"Alright everyone let's take it from act 1 scene 1 at line 31." Ms. Kwan said referring to a place in the script.
Ashley stood in the center of the stage with Hazel and Terri to her left.
"It was great when we were Freshmen. It was good when we were Sophomores-" Ms. Kwan cut her off.
"Ashley, be disinterested with the people around you, don't look at them, look straight ahead, pretend you're worth more then both of them combined." Ms. Kwan said offering some acting tips.
Ms.Kwan instructed Ashley to practice in the back of the auditorium, and asked Marco and the guys to come up to the front of the stage to practice.Ms.Kwan had Marco stand in the middle of Toby & J.T. and had Spinner stand in the backround.
"Take it from 31A." She told them.
"Are you kidding! After a summer at the beach? And let me tell you-" Marco said
"You're rushing Marco. Alright, let's give the spoken work a rest, let's work on the music. Everyone to the stage let's start on 'Summer Nights.'" Ms. Kwan instructed the cast.
The cast divided the stage into two groups. Boys on the left, girls on the right. The music started and they started singing.
"Summer lovin' had me a blast." Marco sang.
"Summer lovin' happened so-" Emma burst out laughing. "I'm sorry," She said. "It's just so hard not to look at the guys when I sing, they're right there and.." She started laughing.
"All right, that's enough, we'll continue where we left off tomorrow." Ms.Kwan said as they left the auditorium.
"Don't worry Emma, it takes a while to get used to, but before you know it you'll be able to belt out the whole song without laughing." Marco told her caringly.
"Thanks." she said "see you tomorrow."
Emma worked on singing all the way home, and was once again greeted to a screaming & crying Jack when she got home.
"Emma, stop singing, you'll upset the baby." Spike complained.
"Too late." Emma said under her breath.
"Listen, I need to take Snake to chemo Tonight, you need to watch Jack." Spike said, going to the car.
Emma put Jack in his room and went upstairs to start on homework. She noticed her computer was on, and that she had gotten 2 instant messages, one from Chris and one from Manny. She deleted the one from Manny without even looking at it, figuring it would be something dumb and pointless about Craig. She then turned her attention to the message from Chris.
gSharpe: Hey Em, still up for doing something together??
gSharpe: Emma??
gSharpe: EARTH TO EMMA??
sparklespaz: sorry i left my computer on, didn't realize.
gShape: so wanna do something later, my plans were cancelled.
sparklespaz: can't have to babysit Jack.
gSharpe: Tomorrow?
sparklespaz: have plans, sorry.
Emma logged off, not wanting to tell Chris about the play.
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When Marco got home hi parents were out and there was a note on the refrigerator for him.
MARCO: went out. Dinner in refridgerator, hope rehearsal went well. Love you Mom & Dad.
He was used to his parents going out. They were not one for sticking around when Marco was out. He went up stairs to take a shower, do homework and check his email. He noticed he had an email from Ellie saying that she was sorry she was so hard on him and that he should come to the beach with her and Sean on Friday. He wrote her back saying he'd think about it.
Ashley stood in the center of the stage with Hazel and Terri to her left.
"It was great when we were Freshmen. It was good when we were Sophomores-" Ms. Kwan cut her off.
"Ashley, be disinterested with the people around you, don't look at them, look straight ahead, pretend you're worth more then both of them combined." Ms. Kwan said offering some acting tips.
Ms.Kwan instructed Ashley to practice in the back of the auditorium, and asked Marco and the guys to come up to the front of the stage to practice.Ms.Kwan had Marco stand in the middle of Toby & J.T. and had Spinner stand in the backround.
"Take it from 31A." She told them.
"Are you kidding! After a summer at the beach? And let me tell you-" Marco said
"You're rushing Marco. Alright, let's give the spoken work a rest, let's work on the music. Everyone to the stage let's start on 'Summer Nights.'" Ms. Kwan instructed the cast.
The cast divided the stage into two groups. Boys on the left, girls on the right. The music started and they started singing.
"Summer lovin' had me a blast." Marco sang.
"Summer lovin' happened so-" Emma burst out laughing. "I'm sorry," She said. "It's just so hard not to look at the guys when I sing, they're right there and.." She started laughing.
"All right, that's enough, we'll continue where we left off tomorrow." Ms.Kwan said as they left the auditorium.
"Don't worry Emma, it takes a while to get used to, but before you know it you'll be able to belt out the whole song without laughing." Marco told her caringly.
"Thanks." she said "see you tomorrow."
Emma worked on singing all the way home, and was once again greeted to a screaming & crying Jack when she got home.
"Emma, stop singing, you'll upset the baby." Spike complained.
"Too late." Emma said under her breath.
"Listen, I need to take Snake to chemo Tonight, you need to watch Jack." Spike said, going to the car.
Emma put Jack in his room and went upstairs to start on homework. She noticed her computer was on, and that she had gotten 2 instant messages, one from Chris and one from Manny. She deleted the one from Manny without even looking at it, figuring it would be something dumb and pointless about Craig. She then turned her attention to the message from Chris.
gSharpe: Hey Em, still up for doing something together??
gSharpe: Emma??
gSharpe: EARTH TO EMMA??
sparklespaz: sorry i left my computer on, didn't realize.
gShape: so wanna do something later, my plans were cancelled.
sparklespaz: can't have to babysit Jack.
gSharpe: Tomorrow?
sparklespaz: have plans, sorry.
Emma logged off, not wanting to tell Chris about the play.
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When Marco got home hi parents were out and there was a note on the refrigerator for him.
MARCO: went out. Dinner in refridgerator, hope rehearsal went well. Love you Mom & Dad.
He was used to his parents going out. They were not one for sticking around when Marco was out. He went up stairs to take a shower, do homework and check his email. He noticed he had an email from Ellie saying that she was sorry she was so hard on him and that he should come to the beach with her and Sean on Friday. He wrote her back saying he'd think about it.