Can You Hear Me Now?

Chapter 6: I Keep It Juicy

I step into the main room and it's packed. I walk up some stairs so I'm looking over everyone. I see Luke's iPod shuffle plugged in playing my back up. I get my iPod out and switch them out. There's a few seconds with no music. The people stop dancing and look around. Juicy by Doja Cat starts playing and people go back to dancing. They're bumping and grinding on each other. It's not a pretty sight.
A familiar blonde head pops up near the booth and Luke dances his way over to me. He hugs me and yells into my ear over the loud music.

"Are you okay? I saw you were late," he asks letting go and looking at me intently.

"Yeah I'm fine. I got caught up in a project I was doing at my partners house," I explain.

"Who's your partner?" He asks. He knows everyone.

"Zander Thomas," I shout back gradually changing the song to Hold You by Gyptian.

Luke's face turns to one of surprise, "Good luck with him. If he ever does anything to hurt you I will kill him," he says patting my back and walking away like nothing ever happened.

There's a cool light board behind me. There's a circle in the middle. Around it moves to the beat of the music. In the middle it says "The Club!". It's so bright that you can't see my face, just my outline. I notice a familiar bandana. Ashton. Oh shit. If Ashton is here then the others mus- yup there's Jayden and Logan. I don't see Zander yet. This song is almost over. I see VIBEZ on my playlist. Eh why not? The song gradually goes into VIBEZ by Dababy. The people get louder as if saying they love this song. Damn I should play this song more often.

I finally see Zander. It looks like he just came out of the bathroom. He has a smile on his face. Like a real smile. I can faintly see him mouth the words to the song. He reaches his friends and stands with them. They seem deep into their conversation. I should mix things up a bit. Most people are already pretty drunk. How about the Cha Cha Slide. It's gonna happen. I'm making it happen.

I stop the music and grab the microphone,"ok guys I'm feeling good tonight so let's mix things up a bit," I say as the song starts playing.

The guys look up at me. It seems they are trying to see who I am. Everyone starts shouting and following the songs instructions. I'm doing my own version of it up here, but I don't have that much space so it's kind of awkward. I look over the crowd once more and see Logan and Ashton dancing along. Jayden seems to be recording it and holding in his laughter. Some girl is hanging off of Zander. He doesn't seem interested. I don't know what I'm feeling right now, but I want to pry her off of him. I look back up again and they're locking lips. The song is almost over. I'm going to play On Chill by Wale next. Perfect choice.

The song ends and I quickly put on whatever was after it.

"After this song I'll be taking requests," I say before letting the song play.

a few minutes later the song ends. A girl walks up the stairs to request a song. This should be good. "Me, Myself, and I" starts playing. I'm so lucky to have this job. People are dancing like there's no tomorrow. Logan is dancing with a girl. The rest of the guys are sitting at a table. Ashton is drumming to the beat with his fingers. Zander and Jayden are talking about God knows what.

The song ends and I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around to see Ashton. Fuck. He hasn't looked at me yet. I probably look like a deer caught in headlights.

"Hey could you play "American Idiot" by Green day," He asks still not looking my way.

"Yeah, sure," I say. He finally looks up.

"Carter?" Ashton asks, his voice laced with confusion.

"Hehe hey Ashton, I say scratching the back of my neck.

"You're the notorious DJ that everyone says is the best in the city?" he asks in on breath.

" I mean I wouldn't call myself that ," I say awkwardly.

"Please don't tell the guys," I beg, " I'll tell them when the time comes," I add.

"Don't worry, I won't tell them," He says. For some reason I trust him. His smile is reassuring and his eyes shine bright. This face could get him anything.

" Thanks Ashton. Wait what song did you want me to play? I totally didn't listen to you because I was scared shitless," I say, laughing.

"American Idiot  by Green Day," He answers, " Look, I should get back to the guys. They're probably thinking I'm hitting on you or something," he chuckles.

"Okay see ya at school," I wave my goodbye and look back out at the crowd.

I could probably do something with this song. It starts playing and I mess around with a few things. The crowd starts to move even more. I see Ashton smiling up at me. Hmmm I must be doing a good job to them. I honestly don't really know what to do to the song without changing a few things. Luckily the song ends quickly. I look to my right and see a drunk girl climbing up the stairs. she's the one that was hanging off of Zander.

"Can you play the song "Summer Time Sadness"?" she slurs.

"No, it's not even summer," I snap without even looking back at her.

"Well shit. Ok then," she says. I seemed to have sobered her up.

I end up playing "What Do You  Mean" by Justin Bieber. I'm not a big belieber, but I used to be. His music is okay now. This song is going to be stuck in my head for a while. It's going to be a long night. I've gone through so many songs already. A guy requested the song "Holler back Girl". He was pretty wasted so I don't blame him. Zander on the other hand didn't seem to be having any fun. He didn't dance once.

This night is coming to a close. Revolution is the last song I play and people decide it's the perfect song to dance against each other to. A lot of people have left. The guys finally leave and I'm relieved. Finally I think to myself as the final stragglers leave. I unplug my IPod and go to the back where Luke is.

(A/N) Heeyyyyyy guuuyssss. I know I know "Kiara you took forever to update." I know and I'm sorry. I'm doing this in class right now so if I get caught I did it for you. anyways you're welcome for this.

-Kiara S