i will give you moonlight [p.]

cori blue

cori watched josh as he stood up, a bit surprised at his offer. honestly, being invited to the show wasn’t anything new for her, but considering that they had just started talking again, she really wasn’t expected to be invited again so soon. “really?” she smiled, standing up and nearly reaching for his hand. but she stopped herself. she had to keep reminding herself that they were taking things slow, warming back up to one another. but still, habits were habits and even after nearly a year of not doing it, she still felt the urge to do it. “of course i’ll come, i’ll always be there for you.” she playfully bumped his shoulder, hoping that he realized she meant it, even if she said it so casually. she would always be ready to do whatever he asked of her, ready to do whatever he needed her to do, and always be ready to be at his side. even when they weren’t together, she was still more than willing to do something for him if he had asked.

“and food sounds amazing right now, i’m starving.” she groaned playfully, and then started walking, hoping to get to wherever they would be eating as quickly as they could. sure, starving was an exaggeration, but she was hungry. “you choose where we go, you always choose the best places.” she looked back at him, a smile still on her face. he just made her so genuinely happy, and she would forever be grateful that he was back in her life. and hopefully for good this time.

“you still have to tell me all the things i’ve missed. something exciting had to happen since the last time we talked, right?” she asked, hoping that they could catch up with one another while they ate. she wanted to hear all the stories that she missed out on, and tell him so many things that had happened in her life that he had missed out on.

(( i know my replies were terrible, i’m sorry !! if you want to timeskip to later in the day, i think that could work? ))

elijah king

elijah could barely contain his excitement. everything about today just felt so right. first, he was able to get madison to forgive him and back into his life, and now he was hearing about her accomplishments. he was so beyond proud of her, he wasn’t sure that he’d ever be able to formulate the words to show just how happy he was for her and how genuinely proud he was. she really deserved this, and if she didn’t win that award; well then people just didn’t see how amazing and hardworking she was.

“that’s amazing mads, you really deserve it.” elijah smiled, reaching over and grabbing her hand again, giving it a gentle squeeze. it was such a small and innocent act, but because they haven’t done anything in such a long time, it felt like the biggest, boldest move ever, and elijah could only hope that madison didn’t mind him doing it. sure, she had taken hold of his hand earlier, but that was more for comfort. this was affectionate and elijah really hoped that it was okay with her.

“hey do you have anything to do tonight?” he asked softly, hoping that she would be free. “because if you are, and if you want to come, i’d really like it if you came to the show tonight. i mean, you are my good luck charm,

after all.” he laughed, recalling how he used to constantly call her that. it had started off as a dumb, cute little joke between them, but he had quickly realized it was true after messing up a few times at shows that she wasn’t there to support him at. she really was his everything, from his best friend to his soulmate to his good luck charm. she was everything.

“plus i’m sure the other boys would really like to see you again. i’m not sure who hated me more when we broke up, you for doing what i did or them for making them lose one of their best friends.” elijah laughed again, though this time more softly. he knew it was too early to make even the most innocent jokes about what happened, but that’s just how he dealt with things that hurt him, and he hoped that madison didn’t mind too much. “but really, it’d mean a lot to me if you could come tonight.”

cori blue

to say that cori was excited for the night was a major understatement. not only was she going to see josh again, but she was going to get to see him perform again. she was sure that she said it before to him, but she had always thought that he looked the happiest on stage, he really was a born performer, and she had missed the sight of him performing almost as much as she had missed him.

after she had spent the morning with josh, she had to go to some meetings for work, but thankfully nothing took too long as she was able to have enough time to get ready for the show. after she had showered, got dressed in an outfit (click) that she thought she looked pretty cute in (which was definitely what she was going for, as he wanted to impress josh, not that she would ever admit it), and did her hair and makeup, she was off to the venue with excitement flowing through her veins.

when she showed up, it didn’t take too long for cori to get backstage to where josh and the other boys would be. she was so relieved that she saw some familiar faces among the staff there, people that had worked with the boys since she had started dating josh and coming to their shows, because that just made the whole process of getting to the group quicker and easier than one would imagine.

after taking a quick glance around in search of him, she finally spotted his familiar face and she quickly made her way over to him, not caring about anything or anyone around her for a moment; it was like she had tunnel vision and he was the only thing she could see. as soon as she reached him she quickly pulled him into a hug and buried her face in his chest, mumbling something about how she was ‘beyond excited’ but honestly, she wasn’t even sure what she was saying just because her voice was so muffled by his shirt and her own excitement.

once she finally pulled back and looked up at him, she flashed him the brightest smile that she could manage. “hey you.” she started off with her usual greeting, glad to be falling back into their old patterns and habits already. “are you excited? nervous? don’t worry, i won’t laugh too much if you make any mistakes.” she teased and poked his side gently, hoping that the positive energy he had that morning was still in him. she knew that being nervous over a performance could suck all the happiness out of someone and she hoped that it didn’t happen to him. “but really, you’re feeling okay, right? you need me to get you anything?”

elijah king

elijah had barely been able to say goodbye to madison. even though he knew it would only be a few short hours until he saw her again, he just didn’t want to spend a single second not by her side, not when he had spent such a long time without her. he had forgotten just how much he loved her and being around her, just how addictive she could be, and even a simple ‘i’ll see you later’ was hard to say. but thankfully, he was able to eventually part ways with her and he found himself back with the other boys, preparing for their show that night.

somehow the fact that he and madison had gotten together, started talking again, and that she was coming to the show never really got mentioned to the other boys. it wasn’t like elijah was keeping it a secret from them or anything, the topic just simply never came up. with how busy they were getting ready and doing their little pre-show rituals, he never really had a moment to bring it up. and the other boys didn’t bring madison up either despite the fact he had just been whining about her the day before. maybe it was just out of respect though, they knew he tried to call her, but he never really gave an update. maybe they were just staying silent about the topic of madison just in case things didn’t go well with the call attempt. the other three boys were real sweet guys, he truly didn’t deserve such amazing friends.

but of course eventually, the topic would come up. quite literally. madison would be here about any second and elijah hadn’t mentioned her once, so her presence would surely be a surprise to the guys. and while yeah, it would be a good surprise for them, elijah didn’t want to be the guy who just invited girls over, regardless of if they were his girlfriend or if the other boys knew them, without letting anyone know. he just found it rude, plus the other boys never did that to him, so he figured the least he could do was pay the same respect to them. except he currently wasn’t and he felt beyond bad about it.

elijah had just gotten changed into the outfit (click) he would be wearing on stage for the concert, when he heard one of the staff calling his name. at first, he figured that he had just forgotten his phone and they found it for him again or that they were going to soundcheck once more just to be sure the show would run smoothly, but as he got closer to whoever called his name, he realized that they weren’t calling him over for any of those reasons. they were calling him over because his guest finally arrived. madison was finally here.

as soon as his eyes landed on her he just couldn’t help himself, he ran over to her with open arms and instantly pulled her into a hug, pressing a gentle kiss to the top of her head. yes, he understood that they weren’t back to what they once were and that they were currently taking things slow, but for a moment he just fell into old habits, for a moment he was just overflowing with joy and affection for her. “hey, i’m glad you’re finally here, i missed you like crazy.” he admitted shyly, glancing behind him for a minute and spotting the three other boys getting ready. “the other guys didn’t know that you were coming, so this is going to be a huge surprise for them.” he turned back to her, arms still wound around her waist gently. “you wanna go surprise them now? or do you wanna just sit and talk for a bit? i mean, we don’t have too long until the show starts, but it’d be nice to talk.”

cori blue

cori really couldn’t help but smile the entire time that josh spoke, and he wasn’t saying anything special, she was just so beyond excited to be here. to be around him again. she never thought she would ever find herself in this position, but here she was, and she was absolutely loving it.

before she could even open her mouth to say something back to him, she heard her name being called out. and with as much excitement dripping from the voice, she would’ve thought it was a fan of hers if it wasn’t for the fact that she could make that voice out anywhere. madison quinn. the two of them were quite the duo before madison broke things off with elijah, cori had considered the other girl to be her best friend, and would even go as far as saying that the two of them were as close as sisters. it was just a shame that the two of them didn’t keep in touch after breaking ties with the boys. but all that mattered now was that they were finally talking again.

“madison quinn!” cori called out in a just as excited voice, a laugh ringing out at the end of madison’s name, followed by yet another laugh as madison hugged her. she hugged the other girl back, a huge smile on her lips. she had really missed the other girl so much. “i’m amazing, how are you?” she asked, nearly blushing at the compliment the shorter girl had thrown at her. “me? look at you! you look beyond stunning!” she glanced over madison’s shoulder, spotting elijah and then looking back at madison. so that explained why the other girl was here and how she got backstage. “things are okay with you two again?” she asked softly, not wanting to risk hitting a nerve and upsetting the girl when she currently looked so happy.

“josh and i are... working on it.” she smiled, hoping that would be enough to explain the situation she was currently in. the one thing that came with being a celebrity and dating one, was that everyone seemed to know about your relationship, so she’d be more than surprised if madison didn’t know that she had josh had called it quits just shortly after her and elijah had done the same. “but enough about boys, i missed you so much! how’s everything been with your channel? i keep seeing your amount of subscribers just keep increasing every day, you really deserve it.” cori smiled at madison, fully intending on giving her all the compliments she could. she had a lot of missed time to make up for. “maybe one day i’ll be lucky enough to be in one of your videos.” she giggled, glancing up to notice that the two boys were still there and that elijah seemed to be missing madison already, even when they were just a few feet apart. it was perfect timing though, because she was already starting to miss josh.

she made her way back over to josh’s side, snuggling into his side and looking over at elijah and madison, a bright smile still on her face. “look at you two, just as cute as ever.” she looked back up at josh, taking a second to just admire him, before finally speaking up again. “maybe the four of us could hang out in your dressing room before the show?” she suggested softly, wanting to catch up with both madison and elijah, but not really wanting to be too far from josh. all four of them spending time together just seemed like the perfect idea.

elijah king

“i’m good, better now that you’re here.” elijah said truthfully. he had been pretty happy all day, excited for the show and to finally see madison again, but now that she was here, he was something way beyond happy. she had always had that affect on him. “alright, let’s go surprise them then!” he said cheerfully, ready to lead her over to the other boys in the band. but before they could get to any of the boys, it seemed as if she had spotted a familiar face, and was calling out for her.

elijah watched madison run off to cori, laughing as he watched the two girls interact. if he didn’t know any better, he would say that the two girls were totally in love with one another with how excited they looked and how they just kept complimenting the other. just then, he heard josh and looked over at the other boy with a huge smile. “yeah,” he sighed happily, barely able to believe it himself that madison was actually here with him now. he had screwed up so bad, he probably didn’t deserve another chance, but now here he was. he truly didn’t deserve someone as amazing as madison, he would always be beyond thankful to have someone as amazing as her. “we were on our way over to surprise you, but i think cori surprised her more than we could ever surprise any of you boys.”

he shook his head gently, ready to tell josh all about how he had gotten so beyond lucky and was given another chance. “we decided to start over again. we’re taking things slow, but i’m not going to complain. i don’t even deserve another chance, but here we are. i’ll take whatever i can get.” he spoke honestly, watching cori for a moment. so what was the story between her and josh? “what about you two though? i never thought i’d see her around here again.” as badly as he had hurt madison, he was sure that’s how much cori had hurt josh. josh had been completely heartbroken, him and the other boys all felt so bad for him for the longest time, it truly felt like he’d never be able to get over what cori had done to him. but now it looked like he didn’t need to get over it, not when she was here and josh was looking so happy, with a smile that he only had when cori was around.

just then, the two girls joined them again. he watched cori and josh interact, wrapping an arm around madison’s waist again. “don’t tell me you got all your excitement for the night out already, i need your support for the show.” he pouted playfully at madison, turning back to the couple, or what was once a couple, beside them. “all four of us hanging out sounds good. i’m sure the girls would love to catch up, and me and you have some talking to do too.” he nodded at josh, hoping that the rest of the night went as well as things were currently going.

cori blue

cori was excited to see all four of them talking again, it was just like old times. back before everything had really gone down the drain, the four of them had really been an inseperable group of friends. thankfully, it seemed as if her and josh started to work things out again around the same time that elijah and madison started to talk again. it was perfect timing really, now her and madison could not only get their boys back, but also eachother.

when they were back in the dressing room, cori sat next to josh and rested her head on his shoulder, glancing over at madison as soon as josh asked if anything exciting had been going on in their lives. cori really didn’t have much to say, it was all the usual stuff like recording her upcoming album and things like that, stuff the two boys wouldn’t find interesting at all since they did that a lot too. but madison? she was the one with a different career, one that seemed exciting to cori, and maybe the other boys too. and when she saw eli whisper something to madison, she knew that madison had some exciting things that she had told eli about.

elijah king

elijah could only nod in response to what josh said. he knew that it was completely true, he really had everything to lose here, and he was never going to get another chance. elijah knew he could always count on josh to keep it real and be completely honest with him. that’s why josh was his best friend.

when the topic switched from him and madison over to cori, elijah couldn’t help but smile. if josh thought that love was radiating off of him and madison, he should really look at himself and cori; those were two people that really loved eachother. elijah just hoped that it was all smooth sailing for their relationship from here on out, that’s what josh really deserved. “i’m really happy for you, i hope things go well for you two.”

next thing he knew, the girls were at their side and they were all talking about heading back to the dressing room, but not before he heard madison call him e, one of the many old nicknames she had for him. oh how he had missed hearing it, it made his heart flutter like crazy just hearing her say it once. he could really get used to her saying it more often, that was for sure.

once they were back to their dressing room. he sat down next to madison, slowly finding her hand so he could hold it, giving it a gentle squeeze. as much as he wanted to be super affectionate and go back to how things were before, he had to remind himself that they were taking things slow and he had to take baby steps if he really wanted things to ever go back to what they were. and elijah wanted that more than anything.

when josh asked the girls if anything super exciting had happened, elijah gently nudged madison. “tell him about you being nominated for a streamy.” he whispered, wanting to share the excitement of his soulmate’s success with everyone else. especially his best friend.

(( sorry this reply absolutely sucks !! ))

cori blue

a huge smile spread across her face and her eyes lit up, showing that she was so beyond happy with the news that she had just been told. “oh my god, that’s amazing! i knew your channel was doing well, i just didn’t know that’s how popular you’ve gotten already!” cori leaned forward, high fiving the other girl and not letting the smile leave her face. “that’s amazing mads, you really deserve it.”

just as quickly as she had thought she deflected the attention from away from her, josh had put the spotlight back on her. she rolled her eyes playfully at the sound of him using her full name, gently nudging him as she said “alright vixen, give me a second to think of something good.” she sat in silence for a moment or two, a shy smile coming across her lips as something popped into mind. “well, my album is scheduled to come out next month. it has some pretty different stuff from my last album on it, so i’m really excited to see how everyone reacts to it.” she glanced over at josh, raising her eyebrows. “was that good enough?”

their conversation quickly came to an end, just like the show and the two weeks that the two boys were able to spend with her and madison. it seemed like time just flew by, and she was really upset to have to say goodbye to josh and the other boys, but she was happy that she was finally able to start spending time with madison again. and they were even able to do something that they talked about when they met before the show, filming a video together for madison’s channel.

cori found herself sat on madison’s bed, looking up at the camera with a nervous laugh. “how do you do this without feeling weird?” she asked, looking over at madison. “but what kind of video did you have in mind? did you still want to do a q and a like we talked about a few days ago? i’m sure if you tweet about doing one, questions will flow in right away so we could get started pretty quickly.”

elijah king

elijah watched the reactions of josh and cori with a huge smile on his face, giving madison’s hand another gentle squeeze. it was so nice to see everyone so happy for her, she did deserve it after all; he knew from all the time he spent with her before, and just from watching her videos, that she put a lot of work into her channel. she really deserved that award, and maybe he was biased because he was quite literally in love with her, but that’s okay. he was sure that anyone else in the world would be able to see that she deserved the award more than anyone else.

when josh put the spotlight onto cori, eli sat forward a bit, excited to hear anything that she would have to say. just as afterglow had earned themselves an unbelievable amount of fame, so had cori, so it would be exciting to hear if she was working on any new music or any other path she decided to go down. after hearing that she was in fact working on new music, elijah sat back on the sofa with a huge smile on his face. “hey, make sure you let us three have a listen before you officially release the album for the rest of the world to hear! after all, we’re your biggest fans, josh especially, and i think we deserve a little sneak peak.”

the rest of the conversation flowed really easily and it was just a reminder of how things were before, so natural and easy; thankfully it seemed like things were falling back into the same pattern. but before any of them knew it, it was finally time for the band to get out onto the stage and perform. so he kissed the top of madison’s head again, claiming it was just for good luck, and then ran out onto the stage with a huge smile on his face. he just got his dream girl back and he was doing what he always dreamed of doing, what more could he ever ask for?

after the show, the band had a short two week break, so he and josh ended up spending a lot of time with the girls. he even got to go to the streamy awards with madison, and she ended up winning too! just as he had predicted. the whole two weeks went incredibly well, but they went by quickly and before elijah even knew it, afterglow was packing up and heading off to another city to perform in and continue the rest of their tour.

with touring, came tons of interviews, and that’s where the four boys of afterglow were currently sat, in an interview. things started off as usual, introducing themselves for anyone who may not know them, answering the standard questions about their new album and their super popular single, which interviewers seemed to love asking about since it was a song that was clearly written about someone. so, of course that led to the topic of girls, the question really being aimed at him and josh. not that it was really surprising, but pictures of josh and cori and he and madison had surfaced online, and apparently people had a lot to say.

elijah sat forward on the sofa he was currently sat on, taking a few moments to observe the picture that the interviewer had pulled up for him. it was of him and madison, looking very and happy and ‘absolutely smitten and in love’, or at least that’s what the internet seemed to be saying. “we look pretty cute, don’t we?” he asked with a laugh, looking at the other three boys in hopes that they helped him lighten up the situation a bit. “but yeah, that’s madison quinn.” he nodded, confirming that he in fact had spent the past two weeks with her and that she was the one in his arms in the picture. “there’s not much else to say.” he laughed, looking over at josh with sympathetic eyes as the interviewer pulled up a picture of him and cori. he knew that the attention would be directed back at him in just a moment or two, but for now while the attention was on josh, he just couldn’t help but feel bad. it was always awkward when they were asked about girls, especially when it wasn’t just some silly rumor they could just laugh off and make jokes about.