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Chapter Twenty-Six
Today is the day that I am to audition with Chris for the school musical. I feel so nervous, what if we do a horrible job? I have never done anything like this before.
"I feel like I am about to throw up." I say.
"Jess, you play basketball in front of hundreds of people, but you can't sing in front of twenty people." He says. "I thought that nothing scared you."
"I guess that I finally found something that did." I say with a smile.
"Come on, you are not alone." He says. "We're both in this together. Come on, take my hand and we'll do the very best that we can, alright."
"Ok." I say. I then take his hand and we walk out onto the stage.
"Alright, whenever you are ready." Sharpay says with a smile. I take a look at the people out there, and then look at Chris.
"I can't do it." I say.
"Jess, don't look at the crowd, keep your eyes on me." He says. "You've got a killer voice and I know that you will be perfectly fine."
"Ok." I say.
"Are you ready?" He asks.
"Yes." I say. He then cues the pianist and we sing 'Breaking Free'. When we are finished we get an applause. "See, I told you." He says. He then kisses my cheek.
"Good job, to both of you!" Sharpay says. We then get off of the stage and sit in the auditorium. We hear a few more auditions and then it is over. "Alright, I have to make some decisions and then we'll post it soon. Thank you all for auditioning. Some of you really surprised me!" Then everyone leaves. "Jessica and Chris could I talk to you both for a minute?"
"Sure, what's up?" Chris asks.
"You two blew me away!" She says. "I am so proud of you both for auditioning, it means so much to me. I have a question for you both. Would you two consider singing a duet for my wedding?"
"We can think about it." Chris says.
"When is the wedding?" I ask.
"Some time this summer." She says.
"Ok, we will consider and get back to you, if that's alright." He says.
"That will be awesome." She says.
"See you later, Sharpay." I say. We then walk off hand in hand.
"Was that so hard?" He asks.
"No, it's only because I had you." I say.
"Well, we do make a good team." He says.
"Yeah, we really do." I say. We then get into his car.
"How about we celebrate." He says.
"What?" I ask.
"You finally conquering your stage fright." He says.
"It's not that big of a deal." I say. "But I wouldn't mind spending some time with you."
"Ok." He says. "How about we go get some coffee."
"That sounds like a good idea." I say.
"Ok." He says. We then drive across town to our favorite coffee shop. When we get there he parks and comes to my door and opens it for me.
"Thank you." I say.
"You are welcome." He says. We then walk into the coffee shop and I get a table and he orders our drinks. After a little bit he comes back to the table with our drinks.
"So, what do you think about singing at Sharpay and Zeke's wedding?" I ask.
"I think that we should do it, but only if you want to though." He says.
"It would be a nice thing to do for her." I say.
"Yeah." He says. "I wonder what we would have to sing though."
"I have no clue, as long as it is not some annoying song, it would be fine." I say.
"That's true." He says. "Well, we would have plenty of time to work on it, and the musical."
"And both of our voices should improve." I say.
"Yeah, especially since I haven't ever really sang in public." He says.
"I haven't either, and apparently we sound pretty good together." I say.
"Our voices do compliment eachother's." He says.
"Just like we compliment eachother with everything we do together." I say.
We continue to talk for a little while, and after a little while we go back to my house. When we get there, there is no one at home. I then look at my phone and see that I have a text from Zach. It says 'We went to the hospital grandpa may have had a heart attack.'
"Jess, is everything alright?" Chris asks.
"I don't know." I say. Tears then start to form in my eyes.
"What happened?" He asks.
"Zach sent me a text and said that my grandpa may have had a heart attack." I say. "They are the hospital right now."
"Do you want me to come with you?" He asks.
"Yeah, if you don't mind." I say.
"Not at all." He says. "And I'm sure that he will be alright."
"I don't know." I say. "I want to think that he will be fine." We then leave my house and get into his car. I keep worrying that something is going to happen to him, but I don't want to think like that. He is the only grandfather that I have. My mom's dad has been gone since before I was born. It would also be hard for my grandmother to go on with life without him. They were high school sweet hearts, I couldn't imagine losing someone I was that close to. When we arrive at the hospital we are able to find my parents and siblings sitting in the waiting room.
"So do you know anything?" I ask.
"No, they are running tests." Mom says.
"Where's grandma?" I ask.
"She's back there with him." Dad says.
"Oh, ok." I say. Chris and I then sit down. Zane then comes over to me, and sits beside me.
"Jess, do you think that he is going to be alright?" He asks.
"I don't know, buddy." I say. "But I hope that he will."
"Me too." He says. After a little while Zane falls asleep on my shoulder. Chris pulls out his phone to see what time it is.
"I hate to have to do this, but I'm going to need to get home." He says. "Let me know if anything changes."
"I will, thank you for coming with me." I say. "It's no problem at all, and I would stay longer but I need to get home." He says.
"I understand." I say. "What time is it?"
"It's eleven o'clock." He says.
"We'll probably be leaving soon as well." I say.
"Call me, if you need someone to talk to." He says.
"Alright, I will." I say. Chris then leaves. After a few minutes my mom comes over to me.
"Jess, I know that you probably want to stay a little longer, but you have school tomorrow and so do your brothers." She says. "How about you go ahead and head on home."
"Are you staying?" I ask.
"I'm trying to figure out what to do." She says. "I feel like your dad needs me to be here."
"Ok, did dad drive his car?" I ask.
"Yeah." She says.
"Ok, I'll take them home." I say. "Call me if anything changes."
"I will." She says. "And here's the keys."
"Ok." I say. "I'll just carry Zane on out."
"I'll carry him out for you." Zach says.
"Ok, well let's go then." I say. "Bye mom."
"Bye, be careful." She says. "
Caleb come on." I say.
"Why are we leaving?" He asks.
"Because, we have school in the morning." I say. "And we still don't know anything yet so we are just going to be waiting."
"What if something changes?" He asks.
"Mom said that she will call." I say.
"Ok." He says. We then leave and go to my mom's car and head on home. When we get into the house, I put Zane in his bed. Then my brother's finally go to sleep, and I change my clothes and grab a blanket and go downstairs and turn on the tv in the family room. I don't want to fall asleep because I have a feeling that I will get a call and miss it. At some point I hear my phone ring, and I wake up. I look at my phone and see that it is three o'clock and it is my mom. I then pick it up to answer it. I hope that it is good news and not bad news. I am preparing my mind for the worst case scenario. I am almost afraid to answer the phone call but I know that I need to.
"Hey." I say. "Do you have any news?"
I know, I left it on a cliffhanger! Next chapter: What was the phone call about. ...Until next time. Please R&R, and remember if you haven't already checked out the poll on my profile please do. I always like hearing from you all!