Who Am I?
Sage POV
September 6th, 2011
8:05 A.M
I almost ran to the school's drama room. I had auctioned for the part of Eponine Thenardier, and the results were coming out today. I almost had to fight to see the small piece of paper.
Eponine Thenardier... Sage Miller
I almost screamed, but instead I started jumping up and down. Finally, I was going to be the most incredible character in Les Miz.
"Someone got the part?" My best, and only, friend Adrien Smith asked me. Well, it was more like a statement than a question, but it was something. I hugged him after bobbing my head up and down.
"Look, here. It says Enjolras, Adrien Smith." I said since I was already blocking everyone from their view. He moved me over outside the clutter, and came back out grinning like a loon.
"I guess we'll be barricade buddies!" He exclaimed, hugging me again. This was the closest I had ever been to him in at least a month. And he still smelt the same.
"Look who it is." He said, turning out towards a parting crowd. Of course I knew who it was. Devin Henderson and Max Jones.
"I didn't know they tried out." I said, probably sounding like an idiot. We moved over to the Art Room area, mostly because I was claustrophobic.
"Apparently they did. Hey, why don't we go see who's who after first bell" Adrien said, looking over to the growing crowd. I nodded my head, and started on one of my drawings. It was a guy. No one in general, but it had to of been someone.
Ring,ring,ring
The crowd suddenly disappeared. I knew I had time to look at the list. Partly because my first class was Art, and our teacher didn't mind anyone being less than 6 minutes late.
Marius Pontmercy... Devin Henderson
Joly... Max Jones
So, Max didn't go for a big, big part. I expected nothing less from Devin, being the most popular boy in school and everything. I staggered to art, just in time for role. It wasn't even 8:30 a.m, and I had been swooned over and over again by Adrien.
Adrien. We had been best friends since the first grade. He was popular, not Devin popular, but popular. I was a farm girl that lived on the edge of the town. He had tons of friends. I had one. We weren't meant to be together.
"Sage, your head seems up in the clouds. Better be thinking of that art project for Principle Carter's 51st birthday." Mrs. Baker said to me, as I got out my sketch pad.
"Yes I was. Thank you again for the chance. It really is an honor." I said, sharpening my pencil. There was a reason Mrs. Baker was my favorite teacher. She was the easiest to lie to.
September 17th, 2011
3:55 P.M
It had been a little over two weeks ever since we started to practice. The drama teacher, Ms. Cox, was pretty nice, and very supportive. I remembered auctioning for her, the chorus teacher, Mr. Reed, and the 10th grade vice-principal, Ms. Long., and shaking in my shoes.
"Let's start from A Little Fall of Rain. Sage, Devin, let's go." Ms. Cox called through her microphone. I walked on the opposite side of the stage from Devin. We sounded really good together, but it was a bit awkward, because he was Devin Henderson, and I was Sage Whats-her-face.
"Alright, so get on the floor you two. Now get closer together. Closer, come on guys. Good. Now, Sage, lean on him. There, and begin." Ms. Cox directed. We started to sing, but I couldn't help but look over to where Adrien was.
Whenever we weren't on stage, we were making our costumes. Adrien was focused on him red blazer, and the hot glue gun to notice me.
"Guys that was great. But Sage, could you try to make more eye-contact with Devin?" Ms. Cox said, marking something on her clipboard, I nodded as we stood up. Why was it so hard to love someone who didn't think of you more than a friend?
December 5th, 2011
5:00 P.M
Chaotic. If anyone asked me what Dress Rehearsal was like backstage, I would say it was Chaotic. Costumes, hair, makeup, vocal warm-ups. Too much for me. I slipped into an empty corner. I tugged at my skirt. My original Eponine costume was simple, but my only worry, was the dress,, I wore at the end. And by end, I meant when Ghost Eponine came out to welcome Jean Vljean and Ghost Fantine to Heaven.
I have no clue why Ms. Cox wanted Eponine to wear a nice and simple dress, but my guess was that we should symbolize how Eponine was rewarded when she got to Heaven.
I felt someone brush past me with a HUGE hoop skirt and hat. It was Anna Price, aka Cosette. She was tall, brunette, and Devin's girlfriend. In other words, they didn't have to act about their love for one and other.
"Sage, your on in 2 minutes." I heard a stage helper say to me. I got off my box and lined myself on the edge of the curtains. I looked at Adrien, who looked pretty descent in his red blazer. I smiled to myself, as I walked on stage on my cue.
This was going to be a long play, I thought to myself. But somehow, threw the costume changes, and bottles of water, I made it to my part as a ghost. I had my hair pulled back in a silver barrette, that used to be my moms. She passed away when I was seven. Her mother had given it to her, and her mother's mother. In other words, it was old. I also had a handmade wool blanket wrapped around me, to show I was still "Eponine". Everything went fine until the curtain call. As the entire cast came to bow, we went down, but we didn't go back up. Or at least 11 of us didn't.