Diclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or A Chorus Line, so don't sue me or take my stories off.

Also: this chapter has a bit of language, so be warned of that.

Chapter 5

When Weasley's Attack

The rehearsal room was crowded the next day. People were chattering and stitching and going over lines. Ginny stood at the back of the room all-alone. She took a deep breath. She had to do her monolog and since she was one of the few who knew the show Sirius wanted her to sing too. Knowing her brothers, she knew that they hadn't read the script fully yet so the would be shocked, and angry.

Harry was a couple of feet away stitching when he saw the sad and worried look on Ginny's face. He stopped stitching and came up behind her. He spun her around and started humming a song as he danced. Ginny couldn't help but laugh.

"Harry! Stop acting like a dork" Ginny said as he spun her around.

"Well", Harry said, "stop looking so worried." He stopped dancing, "You'll be great."

"But", Ginny said, "You know my brothers, and you know the song I have to sing. They are going to go completely bonkers Harry!"

"Don't worry Gin, I'll make sure that their straight jackets are properly applied before you start to sing."

"Settle down now, Settle down now!" Sirius yelled over the crowd. Everyone stopped talking and sat down on the floor. "That's much better. Now today we are going to first hear one of the more comedic songs from the show, and after that we are going to start learning the opening dance sequence. I also will need to have individual rehearsals with a lot of you. Those will run a half hour for each of you and will start today with Harry, and tomorrow with Ron and Hermione. So without further interruptions, Ginny will you come up here and show us how it's done." Ginny stood up slowly and everybody clapped. As she made her way up to the front of the room she kept telling herself that it was going to be okay. She opened her script to the marked page and began.

"The day after I turned 18 I kissed the folks goodbye and got on a Trailways bus to the big, bad apple. June Allison, right? 'Cause I wanted to be a Rockette! But let's get one thing strait, I never saw the Red shoes, I never heard about the Red Shoes, I don't give a Fuck about the red shoes!" a few people laughed, while a couple people looked shocked "I wanted to be a Rockette because this girl in my hometown, Luella Heiner, Had actually gotten out and made it in New York! She was a Rockette. This one time she came home for Christmas and they threw her a parade. A Goddamn parade! I had to twirl a frickin' baton in the rain for two hours. Unfortunately though, she go knocked up over Christmas, marry Christmas, and never made it back to New York. That was my deal see! New York, New York here I come! But you see I had this one little problem. I was ugly as sin!" a couple people laughed "I was ugly, skinny, homely, and flat as a pancake, get the picture? So I get off this bus in my little white dress, my little white tights, my little white shoes, and my long blond hair, which was natural then. I looked like a fucking Nurse!" the room broke out in laughter. People were surprised, Ginny was pretty good, "I had $87 in my pocket and 12 years of tap and acrobatics under my belt. I could do a 180 split and come up tapping the Morse code. So with that kind of talent I thought that the mayor would be waiting for me at port authority! Wrong! I had to wait 3 months for an audition! And when the big day finally came I showed up to the hall with my little red patent leather tap shoes, and did my little rutean. Then this guys says to me 'can you do fan kicks', and I said 'sure I can do terrific fan kicks', but they weren't good enough. What he was really trying to tell me was that it was the way I looked not the fan kicks. So I said 'Screw you Radio Cit and the Rockettes! I'm gonna' dance on Broadway!' but Broadway same story! I would dance rings around the other girls and still wind up in the ally with the other rejects! But after a while I caught on, I mean I had eyes. I saw what they were hiring! Son once after an audition I swiped my dance card. On a scale of one to ten they gave me for dance 10 for looks 3. Well!

Dance Ten, Looks Three And I'm still on unemployment,
Dancing for my own enjoyment. That ain't it, kid! That ain't it, kid!
Dance Ten, Looks Three Is like to die!
Left the the'ter and called the doctor for my appointment to buy...
Tits and ass" With those to words Ron, Fred, and George turned bright red with shock.

"Bought myself a fancy pair Tightened up the derriere
did the nose with it all that goes with it"

Ginny saw the looks on her brother's faces and resisted the urge to cringe.

"Tits and ass!

Had the bingo-bongos done.
Suddenly I'm getting Nash'nal tours!
Tits and ass won't get you jobs, unless they're yours!
Didn't cost a fortune neither. Didn't hurt my sex life either!"

Ron and his brothers eyes got huge and their mouths hung wide open, then they just looked really, really angry. Ginny saw this and something inside her snapped. Why should she let her brothers control her? She started to sing with more power and energy just to piss them off.

"Flat and sassy I would get the strays and losers,
Beggars really can't be choosers. That ain't it, kid! That ain't it, kid!
Fix the chassis, 'How do you do!'
Life turned into an endless medley of "Gee, it had to be you.' Why?
Tits and ass

Where the cupboard once was bare
now you knock and someone's there
you have got 'em, hey! Top to bottom, hey!
It's a gas! Just a dash of silicone. Shake your new maracas and your fine!"

Ginny shook her upper body just for the added effect

"Tits and ass can change your life, they sure changed mine!"

During the musical interlude she looked her brother right in the eye. She was sick of them always protecting her.

"Have it all done! Honey, take my word.

Grab a cab; c'mon
see the wizard on Park and Seventy-Third
For tits and ass. Orchestra and balcony. What they want is what cha see. Keep the best of you, Do all the rest of you.
Pits or class,

I have never seen it fail,

Debutante or chorus girl or wife.
Tits and ass, yes, tits and ass Have changed my life!"

Ginny held out the last note as she put her arms up in the air. The music ended and the room broke out in thunderous applause and catcalls. All three of the brothers Weasley sat in their chairs with their arms crossed.

"Very good Ginny" Sirius said, "Now five minuet break everyone!"

Harry got up and tried to stop Ron, Fred, and George from doing something rash.

"GENERVA WEASLEY WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!" Fred yelled with his other two brothers behind him.

"Acting!" Ginny snapped, "Get used to it." she said before walking out of the room, and leaving her brothers to just glair after her.