"Umm, hi, again. Do you know where we could find Parker Alizabeth?" the voice asked again.

Parker, now noticed, that the voice was attached to an incredibly gorgeous guy. He had shoulder lenth blond, almost brown hair, and the most beautiful brown eyes Parker had ever seen. "Well, uhh...," Parker stammered.

"Park, what are you doing? You shouldn't be lifting that. Let me do it, that's what I'm here for," Jordan called from the sound booth.

"You're Parker Alizabeth?" the gorgeous voice asked.

"Guilty," Parker admitted.

Jordan walked toward Parker holding her heaset mic. "Oh, hey, buys," Jordan exclaimed. He turned to Parker, "I see you've met my cousins. This is Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson."

"Your cousins?" Parker questioned. You never told me they wre your cousins.

Parker learned that they gorgeous voice and gorgeous eyes belonged to Isaac Hanson.

"Are you going to be at the show?" Parker shyly asked.

"Yeah! We're sort of curious. Jordan has been talking nonstop for the past 4 weeks about this incredibly talented girl that has been recording at Studio One. We just had to check it out," Isaac told her.

"Well, let's go back behind the stage so I can get Parker wired and then we need to do a sound check. After that, you guys can talk for a while," Jordan told them, taking over in a business-like manner.

Parker and the Hanson boys headed to the back of the stage. Jordan clipped the wireless battery pack to the back of Parker's shorts and he handed the headset to Parker. She slipped the mic under her hair and over each ear and then adjusted the mouth piece so that it was in front of her mouth.

"All set?" Jordan asked. Parker just nodded. "Well, then, let's go do a sound check."

Parker ran through one song while Jordan adjusted the levels so that it sounded just perfect. By that time Pete was back, so Parker ran through anothe song so that she could practice the transition from playing to dancing. As she walked down the side steps from the stage, Isaac, Taylor, and Zac met her.

"Wow, that was really great!" Taylor commented. "I can't wait to see the full show, now."

"Thanks! To tell you the truth, I am extremely nervous and now moreso since ya'll are here."

"Why is that?" Zac inquired.

"I have been a fan of yours since you put out the 'Boomerang' album," Parker confessed.

"Really?" Isaac said. "That's cool! How old are you?"

"20," Parker told him.

"Really? That's about how old I am. I'm 21, but I thought you were maybe more Zac's age."

"Nope!" Parker said laughing. "I look really young, I know. Now, you're 21, you're 19, and you're 16, right?" she said pointing to Isaac, Taylor, and Zac.

"Right, you are. Boy, you must really know us," Zac exclaimed.

"Well, it's a little hard to not know your ages. I have watched you guys play for about 9 or 10 years."

At that point, Susan came to find Parker. "Hey, Park, I have the tripod set up by the sound booth, but I am going to try to move around too. Who is this? Oh, my lands! You're Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson!"

"Oh, my gosh! You're kidding. I didn't know that," Taylor joked with her. Susan looked at him and he winked to let her know that he was joking.

"Suzie, meet Isaac, Taylor, and Zac. They came to watch today, and play tonight, right guys?

The guys nodded.

"Oh, my goodness! I just love your music," Susan gushed as she broke into her own rendition of 'MmmBop.'

"Suzie, keep your day job, huh," Parker chided her.

Parker, Susan, and the boys laughed.

As Parker was laughing, she stole a look at Isaac, but he was looking at her, so she looked down quickly. She wondered what he was thinking.

Isaac looked at Parker. She was very beautiful. He couldn't help but notice her long brown hair and brown eyes. She had such gorgeous brown eyes. He also wondered what she was thinking. He noticed that she would look at him quite oftern and she always looked away when he caught her. "How cute," he thought. "She must be really shy." This was definitely a girl that he would like to get to know better.

"Parker, it's showtime," Pete said running up to her. She got the dancers and everyone together for a pre-show peptalk.

"Ok, guys. Remember, we are out there to have fun. If there are mistakes, that's ok, just make them good mistakes. This is being videotaped, so don't let that throw you. Oh...and, uh...Hanson is in the audience. So, let's go out and have fun," Parker encouraged them.

"Hanson is here?!" Susan's sister Jennifer asked. "Oh, my goodness!"

"Yep! I'll introduce you after the show. I didn't want to throw you by doing it before. Parker put her hand in the middle of the circle, and everyone else put their hands over hers. "Go, go, go, go," they all started chanting.

"All right, let's go kick some butt!" Parker exclaimed.

The five of them went to wait by the side stairs up to the stage. The concert coordinator for the festival grabbed a cordless mic and walked onto the stage. Parker could see Jordan on the other side of the stage waiting to take over the keys, so she could dance. She stole a quick look at the audience. She was very surprised to see so many people. She estimated at about 150 or 200 people and she could see Isaac, Taylor, and Zac in the front row. She made eye contact with Isaac and he gave her the thumbs up sign.

Parker listened to the crowd cheer as the coordinator walked out onstage. "Welcome, welcome! I would like to introduce a very special, talented young lady. Please welcome, Tulsa native, Parker Alizabeth." The crowd began to cheer. Parker ran onto the stage jumping and acting crazy. She knew the more energy she had, the more energy the crowd would have. The dancers followed her onstage and quickly took their places.

"How are you feeling, Tulsa?" Parker yelled into her mic. She was met with cheering from the crowd. Parker lovingly touched the keys on the keyboard. "Well, that's good to hear. Who's ready to rock?" More cheering from the crowd. "Well, then, let's rock. On your feet. Come on," she said as she began to play.

From the first chords she played, the audience was mesmerized and Parker was addicted.




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