really didn’t know what the bartender had put in it… so glad my parents weren’t here.
“Now everyone, are you ready?” I turned around and saw a skinny man standing on the stage, yelling into the microphone. I moved up right to the front so that the band might actually have a chance to see me. People started yelling and jumping up and down so that they could get a look at the band who were walking onto the stage. The three guys walked onto the stage first and then followed by Alex. OH MY GOD he looks so hot!!
Alex had his hair done in a quiff and he wore the trademark leather jacket that he always wore to concerts. Under the jacket, he wore a blue and white checkered jacket and dark blue jeans with a large belt buckle.
“We are the Arctic Monkeys and we will be playing for you tonight! ‘re you ready?” Alex said picking up his red Gretch guitar. He really did look like the perfect 50’s sex god in every single way. Everyone yelled “YES!” in reply, and that signalled the beginning of that night. Through out the night I danced and sung to every single song but for the whole night I felt a strange presence.
I looked up at the stage and at Alex hoping that with some strange twist of fate, he would be looking back at me. I kept doing it for the whole show and finally on the last time (before I was going to give up on the whole endeavour), he was looking straight at me and gave me a casual wink… Was this actually happening, was he actually winking at me or was I just imagining it again.
The gig sadly came to an end after they played “R U Mine?” as loud as humanly possible. I started walking out of the warehouse and down the street. I stopped on the corner thinking that if I turn back now, I might have a chance at meeting Alex and getting to go back stage with him. Now that would be a dream come true. But instead I kept walking and turned one of the three corners to get back to my place.
Suddenly from behind me I felt a tap on the shoulder and then my eyes get covered by an unfamiliar smelling fabric.