You answered D

As you listen to the song Mannequin by The Summerset you can’t help but feel nervous. You know that you aren’t going to win. What are the odds?  You are pretty sure that D) Lava Records is the correct answer, but at this point your mind could just be playing tricks on you. Phone in hand you pray to whatever God you can to help you be lucky – just this once.

Towards the end of the song you think once again about the answer and this is where panic takes over your body. You are sure it can be seen on your face.

What the hell?! You think. It’s not Lava; it’s Hopeless Records, they never even signed to Lava. How could you forget? Now you are sure that you will not win those backstage tickets. You can’t send another text message – it’s too late now. You hear the ending tunes of the song and throw you phone on your bed. You didn’t aim for it, it just happened to be there – and good luck too; your IPhone would have smashed if you had hit the floor.

You hear the speaker’s voice again.

“And that was Mannequin by the band The Summerset. I’m telling you guys. We have been receiving texts from you none stop, but the competition is over. That’s right; we’ve found a winner of the two tickets for the All Time Low concert in May, and we have her on the phone right here. Emily, are you there?” You feel sad that you didn’t win. This would have been perfect; actually getting to meet the guys.

“You bet I am” the voice say.

Was that? No it couldn’t be.

“Tell us what the correct answer to our question ‘What record label is All Time Low currently signed to?’ is”

“It’s Hopeless Records of course”

You hear a ding-ding-ding sound announcing that it was indeed the correct answer. You are confused. Did Emily – your Emily – just win backstage tickets to the concert?

The two of you are actually going to meet All Time Low

You answered B

As you listen to the song Mannequin by The Summerset you can’t help but feel nervous. You know that you aren’t going to win. What are the odds?  You are pretty sure that B) Emerald Moon Records is the correct answer, but at this point your mind could just be playing tricks on you. Phone in hand you pray to whatever God you can to help you be lucky – just this once.

Towards the end of the song you think once again about the answer and this is where panic takes over your body. You are sure it can be seen on your face.

What the hell?! You think. It’s not Emerald Moon; it’s Hopeless Records, they went back. How could you forget? Now you are sure that you will not win those backstage tickets. You can’t send another text message – it’s too late now. You hear the ending tunes of the song and throw you phone on your bed. You didn’t aim for it, it just happened to be there – and good luck too; your IPhone would have smashed if you had hit the floor.

You hear the speaker’s voice again.

“And that was Mannequin by the band The Summerset. I’m telling you guys. We have been receiving texts from you none stop, but the competition is over. That’s right; we’ve found a winner of the two tickets for the All Time Low concert in May, and we have her on the phone right here. Emily, are you there?” You feel sad that you didn’t win. This would have been perfect; actually getting to meet the guys.

“You bet I am” the voice say.

Was that? No it couldn’t be.

“Tell us what the correct answer to our question ‘What record label is All Time Low currently signed to?’ is”

“It’s Hopeless Records of course”

You hear a ding-ding-ding sound announcing that it was indeed the correct answer. You are confused. Did Emily – your Emily – just win backstage tickets to the concert?

The two of you are actually going to meet All Time Low

You answered A

As you listen to the song Mannequin by The Summerset you can’t help but feel nervous. You know that you aren’t going to win. What are the odds?  You are pretty sure that A) Interscope Records is the correct answer, but at this point your mind could just be playing tricks on you. Phone in hand you pray to whatever God you can to help you be lucky – just this once.

Towards the end of the song you think once again about the answer and this is where panic takes over your body. You are sure it can be seen on your face.

What the hell?! You think. It’s not Interscope; it’s Hopeless Records, they went back. How could you forget? Now you are sure that you will not win those backstage tickets. You can’t send another text message – it’s too late now. You hear the ending tunes of the song and throw you phone on your bed. You didn’t aim for it, it just happened to be there – and good luck too; your IPhone would have smashed if you had hit the floor.

You hear the speaker’s voice again.

“And that was Mannequin by the band The Summerset. I’m telling you guys. We have been receiving texts from you none stop, but the competition is over. That’s right; we’ve found a winner of the two tickets for the All Time Low concert in May, and we have her on the phone right here. Emily, are you there?” You feel sad that you didn’t win. This would have been perfect; actually getting to meet the guys.

“You bet I am” the voice say.

Was that? No it couldn’t be.

“Tell us what the correct answer to our question ‘What record label is All Time Low currently signed to?’ is”

“It’s Hopeless Records of course”

You hear a ding-ding-ding sound announcing that it was indeed the correct answer. You are confused. Did Emily – your Emily – just win backstage tickets to the concert?

The two of you are actually going to meet All Time Low

Now the only thing to do is wait

A week has passed and you have been a nerve wreck ever since you entered that stupid completion. You aren’t going to win, you know that. Then why do you keep checking your e-mail? It’s the third time just this morning, and nothing but a few newsletters and an e-mail from your uncle has arrived. You decide that you should just close your computer and leave it. It’s not healthy for you to be in this state. The past week you totally skipped lunch to have enough money for the concert – the only one noticing this was Emily, she even offered to buy you lunch, but it didn’t matter; you were too nervous to eat.

Now you needed something to take your mind off of the competition. You look around your room and your eyes fall on the Harry Potter books on your shelf. It has been a while since you last read those books, maybe it was time to open them up again. You get up and reach for the first book, and as you start reading your mind leaves your room and enters J.K. Rowling’s universe.

You haven’t noticed how long you have been reading until your mom knocks on your door asking you if you want some lunch. You realize that you are actually really hungry, so you close the book and follow her to the living room, where she has prepared some food for you.

After finishing your lunch you go back to your room, and your eyes fall on your computer. Maybe you should just check one more time. As you open your computer you feel those nerves come back. You click on the e-mail icon on your screen and patiently wait for the new e-mails to arrive. When you hear the little ‘pling’ signaling that you’ve got mail, you check if it’s the right mail.

And there it is. The subject only says congratulations so it must be positive. You feel our hands shaking and for some reason you are out of breath.

‘Dear miss Laura M. J. We are happy to announce that you are the winner of our campaign competition. CONGRATULATIONS…” as you read the e-mail your eyes start to water. You cannot believe that out of all the people entering, you are the one who has won this competition. You can’t believe that your photo will be a part of a US national campaign! This is too crazy. You pick up you phone and call Emily right away.

“Hey, aren’t you the girl on those posters all around in America?” you ask right away. She gets the message, and you both start screaming. It is everything you could wish for. And you even get 200 bucks; you know what to use that for.

You buy the tickets for the concert and wait for the day...

The next week

A week later you are locked in your room once again, this time listening to the radio and waiting for the contest to start. So far it has been a good show, with All Time Low Music, old interviews and even a special message from the band to the Danish fans. You are absolutely ready to win this thing; no way you aren't going to win it. You live and breathe for this band. The only person you know that feels the same way is your best friend Emily, who you know is sitting in her room just as excited as you are.

“Well well, ladies and gentlemen. This will be the moment you've all been waiting for. It’s time for our little contest. You heard that right; in a few minutes one of you beautiful people out there is gonna win two backstage tickets for the All Time Low concert, which will take place May 29^th. All you have to do to win this thing is answering the following question” the speaker holds a short break, “What record label is All time Low currently signed to? Is it A: Interscope Records, is it B: Emerald Moon Records, is it C: Hopeless Records, or is it D: Lava Records?”  As the speaker repeats and tells the sending information you quickly type down the answer press send! “Okay guys, after this next song we will have contacted the winner so have your phones ready, ‘cause it might just be you we'll be calling”

You answered A?

You answered B?

You answered C?

You answered D?

You don’t enter the competition

”I can’t do it” you say closing your computer.

“Why not?” Emily asks you sounding hopeless.

“Because I’m not gonna win, and it’s stupid, and I want to take photos like Adam Elmakias, not commercial photographers” you tell her. You are telling the truth, but you left out the fact that it’s because you are not confident enough to rely on your work to be displayed for everyone – this might actually be the only reason you are saying no.

You hear Emily sigh. You have had this conversation with her before, so she knows that she can’t change the fact that you won’t upload the picture. You are very conscious about your work. You care more about how your photos than anything else. They are your babies, and you don’t show your babies to everyone.

“How about we get that English assignment done before Tuesday?” you ask her, well knowing that she didn’t expect to be studying when she got here.

“Uh-okay” she says and opens up your computer. She closes the competition website and opens a document so the two of you can start writing.

After 40 minutes of intense essay writing the voice on the radio says the name All Time Low. You both shoot your heads up, haven forgotten everything about school.

“Yes, the boys will be guesting Denmark in about two months, and because of that we will be focusing on them and their band next week.” You and Emily look at each other; you both know what you’ll be doing next weekend. “And to make it all a bit more interesting, we’ll be giving out backstage tickets for one lucky winner”

At this moment your room is full of excitement. Emily is the first one to let out the scream she had been holding in, but you follow up soon. You mom comes barging in asking what’s going on.

“Nothing mom, we’re just happy” you tell her, never hiding the big smile on your face.

“Okay hun, I’ll just leave again” she says and closes the door again. You and Emily look at each other and scream once again.

The next week...

You enter the competition

You take a deep breath. Why shouldn't you enter this competition? A big campaign, people will actually get to see your picture, and Emily already said that it was okay to use the picture you took of her. You click on the ‘ENTER COMPETITION HERE’-button and write down your information, such as e-mail, name, where you live and name of the model. You hear Emily giggle about the fact that she is being referred to as a model.

“And this is how we become rich and famous. I want you to take all my top-model photos from now on.  No one else is good enough. I can’t have a crap photographer to take my pictures. No I want the best; you!” Emily jokes as she does her best Tyra Banks poses. It doesn't really work, but she is cute and funny, and you love her and you can’t stop laughing.

As you upload the photo you think of how amazing a life that would actually be. Now you just have to wait to hear if you have won or not. The competition ends in a week, so you’ll have to be a nerve wreck for the next seven days, but besides that you are actually happy that you did this. You turn to look at Emily.

“I love you, you know that” you say and hug her.

“I know love. And I love you too”

Now the only thing to do is wait...