𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐨 • (z.d.j.)

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Alena's POV

I woke up and my head was pounding like crazy. I slowly lift my upper body, sat down on the bed and rubbed the side of my head lightly. I looked to the alarm on my night stand which reads 12:30 PM. Great.

"Ay finally she's awake," I saw my friend Isabel walked through the door. "How are you feeling?" She asked me while handing the glass of water and some advil. I took 2 and downed it with the water.

"I can hardly remember anything," I said with my eyes almost shut and threw my body back on the bed and my head on the pillow.

"No no no," Isa pulled my hand and holding my back so I'm back to sitting on the bed. "You need to get up chica we got rehearsals at 2 and I told Jose you would actually show up this time." She walked to my wardrobe to get some fresh clothes and threw them at me.

I huffed, put the clothes next to me and rubbed my head lightly. It was still pounding really bad. "But I don't wanna,"

Isa sighed and sat next to me, "Jose needs our help for next week's class and he also said he's got a surprise for us. Besides you haven't gone to the studio in a while,"

Groaning, I grabbed the clothes Isa got for me and head straight to the bathroom to get ready. As much as I dread rehearsing while still hungover, I do miss dancing so I decided to go.

After I showered I put on the clothes that Isa picked out for me, it was a neon sport bra, black high-waisted legging and a white loose sabrina top I was too lazy to style my hair so I just let them down for now and probably tie them later. I did a quick makeup and recheck myself in the mirror. I grabbed my phone, spare change of clothes and other essentials, put them in my gym bag then head out my room.

I saw Isa all ready in the kitchen with 2 water bottles in her hands. "Vamos, we're gonna be late," Isa said as she grabbed her bag and we head out. We got to the car park in the basement, head into Isa's car and drove to the studio.

We jammed to some songs until Tusa by Karol G and Nicki Minaj came up and I sung even louder, "Ya no tiene excusa, hoy salio con su amiga dizque pa' matar la tusa, que porque un hombre le pago mal,"

"Good thing you've got a nice voice otherwise I'd go deaf hearing you sing every time," Isa said while still driving, "I know, gracias amor," Isa just shook her head while smiling with her eyes locked on the road. I continued to the chorus and we shared a few good laughs too.

Then I heard a notification on my phone and I picked it up.

17 Missed Calls

9 Messages

All of them came from the same person. Sebastian. So I just shoved my phone back into my bag and continued to sing along to the shuffled playlist.

We arrived shortly to the complex and head to Studio 3 where Jose always has his class or rehearsals. Isa wanted to get some protein shakes so she went to the power bar while I head straight to the studio as I wasn't very hungry. When I came in there was barely anyone except for 5 guys at the corner talking with Jose and Kenny, all of whom looked to my way as the sound of the door opening was loud.

"Mamacita you came! I miss you so much," Kenny ran from the group of people towards me and gave me a hug and spinning me in the air. I laughed at his gesture that is always so extra.

"Missed you too Kenny boo, how are you?" I asked as he put me down and picked up my gym bag that fell when he lifted me. "Eh same old same old, better now you're back!" He gave me another hug which I gladly hugged back.

"And she finally came," I break away from Kenny's embrace and saw Jose smiling with the 5 guys standing not too far behind him. "Hermano.." I walked to him in which he pulled me into a tight hug. "Como estás hermanita?"

I let go of his embrace and looked at him, "A little hungover, other than that I'm good, well, getting better. Y tú, como estás?" I answered, slightly whispering and asked him back. His hands were on both of my cheeks. "En serio? You know I don't like it when you drink too much, we'll talk about it later okay," He lets go of his hands and almost walking away, "y estoy bien," He said and kissed the top of my head.

Jose is like my big brother so I understand his protectiveness towards me. We've been friends since we were little and have always been really close, until him and his family moved here around 4 years before I did. When I came to Miami to pursue my dancing, he was the first person I let know. By the time I got here, Jose was already a well known choreographer and has worked with a lot of artists. He also introduced me to his team which included Isa and Kenny and helped me get on my feet by letting me teach classes and do collaborations with them for events. From then on, the 4 of us are practically inseparable.

"So hermano, why did you drag me all the way down here? You know it's hard for me to come after what happened. Is he coming too?" I crossed my arms and he turned around to face me again.

"He's not on the team anymore. We all decided and it's better that he's gone than to cause more drama. You know if I have to choose I'd choose you over him without a doubt hermanita.."

I let out a deep sigh. As much as I'm glad I won't see him, I kinda felt bad that he's not part of Jose's team anymore. He was a really good dancer and we were all really good friends, well before the incident of course.

"And I've got a surprise for you, it's been so long since we last danced together so I just wanted to kick it off again in the greatest way possible. Let me introduce you to the boys, we'll be working with them today," Jose said and I looked towards the 5 guys now standing beside him.

All of them had distinctly different style but they complete each other, dressing in similar clothes since they looked sweaty most likely from a dance rehearsal, but you can see their different styles. They all had their eyes on me as I have mine on them, taking turns looking at them one by one. God knows why when I first saw them I thought that they looked real familiar. That's when my eyes grew wide as I suddenly realized who they are.

"You're CNCO!"

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Author's Note

So this was Alena's first encounter with the boys and a little preview of her background story. What will happen next? What has happened before? Will their friendship rise and bloom or crash and burn?

Let me know what you think in the comments and votes will be much appreciated ❤︎