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A few weeks later, the drama club was having final rehearsals for the play.
As Justin walked in with Anthony and Zach, he said, "Friday, November 13th… The final dress rehearsal before opening night!"
Everyone cheered.
He continued, "You may have noticed that Rudolph isn't here right now. I told him to be late so I can ask you about something. It has been brought to my attention that Rudolph's birthday is a week from today. I am handing out invitation-flyer-things to let you know about the surprise party we're having that night."
He, Zach, and Anthony started passing out papers to everyone.
After they were done, Justin said, "Now, go get your costumes on before Rudolph gets here, so he doesn't suspect anything!"
Everyone scrambled from the seats in the main auditorium to the dressing rooms backstage.
A couple minutes later, Rudolph walked in.
"Where is everyone?" he asked Zach.
Zach replied, "This is a dress rehearsal, Rudolph! They're all getting dressed!"
There was an awkward pause.
Zach continued, "That came out weirder than I wanted it to…"
"Justin, why did you start without me?" Rudolph asked.
"Well, since everyone's still getting their costumes on, we're technically not really rehearsing…"
"You know what I meant!"
"Um…" Justin said nervously. "No reason…"
