SHATTERED

sixty-six

saylor

not long after jessie found out about me and alex, it's halloween.

the day after jessie found out, we told miguel. he didn't have the same, over the top reaction that jessie did, but he did go on about how he "knew it" like jessie did. after, he pulled me aside to ask about it all, where i kinda spilled about everything since our first kiss.

whoops.

though to be fair, it seemed like alex was doing the same with jessie, with the same, shy smile that i had.

only a few days later, we had a meeting where it all somehow got brought up. laura then let it slip that she knew first. i swear, jessie and miguel seemed like they were going to murder me and alex.

anyways.

it's halloween tonight. we have a show, and we decided it'd be fun to wear costumes for the show. we've also made posts and told the fans to wear a costume if they're attending the show.

we didn't decide on a theme, but it seemed like we all, coincidentally, wanted spider-man related costumes.

"nah, i'm peter parker," alex shook their head. "i'm wearing toby's venom suit!"

"you?!" jessie's eyes widened as they looked at alex incredulously. "bitch, i live, laugh, love peter parker! i'm peter parker."

"well, too-motherfucking-bad. i've got the suit and everything already," alex huffed.

"so do i!" jess threw her hands up.

"i dunno what to tell you. i'm going as peter parker," alex shrugged. they raised a brow as they looked at jessie. "you could go as j. jonah jameson; you have the same initials and everything."

jj's jaw dropped. "nah, ain't no fucking way you just suggested that."

"and did," alex nodded with a smirk.

"whore," jessie raised their middle finger.

"slut," alex rolled their eyes. "but shit, i dunno; go as miles morales?"

"i'm going as miles," miggy raised his hand from his seat on the couch, though he kept his eyes on his phone. he didn't seem to care about alex and jj's argument. i, on the other hand, found it amusing.

"and i'm going as spider-gwen, so don't even think about it," i added.

jj groaned as she threw her head back. they walked over to the couch, and they slumped dramatically over miguel. "man, fuck y'all. you know what? i'm going as spider-punk!"

"spider-punk plays the gui—" alex's sentence was cut short.

"aht! zip it! i don't care," jj huffed as she crossed her arms. their head was now laying in miguel's lap, though he didn't seem too fazed by it.

"okay... and go on stage," we were directed in our in-ears.

we walked onto the stage. as every other show, the lights weren't on us until we got into position, so that the crowd couldn't even see us get on-stage. once we were all in position, the lights beamed down on us. almost immediately, the crowd cheered loudly. only a second later, we started our opening song, teenage dirtbag.

after a few songs, alex let their guitar hang from the strap over the shoulder as they used their hands to gesture for the crowd to be quiet. they then grabbed the mic that was in front of them, though they kept it on the stand.