"Ugh hurry up Nad before I change my mind and leave your as-behind!" I yell from the bottom of the stairs. I swear by the time she finally was ready, somebody would've found the center of the tootsie lolly pop. "Don't rush me Fall! I'm coming!" I heard her reply. Shaking my head, I let out a sigh as I take a seat on the couch, pretending to play with my nails. "Still getting dressed huh?" My dad asks, walking into the living room, a newspaper in one hand, cup of black coffee in another....I know what your thinking, I don't know how he manages to drink it black like that either. "I swear by the time she's finished Dorothy would've landed back in oz" I mumble causing dad to give me a weird look. "Where's mom?" I ask. "Upstairs getting her old photo albums out but I wouldn't be surprised if she was helping Nadia with her outfit" my dad snickers but I don't get why that was even funny to begin with. I laugh with him anyway just so I don't hurt his feelings. I look up the stairs and see mom walking down followed by Nadia. About damn time. "Wow look at you!" Dad says standing up and walking over to Nadia. He gives her a hug and I think I might gag from how corny it all was. "Doesn't she look beautful Autumn?" Mom addresses me. I look and the 3 of them are waiting for me to say something. I look over the outfit my sister wore: a simple pair of American Eagle jeans with a Hello Kitty t shirt. You mean to tell me she spent damn near a half an hour just to...."You look great Nadia. The boys are gonna go CRAZY for you. Trust me" I give my sister a bright smile that's so believable it almost scares me. "Thank You" Nadia smiles back. She actually thinks I ment it. She then runs over and gives me a big hug, startling me. "This is the best birthday gift ever big sis!" I pat her back lightly, hoping she'd take the hint and let go. "You're welcome" "Now Autumn you know where you're going right?" Dad asks. "Of course she knows Walter! This isn't the first time she's been to New York" Vivian chirps in, saving me. I nod "Mom's right. I've been there plenty of times" I say. "Well do you know where the signing is gonna be?" Dad asks. I swear, didn't we just go over all these questions the night before? I smile. "Yep. At the Virgin Record Store. I promise we won't get lost...plus I know all of the subway routes and exactly which trains to take" I answer, knowing that was probably gonna be his next question. "Don't worry daddy Autumn and I will be fine!" Nadia reassures dad, kissing him on the cheek. I smirk. That's just like Nad to sweet talk up to dad. "Where are y'all going anyway?" Dad asks and I give him a look before answering. "Virgin Music store. Michael Jackson is supposed to be there today for the signing of his 'Invincible' cd....it's like a meet and greet type of thing" It was true and since Nadia practically WORSHIPED the ground he walked on I thought it would be a cool sweet 16 gift for her. Since both of our parents barely knew their way around the house, they couldn't possibly take Nadia to NYC, so their only other option was for me to take her since I've been there a couple of times and knew my way around. Now I wasn't an mj fan, hell I couldn't stand his ass! To be honest, I didn't see what all the hype was about when it came to him, I mean who calls themselves 'the king of pop?' Can you say CONCEITED much? Or who sleeps in an oxygen chamber, or bleaches their skin white or has so much plastic surgery that they're barely recognizable anymore? Yeah did I piss anyone off yet? So as you can see, I'm not a major fan of Mr. Jackson but the moment I say anything negative about him, Nadia instantly attacks me and tries to choke off my air supply. I swear, she was such a groupie of his it wasn't funny. "Alright What time will you two be back?" Mom asks. I shrug. "Uh, probably not till around midnight/early in the morning. Majority of our day will consist of waiting in line" Another thing I didn't like. I'd rather be shopping but I can't just up and leave my baby sister in line, there's some weirdos out there. After giving the parents a hug, Nadia and I left and got in my car. "Why are you carying that around anyway?" I point to the black backpack she threw in the backseat. Mom and dad didn't even question it. Nadia shrugs, playing with her dirty blonde hair. "For protection" "Protection? Who the hell is gonna try and mess with us?" I ask then get quiet for a moment. "You know what, it's a good idea you brought that" Nadia smiles in triumph as I start up the engine and drive away. New York City here we come!!

About 3 hours later we finally arrive. We would've arrived earlier but Nadia kept making me stop so she could check her makeup, get food, use the restroom. Now she was sleeping. "Nad wake up" I hit her leg, causing her to jump. "Wha?" "We're here silly" "Really?!" She sits straight up. I laugh. "Yeah now come on we gotta take at least 3 different subways just to get to Virgin" We both get out of the car. When I see Nadia place the backpack over her shoulder I sigh. "Are you sure you wanna bring that? Watch his bodyguards get rid of it. They might think you're trying to kidnap him" I joke. Nadia shakes her head. "There's nothing bad in here. I'll be fine" We then head towards Subway numero uno. Nadia had never been on one before and she stood very close to me the whole ride. I didn't complain though, my first ride on a train was pretty scary too. Subway Numero dos was ok except for the old man who kept calling us cutie pies, asking us where we were going. We just kept quiet and kept on riding. After riding subway #3 which was surprisingly normal, we finally reached our destination. "Aw damn look at the line" I groaned. It literally stretched out from the music store all the way down the next couple blocks. You mean to tell me all of these people were here to see his royal highness? Seriously?! They didn't have anything better to do? I look over at Nadia who has the biggest grin on her face. It actually remind me of the joker's smile. "Come on let's go get in line!" she yelled, grabbing my hand and dragging me over towards the line. A few people tried to cut and I damn near cursed them out. After 2 hours of waiting in line, we finally made it up to the front and inside of the huge music store. As we got closer and closer to the front, Nadia was becoming more excited while I was becoming more aggravated. I was hungry as hell! "Look, after you meet this dude can we get some food? I'm starving" I said. Nadia nodded, fiddling nervously with her clothes. I noticed ever since we've been in line she kept doing that. "Your clothes itch or somethin?" I joked. Nadia shook her head. "No it's just I have on more underneath" "Wait wha-" I didn't even have time to finish when she pulled off her clothes, revealing the skin tight black pants and black top underneath that had the words 'I'M BAD' written across in red. "Nad what the hell?!" I asked looking over her clothes. She looked like a? Like a? Let's just say no 16 year old should be dressing like that. "What? You didn't really think I was gonna meet mj wearing that did you?" she quickly placed the other clothes in her backpack, which was empty. "Wait so you brought an empty backpack just to put those clothes in?!" I was stunned. Only my sister. Nadia nodded. "Wow you're somethin else" I said. As the line slowly moved up, Nadia grabbed my arm. "What if he isn't nice Fall?" she asked. Fall was a nickname she often called me since our parents thought it'd be cute to name their first born after one of their favorite seasons. I shrugged. Now was not the time for her to have second thoughts. "Listen, I'm sure he's extremely nice. He's got nothin to be mean about. Life's been real good to him I bet" I say causing her to smile. "You're right I'm just overreacting" "Exactly" I was surprised when suddenly I felt her pull me in for a second hug of the day. I'm not really a hugger. It was invading my personal bubble. "Thank you so much Autumn! For bringing me here! Even though I know you're not really a fan" "Wait, your not a fan?!" Another voice yelled. Both Nadia and I turned around to see the voice belonged to a girl decked out in full mj gear. She looked to be around my age. "If your not a fan why are you even here?" she asked. God her voice was irritating. I gave a fake smile, handling it like a pro. "My sister is the bigger fan. It's her birthday-" "What don't you like about him?" Oh HELL to the no. I KNOW THIS BITCH DIDN'T JUST INTERRUPT ME. "Um, excuse me girlfriend but-" "So your an mj hater huh? Well there's tons of fans here that would LOVE to kick yo ass!" she yelled. Ok. That was the last straw. "Oh my God what the hell is wrong with you people?!!! THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND MICHAEL FUCKIN JACKSON!!!!! WHY THE HELL DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE WHO'S A FUCKIN BASKETCASE?!!!" I screamed, almost slapping her in the face. I was livid. "Fall...." I heard Nadia whisper but I ignored her. I continued with my rant. "I don't get it. What's so special about him anyway?! Y'all would literally kill yourselves if one day he just up and died.....he's nothing but a wacko! And another thing-" "AUTUMN!!!" Nadia yelled, cutting me off. "What?!" I yelled back but got quiet as I looked up and noticed the pair of chocolate brown eyes staring in to my hazels. I was in such a rant that I hadn't realized  we moved all the way up to the front of the line. He must've heard everything I said too....aw shit....