Chapter 11: Rehearsal

Lavanya slowly opened her eyes, her vision a bit blurry, but after blinking a couple times her vision became clearer.

"Morning, Lala." A familiar voice greeted then when Lavanya rubbed her eyes she saw Kevin's face right in front of hers.

"How about a good morning kiss?" He asked then Lavanya pinched his nose.
"I must be hallucinating..." She said then Kevin groaned and then pushed her hand away.
"That hurt! Geez...!"

"Oh... I forgot that you decided to intrude my house... How did I end up sleeping on the couch?"

"What? You don't remember sneaking a little late night romance with me?"

"That's a lie and you and I both know it." Lavanya said then Kevin scoffed.
"Whatever... Got anything good to eat?"

"You can make yourself something to eat. I'm going out." Lavanya said as she went into her room. When she closed the door she saw Jamie asleep on her bed along with Momo curled up by her pillow. Smiling she gently shook Jamie's shoulder.
"Hey, wake up Jamie. Wanna go get breakfast?" She asked then Jamie moaned softly.
"Five more minutes, mom..." He muttered then Lavanya covered her mouth trying her best to hold her laughter. She then gathered some clean clothes and clicked her tongue waking Momo up.
"Make sure Jamie gets up okay?" She asked then Momo nodded. As Lavanya headed to the bathroom, she went in and locked the door. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed softly.
I look exhausted... She thought then she changed her clothes. Momo squeaked and licked Jamie's nose then the mailman chuckled then woke up.
"Good morning, Momo." He said as he picked up the chinchilla and pet him.
"Where's your master?" Jamie asked then Momo jumped off the bed and ran towards the bathroom. When Jamie got out of the room he saw Lavanya coming out of the bathroom.
"Oh, ready to go?"

"Go? Go where?" Jamie asked confused.

"Get something to eat because a certain someone refuses to leave." Lavanay said giving Kevin stink eye then Momo started barking. Lavanya pet Momo and placed him in her purse.

"Sure. Let me just head back home and change... I'll meet you at the Big Doughnut then we can head to the theater and rehearse."

"Sounds like a plan!" Lavanya said then she when she leaves she gave Kevin a cold glare then slams the door. Kevin scoffed then turned to look at Jamie.
"What?" The teenager asked then Jamie sighed.
"I hope you're not planning to skip out on rehearsal... After all you are playing my rival..." Jamie said then he left. Kevin sighed then he pulled out a heart shaped key necklace out of his shirt.

"These are so pretty! And they even come in pairs for couples!"

"Yeah, but why silver...? Isn't gold better...?"

"Yeah. But... Silver suits you better than gold."

He gripped the key softly then leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling.

As everyone arrived at rehearsal, even Kevin, Steven clapped his hands.
"Okay everyone, gather around. So for today's rehearsal we are going to do the singing duet for Jack and Miss Acacia. Jamie and Lavanya let's beging." Steven said then Jamie and Lavanya got on stage. As the two started singing, Sour Cream glanced and noticed Kevin was giving stink eye to Jamie.

Yesh… I hate to be in Jamie's shoes right now… Sour Cream thought then Steven clapped his hands.
"That was great you two. Next let's practice the scene of Joe bullying Jack." Steven said then Kevin stood up and walked to the stage.

"Break a leg. Literally…" Lavanya whispered the last word then Steven tried to hold his laughter. As Kevin was on stage he started to talk in rap form then Lavanya groaned softly.

"Are you okay, Lav?" Sour Cream asked then the blond hair girl looked up at him.
"It just frustratingly annoys me that my ex-boyfriend is here; staying at my house, along with tormenting me…"

"Y'know you can stay at my place. If you want to that is. My mom would be thrilled having you stay."

"And your step dad?" Lavanya asked with a giggle then Sour Cream bit his lip making a soft hiss.
"You may have a point there Lav…"

"As nice as that sounds, I have to stay mainly since it's my house."

"Then how about I stay with you? Y'know in case your ex does something fishy." Sour Cream suggested as he wrapped both his arms around Lavanya's shoulders. Lavanya smiled then rest her cheek on his arm.
"That actually sounds nice. And it seems easier than having Jamie stay over. But with you, you actually just live right across from my place."

"Exactly." Sour Cream said smiling. As the two watched everyone rehearse, Lavanya looked up at Sour Cream.

"You know… I think you would make a good Joe if my ex didn't show up like the jerk he is."

"You really think so? I would've messed up on some lines… And you heard Jamie, if I got the part I had to work on the singing part."

"That's what rehearsals are for, Sour Cream. Rehearsals help people memorize their lines that way when they are performing they know exactly what to do."

"Kinda like when I'm DJ-ing."

"In a way, yes. It's like you DJ-ing." Lavanya said then Sour Cream hugged her pressing his cheek against hers and they both laughed. As everyone rehearsed Steven clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.
"Okay, guys. So we have a week before we perform. So I want everyone to come in tomorrow so we can rehearse and go over songs and lines."

"Steven? Do we have someone making the costumes or even have props for everyone to use for what scene they're in?" Lavanya asked then Steven started sweating nervously.
"Ummm..." He began then Kevin started laughing.
"Really? This is the kind of director you rely on, Lala?"

"Leave him alone! This is his first time doing something important and big. Steven, don't worry about costumes. I know a certain someone who can get these done in a short period of time." Lavanya said then she winked.

In Empire City, in a hotel someone's cellphone started ringing.

"Kuro~! Your phone is ring!" Someone hollered then a girl with long golden blond hair and amethyst eyes answered the phone.
"Hello?" The girl said then she blinked.
"Lala?"