The play was going up in a little under a month which caused a flurry of activity from the theatre department, from putting up fliers to the random short power outages from the overusing of electrical things.
The entire crew was stressed out from lack of communication.
Kirra had warned Edd about the short tempers that would probably be let loose during classes and free periods, as well as the possibility of him not being able to hide out in the tech booth for a while. Edd understood of course, this was the hell month for the theatre kids.
She was already on a shorter fuse from having to deal with the kids plugging in the wrong plugs and causing setbacks. She even went so far as to ban the first years from the tech booth and cat walks. But it didn't stop them from messing up the backstage lighting instruments.
Edd blinked as the lights shut off again during their library period. He stayed put until a little click and a beam of light met him along with another creative curse word.
"Thunder-shit-balls."
Of course it was said under the girl's breath but in the sudden silence that had followed the blackout it was loud and clear.
"Hey teach, I'm gonna go fix this. Don't be surprised if I don't come back today." With that Kirra's beam of light exited the library.
Edd, feeling adventurous himself got up, mumbled an excuse to the librarian that was more than peeved at the situation and went out to the theatre.
It was surprisingly harder to navigate the halls and the beanied boy had a hard time finding the door to the auditorium. When he opened the door he was met with more darkness. The only light was coming from someone on the catwalk above the seats.
And judging from the small mumblings of less than decent words, it was Kirra with her flashlight.
Edd thought about calling up to her but decided against it since she was working with electricity. He sat down in a seat and fiddled with his thumbs for a bit until he heard, "Fore!" He didn't have much time to wonder about the golf call when he blacked out.
Edd came back to the land of consciousness to someone's voice and a bright beam of light. He made a sound of discomfort before closing his eyes again.
"Oh no you don't."
The owner of the voice hefted the skinny boy up into a sitting position and handed him what felt like a plastic bottle.
"It's water."
Edd took a small sip before opening his eyes again and looking at his helper. What he was met with was chestnut hair and dark eyes, "Rave." He had too much of a headache to really be afraid.
"Yeah, you were hit by one of the cables that Kirra threw down. She's still fixing the damn wires around. I don't think she knows she hit you." Rave sat back and placed the flashlight on its end so it faced up between them.
Edd shook his head and sighed, "So that's what 'fore' meant."
"Duck the fuck out of the way? Yeah."
They sat in silence for a little while, Edd growing a little uncomfortable by the minute. Figuring that he should just spend some time learning about the other he asked a question, "So, uh, have you ever been a technician?"
Rave glanced at Edd before answering, "I know how to do some things, but I've always been an actor." He folded his legs in front of him and got more comfortable.
Edd nodded before continuing, "So, whose job is more important do you think?"
Rave was silent for a while before clearing his throat quietly, "Its equal. Actors can't do anything without techies, we would be simple street performers and techies would just be fucking electricians without actors. It's a team effort." He watched the beam of light for a few seconds before continuing, "I respect techies. The competent ones anyway, Kirra knows how to do her job and she does it well, Joshua knows how to do his job and so on, We are all a team."
Edd nodded and was about to ask another question when the lights came on again.
They both quietly grunted at the sudden brightness and blinked to get used to it. Rave picked up his flashlight and turned it off, "This period is about to end, you should probably go."
Edd stood up when the theatre child did, "Um, actually would it be alright if I stayed in here or…" he let the end trail off, watching the other.
Rave regarded him for a few moments before shaking his head, "No, you would most likely get in the way, probably less than the fucking first years, but still."
Edd nodded in understanding and turned, "It was nice talking to you." and he could have sworn that he heard a quiet 'you too.' just before he shut the door.
PPPAAAAAGGE BREAK
"Hey sock-head haven't seen you around lately!" Eddy loudly stated. He was crossing his arms and giving the smart boy an expectant look, "Where ya been?"
Edd shrugged and sat down with them, "Pretty busy."
Ed hugged Double D and sat next to him, "You've missed a whole lot."
Edd smiled to his old friends and nodded, "I bet I have, care to fill me in big guy?" He unpacked his lunch and bit into his sandwich as Ed indeed filled him in on what he had missed. A few small interruptions from the other when Eddy wanted to tweak a story were all he needed to feel better.
Edd not once glanced to the jock table.
The same could not be said about a certain red head that had noticed the brunet walk in and sit with his friends.
Kevin watched as the boy that he had admirations for laugh without a care at his friend's antics.
Kevin felt a hand on his arm and he turned his head and blinked at his friend, "What?" he said a little bit more forceful than necessary. He realized his small slip and glared at the table in front of him.
Nat just smirked, knowing why he was so mad. He had made Kevin tell him everything over text the week before and he was working on a solution with Kirra, although the girl hadn't gotten back to him in a while.
Maybe he should stop by the theatre and check to make sure the text got through. Later though, right now he had some damage control to do.
The teal haired boy slapped Kevin on his back and asked him a question to bring him back into the topic at the table. For now he could do his best to distract the red head. Later he can see what's going to go down with the big plan.
Oh he couldn't wait for the month to be over.
too tired to actually major edit this, if there are some typos i am sorry :/
EDIT: i fixed a few typos.
