Chapter Ten: New Musical
Selena felt somewhat more confident then she had before when it came to Marianna. Marianna still believed she was just 'paranoid' and 'just being difficult'. [Also it was slight relief to be able to tell for sure that she hadnt tried to kill her back with the swings. The downside was trying to figure out what HAD happened.] She wasn't concerned about that right now, she now knew for sure that there WAS something up with Marianna… she just didn't know what yet.
Selena and Christianna were hanging around in there room finishing up things before they left, Marianna was waiting for Christianna to take her to school. Selena suddenly felt a breeze blow through the room. She suddenly grew concerned.
"Chrissy… is your window open?" she asked her.
Christianna looked. "No, why?"
"Because if it isnt your window that means it's…"
"UH-OH!" they said stimutaniously.
Suddenly Christianna and Selena ran towards the window to close it but just as they did, something shot between them and smashed on the floor. It was a water balloon, or what had been.
"HAHAHA!" came a sick laughing from outside.
"Dammit! Greggory! Cut it out or I'll hurt you so bad that the only thing left will be your stupid baseball hat and a toenail!" Selena yelled threateningly.
"Aw, Is Miss Selena afraid of a little water?" Came the taunting voice of Greggory from nextdoor.
You See, Greggory Griff Lived Next to the Banks. His Window faced Selena's. Selena hated him. She hated him at school, she hated him at home and she hated him when they preformed. Sadly, he was the best actor in the class so she was forced to work with him a lot.
Marianna walked over to see what the
trouble had been. "What's going ...Uhhh" she said as Selena
Instanly grabbed her arm and pulled her down to the ground where she
and Christianna were.
"What are you doing?" she asked
sharply.
Her question was answered by another balloon being thrown and flying right where she had been standing just seconds before.
"Who is that?" Marianna asked.
"Greggory Griff. The most annoying person on the planet…" Christianna said.
"Next to you..."Selena added giving Marianna a look. Marianna ignored the comment as another balloon flew at them. It popped right infront of them, but instead of pouring water it poured out some disgusting goo.
"EWWW! What the hell is this Greggory?" Selena freaked.
Greggory laughed. "A mix of glue, milk, baby power and oatmeal! You like! I thought since you didn't like the water ones you may prefure these instead!"
"You're a sick person!"
"Ha!" taunted Greggory.
Selena, Christianna and Marianna were huddled behind a chair. "WHO THE HELL OPENED THE WINDOW! BECAUSE THIS EXACTLY WHY WE DON'T DO THAT!" Selena yelled angrily.
Christianna shrugged. Stimutaniously the sisters turned to Marianna. Marianna looked at them a tiny bit embarassed. "Well, how was I supposed to know!" she said, quickly defending herself.
Christianna rolled her eyes. "Nice Going! FIX THIS!" she said annoyed.
"You caused this, you have to be the one to go out to the window and close it!" Selena said to Marianna.
Marianna's eyes widened. "No I Am Not! This is Not MY room… it's yours… it's your responsibility!" she said matter-of-factly.
Selena narrowed her eyes. "GO!" she said, pushing Marianna out from behind the couch and right to where a goo filled balloon was flying.
SPLAT! The balloon hit Marianna's head and Christianna and Selena tried to control their laughter. Selena whipped out her cell and snapped a quick photo. "Just for memories…"
Greggory saw he had hit Marianna; He saw her coming toward the window and instantly began to aim for her. Selena and Christianna hid behind the chair listening to sounds of feet running, greggory laughing and balloons breaking.
Greggory's laughing ceased and the sound the window being closed came like a victory bell from the distance. Selena looked over and saw standing infront of the window was furious, goo covered Marianna. Selena walked over to the intercom that ledto Louise's room and the kitchen.
"Louise, Were gonna need a clean up here in our room. Marianna opened my window and we were attacked by Greggory." She said. Louise sighed sadly.
"Again?" she asked annoyed. "Alright. You three have to go now though or you'll all be late!"
Selena and Christianna dragged Marianna out of the room. "There's no time to clean up, Christianna will be late!" Selena said with a sly smile as they pulled a horrifyed Marianna out side.
Selena took the Limo because she had the farthest to go. The car pulled up to the school and Selena ran in quickly. She ran through the halls like lightning and arrived to first period class JUST in time.
By the time they arrived to Drama, Greggory had told most people about the ambush that morning. At lunch, it had pissed her off so much that she knocked him into a trash can with those wheels on the end and he rolled all the way out to the courtyard outside before a teacher stopped him. Of course he had told on her, Gregorry was an ass that way.
Selena didn't care though. That day they were audtioning for the play. Selena let Greggory, Marianna, her father and everything else causing her trouble out of her head, she focused only on afterschool. She was so focused she didn't trick the supply teacher into thinking they'd got the wrong class, she didn't smartmouth her history teacher when he lectured her on bringing in and doing homework.{It wasn't Selena's fault she had fallen 500,000 feet from the air!}. Ashley did the exact opposite; the normally calm Ashley was tense and easily annoyed as she thought about the audtion as well. Selena who normally was like a timebomb, only you didn't know what emotion would be the one that came when she did blow, she was calm and relaxed. Talk about a role reversal!
At last the final bell ring. School was over and it was time for auditions. Selena and Ashley walked together through the halls, both feeling rather anxious. They made it to the auditorium.
"Ready?" Selena asked trying not to sound nervous.
Ashley nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be."
Selena nodded in agreement. The two opened the double door and walked in together leaving their fears out in the hall.
was up front. Everyone was seated in the audience. She told everyone how the auditons were going to go. First People would sing, then she would pair up people and hand out select parts of the script and they would have 5 minutes to go over them, after they'll preform. Ms Whisnap will go over the auditions and the callback/cast list would be up in a few days.
Ms. Whisnap called up the first person, it was a nineth grader. Ashley elbowed Selena. "What are you doing for the music part?"
"My Routine for 'Kicking and Screaming'" Selena said.
"Good choice, which version? Ashlee or Miley?"
"I was gonna do Ashlee, but I thought Miley would be a better choice. Because my arm still hurts a bit from that 'inccident'" she explained. "What about you?"
"'Ready' By Kelly Clarkson" Ashley told her.
"Good song!"
Greggory was sitting behind them. "Banks!" he whispered harshly.
Selena turned annoyed. "What is it Griff?"
"We both know were going to be paired for the scene right?!" he asked.
Selena sighed. "Sadly!"
"We need each other to do this! So good luck!" he said.
Selena stared at him strangely. "Are you high or something? Because that's the only way I can explain why you're being the way you are right now!" she said. "Seriously, what's with the sudden niceness, this morning you were ambushing me with goo balloons. Although I do have to give you props nice job on my goo-covered nanny. Funniest thing ever, But Still! Did that trash can ride knock you crazy? We are not nice to each other!"
Greggory shrugged. Selena turned back around.
Ashley went up. Selena saw the jeliously in some people's eyes when they heard her sing 'Ready'. Selena smiled smugly. She was proud Ashley was HER friend!
…I'm ready now oh I'm ready now
oh I'm ready now come get me…
When Ashley was done applause rang through auditorium. She sat back down and took deep breaths. She was finally able to relax. Two people later, Selena was called to the stage. She took a deep breath. And began her routine
Don't keep me waiting,
anticipating
Treating me like a fool
I got news for you
I'm
turning my back
I'm dropping a bomb on you
You want me
you need
me
Believe me, you'll be callin'
you love me
you hate
me
Believe me, you'll come crawlin'
So get down and get off Don't keep me
guessing your favorite obsession Watch out now So get
down and get off You'll be kicking and
screaming Watch out now So get down
and get off You'll be kicking and
screaming Kicking and
Screaming
Let me
show you what you'll be missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna
drag you through this kicking and screaming
Don't get me a lame excuse
Is
it me that you're messing
It's the same old confession
You're
the one with something to lose
A
blackout
There's no doubt
You can't have it
Control you
I'll
own you
I'll show you, but you still can't have it
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We
break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and
screaming
So get down and get off
You're not the only one that
I've been missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you
through this kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
But I'm so deceiving,
you'll be kicking and screaming
You'll find
out
You'll cry out
There's no one above me
I play hard
Don't
run far
Come back now, I really do like you...
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We break up,
you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and
screaming
So get down and get off
You're not the only one that
I've been missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you
through this kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
Kicking and Screaming!
The song ended and applause rang through the auditorium. Selena sat back down with Ashley.
The two didn't pay much attention to the other auditons. They were too busy trying to guess what the Production was going to be.
The Music Auditions ended and Ms Whisnap began to pair everyone up. And just as she thought Selena was paired with Greggory. Everyone stood with their partners as Ms Whisnap handed out pages to everyone.
"So what are we doing this year anyways?" Greggory asked aloud.
Selena looked at the pages in her hand. "Umm, we are doing…. Mary Poppins…" she said.
"Wow! I didn't even know Disney Let people do this."Greggory said.
"They do for High School Musical and Beauty and the Beast." Selena said matter-of-factly.
"Okay, so lets go over this" greggory said and he and Selena began to work.
Selena read the pages. At first everything was fine, until Selena got to a certain point. She was reading it over quickly before them rehursed and she got to a part where Selena started to freakout. According to the script, Mary and the kids go to Mary's Uncle Albert's House. AT first Selena really didn't care, until a certain thing happened. She was skimming it quickly when she caught something. Mary, the kids, Bert and Uncle Albert have tea on the ceiling! Ceiling! Tea! Tea on the ceiling! Selena thought about what had happened with Christianna and Marianna. Selena looked at Ashley. Ashley spotted Selena; she saw her face and knew something was wrong. She ran over to Selena.
"What's wrong?"
"Hello! We have to rehurse!" Greggory complained when he saw Ashley.
"One second!" Ashley snapped.
Selena handed her the script. Ashley read it over and looked back at her friend. "I don't get it." She said.
"Remember what I told you happened with Christianna and Marianna?" she asked. Selena then pointed to the spot on the script.
Ashley made the same connection she did. But before she could say anything, her partner came over to work and Ashley had to rehurse.
"You alright?" Greggory asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, yeah. I'm fine. Let's do this…"
Selena quickly shook it off and went into the rehursal. Ms. Whisnap called her and Greggory up and they preformed. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a satisflied look on Ms. Whisnap.
They finished and Selena and Greggory handed the pages back and took a seat.
Selena watched Ashley's who was on after, but she couldn't pay much attention. Her mind flooded…
It couldn't be! ...
…Could it?