Yet another chapter finished. Sorry for the wait. Anyhow on with the tale.
As Long As Your Mine.
It was yet another day at rehearsal for the cast of Wicked. Elphaba was preparing for yet another round with Candy. She watched as both Candy and Brent performed As Long As Your Mine. It was a struggle for at least Brent.
"Cut!" Candy hollered pulling away from Brent.
"Hey, you can't just stop a scene like that!" Elphaba ordered as she stomped up to the diva.
"Actually I can, you see this is not going to work." Candy answered snottily.
"Why is that?" Elphaba hissed venomously.
"If you haven't noticed, Brent keeps screwing up."
"Really, well I for one don't blame him!"
Brent sighed as the two women started yet another argument.
"You ok?" Fiyero asked him.
"Yea, why you ask?"
"We'll you do seem kind of out of it today. I mean I know you have trouble with this scene, but this is unusual."
"Well, I guess I just had an interesting day yesterday."
Fiyero nodded before walking over to break up Elphaba and Candy before someone got hurt.
Brent thought back to his rehearsal with Mouse………
"So, are we going to do this or not?" she quipped as he stood there dumbfounded.
"Yea, sure." He mumbled.
Brent was shocked when he heard Mouse sing, she had a magnificent voice. He began to wonder why she wasn't in choir. And the emotion she put into it was amazing. Then the thought dawned on him, she was in character, she wasn't the scared and timid Mouse anymore, she was Elphaba. And he wasn't the jock king anymore, he was Fiyero. With that he joined in and sang with more emotion then ever before.
"As long as your mine!" The last notes of the song rang through the library and seemed to hang in the air.
"What is it?" Brent whispered as he waited for Mouse's reply.
But sadly, she did not say her line. She broke away from him quickly, leaving Brent slightly confused.
"We got through the song. That's all you needed help with right?" she whispered refusing to meet his eyes.
He was silent for a moment, "Actually, I'm wondering how to do a stage kiss..."
"You have to really kiss her remember. You can't fake it."
"Bummer"
"Sucks to be you." She said as she tossed him a soda.
"You know you have a really good voice." Brent said, Mouse almost spat out her pop after hearing this.
"Yea right."
"Seriously, you sounded just like Elphaba."
"And so does Candy."
"Actually she doesn't."
"So, are you all set on the music now?" she asked changing the subject.
"Actually can we run through the last part one more time?" he asked casually.
Mouse nodded and grabbed her script.
Once again the two reached the point where they had stopped last time.
"What is it?" Brent asked yet again hoping for a response.
"It's just for the first time I feel…….wicked." Mouse said softly.
"Of course we're only acting this…." She said.
"Yea, it's nothing we're acting." Brent said trying to hide his uncertainty.
"Right"
"Right"
And with that Mouse pressed her lips to his in a passionate kiss.
After a moment Brent pulled away from her.
"Well, that should be enough for today, don't you think?" Mouse said her voice cracking slightly.
"Mouse wait…." He said softly, Mouse merely ignored him and disappeared behind on one of the many bookshelves.
When Brent snapped back to reality Elphaba and Candy were now screaming at each other.
"YOU'RE A SELF CENTERED, IGNORENT BITCH!" Elphaba hollered.
"LOOK WHOSE TALKING, AREN'T YOU THE WICKED BITCH OF THE WEST!"
"BREAK IT UP YOU TWO!" Fiyero yelled over the both of them.
"I'm going out for a while you can deal with her." Elphaba sneered as she turned briskly leaving the room.
"You're lucky she didn't sick one of her flying monkeys on you." Fiyero spat at Candy.
Elphaba walked down the halls in a rage, she had to get away for a while. Then she came upon a sanctuary….the library. She entered eagerly; the peace of the books would scour her mind of Candy. Elphaba walked over to the fiction section of the building. As she pulled out a large stack of books, a sound reached her ears. With all too familiar lyrics.
"So if you care to find me
Look to the Western sky
As someone told me lately:
Everyone deserves the chance to fly!
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me:
Tell them how I
Am defying gravity
I'm flying high
Defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!
Glinda (on some random sound system speaker)
I hope you're happy!
Citizens of Oz (also on some speaker)
Look at her she's wicked! Get her!
Bring me down!
Citizens of Oz
No one mourns the wicked
So we've got to bring her……
Ahhhh!"
Citizens
Down!
Elphaba stood there dumbstruck as the note still hung in the air. Whoever was singing was WAY better than Candy would ever be. She rounded the corner and found none other then the coffee girl….Mouse. She still had her stereo cranked to the max.
"Oh, my god, I'm sorry I didn't think anyone was in here..." the red head stuttered dropping the books she was re stacking.
"That was amazing! Why didn't you tell anyone you could sing like that?" Elphaba asked astounded.
"I….I…"
"Screw Candy, you need the part!" Elphaba exclaimed, her mind raced about getting rid of the obnoxious diva.
"No, I won't do it. I can't." Mouse stammered as she returned to stacking books.
"What? Listen Mouse there are some things that I can't take no for answer…this is one of those things! So put down the books and come with me." The green woman said triumphantly as she grabbed Mouse's arm.
"Where are we going!" Mouse asked as Elphaba drug her down the hallway.
"Mouse although I hate to do this to you…..but you need….dare I say it? A makeover."
Dun dun dun….. (Dramatic music plays)
Yep so now you know……next chapter Mouse meets Glinda and her hair care products! (oh, the horror)
