As usual, Will Darcy and his companions arrived to Chicago at the expected time. After a heated argument with the pilot followed a couple of compromises after finding out that the pilot was going through an illness, they decided not to press charges. The stewardess even agreed to having Charlie buy her a breakfast tea. With a hotel booked and a description of Little City's five years of training actors and comedians, Will and Charlie were able to start the auditions.
The first person to audition was a woman who claimed to "Have a natural ability to bring Shakespeare into the twentieth century" reading a terrible reinterpretation of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, which included lines like, "Romeo, my darling, who do you think you are, some pervert hiding under my castle with your three girlfriends?" and, "Roses are so sweet, that I'd like you even if that were your name, but of course, you probably wouldn't like me, since you'd like..." Immediately as she started saying that, Will shouted, "Next!"
The next was an "aspiring" singer who started singing many romantic songs at different times, including "The Way We Were" and "All Through the Night", and it was immediately noticed that she was tone-deaf. This time, Charlie spoke, saying, "You may be pretty enough to be Miss America, but not good enough to sing or even funny enough to act. I bet everyone would become deaf hearing that voice."
But the worse audition of all came from a black man who decided to do a Michael Jackson impersonation. He tried to do the moonwalk with the song "Billie Jean" and he turned out to have no dancing skills at all, making it seem as if he making rather inappropriate moves. Then, he fell off the stage, landing on one of Will's assistances named Harold. No one was injured, but it was a definite no and left Will and Charlie very frustrated.
"Damn it, Will! You said that people at Little city have talent, but so far, they're worse than some of Toronto's most terrible comedians. We should look somewhere else instead," complained Charlie.
"Maybe I should be in charge of auditions instead. I could certainly give them a piece of my mind," said Candice, who just walked in with Georgina.
"The last time you gave a piece of your mind, it almost resulted in a lawsuit against Pemberley studios," said Will, refuring to an incident in which Candice used more of the ten words that couldn't be said on television than were necessary in a monologe insulting Americans. There were so much angry phone calls from American visitors to Canada and a protest outside the studio, that their variety show was almost canceled.
"I'm nowhere near as controversial as Charlie," was her response. This was true. Charlie was always writing inappropriate sketches for the show's actors, guests, and hosts, which usually involved a lot of swear words, rude remarks, and sometimes even political incorrectness. It was part of the reason why they decided to move their show to the states.
Georgina interrupted them by saying, "You have a group of two sisters auditioning now, Will."
And at that moment, Will forgot all about the problems with auditions. Two young women stood before them, and the shorter one had some of the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen: large, green ones that smiled down at anyone she looked at, This, combined with her auburn hair, reminded him of... No, he thought to himself. I can't think about the past anymore. It has been three years ago now. I can't be with anyone who reminds me of her. I can't fall in love again, not after..."
"Hey Will, what's with you right now?" asked Charlie. His eyes were on the tallest woman, but when he saw the one who caught his friend's attention, he said,"Wow. She looks just like..."
"Not now, Charlie. We have business to take care of."