Dan had the guitar on his leg as we sat and discussed.
"Do you think we need to move away from the diamond?" I asked quietly.
Cody looked over, "What makes you say that?"
Everyone's gaze turned to me, and I could feel my face heat up, "I mean, we discussed yesterday that we didn't want to be like Upside Down anymore. Maybe we should move away from the diamond?"
Zach nodded, "But what would we move to?"
I let out a sigh of relief as everyone took the idea and ran with it. Back in the beginning, they would just argue and scream at each other whenever they disagreed with each other. Always sent me into panic attacks- part of the reason why they got better about it I think.
Killian nuzzled against my knee, making me look down at him. I took a deep breath, trying to focus on the conversation happening at the moment.
"I don't think we should go with a star," Maxx said.
"Why not?" Dan looked at Maxx, foot bouncing the guitar in his lap.
"Too many points. If we wanna do a cool morphing thing like we discussed, the extra point will end up looking weird in the transition. We should stick with four points," Maxx explained.
Cameron (a producer we brought on a while back) nodded, "That would work. You guys stick to a four-point shape and it'll be easy to transition it in the video."
We all thought for a while, discussing different shapes. Squares, trapezoids, rhombus, and rectangle were all thrown out there.
"Wait, Cody," Zach spoke up, "We've got a song that talks about hourglasses?"
Cody thought for a moment, "Yeah, yeah we do." He wrote something down on the sheet we had.
"Why don't we consider an hourglass?" Zach sat up a little, "Have a bunch of songs talking about time, right?"
Maxx nodded, "It could work in transitions."
Cody grinned. "We can discuss it closer to Emo Nite. Speaking of," He pushed the notepad aside and pulled his phone out and began to read something, "Cody Carson, as the lead singer of the band Set It Off, we would like to invite you and the other members of Set It Off to be DJ's at Emo Nite LA and the Vans Warped Tour kick-off. Should you accept, you will also be able to appear at whatever stops of the final Vans Warped Tour."
"Yes, oh my god," I said without hesitation. When we were younger, in my pre-band days, we would all go together to the Orlando stop. If we could play the final tour, it would be amazing!
"Alright, so that's two yes's. What about you guys?" Cody looked at the other members of the band.
The room filled with nods of agreement, again with no hesitation. I couldn't help the grin that spread across my face. Killian's tail wagged, and he bounced a little to turn to face me. I rubbed a hand through his fur, kissing his forehead. I looked up to see Zach staring at me. I grinned at him, and he smiled right back.
"Alright, so I'll let him know. That'll be June 5, can everyone make it that night?" Cody looked up from his phone.
Dan hissed a little, "Sydney and I have dinner that night for my birthday since I'll be here the day of."
Cody nodded, "Are you okay with missing out on it? Or moving your dinner?"
"I'll talk to Sydney. She planned for us to do an Escape Room that night I think," Dan pulled out his phone, arms resting on the guitar.
"But everyone else is okay?" Cody looked around the rest of the circle.
"I'm good," Zach said, looking at his phone.
"I'll be there," Maxx smiled.
"And Sam?" Cody looked at me, "Are you and Killian gonna be there?"
"As long as we've got a safe space for Killian I'll be there," I grinned.
Cody typed on his phone, "I think we're gonna have a room to ourselves, I'll ask if we can get it soundproofed. You think that'll be okay?"
"Yeah, should be great," I rubbed Killian's ears, watching his tail wag.
"Alright, I'll let them know. Anything else we need to discuss Cameron?" Cody looked at our producer.
"LA." Cameron stared at Cody.
"LA?" Cody's head tilted a little.
Cameron's eyebrows raised, and Cody's mouth opened into a little 'o'.
"What about LA?" Dan asked, looking at Cody.
"So, we were talking about moving the band to Los Angeles, because of all the opportunities for the band in terms of shows, producers, and places to record," Cody explained, putting his phone down.
Zach looked over at me, "Sam you are oddly calm."
"He told me about this a while ago so that I'd be prepared," I explained, leg bouncing anyway. Killian ducked under one leg and rested his head on the other, stopping my legs. I pushed my fingers through his fur again.
"And what's your stance?" Maxx asked.
"I..." I sighed, trying to think, "If I have a lot of help then I can move."
Zach nodded, "I'll have to talk to Katie, but then I'm in."
"I'll have to talk to Sydney," Dan said, typing on his phone.
"I think I'm in. I'll have to think about it. When do we need to move?" Maxx asked, tapping his legs.
"Do you think we could at least be over there in one house by Emo Nite? Like the sleepovers we used to have," I said with a smile.
"That would be awesome," Cody said with a grin. "I'm closest to being able to move out since I needed to move soon anyway. I can start looking soon."
I nodded. We're going to be okay.