Marley looked at herself in the mirror, finished doing her makeup and straightened her hair. She walked to her closet and picked up her shoes.
"Come on Mar, you're going to be late!" shouted her best friend Sam from the living room. She put her shoes on and came out of her room.
She was getting ready for a job interview in a cafe, they needed a singer for weekend nights and she was really nervous. The reason was, she hadn't sang in public since Nationals in Glee Club six years ago and since then, the only person she had sang to was Sam and her mother.
"Finally, I was getting old." Sam said sarcastically. Marley rolled her eyes but smiled.
"Don't be so dramatic. Let's go." She said grabbing her arm and pushing her out the door.
They didn't had a car so they had to walk to the cafe. It was a bit cold outside, it was 7:30 in the afternoon and the streets were starting to get empty, there were only a few people left.
The cold reminded her of the times she used to have late night walks in Lima, sometimes, almost at the end of the school year with Kitty, that had become her best friend after loosing Nationals. They would talk for hours about stuff like their lives or boys or sometimes they just walked in comfortable silence around the town.
She hadn't seen Kitty since Sue made the Glee kids leave school, and she heard from Unique, who kept in touch with everyone in Glee club, that the blonde had remained in McKinley High for her senior year because she was a cheerleader and Sue let her stay and Marley went to another school to finish high school and they didn't spoke much after. She only kept in touch with Unique but also lost contact when she moved to LA for college.
They finally arrived and when they entered the place, they saw it was pretty crowded. It seemed that the people knew about the auditions and they had told Marley that the winner was going to be chosen by the public. She started getting more nervous and she felt Sam's hand squeezing her shoulder. She moved her head to look at her friend.
"Don't worry Mar, you're going to be amazing, they're gonna love you." She smile at her and turned around facing all the customers.
Sam left to find a table to sit, Marley took a deep breath and walked through the people until she reached the owner of the place which she recognized from when she saw him a week ago to ask for information and he told her that she had to audition the next Friday night.
"Okay, you're up after two more girls." He told her after telling him her name and then he walked away.
She watched the girl, from around the same age as Marley, that was performing the song 'Armor' and she sounded amazing, but she didn't appear to feel the music, her face looked like a robot, no sign of emotion. She finished the song and everyone clapped. Marley didn't. If they were looking for a good singer no matter what they looked like then she was screwed. The next two girls sounded good but not amazing, it didn't helped that the music that they'd chosen was boring as hell.
Finally it was Marley's turn. She walked to the stage, after handing the sheet of music to the piano man, and stood in front of the micro phone . She spotted Sam on a table in the left corner of the place sitting on a table, Sam looked at her, gave her a thumbs up and a reassuring smile that calmed her nerves a bit. And then the music started.
Moon river,
wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style
Some day
Oh, dream maker,
you heart breaker
Wherever you're going,
I'm going your way
Two drifters,
off to see the world
There's such a lot of world
To see
We're after the same rainbow's end
Waiting round the bend
My huckleberry friend
Moon river and me
Marley finished the song and everyone clapped. Her nerves had calmed down in the middle of the song and she was now feeling relaxed.
She came down from the stage and walked to the table where Sam was sitting. When she saw Marley she stood up and gave her a hug.
"You where incredible! You had to see the face of most of the people here, their jaws were on the floor." Marley smiled at her and Sam hugged her again.
"Thank you, but I was dying up there. I thought I was going to throw up in front of everyone." Marley said sitting on the chair in front of her.
"But you didn't, and I'm sure you are getting this job." She says.
They stayed for a while just drinking club soda and listening to the background music. It had been three hours when they decided to go home. They stood up and walked out to the cold of the night. They walk to their home and Marley changed to a comfy pajamas. She sat on the couch and played a movie. A few minutes later Sam came out of her room also wearing pajamas and sat next to Marley. They stayed in a comfortable silence just enjoying the movie but then Sam turned her head towards her friend.
"So, when are they going to call you?" She asked the brunette.
"Well, first of all, we are not sure if I'm going to receive a call." Marley was trying to think of the probability that she might never get a call. It was posible that everyone in there thought she sang terrible and that they preferred de poker face girl instead of her.
"Come on Mar, I know you are going to get a call." Sam reassured her.
"Alright if you say so." Marley sighed. She didn't want to get her hopes up. "So they are supposed to call in the next few days." She informed her.
"You are going to get the job and then you are going to become famous and then you are going to perform in Broadway and then.."
Marley cut her off putting her hand on her mouth. "Stop rambling, and don't be so exaggerated, I don't want to be on Broadway." She put her hand down and Sam rolled her eyes at her.
"I know, I know but who knows maybe you can become a famous singer even if it's not Broadway."
"Maybe, but it depends on if I get that call or not." She said. Sam just nods and returned her gaze towards the TV.
But Marley was worried. If they didn't called her then that would mean that she sucked on the audition and that they didn't liked her. And if she didn't get a job on a little cafe, what were the chances to be a recognized singer?
