Chapter Two: Party Time & Deals, & Plans
Angelo's POV
Okay, Angelo, think! There must be an explanation for all of this. Yeah! I mean sure. It's not everyday you wake up to find five of your female friends butt naked in your bed. So how did this happen? I guess it all started a few days ago when I was having lunch with the girls at the campus restaurant.
Flashback
Normal POV
"So you still having your party this week?", Irma asked Angelo as they, along with the other girls, were eating their lunch.
"Yep.", Angelo said. "Uncle John gave me the okay as long as it stays on the third floor and there's no booze and drugs. Which I don't plan on having there. You all are coming right?", he asked getting nods from the girls.
"And I promise not to start anything with Elyon and Caleb.", Cornelia said while holding up her right hand. "But if they start with me..."
"I know. I know.", Angelo said. "It'll be on."
"At least you four don't have to deal with your ex-boyfriends.", Cornelia said to the other girls.
"Amen to that.", Will said. "They're way across the country doing whatever.", she said when Elyon came walking up to them.
"Hey, Angelo. Girls.", the Meridian queen said. "Cornelia.", she said in a dull tone.
"Elyon.", Cornelia said in a dull tone of her own.
"Hey, Elyon.", Angelo said hoping nothing would get started. "What's up?"
"Nothing much. Just making sure that you're still having your Halloween party.", Elyon asked.
"Still having it.", Angelo said. "It's starts at Six O'clock."
"Okay.", Elyon said as she turned to walk away. "Oh! One more thing she said as she stopped with her back turned to them. "Four more people will be coming with me, Caleb, Drake, and Aldern."
"Who?", Hay Lin asked.
"Wreck 55.", Elyon said surprising the girls who gasped. "I hope that won't be a problem. They're looking forward to seeing some of their friends after being away for so long."
"As long as they don't cause any trouble, then it's okay.", Angelo said.
"I'm sure they'll behave.", Elyon said. "Well, I have to get going. Caleb is waiting for me. See ya!"
"Later.", Angelo said before he noticed the girls looking not to happy at him. "What?"
"How could you say it was okay for our ex-boyfriends to come to the party?", Taranee asked.
"What was I to do?", Angelo asked. "Say no and look like a douchbag?"
"Yes!", Irma said.
"You know, I'm so glad we didn't tell them about us being Guardians.", Taranee said referring to Nigel, Joel, and Eric.
"Look. I get it. You don't feel like seeing the guys after all that happened.", Angelo said. "But sooner or later, you're going to have to face them. Might as well get it over with at the party."
"He's right.", Will said.
"But..."
"I don't like it no better than you do, Hay Lin.", Will said. "But if we can get through this, we'll be better from it all."
"Besides. If you show up in some really sexy costumes, we'll be showing them what they gave up.", Cornelia said with a smirk. "Heck! I just may do that myself to show Caleb what he gave us."
"I'm liking your idea, Corny.", Irma said. "And I know just the outfit to wear!"
"Which one?", Irma asked.
"Remember that pirate costume I wore when I was sixteen?", Cornelia asked.
"Yeah.", Irma said.
"It'll be something like that only more adult.", Cornelia said.
"Hmmmmmmm...", Hay Lin said as she rubbed her chin. "I think I can whip something up that get Eric's attention."
"Please tell me you're not doing this.", Angelo said to Will who had a smirk of her own. "Never mind."
"Hey! I can't help it if it's a good idea.", Will said with a smile.
"I'm guessing you're going to do this as well.", Angelo said to Taranee.
"Well, i can't let my friends do this alone.", Taranee said with a smirk. "Now can I?"
"I... guess not.", Angelo said. "Just promise me that you all won't be dressing in anything to revealing."
"We promise.", the girls said while holding up their right hands.
"That's all I ask.", Angelo said.
"So what kind of food will be there?", Irma asked.
"I ordered some party trays from that sub place we went to last week.", Angelo said. "I'll be getting some party trays of Halloween cookies, some chips, and a few coolers of soda, tea, juices, and water. And whatever else I may need. I'll have some music playing along with some TVs set up in different parts of the area playing scary movies. I got it set up good! This party is going to be awesome!"
"So who are you going as?", Will asked.
"You'll have to wait and see.", Angelo said. "You all just make sure to be there to have fun."
"Don't worry.", Cornelia said. "We'll be there."
Days later, it was Halloween and the party was jumping. The TVs he had set up with some couches in front of them were playing the scary movies he had in the DVD players while some music was playing. He even had some orange Halloween lights hanging along the walls for fun. Angelo welcomed the first few people that came and then left to change into his costume while the security he hired kept an eye on things. Soon Elyon, Caleb, Drake, and Aldern showed up with Matt and the rest of Wreck 55. Wreck 55 were dressed as musketeers, while Drake was dressed as a cowboy and Aldern was dressed as a sailor. Caleb was dressed as a knight in brown pants, brown leather boots, a white long sleeve shirt with frills in the front and a black cape. As for Elyon, she was dressed in a violet royal dress(Like the one in the comics) only this one showed off her cleavage well with matching short heel shoes. She even had her crown on.
"So where are the girls?", Caleb questioned looking around the area. "I thought they'd be showing up.", he said as Drake and Aldern walked off to mingle.
"I don't see them.", Eric said.
"Maybe they chickened out being afraid to see us after all this time.", Joel said with a smirk getting some snickers from his fellow band mates.
"Think again, fellas.", Matt said as he looked towards one of the entrances.
"Whoa!", Nigel said as he saw what Matt saw.
Walking into the party were the girls in very interesting costumes. First, we have Hay Lin who was dressed in a black thin-strapped dress that went down to her ankles that showed off her cleavage quite well with matching short heel shoes and stockings. Now attached to the back of the dress straps were wings she sewed on that went down to some leather wristbands she was wearing. Her hair was let out making her look more attractive.
Next, we have Cornelia who was dressed who was dressed as a pirate with form-fitting brown pants with a fake pirate sword strap to her side, black comfortable boots with heels, a white long sleeve blouse that she tied at the bottom showing off her toned belly not to mention having the top open enough to show off her cleavage well. On her head she wore a large brown pirate hat with a long brown coat completing the costume as her hair flowed down freely.
Next, we have Taranee who was dressed in a red toga that went down to her knees that showed off her cleavage with black sandals that went up to her knees. She was also wearing black biker shorts and a black tube top under her toga. On her head was a gold leaf crown that completed the costume as she let her long braids flow behind her.
Then we have Irma who was dressed as a midlevel wench, wearing a dress in which the bottom half was blue while the top have was white like most dresses like that which showed off her cleavage well thanks to the black corset she wore with the dress along with brown slippers completing the costume as her hair was hanging down a bit past her shoulders.
And finally, we have Will who was dressed as a witch in a black, strapless, form-fitting dress that went down to the center of her thighs that showed off her cleavage as well. Wrapped around her waist was a purple sash. She also was wearing a black leather chocker that had a black cape with a red lining attached to it that went down to her rear along with a black witch's hat and black comfortable heeled boots that went up to her knees.
"Ummmm... Wow!", Eric said as he looked at Hay Lin. "She looks great!"
"Taranee, too.", Nigel said liking how his ex-girlfriend looked.
"Remember why we're here, guys.", Joel said to his friends.
"Yeah.", Matt said. "We're here to show them that we're doing great without them."
"That's right.", Elyon said. "Don't let them get the better of you. I mean you boys are going to be rock stars. Once that happens, your Ex's will be sorry they broke up with you."
"That's right!", Eric said. "Why should we feel sorry about what happened months ago? They're the ones who broke up with us!"
"Dang straight!", Nigel said. "Our manager was right about them all along!"
"He sure was.", Matt said as he thought back to when they first met the man who changed their lives.
Flashback, five months ago...
"I'm glad you boys decided to meet me. Burt Donaldson.", he said as he shook the hands of Wreck 55. "I manage Vance Micheal Justin and Kamilla."
"Both of them?", Eric questioned as they sat at a table of the restaurant.
"You bet.", Burt said. "It's a job I love. Making people with talent go even further in the business and making them famous."
"Well you do good work.", Matt said.
"I'll say.", Nigel said when a server came up to them with their beverages.
"May I take your orders?", she said as she gave them their beverages and took out her pad and pen.
"I got this fellas.", Burt said. "We'll each have the steak and lobster meal please."
"Thank you.", the server said before walking off. "Your meal will be ready as soon as possible."
"Thank you.", Burt said.
"We can't afford that!", Joel said.
"It's on me boys.", Burt said.
"Wow! Thanks!", Nigel said.
"Don't mention it.", Burt said. "Now let's talk about you boys and your future. Where do you see yourself in a year?"
"In college with our girlfriends.", Matt said.
"Not to mention working on our music and getting as many gigs as possible.", Joel said. "Hoping to get our big break."
"That's good. That's good.", Burt said. "But what if I were to tell you that your big break is closer than you think?"
"Say what now?", Eric questioned.
"Boys, I didn't come all the way here just to have a good lunch with you.", Burt said. "I came here to give you a shot at the big time."
"How big?", Joel asked.
"I need an opening act for an upcoming tour VMJ and Kamilla are having. An act that will get the people pumped up.", Burt explained. "And after seeing the videos of you boys, that my talent scout sent me, I believe that you boys are that act."
"Wow!", Matt said. "We're honored that you think that well of us, but are you really sure about this?"
"Yes, I am.", Burt said. "I'm so sure about you boys that I'm even willing to sign you to the record label I work for."
"Are you serious!?", Eric questioned.
"Indeed boys, I am.", Burt said as he noticed their surprised faces. "I know this is quite a surprise for you boys, but I see you four and I think future rock stars. Your music is good. You have a great name for your band. A tour like this is what you need to get started in the business."
"It sounds great and all.", Nigel said. "But we have..."
"Let me guess.", Burt said. "You're worried about your education.", he said getting nods from the boys. "I got you boys covered. If you sign with us, and move out to LA to a place we'll have set up for you, we'll hire teachers that will give you the college education you boys will need while you're working on an album."
"That's all well and good, sir.", Eric said. "But we also have..."
"Girlfriends.", Burt said. "Let me guess. All four of you have been with these girls for the last few years."
"All but me.", Joel said. "I just got with Irma a few weeks ago."
"Yeah.", Eric said. "And I don't think they'll be to happy about us moving to California while they'll be here at Heatherfield University."
"Good point. But let me ask you this, boys.", Burt said. "What's more important? pursuing you future in music which is looking pretty bright from where I'm sitting, or giving it up just to make your girlfriends happy not knowing if you'll still be with them in the future. Now if you want to wait until you graduate college, fine. I'll wait. But think of how big you boys will become if you start now and work on your music. Sold out concerts, amazing music videos, interviews and performing on talk shows, fans who love you, getting nomineed for awards and possibly winning them. Being rich and famous. Having your own world tour. If you start while you're young boys, who knows what the future will hold for you. Your music may even be in movies, TV shows, cartoon, video games! Heck! You may even be in movies or TV shows! Maybe even a reality show! The sky is the limit, boys!"
"This is a big chance for us, guys.", Nigel said. "Who's to say that we'll get this chance again?"
"He has a point.", Joel said. "I care for Irma a lot, but we're not in love. And I know that she'll want me to stay with her."
"I hate to say it, but Hay Lin may do the same.", Eric said. "I don't want to leave her, but who can pass a chance like this up?"
"I know.", Matt said. "But Will and I have been together for so long that I don't know if I can just go all the way across the country and be away from her like that."
"I understand how you feel, boys.", Burt said. "You think that you'll find no other girl like the one you're with. I thought that same thing when I decided to enter the manager business and lost my high school sweetheart because she thought I wouldn't make it and come crawling back to her."
"But you are doing good.", Eric said.
"And I'm happily married to my high school sweetheart who I got back together with.", Burt said with a smile. "I'm 35, happily married with a five year old son with another kid on the way, and doing fine."
"Wow!", Nigel said. "I'm impressed."
"Thank you.", Burt said. "But I was one of the lucky ones. If you do this, you may lose your girlfriends only to get back with them sometime in the future, or you each may end up meeting someone new in your life. Who knows. There's an old saying that I'm sure you may have heard at least once in your life."
"And that is?", Matt asked.
"If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours.", Burt said. "If it doesn't..."
"It was never meant to be.", Matt finished.
"Sad but true.", Burt said. "It's all about faith, boys. But you have to ask yourselves, are you willing to take that leap together?"
"What do you think guys?", Matt asked his band mates. "Do we do this together or not at all?"
"I want to be with Hay Lin, but I don't want to throw this opportunity away.", Eric said. "I say we go for it and take the risk."
"Same here.", Joel said. "I care for Irma but if she or any of the girls had a chance to achieve their dreams, I'm sure they'd go for it. So I say that we try and achieve ours."
"What about you, Nigel?", Eric asked his friend.
"I care for Taranee. I really do.", Nigel said. "But you guys were my first true friends after I stopped hanging with Uriah and his bunch.", he said to Matt and Joel with a smile that they returned. "And then Eric joined our band and we became even better.", he said as the two of them smiled at each other. "And now we have a chance to hit the big time. This is too good to pass up. I say let's see how far Wreck 55 can make it."
"Then when do we get started?", Matt asked knowing that their lives would changed from now on.
"The tour starts in two weeks.", Burt said as he gave each of the boys one of his business cards. "Let me know when you boys are ready to go. But for now, let's enjoy our lunch while we talk about the upcoming tour.", he said as the server came up to them with their food.
End Flashback
'That day changed so much for us.', Matt thought to himself as he stared at Will as she was talking to one of her friends who was dressed as a nurse. 'And I'd do all over again if I had the chance.'
"You okay there, Matt?", Nigel asked his friend.
"Yeah.", Matt said snapping out of his thoughts. "Just thinking about things."
"Worried about talking to Will?", Nigel questioned. "I know I'm worried about talking to Taranee. That is if she'll even talk to me."
"Never know until you try.", Matt said with a grin.
"Good point.", Nigel said. "But for now, I'll just hang back and wait for the right time to talk to her."
"Unless she comes and talks to you first.", Eric said with a grin.
"That would take some of the pressure off.", Joel said. "But I doubt it'll happen."
"You never know, my friends.", Caleb said. "Anything is possible."
"Yeah. Anything.", Matt said as he thought back to the reason he and his friends were there in the first place.
Flashback, a month ago...
"Aw, man! This is so awesome!", Joel said as he and the rest of Wreck 55 entered the entered the apartment building they lived in. "It's only been a month since the tour ended and we've gotten four songs for the album done."
"I still can't believe this is happening!", Nigel said. "I feel like this is a dream that I'll wake up from at any minute!"
"Well, it's not a dream!", Eric said happily. "It's all real, man! And I intend on enjoying every minute of it!"
"Amen to that!", Matt said as they entered the elevator and pushed the button to the floor they lived on.
Once on the floor they lived on, Joel and Eric went to the apartment they shared while Matt and Nigel headed for theirs.
"You guys want to go out for something to eat later?", Nigel asked.
"Sure.", Eric said. "I heard about this place that has some great burgers."
"I haven't had a burger in a while.", Matt said. "I'm in."
"Same here.", Joel said.
"Then burgers it is.", Nigel said as he and Matt went into their apartment while Joel and Eric went into theirs.
Once in their apartment, Matt headed for his room to get some rest before he and his friends went out to eat.
"I wonder what Will is doing now.", he said to himself as he laid on his bed while staring up at the ceiling.
Suddenly, Elyon teleported into his room surprising him.
"Hello, Matt.", she said with a kind smile. "Nice place you have here."
"Whoa!", Matt said as he jumped up from his bed. "Elyon!?", he questioned. "What are you doing here?"
"Just popped in to say Hi.", Elyon said as she sat in the chair that was there. "So how are things?"
"Shhhh!", Matt said as he sat on his bed. "Nigel might hear you."
"Don't worry.", Elyon said as she unleashed a wave of energy in the room. "Now no one can hear us. So how are things in LA?"
"They're great.", Matt said as he began to relax. "The guys and I are working on our first album."
"That's great!", Elyon said. "So have you heard from Will lately?"
"No.", Matt said with an annoyed sigh. "I know we broke up on a bad note, but I had hoped that we could at least try and be friends. Heck! The guys haven't heard from their ex-girlfriends either."
"Well, I think they're just being childish.", Elyon said. "I mean, if they were good girlfriends then they would have been supportive of you guys instead of wanting you to stay. I mean I remember you telling me that you guys would get teachers that would give you the education you needed. Right?"
"Yeah!", Matt said. "We had some lessons today before we went to work on our album today. And they don't play around either. So we're getting the education we need."
"You know what you guy need to do?", Elyon asked.
"What?", Matt said. "Try and get back with them?"
"No. Well, maybe.", Elyon said. "But not until you show them that you guys are doing well without them."
"What will that prove?", Matt questioned.
"That they were wrong for thinking you wouldn't make it this far.", Elyon said. "I know it sounds mean but I think you guys have to do this. It's done wonders for me and Caleb, when it comes to Cornelia."
"Yeah but, we'd need a reason to go back home.", Matt said. "Even if it was for a few days."
"I'm sure you'll come up with something.", Elyon said.
"I know!", Matt said. "I can tell Burt that we can promote our album."
"You can even come to the Halloween Bash Angelo is having at his place.", Elyon said. "The girls will be thrown off by it and won't know what to do."
"And when they see how good we're doing, they see that them breaking up with us didn't affect us much.", Matt said.
"Now you're thinking!", Elyon said. "This Halloween will be on to remember! And who knows. You all may end up getting back together?"
"Now I just have to convince the fellas to go along with this.", Matt said.
"Tell them that we talked and you learned that some of our friends missed you guys.", Elyon said. "You won't be lying seeing as some of our friends, back home, do miss you guys."
"That should do it.", Matt said. "I'll bring it up while we're going out to eat."
"Good luck.", Elyon said as she checked her watch. "As for me, I got to go. Caleb is taking me out to dinner tonight. See ya, Matt."
"See ya.", Matt said before Elyon teleported away which in turn made his room normal again. "Looks like we may be going home soon.", he said as he laid back on his bed and began to think of a away to convince the guys to go along with the plan he and Elyon cooked up. "And hopefully, we'll show the girls that they were wrong for breaking up with us."
End Flashback
"Well, so far so good.", Matt said to himself. "All I have to do now is talk with Will and show her that I'm doing good without her.", he said as he stared at her and couldn't help but like how she looked in her costume. "Well, here goes nothing.", he said as he began to walk towards her when suddenly the main lights turned off surprising everybody. "What the heck!?", he questioned looking around.
"What's going on?", Cornelia questioned.
"I have no idea.", Irma said when a spot light shined on one of the entrances to the party. "But I think we're about to find out."
"Why do I have the feeling this is has Angelo written all over it?", Will questioned with a smirk.
Suddenly, the door the spotlight shined on opened and Angelo walked in wearing his costume. Which was of him as a midlevel king in brown pants with a leather belt that had a silver lion's head for the buckle, black leather boots, a black sleevless fake fur coat with brown fake fur bracers and a gold crown on his brow. He walked into the middle of the area as the spotlight followed him.
"I'd like to welcome you all to my Halloween Bash!", Angelo said to everybody there. "I hope you're having a good time. Please enjoy yourselves. There's good food to eat and scary movies to watch on the TVs. So you can dance to the music that's playing or watch some movies. Either way, have fun and enjoy yourselves. Now let's keep this party going!", he said as the spotlight turned off and the regular lights turned back on. "Party on folks!", he said as the guest cheered.
"Oh yes.", Elyon said with a smirk. "This party is just getting started."
A/N: Well the party has begun and everyone is having a good time. And it looks like Wreck 55 has plans to not only show their ex-girlsfriends that they're doing alright, but hope to get back with them. To which Elyon thinks the girls will feel sad and alone when they see how good the guys are doing without them. But the girls have plans of their own. Who's going to win in this battle of wills? Only one way to find out!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FOLKS!
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