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Tuesday morning came with Sora lightly skipping over to the stage.
She spotted the side stage door but paused in her steps as she heard someone behind her. "Well this is a first." She grinned and then turned around to greet Leon.
Her eyes widened when she saw orange hair instead of silver.
"Ken?" She rapidly blinked. "What brings you here?"
Thrown off by her curious comment, the teen refocused himself. "I knew that you practice around this time, so I came to get you. Kalos would like to speak to you."
"Right now?"
"Well yes. You have Dracula and the Kids' Stage to juggle along with needing to take breaks in between and eat."
Before she could think of an excuse to go later, Ken lifted his hand to her lower back. She stiffened and stepped away from it. He blinked at her withdrawal, but then used his other arm to gesture for her to go first.
Reluctantly, she complied.
I hope the meeting doesn't take long.
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A figure from far off watched with narrowed eyes as the two walked away from the stage door.
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In the cafeteria, the young performers were abuzz with chatter.
"Did you hear what Michelle and Lauren said? It was…"
"No! Really?! I wish I had the nerve to have done that."
Mia tilted her head at the gossip around. They appear to be about the same thing, what exactly is it? As a Secret Agent of the Stage, it was imperative that she found out what the latest hullabaloo entailed. I'm going to have to confer with my partner.
She sat down at a table with her tray of food, keeping her ears open while she waited for Anna to join her.
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"Layla needs a temporary partner," Kalos stated, wasting no time in telling Sora what the meeting was about.
"We have a break coming up next week; however, seeing as you're not the lead," he saw the young performer flinch at that, but continued in the same impassive tone of voice, "you can leave early so that you can have more time to practice for the role."
The earlier sting about not being the leading lady evaporated as the opportunity sank into her mind.
"Be Layla's partner again?" She felt nostalgic, but happy about the idea.
"You can leave as early as tomorrow night."
Sora blinked at that. That's Wednesday. The dinner with Leon and her shift were both that day. Her hands fiddled with the hem of her shirt.
"Ah Boss, do I have to leave so soon?"
She couldn't see it because the light was reflecting off of his shades, but slight surprise flashed across his eyes. He thought the girl would be ecstatic to leave as soon as possible…
"No." He pushed his glasses up. "Just let me know what day you choose to go."
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Mia and Anna left the cafeteria together, but then the young scriptwriter told Anna she had somewhere to go.
"Alright, see ya later!"
Mia waved at her friend and watched as she walked off a good distance. Then, Mia turned around and ran over to the pool area.
Did that gossip mean what I thought it meant?
It sounded like Leon and May were a couple, but Mia knew for sure that she saw Sora and him kissing. She didn't think it meant nothing, but maybe she had been wrong…
"Marion!" she frantically called out as the young girl splashed her feet in the water. "We have an emergency!"
Marion blinked her big hazel eyes at the state Mia was in. As young as she was, she could tell that there was something really important going on and it wasn't a matter of simple gossip.
Not that gossip is ever simple.
"We can talk in my dad's office."
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AN: Oh the drama!
Just a somewhat quick note about the story that I did not think needed explaining or to be addressed, but I guess it does: there are certain things that I need to touch on that are canon in the series in order to get to where I want it to go. The reason I made this part canon was for my interest in figuring out why certain characters behaved the way they did in the series.
That said, I most likely won't go over the whole second season. That will make this story a lot longer than I want it to be. :P
And of course, the AU is me filling in the blanks and tweaking certain reactions/ scenarios.
If you do not like the direction the story is going, I'm not keeping you here. You are more than welcomed to stop.
The great thing about writing are the different interpretations and you do not have to agree with me on them. It's what makes writing fun and reading enjoyable.
I like exploring and fleshing out characters. The flat characters with no layers underneath are not as fun to write or read.
Ok, end of note! :P Thanks for reading!