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Rachel Berry had always been a very confident girl. She had started competing in dance and singing competitions from the moment she learned how to walk. She now had practically all the Broadway classics memorized word for word, and could sing every song perfectly. The only thing Rachel hadn't done yet was actually being in a Broadway play. So, here she was in front on the Lima community theatre, ready to audition for the role of Maria in West Side Story.
The theatre was full; everyone was in his or her own little areas trying to memorize their lines before the auditions began. Rachel was directed towards a line for the sign in sheet. The girl in front of her was reading through the lines for Anita when she noticed Rachel standing behind her.
"This is getting ridiculous," the girl said. "I've been standing here forever and the line hasn't budged. I'm losing my audition adrenaline."
Rachel shrugged, "The last audition I was at we waited in line for almost an hour. And I didn't even get the part. I was the stupid understudy."
The girl rolled her eyes. "Casting directors are stupid." The girl blew her chewing gun into one last bubble before spitting it out into a nearby trashcan. "What's your name?"
"Rachel. Rachel Berry," Rachel held out her hand for the girl to shake. "And yours?"
"Santana Lopez," the girl introduced herself. The line in front of Santana moved up a bit, finally. Santana let out an aggravated sigh, "That's all the further you're moving?"
"So what made you want to audition for this play?" Rachel asked. "I've known this entire play forwards and backwards since I was younger. It's a dream of mine to play Maria on a real Broadway stage someday."
"My abuela loves this play," Santana said. "She's getting older so I thought it would be a nice present for her to come and see me in the show."
"That's wonderful, Santana," Rachel exclaimed. "I'm sure you'll get the part!"
The two girls waited in line for a while longer before they finally reached the sign in sheet. They were given an identification ticket and then told to head over to the waiting area while everyone else finished signing in. Rachel checked the time on her cell phone: 8:27PM. Auditions were supposed to start at 8 on the dot.
Santana glanced at the time as well, "Are we really that far behind? This is ridiculous!"
"Yeah, I had to leave my cousin's engagement party for this. I guess I could have stayed for a little while longer," Rachel said.
Santana eyed Rachel's glittery dress, "Is that why you're all dressed up?" She noticed a tag sticking up from the back of Rachel's dress. "You forgot to take off the tag." Santana reached up to rip the tag off for Rachel, only to have her hands slapped away.
"No!" Rachel's hands reached behind her to tuck the tag back into the back of her dress. "Do you have any idea how expensive this dress was? I'm leaving the tag on it so that I can return it tomorrow and claim that it didn't fit."
Santana raised her hands defensively, "Calm down, I was only trying to help. And good move on the dress thing, I did that last year with my heels for prom. All I had to do was put tape on the bottom so they wouldn't scuff and I was able to return them the next day. Saved me a load of cash."
"Attention everyone!"
"Finally," Santana whispered when she realized the auditions were beginning.
A man stood on the stage speaking into the microphone, "We will call you back stage for your audition in groups of five." He picked up a piece of paper and began reading off a list of names. "The first group will be McKenna Acres, Susan Aimes, Patricia Andrews, Melissa Barnes, and Rachel Berry."
Rachel Berry.
Santana nudged Rachel with her elbow, "Rachel, that's you!" She forced Rachel to stand up and walk towards the backstage area. "Knock them dead, Rachel!"
The five of girls all walked back stage and entered another waiting room. They were told that they would each be called on and sent to another room to have the official audition. They were called on in alphabetical order, each audition lasting only a few minutes.
"Rachel Berry." Finally her name was called.
Rachel walked into a small room filled with three other men. One was adjusting a camera to make it focus on her, another was finishing his notes on the previous girl, and the last was leaning back in his chair as he examined Rachel. The man who had just been fixing the camera sat down and read the description of the next girl to audition.
"Rachel Berry, auditioning for Maria?" he said, looking up to make she he had the right girl. "Tell us, Rachel, what makes you a good fit for this role."
"Well, sir, Broadway has been a big part of my life ever since I was a young girl, and this was always one of my favorite plays. I've had the entire script memorized for years now, and it is a dream of mine to play Maria."
"Interesting," the man commented. He looked over at the other two, "Anything else before we begin?"
The man who had just been writing shook his head, while the critical man remained still.
"Alright, Rachel, it says here that you have chosen Tonight as your audition piece," the cameraman said. "Show us what you've got."
Rachel cleared her throat, her years of vocal lessons finally paying off.
Tonight, tonight
It all began tonight
I saw you and the world went away.
Tonight, tonight
There's only you tonight
What you are, what you do, what you say
For here you are
And what was just-
"All right. That's enough," the critical man said, cutting Rachel off mid verse. The three men frantically wrote down notes on their paper.
"Wha-" Rachel asked, clearly taken aback.
"We've heard enough," the critical man said. "You are free to go now. We will contact you soon with any further information."
Rachel, still in a complete state of confusion, slowly walked out of the room.
That's it? She thought. Was I really that bad?
Sorry about the absence of Finn is this chapter. I promise he will be in the next one! Keep up the reviewing! I love to know what you guys think so far!