We're back with more stories, sorry if I've been away for a bit but writing while trying to get school done ain't that easy when you're studying for semester exams.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Power of Five/ The Gatekeeper series.

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#11 Musicals

If the guys knew about Scarlett's love of musicals they would have asked The Nexus to give Scar her own flat, it's not that they hate musicals, it's the fact that Scar would constantly play the music... in maximum volume. That's not the worst part though, every time she plays a song from a musical she will always sing to it. From Wicked to Hamilton she will sing to any of her favorite musicals and it was killing them.

"I DON'T WANT TO BE A HERO NO NO I JUST WANT TO SURVIVE!" Scarlett sang from their room.

"Why can't she just shut up!" Scott growled as he covered his ears trying to tune her out.

"She'll wear herself out eventually, just be patient," Matt assured him as he was also covering his ears, Matt was the only one who knew about Scar's obsession with musicals since it was one of the things she talked about when they got captured together but he didn't know she was this obsessed.

"I don't know how much more I can take!" Jamie shouted as he slammed his hands on the table. "She's been playing these songs non-stop and it's getting annoying."

"WHY DO YOU WRITE LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!"

"Fuck she played another musical!" Jamie shouted as he covered his ears and started hitting his head on the table.

"Yeah I'm going crazy as well, RICHARD TELL SCARLETT TO QUIT SINGING SO MUCH!" Matt yelled at the journalist who was trying to tune Scarlett out as well.

"I was going to anyways, the neighbors are complaining." He responded, he was about to get up but the music stopped all of a sudden, everyone was dead silent.

It wasn't until they saw Scarlett walking down the stairs that they knew she was taking a break.

"I'm telling you guys singing to musical does something to your voice." She said as she was getting herself some water.

"Um Scarlett, can you do us a favor?" Richard asked in a calm tone

"What is it?"

"Can you not sing so loudly or play your music so loud."

"Why not?"

"BECAUSE YOU'RE DRIVING EVERYONE CRAZY!" Scott shouted impatiently.

"Well sorry if I like to sing to musicals." Scarlett sassed back.

"Scarlett the neighbors are starting to complain, I think it's best if you were a bit quieter."

Scarlett agreed to this but that didn't stop her from singing, they said she couldn't sing loudly but they never said she couldn't sing. So the following days were just Scar singing to musicals quietly.

But only when she was around the guys.

#12 Oliver

"So why am I coming along?" Matt asked as he waited for Richard to get ready.

"Because I promised my mate that he would get a chance to meet you," he said as he quickly put on his coat. "Besides I think you'll get along with Oliver just fine."

"If you insist, but a fair warning, I don't socialize much so don't expect me to be very talkative."

"Well fair warning to you, Oli is a chatterbox so don't think you'll avoid talking to him the whole time."

They soon left after Richard found his keys. Matt was kinda nervous in meeting Richard's old friend, it could be because he doesn't want to do or say anything that can potentially upset the guy and make him hate him, but this is the same man who was willing to fix his bear for the price of just being with Richard and meeting him. Even with that idea in mind Matt still didn't know how to feel about the situation.

After a bit of a drive, they were able to make it to the cafe they were meeting Oliver at, once inside, Richard noticed the brunet waving at them at a booth.

"I'm a take a wild guess and say that's him," Matt spoke.

"You are not wrong."

They walked towards the booth only for Richard to be pulled into a hug by the man himself.

"Hey Richie, I was hoping you would make it." Said Oliver, once he pulled away he noticed Matt who was standing awkwardly behind the journalist. "Is this Matt?"

"Yup, Matt this is Oliver, my friend, Oliver this is Matt, the one who's staying with me."

Oliver walks towards him only to crouch down to his height, make a thinking gesture, and just analyze the boy.

'Why is he looking at me like that, is it because of my scar or is it because I look like I just cause trouble?' Matt thought to himself.

Oliver then lifts himself up, breathes in then out, and says

"Richard are you sure you didn't have a kid with a woman you never told me about?" Both Matt and Richard were in shock by the brunet's response.

"What! No, it isn't like that, I'm just his guardian, we're not related by blood in the slightest!" Richard asserted while accidentally letting his accent slip, something Matt has rarely seen.

"Are you sure, he kinda looks like you when we were younger, except he has black hair."

"I'm positive, not only that but he's fourteen and I'm twenty-five."

"I know I know, I just like messing with you to the point where your accent comes out," Oliver retorted as Richard blushed a bit out of embarrassment. "Now Let's order something before I die of hunger."

Later in the afternoon

"So you're half Irish?" Matt asked while he took a sip of his juice.

"Yup, got a bit of that Ireland in me from my father, his family moved here to the UK which is where he met my mum, they later moved to Ireland which is where I grew up for most of my childhood but later moved here again to the UK due to wanting me to know more of my family," Oliver explained while occasionally letting out his accent on purpose. "Obviously I've lost my Irish accent but there are times where I want to use it again, unlike Richie over here who's embarrassed by his accent and will do anything to hide it."

"Shush it," Richard argued as he crossed his arms. "Not my fault people actively teased me about it when I went to study in London."

"So how did you two meet?" Matt asked, curiosity hitting him like a brick.

"We met in our first year of secondary school when we were both partnered up for a school project, I personally thought he was going to be a hassle to deal with, I wasn't completely wrong," Richard explained.

"And I thought you were going to be this uptight person who wouldn't let me do anything, wasn't completely wrong," Oliver joked with a smirk. "What about you two, knowing you Rich you're not exactly someone who would take in a random kid for no reason."

The realization hit both Matt and Richard, they met under circumstances that they can't tell to anyone unless they want to appear crazy. They looked at each other and gave a little nod.

"Matt and I met when he came into the "Gazette" one day, he wanted to learn about Omega one but I didn't believe some stuff he told me so he left, I later saw him the woods where he was in danger, so I helped him out. I let him stay at my flat then he started telling me about himself and how he was currently living with a horrible foster parent, we called the cops and now he's staying with me." Richard lied to his friend, which hit him in the heart since he never lies to Oli.

"Well isn't that nice of you to do."

For the rest of the evening, they were just talking and enjoying each other's company. To Matt's surprise, Oliver liked Matt being there, he said that any friend of Richard was his friend as well and he was surprised to hear that he actually liked his scar. After that, they said their goodbyes and started heading home.

"So, what do you think of Oli?" Richard asked.

"He's a nice guy and I was an idiot to worry over nothing."

Sorry for not updating in months, I've been really busy with some stuff, anyways I want to say real quick that I just put out a new book, it's called "I'm here" so if you want you can go check it out. Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day, PEACE OUT!

(I wrote this like a few months back and I forgot to put it here)