Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right

Three weeks flew by. We had managed to find another manager thanks to Meghan, she knew someone that was perfectly qualified and was looking for a new job.

With our team in place and the grand opening behind us, all we ha to do was pack the van for Warped. If you had told me 6 months ago that we would have a fully functioning new store and that we were going to be selling stuff at Warped your I wouldn't have believed you.

Chloe skipped toward the van bag in hand. "Are you ready my love?" She asked shoving her bag into the backseat.

"As ready as I'll ever be." I told her smiling. "Let's get this show on the road."

I climbed into the drivers seat as Chloe looked or music. The first venue was in Pomona. We only had about an hour drive. The first day of your didn't start until tomorrow, but here was a meeting today and a party tonight.

The drive there was I eventful. We blasted music and talked about how excited we were about being on Warped this year instead of just attending it.
I pulled into the lot and security gaurs stopped me.

"Who are you?" He asked

"Wilted Lily Clothing." I replied.

He looked through his list, checked us off, and rummaged through his bins of laminated passes. He found ours and handed them to us.

"Go straight through the gate and take a left. There will be a guy in there showing you where to park." He said before turning back around.

I drove through the gate an followed the directions of the guards. We parked and I handed Chloe her badge as we got out.

She has her shoulder length fire engine red hair straightened. She wore a pair of black skinnies, a drop dead tank, and her hot pink Doc Martins. They were her signature shoes.

I wore ripped grey skinnies, a Detroit red wings tee, and my custom pink, purple, and black vans. My auburn hair fell to the middle of my back in natural waves.

We walked toward where we were told to go. There was a huge crowd already there. We waited for about fifteen more minutes before a guy hopped onto a box getting everyone's attention.

"Okay listen up. My name is Jeff. I am the coordination manager. I deal with anything from set times to where you are setting up your booths. You will all get schedules either at the end of the night or the next morning. If any of you have questions or concerns you can contact any of the assistant CMs here at our trailer or you can email us.

We will try to accommodate any changes you have, but please keep in mind you are bit the only one on this tour. We have a lot to do and we do a first come first serve policy. We stop taking changes once the gates open, unless there is a major invent an something is an emergency.

We want everyone to have an amazon experience. Meaning there are some rules. Try to keep the drinking until after your set/ the gates close. We have had our fair share of bands not playing and people not showing up for their job because they are too intoxicated. Also we don't care if you guys hook up with each other. Just keep in mind that you are in your with them. If shit gets ugly you are still going to have to see them.

Lastly and most important if you, the band, or the crew break this last rule you will be kicked off tour without a second thought. With that being said the last and most important rule is do not publicly bash this tour. We get that shit gets stressful and that not everything is going to go according to plan, but we have had to kick people off for sayin' that this tour sucks yada, yada, yada. We don't mess around with this one.

We are here to provide a great time for fans and the people running it. Any person associated with this tour is a representative for this tour. We will not tolerate you speaking bad of it cause you are having a bad day.

With that said I will let you all get back to your busses and vans to finish prepping for the start of your tomorrow. Candy, Billy, and Michael are going to be coming around with your schedule for tomorrow. Have a great tour and stay safe. Hopefully we are all still here to celebrate another successful tour. Good night everyone." With that he hopped off the box he had been standing on and disappeared into the crowd.

I grinned at Chloe. This was really happening. We were officially on Warped tour. She looked back and grabbed my hand. We started to walk through the bussed. There were tons of them, some bearing logos and some plain. One in particular caught my eye.

It was all black with white writing. 'Of Mice & Men' was written on the side. I grabbed Chloe's hand and squeezed it really hard. She squeezed back chuckling. We knew knew they were playing and couldn't wait to see them play.

We continued to walk toward our van looking at all the busses. We saw some people milling around waiting for the party to start. It was 6:45 pm so we had a couple hours. I wanted to fix my makeup and grab some food to cushion the amount of alcohol we were going to drink tonight.

Notes

I promise there will be band members in the next one!! Let me know if you guys are feeling this! I'd love some feedback.

Josie