Linden
I rubbed my head and popped some aspirin. I had a massive headache.
"Alright. We need to chose an spring musical."Mrs. Leftwich said. Duh. That's the point of this meeting. I thought, opening my water bottle.
"Any suggestions?"she asked. I raised my hand. I was the secretary of the drama club counsel. She pointed to me.
"How about a western kinda musical, like Annie Get Your Gun or Oklahoma or Calamity Jane?"I proposed. She wrote it on the board. Sophie's hand shot in the air. I sighed.
"How we stick with our three year princess plan and do The Little Mermaid?"she said. I rolled my eyes. Ariel was Sophie's dream role and that's all she wanted to do. She was great little actress but I'm getting sick and tired of princess plays. I looked at Savannah and she shrugged. She raised her hand.
"How about Beauty and the Beast?"she suggested. I thumbs up that one. Belle was my dream role. Although, I knew I didn't stand much of a chance. I was barely a favorite and that was just because I was a techie. I was actually technical director, dealing with props and lights and sound. I liked it but I loved acting. It was my passion. Matthew, the only boy in the whole drama club, raised his hand.
"Grease."he said. I sighed and put my head down. I was cranky today.
"Alright. I'll consider this options. See you tomorrow."Mrs. Leftwich said, dismissing us. I went to get my stuff when she called me to her desk.
"Linden, I have a huge favor to ask you."she said. Uh oh.
"I need you to recruit some boys for this musical. We can't keep paying choir boys for roles and football players for techs. Also, I need you to put together a couple of fundraisers for me, particularly the Marigold's Little Darlings pageant. I need a plan by tomorrow."she said. I sighed. She always did this.
"Yes ma'am."I said, a bit sadly. I was only a slave to her.
"Linden, I'm going to give you a speaking role this year. I promise."she said. I smiled at her and left. I knew she was lying.
I was fixing dinner when daddy came home. He rubbed his head, a bit tipsy from school. He waved at me and then went to the living room, watching TV. I put dinner on the stove. TV dinners again. Yay.
"How was school?"he asked. Like he didn't know.
"It was okay I guess. My classes are so easy."I said. He had tried to give me some harder classes but they were still easy. I couldn't help it. I had transferred from Marigold Academy after my eighth grade year and I was used to hard classes. These other classes were a piece of cake.
"I'm sorry. I can transfer you up a grade and just let your take your state test and give you the credits."he said. I looked at him.
"Do you have the power to do that?"I asked. He shrugged.
"You took all these classes at Marigold Academy so yeah. I think I could. I'll ask the counselors."he said. I smiled and hugged him. He did care about me.
