Summary: Elenet Scott is the quiet girl in school until one day she accidentally gets noticed singing alone in the dark stage. Elenet wins the role of Christine as her crush gets the lead of Roaul. But who is this mysterious Phantom?
Chapter One:
I Can't Do This
Populaire High School was famous for three things. One being the school's championship football team. Two being it's award winning music department. And third, it's annual high school musical.
The buzz going around school today was the auditions for this year's musical of The Phantom of the Opera. Black and White flyers were posted up everywhere. The musical was a big deal at Populaire HS. Everybody attended. Even the critics.
"Psst! did you hear?"
"What?"
"Jake's gunna audition for the role of Roaul!"
"Really? Everybody knows he's gunna get it! He's sooo dreamy.."
Elenet closed her locker door as she heard the gossiping news about Jake Randall. She sighed. 'He was dreamy,' she thought. She played with her highlighted black hair for a second.
Suddenly a gang of tall jocks walked by. In the center was the school's dream boy. Jake had dirty blonde short hair. Lean and cut was his body. With icy blue eyes. He was the captain of the school's football team and was president of the student body.
She stared at him and smiled as he looked this way. He waved and she gave a waved back only to hear a voice behind her, "Hey Jake!" She looked to see Melissa waving happily so she looked down stupidly. 'Why would he even notice me?' She sighed and walked to her history class.
"Hey 'net!" a raven black haired girl greeted. She waved Elenet over to an empty seat beside her. "What's up? Did you hear about the auditions?"
Elenet nodded. "You should try out Elise... You love the Phantom of the Opera.." She smiled at her friend.
Elise Snow laughed, "Yeah I guess! Hey!" she said nudging her shoulders at Elenet. "You should try out! Everybody knows that Jake's gunna get the part of Raul! You should try out and see if you get the part of Christine!"
"W-Wha? Me?" Elenet looked down. "Oh no.. I can't." She shook her head taking out her history notebook.
Her friend laughed again, "Come on, 'net! If you won't I will!"
Seriously she will. Elenet looked at her friend biting her lower lip. She knew Elise will get the part. Not for her own gain but to help out a friend. Ever since the beginning of high school in 9th grade, Elise was always pushing Elenet to be a stronger person. Even if it meant hurting Elenet's feelings.
"Mmmmmmmmm... no I- I can't!" Elenet said looking down. Then the bell rang and class begun. Mrs. B or rather Mrs. Benvoilo a/n: shut up! i cant think of anything else came in.
"Goooooooooooooooood Morning class!!" she said happily. The student teacher, Mrs. Beeman or B-squared as we called her came in after her. B-squared sat down at her desk but Mrs. B went to the front of the class. "As you know! Mrs. Karnovsky is making this year's high school musical! If anybody wants to join, sign ups and materials are in her classroom! Now! On to WWII!!"
As they went on with the lesson on WWII the Pacific Theatre's US strategy of island hopping, Elise passed a note to Elenet.
Note: BOO!
Elenet smiled and wrote back: What's up?
Elise: I'm signing us up!! Celest too!
Elenet gasped reading. She quickly wrote down: No! don't! please! i cant do this... :'(
Elise: oh suck it up! come on! it'll be fun!
Elenet: ... no.. i dont want Jake to laugh at me.. T.T
Elise: so? as long as it isnt that Prince boy!
Elenet: .. i dont mind him...
Suddenly the door burst opening causing a gust of wind to blow in. The paper note flew to an empty desk. A tall long black haired boy walked in with one of his backpack sling over his shoulders. He looked around. It was Severus Prince he sat down at the empty seat with the paper note.
"Ah! Severus! How nice of you to join us!"
Severus smirked and put his feet on the chair in front of him. "Sorry I'm late, Mrs. B, he said chewing gum. At Populaire HS the teachers didn't care much for chewing gum in class. They only cared about them learning the stuff they need to know.
Elenet, wide-eyed, tried to grasp the note but he got it before she did. "For me?" Elenet was about to say something until he quirked an eye brow and started to read smirking.
Elise saw this and grasped the note into her hand. "Oi! this is none of your beeswax!"
Severus smirked evilly winking at Elenet.
Elenet looked down quickly blushing. Elise poked her with the note.
Elise: I just texted Celest. We're gunna practice at her house today.
Elenet: ... okay..
After class was over Elise and Celest rushed to the signup sheet pinned up on Mrs. Karnovsky's door. She walked out of her room and smiled at them. With her English accent she said, "So is it just the two of you signing up?"
Celest smiled and hooked her arm around Elenet's shoulder. "You mean the three of us!"
Celest was a go happy type of girl but a true friend. She encouraged Elenet as was a best friend to Elenet since elementary. Celest smiled at Elenet. She was a pretty girl. Tall and slender with brown hair and eyes that can kill, Celest was one of the smartest in the class.
"Really?" she quirked an eyebrow. "Well I can't wait till tomorrow then. Here's your scripts and a demo of the song," Mrs. Karnovsky said handing out the material. "Good luck."
Elise smiled. "Alright! We'll get this down by tonight! Not that I don't know the lyrics already!" She chuckled and looked on ahead seeing a gang of boys ahead. "Look! it's Jake!"
Elenet gasped and hid behind Celest.
"Hey Elise, " he said stopping in front of her. "You signing up for the musical?"
She nodded and pulled Elenet from her hiding spot, "Yeah! so's Elenet and Celest!"
He gave Elenet a smile and raised at thumps up to the three. "Well! Good luck guys! I heard there's a lot of competition." He winked and walked into Mrs. Karnovsky's room.
┘ Celest's House:
"Fighting b-back t-tears..." she paused trying to sing again but her voice stopped.
"Come on Elenet! Sing!!" Celest said sitting from her couch.
Elenet looked down shaking her head. "I-I can't do it guys.. I'll freeze up again!"
Elise sat near the computer pausing the music. "Elenet this is your 14th time you've attempted this!! Come on! okay. So you need a little help! We're helping you! now! From the top of the duet of the point of no return!"
Elenet closed her eyest thinking. 'What's wrong with me? I sing all the time in the bathroom! why can't I do it now? Just do it Ele! Nobody's going to critize you!' Elenet took a deep breath and sang closing her eyes again... insert lyrics
Celest and Elise were quiet then Celest spoke up. "Whoa.. okay. so we need a little help"
Elenet looked down with watery eyes. "I told you guys I can't do this.." She looked at her cellphone. "I-I gotta go..."
"Ele.."
She ran out of Celest's lime colored house crossing the street almost colliding with a motorcylist. "Whao! Whao!" he breaked infront of her. He took off his helmet. "Elenet?"
"S-severus?"
┘ Populaire Park:
"So... what was that all about?" Severus looked at her as she sat on the bench.
"N-nothing.." she said quietly. She fiddled with her hands looking up at him she smiled. "Thanks for taking me here. I can walk home from here."
Severus sat next to her. "Don't change the subject. What's up?" he said coldly. He stared at her with his obsidian eyes.
Elenet looked at him. She didn't want to tell him but a gut was telling her to tell him. She took a deep breath. "It's this drabbed musical. I can't sing.."
Severus leaned back. "Everybody can sing," he said bringing his hands over behind his head. "Don't doubt yourself Elly."
Elenet's eyes widen. Elly?! She looked at him. "W-well I can't! Well... not in public.. I don't like people looking at me while I sing."
"Close your eyes then," he said shortly closing his eyes.
"It doesn't work like that," she said looking down. "It's the fear of having everyone criticizing me I suppose.. I don▓t know.. I think I'll freeze up there.. " Elenet smiled and got up. He opened his eyes to look at her. "Thank you so much, Severus."
"Call me Sev."
"Sev.. " she nodded and walked towards her house.
Severus smirked as he watched her walked away. "You won't freeze.. I won't let you.."
┘ Next Day:
"You bumped into who?" Celest asked the next morning at school opening her locker.
Elenet turned her locker combination saying, "Severus Prince.."
"Prince? He's a jerk," Elise said brushing her extremely long hair. "Stay away from him."
"Yeah! You're too innocent to be with him anyways!" Celest agreed taking out her Physics book.
Elenet opened her locker to have a note with a skull on it. "Hm?" She bent to pick it up. When she looked up she saw Jake walking up towards them. 'Oh no.. it's him..'
Jake stopped. "Hey ladies! Ready for today's audition?"
Celest smiled. "Yeah! We got it down! Right Elise?"
Elise nodded. "I bet your gunna get the part of Raul, Jake! You always get the lead."
"Actually," he said, "I'm going for the phantom! He's awesome."
Elenet smiled. "I-It suits you.."
Jake looked at her. "I bet you'll get the part of Meg."
Meg... the girl with the fewest lines... Elenet sighed on the inside and nodded happily to Jake. "Yup.."
"I bet you she'll get the part of Christine!" Elise said.
Jake looked blankly at her. "W-well I was betting that you would get that part Elise."
"Hey!" Celest poked him. "What about me?" Celest asked curiously.
"Carlotta?"
"Wha?!"
When Jake said his goodbyes Elenet sighed pulling out the note and opened it. Elise and Celest looked over her shoulder.
"Is it a love note?" Celest asked.
"Who's it from?" Elise asked next.
Elenet read the note which had a class pass attached to it.
Here's a pass for 4th period. Meet me at the auditorium before auditions. -PTO
"PTO?" Elise said. "Who the freak is that?"
TBC..
