"SHANE!!!" Shane jumped up, and turning around we saw Anto coming rushing towards us. When he reached us, he studied me from head to toe, obviously not too pleased with my presence. "Wha?", Shane replied, and the annoyance was clear in his voice. "You've got to get on the bus NOW! Move!" Anto replied, in a very ordering manner. It was clear that he expected people do as he said, when he said it. "By the way, do you know where Ki is gone to?" "Nope, haven't seen him, it's not like I'M the tour manager." Shane replied. Anto gave him a grumpy look, "Now, don't be so cheeky!" walking away he muttered "of course, only had eyes for girls, that what, it's me who does all the work here! Me, always me! If the lads could just try to do something sometime, but oh, no! they're superstars and can't lift a finger that's what!"

I just looked at Shane in surprise. "His just a bit grumpy today," Shane said with a smile, "it's nothing to worry about... and we're honestly not THAT lazy!" I couldn't help but giggle. Less than 5 hours ago I had been just a regular fan, getting ready to go to the roadshow just to se my fave band, and now... I was suddenly a part of their world! "look, I have about a week off now, I'm going back to Sligo tomorrow, do you want to join me?" I just looked up at him, I couldn't even answer. "I will drive you up and back down again..." he continued, looking at me for an answer. "I don't really know.." I said, "it's not like my mum would approve of it..." He looked at me with a smile. "And I suppose you ALWAYS do as your mum says?" "Erm... no..." I confessed. "Well," he continued, "I'll pick you up in the morning, and drive you back home fairly early, your mum will never notice... and if she does, I'll just say it was all my idea!" I was torn in two, I had always been very close to my mum, and I had never gone behind her back like this before, but at the same time, this was what I'd dreamt about for so long now. It's not hard to guess which part won! "Ok, I'll come then!" I said. "Here, I've got to run, can I have your number and I'll call you sometime this evening...? I'll probably be sleeping back at Nicky's, and as soon as we've got Anto out of the way I'll contact you..." I giggled again, causing Shane to raise his eyebrows. "Yeah," I replied, and began to look for a piece of paper and a pen in my bag, just so he wouldn't notice that I was about to erupt into fits of giggles, I couldn't help it, the way he talked about Anto...

"Here," I said, finally finding what I was looking for, and scribbling down my number. "OK, thanx, I'm afraid I can't follow you outside thought- Hey!" I turned around to see whom Shane was calling, and I came to the realisation that those four guys were VERY familiar. "Will you escort this young lady out from here for me?" Shane asked, and I had problems not to giggle again, cos his manner was just too funny. The four lads looked at me, "Yeah, OK then," one of them replied, which I skilfully made out to be Ian. "How much will you pay us then?!", added the little blond guy, which I could easily make out to be John, causing the 6 of us to laugh. "Nothing, " Shane replied calmly, "her presence should be enough..." turning to me, he said "this is Area4..." "I know, I'm a fan of them!" I stated. "Oh, well OK then, I'll phone you then..." he gave me a kiss on the cheek before running away over to the Westlife boys coach.

So, he left me with my second fave band in the world... and this begun to be too good to be true! The minute he was out of sight the four lads bombarded me with questions, "So you're an Area4 fan?, "Where did you first hear about us?", "Did you enjoy our show?", "Do you like the single, Scream?", "What do you think of the new line-up?"...they didn't even give me time to answer! They must have realised, because they suddenly went quiet. "Oh, sorry!" "It's OK, at least you're enthusiastic about this! I actually heard about you from Sinead, I think you know who I mean..." the lads nodded in agreement "and yes, I like your show, and the single, and... I think your new line-up is really good!" At this point Mark smiled at me and I smiled back. We had been making our way over while talking, and had reached the fence. "So, what were you doing with Shane then?" I just blushed, I didn't have a clue what to answer... "Never mind, I just thought he seemed very fond of you, can't walk over on your own, huh?" I smiled, "I could have! I've got to go now anyway, my friend will be wondering were I went to, I'll see you I guess!" "OK, BYE!" the lads said in unison. I walked away in a fast pace, leaving them behind me. Of course, I actually didn't have a friend with me, but I just had to get out of there, sit down somewhere and think about what had happened. After all, so much had happened over the past 2 or 3 hours it was hard to believe it!