I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO 'ALL SHOOK UP!' I CREATED THIS STORY FOR ENJOYMENT! I OWN NOTHING!
"Don't you wanna get out of here?" Tim asks.
"Yeah-" Phoebe answers.
"Break the speed limit!"
"Yeah-"
"Maybe find yourself a man?"
"Oh, yeah!"
"When your heart gets restless, time to move along-" Tim sings.
"Ah! Excellent Tim! Now, we're going to skip to Natalie's part at the bottom of the page-and Phoebe, sing out, make sure we can hear you! And Tim, don't forget your entrance!" The music director, Ms. Musi Cal says.
"Uh, okay...now?"
"Yes, now."
"Okay...I gotta follow that dream wherever that dream may lead!" Phoebe sings.
"Follow that Dream!" Tim comes in.
"I gotta follow that dream to find the love I need!"
"Ah, nicely done! NEXT!" She says. Tim and Phoebe give the scripts to the next people in line. Ms. Musi Cal was making everyone try out for the roles of Chad and Natalie, two of the ten leads in the play. 'All Shook Up' is a 50's play, inspired by Elvis Music, and Ms. Musi Cal kept telling all of the tryouts to be, feel, and live Elvis. Phoebe hadn't planned on trying out for the play because she was shy, and neither had the others. In fact, they were all, kinda, forced into it.
Earlier that week...
"Okay Phoebe, truth or dare?" Wanda asked. The gang was in Arnold's basement, since Arnold was the only one in the group with a basement. They all thought the group needed some 'privacy' from others, and what's more private than a basement?
"Truth-no, dare, no truth, no-"
"Just pick one already!"
"Okay fine, Dare." Wanda's eyes twinkled mischievously.
"I dare you and everyone else in the group to try out for the school play." Everyone groaned.
"Wanda! Remember the last time we were in a school play? It was third grade, and it was bad." Keesha had pointed out.
"We all weren't bad. Take Phoebe for instance, her part was un-be-leaf-able!" Carlos joked.
"Carlos!" Everyone in the group cried in unison.
"But Wanda, we do the rest of us have to try out for the school play too? It was Phoebe's dare." DA asked.
"Well, a dare's a dare, and you can't back down, or you know the consequences! Need I remind you?" Wanda threatened. Everyone shook their head. "Good, who's next?"
"I am!" Arnold cried. "Wanda, truth or dare?"
"I never choose truth! You know that! I'm not a wimp like the rest of you! Dare!"
"Okay then. Wanda, I dare you to try out for the school play too." Wanda hung her head.
"I should've seen that one coming."
That's why the 8 friends were all trying out. No one ever backed down from a dare after they created 'The Consequence for Being a Wimp.' Whatever they were dared would be so much better than that. Anything could be better than that.
Phoebe and Tim walked out of the auditorium and met up with their friends, who had already auditioned, outside in front of the backside of the school. Ralphie, Keesha, Wanda, Arnold, Carlos, and DA were waiting for them. They start to walk to Arnold's house.
"Geez, that took FOR-EVER." Wanda complains.
"It was your idea, Wanda, and you dragged us all into it." Arnold says.
"Yeah yeah, I know, but, who know's? The cast list comes out tonight, and maybe one of us will get a leading role!"
"That's not a very big chance, Wanda." Ralphie says, turning to face her. "And besides, do you want a main role?"
"I don't know, I mean, I am an awesome talent, that's why I got Jack in 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' but it might be cool to get a lead, as long as I have a good, supporting co-star, don't cha think?"
"Eh, if I was going for any role, which I'm really not, it would have to be Chad." Carlos says. "He's cool, rides a motorbike, wears cool clothes, and he's basically the hero of the story. I definitely don't want to be dorky Dennis, though. He's such a nerd." Ms. Musi Cal made everyone who was trying out read about all of the characters, themes, etc., but she made sure she left the ending a secret.
"Mine would be Miss Sandra." DA says, "She's smart, classy, and doesn't fall for unsophisticated roustabouts like Chad, and some other people we know." she looks at Carlos.
"Hey! I'm not a roustabout!"
"You're unsophisticated and want to play the roustabout!"
"So?"
"So, basically you're-"
"Okay! Anyway, of course, I'm going out for Natalie! Anyone else trying out for Natalie?" Wanda yells over the arguing friends.
"I think it would be cool to play Natalie, so yeah, I hope I get Natalie, or at least a named character." Keesha answers.
"I was thinking about going out for Chad." Ralphie says.
"Me too," Tim adds, "Chad has a lot of cool parts from what Ms. Musi Cal told us. What about you, Phoebe? What role do you want?"
"I, uh, I don't know, I guess any role would be fine, unless it's the mayor. She's mean and loud, and I don't think I could play her. She's like my polar opposite." They finally reach Arnold's house. The friends head down to the basement. DA, Phoebe, and Keesha do their homework, while the boys and Wanda start playing a video game. After about an hour, all of the gang sits in a circle and plays truth or dare.
"Truth or Dare?" Tim asks.
"Truth." Phoebe answers.
"If you get a main role and you have to kiss a co-star, who would you want that co-star to be out of us?" Phoebe turns bright red.
"Well, uh, gee, I don't know, I really, uh, um-"
"Guys! Look at the time!" Wanda interrupts Phoebe. They check the clock, which says it's after ten. "The cast list should be up by now! Arnold, pull up the website!" Arnold, Wanda, and everyone else runs up to the computer. Phoebe lets out a sigh of relief. Now everyone had forgotten about her question, and she wouldn't have to answer it. Arnold types in the long URL that Ms. Musi Cal gave them. He clicks go and the internet searches for it. "Oh, come on, come on!" Wanda cries in anticipation. Finally, the page shows up. Arnold clicks the 'casting' button and the list appears.
"Whoa."
"No way."
"Wanda Li-Natalie." Wanda reads off. "Yes!" She fists pumps in the air, spinning around. "Who got Chad?" The group looks down at the Chad spot on the listing.
"Whoa." Keesha says, "No way! It's, it's-"
"ARNOLD!?" Wanda cries. "How, what-huh? I thought you said you didn't want to play Chad! You told us you wanted to be a small part or Dennis!"
"I did! I do! I don't know why-" Arnold stumbles. He hits his head on the desk. Carlos looks at the screen.
"Wait, if I didn't get Chad, who did I-" Carlos stops mid sentence. Arnold scrolls down to reveal the next two boxes. Ralphie snickers. "No."
"Oh yes!" Ralphie laughs. "You got the nerd part, bro!" Carlos stares mouth agape at the screen.
"I'm, I'm...Dennis?" Carlos says, totally depressed.
"That's right! And I got Miss Sandra!" DA says. "Scroll down, Arnold, let's see the rest of the list." Arnold scrolls down, revealing the last few boxes.
"Dean?" Ralphie says confused, "I got Dean? The army school guy? Gosh... Who gets to play my love interest? Is it someone hot?" He looks at the box. "Oh no."
"Oh yes." Keesha says. "That's right, Ralphie, I got Lorraine. Ha!"
"Uh, Keesha, you do realize we have to fall in love, right?" Keesha's smile wipes clean off her face. "NO! Oh man!" The group turns their attention back to the screen.
"Looks like I got the sheriff." Tim says. "And look who's playing the cold-hearted, evil, loud, obnoxious mayor." Everyone gasps.
"Oh no." Phoebe cries. "Not me, no way. What was she thinking? I can't do that role! I'm-"
"Hhhmmm, I don't know the people who are playing Sylvia and Jim.." Tim says. "Oh well, it doesn't really matter."
"Hey, why does my name have a star next to it?" Carlos asking, pointing at the screen.
"I don't know, maybe Ms. Musi Cal has something planned for you." DA replies.
"Well, Ms. Musi Cal must have something planned, because this list is all screwed up. Arnold as Chad? Carlos as Dennis? Phoebe as THE MAYOR? Something's not right here."
"Look, a note." Arnold says, scrolling all the way down to the end of the page, past the list of ensemble members. "Look a few of them have stars by their names too." Arnold shows Carlos. "I'll read the message aloud: Thank you for the spectacular auditions, and congrats to all of our leads! I know we are going to put on a spectacular play! If any of you have stars by your names, you have received a special role for the play. Remember, all parts are important, and that I put a lot of time and thought into these parts. All parts are final unless I say otherwise. Thank you for auditioning and I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! Musically yours, Ms. Musi Cal."
"Well," Wanda says, "I guess that's that. See ya tomorrow guys." The group members head to their homes, and think about the confusing casting, all of them with the same question in their head:
"What was Ms. Musi Cal thinking?"