I am so sorry i haven't updated! School finally finished and i was working on some new stuff. Plus I hadn't a lot of inspiration, but I finally was able to get to season 2. I can not believe the show is cancelled. I wish there was something we could do. Anyways, here is the next chapter. There are a couple of references and a very subtle Legally Blonde: The Musical reference. The fist to find it and comment gets serenaded by Tom :D
Disclaimer: I do not own most of the characters, and as much as i wish that i owned the songs, i don't
Chapter 4
Karma awoke to the someone's voice and smiled. It had been years since her sister had awaken her with a beautiful melody. She closed her eyes and listened, thinking about the party the previous night. After Derek had come to talk to her she had danced a little and talked to some of Karen's friends. They had gotten home late and she had been so tired she had fallen asleep in her clothes. But the one thought that kept replaying in her mind throughout the night had come back again. What was his purpose in asking her to go to rehearsal with Karen, not only that, Karen didn't even know she had rehearsal. Well there was nothing left but to go and find out. That's when she realized that Karen must have been getting ready to go and with a start Karma jumped out of the couch she had been slept in. She looked up to see her sister eating breakfast.
Karen looked over to see her sister and smiled. "Glad to see you're up K"
Karma laughed, " Haven't heard anyone use that nickname in a long time."
"Ya, Mom always hated it, didn't she?"
"I never really understood why."
"Me neither. So do you want some breakfast before we leave?"
"Wait, you're actually letting me come?" Karma asked excitedly.
"Well, Derek did invite you and what Derek wants, Derek gets."
"And did Derek want you?" Karma looked up as her sister choked.
"No, uh I mean he did, but, uh, nothing happened." Karen tried not to meet Karma's eyes.
"Good."
Karen finally looked up to see Karma on the other side of the counter, standing in front of the open fridge, watching her.
"I'm not like that K, as much as Mom and Dad think I am." Karen gave half a smile, trying to lighten the mood, but her sister kept watching her.
"I know you're not, and he's not your type anyways."
Karen snorted, "And according to you what is my type?"
"Well seeing as you have a boyfriend, I'm guessing he's your type."
Karen threw her sister a dirty look before smiling, the mood in the room relaxing a little. She sipped the last of he orange juice before getting up.
"All right, I'm just going to get ready and we can leave. Oh and you should call Mom and Dad, tell them you survived your first night in New York." she said sarcastically.
Karma tried to smile, but it was now her turn to feel guilty. Her parents still hadn't figured out that she wasn't at Lily's. And sweet, naïve Karen, who still thought their parents would let her go to the city that never sleeps by herself.
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Karma and Karen arrived at the rehearsal a few minutes early, though to Karma it didn't feel it. People where warming up by the piano, the dancers where stretching and a few people where looking over a script and making comments. Among them, Karma recognized Derek. At that moment he looked to see them enter.
"Ah Karen, and your sister, was it Karma?" he asked, making his way over to them and holding out his hand to Karma. With-out waiting for an answer he continued, " We saved you a seat over here, next to me," he guided her to the table with a few people.
Karma looked back at her sister, who shrugged her shoulders and then went to talk to the piano to warm-up.
Karma took a seat behind the plastic table and looked around nervously. Derek was talking to two people who nodded, although one of them looked a little annoyed. Suddenly they all looked at Karma and started to walk over.
Derek was the one to make the introductions. "Karma, these are our writers Tom Levitt and Julia Houston."
Karma jumped up in surprise. "Wait of Houston and Levitt? You guys wrote Heaven On Earth!"
Tom laughed, and took a seat on Karma's right, while Derek sat on the left.
"Well, I do love being recognized. I'm sorry, what was your name again?"
"Karma, I'm Karen's sister. Derek invited me to come to rehearsal," she said smiling and feeling more comfortable now that someone seemed to be genuinely nice. " And how could I not recognize you. Heaven On Earth is like one of my must-see shows. I've listened to the soundtrack like a million times. It's genius."
"Well I wouldn't say genius," Tom said shrugging, but looking obviously pleased. " Are you doing anything tonight?"
"Um I'm not sure," she felt nervous. He wasn't hitting on her was he? She had thought he was guy by the way he caught him looking at Sam. "Why?"
"Well, since you want to go see Heaven on Earth and I have some extra tickets, I thought you and Karen might want to go see it."
Karma sighed in relief and smiled excitedly. "Wow, well, ain't gonna say no to that."
Tom nearly jumped out of his seat, " You did not just make that FREINDS reference."
"Oh my god, you got it?! I've made that reference for years and you are the first to understood."
That was when Julia finally spoke up, although she did so reluctantly. "That show is overrated. Will & Grace was so much better.
Finally rehearsal started with Derek standing in the middle of the room calling for 'The Twentieth Century Fox Mambo'.
For the next couple hours Karma watched in aw as the dancers twirled, the singers sang perfect melodies and Ivy embodied Marilyn. Karma loved her sister and saw how amazing she was, but had to admit that Ivy was very talented. The way she matched Marilyn's breathy voice was amazing.
Derek was giving some notes on the number when a woman walked in. She was older than everyone, but the way she stood tall, with her sunglasses covering her face, she looked very powerful. Derek saw her come in and turned around to the cast.
"All right, that's good. Lets take fifteen and set up for the next number." he walked over to the lady and guided her towards Karma's table. "Eileen, I'd like you to meet Karma, Karen's sister."
Eileen took her glasses of to look at Karma. "Yes nice to meet you," she said then turned to Derek I just wanted to check in and see how it was going."
"Well, we feel it's going well and I'm glad your here. I wanted you to see something." Eileen smiled and walked over to the water table with Julia following closely. Derek approached Tom and Karma.
"Tom do you have the song you and Julia have been working on?"
"Yes, but it's not complete. Why do you want it?"
Derek turned to the cast " Bring the piano to the center please" he barked and the people near the piano quickly moved it. He then turned back to the table. "Tom give Karma the sheet music. Let's see how it sounds."
Karma looked at both of them incredulously. "Wait, you want me to perform, this song?" she grabbed the sheet music and shook it, " I don't know it!"
"Well then learn it. You'll have to if you want to make it on Broadway."
Karma was speechless. She wanted to say that she had no such dream, but she knew it wasn't true. Derek looked at her waiting for an answer and took her silence as an acceptance of the challenge.
"Everyone, listen up. Karen's sister is going to perform one of new songs that might be put in the show."
Karma took a deep breath and got up to the piano with Tom following. She looked at the music, trying to memorize it in the little amount of time she had.
"Relax Karma. If you really are Karen's sister, you should be just fine," Tom whispered, trying to reassure her.
She smiled. As stressful as that moment was it felt good to have someone like Tom compliment her. "Thanks."
The short piano intro began and Karma started singing:
You ask me, how far will I go
You ask me what I wouldn't do
For the sight of my name
As it fills every frame
Yes, I want to be more than a flash
I ask you, what lies should I tell
I tell you I'm willing to learn
So enroll me in school
In your kidney-shaped pool
In a two-piece I make Quite a splash
'Cause I wanna be a smash
Yes, I wanna be a hit and run
Till I've won every heart
Be a queen to each king Or mechanic
Plus you, Mr. Zanuck
But first, mister
You have to give me the part
I know all the tricks of the trade
I've even invented a few
Now your interest is mounting
And soon we'll be counting
The lights and the nights
And the cash
'Cause I'm gonna be a Smash!
Yes, I'm gonna be a smash
Won't you help me be a...
Smash!
So there it is. Please comment with your thoughts.
