Here, damn it.
It was finally the day of the auditions and Lacus was beginning to question why she had decided to come with her friends, seeing as she was just using up space. Her self confidence continued to plummet as she watched all the thin, lean dancers stretching and warming up. She was quite confident that she was the only pregnant dancer, and as soon as everyone caught sight of her their confidence would raise slightly in the certainty that they didn't look like her.
From the moment the seven of them had come into the building Lacus had kept a firm grip on Kira's hand as a means of comfort. Also she was drumming her fingers on her belly, which was a habit she had developed throughout her pregnancy. It hadn't taken Kira long to notice that Lacus was not in a good state, seeing as she was glancing this way and that, analyzing each new dancer she saw.
"Hey, you okay?" he asked softly.
Lacus whipped her head toward him, and nodded, "yeah, I'm fine, why?"
"Well you're drumming your fingers on your stomach so much that it could be considered pre-natal physical abuse," he joked.
Lacus glanced down at her hand and stopped drumming her fingers.
"You know you don't have to wait here with us, it might be a while," he said.
"Yeah I'm okay, I want to be here," Lacus smiled, "but can we please just sit down?"
Kira smiled and nodded, "hey guys, here's okay right?"
The rest of them took a quick look around the room that was very vacant and nodded. So with that they found an area of the carpet and sat down, Kira helping Lacus.
Once she was seated, Miriallia spoke, "hey Lacus, you know if you're not up to this you can go home."
"No, I'm fine! Why does everyone ask that? I'm pregnant, not an invalid!" Lacus complained harshly.
Everyone stared silently at Lacus' brash reaction.
Lacus' eyes widened as she realized what she had said, "I'm sorry! That was awful of me, I'm so sorry, oh please forgive me!" she pleaded then burst into tears.
Kira had never seen Lacus cry before, she was not the weepy type. She was sensitive and sincere, but she was not blubbery or pathetic. This particular event seemed a bit ridiculous to be crying over, but then again she was pregnant and her hormones were not acting normally.
While Kira tried to console her, Meyrin and Stellar had begun to laugh slightly at the extreme mood swing. Miriallia shot them a glare, which shut them up quickly.
"Wow..." Shinn stated as he watched Lacus.
"It's like..."Rei added.
"And..."
"I know! I was just about to say that," Rei agreed.
"With..."
"And then..."
Where..." Shinn explained.
"But..."
"So..."
"I guess..." Rei added.
"Man, who knew women were so complicated..." Shinn stated.
"What does that even mean!" Miriallia interjected, cutting them both off after watching and listening to their idiocy.
Everyone stared at her in silence until light laughter was heard from Lacus, causing everyone's focus to shift.
"Uh... Lacus?" Miriallia asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry it was just so funny, they completely didn't deserve that," Lacus laughed.
"No...I guess not..." Miriallia conceded.
With that Stellar began to laugh, followed by Meyrin, which set everyone off. However the result of everyone laughing caused Lacus to laugh even harder, which was not a good thing.
"Stop it, please, it hurts..." Lacus laughed.
"Guys! Stop laughing, we don't want her to go into labor right here," Miriallia tried.
"That would be somewhat less than romantic," Stellar stated.
Lacus only continued to laugh harder, "just be quiet! If you talk I can't calm down..."
"Okay, listen to the fat one!" Stellar yelled.
That promptly shut everyone up, and after a moment Lacus was able to reach a safe breathing level.
"Well, now that that's over..." Meyrin started.
"What do we do while we're waiting?" Rei asked.
"What time is it?" Kira asked, "how long until everyone's audition?"
"It's 11:43, mine is in about an hour and fifteen minutes," Rei offered.
"12:20," Kira stated.
"12:10," Miriallia said.
"12:30," Meyrin said.
"12:50,"Stellar said.
"1:10," Shinn concluded.
"Well that's weird, who is at 12 o'clock and at 12:40?" Lacus asked, " I mean considering you're all together."
"That would be us," came a voice from behind her.
"What are you doing here Fllay," Miriallia asked coldly.
"Well it wouldn't be a very good company if they weren't thinking of hiring me," she retorted.
"Of course, how could I not think of that," Meyrin said flatly.
"I know right," Fllay said chipperly.
"Would you care to join us?" Lacus asked graciously, trying to make the best of a bad situation.
"Well, seeing as we have some time, I don't suppose it would be an awful waste of time," Fllay said, "besides, it'll make me took more charitable by hanging out with you all."
"Oh, how kind of you," Stellar said sarcastically.
"I know, right," Fllay chirped.
"Could you, oh I don't know, stop saying that?" Meyrin dumped.
Fllay simply rolled her eyes, and lifted her skirt to sit, making sure that Kira would be able to see her bottom. Lunamaria followed suit, but didn't reveal her bottom to anyone and sat down attentively.
"So... anyone want to do something?" Miriallia asked.
"You mean aside from stretching?" Lunamaria stated.
"...Yes," Mir said shortly.
"Omigosh! I have the best idea," Fllay piped, "Never Have I Ever!"
The rest of the group groaned at the terrible suggestion, "are you serious?" Stellar asked.
"Got a better idea?" Fllay spat.
"Fine! We'll play your stupid-ass game," Meyrin conceded.
"Good. I'll start, ten fingers up everyone, hmm what have I not done..." Fllay began.
"I bet thinking is top three," Stellar supplied.
"Hah, that's funny!" Fllay spat.
"I know, right!" Stellar mimicked.
Fllay narrowed her gaze at Stellar then caught a quick glance at Lacus then smirked, "never have I ever gotten pregnant."
Lacus' eye widened slightly and a wave of discomfort washed over her, as she began to feel very dirty.
"Go on, put a finger down Lacus," Fllay cooed.
A flash of worry and hurt crossed Lacus' features while Fllay eyed her.
"You little bitch," Meyrin chided.
"What?" Fllay feigned innocence.
"Here, I'll go," Miriallia said, "never have I ever forced myself on a guy who was clearly with someone else, and who clearly hated me."
Fllay's eyes narrowed.
"Go on, put a finger down Fllay," Miriallia mimicked.
"Oh, that was good," Stellar stated.
"This was a stupid idea," Fllay stated and stood up grabbing Lunamaria's arm.
"I'm so glad you told us Fllay, we never would have come to that conclusion," Miriallia stated.
Fllay merely rolled her eyes and walked away, cursing them all in their auditions.
Once she was gone Shinn spoke, "wow...Chicks are really relentless."
"I know, that was brutal," Rei said.
"Man, that girl is such a bitch," Stellar stated.
"She's my ex," Kira stated.
"...sorry?" Shinn asked.
Kira started laughing, "yeah I would say that is a good response."
"What happened?" Stellar asked.
"She wasn't always so mean, and I still don't think she has a mean nature, she just gets very domineering and controlling. When things don't go her way, or she feels threatened she ends up showing a very ugly side of herself," Kira explained.
"Did you break it off?" Shinn asked.
"Yeah, I think she's still bitter about it..." Kira stated.
"Really? What gave you that idea?" Miriallia said.
"I deserved that," Kira said.
"Did you know Lacus?" Meyrin asked.
Lacus nodded .
She was sitting comfortably against Kira, nestled between his legs, using his torso as a pillow. His chin was rested on top of her head, with one hand supporting himself and the other wrapped around Lacus.
Stellar quickly took her camera out of her bag and snapped the two of them.
"Whoa, where did that come from?" Meyrin asked.
"I always have my camera, just in case I see something I want to remember, and I thought they looked really cute," Stellar explained.
"Shit, it's 12 o'clock, we better head down to the auditorium," Rei said checking his watch.
Quickly they got their stuff and followed the signs indicating where they should be heading.
