Two days later…

Riley's audition went smoothly, and from the smile on their music teacher, Mrs. Parker, she had high hopes for the role of Dorothy.

Lucas had been extremely nervous during his audition. His whole body had been shaking. But, with his friends cheering him on, he managed to go through it,.

Farkle auditioned well, he memorized the script and all, but he forgot that a song had to be sung as well. So when Mrs. Parker asked for him to sing, he had to reach into his memories and sing what he remembered when he watched "The Wizard of Oz" a few weeks ago.

Mrs. Parker posted the roles on the wall outside the music room. As soon as school ended, everyone went charging towards it. Riley, Maya, Lucas and Farkle made their way to the music room.

"I hope I get to be Dorothy," Riley exclaimed. It was at least the tenth time she said that in the past hour. During history, she raised her hand just to say it. Cory replied, saying, "So do I, now can we get on with the lesson?"

Lucas was probably even more nervous than he was while auditioning. His hands were in his pant pockets, and inside, he was crossing his fingers. Tin Man. Tin Man. Tin Man… He knew the chances of getting the role he wanted were slimmer than Riley's, because he had stuttered a few times during his audition. Hopefully Mrs. Parker could tell he was just nervous.

"I know I'll get a small role," Farkle said, frowning. "I failed miserably at the song part of the audition"

"Maybe not," Riley said, "Your audition proved that you have amazing memory. You've only seen the movie once and could remember half of 'We're off to see the wizard'."

Farkle could see Riley's point, but still, his audition was bad.

They made it to the wall where the cast was posted. A huge crowd surrounded it. They could hear people saying, "Yay I got the part I wanted", and "Congrats" and "Aw, I have a very small role". Riley, and Lucas hoped that they wouldn't be the ones saying, "I wanted to be -name-, not -different name-!"

When the crowd got smaller, Lucas, because of his height, could see and make out the words.

"I can read it," Lucas said, "Dorothy will be played by…... Darby."

Riley blinked.

"The Tin Woodman," Lucas continued. "Will be played by…...Dave"

Lucas looked down, though surprisingly, he wasn't as bummed as he expected to be.

"If I'm not Dorothy, then, who will I be playing?" Riley asked, incredibly concerned.

"Yeah," Maya said, "Who will Riles be?" Maya was pushing some people away from the sheet.

Lucas raised his head and scanned the paper. "Wicked witch of the east: Sarah's high heels. Aunt Em: Clarissa. Good witch of the south: Riley!"

Riley released the breath she was holding. At least Glinda was my second choice. "Okay, so I'm the person who tells Dorothy how to get home, that's cool." She nodded.

Lucas continued, "Who will I be playing?" His eyes darted around the sheet. "Lucas will be playing…..the cowardly lion." Lucas was disappointed. He had no idea that Mrs. Parker thought him as a coward.

Neither Riley nor Lucas got the part they wanted. Farkle thought. I didn't have a preferred role. That means I won't be disappointed, right?

"What about me?" Farkle asked.

"Farkle will be playing…...one of the winkies, one of the mice, and one of the munchkins."

Farkle jumped with joy. "YYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!"

"But Farkle," Riley said. "I thought you wanted to be recognized, how will that happen when you're pretty much a background character?"

Farkle shrugged, "I do want to be recognized, but cheering is a lot better than pouting and complaining, am I right?"

"Yeah, but…" Riley started, but stopped. She didn't want to argue. She was disappointed about not getting to be Dorothy. She wanted to be relieved that she got a pretty big role, unlike Farkle, but she just couldn't. It wasn't like her to be selfish, then why wasn't she congratulating Darby for getting the lead role? Probably because Darby wasn't here at the moment, but still. Riley now felt a bit bad. Not everyone got to have a speaking part, and she was already the star of last year's Romeo and Juliet. It wouldn't have been fair for her peers if she had gotten the lead role again this year.

"It says that the first meeting will be tomorrow, where we'll be getting the scripts, and the first rehearsal will be the day after," Lucas said.

"Here comes Mrs. Parker," Maya said, pointing down the hall.

Mrs. Parker seemed to be in a hurry. She walked to where the crowd was, and it seemed that she was looking for someone.

"If Maya Hart here?" She asked.

Maya's eyes widened, she looked at her best friend. "Me?" She asked Riley. Was she in trouble?

Riley shrugged, "Yeah, Maya's here." Riley grabbed Maya by the shoulder and got out of the crowd, which was still huge.

Riley pointed to Maya.

"Ms Hart!" Mrs. Parker exclaimed. She seemed very happy to see Maya. "Will you please come with me for a second? I will like to ask you a question."

Maya calmed down, her music teacher was in a good mood, which meant it was not going to be detention or a talk about her grades. "Um, okay," Maya walked towards Mrs. Parker and was led into the music room.

"I wonder what she's going to tell Maya," Farkle said.

Please give feedback, it is appreciated. I'm still a beginner at writing.