Hannalynn and Cenzie thanked Tyler for the ride to Jack's house as they walked up his front lawn. Cenzie was leaping over every stepping stone and twirled before ringing the doorbell as Hannalynn tried to stifle a laugh.

Jack once again ran through the house to open the door for the two girls. He smiled and his eyes widened when he saw the blonde girl standing next to his bandmate.

"Hey! Is this Cenzie?" Jack asked.

"Yes! Hi I'm Cenzie and I love all of you and you're all so talented and thank you for your service for your beautiful music," Cenzie grinned. "Can we come in?"

"Uh, yeah," Jack stepped aside, a little dazed by Cenzie's fast speaking, and let her wander in as Hannalynn followed with her keyboard case.

"Cenz, we rehearse downstairs," Hannalynn instructed.

Cenzie scoffed. "Didn't you think I already knew that?" Then she laughed and went down the stairs before letting out a loud scream. When Hannalynn and Jack got downstairs, the four teens were already in a group hug.

"So I see you've all officially met now," Hannalynn said with a laugh before placing her keyboard down on the stand she leaves in Jack's basement.

"Yes, and I also got to meet my husband," Cenzie smiled widely before wrapping an arm around Malcolm's shoulder. "By the way, when and how did we get married?"

"Well it was love at first sight when I saw you called me husband I assumed the wedding happened in my dreams," Malcolm said with a small shrug and smile as Cenzie's face slightly turned pink.

"Wow you're a smooth potato," Cenzie playfully shoved his shoulder. "Now you guys go do your Calpurnia thing and I'll sit over here and watch while looking like a real life version of the heart-eyed emoji."

"Have fun with that," Hannalynn said to her friend before they began their rehearsal. The teens tuned their instruments and warmed up before running through songs and making improvements, and then worked on their own songs.

While Hannalynn was playing chords and thinking of lyrics and writing them down, Cenzie slowly approached her and placed her head on her shoulder. She whispered, "I can see Jack is taking after me by becoming a real life heart-eyed emoji when he looks at you."

"He is not looking at me," Hannalynn replied as she wrote down another chord.

"Yeah he is, look," Cenzie whispered as Hannalynn lifted her head. Sure enough, Jack was looking in her direction, and looked almost embarrassed to have been caught. He smiled awkwardly and waved before turning around and strumming his bass as Cenzie giggled behind Hannalynn.

"You embarrassed him!" Hannalynn whisper-yelled as she hit Cenzie's arm.

"Jeez! I just thought it was cute," Cenzie rubbed her arm where Hannalynn hit her. "You two would be cute, plus everyone on that one Instagram post from Jack was freaking out and thought you two were already a thing."

Hannalynn sighed. "Look, Cenz, I love you, but right now is not the time."

"Okay, I understand, I'm sorry," Cenzie said with a nod before taking a seat next to Hannalynn.

"Thank you."

After a moment, Cenzie leaned towards her and whispered, "It's obvious he likes you, but do you like him? Because if you do, we could go on a double date."

"Shut up, Cenz!" Hannalynn whispered as she bit her bottom lip to keep herself from smiling as Cenzie giggled again.

•••

iMESSAGE

[cenz 💜 has created a group chat with malcolm 🥁, hanna 🎹, jack 👏, finn 💫, and ayla 🎸]

CENZ IN DA HOUSE 🏡😜

cenz 💜
whaddup calpurnia
fam !!

malcolm 🥁
OUR HOUSE

cenz 💜
IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR STREET

ayla 🎸
OUR HOUSE

cenz 💜
IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR

jack 👏
hey as much as i'd love
to continue the chain
of song lyrics, how did
cenzie get our numbers ??

cenz 💜
oh hahaha that was easy

i stole hannalynn's phone

hanna 🎹
CENZIE WTF

WHEN DID YOU
DO THAT ???

cenz 💜
hanna

sweetie

you know that
practically every
teen of this
generation brings
their phones with
them everywhere
but you ??

hanna 🎹
i don't do that !!!

finn 💫
i don't do that
either

hanna 🎹
sEE ??

cenz 💜
🤔

spicious....
very spicious...

finn 💫
??

hanna 🎹
omg did you just
quote that youtuber
snow ??

cenz 💜
maybe...

hanna 🎹
i think he's kinda
cute tbh

cenz 💜
you do you boo

but malcolm my
husband has my
heart :')

malcolm 🥁
wOW ILY WIFE

cenz 💜
KQKSKWKKWKWWN

ILYM HUBBY 😩

ayla 🎸
^ i am officially
their #1 stan

hanna 🎹
uM NO THAT'S ME

FIGHT ME AYLA

ayla 🎸
⬛️ 🆙

jack 👏
did you seriously
just type square
up?

malcolm 🥁
dUDE YOU AND
FINN USE
PUNCTUATION
NOW ?? WTF ??

finn 💫
^^ yeah i think she did

cenz 💜
is that a problem

jAck ?!

jack 👏
nO

hanna 🎹
what even—

•••

malcolm 🥁
hey jack

jack 👏
yeah what's up?

malcolm 🥁
^ tHAT

why are you
using punctuation
all of a sudden ??

jack 👏
you just did too

question marks are
considered punctuation,
malcolm.

malcolm 🥁
KAKSKSKSK
YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN JACK

wtf is up ??

jack 👏
wdym "wtf is up ??"?

just because i used
punctuation doesn't
mean something is
up malcolm.

malcolm 🥁
mayBE, BUT YOU
JUST USED A PERIOD
AFTER YOUR TEXT !!

NO ONE OF THIS
GENERATION DOES
THAT !!!

jack 👏
and like what finn
and hanna said, not
everyone of this
generation brings
their phones everywhere

malcolm 🥁
KAKSKWKW YOU
ARE LITERALLY
MISSING MY POINT
RN JACK !!

oH WAIT

this is about hanna

are you mad she called
that youtuber cute ?

jack 👏
dude, no.

malcolm 🥁
oH HO HO IT'S SO
OBVIOUS NOW !!!

YOURE JEALOUS

BECAUSE YOU LIKE
HANNA !!!

jack 👏
okay, that second part
definitely is true

but idk what to do

idk if she feels the same way

malcolm 🥁
i think i might have
an idea

jack 👏
and ???

share !!!

malcolm 🥁
THAT'S MY BOY !!!

okay, so maybe you
should ask her to hang
out again, but maybe
make it seem like a date
and like in the movies and
cheesy wattpad books, she'll
ask "like a date?" and you'll
say "only if you want it to be"
and ofc she'll say "oh yes jack
i'd love to go on a date with
you!" and then bOOM
hack will happen

jack 👏
okay but like

i like janna more

malcolm 🥁
SHIP NAMES ARE NOT
IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW

so will you do it ???

jack 👏
yeah

i'll do it tonight

malcolm 🥁
i'm so proud of you, son

you're growing up :') 🤧

jack 👏
wait since cenzie is
your wife and i'm your
son, does that make you
guys my parents ?

malcolm 🥁
uh YEAH

that's how family trees
work dumbass

jack 👏
love you too dad

•••

[cenz 💜 has added hunter 🍃 to the chat]

cenz 💜
heY GUYS SO
HANNA AND I'S
OTHER BESTIE
FROM ORLANDO
IS A BIGASS
CALPURNIA FAN
SO I ADDED HER
TO THE CHAT

PLEASE DONT GET
MAD

malcolm 🥁
how could i get mad
at my beautiful wife ?

hanna 🎹
aWW OMG
HUNTER MY BBG
WHERE ARE YOU

hunter 🍃
HI HANNA BANANA

IM HERE

cenz 💜
WKKSKWKW OKAY
BUT IS ANYONE GONNA
COMMENT ON WHAT
MY HUBBY SAID TO ME

ILYSFM HUBBY MALCOLM

hunter 🍃
^ oKAY JUST DATE
ALREADY YOU TWO

malcolm 🥁
^ i like you already for being
such a supportive friend 😩

jack 👏
ooo hello hunter

this is jack

finn 💫
heyo it's finn

hunter 🍃
hI OMG

ILY ALL SM

AND WHERE'S THE
QUEEN HERSELF AYLA ??

ayla 🎸
HELLO NEW PERSON
IM HERE AND HAVE
BEEN SUMMONED

hunter 🍃
OH FUKWKSKWKKEJ

HI OMG I LOVE YOU
SO MUCH

ayla 🎸
HIHIHI I LOVE YOU
TOO

hanna 🎹
okay so cenzie added
our best friend hunter
who we also met at music
camp

ayla 🎸
oOoo what do you play ?

or do you sing like cenz ?

hunter 🍃
i'm a cellist !!!

finn 💫
THAT'S SO AWESOME WTF

cenz 💜
she's also hella talented

just an fyi

hunter 🍃
hush i'm okay

hanna 🎹
tF YOU MEAN YOU
MADE ALL STATE
3 YEARS IN A ROW
YOU LUCKY DUCK

YOU'RE CRAZY
TALENTED HUNTER

ayla 🎸
wow holy shiz hunt !!
that's awesome !!

hunter 🍃
AKAKKWKW THANK
YOU AYLA THAT MEANS
SO MUCH

jack 👏
^^

but anyway i hate to ruin
the moment but i have
something to say

malcolm 🥁

cenz 💜
malcolm i love you
but that gif is starting
to scare me

finn 💫
^ honestly same

hanna 🎹
^^

ayla 🎸
^^^

hunter 🍃
^^^^

jack 👏
alright here goes...

malcolm 🥁

jack 👏
hanna i was wondering
if you wanted to hang
out together

you know, just us alone

cenz 💜
HWJSJKWJWKWK

hanna 🎹
jack anderson

are you asking me out
on a date?

jack 👏
only if you want it to be

ayla 🎸
^ oH ?

jack that doesn't sound
like you ??

cenz 💜
^^ yeah i'm sorry but
who tf possessed jack ??

that sounded more like—

OMH I GET IT NOW

THE GIFS

MALCOLM YOU SLICK
SNEAKY LITTLE BOI

malcolm 🥁
;)

hunter 🍃
wOAH WAIT

I LEFT TO GRAB SOME
CHEETOS AND YOU ALL
SPAMMED LET ME READ
THROUGH

HOLY WKSKKDKE

HANNA BANANA

ANSWER THE BOY

hanna 🎹
as un-jack like as
that sounded, yes jack,
i'd love to go on a date
with you

cenz 💜
AKAKKWKWKW IT
HAS HAPPENED

HACK HAS RISEN

hunter 🍃
^ yES AHAHA

ayla 🎸
hACK I LAUGHED

malcolm 🥁
i ship it tho

cenz 💜
^ i mean don't we aLL

[finn 💫 has left the chat]

cenz 💜
^ okay on second thought
nevermind

hunter 🍃
oof

malcolm 🥁

cenz 💜

hunter 🍃

jack 👏
OKAY BUT CAN YOU
GUYS STOP WITH THE
OOF MEMES

hunter 🍃
iM SORRY JACK

ayla 🎸
JACK LEAVE HER BE

DONT WORRY HUNT
I'LL PROTECT YOU

hunter 🍃
thank you ayls 😩😩

cenz 💜
maybe someone should
go check on finn ??

hanna 🎹
don't worry, i'm going
to right now

i'll be back soon

•••

A/N: as malcolm, cenzie, and hunter all agree on: oof

alsO hunter is another oc (her faceclaim is ella carey @/elllacarey on instagram) and is h0neycake's surprise aND I LOVE HER ALREADY SO WKSKWK THANK YOU NAT FOR HER ILY

also as y'all can tELL things are getting juicy 🐸☕️

anyway i hope you enjoyed this chapter! if so please don't forget to vote comment and share because i love your feedback!

thanks, until next time ;)