Chapter 1
Every step he took his feet dragged on the ground while he hunched over. Everything felt like it was dragging and dropping. His eyelids, his shirt, and his increasingly terrible weeks. The Phantom of the Opera was to open in three weeks. Three weeks. Almost a month ago when Curly Gammelthorpe auditioned for the play, he had his sights set on Raoul, Christine's lover. But who did he end up playing? The Phantom.
EUGENE HOROWITZ AS RAOUL. EUGENE AS RAOUL. EUGENE HOROWITZ AS RAOUL. EUGENE. EUGENE. EUGENE.
The thoughts flooded his mind for the past few weeks during rehearsal.
He will be the one who falls in love with Christine. He will be the one who gets to kiss Rhonda at the end of the play. WHY? I practiced day and night for the role of Raoul. And what do I get? The role of the Phantom? The one who is rejected and feared by Christine? No! This is ridiculous!
Speak of the devil; Eugene stopped him in the hallway. "Hey Curly, how's it going?" He smiled and gave him a pat on the shoulder. Curly stood with a stiff upper lip. There he goes pretending like he didn't do this on purpose! EUGENE.
"I think you were really great at rehearsal last night." Eugene added.
Why is he complementing me like this? We don't talk! Ever! It's probably all part of his diabolical plan to ruin my one chance at getting Rhonda's attention!
Something clicked. Maybe he could pretend to be friends with Eugene so he could let his guard down. That way, he won't see revenge coming…
Curly smiled a fake warm smile. He was an actor; he could pull off being friendly to him until the time of revenge. "Thanks Eugene. You were great as Raoul, too. See you a rehearsal." He complemented with almost too much sarcasm. Curly left for first hour.
Eugene….a bit accident prone, are you not? We'll see what kind of accident happens soon….A HAHAHA! MWAHAHA! AH! HAHA! The creepy eerie smile could be seen all across the hall.
That Chapter was real fun to write. I love Curly! Anyway, I hope you guys liked it.