"Lottie!" My best friend Natalie yelled.
"Hmm?" I sighed dreamily. She shook her head.
"You were gone again." She said as she grabbed her books and motioned for me to stand.
"Is class over?" I asked as I grabbed my books.
"Yeah, you missed it. You know, I don't even know how you made it to eleventh grade." I laughed and she giggled in response. "The only reason I suppose is for your talents." I looked at her as we walked down the hallway.
"My talents, yeah."
"What do you mean yeah? You are a wonderful singer and you can play almost every instrument you touch. If you don't call that talent than I don't know what is."
"I'm just saying."
"Just saying what?" Here we go, I set Natalie off on one of her rants again. "You are not only great at making music but you are a writer, an artist, and one of the prettiest girls I know!" My head sot in her direction. "Lottie I-I didn't."
"No! I don't care, just don't." She lowered her head as we got to our lockers. "Natty I'm sorry." She shook her head.
"No I am sorry. I shouldn't have said anything."
"Hey Nat. Hey Charlotte." Sawyer came over and hugged Natalie.
"Hey Sawyer." She said cheerily. I forced a smiled and began opening my locker.
"Something wrong Charles?" I glared over at him.
"Please don't call me that." I stuffed my books in my locker, grabbed my back pack, and slammed the locker shut.
"Sawyer!" Natalie yelled. "You know she doesn't like that. She's already in a bad mood. You just made it worse."
"Honey she'll be fine."
He told her as I walked away. I felt my brown curls bounce around as I ran out the doors and down the side walk. After a few moments Leah ran up to me. "What Lee?" I said rather irritated.
"What's you deal?" She asked angrily.
"Lee I'm sorry, it's just I've been kinda upset. What did you need?" She gave me a forgiving look and handed me a paper. "What's this?" I asked.
"It's for additions. I figured you would want to try out. I know you hate singing in front of people but I was hoping you would change your mind, on account of what the play is."
"And what is that?" I asked starring at the signup sheet.
"Your favorite," She gave me a childlike smile. "The Phantom of the Opera." I smiled for the first time since Natalie mentioned how I look.
"Thanks Leah, I think I might sign up."
"I hope you get the part of Christine. Your voice just has to be ten times better then Emmy Rossum."
"Hey don't dis he, she is my second favorite actor."
"And we all know your first." We both giggled and sighed dreamily, as we pictured Gerard Butler as the Phantom.
"Gerik isn't bad; I do like Lerik and Rerik though." I sighed as we walked home. Leah was my neighbor and we had sleep overs quite often. I guess she was my other best friend.
"Isn't bad." Lee laughed.
"What?" I said as I felt a blush crawl to my cheeks.
"Well Lottie by the color of your cheeks, you think he is more than not bad." I laughed nervously.
"Hey every phangirl is obsessed with Gerry." She nodded in agreement.
"You have a point. Hey, what was making you all snappy earlier?" I dropped my head.
"Natty said I was p-pretty."
"Lottie, did you yell at her?"
"Sort of."
"Sort of? Sort of? When you yell at someone it is more than sort of! Girl, you temper gets a hold of you way to easy." She stopped in her tracks. "Hey, I just realized something. You are a lot like the Phantom."
"Yeah right." I laughed. I pondered over it for a moment. "Actually, Lee I think you're right."
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