Part 9 My house, sitting on the couch btw it's Monday May 11, 1:00 pm "I wanna go to a concert." I said. "Who do you wanna see?" He asked. "This band called NLT, it stands for Not Like Them. They're coming this Saturday on my birthday." "Are your parents gonna let you go?" "I'm not sure. Hopefully." *My parents walked through the door* "Hey mom and dad. Can I go see NLT on Saturday?" "No. not on that leg." My dad said. "But..." I was cut off by my mom. "But nothing. You're not going. End of conversation." She said. I started crying and Joe held me in his arms. "Listen I know you wanna go, but you're injured." dad said. "Yeah maybe you should've paid attention to where you were going." I could feel Joe's grip on my shoulder tighten when he heard my mom say that. I know he felt bad for making me cry. After 5 minutes, I stopped crying. "I'm so sorry Cara. I'm gonna make this up to you somehow." Joe said. "You don't need to." I said. *My parents walked into the room again* "We've been talking." Dad said. "And we've decided that since you can't see NLT, you can have 5 people stay the night with you at a hotel." Mom said. "K. I know who I want to stay with me Saturday. I want Joe, Nick, Kevin, Becca and Sam." "Ok, but the rooms will be seperate." Dad said. "Thanks guys." I said. "Your welcome sweetie, Joe can we talk to you for a minute?" Dad asked. "Sure." He gave me a kiss on the forehead and walked outside for a few minutes. I wonder what they were talking about. Joe finally walked back in and he sat next to me. "So what did they talk to you about?" I asked. "Uhhh...your dad just told me not to try anything dumb on your birthday." He said. I could tell that he was lying, but I just let it go. "Oh...ok." *Joe got out his phone and dialed Kev's number* "Why are you calling Kevin?" I asked. "To see if he and Nick wants to come Saturday and to ask if we're allowed." He said. "Hello?" Kevin said. "Hey Kev do you and Nick want to stay the night at a hotel on Saturday?" Joe asked. "Sure. Let me ask Nick." He asked Nick and Nick said he has plans this weekend. "Who's gonna be there?" He asked. "Becca, Sam, me, you, and Cara. But you have to ask mom." Joe said. "OH HOLD UP, SO YOU SAY IT'S GONNA BE FOR CARA'S BIRTHDAY?" He said it loud enough for Nick to hear. I took the phone from Joe. "Give the phone to Nick." I said. "K. Nick, Cara wants to talk to you." Kev said. You could hear a loud thud and Kev laughing on the other line. "What happened?" I asked. "Nick started running and tripped. He fell flat on his face. Here he is." Kev said. "Hello? Cara?" "Hey Nick. So I heard you don't want to come to my birthday and stay the night because you have plans on Saturday." I said. "What?! I never said that." He said as if he just cleared his schedule for the whole weekend. "Oh, ok so you'll be there?" "Of course!" Kev stole the phone back from Nick,"I just asked my parents. They said we could go." "Cool. Alright talk to you later bye." "Bye." He said. Beore he hung up you could hear Nick yelling,"BYE!" in the background. K. So what did Joe talk to my parents about.....and I know I didn't ask Becca and Sam if they can come yet but I will in the next one. and you'll find out what Joe and my parents talked in part 12