Chapter 5: Auditions
Rory woke up in her old bedroom the next morning at 6:00 a.m. She had a very busy day ahead of her. First, she had to go to the doctor and then she had auditions. Okay, so it was two things, but a lot of people would audition and who knew how long that would go? Rory scheduled an appointment with her doctor at 7:00 a.m. She wrote a note for her mother and left.
When Rory met her mother at Luke's she over heard Lorelai trying to persuade Luke to audition for Roy.
"Why?" Luke asked.
"Because I'm trying out for Elaine and I need a Roy," Lorelai said.
"Your looking at the wrong guy," Luke said. "I don't act and I hate acting."
"But, Elaine and Roy have to kiss."
"So?"
"So, you wouldn't want some guy kissing me during the audition would you?"
"Some guy is going to be kissing you through rehearsals and the play. And how do you know you're going to get the part?"
"I'm giving it my best shot, but I don't want to end up kissing Kirk."
"Sorry, but I'm not doing it."
"Please?"
"I'll never kiss you again if you don't leave me alone."
"Why do you have to go there?"
"Because it works."
"Fine. I'll find someone else."
"Thank you."
"You suck."
"Then why are you going out with me?"
"I don't know."
Rory sat down at the counter shaking her head.
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"You are waaaaaaaaaay too sure of yourself," Rory said. "There are other talented people in the neighborhood.
"You know I've been in plays before."
"That was high school."
"The Festival of Living Art?"
"That was posing."
"Well, I still need to find a Roy."
"Oh, I know who would be happy to be your Roy."
"Who?"
"Kirk."
"Ew. No."
"His wife isn't auditioning you know."
"I still can't believe she has a wife."
"Mom!"
"I'm sorry, but when they first started going out and Kirk was bragging about having a girlfriend, I thought she would dump him on the spot."
"Shows how much she knows."
Rory and Lorelai ate their breakfast and then headed over to Ms. Patty's. A lot of people were crammed inside. Rory walked on to the little platform that Ms. Patty called a stage.
"Thank you all for coming," Rory said. "Does everyone have their audition pieces ready?"
Everyone nodded.
"Okay," Rory said. "First I will do the auditions for Lily, Roy's teenage daughter. So those who are not auditioning for Lily, please wait outside."
A lot of people got up and left except for three people. One of them looked very familiar.
"Who wants to go first?" Rory asked.
One girl raised her hand and walked on to the platform. Rory wrote down her name and watched her as she performed her piece. Lily didn't have a long piece in the story except for when she was fighting with her dad, which was what the girl was doing. She was a terrible actress. When she was speaking, she spoke in a monotone voice.
The next girl was too over dramatic. It was clear she did not know how to act and that she was a stage hog. Neither girls had any acting experience. This is going to be harder than I thought, Rory thought to herself, writing down comments. Finally the last girl walked on stage. She was very familiar. Rory wondered where she had seen her before.
"Name?" Rory said.
"You don't recognize me?" the girl said.
Rory looked up and squinted her eyes trying to look at the girl. She looked familiar, but she didn't know who she was.
"Rory, it's me, Clara," the girl said.
Clara! Dean's sister! Rory didn't expect that at all. She had seen Clara at the wedding two years ago, but she hadn't seen her since then.
"Clara?" Rory said. "Oh, my god! You look so grown up from the last time I saw you! How old are you now?"
"Seventeen," Clara answered.
"Wow," Rory said. "You look great."
"You, too."
"Okay, back to business. Have you had any acting experience?"
"I was in Annie when I was nine and I was in the school play for the last three years."
"Cool. Okay. Go ahead."
Rory watched Clara do her piece. She did her piece very well. There was a lot of emotion in her piece. Clara even got into her role and cried a little. Well, I know I don't need to have callbacks for Lily, Rory thought.
After Clara was done, Rory held the auditions for Elaine and Roy. Sookie and Jackson auditioned first. They were pretty good. Then Michel went up with Gypsy. Michel was good, but Gypsy was horrible. Rory was surprised that Michel auditioned. He didn't seem like the actor type of guy. Babette and Morey went up, but they weren't any better than Gypsy.
"Who hasn't auditioned for Elaine?" Rory asked the other auditionees.
Lorelai raised her hand.
"Who hasn't auditioned for Roy?"
Kirk raised his hand. Lorelai looked at Rory with a pleading look. Rory didn't want to torture her mother, but it was only fair.
"Okay, will the two people who raised their hands please go on stage," Rory said, sitting back down.
Rory flashed her mother an apologetic look. Lorelai gave Rory a death glare, but Rory knew she was kidding. Besides, they wouldn't have to kiss for the auditions. She got their names and they started auditioning. Lorelai was really good and so was Kirk. He was just as good as Michel.
After hours and hours of auditions, Lorelai and Rory went back to the Forester house. Lorelai was watching a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond while Rory nailed down the callback list. She wrote Lorelai, Sookie, and Babette for Elaine callbacks. For Roy she wrote Jackson, Kirk, and Michel. She nailed down the parts of Roy's boss and Lily's principal. She wrote at the bottom of the poster that she had already made her decision about who would play Lily at the bottom of the poster. Rory grabbed her keys and took the poster with her.
"Where are you going?" Lorelai asked.
"I'm going to Luke's to deliver the callback list," Rory said.
"Since a lot of people are going to crowd around the poster tomorrow, can I have a sneak peak?"
Rory rolled her eyes and showed Lorelai the poster. When Lorelai saw her name, she grabbed Rory and hugged her.
"You're the best daughter in the world," Lorelai said.
"Can't breath," Rory said. "Need oxygen."
Lorelai released Rory and Rory brought the poster to Luke's. As soon as she did, people automatically started to look at the list. Crazy doofus town, Rory thought, walking home. I wonder what Dean's doing right now.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Well, that was chapter 5. Hey, you can't have a chapter without Rory thinking about Dean. And there wasn't a segment about him being home for xmas. By the way, for all you Jewish people (like me), HAPPY CHANUKAH! Chapter 6 is coming soon.
Rory woke up in her old bedroom the next morning at 6:00 a.m. She had a very busy day ahead of her. First, she had to go to the doctor and then she had auditions. Okay, so it was two things, but a lot of people would audition and who knew how long that would go? Rory scheduled an appointment with her doctor at 7:00 a.m. She wrote a note for her mother and left.
When Rory met her mother at Luke's she over heard Lorelai trying to persuade Luke to audition for Roy.
"Why?" Luke asked.
"Because I'm trying out for Elaine and I need a Roy," Lorelai said.
"Your looking at the wrong guy," Luke said. "I don't act and I hate acting."
"But, Elaine and Roy have to kiss."
"So?"
"So, you wouldn't want some guy kissing me during the audition would you?"
"Some guy is going to be kissing you through rehearsals and the play. And how do you know you're going to get the part?"
"I'm giving it my best shot, but I don't want to end up kissing Kirk."
"Sorry, but I'm not doing it."
"Please?"
"I'll never kiss you again if you don't leave me alone."
"Why do you have to go there?"
"Because it works."
"Fine. I'll find someone else."
"Thank you."
"You suck."
"Then why are you going out with me?"
"I don't know."
Rory sat down at the counter shaking her head.
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"You are waaaaaaaaaay too sure of yourself," Rory said. "There are other talented people in the neighborhood.
"You know I've been in plays before."
"That was high school."
"The Festival of Living Art?"
"That was posing."
"Well, I still need to find a Roy."
"Oh, I know who would be happy to be your Roy."
"Who?"
"Kirk."
"Ew. No."
"His wife isn't auditioning you know."
"I still can't believe she has a wife."
"Mom!"
"I'm sorry, but when they first started going out and Kirk was bragging about having a girlfriend, I thought she would dump him on the spot."
"Shows how much she knows."
Rory and Lorelai ate their breakfast and then headed over to Ms. Patty's. A lot of people were crammed inside. Rory walked on to the little platform that Ms. Patty called a stage.
"Thank you all for coming," Rory said. "Does everyone have their audition pieces ready?"
Everyone nodded.
"Okay," Rory said. "First I will do the auditions for Lily, Roy's teenage daughter. So those who are not auditioning for Lily, please wait outside."
A lot of people got up and left except for three people. One of them looked very familiar.
"Who wants to go first?" Rory asked.
One girl raised her hand and walked on to the platform. Rory wrote down her name and watched her as she performed her piece. Lily didn't have a long piece in the story except for when she was fighting with her dad, which was what the girl was doing. She was a terrible actress. When she was speaking, she spoke in a monotone voice.
The next girl was too over dramatic. It was clear she did not know how to act and that she was a stage hog. Neither girls had any acting experience. This is going to be harder than I thought, Rory thought to herself, writing down comments. Finally the last girl walked on stage. She was very familiar. Rory wondered where she had seen her before.
"Name?" Rory said.
"You don't recognize me?" the girl said.
Rory looked up and squinted her eyes trying to look at the girl. She looked familiar, but she didn't know who she was.
"Rory, it's me, Clara," the girl said.
Clara! Dean's sister! Rory didn't expect that at all. She had seen Clara at the wedding two years ago, but she hadn't seen her since then.
"Clara?" Rory said. "Oh, my god! You look so grown up from the last time I saw you! How old are you now?"
"Seventeen," Clara answered.
"Wow," Rory said. "You look great."
"You, too."
"Okay, back to business. Have you had any acting experience?"
"I was in Annie when I was nine and I was in the school play for the last three years."
"Cool. Okay. Go ahead."
Rory watched Clara do her piece. She did her piece very well. There was a lot of emotion in her piece. Clara even got into her role and cried a little. Well, I know I don't need to have callbacks for Lily, Rory thought.
After Clara was done, Rory held the auditions for Elaine and Roy. Sookie and Jackson auditioned first. They were pretty good. Then Michel went up with Gypsy. Michel was good, but Gypsy was horrible. Rory was surprised that Michel auditioned. He didn't seem like the actor type of guy. Babette and Morey went up, but they weren't any better than Gypsy.
"Who hasn't auditioned for Elaine?" Rory asked the other auditionees.
Lorelai raised her hand.
"Who hasn't auditioned for Roy?"
Kirk raised his hand. Lorelai looked at Rory with a pleading look. Rory didn't want to torture her mother, but it was only fair.
"Okay, will the two people who raised their hands please go on stage," Rory said, sitting back down.
Rory flashed her mother an apologetic look. Lorelai gave Rory a death glare, but Rory knew she was kidding. Besides, they wouldn't have to kiss for the auditions. She got their names and they started auditioning. Lorelai was really good and so was Kirk. He was just as good as Michel.
After hours and hours of auditions, Lorelai and Rory went back to the Forester house. Lorelai was watching a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond while Rory nailed down the callback list. She wrote Lorelai, Sookie, and Babette for Elaine callbacks. For Roy she wrote Jackson, Kirk, and Michel. She nailed down the parts of Roy's boss and Lily's principal. She wrote at the bottom of the poster that she had already made her decision about who would play Lily at the bottom of the poster. Rory grabbed her keys and took the poster with her.
"Where are you going?" Lorelai asked.
"I'm going to Luke's to deliver the callback list," Rory said.
"Since a lot of people are going to crowd around the poster tomorrow, can I have a sneak peak?"
Rory rolled her eyes and showed Lorelai the poster. When Lorelai saw her name, she grabbed Rory and hugged her.
"You're the best daughter in the world," Lorelai said.
"Can't breath," Rory said. "Need oxygen."
Lorelai released Rory and Rory brought the poster to Luke's. As soon as she did, people automatically started to look at the list. Crazy doofus town, Rory thought, walking home. I wonder what Dean's doing right now.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Well, that was chapter 5. Hey, you can't have a chapter without Rory thinking about Dean. And there wasn't a segment about him being home for xmas. By the way, for all you Jewish people (like me), HAPPY CHANUKAH! Chapter 6 is coming soon.