6:00am (3:00am SEQUEL) // Jori fan fic

Chapter 13 - Karaoke Fight Out (Part 1)

It was super hot. The sun was almost blistering, and I was surrounded by nothing other than hills and mountains from afar and sand. The heatwaves coming from the ground were visible, but my attention wasn't on that for long as the sound of tires rolling on the ground fast towards me triggered my fight or flight instinct, completely washing a cooling dread over me.
That's it, I'm gonna die. This is my time, I thought to myself.
"Baby girl, you're done." A deep voice spoke, making my heart sink to my stomach. I shut my eyes as the sound of a gun being loaded emitted from behind me.

My eyes shot open as I gasped for air. I quickly sat up feeling disoriented and looked around trying to get it through my head that I was safe at home.
"Fuck." I huffed quietly. My legs hung off the bed as I sat for a moment, gathering my thoughts. I grabbed my phone and checked the time only to see it was still 6:15. A groan escaped my mouth before I flopped on my messy bed, causing Ice to wake up.
"Good morning, bud." I croaked, looking up at the yawning pittie. I got a few kisses from Ice which encouraged me to get up.
"Alright, bud. I'm up. Let's go get breakfast." I chuckled before opening up my balcony window since I was not in the mood to walk him this early to do his business. While he did his, I did mine as well. When I finished, I called out to him, waking up Midnight as well. The two pets and I walked down the steps to the kitchen. I put the blinds up and turned the kitchen light on since the sun wasn't completely up yet. Ice and Midnight waited in front of their bowls until I poured them their food. I grabbed a bowl and began to munch on some cereal as the sun rose across from me, making the process of scrolling on the Internet so much easier. Sense the sarcasm.
I checked my notifications as I quietly munched alongside the cat and dog and checked my Instagram as I did so. I received an email from a Veronica Welsh which was odd since I didn't know anyone with that name. I opened it up and read slowly, trying to wake my brain up to fully understand what this person wrote.

"Greetings, Miss West!

My name is Veronica Welsh. I'm a talent scout and manager from Meta Management. We look for unsigned artists as well as starting artists all over the State.
A friend of mine who was your mentor has reached out to me told me all about you when we spoke about jobs that were available. I don't usually do this, but I've seen some of your work and I'd like for you to come down to the office for an interview.

If you are interested, I've assigned my work numbers and social media handles below.

Thank you. "

Although it was a short email, I was immediately interested and decided to shoot back an email, completely forgetting about cereal.

"Good morning,

Miss Welsh, thank you for reaching out to me. I appreciate the time you've taken out of your day to let me know about this.
I am very much interested in sitting down with you to talk more on this subject some time soon.

Please let me know a time and day that would be convenient for you.

Thanks. "

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding once I pressed send and immediately hopped off my stool, rocking out to an air guitar silently as I celebrated an interview that was about to happen soon.
"What in God's name are you doing?" A voice spoke from behind me. I quickly stopped and turned around to see my parents starting at the doorway in confusion.
"I just got an interview with a Talent Agent." I smiled.

"Hey, Jade." Cat sang beside me as she set down her food in front of her before sitting beside me.
"Hi." I greeted monotonously as the rest of the gang entered the cafeteria.
"What's up, guys?" Robbie greeted quietly.
"What's wrong with him?" I asked, pointing to Robbie.
"The teachers were being mean to him about some of the things he does in his classes." Tori sighed, leaving her bag and walking off to get her food.
"What did you do?" Cat asked worriedly.
"Tell 'em, Rob." Beck spoke softly, comforting the boy with pats on the back.
"They basically sat me down and said that I wasn't doing so well with my Studio lessons and my although my singing has improved, I still need a long way to go and that I need to do better if I wanna stay." He moaned sadly, not touching his soup that he brought from home.
" That's it? "I asked.
"It's the way they said it, Jade. It was very threatening and it definitely did not feel very helpful. It's way harder here than Hollywood Arts." Robbie sighed sadly.
"It'll be okay, Robbie. We can all help you where you lack! Right, guys?" Cat responded looking at all of us.
"Yes, we will be there." Andre answered, internally hesitating. Tori returned and agreed as well as Beck, leaving all the eyes to fall on me for a response.
"Ugh! Fine, yes! It's not like I have my classes to deal with." I growled, rolling my eyes.
"Yay! It's settled. We help Robbie and stick together until the end." Tori cheered happily showing off her prominent cheekbones. I chuckled and took a sip of my tea since I had singing after lunch. Beck's phone pinged out of nowhere, strangely getting our attention as well.
" Uh, guys. I just got an email from a Veronica Welsh." He muttered before the rest of the gang's phones pinged.
"I'm guessing everyone did." I sighed, rolling my eyes thinking I was kind of special for once.
"Did you get one, Jade?" Beck asked, pointing at my quiet phone.
"Got one this morning." I verified, picking at my food.
"So, should we schedule to go all together to see what she wants?" Robbie asked, stuffing his phone back into his shirt's front pocket.
"Yes! Let's go! I'm dying to know what she wants!" Tori groaned impatiently, clutching on to my arm desperately.
"Definitely. Let's do a weekend. I got a small gig on Friday after school at an open mic thing. Y'all should come." Andre responded before taking a sip from his juice.
"Ooh! Can I sing too?" Cat asked excitedly, twirling a piece of her long locks with her fingers.
"Sure, you just need to sign up, Little Red."
"Little Red." Cat giggled before taking her bag and suddenly walking off with no explanation.

I walked to my car and locked myself in before starting the car and making myself comfortable. I connected my phone to my speakers and fastened my seat belt before calling Babe on the phone.
"Hey, my love. Where you at?" She asked happily.
"Hey, babe. I'm on my way to pick you up. Do you have your things with you or will we be stopping by your place?" I asked, driving off only to meet a stop light making me groan internally.
"I have my things with me, don't worry - - HUDSON! PUT THAT DOWN!" She yelled away from the phone but loud enough so make it sound like she was right by my ear. "Sorry, I gotta go. I'll see you soon. Bye."
"Oh, alright. Bye, babe." I shrugged, hanging up. I hit shuffle and Black Magic by Band Of Skulls started to play loudly. My head bobbed slightly to the music as I made my way down the roads, enjoying the small amount of time I had to myself.
My fingers drummed respectfully on the steering wheel to the song before lighting up a cigarette.
The ride seemed short and soon enough, I had arrived at the Game Shakers head quarters. I quickly texted Babe letting her know I was out and waited patiently.
My phone pinged, so I leaned forward and checked my messages.

"Hey, Jade! We're still on for tonight, right?" Caleb messaged.

"Yeah, for sure. I'm bringing the others too." I responded.

"Fuck yeah! Maybe we could battle again?" Macy replied, adding a laughing emoji at the end.

"Battle of the fittest." Ben answered with the sparkle emoji at the end.

I chuckled and put my phone down as soon as I spotted the brunette girl approach my car. Babe smiled and got in the car before settling in and planting a soft kiss on my cheek.

"Hey, love. How was your day?" She asked, rolling down the window.
"It's been alright. How about yours?" I asked, putting a cigarette up to my mouth and lighting it up.
"It's alright, except Hudson's managed to destroy a new machine to help us with an ultra-realistic VR game." She groaned, turning to me.
"That sucks. You hungry?" I asked as I drove out to the busy road.
"Yeah, can we get some Shake Shack?" Babe asked putting on her cutest smile.
"Sure." I chuckled. We caught up over some things as we drove to the closest Shake Shack. My phone rang in the middle of our conversation, indicating someone was calling.

"Hey, Jacob. What's up?" I asked, turning the phone volume up.
"Hi, sweetie. I just wanted to know if you were close?"
"Almost. We're stopping by in Noho for some Shake Shack. I'm with Babe, at the moment." I responded mindlessly as I looked for a parking spot.
"Oh. Well, could you bring us some?" He asked slowly.
"Mom's home early?" I asked confused.
"Well, not exactly." He responded.
"What d--"
"HI JADE!" A light voiced yelled happily from the phone, giggling a lot like a toddler high on coke.
"Cat?"
"Yeah! Tori's here too!" Cat responded as well as Tori faintly in the background with a hello.
"Why are you boneheads at my house?" I asked irritably.
"We decided to get ready here so we could leave together!" Cat responded gleefully.
"We don't have to be ready for another 3 hours!" I yelled, breaking suddenly into a parking spot.
"Well, there's 4 of us, so that'll take a while." Tori answered mischievously.
"Jesus Christ. Fine. See you both soon." I growled before hanging my phone up and turning the car off.
"So... Tori's at your place?" Babe asked awkwardly.
"Don't start."I pleaded.
" I won't. I'll be friendly and try to get to know her as well. " Babe confessed solemnly.
" Really? "I asked, turning to her.
" Yes. I promise. "She smiled.