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"CATCH!" Isabelle said as she threw her drumstick at a random band across the parking lot of the tour buses. "IsAbElLe NoOo!" screamed Gabriel as he saw the flying drumstick. Only five minutes in and the entire band was acting like a pack of drunk teenagers. Sam was losing all his picks, Gabriel his voice, Isabelle her drumsticks apparently and me my patience. the drumstick hit a brown haired guy who immediately yelped in pain. The black haired guy next to him screamed back "GOOD ONE!" Then I saw the light brown hair looking our way. I didn't know if he was looking at me or my band who were currently laughing their heads off. Then they started walking our way.
"Hey, you're new here right?" The guy with the light brown hair said. "I'm Alex, I'm in All Time Low" he pointed at the other three guys "That's Rian, the dude that was attacked with a drumstick, Jack and Zack" Gabriel elbowed my rib, he noticed I was staring at Alex. "Oh ummm.. We are Cynical Hearts, I'm Zoë, That's Gabriel and Sam, and Isabelle, the one that attacked Rian." I giggled nervously. They smiled back. "So, you want us to show you around or.." Zack said as he scratched his neck. "Yeah, that would be nice..." Sam said as showed off his dimples. We started to walk around the venue which was being prepared for tomorrow's opening night. Jack started talking about everything we needed to know from signings to hydration to alcohol. "There are a lot of new bands this year, we were here last year and met a couple on the road," Alex explained to me as Jack screamed at someone far away which I guess was one of his friends. "Oh, I almost forgot, our good friends from Pierce the Veil are throwing a 'welcome to warped' party, it's tonight at around 7 at that area" He pointed at a tent in the horizon. "Okay," I took the risk and asked with my new gained confidence "Can you pick us up before you go, I think we're still pretty lost and we wouldn't like to go alone..." He looked down and laughed slightly. "Sure, just don't forget you might end up drunk " Oh no. I wouldn't admit it to anyone other than my closest friends, but I've never actually drank. I was always the little goodie two shoes and I wasn't legal to drink yet. I guess tonight I lost my drinking virginity? nope, not calling it that.

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It was 6:45. Isabelle was in shorts, a tank top, and only one spaghetti sock. The boys were already outside smoking. I was on my fifth try, to put on eyeliner without sneezing. 6:50. Belle, found her second sock. 6:55. I didn't look like a mole rat and Isabelle was dressed. 6:57. We spilled all apple juice. 6:58. We didn't care cause screw your apple juice. 7:00. All Time Low arrived at our bus. 7:03. Jack told me I smell like apple juice. We finally got to the party. Sam and Isabelle Immediately start chugging alcohol. Gabriel started smoking his third cigarette of the night with some other guys in a corner. Alex, thankfully came and saved my night. "So Zoë, I see all your friends left with my friends. So would you want me to introduce you to some guys?" I nodded nervously. He led me to a group of people laughing in the corner. I overheard someone screaming 'Yeah 'cause you're mexican'. Alex introduced me to the group of people "Okay so this is Zoë," He pointed at me "Zoë, that's Kellin," He pointed at a good looking tall dude, not my type though, I immediately thought of Isabelle falling for him. "That's Jaime" He pointed at a guy that had his hair straightened. "And that's Vic" My heart fluttered. I felt my stomach drop. He was smiling at me. His hair was straightened, his eyes mirrored mine as I instantly looked away to hide my blushing face. This is going to be a long night.

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