Chapter 3. Enjoy :)
Chapter 3: Audition Day
"Urgh, where is she?" Sara hissed, as she Kaycie and Mackenzie stood in the line for auditions.
"I dunno, but if she isn't here fast, it'll be too late" Kaycie sighed before walking into the theatre to audition herself.
Lily was in one of the rehearsal rooms next to the theatre. She had been practising for the past to days, and finally thought she was ready to face Spielberg and MacFarlane. Smiling to her self, she tapped at the keys on the piano, until she was rudely interrupted by Abbey and her crew.
"Not one person who could be a Maria!" Seth MacFarlane shouted. He was at his limit. One hundred girls and not one of them had the right personality, nor voice to pull of a good Maria.
"Relax, we'll find someone, even if it means training that person to be more like her" Steven Spielberg said calmly as he flicked through all the applicants forms and began looking for an appropriate candidate.
Seth looked up at the ceiling, waiting for an answer. The had to get this right. Sighing to himself, he sat on one of the chairs next to Steven and started at a painting on one of the walls. Suddenly, he could hear someone singing in the background. Seth strained to hear, before walking off to find the source.
He finally heard it clearly just before the person stopped singing and another person was talking. Creeping up behind a curtain, and opening it slightly to see into the room, her saw a group of five people in front of him, looking at one girl sat at a piano. She sighed and got up before asking "What do you want, Abbey?"
"Oh, nothing much. I just though I'd let you know that you're rubbish though" Abbey hissed as the others smiled.
Seth could see tears form in the girl's eyes and watched between gritted teeth.
"Why are you telling me this?" Lily choked out.
"Well, I auditioned, along with Karis and Kate. Steven and Seth told all three of us that we could be the star of the show. You, on the other hand, don't sound right. You sing like a cat being dragged down a highway" Abbey replied, a smug grin on her face.
"Brilliant" Lily hissed back. She didn't want to show her weakness to these people, but it was getting harder and harder by the minute.
"And, Seth will most likely choose me to be his Maria, as he'll fall in love with my personality," Abbey watched and then laughed when she saw a flicker of jealousy in Lily's eyes, "wait, you like him as well, don't you?"
Lily shifted uncomfortably on the spot. "Yes, along with the other 96 girls who auditioned. He seems like a nice person, not to mention he's funny and handsome" Lily muttered, watching fireworks go off in Abbey's eyes.
"Oh, wait until I tell him this, he will totally hate you" Abbey sneered, and laughed with the others.
Lily looked around the room, blinking away tears when she spotted something that made her heart stop. Seth MacFarlane was watching the whole incident through a hole in the curtains. Lily watched him for a minute, smiling and turning back to Abbey.
"I don't think he'll be so surprised. You never know, he may see you for what you are" Lily smiled back, watching Seth look at Abbey, and then back to her,
"I don't think so, you naive British bitch. Come on, lets go" she said to Kate and Karis as they walked out of a door to the left. Lily watched them walk off after before turning to Seth, who was still watching through the curtains.
"Are you coming out?" Lily asked him. Lily heard a few footsteps and then a thud that sounded as though he'd fallen over one of the costume boxes. She could help but laugh as he muttered something about "stupid boxes". Getting up, he pushed his way through the curtains and walked into the room.
"Err... hello" he smiled as he watched Lily clean up.
"Hey" Lily replied, walking over to the piano where her bag was.
Seth watched her for a minute before walking over to where Lily was sat and leaned against the wall next to her
"I heard you singing by the way" he smiled, "you're very good. You shouldn't listen to those people."
Lily got up, and leaned against the wall next to him before answering. "Erm.. thanks, but it's too late, I can't apply for the musical because of her. She was here to stop me getting to the audition on time. It worked" Lily looked to the floor, and fidgeted with her hands.
"Well, I'll let you into a little secret. Nobody we auditioned met what we were looking for in a Maria" Seth looked over to her, and smiled when he saw her look directly at him.
"What? Not even Sara? I'm sure she'd do well as Maria" Lily muttered, looking back at her shoes again.
"Maybe, but I think you'd do pretty good as well. You can sing better than any of the girls we've auditioned, and with a little training, you'll be able to depict Maria's personality with ease" Seth smiled, looking up at the ceiling, waiting for her reaction.
"Me?" Lily asked stunned, "because I only expected to get one of the kids, not one of the lead roles. You must be mistaken" Lily told him before walking over to the CD player and picking up her CD of Frank Sinatra songs.
"No, I'm not mistaken. I want you to be Maria. If I tell Steven I saw you, he'll trust my judgement. What's your name by the way?" Seth asked, watching her walk back.
Lily laughed at him. "You want me to be Maria but you don't even know my name? Wow, I thought I was the one who rushed into things," she smiled at him, "but I suppose you'll need it. My name is Lily."
"Well, Lily, I'm Seth. I'm the person who'll be driving you up the wall for the next two years" he smiled before walking back to the theatre.
"Wait!" Lily shouted after him, walking through the curtain, "Just out of curiosity, how old are you?"
"I'm twenty six" Seth turned, watching her catch up with him, "how old are you?"
"Nineteen" Lily smiled as she caught up with him, just before walking out onto one of the stages.
"Awesome" Seth smiled at her before allowing her to leave for her room.
"Who was that?" Steven asked, looking at the smile on his work partners face.
Seth looked up at him, and smiled. "That's Lily, nineteen years old and British. She's our new Maria, trust me on this" Seth smiled before jumping into the seat next to Steven and began helping him go through the other auditions.