as cierra, karly, and leilani pulled into dylan's driveway, they saw tommy and angel's car already parked on the side of the street.

"how long do you think they'll act natural?" leilani asks, leaning in from the backseat. she was the baby of the group, so she always drew the short straw when the band carpooled.

"i give them thirty seconds before they jump our bones." karly predicts. it's been three weeks since the release of their first single "fade" and they completely blew up. the group earned one million views on the music video in two days, and they just hit one million streams this week.

they hadn't had the time to celebrate as a band yet, because they were all home with their families, after being away from them for nine months to work with each other, so you can imagine the tension that was building up between the six band mates.

they were all back in LA to begin their press tour, a last minute press tour may i add, because they weren't expected to blow up this fast, so management pulled some strings and was able to book them some interviews.

"i say as soon as we step through that door." cierra shrugs as the girls walk up to the front door.

karly rung the doorbell, and after about ten seconds, dylan opens the door, a laidback smile on his face.

he had on a white wife beater, gray sweatpants, and his signature worn out black converse. that was his normal "music making" outfit, so the girls figured that the other three band mates had been working on music, while waiting for them.

they step inside, as tommy and eva round the corner. they all stand in a circle, silent for a moment. this was the first time they were seeing each other since they blew up, and no one knew what to say.

"we're famous!" except for tommy. as he yelled at his friends, they all shouted in excitement, finally hugging.

eva jumped into cierra's arms, tommy wrapped his arms around leilani, hugging her, and dylan spun karly around, as they all celebrated their success.

"guys we did it! i can't believe this is real." karly says, smiling from ear to ear.

"you don't think we'll be one hit wonders do you?" eva asks, making the whole group turn to her with blank faces.

"too soon?" she asks, and they stand there, staring at her with the same faces. "okay." she mutters, her lips forming into a thin line.

"anyways, are you guys ready for this press junket? i mean they prepared us pretty well, but i'm still kind of nervous." leilani asks as the group moves to dylan's built in studio that was in his basement.

the room was pretty cozy. it had an L-shaped black couch, all the instruments the band used, bean bags and pillows all over the place, and lots of different recording equipment. around the walls, you could see a bunch of pictures and portraits of the band from their boot camp, and all the fun they had while making their song, including their trademark "the dream" poster, which they all have hanging in their houses.

"i think we're ready, i'm just really excited." tommy answers. everyone agrees, but karly, and that catches eva's attention. "what about you, rina?" she asks.

"i don't know. i guess i'm a little nervous, but that's just how i am, you guys know that." she shrugs.

"it'll be okay, we got your back girl. we're a team, it's kind of our job." cierra says, making karly smile.

"hey guys, i'm on instagram and people are asking for us to go live." tommy says, looking up from his phone.

"should we?" leilani asks the group. they all agree, and set up the camera to sit on the coffee table in front of the couch.

with tommy on the far left, cierra on his right, dylan in the middle, karly and leilani, then eva sat on the floor in front of the phone, using dylan's legs as a back rest, they were ready to meet their new fans for the first time.

once the live started, people started flooding in, making everyone in the band's eyes widen. they had never seen anything like it before and it made them really excited.

"hi, guys! we're the dream, as i hope you know, and we decided to go live since a bunch of you guys were requesting it." eva starts.

"yeah, you guys can ask any questions you want, so we can get to know each other better." leilani adds.

username: can you say who is who and what instruments you play?
username: yalls style>>
username: you guys are so good

"sure, guys should we introduce ourselves and tell them what instruments we play?" cierra asks, seeing the first comment. the band nods, and they go around, introducing themselves and what they played.

"and the voice you heard was me." eva laughs, introducing herself. "that beautiful voice you guys heard was angel." dylan corrects her, making the girl playfully roll her eyes.

"yes, angels voice is amazing, when she sung for us for the first time we were all stunned." karly speaks up.

evangeline felt flattered that her band mates were so fond of her, but the awkwardness in her that didn't know how to take compliments often took over. she just sat there with a grin on her face, laughing at their compliments.

username: when's the next song coming out??
username: we want an album!!
username: tommy so fine😩

leilani caught karly's eye beside her after seeing the last comment, and they both busted out laughing. "we don't know when the next single is coming out yet, we'll have to ask management, but we want an album too." dylan laughs at the end.

the group continued the live for another hour, entertaining their new fans with their realness, and now they had moved around a bit.

karly was now on the floor with eva, showing the live all of her rings, because they were curious, tommy had his legs over cierra's lap, leilani was strumming her bass guitar beside dylan, who suddenly put his arms around eva's head, putting her in a light headlock.

she yelled his name, grabbing his arm to peel him off, but he wouldn't give in. she drug him to the floor with her, and he lets out a deep laugh.

username: pls- so much is going on😭
username: omg dylan and eva are so cute
username: are they dating??

since karly was closest to the phone, she saw the comments about dylan and eva, and momentarily looked down at them, eva still fighting off dylan.

the two had always been like that. they had always been goofy with each other, always teasing each other, but the band was used to it, so they never saw it the way their fans were, but now that karly was really looking at it, maybe they were right.

dylan finally let go, and they sat back in their spots.

username: play us a song
username: can yall give us a mini concert plsss
username: karly is so pretty oml

"sure we can play something. something new, or a cover?" karly asks the group. her small keyboard was already sat on the coffee table from their last writing session.

"wanna play them 'cray z'?" tommy asks, grabbing his bass from the side of the couch. dylan grabs his guitar, strumming a few times to make sure it was tuned right.

"cici, you wanna sing the parts with me?" eva asks, because in this song, there were two singing parts. sometimes the group alternated who sung which part, but on the recorded version, dylan sung the beginning.

"sure." cierra agrees, moving over to eva. karly starts off the song, playing a melody on her keyboard, and leilani playfully mocks the voicemail at the beginning of the song, that tommy recorded.

dylan starts strumming on the guitar, joining karly, and then leilani and tommy join, playing their basses. cierra starts singing the pre chorus, eva harmonizing the end lyrics.

"oh, should I come up the stairs?
let down your hair
tell me what you wanna hear
tell me how you really feel"

eva then sings the chorus, her voice going high.

"baby, baby
where did you come from?
i go crazy baby, without your love, yeah"

the post chorus then goes back to cierra, as her voice goes soft and smooth.

"yeah, into my arms, oh, ooh, oh, oh"

they play all the way to second verse, then stop, so they wouldn't give too much away. "yeah, so that was a song we wrote called 'cray z babe e' we hope you guys liked it, who knows we might release it." eva teases.

the group stays live for another thirty minutes, before ending it. it was pretty late, so they all decided to crash at dylan's place, anticipation for the press tour high and on their minds.

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they're my favs ughh😩🤞🏽 

anyways i hope this gave a little more insight to their dynamic as a group, and the next chapter will dive even MORE into that, but until then enjoy this my loves🥰