𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵 - 𝗙.𝗪. 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

FOUR

Y/n and Jaeden checked into their hotel and went to their separate rooms. Y/n sunk into her bed and went to sleep easily, with family feud on in the background.

She woke up and took a shower. Unfortunately, she didn't have any clothes to change into. She sighed and left her room. She walked down the narrow hall and knocked on Jaeden's door.

"Jae, I'm ready!" She called from the hall.

Jaeden opened the door and stepped out of his room.

"Ready to go?"

"Yeah!"

"Alright." Jaeden said excitedly as they walked down the hall to the stairs. They walked down, returned their room keys, and headed outside to find a taxi.

"There's a bus stop around the block we can walk to." Jaeden said, looking down on his phone.

"Sure."

They walked towards the bus stop and saw an older man sitting on the bench grumpily.

"Don't bother waiting unless it's important." The man said. "Been waiting on the bus for two hours now."

"Surely it'll arrive soon..?" Y/n asked.

"There's major traffic on the west side, so I wouldn't count on it." He spat on the ground.

Y/n turned to Jaeden worriedly.

"Now what are we supposed to do?" She sighed, crossing her arms.

"Well, there's a cafe right there," Jaeden pointed to the building behind them, "so we can eat there and then catch the bus when it comes." Jaeden shrugged.

"Okay." Y/n sighed. "I could eat."

Jaeden opened the door as they walked into the tiny cafe. There were wooden tables and chairs as well as a stage accompanied by two teenage girls singing. Jaeden and Y/n took their seats at a table as the waiter approached.

"Hey, guys! What song?" The waiter asked us with his notepad.

"Uh, excuse me?" Jaeden asked.

"Ah, you guys are new." The waiter put his notepad and pen in the pocket of his apron. "So, this is a karaoke cafe, Shine to Dine? Never heard of if?" The two shook their heads. "Well, you have to sing a song before you can order basically." The waiter shrugged. "So, what song?"

"Uh, She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5." Y/n shrugged.

"Yeah, that one." Jaeden added.

"Nice choice!" The waiter exclaimed. "You'll go on after these two ladies, and I'm Tom." He shook their hands. "Good luck" he smiled at them as he walked off.

"Dear god." Y/n sighed. "Singing?! What are we supposed to even do?"

"I don't know, sing?" Jaeden joked. "There's like, six people here, so who cares? Besides, nobody knows us here."

"Yeah, you're right. I'm overreacting." She sighed. "I should be excited. I get to sing. Isn't that great?" Y/n said blandly.

"I think it could be." Jaeden smiled.

"Maroon 5, get up there!" Our waiter, Tom, called from the stand. "You guys are up!"

"Okay." Y/n takes a deep breath. "We got this."

Her and Jaeden got up from their chairs and walked towards the stage.

"Alright guys!" Tom walked across the stage with a mic. "This is, 'She Will Be Loved' from..." he leaned the mic over to Y/n.

"Uh, Y/n..?"

"And...!" Tom leaned the mic towards Jaeden.

"Jaeden." He nodded at Tom.