"Why do I hear sheep but don't see sheep?" Ashlyn asks. The cast was in Sebs barn  in the middle of the night. "Oh, that's Jimmy. He has social anxiety." Seb explains.

    "Well, I'm team Jimmy. I don't camp, I don't glamp or sleep without a silk pillow case." Kourtney states. Some sheep start bleating, which scares E.J who screams which makes Marie laugh. 

    "Listen, I'm sure Seb, Gina and Marie have a good reason for bringing us to his barn so late, on a school night." Ricky says before turning to Nini. "Not that I mind the romantic setting."

    "Romantic is debatable. But I like where you're headed." Nini replies. "Okay, so, we gathered you guys here tonight 'cause I've got this idea. And because we only have 48 hours to pull it off, it's going to take all of us." Gina explains. "The whole family." Seb adds.

    "Aw, you guys." Nini coos. "So, I talked to Gina and Marie, and we thought we could throw a big surprise party to celebrate the guy Carlos is." Seb explains. "And the quinceañero he always wanted but never got. It's a birthday party but seriously zhuzhed up." Marie adds. "'Cause Carlos is one of the good guys." Gina finishes.

   "Okay, somebody say something because maybe this is a terrible idea?" Seb says. "It's an amazing idea! I'm in!" Nini exclaims. "I'm down." Kourtney states. Everybody nods in agreement. "For Carlos." Ricky says putting his hand in the middle. "For Carlos! Whoo!" Everybody cheers.

...

   At the party, Marie was tuning her guitar behind the stage as everybody else was still setting some stuff up. "Hey, you ready?" Ashlyn says coming up to her. "Yeah, I think so. I just want Carlos to have a good birthday, you know?" Marie smiles slightly. "Hey, are you okay?" Ashlyn asks, sitting next to her.

    "Yeah, I just wanna go out with a bang." Marie says before walking away, leaving Ashlyn very confused.

...

    "Open the doors!" Seb shouts from outside. Ricky and E.J pulls open the door as everybody shouts. "Happy birthday, Carlos!"

    "Wait. This can't be happening." Carlos exclaims. "It is." Seb squeals. "I'm not wearing' a party outfit." Carlos confesses.

    "We got you covered." Seb tells him.

    Nini and Ricky go up on stage. "Yes, Nini and Ricky!" Kourtney shouts. "Hey, everyone! I think you kinda, you know..." Nini starts. "It's Carlos' quinceañero! Gina, get on up here." Ricky finishes.

     "Yeah, G! Whoo!" Ashlyn cheers. "Gina, everybody!" Ricky announces. "Go, G!" Kourtney shouts.

    Gina sighs. "Testing, testing. Hello! Carlos Rodriguez, we, um, haven't always seen eye-to-eye when it comes to running rehearsal... and... honestly, I sorta had no idea what to get you tonight. And then Sebbie showed me that clip of you in seventh grade, dancing. I was like... "Oh... Okay, so, we're actually the exact same." Because I remember where I was in seventh grade, or, uh, all of the places that I was that year. And I would just dance and dance alone in my bedroom to stay busy and escape. I would try to get Marie to join me, even though she hated it." Everybody laughs. "But the difference between us is, I never would have put that out into the world and I never would have left that up on Instagram after some of the comments you got..." Gina scoffs. "Haters gonna hate. Anyways, um, tonight I'm recreating your dance. Because, we might not share a choreography brain, but I think you know we share a dancer heart. No matter what happens tomorrow, or the day after that, we just keep on dancing.  Roll the tape." Gian finishes as she pulls a rope that lets a white sheet come down.

    "Hello, world. This is a time capsule because someday I hope I am studied. It is almost my thirteenth birthday, and in some cultures that makes me a man. As a man, I demand the following gifts for my birthday. A new phone, a Tony Award, and someday... I'm putting this out there early, a quinceañero. Now, please enjoy this dance I made up. It's on fleek." Seventh grade Carlos says on the video, he starts to do a salsa before grabbing a blanket and spinning it around.

     Gina copies his move whipping her skirt around. "Yes, G!" Marie shouts.

    Whoa!
It's time to turn it up
Let the music take over your body
And dance, Like everyone is watching

    Your moves inspire me
To be the best I can be
Not alone, but in harmony, fearlessly

    This rhythm's hot like the sun
Don't you dare disagree
If you think so, then come and join me

    When you move, I move, we move
Together as one
It don't matter who you are
When we dance, we're all stars
Differеnt in so many ways, but when we hit the stagе
We all share the same thing
A dancer's heart

    The truth in every turn
One, two step, I have learned so much from you
And the way you groove
We got nothin' to lose

    This rhythm's hot like the sun
Don't you dare disagree
If you think so, then come and join me

    When you move, I move, we move
Together as one
It don't matter who you are
When we dance, we're all stars
Different in so many ways, but when we hit the stage
We all share the same thing
A dancer's heart

    Turn the music up, let the rhythm move your body
No more to discuss, go and grab someone
Stranger or a friend, it don't matter in the end
Let this feelin' take over your life

    When you move, I move, we move
Together as one
It don't matter who you are
When we dance, we're all stars
Different in so many ways, but when we hit the stage
We all share the same thing
A dancer's heart

   When you move, I move, we move
Together as one
It don't matter who you are
When we dance, we're all stars
Different in so many ways, but when we hit the stage
We all share the same thing
A dancer's heart

    Gina pulls Carlos onstage and places a crown on his head. Everybody cheers and claps for them. "That's my sister! Whoo!" Marie shouts.

...

"Hey, everyone! Okay, I don't know why I decided to go after Gina, because nobody can beat that." Marie chuckles. "Okay, I'm going to sing a classic, from the queen herself Whitney Houston. Okay, here we go."

Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
I've done alright up 'til now
It's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls
Loneliness calls

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

I've been in love and lost my senses
Spinning through the town
Sooner or later the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

Somebody who, somebody who
Somebody who loves me
Somebody who, somebody who
To hold me in his arms, oh

I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

"Yes, Marie!" Carlos shouts. "That's my roomie!" Ashlyn cheers. Marie just laughs before leaving the stage.

...

"Marie, that was amazing." E.J tells her. "Thank you." Marie says. "How do you feel right now?" E.J asks.

"Honestly, like I did everything I needed to do here." Marie answers. "Well, you're glowing. Remind me to hire you to throw me a birthday party." E.J remarks.

Marie chuckles. "That's sweet." They both smile at each other for a few seconds, Marie clears her throat. "Um, should I give a final shout-out to Carlos or..."

"Uh, yeah, let me hit record here." E.J says. "That was just you asking? How I was feeling?" Marie questions. "Is that okay?" He asks. Marie just nods in response and continues with the interview.

...

"Okay, who stole my boyfriend?" Carlos asks, everybody was sitting around him just talking. Everyone looks over to see Seb sitting on the back of a truck with a piano, everybody cheers. "Carlos, hi. Um, I think you know that there is nothing greater than the love we share for power ballads originally sung by iconic women." Everybody nods in agreement.

"Yes, you're my boyfriend but you're also sort of my hero. Here's something I never told you. That video from when you were 13 has 1,000 views. I would say roughly 100 of them were from me. I was 12 years old, and hiding in my room, in every sense of that word. Uh, your post kinda went viral. Semi-viral for Utah." Seb chuckles. "Um, I didn't know who you were, I barely know who I was. I just knew that I felt inspired. So, I just kept on hitting repeat. So, thank you. And, happy birthday." Everybody claps and cheers.

Seb starts to play the piano before stopping. "Oh, and I hope it's not disappointing to the King of Fashion that I'm wearing the same suit that I wore to homecoming. My parents said that I have to wear this till I grow out of it. Okay, here goes."

I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreamin', but
There's a voice inside my head sayin'
"You'll never reach it"
Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make feels lost, with no direction
My faith is shaken

But I, I gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facin'
The chances I'm takin'
Somеtimes might knock me down, but
No, I'm not breakin'
I may not know it
But thеse are the moments
That I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep goin'

And I, I gotta be strong
Just keep pushin' on, 'cause

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Yeah, oh

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you're gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side, yeah
It's the climb, oh

Yeah, it's all about the climb
Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
It's the climb

By the end everybody was basically in tears, "Whoo!" Ashlyn cheers, tearfully. "Go, Sebbie!" Kourtney shouts. Carlos then gets up and walks over to him.

They pull each other into a hug, "Where did you come from and why am I so lucky?" Carlos asks. "Wasatch County and you just are." Seb answers. "Speech! Speech! Speech!" Marie shouts. Everybody joins in. "Speech! Speech!"

Carlos chuckles, Seb hands him the microphone. "Um... I'm not sure how I can thank you all for this. I've never been accused for being speechless." Everybody laughs, holding in tears. "I can't thank you all enough for just getting me. Everybody should have people who just get them." Carlos continues.

"We love you, Carlos!" Rico shouts. "I've done a little research, and if this is in fact, your quinceañero, then he must choose his madrina." Seb announces, turning to Carlos. "That means godmother."

"Honey, I'm not that bad at Spanish." Carlos remarks. "One, Two, Three... Not it!" Kourtney states. "I got enough jobs as it is already."

"I choose, as my madrina..."

"So, tell us how you felt the moment Carlos chose you had his godmother." E.J asks. Miss Jenn was sobbing. "I can't."

"Oh, boy." E.J states. "Oh, no, no. No, I feel like the clown from It. I need Kourtney." Miss Jenn says still crying. "All right, you got five minutes." E.J tells her. "Thank you, five." Miss Jenn says, running away.

Mr. Mazzara walks up to E.J. "You have done well tonight."

"It felt good to do this." E.J replies, looking at everybody at the party. "So, that you've turned the camera around, who was the most interesting interview?" Mr. Mazzara asks, looking over to E.J who was looking at something, smiling. "Sorry, what?" E.J asks. "Nothing." Mr. Mazzara answers, walking away.

E.J glances over to where he was looking before to see Marie hugging and talking to Carlos and Seb. E.J smirks slightly.

...

Everybody that was still at the party was dancing in a small circle. Marie was sitting on one of the stairs to the stage. "Hey, Mom, it's me." She said into the phone. "Yeah, we're still on. I'm ready to come home." Marie said, holding back tears.

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a/n
this was a long one, hope you liked it.

bruh portwell in this episode was so cute tbh
imma say that about every episode after this