I've been smiling all day...
So who could IMAGINE having so much fun at a sold out concert...with no tickets???
So it all started when mackenzie, mallory and i went down to detroit for the rocket summer show, knowing it was sold out. we arrived and saw that the line was out the door crazy, and that the parking lot we parked in the first time mackenzie and i were at the magic stick was closed for the winter, so we drove around looking for the closest parking spot possible and waited for the line to go down. we finally went in and the bouncer said we could stay in the diner but couldn't go upstairs since we didn't have tickets. when we walked over to a table, mallory and i noticed immediately that seth (cutie!) and jed (both rocket summer's guitarists) were sitting at the table next to us. after moments of trying to figure out what to say to them, we went over and began talking to them. seth claimed he remembered us from last time, but we weren't sure if he was just saying that. although he DID remember that when we told him we were from rochester he thought we meant new york. so we told him that we didn't have tickets and that it was sold out, and he told us that he'd go see if he could get us in as his guests. while seth was gone, jed told us that his dog's name is mallory, and continued a conversation with us until seth came back and regretfully told us that they wouldn't let us in cuz they were already 'over capacity.' he apologized and they took pics with us. seth then said that he'd talk to bryce and see if he could have better luck getting a manager to let us in. we told him we'd be waiting for him in the diner.
after getting fries and waiting a while, seth came down to tell us that bryce would be down in a few minutes. we saw bryce, but he had his hood up and walked right past us. we were disppointed and, at that time, quite upset with bryce. we heard rocket summer go onstage and listened to a few songs from the bottom of the front stairs, which was pure torture. we tried convincing the bouncers to let us in, but they weren't budging. then mallory remembered the emergency exit from last time that lead to the concert hall upstairs, so we went looking for it. once we found it, mallory tried opening the door but unfortunately it was locked. then some guy came and asked what she was doing and she said "bathroom?" we sadly waited around the front stairs again until the stupid bouncers told us it was a "fire hazard" and we couldn't stand there anymore. screw you, bouncers. i'm SURE if there was a fire we wouldn't be standing there not letting people out.
after standing around next to the stairs, we noticed bryce come down and go outside to his van. we went into this small area next to the diner where we thought he might come back in. mallory and i were too afraid to go follow him, so mackenzie ran outside and screamed "bryce! wanna meet my friends?" and bryce said he had to change first, then he would come see us. after anxiously awaiting, he finally came in (i noticed we were standing in a small secluded area with him just like last time...not sure how that always happens). we told him how we didn't have tickets and didn't get to see him and he was like "oh you guys were the ones who couldn't get in? i'm soo sorry!" and we told him how it was torture being able to hear them and not see them and he said he felt so bad. we also told him how we met him last time he was here in that little secluded staircase...and the look on his face was priceless cuz he actually remembered. i know this because he said "ohh yeah, wasn't that like right before i was about to go onstage...?" in a tone hinting that he probably thought we were crazy the way we hunted him down last time. he also told us we looked older (aka more mature, aka he pretty much thought we were sexy) and actually noticed that mallory had gotten a haircut. we got him to sign our little album booklets from his cd and he also looked through them because he said he hadn't really gotten a chance to look at it. we asked him about one of the pictures in it and we also asked how he got the name rocket summer. he continued to apologize and told us they'd be back here again soon enough. mackenzie asked him about how he's doing a tour in japan and told bryce that he was from japan. they talked about it for a while cuz bryce seemed excited by that, and then mallory and i took the 'ghansta pics' with him that we've wanted for so long! then he regretfully told us he had to go back upstairs, gave us hugs and told us he loves us and "god bless." when he gave mackenzie a hug, mackenzie was just like uhh ok and bryce was like "hey, we're japanese brothers." haha it was great! i think i melted sometime after that.
a while later, seth came back and we talked to him about what they were doing later. apparently they were thinking of hanging around for a while but bryce had a curfew (awww) because they had a show tomorrow and a long van drive ahead of them. we waited as they packed up their stuff, and saw bryce carrying his huge keyboard (THE keyboard!) that was about the size of him. mallory offered some help but he said no thanks, then not even 30 seconds later he slipped on the snow and nearly fell on top of the keyboard. i was like 'we offered to help...'
after they were done packing up seth said they had to leave but told us he'd go see if we could get on their guest list for the next show. he came back and said that since they dont have a specific date for the next time they're here that he couldn't do anything at the moment, but gave us some info and told us to keep in touch with him and he'll definitely see what he could do. he apologized again and we thanked him and he gave us hugs and another picture (a GHANSTA picture!) and he left. as we were leaving bryce was outside talking to some fans, and he stopped and turned to us and gave us another sincere apology and that he hopes to see us again and to have a safe drive. it was so incredibly sweet!
so mackenzie, mallory, and i drove back home and talked about how awesome the night was for not even having tickets. we stopped and took pics with the giant mural of abe lincoln somewhere in troy (i now know where troy is!). we couldn't believe how amazing the night turned out to be, by the end of the night we were so comfortable with them it was like we were old friends or something. i even asked seth if bryce was annoyed with us cuz we had seen him look thru the window in our direction and made a weird face, but seth said it was cuz someone told bryce that he looked different so bryce was looking at his reflection in the window.
well that was my amazing night. if you read all of this, congrats!