When Meghan sat down to eat her breakfast ration, Quinn approached her and sat down across from her. She got nervous, especially because she didn't want those icy glares, but he didn't seem to notice or care. She liked his confidence and the fact that he didn't care what other people thought him.
"Did we ruin The Lion King forever?"
Meghan laughed lightly. "No, but I'll always remember that interpretation whenever someone mentions the film from now on. What's on the queue for tonight's show?"
"We're doing Disney Tarzan."
"Oh, that was my favorite Disney movie. I've seen it more times than I can count. I know pretty much all the dialogue for it."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah!"
"Well…we're one girl short. Wanna be our Jane?"
Meghan nearly spit out her water. "What?"
"Why not? The kids seem to love you and if you know all the dialogue, we don't have to waste time teaching it to you."
"I'm not an actress…"
"Did you see us last night? Neither are me and Creedy. Don't worry, we improvise a lot. It's not hard. Besides, they're six years old and younger. It doesn't take much to entertain them."
"…Alright."
"Perfect. We start right after everyone gets their dinner."
"Okay, I guess I'll see you then."
Meghan watched him leave in shock. She certainly had not been expecting that one. She later met up with Katy and they began walking to spend time with the children again.
"What did Quinn talk to you about?" Katy asked.
"He, uh…asked me to help with the show tonight."
Katy stopped right in her tracks. "He what?"
"I can't believe it either."
"What show is it?"
"Tarzan."
"And he wants you to be Jane? Oh, you are going to make so many girls jealous tonight!"
"Great," Meghan sighed.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you nervous."
"I just didn't want to be on everyone's radar in that way."
"You'll be fine." Katy smirked. "I'm sure it's going to be Jackson's favorite night."
The two girls arrived where the children were and immediately were swarmed by all the kids.
"Meggy!"
Meghan watched Jackson bolt up to her and she scooped him up in her arms. "Hi!"
Their day went pretty much the same and at that point, everyone was amazed how much Jackson loved Meghan and clung to her because they only ever saw him do that with Quinn.
"Meggy, are you going to see Mr. Quinn and Mr. Creedy tonight?"
"Actually, I'm going to be in the show tonight."
"You are?!"
Meghan nodded. "So you'll actually see me up there onstage."
Jackson clapped his hands and laughed. "I'm even more excited now!"
That night, Jackson pulled Meghan to the stage, and chose a nice seat. Then Meghan hopped up onstage with Quinn and Creedy.
"This is Meghan Burke," Quinn introduced. "Most of you know her. She's going to be helping us tonight."
All the younger ones cheered while those teenagers and some other older girls watching didn't look too happy.
Meghan stayed to the side while Creedy, Quinn, and a couple other guys reenacted the beginning of the film. Then it was time for her to come on.
"'Daddy?' the English woman says," she narrated. "What's all the hullabaloo about?"
"Mr. Clayton said not to move. He saw something," Creedy replied. Then he fell over. "Oh, I moved."
This elicited many laughs from the children in the audience. They continued the performance and Meghan had to improvise a lot because she had no idea what to do in order to adapt this movie for such a small stage.
When the time came for Tarzan and Jane's meeting, Creedy came onstage acting like a baboon and it took everything Meghan had to not burst out laughing. Then Quinn picked her up bridal style and carried her to the other end of the stage. Together, they did all the dialogue for the famous meeting between them. When Quinn put his hand on hers at the part where Tarzan sees that they are similar, the chemistry forming between them was overwhelming. Meghan forced herself to snap out of it and continue on with the show.
At the end, when Jane decides to stay with Tarzan, Meghan ran up to Quinn and hugged him to which they both fell over. Meghan knew she was supposed to kiss him, but she also knew that that was certainly not going to happen.
Quinn sensed her uneasiness so he took his cloak and covered up their faces as they pretended to kiss behind it. A chorus of "Ewwws" rang out from the audience which made the both of them laugh behind Quinn's cloak. Then the lights went off and the show ended.
"Let's hear it for Meghan!" Quinn praised. Meghan did a small curtsy and the kids began cheering even louder. The older girls did not.
Quinn made everyone say their "prayers" and then sent them to go to bed.
Jackson ran and jumped on Meghan. "You were my favorite, Meggy! You were so good!"
"Thanks! Can I tell you a secret?"
Jackson nodded his head vigorously.
"I thought I was going to faint because I was so nervous!"
"Don't be nervous! You were great! Are you and Mr. Quinn in love?"
"No!" Meghan said quickly. "No, we were just acting for you guys."
"Okay."
Meghan tucked him in and bumped into Katy on her way out. "Alright, spill," she demanded.
"What are you talking about?" Meghan asked.
"That wasn't all acting you were doing with Quinn tonight."
"Of course it was."
"Not from what I saw. You guys were having major chemistry out there."
Meghan began blushing furiously.
"See? You're as red as an apple. Do you have feelings for him?"
"Well, he saved my life. Isn't it only natural that I feel a little something towards him? I mean, all the girls here do, don't they?"
"Yes. But this was different. Did something happen between you two that you never told me?"
"Well…he fixed my knee and bandaged me up and took care of my fever."
"Anything else?"
Meghan paused. "When I was all better, the reality hit me that I was alone. So naturally, I began crying for the ones I lost, and…Quinn may have held me while I cried."
Katy laughed. "Meghan, that's so cute! Listen, I saw how you were looking at Quinn tonight. You definitely feel something towards him."
"I don't know, Katy. Maybe I do, but there's no way he has feelings for me."
"No, you don't understand. Quinn was looking back at you the same way."