Chapter 6: Stick to the Status Quo
"Callbacks?!"" Fllay screamed. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Sai couldn't believe his eyes as he read aloud. "Callbacks for roles Arnold and Minnie: Fllay Allster and Sai Argyle… Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne…"
"Is this some kind of joke?!" Fllay yelled. "They didn't even audition!"
"Maybe we're being punked… Maybe we're being filmed right now!" Sai said excitedly. "Maybe we'll get to meet Meer!"
"Oh, shut up, Sai!" Fllay said.
As the Wildcats entered the room, they chuckled as they saw Fllay and Sai kicking up a fuss. However, when Athrun took a look at the notice board, he was taken aback.
Later, during lunch, Fllay and the drama club were dicussing about the callbacks.
"How dare she sign up?" Fllay accused Lacus. "I've already picked out the colours of my dressing room!"
"And she hasn't even asked for our permission to join the drama club!" Sai added.
Banging her hand on the table, Fllay announced, "Someone's gotta tell her the rules!"
"Exactly… And what are the rules?" Sai asked.
Fllay scoffed and looked down on the entire cafeteria.
Suddenly, Shinn sang out, "You can bet there's nothin' but net when I am in a zone and on a roll…But I've got a confession…My own secret obsession, and it's making me lose control!"
"Everybody gather 'round!" sang the team.
"Well, if Kira can tell his secret then I can tell mine…" Shinn confessed. "I bake…"
"What?" Athrun asked, surprised.
"I love to bake! Strudels, scones, even apple pandowdy!" Shinn replied.
"Not another sound!"
"Someday I hope to make the perfect crème brulee!" Shinn told the team.
The entire team jumped up in frantic and shock.
"No, no, no, nooooooooooo! No, no, no! Stick to the stuff you know! If you wanna be cool, follow one simple rule: don't mess with the flow, no no! Stick to the status quo!"
"Look at me and what do you see? Intelligence beyond compare!" Lunamaria Hawke, one of the biology team members, sang and put down her book. "But inside I am stirring… Something strange is occurring… It's a secret I need to share."
"Open up, dig way down deep." sang the biology team.
"Hip hop is my passion!" Luna told her team. "I love to pop and rock and jam and break…"
"Is that even legal?" Miriallia Haw asked.
"Not another peep!"
"It's just dancing…" Luna explained. "Sometimes I think it's cooler than homework…"
The biology team went nuts and stood up.
"No, no, no, noooooooooo! No, no, no! Stick to the stuff you know! It is better by far to keep things as they are… Don't mess with the flow, no no! Stick to the status quo!"
Nicol Amarfi, part of the fashion punks clique, stood up and sang, "Listen well, I'm ready to tell about a need that I cannot deny… Dude, there's no explanation for this awesome sensation, but I'm ready to let it fly!"
The fashion punks stood up and sang, "Speak your mind and you'll be heard!"
"Alright, if Kira wants to be a singer, then I'm coming clean," Nicol said proudly. "I play the cello!"
"Awesome!" Yzak Joule, another fashion punk, exclaimed, but then he realised that he had no idea what a cello is. "What is it?"
Nicol made some actions to imitate when playing a cello.
"A saw?!" Yzak was taken aback.
"No, dude, it's like a giant violin!" Nicol replied.
"Not another word!"
"Do you have to wear a costume?" Yzak asked.
"A coat and a tie!" Nicol replied proudly.
The punks leapt up in horror.
"No, no, no, nooooooooooo! No, no, no! Stick to the stuff you know! If you wanna be cool, follow one simple rule: don't mess with the flow, no no! Stick to the status quoooooooo!"
The entire cafeteria leapt up and sang.
"No, no, no, noooooooooo! No, no, no! Stick to the stuff you know! It is better by far to keep things as they are… Don't mess with the flow, no no! Stick to the status quo!"
Fllay looked on with a horrified look on her face. "This is not what I want…This is not what planned…" she sang. "And I just gotta say… I do not understand! Something is really…"
"Something's not right…" Sai chimed in.
"Really wrong!" Fllay cut him short.
"And we gotta get things back where they belong!" Fllay and Sai sang together. "We can do it!"
"Gotta play!" Nicol stood up and exclaimed.
"Stick with what you know!" the punks told him.
"We can do it!" sang Fllay and Sai.
Lunamaria stood up and danced. "Hip hop hooray!"
"She has got to go!"
"We can do it!"
"Crème brulee!" Shinn stood up and showed the team some crème brulee.
"Keep your voice down low!"
"Not another peep… No, not another word… No, not another sound… No…"
"Everybody quiet!" Fllay yelled.
The whole cafeteria went still with silence. Lacus entered the cafeteria and went up to Cagalli.
"Why is everybody staring at you?" Lacus asked.
"Not me, you." Cagalli replied.
"Because of the callbacks?" Lacus's face turned aghast. "I can't have people staring at me, I really can't!"
"No, no, no, nooooooooooo! No, no, no! Stick to the stuff you know! If you wanna be cool, follow one simple rule: don't mess with the flow, no no! Stick to the status quoooooooo!"
"No, no, no, noooooooooo! No, no, no! Stick to the stuff you know! It is better by far to keep things as they are… Don't mess with the flow, no no! Stick to the status… Stick to the status… Stick to the status quo!"
Suddenly, Lacus slipped on some spilt milk and her chilli fries went flying through the air.
And they landed… square on Fllay's dress!
Fllay let out a scream that was piercing as darts. Lacus tried to clean off the mess, but Cagalli pulled her away. Kira entered the cafeteria and saw the commotion. Athrun pulled him away to defend him from further trouble.
"You don't wanna get into that, man, too much drama!" Athrun warned Kira.
"What is going on here?" Natarle demanded.
"Look at this!" Fllay pointed to the big ugly stain. "That Lacus girl just spilled her lunch on me… On purpose! It's all a part of a plan to ruin our show, and Kira and his Gundam robots are obviously behind it! Why do you think they auditioned? Through all the hard work we put into this show, it just doesn't seem right!"
With that, Fllay marched out of the cafeteria with tears in her eyes.
"What's up?" Kira asked.
"What's up?" Athrun repeated. "Well, let's see… You skipped free period physical training yesterday to auditions for some heinous musical, and now suddenly, people are… confessing!" Athrun grabbed Shinn by the arm and pulled him into the conversation. "See? Shinn is baking… Crème brulee!"
"What's that?"
"Oh, it's a creamy caramel like desert, it's really satisfying!" Shinn explained.
"Shut up, Shinn!" Athrun told Shinn.
Shinn walked away to leave Kira and Athrun in their own conversation.
"Do you see what's happening, man?" Athrun asked. "Our team is coming apart because of your singing thing! Even the drama geeks and brainiacs think that they can suddenly… Talk to us! The fashion punks are mingling around here! Suddenly, people think that they can do stuff! Stuff that's not their stuff!"
While Athrun lectured Kira about the importance of concentrating on the game, Lacus and Cagalli were discussing among themselves.
"Is Fllay really mad at me?" Lacus asked. "I said I was sorry…"
"No one's ever beaten Fllay out of a musical since kindergarten." Cagalli told Lacus. "That girl can play both Romeo and Juliet!"
"I wasn't trying to beat anyone out. We were just singing." Lacus explained.
"You won't convince Fllay of that…" Cagalli replied.
"I just…" Lacus tried to come up with some words. "Did you feel like there's a different person inside of you waiting to come out?"
"Not really… No…" Cagalli said.
To be continued