Take Me Out Tonight
Rating: PG 13
Disclaimer: Wish they were mine… alas they are not
Summary: Grissom told her she should get a diversion and she did. (Involves the musical Rent!) GSR
A/N – So this story has been playing around in my head for a long while. Sara uses her talents and performs on stage in a Las Vegas 1 night production of Jonathan Larson's Rent!
Disclamer – CSI isn't mine, and neither is Rent. Sigh But I love them both.
Chapter 1
Sara, you need a diversion, Grissom's voice continuously ran through her head.
Sara, did anyone tell you that you have a nice voice? Nick's compliment many years ago always stuck with her.
The combination of those two statements ran through her head as she looked at the corkboard that was set outside the supermarket.
The original plan was to grab orange juice and lettuce from the market and head straight home. Sara really could use the sleep after the double she just pulled. However, as she passed the bulletin board on her way to her Denali, she could not help but notice the bright red flyer that stuck out predominantly against the ads for guitar lessons and roommates.
Sara examined the document closely and read "Open Casting for a 1 night only production of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent! Strong singing voices required. Some acting experience is necessary. Come prepared with one song from the musical. Rehearsals run 1 pm – 4pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Auditions – March 3. Performance – May 20"
Sara had to admit that she was intrigued by the idea. The rehearsal times did not conflict with her work schedule. She also noticed that the day of the performance landed on Eckile's mandatory day off for the night shift. Apparently Eckile believed that forcing everyone to take a unified day off would help prevent burn outs.
Sara debated the idea in her head for a couple of minutes before she decided that she would at least try out. She loved Rent when she saw it on Broadway with a couple of her old college friends. After the performance she immediately got the soundtrack and the sheet music. She also enjoys singing and she is not a stranger to the stage after performing in numerous plays back in college.
What the hell? Sara thought as she jotted down the information on the back of her receipt. She went back to her car and drove home.
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After Sara got home and put away the food she bought, she reviewed the information she scribbled down on the receipt. She checked her calendar and realized that March 3rd was only a week away!
She went to her library of books on the shelf and searched for her long forgotten book of sheet music. She opened up the old, dusty binder, and was pleasantly surprised to find all of her Rent music still intact.
She brought the binder to her computer and searched for her Rent Soundtrack. She opened the files and tried to remember what Archie said about hoe to isolate the accompaniment away from the singer's voice. After playing around with it, she finally got rid of the voice and was able just to hear the accompaniment.
She decided to sing something that was a bit more on the wild side. Out of the collection she chose the song "Out Tonight" which is sung by Mimi in the play.
Here goes nothing Sara thought as she started the music. She sang along with the track a couple of times before she decided to get some sleep.
As her head hit the pillow she thought to herself Well, I'm trying to find a diversion. I'll just go to the audition and see what happens. Maybe that flyer was a sign that I need to move on and stop pining after Grissom.
TBC? What did you think? Reviews Please!
