The next morning there were two main topics of gossip, the first was, of course, the new girl, she apparently made quite an entrance, by tripping through the door of her first class. The second topic of gossip was the school musical, this year; we were doing Avenue Q. Quite a controversial topic, as it was quite a controversial musical. I knew it well, it was one of my favorites, my personal favorite song was 'If You Were Gay'. The first meeting was at lunch, I, of course, planned to try out. I grew up with musical theatre, I was comfortable in them, and they were my element. I had gotten the part of Mark in last years production of Rent, and I had gotten the part of Billy Flynn in Chicago the year before.
The morning passed slowly, I was trying to figure out what song I was going to use for my audition, the problem, of course, that most of the songs require more then one person. I knew I wanted to try out to be Princeton, the lead male, and I was wondering who would be least awful for the opposite female lead of Kate monster. I again thanked god that the Bain of my existence, Jessica Stanley, couldn't carry a tune to save her life.
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Finally, lunch came, I was the first in the drama room, and watched the others slowly file in; it was the typical people, the ones who always audition. Jessica, Lauren, two nice people named Ben and Angela, Alice, Jasper, to my surprise, Mike and a few of his idiotic football buddies. Then, a girl walked in who I didn't recognize. I assumed her to be Bella, the new girl, she looked at me, and I gasped, she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She looked at me with the same expression I had, and I felt a jolt of electricity. I think she felt it too, as her eyes got very wide. Then, just as quickly as it happened, the moment was over. The teacher, Ms. Tinnian, a rather mousey woman with grey hair, walked in.
"Ok, people, I'm in a bit of a hurry, we only have fifteen minutes today. If you want a part in this production, which is indeed the infamous Avenue Q, I need you to be familiar with the play. So come up here and get a CD"
Everyone went up and grabbed a CD off Tinnian's desk, except me and Bella.
"Edward and, Bella is it? May I ask why you are not getting a CD?"
"I already own the CD, ma'am, and am very familiar with the play" Bella said, in the most beautiful voice I had ever heard, like tinkling bells
"And I as well" I responded, and Bella looked at me with a shocked expression
"Ok then" said Tinnian, "lets move on, Tonight, I want you all to think about what part you want to try out for, pick a song, and in three days, we will have the auditions. We will meet again on Thursday for the auditions, the auditorium will be open for an hour after school for anyone who wishes to use it to practice, and I suggest you partner up with one or more people for you auditions. Any questions?"
Jasper raised his hand "May I ask why you chose such a controversial musical?"
"For your information, I am getting fired at the end of this year, and I would like to go out with a bang" she grinned
We all smiled, and then she left.
I don't know what came over me, I really don't, but I felt the need to be around this Bella girl. I knew it wasn't in a romantical sense; after all, I'm gay, right? So I mustered up my courage, and walked up to her.
"Hi" I said, fully aware that everyone in the room was staring at me "your Bella, right?"
"y-yes" she seemed nervous around me, I found it quite amusing, the thought of this... perfect woman being flustered around me
"Well" I said "I know you're new here, and I was wondering if you would like to pair up with me to do this audition"
She smiled; it was beautiful "I would love to"
"Great, how about we meet today after school in the auditorium and pick a song?"
"Ok, I will see you then"
I saw Alice make a beeline towards me, obviously intending to ask me what I was thinking, but I was saved by the lunch bell, and I headed off to my next class, Biology, fun (sarcasm)
-TIME WARP--10 MINS LATER-
I was sitting in my usual spot at the back of the classroom, I was the only person in the class who got a table to themselves, but, then again, nobody wanted to catch 'the gay'
Then, she walked in, and I perked up. The only open seat was right beside me, and, sure enough, after talking to our idiotic teacher, she came and sat right next to me.
"Hello, again" I said
"hi, looks like I get to see you a lot earlier then 3" she smiled, then blushed a deep crimson, it was beautiful.
I grinned at her, and she spoke again
"I was talking to Jessica Stanley earlier"
I paled
"She told me something and I was just wondering if it was true"
I, of course, knew exactly what she was going to say
"areyougay?" she said it like it was one word
"I'm not sure..." I surprised myself, my answer to that question is always yes, or I just ignore it. To my surprise, she didn't ask any more questions, she just nodded understandably, and l looked back up to the front, as did she, and we were quiet for the rest of class.
At the end of the class, I was just about to offer to walk Bella to her next class, when Mike walked up to our table. He pointedly glared at me, then turned to Bella
"You know, a pretty little thing like you should not have to carry her own books, let me walk you to your next class"
He winked
I gagged
Bella blushed
They got up and left the room, I was left disheveled but reveled in the fact that I would get to spend an hour with that marvelous woman after school.
A/N time!
I only got two reviews from the first chapter, I am brokenhearted. I like to see big numbers in the review section, so take pity of me and write this poor girl a review. How about this, just writes your favorite character from Avenue Q, or, if you have absolutely no idea what that is, just write the words Lipton sidekicks
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It's not hard at all. I just wrote it four times. Keep reading!
-Kate 3
p.s. my favorite character in Avenue Q is Kate monster, it's even the name of my next account, AND my email address, I also like Lucy the slut, but if you make that your username, people ask questions...