Before I Sleep

Chapter 2 24 Hours Before

So deep in my sleep and comfy on my bed, all I hear is my dumb alarm ringing off the hook. Turning over and grabbing the damn thing and throwing it across my room is all I could do. All I wanted to do was stay in my comfy warm blankets. But of course the universe was so against me today. My phone started buzzing. So annoyed I grabbed my phone and debated on ignoring my bestie's call or should I just take it. Deciding on the latter i slid my finger across my screen. "Omg! Finally you answer."

"Yeah, well if you keep yelling, you'll be talking to yourself soon. What do you want so damn early?"

"You do know its like 1pm." Shes stating as a matter of fact. Like really did she need to tell me the time. But of course she doesn't wait for my response she begins on rambling on and on. And until she says that she got tickets to a 2 day concert about an hour away. Damn now I need to convince my mom to not freak and be ok if I went with her. Even being 18 I still have to let my mom know where I will be and when I will be returning. Out of respect and peace of mind for her. Finally hanging up I get up and go to my bathroom and get a nice hot shower in and get ready and clean my room and pack my bag.

Finally about an hour later, I go downstairs and see my soon to be official step dad in the living room. "Charlie do you know where mom is?" "Yeah she left to go get some things she needed for the house. Why whats up?"

"Nothing, I wanted to let her know that Teresa and I are going to a concert and we won't be back until Monday morning. I just don't want her stressing out about where I am. Can you please let her know. I have 2 portable chargers and everything I need to be safe. And I will be driving." "Yeah, please sweetheart be safe and don't separate from each other. If anything happens or you feel uncomfortable call me and I'll come and meet you there. Ok?" "Thank you dad. I appreciate it. And I promise." After giving him a hug goodbye I was off to pick up Teresa.

Finally after helping Teresa pack her bag we stop at a gas station and get some snacks and water bottles. Once on the road we blast our favorite songs of different genres. From hip hop to oldies to pretty much anything we felt like hearing. And of course singing along to. Reaching our destination with out a problem we pay for our parking space and go check in to our hotel. Im all for the concert but can't rough it out with out my showers. And comfy bed. Call me boujie but I needed my essentials, plus what would a tent provide for safety. Once we changed, more like Teresa went all hoe like we made our way to the lobby. There we met her cousin Bobby and his friend Jason. His friend was kind of attractive but I wasn't looking for anything not even a boyfriend. Well actually I never had one before so talking to boys didn't come easy for me. The only guys I talked to was my 2 dads, brother, Bobby and the guys from my dad's club. That was pretty much it. So being Teresa she makes it a point to let him know after the introduction were made to say I was single and ready to mingle. Hating what she just said makes me blush and roll my eyes at her. But there was something so off about him it made my skin crawl. I couldn't put my finger on it, but there was something just telling me to stay away from him. Bobby saving the day grabs my hand and pulls me next to him as we walk out of the lobby. Enjoying our joking around with each other I didn't bother watching Teresa throwing herself at Jason. It was like a horrible accident that you couldn't look away, and had to keep watching. Once we reach the gates to enter Teresa helped me put on my wrist band the guys already had checked in and had their tents set up. There was so many people like one wrong move and I could literally loose everyone next to me. And just be lost in a sea if people. They had a band playing I haven't heard of. The normally had the bands coming up to play first and the main attractions where the next days.

We all decided to go ahead and get some food from one of the food trucks they had here. We all decided to get some Mexican food. Love me some tacos. And a cold soda. As we sit and eat we enjoy the next band playing. They were pretty good. Maybe this will be a great weekend after all.