Lukas's POV:

I highfived Jess after Cece walked away. "WE DID IT!" she squealed, hugging me, "The

Ocelots are saved!"

I chuckled a bit.

"You did it Jess... not me, "I told her, "anyways, let's go and do this thing!"

And with that, we walked off to discuss more on how the ocelots would be saved.

Jess's POV:

Finally, the ocelots are saved!

If this plan works, then Gil will stay in the ocelots...

I sighed.

If only Maya would stay too... I thought to myself, Then the ocelots would really be saved.

I was still happy we'd at least get one member back.

"So... Lukas..." I started, taking out a paper from my bag. The plan. "Let's discuss things...

shall we?"

He nodded and took out his own paper. I guess he made plans as well, I thought to myself

"So I was thinking maybe we ask Cece to say something like 'Listen... I heard Gil is leaving

the ocelots, and your friends will be devastated if he goes' or something like that" I said.

Lukas shrugged. "Yeah, but if we go for a more direct approach, that would be easier and

require less of a explanation," he suggested.

"Yeah, but we're girls. Being direct isn't always the answer," I explained, showing him my

plan. "See, if we have Cece calmly approach her in band and bring up the subject, she's

more likely to listen than if she just says, 'Oh yeah, by the way, convince Gil to stay in the

ocelots'"

He thought for a moment, then shrugged. "That seems fine by me," he told me.

We both looked at eachother and nodded, mentally agreeing to call Cece over to tell her

the plan. "Cece!" He and I yelled in unison.

She ran over. "Ready to put the plan in action?" She asked, as if reading my mind.

"Not quite yet, but later... in band," I said, "tell Holly that Gil is leaving the ocelots and

we'll be crushed if he does... And the only way he could possibly stay is by her convincing

him." Lukas looked at me. "Hmm, guess we are going for a bit of a direct approach," he

said, smirking. He was obviously happy with himself that part of his plan got

implemented. I just shrugged and walked off, tucking my plan into my bag again.

"I believe in you Cece," I turned around and said, "please don't let us down. We need you."

A/N:

Yep, I'm still here even though my life SUCKS rn. Oh well, life goes on... I'll try to update each of my books at least once a week. Welp, I'm off to go eat some cucumber slices now, peace! ✌