Disclaimer: I do not own Ed Edd n Eddy or it's characters.
Chapter 2,
Double D had done everything he could to prepare for the play they now needed to plan. Edd spent every free moment he could working to finish; after an assignment, in between taking notes, sacrificing reading ahead of his class to write, write, write. He was at lunch in the middle of adjusting the script when a thought occurred to him. He didn't really have to change the story at all. The only thing he needed was to choose two songs for people to sing for their audition song. And since not many people were aware of a Phantom of the Opera sequel, he decided to pick two songs from the original, since there is a higher chance of people knowing it.
So putting his script, with it's cast and characters, he wrote down a list of songs from both productions. He did this because he figured that he may look for a song from the sequel that Kevin can audition with, just to make things far. After choosing two songs, one for the women, and one for the men, he started to finally relax. And since he was done with his meal, he ran to the computer lab to print out a few music sheets.
Kevin on the other hand, was worried for a completely different reason. Nazz has totally ran him over with the invisible 18-wheeler truck. Sure he has sung in front of his friends, but only Nazz has heard him be melodic. How can he be the Phantom when he has never even heard of the play before. He has no idea what an Opera is even suppose to sound like. He could make a fool in front of himself, but cutting out would make him a bigger dork then Edd. And he couldn't afford to let that happen. He knew he needed to comply, but that did not ease his anxious butterflies. So imagine Kevin's surprise when, after the final bell rang, when he found a large line of children ready for their auditions. And they all looked pretty fearless, was he the only one who was nervous about being in a play?
Kevin pondered on this as he walked closer and closer to the music room. For once, Kevin didn't mind having his camera and tripod out for all to see. Normally he had a camera to film himself as he played football, so that this could help him become a better player. But today he had a better excuse for this random equipment.
"Hey bub, no cutters!" Sarah screamed and Kevin and he rolled his eyes and lifted his camera for her to see.
"I'm taping all of you kid, relax." Kevin muttered and Sarah crossed her arms, and Kevin walked away before she could say a comeback. But soon enough, Kevin knocked on the choir door, and Edd answered it cautiously.
"Oh, it's you." Edd said gratefully and Kevin thought that was a weird thing to see.
"Let me in, dork." Kevin said and Double D opened the door.
"Please wait another moment." Double D said to the people in line and closed the door once Kevin was inside.
"Oh, dear. It appears that I may have been wrong about the student body's involvement in this production. Oh, Kevin there is so many people! And most of the girls will want to be Christine. How can we disappoint so many people Kevin! How?!" Double D grabbed Kevin in a bit of a panic, but Kevin easily nudged him off.
"Dude, you're a techno-freak. So hands OFF the camera. I need to set it up." Kevin said Edd trembled in one place as he watched the jock set up the device. Once he was done, he turned back to Double D and saw the river of sweat pouring off of him.
"You aren't really good with rejection, huh dork?" Kevin asked and Edd shook his head.
"It's completely against my moral compass to deny someone for no good reason." Edd said and Kevin almost got annoyed, but then he thought about it for a brief moment, and he couldn't stop himself from smiling. When Double D heard Kevin's muffled laugh, he turned most of his anxious attention towards him and blinked in confusion.
"This isn't funny. How are we going to decide anything?" Edd said and the jock walked over and patted the sensitive boy on the back.
"Listen, I don't know much about this play stuff, you know that. But I know that people audition and later a paper gets posted with who got what character. Therefore, people won't be getting rejected face-to-face." Kevin pointed out, and Double D relaxed, almost completely.
"That is correct." Edd said and Kevin led Edd to his chair by the camera.
"So today we listen to the people. We can review the tapes together if you want. And if someone doesn't like their role you can say I muscled you into it. We can even go to your house later if you want." Kevin said, having Edd sit in the chair.
"I don't know, Ed and Eddy may audition, and they barge in a lot." Edd said and Kevin shrugged.
"Whatever, we can use my house, I don't care. All I know is that for Nazz's idea to work, you and I need to learn to work together. So... how about it?" Kevin said and he held a hand out to Double D. Edd was so surprised at Kevin's behavior that he went ahead and shook Kevin's possibly dirty hand. Then when Kevin wasn't looking, Edd put hand sanitizer on his skin and made sure they were clean.
"Ok, camera is ready, Mr. Ryan. Are you ready with the piano?" Kevin asked and the teacher nodded.
"Now hurry up boy, my children are waiting." Mr. Ryan said and Kevin blinked.
"I didn't know that Mr. Ryan had kids at this school." Kevin whispered to Edd who chuckled as he stood.
"He doesn't." Edd said and Kevin stared at him.
"But he-"
"Don't trouble yourself, I'll explain it later when we have time." Edd said patting Kevin's arm, which Edd noticed was pure muscle. Edd let in the first actor, who happened to be an actress.
"Hey, boys." Nazz said and Edd closed the door behind her.
"Should have anticipated your audition would be first." Edd said, happily, but Kevin sensed a hint of annoyance. Nazz giggles and walked in front of the camera's view.
"Do I get to pick my own song?" Nazz asked as if she was at a karaoke bar.
"No, I selected a song for you to sing, here is the lyrics and please use this specially designed throat spray." Edd said handing her the paper and holding up a red spray bottle.
"Dude, what is throat spray?" Nazz asked and Double D smiled.
"It is a spray that is meant to protect your throat and voice when you experience long sessions of stressful singing." Edd said.
"Huh?" Nazz asked still confused.
"You spray it in your mouth so your throat doesn't get sore when you sing." Kevin said and Edd was actually surprised that Kevin understood him.
"Oh, well, alright." Nazz sprayed a bit of the liquid and paused.
"Not the best tasting, but moving on. What's the song?" Nazz asked as she took the paper from Edd.
"Woah, 'Think of Me'? I told you I wasn't going to try out of Christine." Nazz said and Double D nodded.
"I know, but most of the girls will be so I have 'Think if Me' for the women and I have 'Music of the Night' for the men." Double D said and Nazz took a deep breath and smiled.
"Ok, dude." Nazz said and Double D pulled out black tape and made and X on the ground.
"Alright Nazz. Just stand on the X, state your name, and what role you're trying out for, and then you can proceed with your song." Edd said as he picked up the throat spray.
"Ok, I'm Nazz and I'll be trying out for Christine's best friend Meg." Nazz said as Edd was walking back to his seat, and Double D's eyes widened immensely. Kevin noticed this and instantly knew that there must be something up with the role Nazz wants, but decided to keep quiet. For now.
"Ok, Nazz." Mr, Ryan said playing a cord, and Nazz straightened her back.
"One, and two, and-"
"Think of me, think of me fondly/ when we've said goodbye/ remember me, once in a while/ please promise me you'll try." Nazz sang and Kevin cared about Nazz, but she didn't have a leading lady voice. The song was alright though. Nazz finished her audition giggled.
"Hey Double D, your throat spray is great; I'm not sore at all." Nazz said and Edd smiled.
"Thank you, Nazz." Edd said.
"I'll send in the next person." She said, putting the music on the table and Kevin turned to Edd.
"Where did you find throat spray?" Kevin asked and Edd glanced at the bottle on the table.
"Well, I was already making a throat spray for mother in chemistry and I figured that I could make an opera throat spray too. It's beautiful, but singing opera normally takes years of training." Edd said and Kevin nodded.
"Huh, thrifty." Kevin said and Edd blinked at the unusual reaction.
"Oh-ho! Hello, opera people." Rolf said and Edd cleared his throat.
"Ok, Rolf, this is the music you're going to sing, and please spray your throat to protect your voice." Edd said.
"Bah, smart Ed boy. No throat spray is better than the simple squeezing of an orange against ones face." Rolf said, pulling an orange from his pocket and pushing it against his forehead. When juice squeezed from the orange, Rolf extended his lower lip and drank the steady flow of liquid. Once done, Rolf threw the orange into the trash can by the front of the room.
"Now, I am ready to partake in your acting culture. I shall be the ghost of your horror music." Rolf said snatching the music up.
"Rolf, one and two and-"
"Slowly, gently night unfurls it's splendor/ grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender/ hearing is lightening, soft as candle light/
Dare you trust the music of the night." Rolf didn't sing one word in key or in the same melody, but he stopped at this last sentence.
"What's this, 'music of the night'? AH!" Rolf ran out of the room and Kevin attempted to find a proper answer.
"Uh, I bet there is some place for a superstitious son of a shepherd." Kevin said and Edd focused on the word 'superstitious'.
"Actually Rolf would be perfect for Madame Giry. So he could play Nazz's mother." Edd said and Kevin scrunched his nose.
"Rolf can't play a girl, dork. 'Cause Rolf ain't a girl." Kevin said.
"On the contrary Kevin. Shakespeare's original plays were done by an all male cast. In those days women weren't allowed to do such things." Edd said and Kevin paused.
"Shakespeare did Romeo and Juliet, are you actually telling me a guy would actually dress in drag and kiss another guy in front of hundreds of people?" Kevin asked and Edd nodded.
"Yes, Kevin. And today in plays, gender roles often get interchanged. With proper costuming, no one even cares." Edd said and a knock came from the door.
"Hey guys", an overly confident green haired boy said.
"Yes, hello, Nathan." Edd said and he winked at his two favorite people.
"Well, Rolf left and I guess it's my turn." Nat said and Edd nodded.
"Yes, then go on." Edd said and Nat cleared his throat. As once again, Mr, Ryan said:
"One, and two and-" Kevin took a deep breath to sooth his head.