The Bag | Finished

[Vanessa (:]

I rewrote the story. Here it is. Hope you like it. (:
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Chapter One

Brooke's Point of View

I was in light blue painted room sitting on my bed with my acoustic guitar. I had my music book on my bed and a pencil next to me too. I tugged on my brown hair not knowing what else to write. I played some chords of the song and sang some words over and over until I came up with an idea. I wrote down the lyrics in my music book.

If the heart is always searching
can you ever find a home
I've been looking for that someone
I'll never make it on my own
Dreams can't take the place of loving you
There's gotta be a million reasons why it's true

When you look me in the eyes
And tell me that you love me
Everything's alright
When you're right here by my side
When you look me in the eyes
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise
When you look me in the eyes

How long will I be waiting
To be with you again
Gonna tell you that I love you
In the best way that I can
I can't take a day without you here
You're the light that makes my darkness disappear

When you look me in the eyes
And tell me that you love me
Everything's alright
When you're right here by my side
When you look me in the eyes
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise
When you look me in the eyes

I'm still not done with the song, but I think it's good. I wrote a few songs before this one but this one seems different. It's not like the others. It's definately my favorite one I've written even though it's not done yet. I started to play the song again and see if I can think of what other lyrics I can add to the song. "More than more," I started to sing while playing the song.

All of a sudden, someone ran inside my room without knocking rapidly. I looked up and saw Janele, my best friend since I was five. She had the most excited look and biggest smile on her face. It kind of creeped me out. "Ever heard of knocking?" I asked as she tried to control her breathing.

"Sorry, Brooke, I just ran through like that," she answered with her hands on her knees still trying to catch her breath. "But I have the greatest news for you!"

"What's so important that you had to run through my room like that without knocking?" Before she was about to answer, I came up with an idea. "Did Johnny Depp move next door?"

"No silly," Janele said finally breathing normally. "I have these!" She pulled something from behind her back pocket and pushed two white, rectangular papers towards my face.

I pushed her hands away from me to try and see what she was holding. "What are those?"

"Two Jonas Brothers concert tickets!" Janele screamed at what I think was at the top of her lungs because her face turned red. I hope my mom didn't hear that.

"Be quiet!" my very annoying 11-year-old brother, Max, screamed from his room.

"Sorry!" I put my guitar on my bed and got up to close the door. I sat down on my bean bag chair and Janele took a seat on my computer chair. I faced Janele whose eyes were wide and had a huge smile on her face. "This was so important that you had to disrupt me in the middle of writing a song?"

"Yes. This is very important." I rolled my eyes at her. "You know how my dad didn't give me a present for my birthday two weeks ago?" I nodded yes at her. "Well he bought me these tickets for the Jonas Brothers concert next week. And their front row!"

"Okay." I wasn't a fan of the Jonas Brothers. They're okay but their music isn't something I'd listen to everyday unlike Janele who does. I have a few songs on my iPod because Janele played their two CDs when I went over to her house one day. A few songs interested me and I asked her if she could put them in my iPod. She happily agreed.

"Did you just hear what I said?" Janele asked me with a loudly. "Do I have to repeat myself?"

"No. Please don't." I took my guitar and started to strum a few notes.

"Anyway, I'm taking you to the concert with me, Brooke!"

I stopped playing and looked up at her. "What? I don't want to go to their concert."

"Why not? You're a fan aren't you?"

"I won't consider myself a fan. I like a few songs."

"Please Brooke. It won't be right without you," Janele begged.

"I don't want to go, Janele. And you can't make me," I protested.

"Puh-lease. You're my bestest friend in the whole world."

"Can't you bring Dylan with you?"

"I want you to go with me. Dylan's a dude and there will be a lot girls there and I don't want him to be around a lot of girls." I rolled her eyes at her. "Please please please. Please go with me." I looked up at her and she was giving me a puppy face. It was the puppy face that gave her anything she wanted. She used that face two months ago to get a bigger HDTV than what her dad wanted her to get for her room.

"Fine. I'll go with you, Janele," I gave in.

"Yes!" She got up and started to jump up and down.

"And I know we get a little crazy. And I know we get a little loud. And I know we're never gonna face it we are wild we are free, we are more than you think so call us freaks. But that's just the way we roll." Janele's ringtone began to play.

Janele took out her cell phone from her pocket and read the screen. "It's Dylan!"

"Great." I didn't like it when he called and I was in the same room with Janele. It's not that I didn't like him and all. It's because of what they say to each other.

"Hey, Dylan.. Really? I miss you too.. You're too sweet.. No you are, Dylan.. Are you kidding me you are?.. No you are.. Stop saying that you are too sweet.." she said to Dylan.

"Can you please go talk to your boyfriend at your house, Janele? It's so annoying when you two talk like that to each other," I complained.

"Fine. I'll leave you here," Janele yelled at me.

"Thank you."

"No, Dylan-bear. I was talking to Brooke.. Of course I'd never talk to you like that.. You're too sweet.. No you are.." I couldn't take it anymore. I got up and pushed her out the door and locked my door. I can still hear her talking on the phone repeating 'no you are' to her boyfriend.

"Finally," I said to no one. "I can finish my song." I sat on my bed and started to playing some notes on my guitar and singing trying to finish the song. After about an hour and a half I finished my song and started to play it from the beginning.

If the heart is always searching
can you ever find a home
I've been looking for that someone
I'll never make it on my own
Dreams can't take the place of loving you
There's gotta be a million reasons why it's true

When you look me in the eyes
And tell me that you love me
Everything's alright
When you're right here by my side
When you look me in the eyes
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise
When you look me in the eyes

How long will I be waiting
To be with you again
Gonna tell you that I love you
In the best way that I can
I can't take a day without you here
You're the light that makes my darkness disappear

When you look me in the eyes
And tell me that you love me
Everything's alright
When you're right here by my side
When you look me in the eyes
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise
When you look me in the eyes

More than more
I start to realize
I can reach my tomorrow
I can hold my head up high
And it's all because you're by my side

When you look me in the eyes
And tell me that you love me
Everything's alright
When you're right here by my side
When I hold you in my arms
I know that it's forever
I just gotta let you know
I never want to let you go

'cause when you look me in the eyes
And tell me that you love me
Everything's alright (it's alright)
When you're right here by my side
When you look me in the eyes
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise
When you look me in the eyes

I smiled at my finished song. I loved it. I wrote down in big letters, 'When You Look Me in the Eyes' as the song name. I continued playing the song over and over to memorize it. I loved the song so much.

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As you can see, I used their song. I didn't know what else to use. So, yeah. Hope you liked it. I'll post the second chapter soon. (:

[audreykins]

I'm so glad you posted your fic! It's great so far and I can't wait to see what happens.

[Courtney26]

oh!!! post more asap please!!!!!!

[chandy]

LOVE it!!!
Can't wait for the next part! =]

[Vanessa (:]

I'm glad you like it. Here's the next chapter.
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Chapter Two

I woke up facing my window and the California sun was shining on me. I closed my eyes and turned the other way. I looked over at my Sanrio wall clock next to my door and read the time. It was 8:47 AM. I looked up at the ceiling to remember what day it was. Today was the day Janele made me go with her to the Jonas Brothers concert. At least their music isn't annoying, but hearing S.O.S. over and over again gets annoying. I groaned and put my Lion King blanket over me. I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't. I stole a glance at my mirror. My hair was a mess and I was wearing my blue Paul Frank pajamas. I took my hair brush and brushed my hair until I was satisfied. I went out my room and walked downstairs to my room lazily. My head was down and I was staring at my brown Aeropostale monkey slippers.

"Good morning, honey," my mom greeted me as I got into the kitchen.

"Hi, mom." I went over to her and gave her a hug and she kissed me on the cheek. I took out a bowl and a box of Corn Pops from the shelf and put it on the counter. I went over to the refridgerator and took out the carton of milk and put it beside the other things I just took out. I filled my bowl three-fourths full with Corn Pops and milk. I put the stuff away and kept the cereal with milk and walked to the table. I took a spoon on the way there. I took my regular seat across my brother who was eating an waffles. My mom was sitting at the end of the table eating an omelette. My dad was at work. I started to eat my cereal.

"Isn't today the day you go the that Bonas Brothers concert, Brooke?" my brother asked.

I looked up at him. "They're called the Jonas Brothers and yes. Today's the day I'm going to the concert with Janele."

My brother started to laugh. He knew I didn't like them that much. "You're gonna have fun, sweetie."

"Yeah.." I ate some more cereal.

"Just make it look like you're having fun for Janele. You know how big of a fan she is. She might not be having fun because you aren't," my mom said.

"I will." I drank the milk inside of the bowl and walked over to the sink to put it away. I walked back upstairs to my room. I took my light blue towel and my green towel and went inside my bathroom. I took a ten minute shower and wrapped my hair with my green towel. My light blue towel was wrapped around me. I walked over to my door and locked it to make sure no one goes in. I walked over to my closet and looked for something to wear. I didn't want to look weird like I just took anything from my closet because Janele said she had front row seats. That means there's a big possibility that the Jonas Brothers were gonna see me.

I moved my skinny jeans on their hangers from right to left until I found my favorite pair. It was my first pair I got. They were black and the bottoms were kind of ripped because they were long when I bought them. I stepped on it occasionally which resulted to how the bottom is now. I took it out and threw it on my bed. I pushed all my jeans to the left and searched through my shirts. I found one of my favorite shirts I had. It was my Radios t-shirt I got from Threadless. I threw it on the bed and it landed on top of my jeans. I closed my closet and walked to my underwear drawer. I took out some underwear and put it on. I also got a pair of socks and threw it on my bed. I put on the clothes and the socks I threw on my bed. I looked at myself in the mirror. I was content at what I saw. I took went back to my closet and looked down. I saw a line of shoes shoes. I grabbed my black checkered slip ons and put it on.

I looked at my wall clock and it said that it was 10:12 AM. The show starts at 12:30. Less than three hours until the show starts. I went to my computer and unplugged my charging iPod and put it on my bed. I took my cell phone that was on my bed table being charged. I walked over to my computer desk and took my music book and a book. I threw it on my bed with my other stuff. I looked around the room for a bag. There was none at sight.

"Because maybe, you're gonna be the one who saves me. And after all, you're my wonderwall."

My cell phone was ringing. I picked it up and read the caller ID. "Janele," I read out loud. I flipped it open. "Hey, Janele."

"Hi, Brooke. You ready?" I could hear an excitement in her voice.

"Yeah. I just need a bag. Can I borrow one of yours? I can't find mine."

"Of course. Want the one with guitar and music notes on it?"

"Yeah. I love that one."

"Okay. I'll go next door to your house now. My dad's gonna start the car. Bye."

"Kay. Thanks. Bye." I flipped my phone closed and put it in my pocket. I took my hair brush and started to brush my hair. I started to brush my bangs.

"Knock, knock," someone at my door said while knocking on the door. I recognized the voice as Janele's.

"I'll unlock it. Wait." I walked over to the door, unlocked it, and opened it. "Hey."

"I have the bag." She handed me the black bag with a white electric guitar and music notes as the design.

"Thanks. Is your dad waiting already?" I went over to my bed and put the stuff on my bed into my bag.

"When I left he was in the restroom. He must be starting the car now." We heard a car start outside. "Yeah. That's him."

"Okay. I'm ready. Let's go." We walked downstairs and I went to the kitchen to say bye to my mom. "I'm going now, ma." I gave her a hug and again she gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"You two have fun. Okay, Brooke?" I was opening the refridgerator and I looked at her. She was giving me "the look".

"Yes mom." I took a can of Red Bull. "Want one?" I asked Janele waving one in my hand. She mouthed no. "Okay." I put mine in my bag and walked over to her. She was standing in front of the door. "Bye, mom!"

"Bye, Mrs. Parker!" Janele said.

"Bye, girls!" my mom said from the kitchen. I closed the door behind us and we walked towards Janele's dad's car. She took shotgun and I sat in the back. He started to drive to the venue.

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Hope you liked the chapter. And you guys should really check out threadless.com. They have really awesome shirts. I love the shirts there, especially the Radios one. (:

[chandy]

awesome!
I can't wait for the next chapter!
It's really good!

[audreykins]

Looking forward to seeing what happens! Great job.

[Vanessa (:]

Sorry I didn't post this earlier. I had to go somewhere then my younger sister was using the computer. So here's the next chapter. Hope you like it. (:
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Chapter Three

About twenty minutes later, we arrived at the venue. "Here we are, girls." Mr. Samuels unlocked the car. Janele and I exited through the doors on our rights.

"Thanks, Mr. Samuels." I closed the door and Mr. Samuels put down the window of the door Janele just exited through.

"Call me later when you need to be picked up, okay?"

"Okay dad." I nodded in agreement. "Bye."

Mr. Samuels gave us a wave and Janele and I walked towards a line which I suppose was the line to enter. I took a look at the huge sign above the line that read: Jonas Brothers - 12:30. I took out my phone from my pocket and read the time out loud. "It's 10:46."

"Okay. Let's get in line," Janele said. We walked towards the end of the line. There was about, I don't know, 100 or 120 girls in line ahead of us.

"Why are we so early?" I asked. We took a seat on the floor and I put my bag on my lap.

"Because the show starts soon."

"Yeah. In less than two hours," I complained.

"That's why. It's almost here. Doors open at 11:20."

"Whatever." I took my mind out of the less than forty minutes I had to kill. I looked through my bag to see if I had anything that can distract me. I saw my music book and remembered the song that I finished writing yesterday. "Janele, remember last week when you interrupted me when I was writing a song?"

"Yeah." Janele was playing with her iPhone, which she used her puppy face to get.

"Well, I finished the song. I forgot to tell you and I want to show you it." I flipped open to the page with the song on it. "It's called 'When You Look Me in the Eyes'. I think it's the best from the others I wrote."

"Let me see." I handed her my music book and she read the lyrics. She was moving her head from left to right. "It seems like a good song. Play me it when we get home. Okay?"

"Okay. I will." I took the book and my blue guitar pick came out. I guess I left it there. I put it on the page where the song was and closed the book. I put it back in my bag. I found my book, Perks of Being a Wallflower. It's one of my favorite books. I flipped through my book to see where I last left off. My bookmark fell off. "Damn."

"What?" Janele took her right earphone off.

"Nothing."

"Okay.." Janele went back to watching videos on YouTube.

I put my bookmark under the cover. I put th book back inside my bag. I took out my iPod and put my earphones on. I started to listen to 'Wonderwall' by Oasis. One of my favorite songs. I was nodding my head to the beat of the song and other songs that were on shuffle. Janele smacked my knee with the back of her hand. I paused my iPod and took out my earphones. "Ow! What was that for?"

"Door's opening. Get up." I put my iPod back in my bag. I stood up and the line started to move. I looked behind me and saw about an extra hundred or two girls behind me. The lines moved faster. We were almost to the front. "Here's your ticket."

"Thanks." I took the ticket from her hand. We walked inside and I showed my ticket to the worker. We passed the snacks and wanted to go to our seats. "Where are our seats?" I saw a lot of people getting their seats.

"Over there." Janele pointed to the front row. She walked towards it and took a seat. I looked at my ticket and took a seat beside her. We were right in front of the stage. I sat down and waited. "Are you excited?"

"Uhh.." Just make it look like your having fun for Janele, my conscience was telling me referring to what my mom said earlier. "Yeah. So excited." I saw Janele's mouth open and answered before she could ask. "And no, there was no sarcasm intended."

A huge smile was formed on her face. "Yay!" Janele was so happy and gave me a hug. I just had to be happy for her and hugged her back. I looked around the big room and saw a lot of filled seats. I saw a few empty seats. I looked around the stage to see the instruments. I saw a few acoustic guitars and a drum set. I saw a bunch of cords and amps.

"We're the kids, we're the kids, we're the kids of the future. Were the kids, we're the kids, we're the kids of the future." The Jonas Brothers went out from the right side of the stage. I heard a lot of screams. Kind of hurt my ear. The Jonas Brothers took their spot on stage and started to sing the rest of Kids of the Future. The curly head one, I recognized as Nick, was in front of us. He was a few feet ahead. Janele's favorite was Joe so she looked towards his direction and didn't notice how close we were to Nick. They finished the song and started to sing other songs.

During one of the songs Nick was staring down at me. I was staring at his guitar and looked up at him. It scared me so I looked at Kevin with his Les Paul. I felt like I was being watched so I looked back at Nick and he was staring right back at me. I gave him a small, slow wave because I was scared. It was one of those waves where you don't wave your hand but like move your fingers. I moved my fingers slowly. I looked away and stared at their shoes. They have really great taste in shoes.

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So there was chapter TREEEEEEE!! Sorry about that. I'm a little hyper. I had a lot of Jolly Ranchers today. I eat a lot of that everyday. It's my new addiction. I'll post the next chapter tomorrow. (:

[chandy]

hahahah!
I love it!
This is gonna be soooo great, I can already tell!

[Vanessa (:]

I was bored and decided to post the next chapter. I'm not sure if I'll post chapter five tomorrow. I'm not done rewriting it, but if I am I will. So here's the next chapter.
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Chapter Four

I actually enjoyed the concert. I looked over at Janele who was singing to every single song. I was glad that she was happy. Two hours later, the concert was over. "So this is where we end the concert," the one with the awesome Les Paul, Kevin, concluded.

"We're really sorry that a bunch of you wonderful people wanted to meet us but there was no meet and greet. So we pulled a few strings and were able to have a meet and greet," Joe started. A bunch of screams were sent to the stage. "But we have a tight schedule so we can only meet two hundred and fifty of you. Even though this is our tour's last stop and we want to meet all of you, we really can't. We tried our best to, but sorry."

"The meet and greet will be at the room beside the merchandise store," Nick followed.

"The one with the awesome black door," Joe added. "So be one of the first two hundred fifty fans in that room we get to meet. And sorry if you weren't able to get in. Again, we'd love to meet you all but we couldn't."

They all said their farewells and left the stage. "Let's go!" a girl from the audience screamed and everyone got up to go to the room where the meet and greet would be held.

Everyone got up and ran towards the door. "Come on!" Janele grabbed my hand and ran through the door. Her pulling me caused me to drop my bag. I reached out for it, but Janele kept pulling me. I was bumped and was eventually seperated from her. I looked at the running fans coming towards me and almost fell. I searched for Janele but couldn't find her. I could go back for the bag or Janele. The bag or my best friend. I chose my best friend. I looked everywhere for her. I went to the room with the black door next to the merchandise store. The door was closed and fans were leaving. I guess the first two hundred and fifty fans were in. I wonder if Janele was in there. I looked around and saw a girl in a white shirt and bright, purple skinny pants.

"Janele!" I screamed loud enough for only the people around me and a few feet away to hear. The girl turned around and walked over to me. "I finally found you."

"Yeah.." She looked at the door and I looked at her. "I didn't get in."

"Sorry." I gave her a hug.

"It's okay. At least we were at the concert and were at the front row."

"Yeah. We were right in front of Nick, you know," I noted.

"He was pretty hot. But Joe was definately hotter. And Kevin was hot too even though he wasn't that close to us." I laughed at her comment. She looked at me with a confused look. "Where's the bag?" I guess she saw I was empty handed.

"I dropped it when you grabbed me," I explained. "I was trying to go back for it, but you led me out the door."

"Sorry," she apologized. "Want to see if it's still there?"

"I guess." We walked back. Ten minutes later, we found ourselves outside in the parking lot waiting for Janele's dad to pick us up. Security didn't let us in, even if we said that the bag was in there. We tried and tried but they still didn't let us. We gave up and called Janele's dad to pick us up.

"Sorry about the bag," she apologized again. "And your stuff. It's all my fault."

"It's okay," I replied. "It's not your fault. You just wanted to meet them. And my stuff. Oh my gosh, my stuff! It's in the bag. My music, my iPod, the Red Bull, and my book. But my music and iPod! And my music! The song." I layed my head on Janele's shoulder, sad about the loss of my items.

"I shouldn't have dragged you like that. I'm so stupid."

"No. Don't say that." I kept my head there trying to remember the song. "Your dad's here." We got in the car and he drove us home.


Nick's Point of View

I was on the couch with my brothers in our dressing room drinking cans and cans of sugar less Red Bull.

"Guys, five minutes 'til the meet and greet," our stage manager notified us. We gave him a nod and he left.

"Better get ready for the ladies." Joe got up and walked towards the mirror. He started to fix his hair and tie. "You look totally handsome."

Kevin and I rolled our eyes at him. I put my hand in my pocket searching for my phone. It wasn't there. "I think I dropped my phone onstage. I better go get it." I walked back onto the stage and found my phone lying down on the floor. I went over to it and picked it up. As I looked up, I saw something on the floor. It was white. I jumped off the stage and walked towards it. I picked it up. It was a bag. Someone must've dropped it. I went back to the dressing room with the bag in hand.

"What's that?" Joe asked grabbing it then analyzing it. "It's pretty." He was about to open it but I grabbed it from him. "Hey!"

"Don't open it. It's a bag with someone's stuff in it. I found it when I was looking for my phone. Someone must've dropped it."

"Oh. Can I see it? I won't open it," Kevin said. I handed him the bag and he started to look at it. "It looks nice. I like how it has guitars and music notes on it. Here." He handed me back the bag.

"Guys, let's go," our stage manager told us.

"Okay. Let's roll."

"What are you going to do with the bag?" Kevin asked.

"I'll leave it here and if a girl asks about a missing bag we know it's hers," I answered.

"Okay." We walked to the room where the meet and greet was being held. I greeted tons of fans. They were awesome. An hour passed and no one has mentioned the bag. The meet and greet was over and no one has still mentioned the bag. I guess she wasn't able to come. But we're gonna be in LA for a while, maybe just maybe, I'll find out who the owner is.

"What are you going to do with that now?" Kevin asked referring to the bag I found.

"I don't know. I don't know who owns it. So I'll probably try to find out who owns it."

"Okay. Whatever you say." We went home. I was glad that I was able to sleep on my bed again. And for the next few weeks. I put the bag on my table and laid down on my bed. My eyes closed and I fell asleep.

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I hoped you like the chapter. I'm gonna go back to eating my Jolly Ranchers. Yum! (: