I'm pretty sure God loves us, ha ha, because out of all the states All Time Low could have done an in-store at, they miraculously are able to do one in Colorado at the Apple Store in the Park Meadows Mall. An exciting idea, but nonetheless intimidating.
We get to the Apple Store about two, three hours before the in-store is supposed to begin, but there was only three people waiting outside. It's weird. So my little brother and I venture off into the mall to go "exploring" while Mom and Nora wait behind. We come back, and Nora and I take off to the Forever 21 there. While we're there, Daniel informs us that All Time Low is physically inside the store, but there still aren't many people, so we're still safe. We head to the Hot Topic across the ways next, and as I'm trying on a shoe - one. single. shoe. - my little brother sends us another text telling us that all four members of All Time Low left right through the entrance of the Apple Store in front of all the people and are heading in the direction we are. We bolt it out of the Hot Topic as fast as we can. It's quite a hilarious sight, I imagine, to see me throw the shoe I was trying on off and struggle to put my boot back on. This is all done while trying to book it out of the store, mind you.
Nora suggests we head up to the food court; where else would they be, right? Yeah, bingo. We head to the left side and spot them on the right at Chik-Fil-A, Alex in his beanie and sunglasses, everyone else in plain view. Great disguise, huh? We're unsure of what to do at this point. We feel like being stupid and going over there to buy an ice cream, but realize that's too obvious. After a few minutes of deliberation, we decide to leave them and go to Urban Outfitters while we wait for them to finish eating. Yeah, yeah, it totally sounds creepy, I know, but we were all freaking out at the same time because we just thought it was soooo funny. Don't ask us why.
We spend adequate time at Urban, and as we head back upstairs to the food court, I spy Jack, Rian, and Zack in the Sunglass Hut, but no Alex. They couldn't have left him alone, so we head back to the food court, and he's still there with Matt Flyzik. We decide to take the idiotic plunge and buy an ice cream at Chik-Fil-A (stupid, stupid!) Just as we're walking up there, so does Alex to get a refill (I don't know how I actually remember all of this), and I can't keep the cheesy grin off my face, so I imagine we looked absolutely stupid! We really weren't trying that hard... that just sort of happens. We stand awkwardly in line, and we know that Alex sees Nora, but he can't say anything, of course, and he heads off right after. A girl says, "I love you, Alex!" and I feel really bad for himself. Really, I feel bad for myself for being such a moron.
We actually DO get the ice cream and run back down to get back to the Apple Store. Conveniently as we're running down and obnoxiously out of the way set of stairs we make it to the first floor just as Alex is passing by. We end up walking behind him and the same girls who said they loved him before, laughing and feeling awkward yet again. The girls are telling Alex to tell the people they got there first, so he does, absent-mindedly, and I get pissed. The three kids from the beginning had been there since 9 in the morning! Outside, there are a ton of people now, so we squeeze in with my mom and brother. No worker has told them to form a line, which is absolutely dumb because we're all crowded around awkwardly. Eventually they push us along the side of the door, but it's still so ridiculously unorganized. The three kids from the beginning DO end up getting in first, thankfully, and we bolt in right behind them despite the mob of girls in front of us. We get to the front little barricade thing beside them on "Alex's side of the stage", in theory. We're so incredibly thankful we were actually able to make it in correctly. Whew!
Alex comes out with his Chik-Fil-A cup and Zack with an acoustic guitar. Rian and Jack aren't performing with them, but instead sit behind them on two stools, which is nice that they had everyone show up to do the signing. At one point, Alex spills his drink, and it's quite funny. Don't know how that was relevant at all. Anyhow... Alex is such an amazing singer! Each time I hear him sing, he gets better and better and every time I am more and more impressed. They perform Six Feet Under the Stars, Jasey Rae (go figure), Weightless (which everyone screwed up, except for me, fuckers), and Dear, Maria. We snap some pretty decent shots, and I feel strange when Alex watches Nora sing along. Heh.
Afterward, they form us into a line so we can "meet" them, and we even get a free poster to get signed, yay! Nora goes first, then Daniel; me, and lastly my mother. Zack is first at the little counter-type thing. Nora tells him she likes his sweater vest-type thing, which is exactly what I was going to tell him! "She stole my line!" I say to my mom, but she doesn't really understand why I just said that. (She's pretty absent-minded, but I love her.) Then it's Alex, and he starts talking to Nora, asking her how she is. She tells him that she really doesn't hate him, at least not all of the time anyway. "I've come to terms with it," Alex tells her, WTF?! I scurry on by to get my poster signed by him, too, but he really doesn't pay much mind to me. Yeah, okay.
Here comes the embarrassing part (for me anyways): Because I am feeling oh so kind today, I decide to tell Jack - even though I hate him - that I like the plaid that he is wearing, God only knows why. He doesn't hear me, so he leans in closer to me to have me repeat it. Then he goes, "Oh, is that a Camp Rock necklace?" "Yes," I answer. "I have a um..." He fumbles for a second. "Camp Rock bed sheet." I can feel my face heating up already, but some God forsaken reason I blurt out, "Me, too!" But I take my poster (Rian had already signed it, and I felt bad for not being able to pay attention to him) and take off toward my sister. I almost got my Camp Rock coin purse signed by them if they didn't have poster, but thank God I didn't! My face is beet red, and I am legit crying because I have never been so embarrassed in my life. Something weird had happened between me and Jack the last time All Time Low played (it really wasn't that weird, but I'm kind of traumatized), and I had pretty much walked into something I was always trying to avoid; therefore I now think Jack thinks that I have a crush on him. Great.
My mom gets finished about a second later, and she asks what's going on with me and what I had said to Jack because while I was talking to him, she told me that my face was turning completely red. EVEN BETTER. I am so ashamed of myself.
My mom later tells us that Alex asked her if we were going to the show again that night, and she told him that Nora and I were, implying that he wanted us there. Nora, I should say, but whatever.
We wait around in the Apple Store for everyone else to get through the signing, but All Time Low doesn't have time to take pictures with everyone like they thought they would, so they take off, and we do too shortly thereafter and head back down to the Fillmore for yet another late night adventure. Weeee!
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