Chapter 17: Chances

I had been at Julliard for a little over 2 months and had already been cast as the lead in the annual spring musical, possibly the biggest event of the year for a musical theater major. Casting directors, record producers, all kinds of scouts were going to be there throughout the six performances. I even invited the Kent's, sending them 3 plane tickets along with 3 opening night tickets I purchased with the money I still received from Lex every month. I just hope they came. The production this year was 'The Phantom of the Opera.' One I already knew very well, and I was playing Christine.

It was now opening night and I was very nervous. I stood backstage, warming up in my point shoes with my friend Amy, who was Meg.

"You're really lucky you know?" Amy told me.

"Why do you say that?" I asked as I brought my leg straight up behind my head.

"You are one of the only freshmen ever to be picked for the lead. The performance scouts will be all over you!" She exclaimed. "But no pressure." I laughed

"Yea right! Thanks a lot!" I said sarcastically. Then Taylor, who was Raoul and Ryan, Phantom, came up to us.

"You ready?" Ryan asked, placing his hands on my shoulders and gently massaging them,

"No but this is helping." I joked. He continued as I drank my water. Then I heard a familiar voice behind me.

"If I didn't know any better I'd think you'd forgotten me." I quickly spun around and dropped my bottle.

"Clark!" I squeal. I ran over to him and jumped on him. I hadn't seen him in over two months! He picked me up and spun me around.

"You look beautiful." He said. I would have to remember to compliment the seamstress and make up artists.

"I wasn't sure if you'd make it. I never heard back from you after I sent to tickets. Are your parents here?" I stated smiling widely.

"No, they couldn't make it, it's just me, but Chloe and Lana managed to get their tickets and trade them for another night since they couldn't make it tonight. So is this a good surprise?" Clark asked. I tiptoed up onto the top of my shoes to where I was almost his height and kissed him. Millions of fireworks exploded.

"The best." I whispered smiling.

"Five minutes till curtain places everyone!" Our stage manager yelled.

"That's my call, I'll see you later k?" I said.

"Okay, I love you and good luck!" He said smiling.

"I love you too." We kissed briefly then he went to his seat. I walked back over to Amy, smiling.

"So that was Clark? Wow!" She said, then she handed me a compact and red lipstick. "Self explanatory." I laughed and put them to use. Then the performance began.

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We did the Curtain call. I received standing ovations which was completely unexpected yet completely exhilarating. I also received flowers from half the cast and crew. I knew I had tears flowing but they were happy ones so it was okay. Then Amy and I walked to our dressing room and redid ourselves to look like normal human beings. I put on a pair of cute jeans and a designer top, pulled my hair pack, redid my makeup and called it good. I grabbed my shoes, purse and jacket, and walked out of the dressing room where my theater professor was standing with another man.

"Juliet Davis, this is Mr. Reynolds, you two have a lot to talk about." We greeted each other and then began talking.

"Miss Davis, I am from the New York Theatre Society. I go and scout for casting directors, and I think that there are going to be many of them interested in you." Mr. Reynolds told me. "I am going to tip them off, tell them to come and watch you and I can't assure you of anything, but I thing that you could be the next big this to hit Broadway."

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" I said ecstatically. We said goodbye and I walked out the backstage door to find Clark.

"I was hoping you would be here." I said. He smiled at me and handed me a single red rose. "Thank you, it's my favorite." I tiptoed up and kissed him.

"What do you want to do?" He asked as we walked hand in hand down the sidewalk

"Well, I need to go up to my dorm and then I know this great all night pizza parlor we can go to, my treat." I said.

"Sounds great." We went back to my dorm, where I put Clark's rose in a small vase on my nightstand next to a framed picture of Clark and I. Then we went to the pizza place, talked and laughed until they made us leave. I told Clark about the scout and he seemed happy. Now we were walking through Central Park hand in hand. The night air was cold and I started to shiver.

"You okay?" Clark asked.

"Yea, I'm just a little chilly." I said.

"Well, my hotel is just about a block away. If you want to stay with me instead of having to go all the way back to campus I would be perfectly okay with it." He stated. I laughed.

"Clark Kent, did you plan this?" I said

"Not planned, desperately hoped but I didn't plan it." He said, laughing some himself. I then jumped in front of him.

"Oh really? And what else did you desperately hope for?" I said smiling. He looked down at me and kissed me passionately.

"Oh, so that's what you were hoping for." I said breathlessly.

"I knew you would figure it out, so what do you think my chances are at getting what I have been hoping for?" He joked.

"I'd say…" I paused for a moment. "That I have been desperately hoping for the same thing for the past two months." I looked up at him smiling, he was smiling too. Then, we went back to where he was staying.