A Midsummer Night's Dream

(Note: I do not own any of these characters. Please do not sue me! This story takes place 4 months after the movie ended.)

Chapter 4: "You can't stop the beat…"

Seaweed took Penny into the dressing room and began throwing make-up onto her face.

"What are you doing?" Penny asked as she received a mouthful of blush.

"We're going onstage."

"Huh?"

"You and I are going to get on that stage and fix this mess."

"But…I… stage...no."

"I understand Penny, but what other choice do we have?"

"Hand me the lipstick."

"I'm very disappointed in you!"

"Look, Ms. L…"

"That's Ms. Director to you, Larkin! Do you know why I cast you? I thought that you guys were the most talented group of teenagers that had ever entered my classroom. And on top of that two of you are on television! But, as you have demonstrated here tonight you are nothing but a bunch of easily distracted hopefuls who are more concerned with your love lives than anything else! The rest of your cast mates are too embarrassed to fix your problem. So, I guess I must…"

"We honestly don't know what got into us. We wouldn't intentionally break character."

"Miss Turnblad there will be no more excuses. I'm going to go out there and tell everyone to go home. I hope you're all very satisfied."

Before "Ms. Director" could take one step she heard some familiar voices.

"Hello there dear audience. We are awfully sorry for the unconventional performance that you have witnessed tonight. But we decided to make some last minute changes to this beloved classic."

"In order to ensure that you received the message we decided to show you what would happen if modern day teenagers were thrown into the story."

"You know, to emphasize the whole dream aspect."

"Now that we've fully explained everything we now return you to tonight's performance."

The entire cast stood in shock as Seaweed and Penny rushed offstage.

"What do we do now?"

"Well, Link," Rick responded, "as they say the show must go on."

The Midsummer's cast continued their performance and saved their once doomed show. Backstage, the lovebirds fixed the triangle they'd created.

"Trace, I don't know what got into me this week. You know I'd never look at anyone else."

"Seaweed, should we tell them?"

"It'll just freak them out even more. It's better if we just keep this between us."

"Ok."

"It's okay Link. I'm at fault too."

"Look, I was going to wait 'till graduation to do this but I think considering the circumstances that now's the best time. Tracy Turnblad, will you marry me?"

"Of course I will."

"Even though I still kind of hate him I have to admit that he's a sweet guy."

"You know, people have told me that I can be sweet on occasion."

"What are you getting at, Rick?"

"You wanna go out sometime?"

"Sure." Amber replied trying not to scream with excitement.

"You know, all this romance and happiness is making me want to burst out in song!"

"Link, I think you might need to lie down."

"Yeah, you're probably right."

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