Yo! We're glad you liked the first chapter!
ANNOUNCEMENT: We've decided to announce a little project we're doing called Fix-It-Up February! Basically, we will not start anything new; we will be finishing up Accidentally in Love and keeping up with Center Stage. Meanwhile, anybody who requests our help will receive it from us! We will do brainstorms, help with plotholes and unsureness about where to take stories, and general grammar and spelling sweeps. PM if you're interested! We're also looking for helpers in this project, so PM if you're interested in that, and we'll post a list of our helpers in each chapter updated in February, as well as on our profile! (We will be checking the writings of our helpers to make sure we're not sending out inexperienced writers, so no worries.)
DISCLAIMER: Purple is green,
Orange is blue.
We don't own Austin and Ally (though we do own Maddy),
And We Don't Do Rhyming.
Center Stage
WARNING: MAJOR CURSING IN THIS CHAPTER. IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THEN GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.
Third Person
A sleepy looking blonde emerged, yawning and running her fingers through a messy ponytail.
"Where are her tits?" a male student commented.
"Excuse me?" the blonde said, looking offended.
"Her butt is so flat, I could balance my venti frapp on it," Cassidy snickered.
"Venti frapp? Seriously? It's like you went into Starbucks*1 and said, 'hi, just get me whatever the usual stereotypical white girl orders.'" *2
"You're white too, you know," Cassidy spluttered.
"Your mom is white." The girl muttered.
"Maddy!" Mrs. Whole chastised.
"What? She's allowed to stare at my butt and make comments about it, but I'm not allowed to talk about her mom?" Maddy asked.
"No, you are not!" Mrs. Whole scolded. "Now, before any more of this nonsense continues, tell everyone a little about yourself."
"Beep, beep!" Maddy looked at her cell phone screen. "Oh, it's for you. It's kindergarten. It wants it's getting-to-know-the-new-kid exercise back."
"You don't need to be sarcastic." Mrs. Whole glared.
"Yes, I do." Maddy said.
"No you don't. Just start the exercise." Mrs. Whole begged.
"Fine, whatever toots your horn." Maddy faced where most of the crowd had accumulated.
"Hi. I'm Maddy. I'm from New York. I have a younger brother, plus two older half-sisters and a bunch of other step-people I never remember. If you want to bring me food, I like toast with Nutella, Monster Energy, Gatorade, and any kind of chocolate. Y'know, except for white chocolate, because it's poser chocolate. I like to dance. So.. yeah." *3 finished lamely. "Oh! Also, I'm kind of ADHD, so if we're walking in the halls and I'm just kind of like 'squirrel,' then just know that that's completely normal."
"As most of you know, Maddie will be playing Gladys in our school play." Mrs. Whole finished. "Speaking of which, rehearsal is after school today. I understand if you have plans that you can't cancel, but please show up if it's possible."
AN: Time skip- rehearsal after school (by the way, if you didn't read either of the AN's, please read the section that is titled "announcement," as it's really important. It's the same announcement in the top and bottom.)
Ally's POV
I hurried into the theater, scanning the rows for my friends.
"Over here, Ally!" I heard Trish's voice from behind me. Spinning around, I grinned as I saw Trish, Dez and Austin smiling and waving their arms around. I hurried over to where they sat.
"I saved you a seat." Trish smiled, patting the seat next to her. She sat on the end, with Dez between her and Austin, who was closest to me. They had moved the farthest they could go into the aisle, so there were ten or so seats for me to climb over before I reached them.
"Aww, thanks!" I was about to climb over Austin and Dez to get to the seat to sit down when I felt a tap on my shoulder. Spinning around, I saw that new girl, Maddy, smiling crookedly at me.
"Hi! You're Ally, right?" She said, sounding friendly enough.
"Yes, I am. How did you know? Did I introduce myself?" I asked, frowning. Funny, I didn't remember introducing myself...
"Oh, I was in your science class, and I heard your name and recognized it from the cast sheet. You're playing Babe?" She tilted her head slightly, still smiling.
"I am playing Babe." I said, my confusion clearing.
"And who's the lucky boy who gets to play Sid?" She wiggled her eyebrows a little.
Austin dramatically coughed from behind me, causing Maddy to look at him, scrutinizing him.
"Not too shabby... Wait a minute, do I know you from somewhere?" She frowned at him, trying to remember him.
We all watched her, waiting for her to figure it out.
"Wait a minute..." She snapped her fingers a few times. "You're that guy from the dog food commercial!"
"Why does everybody think I'm the dog food guy?" Austin whined. "I'm way cooler than him!"
"Just kidding, I know who you are. You're Austin Moon!" She grinned, edging around me so she could move to shake Austin's hand. "I loved Steal Your Heart. It's too bad you didn't hook up with that girl you wrote it fo- wait a minute!" She looked back at Ally, piecing the last puzzle piece together. "You're the one he wrote it for, right? oh my gosh, I thought it was for you all along! I mean, if you look at the tabloids and all the pictures of you two, you should see how often Austin checks Ally ou-" she was interrupted by Austin covering her mouth.
"If anyone asks, she didn't talk." Austin deadpanned.
"I'll just sit with you guys today, if that's cool." Before anybody could say a word, her eyes landed on the single spot next to Trish. "Aw, you even knew I was coming over and saved a spot for me? How sweet!" She gracefully stepped around Austin, Dez and Trish's chairs and sat in the one next to Trish, which was supposed to have been for me.
"Actually, Twinkle Toes, that seat was for Al-" Trish was interrupted by me when I said, "It's okay, I'll just sit here," and sat next to Austin.
"So... we're the leads, huh?" Austin managed to smile at me.
"I guess we are." I managed to smile back. My stomach felt like it was twisting itself into knots, I was so nervous. I didn't quite know why. I had gotten rid of my stage fright, so I really didn't have a reason to be nervous. Besides the fact that I was sitting next to Austin and the seats were so small that my side was pressed against his and it was kind of weird and tingly but in the best way possible.
"Hey, don't forget about us! We all have songs and stuff! Dez even starts the show!" Maddy interjected.
Trish said, "Wait, I have a song?" at the same time as Dez said, "Wait, I'm starting the show?"
"Yeah! Jeez, did nobody else illegally acquire a copy of the script?" Maddy rolled her eyes. "Kidding, I'm kidding... Probably."
"Attention, attention!" Mrs. Whole yelled from the front of the room. We all turned our attention toward her.
"Welcome to the first rehearsal for our school show!"
AN:
*1: We don't own Starbucks.
*2: We don't drink coffee, so we legitimately looked up, "what kind of coffee do white girls get at Starbucks" and that was one of the options, so...
*3: Don't own any brands we mentioned.
Sorry for ending it there. We weren't sure if you guys wanted the details of the meeting or not. If you're reading this (which hopefully you are), please tell us in the reviews whether you want to see directly into the rehearsal, or just get a recap and move onto another scene!
ANNOUNCEMENT (it's the same one that was at the beginning, so don't read this if you read that one): We've decided to announce a little project we're doing called Fix-It-Up February! Basically, we will not start anything new; we will be finishing up Accidentally in Love and keeping up with Center Stage. Meanwhile, anybody who requests our help will receive it from us! We will do brainstorms, help with plotholes and unsureness about where to take stories, and general grammar and spelling sweeps. PM if you're interested! We're also looking for helpers in this project, so PM if you're interested in that, and we'll post a list of our helpers in each chapter of Center Stage or Accidentally in Love updated in February, as well as on our profile! (We will be checking the writings of our helpers to make sure we're not sending out inexperienced writers, so no worries.)
So... Yeah! Review telling us your opinion on viewing the rehearsal vs. moving onto another scene, PM us about Fix-It-Up February, and we'll see you next week!
Adios,
Munsets