A Beat in the Stars

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Lance POV

BAWHAHA! IT IS I, NEP! BUT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE READ CERTAIN STORIES OF MINE KNOW THAT HAHA! Ugh, so ok I'm stoked for this but I'm just gonna go ahead and say now, I've never done a collab. This is gonna be awkward to read since our writing styles are different and my wonderful friend didn't give yall a heads up. ANYWAY! Let the story BEGIN!!!

I dragged myself out of bed to the sounds of a screaming kid not wanting to put on pants. I haven't used my alarm clock in I don't even know how long. I pull the eye cover off my face and stumble into the bathroom to begin my daily skin routine... only to walk into a locked door and groan. My sister beat me, and she's gonna take forever! I bang my fist on the door and yell,

"Alex! Hurry up, there are too many other people in this house for there to be only two bathrooms as it is!!!"

My Tia Camila and Tio Alejandro were currently staying with us, they brought their 3-year old son, Mateo, my Abuela has lived with us since my Papi passed, and we have my mama, Valentina, papa, Paublo, and 6-year old hermano, Marco, all living under one roof. My bratty 12-year old hermana doesn't seem to care though because all she yelled back was,

"MOVE FASTER NEXT TIME!"

I groan and turn around back to my room and sift through my closet. I was supposed to meet Pidge and Hunk at school early today but now theres no way that's happening. I finish picking out my clothes; a pair of blue jeans, a grey and blue baseball tee, my tennis shoes, and my signature green jacket, classic Lance. That's my name by the way. I'm a student at Garrison high and a member of the Varsity dance team, along with my friends Pidge and Hunk. Allura and Shiro are our coaches and Coran is our sponsor. The school also has a Jr. The varsity team, the Rebels. Their captain is Pidge's older brother, Matt, who just got back from some study abroad thing or something. Then there's Keith, you all have already heard about him. He betrayed us and joined Marmora High, our greatest rivals yet favorite competition.

That's enough ranting for now, that's all the basic stuff anyway. Besides, I gotta run if I'm gonna make it!

I take off running down the stairs, grabbing a piece of toast and stuff it in my mouth after yelling bye to my parents and then rush out the door. I swing into the old blue pickup truck and drive as fast as I can down the road, which is only 60. Any faster and my engine would overheat. I manage to make it to my school on time. The dance team is planning out their next half-time show, which is still a month away since we already have 4 shows planned and practiced. I trudge through classes that day and stay after to practice in the gym. Hunk and Pidge went on and promised to meet me later. I forget about the fact that time changes though, and have to rush to meet them at the park.

I find Pidge at the park, Hunk hadn't shown up yet so at least I wasn't last, but something was off. Pidge wasn't alone. Keith and his dance team from Marmora where they're all wearing their fancy Varsity jackets. I parked the truck and ran over to them, wonder why I had this weird feeling in my chest. It must have just been cause I missed my number one frenemy. I didn't have anyone to compete with anymore. Ya, that's gotta be it.

Keith looked like he always did, with his stupid mullet, stupid purple eyes, and stupid face. Except instead of the red I was used to seeing where he now had on that stupid varsity jacket. Our school dance teams didn't get jackets, but we're all saving in hopes of having some by state competition. He walked off before I reached them so I immediately started into questioning Pidge till Hunk showed up.