MUGGY, LOUD, AND bored were three words to describe tonight for all eight teenagers. armani dansworth was already standing in the middle of the street, waiting for the rest of his new friends to come outside. 

he walked towards leonora's house, grabbing pebbles from her house's walkway and jogging around to throw them at the girl's window. it took him five throws until he finally hit leonora's window. 

leonora valentine held her hair tie in between her teeth and peeked out of the window, raising her eyebrows at the boy outside. armani pointed to the watch on his wrist and mouthed hurry up! leonora quickly tied her hair into a loose braid and walked downstairs quietly, meeting armani on her porch. 

"really, mani? you couldn't disturb anyone else?" she grumbled, pressing down on her ears as the music gradually became louder. 

.•° ✿ °•. 

"and here i was thinking i'd get a
good nights sleep. we really need
to do something about those new neighbors.
it's only the second night and i am fed up with
their music. it's not even good millenial
music! 
— AJ

°•. ✿ .•°

not long after armani got leonora to hurry, the rest of the group came out of their houses. AJ and isabelle seemed to be in a deep conversation as they walked towards the rest of the group while adelaide and paloma were debating over a random topic. 

"hello?" leonora called out to them, waving her hands around. majority of the group heard her but just continued to talk. leonora sighed, looking to where armani had recently been standing, only to find him talking to athena.

"hey! i'm pretty sure leonora was just talking!" a voice said from behind leonora. the group then stopped and turned around. leonora awkwardly waved at the group, suddenly feeling intimidated.

"so, the music is back. who would've thought," she sarcastically stated, watching as nobody moved to reply. leonora sighed, she wanted to give up but she was the one who basically formed the group, she had to take charge whether they liked it or not. 

"alright listen, i know a lot of you hate me because of my bossiness or sarcasm but if you want to help shut number twenty-three up, you're going to have to like me."

the group in front of her nodded, making leonora smile and ignore the comment elliot made from behind her.

"does anyone want to go ask them to shut up? we can start off polite and gradually get more annoying. though it would get annoying fast because we'll go in pairs and there's eight of us so we have to try to shut them up within four tries."

the seven nodded understandingly. leonora looked around the group seeing they were already talking in twos as they came over so why not keep them like that? the only problem was—

.•° ✿ °•. 

"i was going to have to be in
a pair with elliot. i've been ignoring
him since the park. my ideas are backfiring
today. damn it!
— leonora

°•. ✿ .•°

"AJ and izzy, you take try one. paloma and adelaide, try two. mani and thena, take try three and that leaves elliot and i on try four. is everyone okay with that?" she asked, glancing around for any objections. 

"no objections? okay, isabelle, azaria, off you go!" 

the group of five watched as the two walked over to the house. the music was still blasting, meaning azaria had to bang on the door. the door swung open revealing a woman who stared at the two in confusion. 

"hi, do you mind turning your music down? we can't sleep at all," isabelle politely asked. the lady at the door laughed and shook her head, closing the door slowly. AJ quickly placed her foot in between the door. 

"oh, come on. please?" 

"beat it, kids," another voice yelled from further away. AJ and isabelle dropped their shoulders in defeat and walked back to where the group was hiding. 

adelaide and paloma got up five minutes later, still having to pound on the door. this time a man opened the door. 

"sir, please turn your music down. there are people trying to sleep," paloma politely but also sternly asks him. 

"give me one good reason, kid," the male gruffly answers. 

"i can give you many more but sure, people are trying to sleep!" adelaide answers, slamming the side of her hand onto her upright palm at ever syllable. 

"get lost," he rolls his eyes, slamming the door on their faces. 

another five minutes pass and armani and athena make their way to the door. athena bangs on the door multiple times while armani continuously rings the doorbell. 

"what?!" the woman answers this time. 

"turn your music down!" athena yells in her face. athena wasn't normally one to yell, so this caught everyone off guard. 

"no thanks," the lady replied smugly. 

"listen, lady. turn the music down and you won't have two teenage snitches laughing at you when the police and noise control show up soon," armani shrugged, a small smirk on his face.

"you think that'll scare me? pfft, get out."

.•° ✿ °•. 

"that lady really got on my nerves,
i barely ever yell at anyone, i guess
i was tired and not in the mood for
anybody's bullshit.
— athena

°•. ✿ .•°

armani throws up his middle fingers at the woman and pulls athena off before she can close the door. 

"nice job!" leonora whispers, high-fiving the pair. elliot grabs leonora's hand and pulls her towards the door. 

"i'll speak first and then if she doesn't agree, you talk because you're way scarier when you're pissed off," elliot explains to the valentine girl.

the brunette boy pounds on the door, almost bashing the male in the face as he opens the door forcefully. 

"mate, you need to turn the bloody music down," elliot tells the man. the woman appears next to him. 

"and why should we do that?" she asks, her laughter hurting the pairs eardrums. 

"hm, i don't know. maybe because if you don't, noise control, the police and even the landlord will come," elliot shrugs, staring off into space and he carelessly adds names onto the list. 

"that doesn't scare me, nice try, kid." 

elliot nudges leonora who started to clench her fists so she wouldn't go off in a rage. leonora takes a calming breath and sarcastically smiles at them. 

"good morning, you either need to turn your music off or things aren't going to be pretty. i mean not that they are anyway," she says, using her hands to motion at the couple. 

"let me see. . . did you know, there are laws that define blasting music this late is classified as a criminal offence?" leonora asks sarcastically, smirking as their faces drop. 

"you didn't? oh, well lets see. at the rate you're going at, it's about a hundred-grand fine," leonora lies, she could tell the two would definitely turn their music off. "or you could get convicted and even evicted. i'd watch your volume from now on, huh?" 

the man widens his eyes and runs inside to turn the music off while his parter stays out at the door, staring leonora down. 

"you're a lying little bitch, huh?" she grits her teeth and leonora. 

"no, ma'am just politely telling the truth. you know what they say, always respect your elders," leonora winks, referring to the woman as old. 

the lady leaps at leonora who laughs as she just moves to the side and watches as the woman face plants.

"goodnight, grandma," leonora continued to tease, squatting at the woman's level. elliot rolls his eyes at how overboard she's going and picks her up. the mayz boy throws leonora over her shoulder and walks back to the rest of the group. 

"elliot! put me down, asshole!" leonora complains as he continues to hold her on his shoulder. "come on! i'm not going to run back and finish what she started," leonora reasoned.

elliot softly places the girl down, instantly grabbing her waist as she tries to make a run for it. leonora gives up, elliot being too strong, and leans back onto him, listening to the group talk. 

finally, the music stops, making all eight of them sigh in relief. they say their goodnight and walk off to their houses. elliot makes sure to follow leonora in case she decides to be disruptive again. 

"you're not my boyfriend, mayz. you don't need to walk me home," leonora whines, trying to reach behind her and take his hand of her back. 

"i know, valentine. i'm just making sure you don't do anything stupid."

NOTES:

→ laugh out loud, i'm
back. i had a lack of motivation
today so idk if this chapter was
as good as the others.

→ i hope you enjoyed it,
this was kind of the full start
if that makes sense? 

→ i'm most likely going back to
irl school next week (i still don't know),
so updates may not be as long as
they are now. i'll still try to update
at least twice/thrice a week!

→ have a great day, i love you
all and thanks for voting, commenting
and reading! <33