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Next chapter of a ray of sunshine and this is set during Abi`s senior year and she has just turned eighteen. James is also in the first year of high school and has also joined the Glee club.
A ray of sunshine
Chapter twenty five: First audition
"Abi your breakfast is getting cold!" Will shouted from the bottom of the stairs. Today was Abi`s audition for her place at NYADA and to say she was nervous was an understatement
"Sweetie I`m sure Abi will be down when she is ready" Emma pleaded with her husband. James had already gone to school but Abi was allowed the morning off to get ready for her audition. Will scowled but sat down next to Emma at the kitchen table and picked up a toasted muffin
"I just want her there nice and ready, and to be prepared." He replied. Emma was about to add that it was only 9 am and that Abi didn't have to be there until 1 when their daughter appeared her red hair tangled in a knot and didn't look as if she had any sleep
"Morning Abi" Emma said carefully as Abi sat next to her mom and poured some orange juice "Sleep well?"
"A little" Abi replied "I just keep having weird dreams. Like what happens if I forget the words or if I suck" she said plainly. Emma glanced at Will through their eyes, she saying you're better at this than I am.
"Abi I`m just going to get dressed" Emma replied getting up off the chair and making her way upstairs
"Abi" Will started to say "Nerves are a good thing sometimes. I mean all performers get them"
"But not when they are throwing up every morning" Abi replied
"Well no but the truth is you don't suck. If you sucked you wouldn't have got to this point where the dean of NYADA is coming to see you perform. Just imagine if you get through this audition you will be in New York competing against some of the best in the United States" Will replied. Abi nodded knowing what her father was saying is true and gave her father a hug
"Thanks dad" she whispered "I guess I needed that" she sighed "But I'm ready now" she nodded her brown eyes shining and Will recognised the look as the same one as he got when he talked about New Directions or when he won Nationals. It was one of fierce determination and passion. Abi gave her father another kiss on the cheek and then bolted up the stairs nearly bumping into Emma who had returned from getting changed
"Your pep talk worked then" she smirked as Will leaned closer to his wife
"Sometimes I think you rub off on me in a good way" he whispered as he leant in for a kiss as Emma gave a small smile
"I suppose that means a yes then" she mumbled as Will just smiled against her kiss
"Abi will be fine. I`m sure of it" he replied.
(Abi stood doing her breathing exercises as she saw Katherine on the stage auditioning for the dean. She knew now who he was; he was Brody Weston, the youngest dean at NYADA for a long time and even though he was strict Abi knew from Rachel, who she had studied with at NYADA that he cared much for his students. A bit like Mr Donald she thought just as Katherine came back through the curtains)
"So" Abi replied biting her lip as Katherine gave a shrug glancing at Keith who had come to support his girlfriend
"It went ok" she replied "I mean he doesn't give much away" She then gave a grin as she noticed Will walking through the backstage of the auditorium
"Dad!" Abi replied almost in shock "But I thought you and mom had to work today"
"Figgins gave me the afternoon off. Although I think he is going senile in his old age" Will shared a smirk with Katherine and Keith, the latter just shaking his head at his teacher and girlfriends father
"Abigail Schuester" a voice called out and Abi gulped. It was now or never
"Good luck" Keith whispered as he embraced Abi and then Will gave his daughter a hug. Katherine also hugged her best friend as she walked onto the stage where she blinked at the shining lights and could just see a thin brown headed male sitting in the auditorium
"Hello I`m Abigail Schuester and today I will be auditioning with I can hear the bells from the musical Hairspray" she replied confidently
"Good choice" Katherine whispered to Will who also nodded
"Ready when you are" Brody replied and Abi started to sing the first notes of the song. As the song progressed she got better but then all of a sudden she stopped. Keith gasped and managed to get his face to show Abi, with the encouragement of her boyfriend she managed to carry on although she wasn't sure if Brody was happy with that or not. After the last note Brody slightly clapped and smiled
"Good work" Brody replied "The letter will be sent out in May just before your graduation"
"Thank you" Abi replied as she bowed and then left the stage where she hugged Keith
"I honestly don't know what happened there" she whispered "But apart from that I did well. Hopefully Mr Weston will take that out of context"
"I can ask Rachel to put in a word" Will offered but Abi shook her head
"No dad" she replied "I want to do this on my own and if I screw up I can re audition next year somehow. But hopefully that won't need to happen" she replied as Keith clutched her hand tightly and Katherine also clutched her other best friends hand tightly
"So" Rachel paused "How did Abi do" she gave a smile
"She was great apart from the little mishap. Hopefully Brody won't be too harsh" Will explained
"I can ask him…" Rachel trailed off
"NO!" Will exclaimed but then softened "Abi says she wants to do this on her own"
"I can understand what she means" Rachel replied "So where is she?"
"Keith and Katherine have taken her out to Breadsticks for some bonding time. James is here if Elizabeth wants a word" Will replied
"Yeah sure" Rachel nodded as she handed the phone to her youngest daughter and Will handed the phone to James. Smiling slightly he made his way into the dining area where Emma was on the laptop looking for an holiday as she and Will were close to the age where they would be able to retire
"That was Rachel" Will explained to Emma who nodded "She wanted to know how Abi`s audition went. So I had to tell her. Of course she said she would ask Brody but with their history.." he sighed
"And of course Abi doesn't want the help" Emma added on "I guess we will know in May if she got into NYADA and if she doesn't then she can always re audition"
"The truth is Em I don't know if Abi is strong enough to re audition, you saw her after New Directions second National defeat last year. She is trying so hard this year to win Nationals for the team but with that plus NYADA I don't know if it's too much for her" Will sighed as Emma placed her hand in his
"Nothing is too much for our daughter. She has both our stubbornness" Emma started to say
"Who said anything about stubborn?" Will replied smirking slightly
"And if the worse comes to the worse we will deal with it" Emma added on as she softly leaned in for a kiss but was interrupted by a slight coughing. Emma lifted her head up to see James with the cell phone
"Where does the phone go?" James lifted an eyebrow
"Just there" Will murmured as James glanced at his parents and then placed the phone back in its holder .still glancing at his parents and giving weird looks to them as he was kinda creeped out.
"I`m going upstairs to practise" James replied shaking his red curls before disappearing up the stairs.
"Now where was we" Emma replied as she leant back over Will`s shoulder and continued to kiss him
And done. Hope you liked that ending ^_^. The next chapter will be set in mid April the same year as this chapter and will concentrate on Abi`s senior prom which Will and Emma will be chaperones. And don't worry the NYADA plot will get resolved but not yet as it isn't time. Speaking of time I hope everyone has a great 2013 and a happy New year. Hopefully I should have this fic done before 2014 it's been long enough lol.