Woo-hoo! got the second chapter done *does a happy dance*
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Thanks again!
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Last night when Sylvia wished she could forget about what happened to her dad, she didn't expect to continue on to the next day when she went to work at her mothers business, the 'Amoré Bean Cafe'.
From the moment she walked through the doors for her shift after making a quick visit to see her mother at the hospital, she was shocked to see that the whole place was entirely swamped. It was probably the busiest she'd ever seen in her life since she started working here at the shop!
It was a bit staggering, but she also saw it as a good thing as it kept her mind off her father and his situation so much that it seemed to make the day fly by very quickly. And although it meant that it was going to be another late night for Sylvia at closing time, it was still was fine by her as she would rather be doing anything then have to go back to the hospital again...
But when things had finally quieted down for lock up and she was cashing out the register and saying goodnight to fellow employees that worked the shift with her after they had tidied up the shop, her thoughts began to wander back to things other than coffee...
Odds are, her mother wouldn't come home tonight either. Which the young vixen understood because she knew how much he father meant to her...but where would that leave Sylvia? Normally, she really didn't mind being on her own, though after seeing him like that last night, she just couldn't bring herself to stay at the hospital all the time like her mother could.
How could she just sit there and watch her father lie there with the possibility that he might never wake up in the back of her mind?
No...she couldn't bring herself to do it... she would just find a way to tough it out and handle it on her own just like she always did and figure something out to better keep her mind off this...but what? A second job?
It would be doable as her hours here at the shop were flexible, or maybe she could volunteer somewhere, there cold be all sorts of options if she looked around hard enough.
Sylvia gave a long sigh when she finally finished up with the register, And picked up her mess before she made a final walk-through around the her mothers cafe, making sure that everything was cleaned and set up for work tomorrow before she finally walked outside into the cool evening air.
Though just as she pulled the keys out of her pocket to lock the doors, she suddenly noticed a bright yellow sheet of paper trapped in the bed of pink roses under the window. She was a bit confused at first, but then she suddenly remembered seeing a dozens of others just like it all over the roads last night before the clean up crew came through, but she had been too tired to really pay any attention to what they were.
So pulling it out and looking it over, she discovered that it was a flyer for a singing contest that was being held at the 'Moon Theater' that was just a few blocks down the road from the coffee shop.
She let out a rather amazed whistle when she saw what the grand prize was for the winner. $100,000.00, that was quite a bit of cash. Especially because she would sometimes overhear customers talking about it from time to time that lead her to believe that the theater was pretty much on it's last legs.
Looking at the date, she saw that auditions for the show were going on today, which explained the overwhelming flow of customers the shop had.
It was almost eight, so auditions had to be coming to a close by now if they hadn't already. Not that she was really interested in trying out despite the impressive prize, but considering that she was just thinking about finding extra work, maybe the theater itself could use an extra hand...there was really only one way to find out.
With a plan set, she locked up the shop, but just as she turned to walk down the road where the theater was, a loud " 'Scuse me! " suddenly caught her ears before she cried out and jump back when a large figure almost ran into her. Only having enough time to make out that it was a young, but rather large animal that was wearing a black leather jacket and a green shirt with a big lightning bolt on it as he flew by on a skate board.
"Why don't you watch where you're going!" Sylvia yelled after them.
"Sorry 'bout that!" he called back, but he didn't slow down as he seemed to be in a hurry to get wherever he was going.
She watched him disappear around the corner, shaking her head and adjusting her hoodie a bit before she finally started down the road. It only took about 6 minuets for her to reach the Moon Theater, and thankfully, the lights were still on on the inside.
So without a second thought, she walked right into the doors and looked around. She didn't know exactly where to go from here, so she just opted to go through the main doors that lead to where visitors would watch the shows.
She wasn't big on live theater's, but as soon as she opened up the door, her eyes widened in awe to see that grand stage. And as she walked in further, she took in the rather beautiful, white walls that had gold trimming, velvety red chairs that were neatly placed all around and admiring a big, elegant dome ceiling at the very center.
She had to admit, if a building could be considered art, then the 'Moon Theater' would definitely be a master piece...
"Oh, why hello there." a voice greeted, making her turn around to see an elderly iguana dressed in an orange dress with a yellow print pattern walk out from backstage.
She regarded Sylvia with a smile, but her eyes kind of weirded the young vixen out; While the left eye, green in color, looked down at her with a kindly light, the other with a large black pupil seemed to almost roll to the back of her head...was it glass?
"Can I help you?" the old lizard asked, breaking Sylvia out of her no doubt rude stare.
"Uh, yeah, sorry," the silver fox began, making herself focus on her functioning eye. "Are you the one in charge of the theater, Miss..."
"That's Ms. Crawly, dear." she told her young guest in a friendly tone as she gathered papers into her arms from the table that was set up in the front row of chairs near the stage, but a few sheets slipped from her grip and fluttered to the floor. " But I'm not the owner of the theater, that would be Mr. Buster Moon."
"Alright, then does Mr. Moon happen to still be around?" Sylvia asked, stopping down to pick up the papers as it seemed to be a little difficult for the nice iguana to do herself. "I wanted to ask him a question."
"Oh yes, he should still be in his office looking through the auditions he picked for the new show." Ms. Crawly told her as she gave a thankful grin to Sylvia as she took the flyaway papers from her. "Why don't you come along with me so you can ask him your question, I'm sure he won't mind."
"Thanks." Sylvia said as the elderly lizard began shuffling along up to the stairs to the stage while she followed close behind. It was a little slow going, but Sylvia was patient and just quietly looked around the place until they finally made it up a set of stairs that had two offices.
The one they walked into first appeared to be Ms. Crawly's considering the pink wall paper and feminine window curtains, and as she watched the iguana walked over to open a closed door, she saw a small koala bear wearing blue slacks, a white dress shirt and a bright red bow tie tirelessly working away on something from behind a large desk that looked way too big for him.
"Good evening Mr. Moon." Ms. Crawly greeted the koala bear who just barley acknowledged her with a distracted 'Mm-hmm' as he kept his eyes glued down and his pen scribbled away.
"I know you're busy with the call backs, Mr. Moon but I have a nice young lady here to see you." She continued as she discarded her own papers in the waste bin before she motioned for the young vixen to come further into the office. "She says she has a question for you."
"Mr. Moon, my name's Sylvia Vulx." Sylvia began politely. "I was hoping-"
"Sorry kid, but I already have my cast selected." Buster interrupted, still not looking up from his work. "You should have come by sooner."
Sylvia bristled a little at the dismissive interruption, but didn't show it as she quickly squashed down. It was only natural that he would assume she was here for an audition as he no doubt had to sit through tons of them for who knows how long today...
"Yeah, I didn't come here to audition for the show." she told him, putting her paws on her hips. "I was going to ask if you could use some extra help around the theater."
"You know... work here for you."
That seemed to get Busters' attention as he looked up to finally see a young silver fox with a black fringe with purple tips that rested along the left side of her canine features, dressed in a worn purple and black hoodie that had holes and tears at the ends of the sleeves and faded gray jeans that were ripped at the knees and frayed at the heels as she gazed over at him with rather startling amber eyes.
He looked curious for a moment, but it soon passed.
"I see, well under other circumstances, I would usually consider it." The koala said as he continued to flip through papers. " But we're currently not hiring at the moment."
"Oh, well then I guess it's a good thing that I'm only volunteering my services." Sylvia said with a slight roll of her eyes as once again Buster looked back up at her, seeming a bit more intrigued this time.
"And why would you want to volunteer to work for me?" he asked.
" I already have a job, so money isn't what I'm after." Sylvia explained. "Plus, I have flexible hours, so after my shifts are done, I can always come right over."
"Or go in to work from here, it really depends on what I'm set up for; But either way you'll have me here for a good while to get some things done if you need it."
"Well that explains the 'how'..." Buster said as clapped his hands clean before he jumped down from the chair to go stand before Sylvia, who found it a tiny bit amusing that he was a good deal shorter than she was. "But not all of the 'why'."
"Let's just say 'I have my reasons' and leave it at that." Sylvia said curtly. "Sooo... do you want me here or not?"
Buster just put his hands on his hips as the gears in his heard started turning, staring intently at her with his crystal blue eyes and trying to figure her out...but Sylvia just stood there, doing a very good job of masking anything that might give a bit of herself away...
"You know Mr. Moon, I could use some extra hands now that we have so many new faces to look after." Ms. Crawly suddenly said, making both the fox and koala look over to her as she only gave them both a smile.
As far as the kindly iguana was concerned, Sylvia would make a helpful addition to their little theater, especially since the young fox was here offering to work without pay when she didn't even have to.
"...Alright then, looks like you're hired kid." Buster said, finally relenting. "From now on, you'll be Ms. Crawlys' helper around the theater in whatever she needs; And you can expect a few requests from me if I ever need a quick hand too."
"Gotcha." Sylvia said with a nod. " Anything you want me to do now?"
"Hmmm, well, it's gotten pretty late, so probably not..." he began as he tapped his chin. "But we were visited by a lot of animals today, so if you wouldn't mind sweeping the stage when you come in tomorrow, that would be fantastic!"
"And you can be sure Ms. Crawly and I will find a few other things to keep you busy."
"Sure." the young vixen agreed as she started towards the door. "Night, then."
Buster wished her a good night as well while Ms. Crawly smiled and closed the door behind her, letting Sylvia free to show herself out of the theater as she silently thought to herself.
That seemed easy enough, maybe he was a little hesitant at first, which she understood. But just what was she going to tell him? 'I want extra work because it'll help keep my mind off my father who's in the hospital with a coma he might not wake up from'? Yeah. Right. Her business was her own and she was grateful that he ultimately respected her privacy.
She was also grateful that her thoughts were whirling about tomorrow. Specifically who she would be meeting, what Buster would have her do and for how long. Sylvia had never seen what goes into preparing a show before either, so it was bound to be a pretty interesting experience.
She would even go as far as to say that she was actually looking forward to it...
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Another short chapter, but hopefully the chapters will start getting longer as the story progresses. Thanks so much for reading guys! Next up, we'll get to meet everyone in the 'SING' gang. I'll try and get more done here pretty soon! :D:D:D
Oh, and if there's any errors that you can see in spelling or grammar, just be sure to let me know so I can fix it up later :)