Hey guys! I feel like it's been awhile since I updated, but maybe that's just me. In this chapter, I could not find a song that Ian should sing and have it make sense to the situation. So I made up the name of a fake one. Pretend that Please is a popular song in this school! I've been thinking about a new title for the story and I was thinking something along the lines of, Why Me? Thanks to addicted2reading9 for the help! Enjoy! Oh, and Natalie won't really be important in this story, although she does come up next chapter. *evil grin* I'm laughing just thinking about it... Mwahahaha!

"Okay kids! Everyone, time to start auditions for the musical; which everyone is required to try out for." Mr. James said with enthusiasm.

He was defiantly my favorite teacher. It was a few days later. Not much had happened. In fact, Ian rarely spoke to me, and Genni and I had nothing serious going on in school. Except, of course, for the musical. Our musical was going to be a slightly different version of Beauty and the Beast.

"Okay! Auditions will be in alphabetical order, so Mr. Adams, yooouuu're up!" Mr. James said, rolling out his you're like a baseball umpire.

The guy walked nervously to the front, sang his audition and moved on. It continued like this until it got to me.

"And your turn, Ms. Cahill!"

I hopped up onto the stage, feeling all my nerves come back to me. Trying not to stutter, I said, "I-I will be singing, Last Christmas."

The music came on, and oddly, I found myself totally confident. I started to sing:

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart,

But the very next day, you gave it away.

This year, to save me from tears,

I'll give it to someone special."

I couldn't help but think of Ian there, and I found myself staring at him, trying to put all of my emotions into my song. I would never give him my heart to break, ever again.

When I got to the part,

"But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again," I blushed, looking away from Ian and back at Genni.

Her friendly face gave me a confidence boost, and I finished the song on a high note. Mr. James applauded lightly and gave me a big smile.

"Great job Amy. I see great things in your future." His voice was quiet and serious, not matching his light hearted smile.

I noticed some stunned faces as I walked back to my spot next to Genni, who gave me a hug and whispered, "Amy that was gold!"

Before long, Ian was up.

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He stepped up confidently and announced, "I will be singing, Please." Ian flashed me a cocky smile and I just stared back, hoping that my face was passive, and not caring. Ian started to sing a song that I didn't know, but apparently it was mega popular at this school. A whole bunch of girls started giggling and fawning over him.

Genni gave me a look as Ian sang, and I hoped she hadn't seen the initial awe in my eyes when he had started. God was he good.

"He's really good," she told me, humming along to the song.

"Yeah," I sighed, "I know."

I couldn't keep myself from listening; Ian was much too good of a singer for that. When he stepped off, some of the prissy girls in the class started making goo-goo eyes at him.

Ian walked passed me and whispered, "How'd I do?"

I didn't reply, but only stared straight ahead at the wall as the next person came up for their turn.

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When class ended, I raced off to Chemistry with Genni following close behind.

"Amy! Wait up! I need to talk to you!"

I slowed down as we walked into class. We still had a whole 5 minutes before class started, so I knew that there was time for us to talk, much to my dismay. Genni sat down next to me and excitedly pulled out a piece of paper.

"Well," she started, "You know I've been trying to figure out my Janus talent, seeing as how everyone has one, and I think I may have found it! Look at what I drew!"

The paper was shoved in my face and it took me a moment to figure out what it was of.

"Me!" I exclaimed.

Genni had drawn a picture with of me in a long gown, standing on a beach. The sunset shone in the distance.

"Yeah." She agreed. "It didn't start off as you, but eventually it just had your face. Do you like it?" "I love it!" I said, giving her a high-five.

Chemistry started as usual, until Mr. Blake said, "Partner up everyone!"

People immediately rushed to their normal partners, but of course, he had to add, "Someone different, everyone. Boys with girls!"

"Noooo!" Genni and I chorused quietly.

A kid named Max came up to Genni, and she went to work with him.

To my dismay, Mr. Blake saw that I still didn't have a partner and called out, pointing to me with a pen, "Ms. Cahill? Please pair up with Mr. Kabra!"

Again, my mind chorused, NOOOOOO! Ian came from behind and tapped me on the shoulder.

"Hello, love."

Chemistry was awful.

First, I spilled some sort of liquid all over the floor, then Ian made one of the mixtures explode on us, and then Mr. Blake made us clean it up. It. Was. Awful.

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The next day in Drama, the parts for Beauty and the Beast were announced. Ian sat down right next to Genni and I, so it was physically impossible not to look at him every once and awhile.

"So, here is the cast list." Mr. James started ticking off names and roles.

When he got to Genni he said, "Genni, you'll be playing Mrs. Potts."

"Yes!" Genni murmured, gripping my arm. She had wanted that part.

"And Mr. Kabra, you will be playing the Beast."

Him, being a Beast? How perfect. It was totally his personality.

"And Ms. Cahill, You will be playing Belle."

"WHAT!" I screeched. Of course I would get this part, of course! I don't understand why fate is against me like this, I honestly do not. What did I do to deserve this?

"Congrats," my teacher said with a smile.

I gave Genni a panicked look and she mouthed, 'we'll talk later'.

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