Tonight was the first night they were going to block 'La Vie Boheme.' It was also the first time in the play she and Raven had to kiss. Chelsea was exhausted. She had no idea that doing a play, especially a musical, was such hard work. Luckily for her, she wasn't in a lot of the scenes so she'd had some time for studying. But tonight was the big night. She and Raven had been practicing the play every night since they'd been cast. They'd practiced choreography, songs, the few lines either of them had. It had helped Chelsea a lot since theater wasn't really her thing. The only thing they hadn't practiced was the kissing. Heck, they hadn't even talked about it. To make matters worse, there was a song, 'Contact,' where she and Raven had to simulate having sex, bad sex, but sex nonetheless, and if she couldn't even get Raven to even talk about the kiss in the play, how were they ever going to survive a sex scene on stage?

It didn't help that Raven still hadn't talked about the last kiss. Chelsea was starting to think maybe she'd read more into it than what it was. She needed to know if what she'd felt wasn't just one-sided. And she was still thinking about as she stood on stage watching Karen Peters, the choreographer, show them the blocking for the song. It involved a long table in which she was going to have to jump up and dance on. It had been rough at first, to get used to playing a character as forward as Maureen, but now Chelsea loved the confidence she felt when she played her. And she was certainly going to need it.

She had a quite a bit of singing in the beginning of the song. Karen had them walking in and being stopped by the host. Then they went to sit at the table. So far everything was going well that was until Karen said, "Okay Chelsea, when Erik says '…you bet your ass…you're going to climb up on the table and moon the audience."

"Oh ok…wait I what?" Chelsea asked in shock. She heard a few of the upperclassmen snicker.

"You're going to moon the audience. Didn't you read that part in your script?" Karen asked her.

"Oh yeah, of course I did…I just forgot." Chelsea replied trying to cover up her embarrassment. She'd been so worried about kissing Raven, she completely overlooked that little bit of stage direction in her script. She sent a worried look over to Raven who was behind stage. She shrugged sympathetically.

She wasn't completely comfortable with the idea, but by time she'd done it for the twentieth time, she was used to doing it. The next part they worked on was the choreography everyone had to do at table. It had to be synchronized. Erik was on the table dancing. Chelsea had to admit he was really good, and she knew he had a little crush on Raven. She knew he posed to no threat. If anything she felt sorry for him as she caught him stealing little glances at her when she wasn't looking. And she never missed the absolute look of adoration on his face when they did their duet.

"…Okay Raven, and you come in rushing over to Chelsea. Chelsea go ahead and sing your line. And Raven sing yours too."

Maureen
Is the equipment in a pyramid?

Joanne
It is, Maureen

Maureen
The mixer doesn't have a case
Don't give me that face

"Okay and this is the first time we see Maureen and Joanne together. Neither of them is very secretive about their relationship, but Maureen loves attention so her actions tend to be more of a show than Joanne's. Whenever you see these two kiss, it's always Maureen that is the aggressor. So Chelsea that's what we're going to be trying to convey." Robert said, pacing in front of her and Raven. "So when you sing, '…don't give me that face…' I want you to grab Joanne's face, not too roughly, and kiss her passionately."

"I think I can handle that." Chelsea muttered to herself.

"Okay, well take it from the top of Erik's last verse."

It was like everything sped up, and before she knew it, she was wrapping her arms around Raven's neck and pressing her lips to hers. Their first kiss had nothing on this one. She lost herself for a moment, reveling in the feeling of Raven's soft lips. She almost forgot where she was, until she heard someone clear their throat. She ducked her head in embarrassment. She completely forgot that the throat clearing was supposed to happen.

"Chelsea, that was perfect. Keep up that look of being caught up in the moment. It's perfect. Just don't forget you line next time. Okay people let's take it from where did the last time." Robert called from the audience.

She looked over at Raven for the first time. She saw that the kiss had affected her just as much. So I wasn't wrong, she thought. Maybe this could work in her favor. As she moved back to spot by the table, Ronnie caught her eyes, and gave her a wicked grin. She returned the grin with a wink.

This time she kissed Raven a little more passionately but didn't let herself get totally caught up because she didn't want to miss her cue again. Aaron cleared his throat, and she said it…

Maureen
Hey Mister - she's my sister

They practiced the kiss a few more times, and while it was wreaking exquisite havoc on her body, Raven was definitely worse off. Her breathing was becoming shallower with every kiss, her skin looked slightly flushed, and the last time she rushed on stage she'd almost tripped. Chelsea liked the affect she was having on her friend more than she should, but she couldn't help it. She'd never been able to kiss Raven with such abandon and the feeling was heady and wonderful.

She had some more choreography to get through. She was really having a great time. The guy that played 'Collins,' Desman, kept making her laugh while she was dancing with him on the table, and she and Raven got to dance together a lot. She knew their second kiss was coming up, and she was actually really excited. This time Raven would be sitting on the table, and she would climb on top of her and kiss her with more passion than had been displayed in the first kiss. The first time they tried it, Desman fell off the table when he tried to jump, and got tangled in the chair. Luckily he wasn't hurt, but it had caused the whole cast to break out in fits of laugher. It took three tries for them to get to the part where she had to kiss Raven again. Suddenly she looked into Raven's eyes, and nothing was funny anymore. Raven was looking at her in a way that made her want to melt into a puddle.

She bent her head to capture Raven's lips, and felt the girl beneath her take control of the kiss. She felt Raven's hands in her hair, and she was lost. She pulled back just in time for their line, and it seemed neither of them could take their eyes from the other's as they uttered "…we're close…" Luckily, Desman and Jaime immediately shared a kiss following theirs, so no one noticed what was happening. Suddenly their relationship was changing.