My Youth is Yours (RPDR Multiship)

Twenty-Two

Angie's POV:
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Campus was unusually quiet for a Monday evening. I left the building I usually had lecture in, having forgotten some patterns I needed for my personal project. I was working on the corset for Bosco's wedding outfit, feeling a lot more confident about this one than I was with Orion and Jorgeous's. Thank God Bosco didn't want a full on dress.

I walked past the nearly empty cafe and food court, trying to quickly get to our dorm building. Our favorite little band had news for us, and I didn't want them to have to wait up for me. I turned to take our usual shortcut, humming softly to myself.

I was almost halfway through when I felt someone grab onto the hood of my jacket. I huffed, figuring it was Deja or Kory messing with me and trying to catch up to me. I turned around to say something to them before freezing, being met by Josh's tall frame.

It felt like my heart had caught in my throat when I looked up at him. I had never been that frozen in fear before.

"You thought I wouldn't notice, did you?" He asked. His accent wasn't as pretty as Camden's.

I played dumb, forcing myself to turn around and walk away from him. "I don't know what you're talking about, dude. I have places to be."

I don't know what I expected. I don't know why I thought he'd walk away and leave me be. I gasped when he grabbed my hood and yelped when my back hit the brick wall, eyes going wide when feeling a cold hand wrap around my neck.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about, fucker." Josh spat, his grip tightening. I inhaled sharply, heart pounding in my chest as I clawed at his hand in an effort to get it off. "Where is it?"

I coughed, trying to kick out at him but failing. That's when I really started panicking.  "L-Let go of me-" I stuttered out, choking and shaking when his grip got tighter.

Josh leaned in closer, his eyes filled with anger. My vision started to blur, not able to move my hands as much. "What did you do with my pictures, Angeria?"

I hated how my name sounded coming out of his mouth. I hated that he had somehow figured out my name. Tears welled up in my eyes and I could feel my nails digging into his flesh, yet it seemed to have no effect on him.

I tried to answer, but failed. His grip on my neck got tighter until I couldn't get any air in, feeling dizzy and light headed. Before my vision could completely blur, a familiar voice called out.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Let go of her!"

I gasped and sucked in as much air as I could when Josh released his hand from my throat. I fell to my knees as he ran off, holding my shaking hand up to my aching neck as my vision slowly started to come back. My heart was pounding so fast I thought I would throw up.

"I better not ever see you laying a hand on her or any of my friends again!" Deja yelled out. I slowly looked up at her, wiping the tears running down my face. I tried to speak but only coughed, groaning softly.

Deja rushed to my side, taking my arm and helping me back up to my feet. I immediately leaned against her, terrified of the events that had just happened. "D-Deja..."

"Are you okay?" She asked worriedly, looking me over. "Did he touch you anywhere else? Are you bleeding at all?"

I shook my head, whining as I rubbed at my neck. "N-No..." I managed to whisper, not liking how it hurt when I swallowed.

Deja winced, taking a look at my neck. "Yikes..." She said, reaching out to fix the collar of my jacket. "Maybe let's not let Camden see that right now..."

Camden couldn't find out about this at all. It would scare the hell out of her. I nodded a little. "Don't tell her." I whispered, holding onto Deja's arm and letting her walk me the rest of the way to the dorms. "At least not yet..."

I didn't know if Josh had any other ideas, but I'd rather him do it to me over Camden.

Orion's POV:
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"I had a dream that we were like, fairies or something." Jorgeous said, leaning back against my chest as we sat on Jasmine's bed. "At least I think we were. We had wings. And Angie could raise the sun and Jasmine could raise the moon. And I could grow flowers and Orion could make stars. Maddy like, always had rain falling off of her and I think Daya could talk to animals. It was weird."

I stroked her hair as we all stared at her. I only became more and more confused whenever she told me about her dreams. But this was our entertainment until Daya got off the phone with Alex.

"Why can't that be the dream of yours that comes true?" I asked softly, twirling a strand of her hair.

Jorgeous giggled a little. "I had another one where Bosco, Jasmine, and Daya were-"

"It's happening." Her recap of her dream was interrupted by Daya opening the door, a smile on her face. "Album drops this Friday. Album release party is on Saturday."

Bosco raised a brow from where she laid in Jasmine's lap. "Okay, I love you guys and I'm so proud of you and I'm your biggest fan, but I had an emotional breakdown at the last party we went to."

"And I got into a fight and pushed a dude into the pool." I said, laying my head over Jorgeous's shoulder. Even if that had never happened, I still wouldn't voluntarily go to a party.

"And some dude tried dragging me into a room." Camden said, spinning herself in Bosco's desk chair as she waited for Angie.

Maddy huffed, letting go of Daya's arm to put her hands on her hips. "But it's our album release party- There won't be shitty people there-"

"Adore Delano is gonna be there." Alyssa said as if it was a normal fact. I almost choked, looking up at her with wide eyes.

"Adore Delano is gonna be there?!" Jasmine loudly repeated, sitting up quickly and accidentally knocking Bosco out of her lap. "Well why didn't you just say that? Oh my God Jan is gonna lose her shit-" She grabbed her phone, almost dropping it. "We're going, I don't care-"

"I knew you guys got to meet her, but I didn't know she was like, going to your events..." I said, still nervous about the idea of a party even if someone I listened to often was going to be there. I wanted to support my friends, but large crowds weren't my thing at all.

"Alex promised tight security." Daya said, trying to reassure Bosco and Camden who both still looked unsure about the idea. "He said the only people getting in are the people we invite, the team that helped make everything happen, and the press people he lets in. A couple other performers will be there. I think he mentioned another new artist named Grag Queen and a band called BratPack, but that's it."

"And..." Alyssa sat beside me. "I might've told Alex we have a friend who's a pretty good photographer. One who'd quite possibly be willing to take some pictures at the party."

Jorgeous gasped softly, turning to me with a smile and clinging onto my chest. I looked up at Alyssa in surprise.

Okay, maybe this would be a party I could handle.

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Not me adding more of my favs and having Jorgeous confirm the connections of my different AUs-