Nick slouched in his seat in the huge auditorium. He, and the main cast of Camp Rock, had come to an on-stage performance of it. It was done by kids their age, but from the reviews, it was amazing.
It was about an hour before show time, and the actors were running around in a mad panic. Apparently, the girl who played Mitchie Torres was late. The rest of the cast talked to each other, and the actors that weren't freaking out. Nick spoke when spoken too, but to be honest, the waiting was boring him to tears. Demi and Kevin had decided that they should go 2 hours early, so they could meet the cast. At first Nick thought this was a good idea, but he was sadly mistaken.
Suddenly, the doors to the auditorium banged open. A tall, slender girl stepped in. She was wearing dark skinny jeans, a tight fitting "Empower Darfur!" shirt, flats, and huge sunglasses. Her hair was long and shiny, very light brown, almost blond, hair curling down her back. As she took off her sunglasses and sent a dazzling smile at the cast, Nick saw a pair of extremely green eyes. To put it in short, she was beautiful.
She walked over to the cast, of the play and of the movie, and stuck her hand out at Joe, who was nearest her.
"Hey, I'm-"
"ELLA!"
The girl, Ella, jumped at the sound of the scream. She spun around and came to face-to-face with the director.
"ELLA!" he screamed again," You're late!"
"I know," she replied quietly, but calmly, "You see-
The director cut her off.
"No time for explanations! You need you hair and makeup done! Come! NOW!" he said slightly hysterical.
He ran off. Ella made a face at him as he took off.
"Sorry about that." She mumbled. "He can get a bit worked up on opening nights," she made eye contact with Nick, blushed lightly and smiled at him. It looked like she was going to say something to him, but there was another faint yell of "ELLA!" She rolled her eyes, sent nick another smile, and hurried off too the back of the auditorium, where Nick guessed hair and makeup took place.
Everyone grinned slightly.
"She's pretty," commented Joe. Nick felt a sudden outburst of...feeling, not exactly sure what it was, he shrugged it off.
"Yeah, we know", said Evan, who played Shane," But she hasn't dated in a while, since her last relationship, and she's incredibly shy. She also extremely nice and very popular, so get in line, bud!" He added laughing.
"We'll see about that." Whispered Joe, so that only Kevin and Nick could hear. Kevin smiled and shook his head, while Nick didn't react at all. Joe, no matter how much Nick loved him, could get all the girls that Nick wanted, and it got on his nerves.
'Not this time, Joe!' Nick thought to himself with a smile. 'I'm getting this one!'
The show, as promised, was amazing. All the cast was extremely talented. Ella…wow….she could act well enough, but her voice was like an angel. When she sang the whole audience went silent, and when she came out at the end to bow, she got a standing ovation. She also got many wolf whistles from the male portion of the audience. This made her blush wildly and smile a bit. 'Wow,' Nick thought, 'she really is shy.'
Kevin, Joe, Nick, Demi and Alyson went back to congratulate them. As they opened the back room door, they saw people's family hugging them, and a couple actors playing DDR. Nick gave the room a glance. No Ella. Where was she? She was the main character!
As the room calmed down and people filtered out, it was just Joe, Kevin, Nick, Demi, Alyson, Evan, Leah, who played Caitlin, and Tyler, who played Nate.
"So, where is Ella?" Joe asked.
"Oh, she's talking to some little kids about the show." Tyler replied.
The door opened and in stepped Ella. She looked extremely tired and extremely happy.
"Oh my god, Ella!" Leah gushed and ran over to her and started talking to her. Nick guess they were best friends. Ella smiled a little at something Leah said and Nick was mesmerized. After a bit everyone sort of broke off into groups. Demi, Alyson and Leah started talking about some 'totally hot' star; Evan, Tyler, Kevin and Nick were talking about writing music, which apparently Evan did. Ella went over to the drink table to get some water and leant against it. Nick watched as Joe walked over slowly, lean beside her, and whisper something in her ear that made her blush. She said something to him and he smiled slightly. Nick was imploding with jealousy. Suddenly, Ella said something to Joe, and they both looked over at Nick. He instantly blushed and looked away. Joe walked away from the table to talk with the girls. As he passed Nick, he sent him a wink.
Gathering his courage, Nick stood up and made his way over to the table. She didn't look up until he was right in front of her.
"Hello." She said quietly, not looking in his eyes.
"Hey, I'm Nick." He stuck out his hand and tried to catch her eye. She took it and looked up. They made eye contact and she blushed slightly, smiling.
Nick grinned at her." You have an amazing voice! Have you ever considered being a professional?"
"Oh…well…," she mumbled flustered," I'd love to but I don't think I have what it takes."
"What do you mean?" Nick was confused. He thought she had the whole package.
"Well," she replied in her quiet tone, "To be a famous singer, don't you have to be super talented, gorgeous, and …outgoing or something like that."
Nick looked at her with wide eyes. "You have all of that! You have an amazing voice. Probably one of the best I've ever heard. As for the outgoing part….you do seem a little quiet but personally I think it's endearing. And you're incredibly gorgeous!" Nick had been able to say that whole little rant without blushing at all, which for him, was kind of a big deal. Ella, on the other hand, was blushing, looking down at her feet and smiling slightly.
"You really think so?"
"Absolutely."
For only the second time in the entire conversation, Ella looked up into his eyes. Though she was taller than her friend Leah, she still was only 5'5. She grinned at him.
"Thank You." She said sincerely.