Chapter 17: I'm Not Scared

"Wow, Haze whoever would have thought you had a good voice." Paige said while walking to the auditorium with Hazel and Jimmy.

"Yeah I would've never thought it...I mean of course I always knew I had a great voice." Hazel replied.

"Of course you do I'm surprised you never sang for me before." Jimmy said. "You have the voice of an angel."

"Umm..yeah..well we better get ready for auditions." Hazel nervously responded. "Wait a minute Paige can I speak to you for a minute?"

"Well I guess that's my queue to leave." Jimmy said while trying to get into the auditorium hall before Craig helped him in.

"Let me help you with that" Craig opened up the door and helping Jimmy roll over a little hump by the door.

"Thanks, they should really make this entrance a little bit more wheel chair accessible." Jimmy replied. "Where's Ash you know how J.T. and Liberty are getting all uptight about how she keeps skipping parts of the rehearsal."

"She's not coming." Craig answered. "She's sick."

"I hope it's noting I didn't do, I mean I hope it's not serious?" Paige asked hoping no one didn't notice her minor slip up.

"Yes and No" Craig answered. "No it's not serious she's not dieing or anything but it's still serious, she has laryngitis. It looks like Ashley won't be singing, talking or even humming for about a week. Which means she's won't be in DD well at least singing in it."

" Man that's rough." Jimmy responded sympathetically. "Maybe she can get a part that doesn't require any talking or something."

"Maybe, I already told Liberty and J.T. the news there already working on a plan."

"Oh this should be fun." Jimmy said sarcastically before he and Craig went into the auditorium.

"So what do you want to talk about." Paige asked Hazel while looking at her watch. "I have somewhere I really have to be."

"This will only take a minute." Hazel responded before holding Paige by her arm.

"Ouch you know that really hurts Haze."

"Good because it's suppose too."

Paige gave Hazel a surprised look. "What are you talking about, Hazel are you on drugs?"

"Who knows it all depends."

"On what?"

"What you put in that guacamole, Paige. From the little taste I did get that flew into my mouth, no thanks to you, that stuff made me want to throw up not to mention other things I don't want to get into, so don't lie to me."

"Hazel it wasn't meant to hurt you."

"Well who was it meant for, Ashley, Craig, Marco and don't tell me it was meant for Jimmy or I'll never speak to you again."

"Of course not I'm not that cruel I wouldn't do that to my friends." Hazel gave Paige a mean glare. "No it really wasn't it was meant for Manny and if Heather Sinclair got some all the better." Paige snickered.

"Well I'm glad you find this funny Paige because I don't. I should have know you were up to something you weren't even invited but you just so happen to show up."

"I didn't know I had to be invited to my friends home."

"You know what I mean Paige your not in DD you didn't even try out for the part with the rest of the school."

"I'm an individual."

"Whatever Paige don't skip the subject what did you do put in that concoction you call guacamole?"

"Uhh you know the usual Michalchuk ingredients my mom uses avocados, tomatoes, onions, a little splash of vinegar, sour cream for flavor, a little cilantro.."

"Paige!" Hazel exclaimed.

"OK maybe I added a few extra ingredients like nutmeg and..uh a dash of syrup of ipecac and a couple of ground up flavorless laxatives."

"What! You put ipecac in it my mom's a nurse that stuff is suppose to be used for emergencies it's makes you vomit and laxatives where you trying to kill us! What if anyone else would have eaten it, we could have been in the hospital! What possessed you to come up with such a stupid idea Paige are you on drugs?"

"I'm sorry I only put a dash of Ipecac in or two or three or maybe in four or five. I didn't think they would cause that much trouble the bottle said to induce vomiting I didn't think it would hurt anyone, in was in my mom's medicine cabinet. It was Ash's idea I just helped her out a bit Manny needed to be put in her place there was no way I was going to allow her to steal my friends guy from her again. She had to be taught a lesson and if she became really sick then maybe she could be replaced. You do know she was hurting Ash?"

"We're in a play and Manny's character is nothing like her, she barely even looks at Craig unless asked too. And how was it Ash's idea anyway?"

"Hazel where about to start." J.T. said while trying to escort Hazel through the auditorium door. "Your audience awaits."

"Paige I'm going to speak to you later and Ash even though she won't be able to explain herself." Hazel replied before walking into the auditorium.

"Great you're here." Liberty said to Manny as she sat down in front of the stage. "You're just in time to hear to the news."

"What news." Manny asked.

"It's great me and J.T. went over a few changes last night and just as we were about to trash your part to the fact that our other female lead is sick with laryngitis. Jimmy came up with a great idea."

"Yeah." Jimmy replied. "I thought it would be great if Hazel took over Ashley's part since she knows the main song and all it shouldn't be too hard right Hazel?"

"Umm yeah." Hazel said nervously. "Piece of cake."

"That's good, congratulations Hazel." Manny smiled at Hazel.

"Since we didn't think Hazel would want to do the final kiss with Craig we bought out plan B." J.T. said

"Plan B what's Plan B" Manny asked giving J.T. and Liberty a quizzical stare. Liberty shook her head as if she didn't have a clue what J.T was talking about.

It's an extra script change. J.T. answered. In case anything happen like illnesses, or.."

"An outbreak of a sexual disease." Nate responded while looking at Emma.

"Uhh, can I see it." Manny asked before J.T. handed her the script. "Wait you can't do this, this is, this is so wrong."

"Don't tell me somethings wrong."J.T. said."Most of the other songs Hazel knows just doesn't go with the plot. Maybe you can learn Ash, I mean Hazel's part and she can learn yours. Sorry Hazel looks like you won't be singing the duet with Craig."

"No, it's fine I can do it. I'll still do I want to be famous you know, like Hazel said it will be a piece of cake. It's only a play."

"Rock Opera." J.T. corrected.

"Whatever." Manny answered.