RING RING RING!

The obnoxious ringing of my phone woke me up from a wonderful dream, though I forgot it instantly. I picked up the phone and answered sleepily "What the hell do you want, Donny?"

"Whoa, bad day? Anyway, I've got an audition lined up for you today," he replied.

"Way to fucking tell me! When is it?" I asked.

"In an hour, so get your ass out of bed. I'll meet you there," he said, and then gave me the address. Then we hung up.

I'm Veronica, but my friends usually call me Vira or V. I'm 20 years old and I live in Los Angeles. I'm a professional dancer, mostly for music videos and stuff like that, and Donny's my manager. Sometimes I hate him, like right now. It's fucking 9 in the morning and I have an audition in an hour, not to mention that I don't even know what I'm auditioning for. Could be a Britney Spears video, could be a tampon commercial. Whatever. I got dressed in what I would usually wear to an audition.

I didn't bother to have breakfast; I just bolted out the door. It took me a while to find the place I was supposed to be, but I eventually got there. I saw Donny's car in the parking lot and parked 2 spaces away. I was 10 minutes early, so I took my time going into the building.

I walked into a big lobby with a check-in table by the entrance. I went over to it. "Name please," the lady who was sitting behind it said.

"Veronica Chadsworth," I replied. The lady wrote something down on a piece of paper and then handed me a number card and a safety pin.

"Good luck," she said, not looking at me.

"Thanks," I replied, pinning the number to my sweatshirt. There was a doorway to the left so I walked in and found myself in a gigantic theater.

There were a few other dancers sitting in the first rows and three people sitting at a table in front of the stage, obviously the judges. Donny was talking to one of them. I walked over.

"Hey," I said.

"Oh hi V. Denise, this is my client, Veronica. Veronica, this is Denise. She's one of the judges today and also a good friend of mine," said Donny.

"That's cool, but you still haven't told me what I'm auditioning for," I said.

"Oh yeah, it's some music video for a band called... um... Denise what are they called again?" Donny said.

"My Chemical Romance," Denise said. My head almost exploded.

"What? Oh my god I love them!" I practically screamed, "What song is it for?"

Denise looked through some papers and then replied, "Um... Sing." It just so happens that was my favorite song at the moment. I tried to keep my fangirlingness to a minimum, though.

"Um... is the band going to be here?" I asked hopefully.

"Yeah," Denise said, looking at her watch, "Actually they were supposed to be here 15 minutes ago..." Just then, they walked in. I wouldn't have been surprised if a chorus of angels started singing. They waved to the judges and then sat in the back row of the theater.I went and sat with the other dancers.

"I can't believe I'm in the same room as Gerard Way!" I squealed to one of them.

"Who?" they all said, almost in unison. I couldn't believe it. How could they not know who Gerard Way is? After all, they ARE auditioning for a My Chem music video. I was about to explain when one of the judges stood up and started talking to us.

"Good morning, ladies. Welcome to the audition. As you know, you were supposed to have a one minute dance prepared for us. First will be number 1, Angela Lockhart," she said. I started freaking out. I want this part more than anything and I don't have a dance or any music. Donny must have seen my dismay, because he texted me.

The text said "dont flip out. i have the music from the lady gaga audition u can just do that dance."

I texted back "ok thx for fuckin telling me in advance so i could actually practice it! (much sarcasm intended)" He gave me a dirty look from across the room and we went back to watching the other dancers. Well, at least he was watching. I was trying to inconspicuously stare at Gerard. He caught me a few times, and smiled. I smiled back, blushed, and looked away.

Before I knew it, the judge was saying "Number 9, Veronica Chadsworth." I grabbed my CD from Donny as I walked up to the stage. I gave it to the judge and she put it in the CD player that was on the table, waited for me to get ready, and hit play.

The moves came back to me instantaneously, and I danced my heart out with a rush of adrenaline. I didn't even think about Gerard or the judges, just how bad I wanted this part.

When I was done, I walked off the stage with a smile on my face. I heard someone clapping and looked back at the judges, but it wasn't them. It wasn't Donny either. It was Gerard, giving me a one man standing ovation. Then Frank stood up and started clapping too, then Mikey, then Bob, then Ray. I almost fainted. They hadn't done that for any of the other dancers. The judges pretended not to notice, though they were all smiling. "Okay, let's get to the tumbling portion of the tryout," said Denise. Great. Another thing Donny didn't tell me about. Good thing I've been a gymnast and cheerleader since like second grade.

Two men rolled out a cheer mat onto the stage. The judges called out number 1's name and she walked up to the edge of the mat. She only did a round off back tuck; actually I thonk most of the girls did that, but I couldn't be sure because I was staring at Gerard again. He mouthed "Good job" to me and I mouthed back "Thanks". Then he smiled his amazing smile, which made me blush. Then the judges called my name. I walked up to the edge of the mat and did a round off double flip flop to full. My hat fell off but I stuck the landing. Yay! I picked up my hat and looked at Gerard as I walked back to my seat and he winked, which made me blush AGAIN.

Well that's it for chapter 1! Read chapter 2 to know if she got the part!