Soda and I exchanged a look. Then Soda turned back to Aaron. " 'Searching'? "
"Yeah." Aaron replied. "They've been working on this play for the past couple of months. The students who are acting in it say it's really good."
Jeff nodded. "They were doing the final rehearsal earlier this afternoon. It sounds like it'll be as good as they claim."
Soda leaned over and whispered in my ear. "Chris, is it just me, or does this seem unreal? You've been talking about how it seems like everyone is searching for something. Now, we're about to see a play called 'Searching'. Don't you find that to be kind of strange?"
I could only give him a nod in response. I was thinking the same thing. But I didn't know how to react. Surely, this play had nothing to do with what I had been thinking about. How could it? My friends and I are greasers. What could a church possibly have that we could be searching for? It seemed odd to me.
"The worship team is going to lead us in some songs before the play begins." Jeff was saying, interrupting my thoughts. "You can sit or stand. Do whatever feels natural."
Soda and I stayed seated while Aaron and Jeff both stood.
"What do you think?" Soda asked. "Was it worth it to come?"
"I don't know." I admitted. "Ask me after the play."
Soda grinned. "Do you think this play will have the answers we're looking for?"
I sighed. "I don't see why it would. It's probably just a coinsidence. There's no way a church play would have the answers to what we're searching for."
"But Chris, what if it does? We both know that this thing people are searching for isn't available just anywhere. If it was, we would have found it by now." Soda said. He ran his fingers through his hair and looked towards the front of the room.
"If it does, that's great. But I'm not going to sit here and hold my breath." I told him as Aaron and Jeff sat back down.
"Well, this is it." Aaron said. "After Pastor Brian takes the offering, the play will begin."
Jeff turned to me. "So Chris, are you looking forward to seeing what this play is about?"
I grinned at him and nodded. But I didn't say anything. I just didn't think that a church would have the answers to what I had been wondering about. And I knew Soda was probably feeling the same way. At the same time, I was curious to see what this play was about. Everyone around us was as excited about the play as Jeff and Aaron were. Maybe the play would be good. All Soda and I had to do was sit there and watch it. And hope that Steve would keep his promise and show up after he got out of work.