Paper or Plastic: When Carey Met Kurt

Chapter 1

It's been 4 years since Carey turned 18 and she has been trying really hard ever since to make it big in the business, the show business that is. Her dream is to either do music or musical theater; she even saved up all of her money to move to New York City after graduating college last year, but was only able to afford a really cheap apartment. While she is not trying to find auditions for musicals or singing gigs at clubs or singing at open mic nights, she got a job waitressing at restaurant and even became friends with some of the girls. Now it's her 22nd birthday and she is hoping she will find a good way to celebrate it.

Carey was just finishing up her shift when Shelly one of the other waitresses came up to her in the back of the restaurant. She took a breakfast shift so it wouldn't interfere too much with her birthday

"Carey, Diane ran into this guy in the subway the other day and he is apparently a Rody for some new band and they are playing tonight at this club, we HAVE TO GO!" Shelly begged of Carey

"But I thought we were going to have a girls' night for my birthday, you know go rent some tapes and order some Pizza and just hang out," Carey said

"Yeah, but this will be so much more fun!"

"Okay fine, I'll come" Carey gave in

"Thank you, I am going to tell Diane," Shelly said "and don't worry we'll go out to eat after and celebrate your birthday,"

After going around to local coffee shops, restaurants, and clubs to sing up for open mic nights Carey decided to pick something up to wear to the club tonight with some of the birthday money her mother sent her. After looking around she finally found the perfect affordable outfit, but after buying that she still had some money left over so she decided to treat herself to a few more birthday items and ended up with quite a few bags. When she got off the subway she bumped into someone who was getting on the subway and caused her to drop her bags and everything fell out of them.

"Hey watch where you're going!" the guy yelled at her

"Excuse me!" Carey yelled right back, she was going to apologize but that was before he was so rude.

"I said…" the guy started to yell. "Oh, you're a girl," he said in a fascinated voice.

"First of all, I am 22 so I am a woman. Second of all, what the hell is that supposed to mean!" Carey snapped at him, she could tell that he was a sexist jerk who only cared about hooking up with girls.

"Wow, feisty! I like it,"

"You disgust me, so leave!" Carey yelled at him.

"Baby, don't be like that," the guy responded.

"I am not your baby," Carey said obviously disgusted at him. "You know what I don't need to deal with a jerk stranger like you, I'm leaving," Carey said then picking up her bags and leaving.

When Carey got home she couldn't not stop thinking about the guy, it was so bad that she started talking to herself.

"I cannot believe that guy! He was so full of himself, such a jerk, so sexist! I can't believe him, calling me his baby like I am something that can be owned. It's 80s, Women are not property!" Carey said while pacing back and forth "Then again he was really good looking, NO! Carey you can't think he's hot, you told yourself you will no longer be attracted to bad boys, the last bad you liked stole your car and ran off with your best friend," Carey had a bad luck when it came to guys. "You need to get him off your mind Carey. I know I'll look for auditions,"

Carey then grabbed the piles of newspapers and flyers she had sitting next to her couch. There were a few that she found that seemed interesting one of them being "Paper and Plastic" although it was Off-Off-Broadway and probably won't run long or pay much it would get her foot in the door and she thought maybe she would move up to Off-Broadway and then Broadway. Some of the ones that she was considering had audition times the same time as her work shifts but the "Paper and Plastic" auditions were right after her lunch rush shift tomorrow, Carey took this as a sign. Carey looked up at the clock and noticed what time it was, Shelly and Diane would be by in about a half hour. Carey put down her stack of newspapers and started getting ready. When she was finished there was a knock on her door.

"Ready to go?" Diane said wearing a super short shiny dress .

"Wow, could your dress be anymore short!" Carey could that Diane was planning on possibly hooking up with one of the band members.

"You like it?" Diane was unaware that Carey was saying it was a bad kind of short.

"Sure… Let's go." Carey said grabbing her purse and shutting her door behind her.

The club was a small one with a bar and only a few tables in it. Carey could tell that this band Diane found out about wasn't that popular or they weren't that good, either way there was no turning back now. The girls grabbed seats at the bar because they were planning on standing up close to the stage when the band came on.

"So Diane, when is the band going to play?" Shelly asked

"I think any minute," Diane said before taking a drink of her alcoholic beverage.

"Good. The sooner they play, the sooner we can go out to eat," Carey said before finishing off her water, she did not want to drink any alcohol because she had work tomorrow, even though it was her birthday.

"Yeah, whatever," Diane said, Carey could tell that Diane was not planning on going out to eat for Carey's birthday like Shelly promised

A man then walked onto the stage introducing the band, the girls got out of their seats and rushed up to the edge of the stage. Carey was then shocked when the band came on stage, she could not believe who the lead singer was. The lead singer was the disgusting sexist jerk that she met at the subway; she did not want to hear his voice again especially not in song. Carey decided to leave but when she tried turning away to leave Diane pulled her right back.