Thanks to the first few reviewers!

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JoJo anxiously watched the clock, as it ticked closer and closer to six. The director was giving the cast, the Whos especially, some notes, but his mind was elsewhere. Noticing his drifting mind and wandering eyes, the person next to him nudged him, silently telling him to pay attention. JoJo nodded back and kept an eye on the director, who was talking to Max at this point.

He didn't have to wait long though, because as soon as he started paying attention, she ended the discussion, and told everyone to go home. He was the first up, racing to get his things. It didn't look good. He only had 10 minutes left. But hope wasn't lost. If I can just get find my mom outside soon without any distractions, then-

"JoJo!"

Crap.

JoJo turned his head, and saw the director motioning that he come to her. The Cat was standing by her side, smiling. Assuming the worst, he slowed his step a little. He stood in front of her, looking up at the face he'd seen for the past year now. He could see the stress taking its toll on her, and even a few grey hairs; no doubt the courtesy of the Cat. The director started speaking. "JoJo."

"Ma'am." He responded without missing a beat.

The director deepened her glare. "You weren't paying attention at all today! Everything after lunch was off. We've been doing this for a year now, and you were making errors that you didn't even make in auditions!" her steely expression softened into a look of real concern. "Is everything alright? Is something going on at home or something?"

JoJo paused, not sure how to respond. Everything was fine at home, despite a little money issues. It was no big deal though. No one was sick, no one died, nothing was going on. The workload from his tutor wasn't that big a deal either. All he had to do was do it. He knew what the problem was, but he also knew that the director would kill him if he said it was all for a girl, even if that girl was his best friend. So, he silently shook his head, hoping that there wasn't too long a pause between the question and his response.

"Bull!" the Cat coughed. JoJo glared at him, and he smiled sweetly in return.

"You sound like you're coming down with something, Cat." JoJo said sarcastically. "You should really get it checked out!"

"Yeah." The Cat agreed. "It's call obviousitus. Causes me to cough and counter things when I know they're false. It's also nicknamed the lie detector disease." JoJo stared at him, not sure how to respond. And, of course, the Cat smiled.

The director just shook her head. "Alright you two. Will one of you tell me what's going on?"

"It's the girl." The Cat bluntly stated. "Sadie, I think her name is."

There was a pause, before the director started shaking her head. "Of all the times for love…" she sighed, looking down at her little star. "JoJo. I know you like this girl, but you've got to keep your focus on the movie! You're a huge part of this production, and if you aren't paying attention, then the whole thing blows up. NOT LITERALLY." She said, silencing the Cat's unspoken comment. "But…" she sighed. "I know what it's like to like someone at that age, and I know that a lot of your mind wanders to the person you like, but please, please JoJo I need you to be a mature kid, and focus on your commitment." There was a pause before she asked. "Do you understand?"

JoJo nodded, and she nodded as well. "Good." She straightened up and started to walk away. "See you tomorrow!"

"Wait!"

The director turned back, a questioning look in her eyes. JoJo, who had called out, paused a moment, before asking, "What's your real name?"

There was silence, then a smile came across her face. "Rachel." She said. "Rachel Hubby."

JoJo smiled, and said nothing as she left the building. He was thinking about how no one really knew each other's first names in the studio. Ever since they met, everyone was going by character names, with the acceptations of those who didn't have character names. It was strange, the feeling of that. Knowing a friend so well that you could explain almost everything that they like, hate, where they grew up, siblings, family… but you couldn't tell them their name. The thought made him uncomfortable, especially considering how long they had known each other.

As he gradually regained understanding of what was going on around him, he realized that the studio was now deserted. The only people here were the tech crew, who were going over little details, him, and the Cat, who was leaving. "Ya coming?" the Cat called to JoJo. Glancing up at the clock, JoJo saw that he only had two minutes. Then, he flew. Running to get his backpack, then running out of the studio, calling over his shoulder, "See you tomorrow!"

The Cat stopped walking, shaking his head at his little costar. However, a smile was creeping across his face. "See you tomorrow." He said after JoJo had left.

Sadie was barely awake. It was 10:15 her time, 6:15 Anthony's time. Staring at her computer screen, she looked to see if anything had changed from before. It hadn't. There was no one on, which was strange, considering it was only 10:15. Most people were glued to their computers at this time, but not a soul was on tonight. Sadie mentally shrugged, and opened up an empty page of document word, writing down anything that came to mind.

It's strange. Tonight I'm going to be seeing Anthony again after a year, but not in real life (ah Skype, we hate your quality, but deep down truly appreciate you). I wonder how much he's changed, if at all. I read somewhere that guys go through this whole puberty thing from 8th grade to 9th grade. I hope he didn't, that would be bad news for the movie. They need a childlike star, and dammit, Anthony's everything but the reincarnation of the character JoJo himself! Well… it could be possible.

*must resist the urge to make Seussical joke*

But seriously, I don't know what I'll say, or do, or if I'll be able to stay awake through the whole thing. I wonder what's keeping him.

As if on cue, the green light by Anthony's name lit up, indicating that he was on. Sadie looked from the document to the light, and smiled. Clicking his name, she started a text conversation.

StarThinker96: You have impeccable timing, you know that right?

A reply came soon after.

ThinkerKid?
StarThinker96: Never mind. Start the chat already!

There was a pause, and then the infamous music started playing. A little black box popped up, and Sadie hit the green button, starting the video chat. Connection was instantly made, and she could hear Anthony fiddling around with things. Sadie smiled, reaching to turn on a light, so he could properly see her.

"Hey." She said calmly. He looked up, a smile spreading across his face. His eyes lit up, she could see. And from what she could tell, he hadn't changed much at all. It was still the same Anthony that she had known. Curly brown hair, brown eyes, a little bit of freckles on his nose, although there were a little less (from the makeup, she assumed). He still looked short, which was good. Not for him, but for the movie it was essential.

"Hey." He said back. Sadie nodded her head in approval. His voice was the same too. Nothing had changed… although he looked a lot more tired than normal. She didn't blame him. He's one of the stars of the most insane movie that's being made in Hollywood at this time, there was bound to be some psychological things affecting his brain.

Wow. Not even 2 weeks into school and she was already sounding more intellectual. She had to stop this.

Anthony, on the other hand, couldn't be happier. Sadie hadn't really changed at all. She still had emerald green eyes, black hair, and was still very tall. In fact, if he didn't know better, he'd accuse her of getting taller. Luckily, he knew better. She looked tired though, and he wondered why for a moment… until he realized that it was almost 11:30 her time. "I'm sorry for getting here so late, I just-"

Sadie shook her head, dismissing the thought. "I'm fine, really. I got some sleep during Geometry today. The desks are still uncomfortable, but a sweatshirt makes a great pillow to soften things up." It was a complete lie, but, hey, it would get a laugh.

Anthony laughed, running a hand through his hair. "You liar." He said a playful smile on his face.

"How could you tell?"

"When you lie, you extend your jokes farther than they need to go."

Sadie snapped her fingers. "I've got to work on that." She muttered to herself. Anthony laughed again, and Sadie joined in this time. "So." She said, bringing her laptop onto the bed. "What kind of crazy things is that sweet little actor from Springfield witnessing in the big bad world of the movies?"

Anthony laughed again. "Oh God, too many to say in a short amount of time. Most of them not appropriate."

"What rating would you give it?"

"Eh, PG, PG-13"

"Shoot."

He shook his head, smiling and thinking. Sadie started humming the Jeoprady "thinking" music, and he couldn't help but laugh. She smiled, motioning for him to keep thinking. Then, suddenly, she said, "Look, just start at the beginning. What's the first thing that you remember from shooting the movie?"

"The Cat." Anthony said, a chill passing over his body just remembering it. Sadie saw the shutter and raised an eyebrow, questioning him and urging him to continue. "The first thing we shot was the opening, when the Cat first appears. He randomly showed up at my house, when I was bored, doing his little spiel." Sadie nodded, trying to follow all this. It wasn't that hard, but it was different from what she had remembered his last report of being. "So, I was told to stay as in character as possible."

"Seems easy enough for you." Sadie commented, nodding her head slightly.

He smiled. "It's gets easier as time goes on. So anyway, I was told by someone… I can't remember who, but I was told to react as I normally would to a tall man coming into my house offering me an adventure."

Sadie started laughing. "Oh God, is that really what they said?" she gasped as she tried hard to get air into her lungs. The laughter didn't help at all though.

Anthony had started laughing as well. "Probably not, but that's how I interpreted it."

Sadie laughed again, quieter this time. "So, keeping so in character, I'm guessing you either let him come… or threw whatever was around you at him."

"The second one." He confirmed with a smile.

"I knew it." Sadie retorted, a sly smile spreading across her face. "And that was only the first day?"

Anthony nodded again. "Yep. Every day's an adventure on the Seussical set!" he said, rather sarcastically. Addressing Sadie's unspoken concern, he clarified. "Sometimes, it gets old after a while. All the pranks and adults. It's kinda hard to be the only kid there, that's my age. The rest are 8 and under, or 18 and older, and none of them are particularly people that I'd hang out with."

Sadie paused for a moment. "So what you're saying is, there's no one like me there… besides the Cat."

"Exactly."

She shook her head. "Well, that's a shame. It's always nice to have a Sadie Zoice in a cast. It adds a certain…" she paused, looking for the right word.

"Level of insanity?" Anthony provided.

Sadie playfully glared at him. "I was going to say madness, but that works too!"

He laughed again. "Well, there is definitely no one like you, that's for sure." Sadie turned slightly red, a small smile on her face. Anthony, also realizing what he just said, turned slightly pink as well. Why on earth did he say that?

"Well," Sadie said after an uncomfortable silence, "What's the strangest thing that happened on the set?"

Anthony paused again. "Three things come to mind immediately. One is the day where the fans showed up, one is the day where Justin Bieber showed up, and-"

"JUSTIN BIEBER?" Sadie practically screamed. "Justin BIEBER was at your set?"

"Uh… yes?" oh no, she's become one of them! The Beliebers… or whatever they're called.

"And you lived to tell the tale?"

Anthony laughed. "Oh God, you scared me there for a moment."

Sadie smirked. "I can't believe you'd actually think that I'd like that Bieber person. You know I don't like him, or Ke-dollar sign-ha, or a whole lot of the people that are on the charts today." She shook her head, giving Anthony a scolding look. "I'm disappointed in you Ant. I expected better of you, I really did."

"Please, not another scolding." Anthony begged melodramatically.

"You haven't had one from me in over a year; I think you're long overdue." Sadie said in a British accent, raising an eyebrow.

"No! Not the eternal song of shame!"

"YES! The eternal song of SHAME!" Sadie exclaimed, trying had to keep a straight face. "Remember how we decided?"

Anthony sighed. "Put the shamePod on shuffle."

Sadie smirked, grabbing her iPod off of her nightstand. Opening her music library, she put it on mute, so Anthony couldn't hear the opening notes. Then, not taking her eyes off of Anthony, she hit the button. Looking back to the iPod, she frowned. "Huh… well that just won't do." She shook her head as she clicked forward. "Nope." Click. "Nah." Click. "Ugh! IPod! Get more embarrassing songs!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Anthony protested. "You know the rules! First song that comes up, wins. Go back…"

Sadie glared at him, and reluctantly clicked backwards. She paused, however, looking to him again. "But it's so easy!"

Anthony raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

She turned the iPod and held it up to the camera. "It's Possible…"

Anthony burst out laughing. "You're joking… really, you must be!"

Sadie bit her lip with a smile, and shook her head. "I wish I was." She snapped her fingers. "Oh well. You still have to sing it!"

Anthony smiled, and shook his head. "And I got worried for nothing."

"Sing, monkey slave."

Just then, the door to Sadie's bedroom opened. "Sadie Marie Zoice, why are you not in bed yet?"

Sadie winced. Shoot, foiled again! "Uh… hi mom…"

Her mother rolled her eyes. "Honestly young lady, what are we going to about you? You haven't been concentrating on anything lately, and you're glued to that computer 24/7!" She shook her head, as she closed the top of the computer, ignoring Sadie's protests. "Go to bed. We'll discuss this in the morning." Sadie said nothing as her mother carried the laptop out of the room. Biting her lip, she reached for her iPod in comfort.

Just then, a small melody drifted from her phone. She dived for it in fear of her mother hearing that as well. She opened the message, to see that it was Anthony.

What was that about?

Sadie shook her head as she responded.

We've been fighting a lot lately. Honestly, I've been thinking about just going mute around her, and in school. It would sure make things a lot easier.

A response came almost immediately.

What about theater?

Sadie smiled. Of COURSE that would be the first question that he asked.

I'll speak there, and around you. But otherwise, I'm going silent.

There was a lull before an answer came.

Good luck. =)

Thanks Ant. Good night!

Goodnight Sadie.

Sadie shut her phone, turning off the only light that was left on, as she started her vow of silence.

Anthony, on the other side of the country, shut his phone as well, not quite sure how to interpret what was going on. Sadie and her mother never fought, and Sadie was the most talkative person that he knew… minus the Cat, but even he had his moments of silence! Whatever Sadie was up to, it was sure going to be interesting talking to her later.

Mrs. Hall, Anthony's mother, looked over to where he sat on the couch of their apartment. "Is everything alright, Hun?"

Anthony nodded without thinking. "Uh… yeah. It's just Sadie."

Mrs. Hall raised an eyebrow. "Just Sadie? Well, what's wrong with her?" she left the kitchen where she had been making dinner and sat next to her son. "Is everything alright?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. She's been fighting with her mom a lot."

"Well, that's normal for any teenager, no matter how unique." Mrs. Hall interrupted. "She's probably just going through a phase."

"I don't know." Anthony admitted. "I think it's getting pretty serious. She said something about going mute."

Mrs. Hall raised an eyebrow. "Mute, you say? How exactly would she accomplish this, seeing as she's the one person who can outtalk the Hollywood producers, AND the Cat?"

Anthony smiled momentarily, happy that his mom knew that the Cat was a bit strange, and crazy talkative. "Again, I'm not sure. It was late there, and I didn't get a lot of details." Truthfully, he was worried. Sadie was never one to give up her voice. She believed that everyone should speak their opinions, and that people needed to be heard. That's why we were born with vocal cords, she'd always say. The one person who could speak any side of an argument and persuade nearly everybody was going to go mute?

It was certainly an interesting concept to say the least.

Mrs. Hall sighed. "Well, she's done things much crazier than this before. She'll survive. And hey." she nudged her son, trying to cheer him up. "Maybe she'll learn something from all this."

Anthony just stared at him mom. "Mom."

"Yeah, I know, that was mom-ish of me." Mrs. Hall said, leaning back on the couch. "But, it's my job, after all."

"To help any problem, no matter how small." Anthony finished. He had heard this over a thousand times since he got that part. Mrs. Hall nodded, kissing him on the forehead. She got back up to make dinner, leaving him on the couch to think.

Suddenly, he remembered the Cat saying something about a plan. He silently groaned, knowing that the Cat would have it all worked out by tomorrow. Wondering what on earth it could be, and imagining all the worst possibilities while he was at it, he closed his computer, heading off to do some schoolwork.

Ha. Filler, will you ever not be necessary?

So, second chapter. Third shall be coming as soon as I think up a plan worthy of a Cat's mindset.
Cat: Which will never happen.
Me: Shush. More WILL be happening, I promise. I've already got something up in my head. If schoolwork doesn't send it into oblivion, I shall be posting updates soon!
Sadie: Yay!
Me: What the-? Get back in the story!
Sadie: Aw, but I like it out here! It's freeing!
Cat: I know what you mean. It's nice, plus we get to annoy Em.
Sadie: Hey! You're the Cat! Man, Ant talks about you all the time.
Cat: Good things?
Sadie: Ehhhh…. Things.
Cat:Shrugs. Works for me!
Me: Alright, both of you, BACK IN MY HEAD!
Cat:Smirks. Aw come on Em. We could have a lot of fun out here, you and me.
Me: … *brain-broke*
Sadie: I think you killed her.
Cat: Nah just stunned her. It's fun to do, she freaks out really easily.
Sadie: Does this mean we have to do the ending?
Cat: Yep!

Peace, Love, and Seuss forever!

The Cat in the Hat, and Sadie…
And Em Cabot.