See The Light 💜✨

ix.

The only person I could convince to come with me to the pep rally was Carlos.

He sounded really excited to go but still hesitant since we were technically still newbies who were considered evil, he really didn't want to give people a bad impression.

I didn't either but I convinced him by telling him that joining in on Auradon events like this would make us seem more normal.

That or it could totally backfire and they'd hate us for even being there but I wasn't going to tell him that.

Once we got there, we found our place in the bleachers and sat down. Carlos instantly started bouncing his leg and I felt myself pick at my cuticles, anxiety flowing between the two of us enough to power an entire city.

"Hey," I put my arm over his shoulder, he looked up at me with worry splattered over his face,"No one's going to say anything about us being here..and, if they do, we'll show them how to deal with it VK style."

He chuckled and then seemed to call down a bit, hunching over and putting his elbows on his knees and putting his head in his hands. After a few minutes, he perked up and said,"Isn't that that band you brought me here to see?"

Within the past few weeks, Carlos and I were getting close. I told him basically everything, except for my real identity, but that included talking about the band and Alex.

I spared the details on Laddie's kick to my face but he caught on pretty soon that the bruise that randomly appeared on over half my face wasn't from me tripping and falling.

He knew I thought Alex was cute, to be honest, I was kinda scared to tell him in fear that he'd think me liking a guy was weird but then he had mentioned something about how I hadn't liked anyone since Harry and that he was proud of me for getting over him.

I had no idea who that was but I guess it wasn't weird at all. According to him, Mal and Evie knew about Harry too..and I had a lot more questions but I knew they wouldn't be answered along with everything else.

But, sure enough, I looked up and I saw Melody and Alex setting up their music gear in the middle of the tourney field, there was another guy with them that I was pretty sure was Aziz and not Laddie, relief filled me but confusion too.

Wasn't Laddie supposed to be here? Weren't gigs like this really important? Maybe Melody actually did kick him out of the band finally.

"Which one is Alex?" Carlos's eyebrows furrowed as he stared at the field, deciding between Aziz and Alex.

"The blond one."

"The drummer?"

"Mhmm," I stared at Alex as he fixed his drums, everyone suddenly going silent as he tested them out and making everyone cheer. He grinned widely and I felt myself smile.

"Jay!" I blinked as I heard my name from the field and see Melody waving wildly,"Hey!"

My eyes widened as I waved back shyly and I see her shake her head before she heads to the stairs that lead up to us.

"No one's gonna say anything, huh?" Carlos looked over at me with a sour expression and I stuck my tongue out at him, making him shove my shoulder with a giggle.

Melody ran up the stairs, making me scared as I noticed her shoelaces weren't tied, until she reached our aisle,"Hey, I didn't know you'd be here!" How she wasn't out of breath was a mystery to me,"Who's this?" She pointed to Carlos.

"Oh, I'm Carlos," he held out his hand, she shook it energetically.

"You're another VK, right?"