𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟻, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝
♪ 𝟹𝚛𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝙾𝚅 ♪
The time had finally come.
Sunset Curve is playing The Orpheum tonight.
Leila rushed out of her dance studio, throwing a quick see you tomorrow behind her as she heard Jasper's chuckle following shortly after, her dance bag swung on her arm as she ran down the streets, this time not with fear but with excitement.
Minutes later Leila arrived at the boys' studio and pushed open the doors, dropping her bag by the door before sliding the doors closed and turning to the boys who were practicing softly.
Excitement buzzed in Leila as she exclaimed, "You're playing the Orpheum!"
Luke chuckled, "We know, Lei." He replied.
Leila grinned and rushed over, squeezing herself between Reggie and Alex as she threw an arm over each of the boys' shoulders. "I'm so proud of you guys." She told them, "You better not forget about me when you're rich and famous." She teased dramatically.
The boys chuckled. "How could we forget about you?" Alex replied rhetorically.
"Yeah, you'll be rich and famous too, Lee." Reggie told her as if it was a fact.
Leila rolled her eyes although she couldn't push back the feeling of happiness that hit her. He believed in her. They believed in her. "Yeah, yeah."
"I'm serious you'll be dancing on stage while we're singing, it's not that different." Reggie carried on.
Luke nodded, "Yeah maybe you can be our backup dancer." Luke suggested.
Leila laughed, "In your dreams Patterson." She told him.
If she ever joined them on stage it would be with her guitar or piano and her voice, not her dance.
If only she could join them on stage.
Leila's eyes went to Bobby, she couldn't join them, not while Bobby was there. She just couldn't.
♪ 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚞𝚖 ♪
"One, two, three." Alex called as he hit his drumsticks together on stage, Leila stood in the empty crowd with a grin on her face as she watched them practice for the last time before their performance.
"Take off, last stop, countdown till we blast open the top. Face first, full charge, electric hammer to the heart." Luke sang as he strummed his guitar.
"Clocks move faster 'cause it's all we're after now, oh." Alex, Reggie, and Luke chorused.
Reggie moved towards Luke as they sang into the same mic, "Won't stop climbing 'cause this is our time, yeah."
Luke pushed Reggie away dramatically before he began to sing on his own, "When all the days felt black and white those were the best shades of my life!"
"Don't look down!" All of the boys chorused.
"'Cause we're still rising-" Luke continued on his own before they all chorused together.
"Up right now."
Luke then went on his own, "And even if we-"
"Hit the ground." The boys chorused together.
"We'll still fly, keep dreaming like well live forever." Luke sang into his mic.
"But live it like it's now or never!" The boys chorused.
"We ain't searching for tomorrow." Alex sang into his mic as he played the drums.
"Tomorrow!" Reggie sang into his mic.
"Cause we got all we need today." Alex continued.
"Today!" Reggie repeated again.
"Living on a feeling that's been running through our veins." Luke sang solo into his mic.
"We're the revolution that's been singing in the rain!" Reggie sang.
"Don't look down 'cause we're still rising up right now." The boys chorused, Alex beating his drumsticks together in the air as Luke swung his guitar.
"And even if we-" Luke sang solo.
"hit the ground." The boys finished the lyrics together.
"We'll still fly." Luke sang.
"Keep dreaming like we'll live forever but live it like it's now or never." They sang into their mics.
"It's now or never!" Luke sang into his mic.
"Now or never!" Reggie and Alex sang with Luke.
They finished their song as they slowed their instruments, Luke bowed to the empty crowd.
"Whoo, excellent!" A girl in the crowd sang.
"Sounds great guys!" A sound check guy said.
"Whoo!" A girl called, "Yeah!"
The boys laugh as did Leila as she watched the girl clap her hands together for her boys
"Good job boys! Amazing as usual!" Leila called with a grin.
"Thank you, we're sunset curve." Reggie spoke into the mic with a wink sent Leila's way making the girl laugh as she made her way over to the stage.
"Too bad we wasted that on the soundcheck that was the tightest we've ever played." Bobby told Luke who hadn't noticed Leila approaching as she went over to her brother and Reggie first.
"Wait until tonight, man, when this place gets packed with record execs." Luke replied.
"Alex you were smoking!" Reggie told Alex.
"Oh no. I was just warming up. You guys were the ones on fire." Alex replied sheepishly as he held his drumsticks.
"Could you just own your awesomeness for once?" Reggie told his friend making Leila laugh although she couldn't help but agree, Alex always underestimated himself.
"Yeah Alex, you were amazing up there." Leila told her twin.
"Huh?" Luke said to Alex who had turned to him.
Alex turned back to Reggie and spoke, admitting his awesomeness, "Alright I was killing it."
They chuckled as Reggie and Alex did their handshake before Luke spoke, "Okay well I'm thinking we fuel up before the show. I'm thinking street dogs."
"Ooh!" Reggie chimed in.
"Yes!" Alex agreed pointing to Luke with his drumsticks.
Bobby strayed from the group as he approached the girl from earlier who was wiping down a table.
"Hey, Bobby, where you going?" Luke called following Bobby. Reggie and Alex did the same however Leila was more reluctant but relented and followed however she stayed as far away from the boy as possible.
"I'm good." Bobby told the boys before looking at the girl. "Vegetarian. I could never hurt an animal." Leila rolled her eyes, yeah right.
"You guys are really good." The girl told the band.
"Thank you." Luke thanked the girl with a grin as Leila smiled proudly.
"I see a lot of bands, been in a couple myself, I was really feeling it." The girl carried on.
"That's what we do this for." Luke told her, "Um Luke, by the way."
"Hi, I'm Reggie." Reggie introduced himself excitedly.
"Alex." Alex greeted.
Leila offered the girl a grin, "I'm Leila."
Bobby pushed past Leila, forcing her to stand behind him, "Bobby." Luke frowned at the scene slightly but didn't say anything instead he reached for Leila's hand offering her support.
"Nice meeting you guys." The girl replied, "I'm Rose."
"Oh uh, here's our demo." Reggie said placing a copy of their demo on the table Rose had been wiping down, "And a t-shirt. Size beautiful." Leila rolled her eyes, ignoring the jealousy she felt.
It was who Reggie was. A flirt. If he didn't flirt he wouldn't be him.
Alex groans at the flirt, glancing at his sister who he knew had a crush on his bandmate, Rose held up the shirt to herself, "Thanks," Rose said as she folded the shirt, "I'll make sure not to wipe the tables down with this one."
"Oh, good call. Whenever they get wet they just kinda fall apart in your hands." Alex told the girl.
"Don't you guys have to go get hot dogs?" Bobby chimed in gesturing to the boys.
Leila knew as soon as she saw the mischievous gleam in her friend's eyes he was going to say something.
Luke released her hand as he spoke, pushing in front of Bobby as Leila moved closer to Reggie, "Yeah, he had a hamburger for lunch."
Leila held back a laugh as they walked away leaving Bobby to talk to Rose.
Leila glanced back at the girl one last time as they walked away. Good luck, she thought before rushing after her friends.
♪ 𝟷,𝟹𝟷𝟸 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 ♪
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