Tickets to Regret
As the familiar prompt sounded again and again, my heart sank little by little.
The music festival was probably at its climax, and deafening cheers could be heard inside the venue. The bass vibrations could be felt even from behind the fence, which made the ground tremble.
The atmosphere inside the venue infected the spectators outside who had no tickets. Everyone waved their glow sticks and screamed along.
I was the only one standing there, clutching my phone, feeling out of place. Glancing at the 27 missed calls I had made on my phone screen, I suddenly realized that whether or not he came did not seem so important anymore.