Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, just the story.
a/n: Ha, I know, the play character names are a little ironic, but I was too tired to think up my own.
She didn't answer right away, finishing picking up her fallen papers, and then slowly standing. A process which took only seconds, but each too fast bear of my heart seemed to rake at my nerves. Finally, as I rose to stand next to her, she responded in a quiet voice, which almost sounded nervous, but I was sure she must just be wary after the treatment in the cafeteria. "It's okay, I wasn't really looking where I was going either," and she sheepishly pointed to a map of the school on top of her binder.
I couldn't help but to laugh in response, why anyone would need a map at a school with only twenty classrooms, I couldn't guess. Then suddenly I added on afterwards, "Where's your next class? I'll help you find it, for the walking safety of our fellow students." I flashed a smile at her, and my heart sped up even faster when I heard her responding laughter. It was short, and quiet, but seemed to be almost melodic.
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to send anyone to the emergency room on my first day," she said with a sarcastic smile before adding, "room A12." Funny, how moments ago I had wished she'd never came, but now my heart, without actually slowing, seemed to be timing its rhythmatic beat to her voice.
"That's right next to my class," I said, surprised to find myself secretly delighted. We began walking through the departing crowd, and all eyes were on us. Neither me not Miley said a word, and for some reason, I decided looking at my feet while walking was better than meeting so many pairs of questioning eyes.
Soon we found ourselves in front of the door with the fading 'A12' painted onto it. I looked up for the first time since we had started walking and found those green eyes questioning me. She opened her mouth, about to say something, but just then the bell rang, and she spun around and disappeared through the door.
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I walked into Ms. Algoquin's room late, but instead of being upset she flashed me a relieved smile and darted across the room to where I was. The class was chaotic, all freshmen as usual. It was my third time in the class and I was more like a second teacher than another student. "You want to get them started in a warm up activity? Then I have the greatest idea to tell you. I was almost scared you had dropped the class there for a second Nick," she said a bit too fast with a jumpy laugh at the end. It was the way she tended to get when she was excited about a new play for the year. The school plays here were, well they were pretty much everything. Everyone auditioned, and everyone who didn't get a part came to see the play. I had gotten the lead role since two years before I even started in the high school, and the past year Selena had gotten the female lead, only helping to add to her popularity at the school.
After I had the class partnered off and doing a mirroring activity, I walked over to where Ms. Algoquin was scribbling quickly on a piece of paper. "I've got it! We will do a musical this year. It will make the play even BIGGER. I can't believe I never thought of this before. My daughter Stacy, you met her last year, wrote the whole thing, music and all. It's called Invisible," she gushed as soon as she saw me arrive. "It is about a high school boy who falls for a girl who never seems to notice him since she is too busy trying to live up to all of her parents expectations. And he shows her how to live for herself, and of course they fall in love. You will play the lead male, obviously, your voice is phenomenal. We will need to start holding auditions for a female lead as soon as possible though and…"
"Breath Ms. Algoquin," I had to interrupt with a laugh. "It sounds really cool. We can start auditions tomorrow after school if you want? I will hold them in the auditorium."
"You are an angel Nick," she said before she picked up a script and handed it to him, and then a folder of music. "There is the script and all the songs, so you can get to know them. I already have the stagecraft class next door working on the set, so if you can help keep an eye over them in the auditorium while auditioning people, that would be great."
I only nodded in response. I had already opened up the script and started reading, so soon found myself lost in the world of a character named Nate, and the girl of his dreams, Hannah.