Author's Note: I started this story a very long time ago with a terrible story in mind. I've revised my ideas for it, and I've decided to continue where I left off, but better. I don't own Moulin Rouge, I don't own the Foo Fighters lyrics I used in the first chapter. Wish me luck!
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It had all started months ago. Alexandria and Maura were both aspiring stage actresses, and one night they had gone out to see a show. They stood outside the theatre when Maura spotted a flier that caught her attention.
She read it aloud: "ACTORS/ACTRESSES WANTED. New STAGE Production of MOULIN ROUGE. Auditions February 20th at THE RED ROOM."
"Alexandria, do you know what that means?!" Maura said excitedly, "Moulin Rouge is finally coming to the stage, where it belongs! And we could be in it!"
Alexandria faked excitement, so as not to disappoint Maura. "Wow, that's great!" Maura looked at her best friend and could see the reaction was faked.
"What's wrong, Alex?" Maura asked, frowning.
"Only one actress can play Satine." Alex bit her bottom lip. They both wanted the part so badly. Moulin Rouge had been their favorite movie ever since it had come out almost five years earlier. The apartment they shared was painted red, and the walls were covered in posters of Satine and Christian, and the Windmill. They knew the lines and songs by heart and had been waiting for a stage adaptation of the film to take place. The time was finally here, and reality had set in.
"That's true..." said Maura, "But I promise, if you get the part, I will be SO happy for you, and it won't change our friendship at all. This kind of thing isn't worth losing a friendship over."
Alex nodded. "Yeah, you're right. This is nothing. We've been through so much together, something like this couldn't hurt at all." There was always the possibility that neither of them would get the part, but that was far, far out of their minds. They knew this was the role they were born to play. And they'd have to go up against one another to get it.
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Maura was childish looking, and acting. She was immature, and wasn't always the first to understand a joke, but she was fun to be around. She was certainly the nicest person Alex had ever met, and it was hard to be mean to her. Maura was naive, and she believed that true friendships could weather any storm. Alex knew better, but she loved Maura too much to tell her the truth. She wanted to believe their friendship would live through this, but the audition was coming closer and closer and the tension was mounting.
Alex would hide Maura's curling iron, throw away her straight pins, take a few stitches out of Maura's dresses. Sabotage, some would call it. Alex knew Maura was a better actress than she was, and she knew that Maura could sing better. But Alex had the charisma. Maura could be shy, at times, and while she could sing extremely well, it wasn't something she displayed for just anyone. Alex, on the other hand, laid out all her talents. She'd bare them and say, "Here is what I've got, take me, or leave me." Sometimes this was a good thing, sometimes it wasn't. She had to figure out a game plan, and with only three days until the audition, Maura was looking more and more like the obvious choice for the part.
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It had all started months ago. Alexandria and Maura were both aspiring stage actresses, and one night they had gone out to see a show. They stood outside the theatre when Maura spotted a flier that caught her attention.
She read it aloud: "ACTORS/ACTRESSES WANTED. New STAGE Production of MOULIN ROUGE. Auditions February 20th at THE RED ROOM."
"Alexandria, do you know what that means?!" Maura said excitedly, "Moulin Rouge is finally coming to the stage, where it belongs! And we could be in it!"
Alexandria faked excitement, so as not to disappoint Maura. "Wow, that's great!" Maura looked at her best friend and could see the reaction was faked.
"What's wrong, Alex?" Maura asked, frowning.
"Only one actress can play Satine." Alex bit her bottom lip. They both wanted the part so badly. Moulin Rouge had been their favorite movie ever since it had come out almost five years earlier. The apartment they shared was painted red, and the walls were covered in posters of Satine and Christian, and the Windmill. They knew the lines and songs by heart and had been waiting for a stage adaptation of the film to take place. The time was finally here, and reality had set in.
"That's true..." said Maura, "But I promise, if you get the part, I will be SO happy for you, and it won't change our friendship at all. This kind of thing isn't worth losing a friendship over."
Alex nodded. "Yeah, you're right. This is nothing. We've been through so much together, something like this couldn't hurt at all." There was always the possibility that neither of them would get the part, but that was far, far out of their minds. They knew this was the role they were born to play. And they'd have to go up against one another to get it.
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Maura was childish looking, and acting. She was immature, and wasn't always the first to understand a joke, but she was fun to be around. She was certainly the nicest person Alex had ever met, and it was hard to be mean to her. Maura was naive, and she believed that true friendships could weather any storm. Alex knew better, but she loved Maura too much to tell her the truth. She wanted to believe their friendship would live through this, but the audition was coming closer and closer and the tension was mounting.
Alex would hide Maura's curling iron, throw away her straight pins, take a few stitches out of Maura's dresses. Sabotage, some would call it. Alex knew Maura was a better actress than she was, and she knew that Maura could sing better. But Alex had the charisma. Maura could be shy, at times, and while she could sing extremely well, it wasn't something she displayed for just anyone. Alex, on the other hand, laid out all her talents. She'd bare them and say, "Here is what I've got, take me, or leave me." Sometimes this was a good thing, sometimes it wasn't. She had to figure out a game plan, and with only three days until the audition, Maura was looking more and more like the obvious choice for the part.