Quick note – Lindsay's point of view might be slightly harder to understand, because she confuses words! (So I'm not making mistakes, it's intentional!)
"Right, does anyone know where Ezekiel is?"
"Oh no, sorry!" Alejandro innocently enough shook his head, "shall I fill in for him?"
"Yes!" Izzy replied for Chris, and Alejandro raised a curious eyebrow at her before giving her his most charming smile. Yep, there went Izzy's balance.
"Fear not my wife! I shall catch you," Alejandro smiled, and held her up. Flashback's of Alejandro walking her home last night hit her head, and fireworks exploded.
"Okay, okay, just get on with it. We can chase him down later"
"Yay! Izzy gets to perform with Alehandout!"
"Alehandout?" Noah asked, leaning in from the row behind her.
"Noah!" she smiled, and he gave her a smile back.
They'd be getting on reasonably well actually in rehearsals. He'd have to explain a few things to her, sure, and she didn't get sarcasm yet but he was working on it.
"Did you just say Alehandout?" Noah laughed, and Lindsay nodded.
"Why?"
"Oh, nothing" Noah said, laughing, and Lindsay's smile grew at making him laugh, "So, what's so great about them singing together?"
"Oh, they like each other!"
"What?" Noah asked, pulling a disbelieving face.
"Well, she likes him... and he should like her"
"Oh great, Brazilian nut and slippery eel dating? That's worrying"
"Brazilian nut?"
"Izzy" Noah replied and Lindsay gasped.
"But she's human!"
"No, it means she's crazy, really crazy. Like Brazilian nut sized crazy. As for Alejandro, don't even get me started on that ar-"
"So what if Izzy's a little different? No need to be mean to her! They suit each other, and doesn't mean they can't be together. And Izzy's lovely. So what if she's a little... okay a lot crazy, but she's my- our friend. And FYI they look so cute together!" Lindsay huffed, and turned away from him, crossing her arms and sticking up her nose.
Noah looked taken back as he sat back in his chair, wondering why Lindsay suddenly got so protective about, well, nothing!
"Alright, Noah, Lindsay, Trent, Courtney stay behind, I want you to practice-"
"No!" Lindsay said standing up, "I'm not practicing with him! I'm going to cheerleading"
"Oh no you don't-"
"Or else, Coach Blaineley will be on your back" Lindsay threatened Chris, and Chris looked scared for a moment.
"O-ok, We'll practice urr, Red and Black. Students, so... GUYS, and I guess, Bridgette and Courtney stay behind. You two can go with Hatchet and practice the final song, and your solo songs. Trent, you too actually, you need all the practice you can get for those lines... other than that, you can go"
Lindsay's Point of View
I don't know what came over me. Ok, I do, but still, even I know he totally didn't deserve it. Paula would have given me a totally long essay if she'd have seen that.
I walked... no wait, what was that word Noah used? Lightening? Storm? Yes, that's it! Stormed out of the hall to the ladies changing room and got changed as quickly as I could for cheerleading in the strangely quiet changing rooms, and then I ran to the field where the rest of the girls were... but Heath, Court and Bridge of course.
Ohmygoodness Coach looks totally pissed off, then pleasantly surprised. I don't think she likes me much, other than the fact I'm a good cheerleader. She's probably upset because she looks like the old witch in the book I have at home, Snow White. I would be too if I had that many wrinkles at her age.
Thoughts of Noah fumed my mind. Why didn't he notice me? Every other guy did, but the one I wanted! He only talks to me when we're acting, and other times he looks away like I have snakes for hair. Which, I totally don't! Does he not like Blondes! Ohmygosh! Paula wouldn't like him very much then, and then she'd never give me advice and ohmygosh what would I do then? I couldn't turn to my other sister, her heads like always in books or at the mall so what would she know other then the best shop for my cute pair of cowboy boots she got me?
I must have done something wrong, because I totally got told off, but even then I was thinking of Noah.
What is it about him? He's not even that good-looking, I mean, he's no Justin. But he's cute... totally cute... in his own way, and when he rolls his eyes and pulls that funny face... EEEEEE! I'm totally like Ariel over him, and swimming in circles about him. Oh Noah, why won't you notice me?... is he gay?
... Get a grip Lindsay, Noah has noticed you. That's why he keeps looking away... ohmygosh! He's shy! ... or Gay! Okay Lindsay, you just totally need to pull out some new moves and... ask the girls for a bit of help to make you more cleverer, and he'll totally be over you like seaweed around Indian Sushi!
Noah needed no help on acting today. Why had Lindsay gotten so angry? He thought that after their practices, he dared to say they were... friends. Wait, why'd he care?
"At Notre Dame the sections are prepared!" DJ sang walking in and taking a seat on the table.
"At rue de Bac they're straining at the leash" Geoff sang from his seat, and pretending to take a drink.
" Students, workers, everyone
There's a river on the run
Like the flowing of the tide
Paris coming to our side!" Cody sang, next to Geoff, the two clicking their drinks afterwards.
"The time is near
So near it's stirring the blood in their veins!
And yet beware
Don't let the wine go to your brains!
For the army we fight is a dangerous foe
With the men and the arms that we never can match
It is easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies
But the national guard will be harder to catch.
We need a sign
To rally the people
To call them to arms
To bring them in line!
Marius, you're late!" Duncan sang, stopping from walking around, and then giving Noah a look when he walked on stage, who was looking frightened. Wow, so he does have more than three expressions, Duncan smirked to himself.
"What's wrong today?
You look as if you've seen a ghost" Tyler sang, and pulled out a seat for Noah.
"Some wine and say what's going on!" Owen sang, and slapped his little buddy on the back.
"A ghost you say... a ghost maybe
She was just like a ghost to me
One minute there, and she was gone!" Noah sang, thinking of Lindsay, without trying to.
Lindsay
I returned from practice as ready as a ninja, and I saw an impatient Izzy waiting by my hanger, tapping her foot, with her eyebrows falling to the centre like an apple in that story, that totally knocks the guy out and he finds air?
Her arms where folded like my mom's when she goes to shout at me for over-spending on my card and not buying her those totally gross pair of sweats she wanted.I mean, she should have told me she wanted some sweats! Then I could have totally saved her from embarrassment when she brought that pair!
"What was that about?" Izzy asked dramatically.
"I don't know," I admitted, biting my lip.
"You do like him don't you?"
"You can keep secrets right?"
Izzy nodded her head, and I slapped mine and remembering her being my bestest and craziest friend for the past like, 10 years or whatever it was. I don't know, Justin was right; maths is for ugly people.
"Yeh, I do... he's totally cute! The way he... Ohmygosh you can't tell the others! Or him! Or-"
"Sure, okay, but Explosivo might find out... she's sneaky, you'll just be there then... BOOM BOOM!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"hahahah! Explosivo wins again!"
"I am agog!
I am aghast!
Is Marius in love at last?"
No, no he was not, Noah thought, listening carefully to Owen's character's lyrics.
"I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah'
You talk of battles to be won
And here he comes like Don Ju-an
It's better than an o-per-a!"
That was true enough, he hadn't really liked a girl that much before. So, how'd he know? He was so busy with his head in books and had never met his match. Although, Lindsay was hardly a match. They were too different to compete. And, he'd barely taken notice of her before they got placed next to each other in English, and he didn't like her. He only gave her the slightest respect when he heard her sing, and then after that got to know her in rehearsals...
"It is time for us all
To decide who we are
Do we fight for the right
To a night at the opera now?
Have you asked of yourselves
What's the price you might pay?
Is this simply a game
For rich young boys to play?
The colours of the world
Are changing day by day.."
Duncan stood on the table, and Geoff passed him a cloth of see-through red.
"Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!"
The guys cheered and held up their mugs, expect Noah, who stared ahead, ready to sing his part;
"Had you been there tonight
You might know how it feels
To be struck to the bone
In a moment of breathless delight!
Had you been there tonight
You might also have known
How the world may be changed
In just one burst of light!
And what was right seems wrong
And what was wrong seems right!"
"RED!" Owen sang, and one-by-one the men stood up.
"I feel my soul on fire!"
"BLACK!"
"My world if she's not there!"
"RED!"
"The colour of desire!"
"BLACK!"
"The colour of despair!"
Noah thought it through, it was right. He'd fallen for Lindsay. Passionately, he stood up too to join his comrades.
Now what was he going to do? Going to say? He'd never felt this way...
"Marius, you're no longer a child
I do not doubt you mean it well
But now there is a higher call.
Who cares about your lonely soul?
We strive toward a larger goal
Our little lives don't count at all!" Duncan looked at him, then held out his hand to which Noah shook.
Well, isn't this an interesting day? Acting in a play with all his opposites and... enjoyi - no that was going too far.
"Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!"
They carried on until the end of the song, and Noah forgot about Lindsay – for the moment- and learnt to have fun with the weird bunch of people that were his co-stars.
Courtney listened to Bridgette's version of On My Own once more, and this time, saw her glances to Trent. Could it be him? Or was she just nervous in front of the two main stars of the show? Courtney thought about it, but not too hardly as Justin was catching her eye whilst he sang in the chorus of "Red and Black" with his "comrades".
Duncan – Heather would have thought away, Courtney was sure- looked pretty good when he was all antsy, and Noah looked kinda Cute, in that sort of "aww bless you!" way not "ooh cute!" way. Courtney wondered when Heather would admit this, and then thought of something all the girls needed – and she now looked back to Bridgette- that might get them to all open up to one another.
Courtney's Point of View
"A sleepover? Heather asked, looking at me, awaiting my simple nod, and then considered it, "I do need some pampering... sure, why not?"
"Yeh, I need a good seaweed facemask, and a girl's night" Bridgette laughed.
"EEEEEE! SLEEPOVER! Ohmygosh, yes!"
"Izzy's in"
"Good, then it's decided. After all these rehearsals during lunch and after school and school-work, we need it"
"Yeh, I'm glad today's is cancelled, and only Trent and Alejandro have to go practice their scenes" Bridgette admitted, and Lindsay gasped.
"It's cancelled?"
"Yeh... why? Miss Noah?" Heather asked, teasing but Lindsay nodded.
"I wanted to say sorry, for yesterday"
"Oh, like he cares," Heather harshly told her, "so its fine. So, Courtney – it's on tomorrow night or what?"
"Yeh, I could do tomorrow"
"Can we go to the mall too?" Lindsay asked, and I gave my nod of approval.
"'I'll drive!" Izzy smiled, and everyone looked at each other worried, remembering the last time. It was not pretty. Or safe. Even if she had a blind driving instructor I don't know how she past.
"It's okay Izzy, it's my house... I'll drive!" I smiled, and the others let out a sigh of relief.
"Come on, let's sit over there!" Cody suggested, and Sierra followed as always.
"Okay," Noah slumped down, and was soon joined by Owen.
"Great Gatsby! I'm glad we're not at practice today, I'm so hungry!" Owen's belly rumble too, and everybody stared at them.
"As if we didn't already know," Noah said, referring to Owen's stomach rumbling.
"So, what's up with you and Lindsay, hey?" Sierra asked, smiling at Noah.
"What... me?"
"Yeh!" Cody joined in, "she's right, you and Lindsay seemed to have hit it off"
"We're just acting together!" Noah replied, watching Owen settling into his lunch, and getting most of it on his face.
"Suuuuuuuure," Cody said, winking at him.
"I know acting, and you like her don't you?" Sierra asked, "no-one is that good of an actor"
"Well maybe I am," Noah rolled his eyes, "what's it matter to you?"
"We just think you'd suit, and should go out, that's all" Cody told him, and Sierra nodded.
"Whatever," Noah replied, and Owen giggled from his side.
"Why not? Lindsay's pretty, kind and hot... you think you could put in a word to Izzy for me through her?"
Ok, I don't really like that chapter -mainly because of Lindsay's random outburst- but it'll be make some sense soon!
