* Hey everyone! This is the big chapter, Callback Day!- Part 1. Yes, this is such a big chapter that I've split it into two parts. This will be my first chapter in pretty much twenty chapters that I've had three songs in it! I hope you like it! And thanks again for the wonderful reviews!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own 'Money Money Money', 'Lay All Your Love on Me', or 'Loba'. They're the property of their own respective artists & record companies.
It was Friday and everyone was backstage, preparing for callbacks.
Kelsi looked up from her piano to see Alice standing next to it, dressed in the most gorgeous white and red dress.
" Hey", Alice began nervously.
" I wasn't jealous before we met", Kelsi began to sing, then continued, " Now every man that I see is a potential threat. And I'm possessive, it isn't nice. You've heard me saying that piano was my only vice. But now that isn't true. Now everything is new. And all I've learned has overturned. I beg of you…".
" Don't go wasting your emotion. Lay all your love on me", sang Alice, sitting on the bench beside Kelsi and taking her hands into hers'.
" It's like shooting a sitting duck. A little small talk, a smile, and baby, I am stuck. I don't know what you've done with me. A grown up woman should never fall so easily. I get a kind of fear when I don't have you near. Unsatisfied, I skip my pride. I beg you, dear", sang Kelsi, cupping Alice's cheek with her hand and smiling.
" Don't go wasting your emotion. Lay all your love on me", Alice sang, kissing Kelsi.
When they pulled apart, Kelsi sang, " Don't go sharing your devotion. Lay all your love on me".
" Don't go wasting your emotion. Lay all your love on me", insisted Alice and they kissed again.
Meanwhile, a little ways away, Jasper came up to Jacob, singing, " I work all night. I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay. Ain't it sad?".
" You're not getting a cent anymore", Jacob informed Jasper.
" What?", cried Jasper.
" Alice found out. She told Gabriella that she knew and that you were planning on taking her away if she didn't get back together with Kelsi", Jacob explained.
" That was the deal we drew up", admitted Jasper guiltily.
" Oh, yeah? Well, look there", Jacob told Jasper, nodding towards where Kelsi and Alice made out at the piano.
Jasper looked and his shoulders slumped. Turning back to Jacob, he said in a strained voice, " Well, she looks happy".
" Hey, look. Sorry, man. About everything", Jacob said, feeling sorry for the vamp.
" I love her. Sometimes it's easier to let the thing you love go. Then someday, they'll come back to you", replied Jasper, sighing.
" I don't think she's leaving Kelsi any time soon", Jacob stated.
" Hey, I'm a vampire. I have forever", Jasper said and walked away, singing, " Money, money, money, always sunny in a rich man's world".
Meanwhile, Ryan burst onto stage wearing a black sequined hat, black jacket with a white and blue paisley button-down shirt underneath, and black trousers singing, " Quien no ha querido, a una diosa licantropa en el ardor de una noche romantica".
Then Troy came on stage wearing a red-and-white Wildcats jacket with a white tank top underneath, white-and-red sweatpants, and red-and-white sneakers, singing, " Mis aullidos son el llamado, yo quiero un lobo domesticado".
" Por fin he encontrado un remedio infalible que borre del todo la culpa, no pienso quedarme a tu lado mirando la tele y oyendo disculpas", sang Ryan, dancing towards Troy and shedding his jacket as he did.
" La vida me ha dado un hambre voráz y tu apenas me das caramelos, me voy con mis piernas y mi juventúd por ahí aunque te maten los celos", Troy sang, shedding his own jacket as well and dancing into Ryan's arms.
Together they sang as they sambaed, " Una loba en el armario, tiene ganas de salir, deja que se coma el barrio, antes de irte a dormir".
Troy spun his hips around and around, a white-and-red blur. Bruno stood from the table he sat at with Ms. Darbus and shouted, " Shake those hips, mi amo!".
From backstage, Jacob and Gabriella heard Bruno cry, " Shake those hips, mi amo!". Then turning to each other, they gave each other nervous glances.
" Don't worry, you guys will be fine", Alice reassured them.
" Yeah, just because Bruno's saying that, doesn't mean he'll choose them for the callback", Kelsi added.
" Yeah, just means they'll have to try harder", spoke up Karina from beside Jacob and Gabriella.
" Don't worry, Karina, we'll give this callback our all", Jacob told Karina.
" Atta boy! Knew there was a reason why I liked you!", Karina cried, giving Jacob a high-five.
" Heard that last bit from Bruno, Karina?", Maks's voice called from the other end of the stage.
" You bet I did, Maks! And we're going to be better!", Karina yelled back.
" You're on!", cried Maks.
" Please, whatever you do, don't mess up. My future sex life depends on this", Karina said to Gabriella and Jacob before walking away, rubbing her temples.
" Don't worry, you'll be fine! I'm gonna go sit in the audience now. Break a leg! Not literally!", Alice declared and ran off, but not before giving Kelsi a quick smooch.
" I'm going to go see what Bruno is saying to Troy and Ryan! See you soon and break a leg!", Kelsi wished her friends and hurried off towards the stage.
" So…", began Jacob.
" So…", echoed Gabriella.
" You look beautiful", Jacob told his girlfriend, nodding to her white ballroom gown with the hoop skirt.
" Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself", answered Gabriella, nodding to the white tuxedo Jacob wore.
" Just a little something I threw together", said Jacob, making Gabriella laugh.
" Hey, Jacob?", said Gabriella.
" Yes?", answered Jacob.
" What would you do…?", Gabriella began to ask.
" What would I do…?", urged Jacob.
" What would you do if I were to tell you I was pregnant?", asked Gabriella, not even looking at Jacob as she asked the question.
* I know, I'm awful for leaving it at that! But this is all for dramatic effect! So is Gabriella pregnant? What does Bruno think of Troy and Ryan's performance? Will Gabriella and Jacob execute their Waltz perfectly? Or will it all end in disaster? The answers are coming up in the astonishing conclusion to 'Got Music in Your Soul?'.