Life According To Amber Lynn Haner

*Amber's POV*

As time went by, I got used to my braces more, but I still hated them I complained about them a lot, and I drove everybody up the wall at band meetings, so much so that they actually told me to go outside if I wanted to complain. But Arin being the sweet guy that he is, kept telling me that I looked adorable with them, and just to ignore the others.

We were on our way to yet another meeting, and I just wasn't really bothered to go, like I'm still amazed that I didn't end up going in my pyjamas (I almost did, not gonna lie). I don't even know what the meetings are for, I just know I have to go and sit in the corner and try to get a good wifi reception, ocasionally pacing around to get a better signal. Johnny has often threatened to get a seatbelt put onto the chair to keep me sitting still, but I told him I'd find a way to wriggle out of it.

"I'm off to find a good signal, don't mind me if I'm pacing, it just means there's shitty reception." I said in monotone when we went into the room, and sat with my headphones on in the corner, and luckily got decent reception for once. AT&T got their shit together, I see.

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About two hours later, the signal died, so there was an awful lot of colourful mumbling coming from me, and I disconnected my charger from the wall, noticing that my battery was full. At least there was an upside to my signal apocalypse. I tried pacing around the room again, trying to get a decent signal, and got a couple of weird looks from this British guy that was holding the meeting. Hmm.

"D'you hear that Amber?" Arin asked, and I gave up on trying to get a signal. I rephrase my earlier statement; AT&T NEED to get their shit together.

"What?" I asked, sighing slightly and going overto the big table, taking Dad's cup of coffee and taking a sip. He can't have nothing while I'm around.

"We're headlining Download this year, so you get to go too." Johnny piped up, and I laughed slightly.

"Oh good fucking luck to the lot of you, you'll see what Dad has to go through on a daily basis." I said, raising my coffee cup and wishing them luck. They'll hate me by the end of this.

"You can't be THAT bad.." Arin tried, and everybody started laughing, while he just looked confused.

"Trust me, I'm awful." I replied, and he shook his head. He's got a soft spot for me, and he always comes to my defender. Bless. The meeting wrapped up soon afterwards, and I made it my own personal mission to go and look for a can of Pomegranate Arizona Peace Tea from the vending machine. I succeeded, and was pretty thrilled with myself.

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As soon as we got back home, I guessed I'd have to pack already, considering we were leaving in five days time, and were getting there two days ahead of the festival.

I got my pink suitcase from the top of my wardrobe, and began flinging anything and everything that I could fit in there into it. We'll be in England for a week, and we'll have most of the time to ourselves, except the two days that they're performing.

I never realised how many pairs of skinny jeans and how many cropped tops I owned, along with my flower crowns and my black and white Vans, and the odd band shirt here and there (mostly PTV and ATL), and of course my pyjamas and everything else. After gathering up most of my makeup, I ended up having to sit on my case to close it.

"You're aware we're only going for a week, right?" Dad asked, leaning against my doorframe.

"Yeah." I replied, shoving the zip on the case closed. It was a struggle, but I got it done. Eventually.

"Then why do you have so much stuff in your case?"

"I'm a girl, I'm guaranteed to change my outfit at least three times a day. I need a lot of clothes with me, along with my makeup and stuff."

"Don't you think it'll be too heavy?"

"Dad, it's 2014, they're not so strict on baggage weight anymore. Everything'll be fine, don't worry."

"If you say so.."

"I do. I've got it all figured out, when I was back on the Dever Lions cheer squad, we travelled all across the country and flew a lot of places, and I always brought this much stuff with me. I know my stuff man, seriously."

"If you're positive with your ideas, I'll leave you to it. Are you hungry?"

"Nah, I only ate a packet of Skittles about an hour ago, but I might get something later."

"Alright then, suit yourself. Call me if you want anything." He left then, and I dragged my suitcase off the bed and dumped it in the corner of my room, and planned to abandon it until Saturdau. I then proceeded to just flop onto my bed, exhausted from all of the struggling with the stupid zip."

Notes

It might sound biased because I'm a DeathBat, but I thought A7X were the best band at Download this year, and they were amazing! I also enjoyed Linkin Park, We Came As Romans, Crossfaith, Bring Me The Horizon, blessthefall and Fall Out Boy. They were the stand-out bands at it for me.

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