Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, just the plot.

a/n: Woo! Two in one day.

The next day seemed to be passing slowly. Everyone was talking about the auditions, and the slow passing of the day only seemed to grow longer knowing that after school would pass just as slowly. I made my way through the first half of the day a little zoned out. I only answered direct questions about the play, but I was lost in my own little world, as I often became when planning out a play. I had finished the script the night before and already memorized all the songs. I was already beginning to picture the play, all the scenes and how they would happen. I already knew exactly what the set needed to look like, and would be there to tell the stagecraft class what to do after school.

When lunch came around, I was still lost in my own little world of planning everything out to the last detail. I nearly fell over when Selena came running up and threw herself into my arms, and kissing me, before she pulled back to smile up at my startled face. "My parents are gone tonight, so I was thinking after the auditions you could come over?" she asked. I looked to see Miley standing a couple feet behind Selena. They had clearly been talking before Selena saw me. I ducked my head down behind my curls and blushed with embarrassment.

"Sure Sel," I said in a low voice. She grabbed my hand, motioned for Miley to come with us, and then started off towards are usual table. A couple of people in the group shot Miley dark looks, not understanding why Selena was still hanging around her. As soon as we sat down though, Tanya shot a question about the play, and all hard feelings were forgotten as I spent the entire lunch hour talking about my plans for the play. They were used to me planning out the whole play by now, or my brother. Joe was just as good at planning as I was, but he preferred being off stage rather than taking a lead role like me.

I had nearly forgotten where I was in all my excitement, until the bell rang, announcing the end of lunch. I picked up my binder and looked around for Miley, but she was nowhere to be seen. She must have left already. I felt a spirits drop a little bit. After all, I hadn't even gotten to talk to her today. Selena was gone already too, and I was sure that there was no coincidence about it. A sigh escaped my lips as I made my way to acting class.

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Finally, it was the last class of the day. I walked into the choir room and took a seat next to Selena, putting my arm around her and leaning in to kiss her cheek. She turned from her conversation with a blonde girl named Alyssa to smile up at me. "Hey Nicky," she said with a large smile. Just then the teacher, Mr. Brown, walked in to the room insisting that we all stop talking and begin our vocal warm-ups. "Have you seen Miley?" Selena whispered in my ear. I shook my head no. "I can't believe she is late to class on her second day."

"She is in this class?" I asked, with perhaps too much excitement slipping into my tone, because she shot me an angry look before she nodded in response. She wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the class, and turned back to her conversation with Alyssa whenever we weren't singing some ridiculous practice song. When the bell rang she turned to leave the class, but I grabbed her and spun her around before she could get away. "Don't be mad at me Sel, I'm sorry. You're still going to come audition, right?"

She sighed, trying to avoid my eyes. "Yeah, let's go." I wrapped my arm around her waist and led her in the direction of the auditorium. If there was one thing that our school could be proud of, it was the huge auditorium, named after Ms. Algoquin's own father. It was by far the largest building on the small school campus, and could seat everyone in town, even if that was only around 1,000 people. We stepped into the huge building to see that, as I had expected, almost everyone in the school was already there.

Selena slipped away from my arms and shot a smile at me. "I'll be waiting for my turn to blow all these girls off the stage," she said teasingly before she disappeared into the crowd. I made my way with a sense of authority up onto the stage.

"Alright everybody," I said in a loud voice, and the chatter instantly fell silent. "This is how it is going to work, everyone auditioning for any non-singing, supporting roles will be up first, then any dancers and finally all people auditioning for a singing role will go last. If you are auditioning for a singing role, you need to have a song, as well as a monologue prepared to present. If you don't, then leave now. You must also have some sort of dancing skills, so don't look too uncoordinated or I won't even consider you. My brother, Joe, and I will be taking notes the whole time, and then we will post a call back list up tomorrow morning for anyone auditioning for a main role. All call-backs will audition for Ms. Algoquin. Alright? Let's get this started.

I stepped down from the stage and walked over to the table I had set up directly in front of it. Joe came out from backstage and took his seat next to me. And we watched, and watched, and watched, through dancers, some bad acting and some even worse singing. When Selena got up and performed her rendition of the song Can't Fight the Moonlight, I could have jumped right on stage and kissed her right there for actually having some talent. It looked like once again, me and Selena would be taking the lead roles. It wasn't like I had expected anything else.

The people were gone, and me and Joe were left cleaning up the a bit. The stagecraft class had left halfway through the auditions and so, my brother and I were alone in the huge auditorium together. "So, you actually gonna take a part in the play this year?" I asked him. We both knew he had the talent to probably kick me out of my role if he wanted to, but he just never seemed interested.

"Naw dude, you know that's not my thing," he said drawing the large curtains to a close.

"I really think you should be in it," I said, just like I had every year. Then, in a taunting voice I added, "It would look really good on a college application." He just grimaced in my direction. "Besides, you could play the role of my best friend. How exciting would that be? You know you would just love to be my best friend," I laughed.

"Maybe I could…" he said in a thoughtful voice, catching me off guard. I had never seen Joe even contemplate theatre, let alone musical theatre. Before I could question him though, a voice came gently ringing through the empty auditorium from behind the curtain.

"I just wanna show you, she don't even know you. She's never gonna love you like I want to. You just see right through me, but if you only knew me we could be a beautiful miracle, instead of just invisible." The singing was possible the most amazing and breath-taking voice I had ever heard in my life. Both Joe and I froze in place, and our eyes turned to lock on the closed curtain.