Here's the next chapter! I am sorry it is late, but I was busy writing another story. Sorry again. So, in this chapter, we don't get to know Chad and Taylor's Kid(s) a little morebbut I will be doing that soon. Promise! Anyway, here it is. Another song in this chapter, by Barlow Girl, On My Own

P.S. Thanks to my beta, Monica.

Lily pulled a light blue shirt over her head. It was white from the elbows down, and the middle of it was cut diagnoally with the bottem half matching the bottem of the sleeves. She tried to tie her shoes and grab her books at the same time as she hopped out of the door of her room. She was wearing kakhi cargo shorts with a lot of pockets and plain blue sneakers. She ran into the kitchen where her mom, dad and little brother sat, Raine and Rocket were still sleeping. Troy was reading the newspaper and Gabriella was trying to get Jerod t eat something thatresembled cat mush.Lily grabbed a piece of toast and started running out of the kitchen again. Gabriella reached out with her free hand and grabbed the hem of Lily's shirt, stopping her in her tracks.

'What's the hurry?' She signed, giving up and putting Jerod's spoon down. She leaned back in her chair and looked up at Lily.

'I am meeting Damien and Michelle for practice. Final callbacks are during free period today.' She said back once she had stopped trying to get away from her mother. 'Can I go now?' Gabriella knew that if she was talking, her voice would have sounded a lot like Rockets when he was whining about something.

'Yea, go on. Oh, and good luck.' Gabriella smiled as her little girl ran out of the door to meet Damien and Michelle, who were witing for her. She turned back to Troy.

"Doesn't she remind you of us?" Troy grinned and picked up Jarod.

"Yup."

Lily, Damian and Michelle ran toward the addution room. They were going to be late, and Ms. Nesson probably wouldn't allow that. Lily had to go see the nurse because her ears suddenly started buzzing. It was cool, though, because she could actually hear something, even if it gave her a headache. It had stopped within a few minutes, so they wern't going to be to late. They werelast to addution. They entered just as Max and Shelle finished singing. Ms. Nesson smiled at them.

"Michelle, hurry up." She said to Michelle, who had only seeing problems. 'Damien, Lily, up on stage, now.' They ran up, Damien handing Lily a mike. She was nervous. Very nervous. Michelle started playing the panio. It was the song that they had been practicing all week. She could do this. She started singing, not noticing her mom and dad silently enter the room.I can't believe that I"m here in this place again

How did I manage to mess up one more time?
This pattern seems to be the story of my life
Should have learned this lesson by the thousandth time

'Cause I promise myself I wouldn't fall
But here I've fallen
I guess I'm not as strong as I thought
All I can do is cry to you

Oh, you have to save me
You're my last and only hope
All my right answers fail me
I can't seem to make it on my own

I can't promise that I won't fall
'Cause here I've fallen
I know I'm not as strong as I thought
All I can do is cry to you

I always thought that I would be strong enough
What made all of them fall couldn't take me down
Yeah, did I think that I was above it all
I have learned that pride comes before the fall

I can't promise that I won't fall
'Cause here I've fallen
I know I'm not as strong as I thought
All I can do is cry to you

Cry to you,

Cry to you...

Lily finished the song, smiling at Damien. They had sung, now, did they get the parts? Ms. Nesson smiled at everyone.

"Great job, everyone. The cast list will be posted tomorrow morning." Damien, who was wearing his hearing aid, translated for Lily. Then they started talking.

'You were great." Damien told her.

'Thanks.' She smiled widly, happy that she had done well. She really didn't know how she sounded, but if she got the part, she wouldn't have any more doubts. She looked around the room, pulling in the sleeve of her shirt. They started walkig out of the room as soon as Michelle had packed up her stuff and joined them. Gabriella decided to make her pressence known. She walked out from behind the same wall that she and Troy had hidden behind when they wern't sure they had wanted to addution. All of the Bolton kids went to East high. Lily's school was a sub division that had been added a few years back. Lily had wanted to go to school around her family, so she had been transfured.

"Hi, mom!" She knew she had said, it but again, she coudn't hear herself.

'Hi, sweetie. You were great.' She hugged Lily, and then Damien. 'You both were.'

'Thanks, mom. How long have you been standing there? Is dad there?" She bent her head around the corner, almost falling over. Gabriella easily caught her, for she was quite small for an eleven year old. She was four foot ten, maybe not small in hight, but she only weighed eighty pounds. She was healthy, though, so Gabriella couldn't whine as much as she wanted to about Lily's small size. 'Hi, dad.'

'Hey, Lily.' He hugged her. 'We have to be going soon, Basketball tryouts for sixth graders in thirty minutes, and your mom has to take Jacob to day care before going to work.' Gabriella had gotten a job she could do during school hours while all of the kids were at school. She worked for the school as well, but as a private tutor for the kids with learning disabilitys. Rocket had actually been with her a few times. However, Raine and Lily never had to have private tutoring. They had both taken after their mom in the brains department.

'Sure. Yea, and me and Damien have to go to math, and Michelle has History. Speaking of which, Damien, did you do your homework?'

'Yea, most of it.' Lily sighed. Gabriella laughed.

" He remined me of you, Troy. All through out the rest of high school, I had to force you to do your homerowk." Troy just smirked.

'Well, we have to go. Sorry, Lil's.'

'It's OK, dad. I'll see you after school.' Just then the bell rang, it was the warning bell. Lily grabbed Damien's hand and pulle dhim along. They were going to be late. And their math teacher was very fond of giving detentions. It turned out that they were late, and they had to stay after school picking old bubble gum off of the tables in the Cafateria. It was not run, besides when Lily started flinging it at Damien, and he returned the favor. However, their math teacher walked in on this and made then stay fifteen extra minutes. When school was over, they parted, both not wanting to wait until tomorrow. The next day, the cast list would posted.

The next day, Lily was in more of a hurry. She was up, showered and out of the house in twenty minutes. When she got to school, Damien was waiting outside.

'You look at the list yet?'

'Nope. Waiting for you. Why?'

'I want to know. Come on!' She pulled him inside and ran to stand right in front of the list.

Well, I am going to stop there. Sorry for the short chapter. The thunderstorms let up for about an hour, and I quickly wrote this. It could be a bit before the next one is up. Do Lily and Damien get the parts? Hmm?

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