AN: THE ITALICS ARE SINGING, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
"No Sinjin. For the last time, you can't play a girl's part, and last time I checked the part of the Grandmother was played by a girl," Sikowitz yelled from his desk in the audience.
"I think I could do a better job than half of these ladies, if I do say so myself," Sinjin said, pointing at the other girls on stage and giving them the stink eye. "According to the Hollywood Arts rule book, section fifty seven, paragraph three, line twelve, states that I'm allowed to audition for any part I want to."
Sikowitz hit himself in the head with his coconut, "Fine, Sinjin. What will you be gracing the stage with today?"
"The actual song that Grandma sings with George, Move That Thang. I've asked Robbie to help me out with this," Sinjin said, running off stage. There was a bang, a crash, and someone groaning in pain. Sinjin pulled Robbie out of the wing. He was holding his stomach in pain, stumbling to stand next to Sinjin.
"My spleen…." Robbie groaned again. He slowly regained his composure.
"Robbie, are you going out for the part of George?" the teacher asked, scribbling something down on his clipboard with an oversized pencil.
"Yes, sir," Robbie said, pulling on an awkward wig that looked like something Billy Idol would have worn.
"Um… that's disturbing. ACTION!"
The lights went down. A spotlight on Robbie and Sinjin.
"Mrs. Hart, um, it seems we've lost half our band for the party. This is awkwardddddd," Robbie said.
"George, I think I can come up with something. Gimme a beat!" Sinjin said in his most convincing grandmother voice he could muster. To everyone's surprise, he was doing better than the girls who had tried out before him. He continued:
"Well, first things first, my name is Rose, I can bust fly rhymes just like the pros, I ain't got time for tea and scones; Forget rockin' chairs, I rock microphones! The roof, the roof, the roof might have snow, but that don't mean there ain't a fire burning down below."
Robbie went up to Sinjin, who was dancing as best he could, gyrating all over the stage to the beat of the music. He was actually dancing like an old lady.
Robbie actually started singing, while Sinjin was dancing around him, "Cause it's never too late."
"All my homies say?" Sinjin interjected while shooting up gang signs.
"Never too late, yawl."
"All the ladies say?"
"Never too late."
"Everybody say!"
They both sang together, "Never too late to move that thang"
Robbie took over the rapping rhythm, dancing like he had something stuck in his pants, "Will you stand like a fool, just blinkin' and shrugging'? Scared to say the truth cause you might start bugging'?"
"Not the "R" to the "O" to the "S" to the "E"! Do you feel me, boo?"
Robbie paused for his part, "Indubitably. When fear says our dreams might not fulfill us, just reply…"
"Whachu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
"So you're saying to take each snag in stride, and just pass the dutchie on the left hand side?"
"Keep it cool and you won't start illin'."
"Oh, I know you're not illin',"
"I'm chillin' like a villain!"
"Word to your grandmother!" They both struck a pose, back to back with their arms crossed as the music stopped.
The entire body of the audience stood up and applauded. Even Sikowitz stood up and clapped politely. He waited a minute for everyone to quiet down again, "That was impressive…. You may have sealed that role. Not just you, Sinjin, but Robbie too. Although it would be funny if Robbie played the character Robbie. Hahahahah! No? Oh well. Thank you very much gentlemen."
The crowd clapped again as they got off the stage.
"Next up, Jade West auditioning," Sikowitz shouted through a mega phone.
"Who the hell gave that man a mega phone!" Andre whispered to her, attempting to calm her down one last time.
Jade took a deep breath, giving one last look to Andre. He was sitting next to her in the audience, telling her reassuring things, making sure she stayed confident. He didn't really know why this meant so much to her, but he had a feeling it had something to do with his best friend's egotistical girlfriend. Right now, he couldn't tell if Jade was jealous, or if she was just doing it because Jess pushed her the wrong way on her first day here. Either way, she already had a grudge.
"Ms. West, treat this just as you would a professional audition. State your name, age, blah blah blah," he stated as she walked up to the middle of the stage.
"Hello. I'm Jade West, I'm fifteen years old and I will be singing Elphaba's part to The Wizard and I, from the hit broadway musical, Wicked," she said, giving a knowing look to Beck and his girlfriend. She waved at her with mock friendship. Jade had an ego, but the ego was there for a reason. She knew she was an amazing singer, and not many people could live up to the high F's in the songs Elphaba sings.
The music just started as she got into character. She closed her eyes, then opened them, locking eyes with Sikowitz, "Did that really just happen? Have I actually understood? This weird quirk I've tried to suppress and hide, is a talent… that could help me meet the Wizard, if I make good, so I'll make good."
She started moving around the stage, explaining the story of the song to the audience, capturing Elphaba in her own unique way, "When I meet the Wizard, once I prove my worth, and then I meet the Wizard, What I've waited for since… since birth! And with all his Wizard wisdom, by my looks, he won't be blinded. Do you think the Wizard is dumb? Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?No! He'll say to me, 'I see who you truly are - A girl on whom I can rely!' And that's how we'll begin, The Wizard and I."
She was hitting every note perfectly, getting the audience to hang on every word, "And I'll stand there with the Wizard, feeling things I've never felt. And though I'd never show it, I'll be so happy I could melt," she winked at Andre and he laughed, "And so it will be for the rest of my life, and I'll want nothing else 'till I die! Held in such high esteem, when people see me they will scream, for half of Oz's favorite team… The Wizard, and I!"
Her eyes fell on Beck and his stunned expression. In his entire four years at a school of the arts, he has never seen someone be so convincing as a character. Not to mention her voice. It gave him goosebumps the entire time she was singing. He felt a little guilty, his girlfriend was a good singer, but Jade was amazing. Jessica couldn't compare.
Sikowitz just stayed in his seat, staring at Jade.
She was just standing there. In the middle of the stage. With the spotlight blaring down on her. "Well?"
"I'm going to ask you to come see me after the auditions in the classroom," he said, diverting his eyes down to his paper.
"That's it?" she asked with a glare.
"That's it for now. If I asked you to meet me in the classroom, obviously there's going to be more, smarty pants. Next up: Jessica, grace us with your ego!" he said.
Jade turned on her heel and stormed off stage. She walked down the steps and crossed her arms as Jessica walked up next to her.
Jessica gave her a smirk, "that's what he tells people who just aren't good enough," The girl had enough balls to pat Jade on the back.
Luckily, when Jade turned around with her fist raised, Andre was there to hall her away before she struck, "C'mon Jade. Lets go hang out side the classroom before your fist gets sucked into all of the gunk that's covering her face."
Jessica smiled at them before starting off her audition, "I'm Jessica D'Vito, I will be auditioning for the role of Julia…."
"Well, Ms. West, you can come in now," Mr. Sikowitz told her as he walked by where she was sitting with Andre. She followed him into the room, giving one last apprehensive look to Andre. She was already comfortable with him, and that wasn't very Jade like. It would take her months to actually start to trust someone, yet she was confiding in Andre within a few days.
He shot her a thumbs up before she disappeared into the room with Sikowitz.
"I need to talk to you," Sikowitz started off by saying.
"Really?" she said with sarcasm dripping off her tongue, "I would have never guessed."
"See. That right there is what I'm talking about. I've noticed how you act the past few days, and I've realized that you're not a very sensitive, girly, happy type. You're more… how do I say this… bitchy type, is what I think I'm going for," Jade was surprised. She didn't really expect to hear that come out of his mouth, "you're brutal, blunt, and just a little too far from the character I was going to be giving you."
"Sir, in all due respect, if you didn't just see me on stage, I can mold to any character you give to me. I'm a diverse, serious actress. Whatever part you give me, I'll put everything I have into it. You give me direction, and I'll give you what you want, if you give me the chance, of course," Jade explained. It was true. Jade wasn't the type of actress you can type cast. She can play what you gave her, from Cassie in A Chorus Line to The Lead Player in Pippin.
"You put up quite a convincing argument, Jade… but I do have faith in you. So there's just one more thing," he said, trying to hide a smile that Jade could see below his mustache, "to play the part of Julia, you have to wear a wig... A blonde wig."
Although her mind told her she couldn't pull off the blonde look, Jade's lips pulled up into a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Sikowitz. I'll make you proud."
The line to look at the casting sheet was at least twenty people long. Each person was either happy about their part, or they were morbidly disappointed. Jade even saw a girl crying because she didn't get the part of Holly, which sort of mystified her. Why would you want to play the sluttiest girl in the show? Oh well. Someone has to have something to strive to.
Andre nudged Jade in the side, grabbing her attention. He nodded to the line where Beck and his girlfriend were standing, hand in hand. Beck didn't seem to excited to be there. Everyone already knew he was going to get the lead part as Robbie, people who didn't get the part were already congratulating him as they walked by. Andre got some, too. He was set to play Sammy, Robbie's best friend. Not Robbie with the puppet, Robbie Hart from the play... obviously.
Jade smirked when Jessica jumped up to the sheet with a smile on her face. The smile dropped and a scream escaped her lips. Jade actually had to cover her ear because it started to ring with pain. Jessica turned to Beck in utter distraught, "I'm not Julia!"
"Calm down, I'm sure you still got another part," Beck looked for her. She was too stunned to even move. She kept her eyes locked on the wall across from her that was covered in advertisements for the show, "See, you got Linda's part. That's still a lead role."
"Still a lead role… still a lead role? It's not a lead role, if it's not the lead role. God, Beck! Why are you so stupid sometimes?" She yelled at him, then her attention turned to Jade, "You better enjoy this while you can, newbie. It's just beginner's luck."
Jessica stormed off and Beck stayed behind. He walked up to Jade, who gave him a smirk, "Your girlfriend's not too happy."
"I wouldn't be either. This is the first time she hasn't gotten the lead in something, and she's gotten used to it. Oh well. You're a better singer, and the way you preformed just now… it was amazing. I'm looking forward to our duets," Beck said with his smile. The smile that still made her confused, and not necessarily in the good way. "We should probably start working on them soon, actually. Rehearsals start next week, so would you be okay with hanging out this weekend and maybe, testing out our voices together?"
Andre raised an eye at Beck, and of course he caught it in the corner of his eye. He looked Andre in the eye, hinting him that they would talk later while Jade mulled over her decision.
"I guess that would work…." Jade decided. Something in her told her that maybe it wasn't the greatest thing to do, but it was for the good of the show. If they didn't have the right chemistry, their parts wouldn't match and the entire play would be brought down by every duet.
"Cools, then can I text you later to work out the details?" Beck said, digging in his skinny jean pocket, fishing around for his phone.
"BECK!" a girl yelled from down the hallway.
"And that's my girlfriend," Beck said, closing his eyes as the screech echoed down the hallway, "I'll get your number from Andre later, and once again, congratulations."
Andre and Beck shared a fist bump, and Jade just waved.
"That's some interesting comments you got back from him…." Andre noted. "I haven't seen him be that flattering since he started going out with Jessica. You may have my boy hooked, girl."
"Hooked? Hardly. One, he's got a girlfriend. Two, I'm not going fishing right now," Jade said adjusting her messenger bag on her shoulder. She smiled at Andre and he gave her a hearty laugh.
"That's actually a pretty good one. Say it with a sassy girl voice," he pleaded.
"No!" She said. Andre had the weirdest requests some of the time.
"Woah!" a girl said, grabbing both Jade and Andre's attention. They turned back to the casting sheet to be greeted with Cat's excited face, "I got the part of Holly!"
"This will be fun," Jade said turning away from Cat and walking down the hallway by herself. She couldn't help but smile. Beck already wanted to hang out with her over the weekend. "D'Vito, eat your heart out..."
AN: Hopefully this is sparking people's interest by now. I might even have another slightly O.C Character to play into this, too, but I haven't decided if he's going to fit in very well. It's all up to how this weekend Bade turns out. Stay tuned to find out!
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