A VERY POTTER FANFIC

"And do it all with my best friend Ron cause together we're totally awesome!"

"Yeah cause together we're totally awesome! Did someone call me?"

"Cut!" the director, Matt Lang, sighed angrily.

"Why? What did we do?" Darren asked, breaking character from the Harry Potter he'd created.

"Gah! That's like the four hundred thousandth time we've done those lines! What's the problem this time?" Joey exclaimed.

"Calm down, Richter." Nick Lang, the assistant director, patted the actor on the shoulder. "You know we've been having trouble with that line."

"It just doesn't flow well!" Matt explained.

"Yes, yes, we know." Darren rolled his eyes. "But that's not his fault. You shouldn't take out your frustration on him."

"Thanks, man." Joey nudged him affectionately.

"Why don't we just take a break and rehearse another scene?" Nick suggested.

"Because we've only got a few days left before our final dress rehearsal, and we need to make this work." Was Matt's immediate retort.

"Fine. We'll run it again." Darren sighed, resuming his position on the box serving as his trunk. "But I'm only gonna do this one more time, then I'm taking a break. I've been here since five am, tweaking the lyrics and chords for the opening song, so I'm kind of getting sick of singing the same thing over and over again."

"Geeze… five AM? Really?" Joey's eyes widened almost comically.

"Yeah. Being the 'music guy' for a show was a horrid idea."

"I'll bet… I'm glad I'm just the talent of the show."

Darren gave him an incredulous look before smirking. "…yeah. You're the talent."

"Damned straight I am."

"Darren! Can you believe it? We're a hit!" Joey exclaimed excitedly after they exited the stage.

"I knew we would be. After all, we are totally awesome." The brunette laughed.

"No, man. TOGETHER we're totally awesome." The faux redhead corrected with mock solemnity.

"Well of course." He laughed. "Man, can you believe how many opportunities this is gonna open up for us? Especially once we put this up on YouTube? God! We're gonna be huge!"

"Nah… You're gonna be huge."

"What do you mean?"

"Darren, you're the one who wrote the music, who starred in the damn thing. People are going to be begging to get you on their show, in their movies. You're the one the public wants."

"Oh, come on. It's not like that—"

"But it totally is. Just… promise me one thing, okay?"

"Of course."

"After you're a huge star, and America can't even remember what the hell StarKid Potter was… Promise you won't forget about me, okay? Keep in touch and all that." Joey coughed, shifting uncomfortably. "I know it sounds lame, but—"

"Dude, relax. I'm not going anywhere." Darren smiled, wrapping an arm around the other's shoulder. "And even if I did, you're way to important to me for me to just forget about or never talk to again. We're best friends… And nothing's gonna change that."

"I know… It's just… I don't wanna lose you. This is gonna sound weird, but you're the part of me that makes me better, and I don't wanna say goodbye."

"Well, you don't have to." Darren grinned. "Hey… what you just said would make a great song…"

THE END