I do not own Oklahoma! ... I apologize if the accents are a bit off, I do have a script from the play, but I wasn't really in the mood to go and try to find every word to see how they say it when I wrote this story.
I am Currently in Oklahoma! production is March 31st - April 9th. I play Virginia, hence the story
Much Love, Vas :3

Virginia's Song

Chapter 1

The Wedding

Virginia held her body against the great tree that dug its roots deep into the Oklahoma earth. She wound the braided gold chain of the shining watch around her pale, spindly fingers. The brisk night air blew golden strands of tangled hair across her face, hiding her bright blue eyes and unblemished ivory skin. She paused as she pushed a stand of stray hair behind her ear; she let her eyes wander to the dark sky that hung over head. Millions of stars were shining like diamonds on black satin. A smiled traced its way across her face as the sound of chirping crickets met her ears, the strange feeling of a surreal calm excited her.

Virginia. Her name was the most misleading attribute about her, Virginia seemed a name more fitting for a school girl who always did her homework and would never dream of going against the rules. Naturally, Virginia had a very sweet nature and was kindly; this had earned her the reputation as the innocent one, however if someone left their wallet unguarded, they would come back to find it considerably lighter then when they left it. This unladylike feature came from having parents who never cared about her. Her parents did foot the bills for some of her education but most of the time they were never there when she needed them most.

One event that stood fastened in her mind happened one day when she was very young. She had never settled well at school for she was never designated in with the good kids or the troublemakers. One of the boys had made jeers at her family. With a burning rage she let lose a flying punch and hit the boy square in the jaw sending him tumbling backwards. This tipped a chain reaction through the rest of the boy's gang. Virginia ended up running home, crying, with a nosebleed and a black eye. She pushed her way into the house to find nothing but a note saying that her mother and father had gone away and that Eller, their neighbor, was to take care of her. That was how she met and became friends with Laurey.

She looked down at the gold watch entwined around her fingers. She led the heavy gold chain fall free as she grasped the watch itself and looked at the time that was displayed on its face. 8:37pm. She looked up into the sky as the stars twinkled above her. She closed the watch cover and put it into a cut out pocket on her pale blue apron.

"Virginia!" Someone had called her named.

She turned around to see Kate standing in the doorway of the two-story house that was alive with activity for that night was the reception of Laurey and Curley's Wedding. The warm golden light that spilled through the door was a welcome sight from the blackness of the surrounding night. Kate had a short stature compared to Virginia with waves of brown almost black hair that fell just shy of her shoulders. Her deep brown eyes were glowing from the liveliness of the party.

"You all right?" she asked as she tilted her head to one side. Virginia nodded as Kate then broke into a smile.

"Then come inside, your missing all the fun." She said as she stepped from the doorway and let a passage by her big enough for another person to squeeze by her. Virginia blinked and the ghost of a smile crossed her face. Virginia never really smiled unless situation called for it, however on the very night of Laurey's wedding, even with all the activity and bustle, she found no reason to smile, and no reason for happiness. Something at the back of her mind told her that this night of joyous celebration was going to end abruptly and someone was not going to be here to see another night.

"I'm a-comin'" Virginia said as Kate bowed her head and went back inside the house. Virginia looked to the sky and gave one last lingering sign into the night air before she turned heal and slipped inside the house. Immediately the shouts and laughter of many people met her ears. The wedding celebration was well underway and she had been trying to avoid it. Instantly she felt someone hook arms with her. It was Kate; she started to lead Virginia toward the stairway.

"Laurey's jist upstairs getting' ready" Kate explained

Virginia broke away from her and took a couple steps back.

"I'll come up in a little while," The blonde said as she turned away from Kate.

"If'ats whut you wan'" Kate bowed and they scurried back up the stairs.

Virginia watched her go into one of the rooms that had a door open to the hallway, as soon as she enter the door shut. Virginia looked away as something caught her eye as she was trying to find Aunt Eller.

Ike Skidmore, by her reckoning one of the richest people in town. He had an extremely small stature, no more than five feet at the most, but he was the same way wide as he was tall. Thinning wisps of gray hair were combed back as best he could as he wore his signature navy suit with a gold vest and white shirt. A cowboy standing in front of him asked him the time; Mr. Skidmore's gold pocket watch was his signature item.

"Jist a moment" he said as he reached into his vest pocket to find the watch. The smile on his face was suddenly replaced by a look of the up most concern. He turned the right pocket of his vest inside out to expose nothing but air inside it. He then did the left pocket to find nothing inside of it as well. He continued to search every pocket on him, after his investigation his hands came up empty.

"Lose sumpin'?" The Cowboy asked.

"My Watch's gone!" Skidmore shouted.

"Whut's goin' on here?" Aunt Eller came up beside Ike Skidmore as the short man rechecked all his pockets again. Aunt Eller was a short woman with surprisingly full brown hair for her age. She had a dumpy figure but she was a force to be reckoned with if the need called for it.

"My Watch's gone…" Skidmore said again in frustration.

"Well, It couldn' have gotten fur," Eller said as she looked Skidmore in the eye.

Virginia held the gold watch in her hand; she felt the outer covering get clammy from the warmth of her hand. She looked down at its gold face with its intricate lines swirling around its face. The tiny snakes curled around its center. She sighed as she changed direction and wove her way through the crowd to Mr. Skidmore's side. She tapped him on the shoulder. The short man turned around to face the blonde woman who stood next to him.

"Mr. Skidmore," she said timidly as she held out the gold watch to him. As soon as his brown eyes fell across the watch the look on his face lightened as his look of worry faded into relief.

"Thank you, M'dear" he sighed as he took the watch from Virginia's spidery fingers. Virginia smiled, Skidmore looked at her with a questioning look. It was obvious that he was going to ask her where she had found it, but Virginia was way ahead of him with a probably excuse already formulated.

"T'was on the groun'. By the Stairs…" The Blonde woman explained to him.

Mr. Skidmore nodded, he seemed to accept this answer as perfectly possible from the amount of people that were crowded into the two story house, anything could have happened. As soon as the watch rested safely in his hand, he flipped open the face cover and looked at the gleaming face.

"Eight Forty one, Sir." He said to the Cowboy standing in front of him.

The cowboy tipped his hat in thanks and then went back to the celebration that was continuing unaware of the watch incident that had just occurred in their midst. Virginia curtsies to Ike and then disappears into the crowd that floods the house. She turns back to the spindly staircase that led up to the second floor. She smoothed her hand over the banister, before she even puts a foot on the stairs; she lets her eyes go up to the second floor to the Door that was the entrance to Laurey's Room. With a quick flick of her blonde hair and a sigh she started ascending the stairs.

She made sure that she skipped the six steps from the bottom for if anyone stepped on it, it would let out a thunderous creak. The story behind the squeak was an accident by her. One summer, of her sixth year, she stayed over at this house for a week, she and Laurey had been playing tag and she was trying to escape from Laurey. With lightning speed she had come tearing up the stairs and her foot caught on the sixth step wrenching it from where it set. It also caused poor Virginia to tumble down the stairs. It had been Thirteen years since that day and Aunt Eller had yet to fix the stair.

She stepped off the last step and looked down the short overhang as she came to Laurey's door and put her hand on the knob, she hesitated before she went in. Half a dozen girls invaded Laurey's room: Ellen, Kate, Vivian, Aggie, Susan, and Anna. Their chatter stopped suddenly when she came into the room; the only sound was the commotion of the outside party.

"'Lo Virginia" Vivian squeaked. Vivian was by far the youngest girl of Laurey's Posse. She was scrawny in stature with blonde hair and gray eyes. Laurey was seated at her vanity while Aggie brushed out her dark hair. The new Bride turned around in her seat to see Virginia. As soon as she saw her she smiled.

"Hey, Ginny." Laurey said.

Virginia slid by next her two best friends, Susan and Anna as the chatter resumed. Susan and Anna were about the same height as Virginia. Anna possessed almost the same pale color skin as Virginia, but she had deep brown hair that was complimented by green-blue eyes. Susan had a friendly face and affable aura about her; she had tawny color hair and kind brown eyes.

"Whut took you so long?" Anna hissed in Virginia's ear.

Virginia gave he a look as she looked to Susan who had a questioning expression.

"Awe, the night wus beautiful, I couldn' help bu' enjoy it…"

Susan and Anna looked to each other and then shrugged. This seemed like a perfectly respectable answer to them so they thought nothing of it. The chatter in the room went back to its usual din.

"You know what I heard, Virginia…" Ellen turned to look at the blonde haired woman. Ellen was short of stature with mousy hair and dull blue eyes. She earned a reputation as being the town gossip for she always knew about everybody else's business even though it never concerned her.

"I heard that Mike's been lookin' at you. Now tha's a smart match. You cain't argue with that…"

She would have continued babbling on about it despite the snickers and bemused giggles that arose with her first sentence had Laurey not stopped her. She probably saved Virginia from a lot of humiliation and endless rumors.

Virginia sighed. Mike was not much of a looker, but he was a lot smarter than a lot of the cowboys that roamed the town. He was a tall, lanky fellow with deep brown hair and muddy brown eyes. Virginia and Mike did get along well, but she never considered him as a person that she would want to settle down with if it ever came to that. She always had considered the tall cowboy just a friend.

"Naw…" Virginia said in retaliation "He's just my friend."

Ellen nodded and went back to chattering with Aggie and Kate. The three girls twitter was unbearable, they spoke at a level that was low enough so that another person couldn't hear, but they could catch names that were mentioned. It must have taken them an awfully long time to perfect that talent, but after a while Virginia started getting annoyed by it. Susan and Anna were talking behind Virginia about the male element. She tried to make out what Kate, Ellen and Aggie were saying.

"Naw, he wouldn' try nothin' on their Weddin' night…" She caught Aggie say.

"Besides" Kate shrugged "Has anyone even seen him lately?"

Virginia leaned her head to one side. Who were they talking about? She definitely did not have any idea of anyone who was not currently celebrating in the small two-story house.

"Who are we talkin' 'bout?" She asked.

There was an awkward silence between the four before Ellen answered for the other members of the gossip group.

"Jud Fry…" She said with a flick of her mousy hair. "No'uns seen him for a long time. You wouldn' have any idy where he was, would you?"

Virginia felt strangely cornered by that question. It was true she had not seen Jud in almost a week, but she was not a person to go meddling in others affairs without a personal invite. Ellen had asked her that question like she was the only one in the world who knew the correct answer.

"Why d'ya ask?" Virginia questioned.

"Well, I know you two talk sometimes, I just thought you'd know…" Ellen squeaked. The conversation about Jud was dropped. Virginia stepped away from the group and turned back to Susan and Anna who were twittering away.

"Hey Ginny," Susan called "I want to tell you sumpin'"

Virginia vaguely paid attention. She hated it when people called her Ginny. She only put up with it when Susan, Anna or Laurey said it. If anyone else called her that they might receive a bump in the nose depending on the mood she was in when they called her.

"Yesterday, Joe was watchin' me walkin' down the street. I dunno if he was thinkin' personal or not. I hope he was, he so handsome…" a dreamy look came over Susan's eyes as she told her story.

Anna just shook her head and rolled her eyes. "It's obvious he likes you, Susan. Why don' you just go and talk to him. I'd think he'd like it."

"Naw!" Susan hissed, "If'n I do, it'd be too obvious and then the rumors will begin…" She started babbling on about why she shouldn't go talk to Joe. Virginia started to Zone out after the fourth or fifth sentence. She let her eyes wander the look outside the open window that was on the north wall. The peach colored curtains swayed with the night breeze that was brewing.

With a gust of wind the peach curtains were blown open exposing the entire front yard, that was when Virginia saw something run across the lawn. She did not doubt that what she saw was not a fragment of the moonlight. She kept staring out the window even when the curtains settled back into place.

Susan was still talking when reality seemed to come back to her. Virginia put her hands up.

"I'm sorry, Girls, I'm gonna hafta go." She said as she stood up and started to head to the door.

"Alright…" came several voices in reply. "Bye!" all the girls shouted to her in unison as she went outside and closed the door behind her.

She slid down the stairs, not even bothering to skip the sixth step. She did not bother stopping when it let out a bone-rattling creak after her foot landed on it. She had to get outside before whatever she had seen disappeared. She ran into several people as she tried to get to the door as fast as she could. As soon as her fingertips hit the brass door handle she twisted it and wrenched the door open and exited into the Oklahoma night.