"Oh, great! Thanks!" she hands you $20. "Could you get me a medium poutine, and a large chocolate milk? Also get yourself whatever you want". You thank her, and head for the nearest fast-food place. You get in what looks like the shortest line, and wait.

 12:45 PM

You finally get to the front of the line. You order two large Pepsis, a medium poutine, a small fries, and a slice of pizza. You hand the guy the money, and he hands you the food on a cardboard tray, and 12.57 change. The park is really crowded. There are more girls out there then there are in the tent. There's about fifteen minutes before Kate and Caroline get back. You wonder if it will be worth it to leave the tent. It doesn't look like there will be enough time to go on more then two rides. You head back to the tent, to find Caroline and Kate sitting with Krista.

"It's gotten really crowded out there, so we thought we'd come back early to give you two more time." Caroline explained you thank her and hand Krista her food and change.

"We'll go out as soon as we're done eating." Says Krista, "Then again, if it's as bad as you say, we may want to stay in here. What do you think?" she asks you. "We'll....um...stay here, I guess." you answer. You can always change your mind later.

6:45 am

Fifteen minutes until the concert! Everyone is excited. You look around at the fans. A good percentage have bought hanson T-shirts. At least a third of them are holding signs or have written on their arms legs and faces. One girl is holding a sign that says

"TAYLOR: When the time comes, please father my child!"

Another is holding a sign that says

"Here's the love!"

Way back on the hill, a group of six collage guys have written the letters of HANSON on their chests, and MMMBOP on their backs, and are leading a "hanson, hanson, hanson" chant.

Further towards the back, security guards are trying to keep people from standing on their seats. Everyone is screaming. Everyone is excited. Everyone is waiting.

6:59

The "hanson" chant had gotten louder and faster. The crowd had gotten more excited. A man walks on-stage. The screaming is so loud, when it finally dies down, your ears are ringing.

"Hi" the man says into the mike. The wave of screams start up again. "Now listen..." ...more screams..."LISTEN"...more screams... " SHUT UP " ...the shrieks and cheers only get louder, and the man gives up, and yells over the noise as well as he can. "Here's Hanson!" He looks relieved to rush of the stage.

The three guys bound onto the stage. Isaac, Taylor and Zac. They stand back, and pan over the audience. You would think that they'd be used to this by now, but the look amazed. Taylor says something into the mike, but you have no clue what. No one seams to care. He shrugs towards his brothers. Isaac fiddles with something on the side of the microphone, and speaks. He's a lot louder then Taylor had been. "You're going to have to quiet down a little! We can't hear ourselves!" The crowd quiets down a little, and Taylor takes over the mike again.

"How many of you have the CD?" Almost everyone screams and raises their hands. When they quiet down again Zac speaks up.

"Someone gets a back-stage pass!" He holds up a laminated pass, hanging from an orange chord. He turns around and throws it over his shoulder. Not being very heavy, it lands on the stage a few inches away from you. Taylor and Isaac laugh. You and Krista grab for it, but your hand gets there first. You got it! Taylor pulls you up on stage. You wonder if they might let Krista have a pass too. You don't want to push your luck, but Krista would kill you if you didn't a least try!

Do you want to ask if Krista can have a pass too?