Chapter 7



We got back on time and went immediately to soundcheck. That only took a few minutes. Then we were on our way to wardrobe and makeup.

For the concert we were all wearing ADIDAS running shoes and drawstring khakis, but we each had a different color spaghetti strap tank top.

Zoe had green, Ariana had yellow, I had royal blue, Ash had red, and Steph had light blue.

Then we went to makeup. I asked Sara if she would put blonde streaks in my hair and give me bangs.

"Sure thing honey," she replied.

She did that to my hair and pulled it into a pony tail. She gave Ash french braided pigtails, left Steph's hair down, gave Ariana one long french braid, and left Zoe's hair down. She gave us base, a little blush and lip gloss, mascara, and powder so it wouldn't melt under the lights.

Then we heard our call, "Arcadia up in 10 minutes."

We did one last thing: a prayer. All of us are fairly religious and believe in God.

Then we ran out to center stage. My stomach felt like it was on spin cycle. Before I knew it the lights came on and we were singing and dancing to our song One Step at a Time.

I was nervous but by the time we got to the last chorus I was fine.

Take it one step at a time
To tell me you love me
I understand it's hard
But I could wait forever to hear those sweet words from your lips.

It was over all to soon. The music stopped and we were supposed to introduce ourselves.

"Hey everybody we're the new group Arcadia!" we said in unison.

"I'm Zoe Malich. I'm the oldest at 21 and watch after the others."

"I'm Ariana Smithson. The second oldest at 19 but probably the most mature!"

"I'm AC Cline. The middle one at 15. I'm Ariana's cousin but the others agree I'm the most immature!"

"I'm Ashley Warden. 2nd youngest at 14. I'm the peacemaker but immature when I'm around AC and Steph!"

"I'm Stephanie Ricardine. The youngest at 13. I'm a little more mature than AC but not much!"

Then we ran offstage. There were 2 Swedish acts going before the Boy's so we met them when we got offstage.

"You were awesome!" they told us.

We were so happy we actually couldn't talk so we just nodded. Then they had to go so we found some seats backstage and sat down to relax. We didn't bother to change cause we actually got to keep the clothes we wore tha night and we only did 2 songs so we weren't sweaty. We just sat back and listened to the Boy's perform.

"Why aren't they big in the US?" I asked, "They're awesome!"

The others just shrugged and we became silent again btu this time for the rest of the concert. Not that we were normally quiet alot. We were just tired and the BSB was so good we just wanted to listen to them.

After awhile the concert was over and tons of people came backstage. Some even asked for our autographs! BSB was pretty crowded with fans wanting their autographs but we didn't care.

We were happy to be asked at all. After about an hour the people left and the Boy's and us sat down to relax.

"Did you enjoy your first concert?" they asked.

We looked at each other and yelled out in unison,"YES!!!!!"

They laughed and we left to go back to the hotel and get some rest.

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