*I DO NOT OWN ICARLY OR ANY OF THE SONGS I INCLUDE OR HSM!*
"NEXT!" Shouted Spencer, signaling that Gibby's audition had ended.
"Aw man!" Gibby sighed putting his shirt back on.
"Freddie, I'm so nervous!" Carly panted, while stretching her shoulders to hopefully relieve tension.
"Don't worry Carly, you're an awesome singer and a great actress," Freddie said lovingly, "Hey, where's Sam"
"I don't know, probably pouting that I am making her audition." Carly chuckled and rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, or maybe she's off robbing a bank, or killing someone, or inflicting pain upon random people." Freddie shuttered at the very thought of Sam loose in the city with no witnesses.
"5 4 3 2 1, 5 4 3 2 1, 5 4 3 2 1, 5 4 3 2 1, 4 3 2 1,4 3 2 1, 4 3 2 1, 4 3 2 1, 3 2 1, 3 2 1, 3 2 1, 321, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 21 ,1,1,1,1" Carly chanted shaking each limb to the repetitive rhythm.
"What on earth are you doing?!" Freddie asked, getting annoyed by all the numbers being repeated over and over and over again.
"It's an acting exercise." Sam butted in.
"Here walks the monster." Freddie mumbled.
"What was that Fred-dork?"
"NOTHING," he replied quickly.
"Whatever Dork." Sam rolled her eyes.
"How do you know anything about acting exercises?" Carly asked, returning to the original subject.
"I um don't I well I just figured that you were doing one, I mean it's just obvious." Sam lied poorly.
"Oka-aay…" Carly questioned confused.
"Look! Jake's audition is next." Sam said knowing it would change the subject.
"SHHHHHH!" Carly scolded, intent on listening to Jake Crandle sing and act.
"Just as horrible as before" Freddie pointed out in a desperate attempt to turn Carly's attention from Jake to him.
"Freddie!" Carly scolded, her eyes like daggers digging into Freddie's flesh.
"Sorry.." Freddie mumbled barely audible.
Freddie walked over to the row of seats that Sam was sitting on.
She looks rather confident for someone who has no experience and no talent.
"What do you want?"
"I don't know, Carly is gawking at Jake and I got bored watching the overly loved super-jock get praised by my future wife." Freddie added the last part on silently, but like Sam was reading his mind, "Carly will never love you, get over it."
"She does love me! She just hasn't realized it yet!" Freddie wished he had never said that, that was like giving Sam a pass that said "Make fun of Freddie absolutely free." Which she did anyway, but whatever.
"The only person who will ever love you is your mother, and I would rather be hated by that psychopathic lunatic."Sam said with fake concern dripping from her harsh voice.
"She is not a psychopathic lunatic!" Freddie shouted.
Everyone in the auditorium stopped what they were doing and stared. Sam smirked.
Ahhh. My job is complete.
"Carly Shay." Walt called signifying the start of Carly's audition.
"Hi, my name is Carly Shay and I am going to be singing The Climb by Miley Cyrus.
"When you're ready."
I
can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice
inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"
Carly
started to relax a little bit by this point.
Every
step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no
direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta
keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another
mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a
uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about
how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other
side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances
I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not
breaking
Wow."
Freddie said, not quite as impressed as he should have been. It was
good it just wasn't the amazing performance he had been expecting.
I
may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna
remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to
be strong
Just keep pushing on
'Cause there's always gonna
be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always
gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't
about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other
side
It's the climb, yeah!
Everyone
clapped at this point definitely
the best
performance
of the day
There's
always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it
move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to
lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's
waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
Keep on
moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's
all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa
Everyone stood and gave her a standing ovation. In comparison it was great, but it wasn't like Idina Menzel or Kristin Chenoweth was standing on the stage.
Well at least she was the best so far, and the guys are no competition for Troy, this should be a cinch!
"Fredward Benson."
Ugh! Why couldn't Walt have said 'Freddie'?
Freddie walked toward the stage, fear eating at him more and more with each timid step.
After what seemed like forever, Freddie was standing down-stage left.
"Um,
son? Please move closer to center-stage so that we can actually see
you."
"O sorry." Freddie replied with his cheeks turning
crimson red from ridiculous fear. Ever since Freddie was little he
was never good at handling attention. He was hoping that had changed,
but apparently he wasn't that lucky.
"My name is um Freddie Benson and I'm singing Iris by the GooGoo Dolls" He stuttered nervously.
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
I wonder if Carly knows that line is my special line for her…
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
and sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive
All eyes were on Freddie as the audience watched in admiration at Freddie's singing abilities.
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Sam looked surprised that Freddie could actually sing.
Wow. He's good. Well better than the other's in my opinion. Well in everyone's opinion, because I'm Sam and I'm always right. Literally.
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
Freddie walked off the stage followed by a large round of applause. Not quite as big as Carly's however.
I don't get it, the dork should have gotten more of an applause than Carly! He was really good! I can't believe I just psychologically complimented Fredward! Whatever… but still! He should have!
"You were amazing Freddie!" Carly complimented.
"Not as amazing as you were." Freddie replied and pulled Carly into a hug. Carly hugged back but it was obviously awkward for her.
Poor dork. Has to resort to sickening sweet and mushy compliments just to get a hug, and he had to make the first move toward hugging!
"Um Freddie? You can let go now." Carly suggested awkwardly, backing away slowly.
Freddie wiped the stupid grin off of his face and forced himself to back away.
******
Several names had been called, several people had performed. Some being good some being bad.
However through the typical "Bad, good" performances, there was always the slight glimmer of a chance it would be downright terrifying.
When Shannon's name was called the cast should have known better than to expect something a little bit better than horrible.
I'm Shannon Carrol (A/N I don't know her real last name!) and I am going to be singing a song I wrote myself called 'Freddie' "
Freddie's eyes got wide when she stated the name of her song. He wanted to just run out of the auditorium right then, but he didn't want Carly to be mad at him, and besides, this could prove amusing.
Freddie oh Freddie how do you do this to me?
You make me fall in love
You make up every part of me
I love you from your techy to your head to your toes
One day you will see me admiring your nose
nose? Wow Shannon is so lame and unpoetic that it isn't even funny, Freddie thought.
Ooo ooo I need you
When you are beside me
all of the life I could dream of is within touching distance
when you don't notice that's what I do, touch you.
I grab your arm and stroke down, leaving invisible stains of my love
Always a reminder of my exceeding beauty, is being so hot a tiring duty?
"So lame." Sam stated as though no one else knew it.
"Freddie, Freddie, Freddie, Freddie
Oh Freddie-eddie-eddie
How I love you so
She exited the stage and everyone cheered as loud as they could, not because it was good, not because she could sing, and certainly not because the song had meaningful lyrics to it, but because she was finally exiting the stage.
"They love me, O how they love me." Shannon sighed as she went to sit back down in her seat.
"Scary" Carly shivered.
"Ya think?" Sam asked, mouth gaping wide open.
Sam burst out into hysterical laughter at what she had just seen and heard.
All eyes were on her as she attempted to calm back down.
"OKAY!" Walt shouted, annoyed at Shannon's singing and Sam's little spectacle.
"Samantha Puckett."
"UGH! Time to get this nightmare over with" She exhaled loudly.
She lazily approached the stage and before long she was standing perfect center, center-stage.
"I'm Samantha Puckett and I am going to be performing 'My immortal' in the stylings of Evanescence."
"Whenever you are ready Miss Puckett."
I wonder how Walt wound up in charge of this whole thing Sam pondered as the accompanist started playing.
I'm
so tired of being here, suppressed by all my childish fears
And if
you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave
Your presence
still lingers here and it won't leave me alone
"That is Sam right?!" Freddie asked in utter shock at the amazing voice coming from the stage in front of him.
Carly couldn't reply, she was too awe-struck. She was just sitting there, staring at the stage with her jaw dropped and her eyes large.
These
wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real
There's just
too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away
all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your
fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you
still have all of me
You used to captivate me by your
resonating light
Now, I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your
face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
all the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal, this
pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot
erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When
you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your
hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
The audience was so quiet listening to Sam that you could have heard a pen drop from across the hall.
I've
tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're
still with me, I've been alone all along
When you cried, I'd
wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all
of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But
you still have all of me, me, me
Sam carried the last note with a perfect tone and amazing pitch.
Sam confidently exited the stage and flopped down in her seat like nothing had even happened.
"That was INCREDIBLE!" Carly whisper-shouted.
"Thanks? It wasn't that good I was a little flat on the key-change at measure 22." Sam explained non-chalantly until she realized what she had just said, then she sat up straight and tried desperately to cover up what she had just said with a lie.
Before she had the chance, Carly asked, "When did you get so smart about musical theatre?"
Sam was filled with panic, she had to think fast. She couldn't let anyone know that her entire childhood was filled with theatre. It was her life as a child, but she grew out of it and became the tough girl. If anyone found out about her humiliating past she would be doomed to a life of ridicule and humiliation.(A/N TO ALL OF YOU PERFORMERS, I DO NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THEATRE! But Sam would so this is entirely based on Sam's thoughts, not my own. )
"That's what Walt told me." Sam said quickly but confidently.
"Oh." Freddie and Carly replied. Although Freddie hadn't asked the question, he was dying to know how Sam got so good, and how she knew so much about theatre.
"Yeah."
The rest of auditions flew by, and before they knew it, they were back in the Shay's living room, scooping up some watermelon with measuring spoons.
"Y'all were great today." Spencer said, walking away from his latest sculpture: Tofu Tongues.
"Thanks." All three replied.
"Tomorrow the cast list goes up, y'all ready?"
"BEYOND ready!!"