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Emily sighed as she took at look at the sheet music for " What I've Been Looking For." She knew that she was gong to audtion for the lead of the Musical long before she knew which show they were actuallly doing. But hearing that Twinkle Towne was written by a former student of East High and receiving an awkward look from the drama teacher - Mrs. Baylor- when she informed them all that she had not gotten the lead in this particular show, caused Emilt to do a little bit of research. And she was not disppointed. Learning that it was not any old regular studnet, but none other then Kelsi Nielsen- an apparently extremely talented, shy young brunette who would later go on to study at Julliard and also most distastefully become Cadance Evans's mother - who had written this show was disconcerting. But learning that it was infact her mother who had gotten the lead over Ms. Baylor had mad Emily hopeful. Perhaps if she talked to her mother about the show and asked for help, Gabriella Bolton would actually want to spend more time with her daughter. Emily should have known better then to get her hopes up.
Apparently, Twinkle Towne was the show that brought her parent's together. And lately they were both regretting that fact. Emily missed the time when her family was happy, when her parent's were deeply in love with each other. But it has been a long time since that day when 13-year old Emily noticed that her dad was sleeping in the guest room and not with her mother.
She was pulled out of her thoughts by a knock on the door. For a second she secretly wished that it was her mother or even her father, willing to put their problems aside and help her with her audtion. But it was only her brother.
" Hey, what ya doing?" he asked, shifting back and forth as if he was nervous.
" I was rehearasing, until someone interrupted me." Her tone was harsher then she had wanted it to be, but she was really not in the mood to be bothered. " What do you want?"
" I....I don't know...I thought maybe...we could...you know....talk. Instead of just doing nothing."
She rolled her eyes, but then patted her her bed, indicating for him to take a seat. " What's her name?"
Leo looked at his sister stunned. How did she know that he wanted advice about a girl? But...if he told her the girl's name he knew that she would be mad and wouldn't help him. So he decided to just stay quite.
Emily shook her head in amusement at her brother's silence. She thought that he wasn't telling her the name because he was embrassed, not because the girl he liked was her enemy. " Okay...if you don't want to tell me her name, then we will just call her....uh...Betty."
Leo's eyes lit up. She was not mad at him and not telling him to leave. Perhaps this would turn out better then he thought. " Okay. We'll call her Betty. But...uh...how did you know that I wanted to talk about a girl?"
" Leo, Leo, Leo," she sighed. " I'm a girl. Plus I'm your sister. I know you better then anyone else does, including mom and dad....but enough about that. How much do you like her?"
He looked at her confused.
She chuckled. Of course he didn't understand. " I mean, is it a friendship-turning- into-love kind of deal? Or just a crush? Perhaps even love a first sight?"
" Uh....all of the above?" He was unsure how to answer that question. Yes, " Betty" was a friend. But from the moment he first saw her, he felt something special. Ahhh...it was all to confusing.
" And do you think that she likes you too?"
Leo shook his head, his usual grin fading slightly. " That's the problem. I can't really tell."
" Of course you can't. You're a boy, you don't know these things." She was smirking now. Helping her brother with his problems was distracting her from her own problems. " Okay...so tell me how she acts around you."
" Normal?"
She rolled her eyes. " Be more specific. I can't help you if you don't give me more info. How about I ask you some questions. Okay...so..uh...does she spend a lot of time with you?"
" Not more then most people."
" Does she laugh at your jokes?"
" Uh....when they're funny, I guess."
" Do you two have lots in common?"
" I don't know...I mean Cad- Betty and I don't really have any classes together." He looked at his sister, hoping that she did not catch his little screw up.
If she did she didn't show it. Yet, her tone changed slightly. " Look, I'm sorry. But I can't help you. I don't know enough about her. Now it you don't mind I have a lead role to practice for."
He got up and slowly walked out of the room. Oh, yeah. She had figured it out.
As her brother left Emily could not help but scowl. How could her like her? She took a deep breath. Perhaps she was over reacting. There were plenty of girl who name started with the same sound as Cadance. Still, as she continued to practice, Emily could not help but have a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. This had the potenitnal to get really messy, really fast.
