Seb's Sophomore Year **!!DISCONTINUED!!**

#SaveMissJenn!

As Seb walked into the building, he spotted Carlos, who was standing next to the water fountain.   He saw he was on his phone, so he ran up to him with a surprise hug. 

"Hey, 'Los!" Carlos almost dropped his phone, as he looked to see who attacked him. "Seb! You can't just do that! " Carlos pouted, as he gave in to the hug. "But, I do like hugs." Seb laughed as Carlos smiled. 

"Ready for pictures, Cowboy?" Carlos grinned as he grabbed Seb's hand. Seb grabbed his hand back and replied with, "Of course." As they walked down to the bomb shelter, hand in hand.

~15 Minutes Later~

Seb walked out cautiously. "Hey... You ok with this?" Carlos asked as Seb made a face. "I don't know how to say it.." Carlos was confused as he had thought Seb would like this. "Just say it.." Carlos said ready for the answer. "I'm home." Seb giggles as he held Carlos' hands in his. 

"Where's Miss Jenn? Is she coming to the photo shoot?" Carlos looked up at everyone. "No, she's busy. She told me to just take the pictures without her." Carlos said shrugging his shoulders. "Seriously?" Ricky asked looking at Carlos. "I guess." They all just shrugged it off and attempted to take photos all morning.

~Rehearsal~

"Miss Jenn, I can't see your face, so I don't know if you're joking-" Carlos looked up and saw Miss Jenn holding a box of her items she had in her office. "Oh my god.!" Carlos looked astonished as he saw Miss Jenn with all her Broadway Playbills. "Keep your voice down, Honey." "What happened?" Miss Jenn looked at him and was very vague about her answer. "Carlos, I may have exaggerated one or two credits on my resume. Principal Gutierrez is a little too literal for my taste, but here we are." Carlos looked in disbelief at his teacher. "Where's 'here'?" Miss Jenn didn't answer his question and instead kept talking about the show. "The important thing is that you keep this train on the tracks." 

Miss Jenn kept going on about that stuff while, somehow, rehearsal was still on. 

~5 Minutes into the Rehearsal~

"Have you heard anything from Carlos or Miss Jenn? They're never late." Natalie asked as Miss Jenn and Carlos where nowhere to be found. "It's weird. He's not responding to any of my texts.

Natalie was getting fussy, and was about to take charge when Carlos entered the room. "Ok, people! Let's stage a number!" Something was off with Carlos, and everyone could tell, especially Seb. "I'm late." Carlos said throwing in a, obviously fake, nervous laugh. "Is Miss Jenn coming?" Nini asked, who was sitting next to Seb on the piano. "Miss Jenn had a small personal matter to attend to and won't be here today." Carlos said, trying not to alarm anyone. "Is everything alright?" "Good question." Seb added when Nini asked. "Everything's fine. Why would you guys  even ask that?" Carlos said throwing in a nervous chuckle, basically made out of anxiety. Seb and Nini the looked at each other and gave each other a somethings-wrong-with-Carlos-but-he-won't-admit-it look.

"Ok, Gabriella, I need you downstage on this mark. Troy, stage right. Chad, stage left box. I'm, other boys, find a box." Nini looked confused. "Uh, are they going to be onstage with me while I'm singing?" Seb looked over at Carlos to see his response. "Yes, they will be frozen in various poses to come. As the ballad builds, Nini, you will be wondering through a forest of boys." Carlos said, bluntly. E.J. was going to say something, but Ashlynn gave him the look of the devil so he wouldn't make a rude remark. "Wait, what does that mean?" Mk I asked as she threw in a quick giggle." Everyone was now staring at Carlos, and he felt pressured. "Do you know what a forest of trees looks like?" "I do." "Okay, but with boys." Everyone was looking at Carlos, and he didn't know what to do. "And uh..." Nini through in a laugh, "No. I'm sorry, why?" Carlos sighed feeling all the pressure. "Because your bear had just been shattered and you can't stop thinking about how amazing Troy is. Let's go!" Once again, E.J. opened his mouth to say something and then closed it as Ashlynn gave him a glare. Carlos walked over to Seb to que the music.