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The room was dark. I could only see the stage I stood on and the four of them lit up by a small spotlight. Everything else was dark. The atmosphere was tense and I took a deep breath. Time to get into character.
"It happened right here, you know," I recited. "Almost a year ago. Right before I left. He came to the party with Kevin and his friends. And he liked you right away. Like they always do. Oh, I got used to being invisible, whenever you were around a long time ago. I mean, just look at you. And look at me. If I were a guy, I wouldn't look twice at me, either. The point is, he wanted you. No surprise. He saw you, he wanted you. And you definitely didn't want him. And he could tell. And that was when I moved in for the kill."
I walked to the center of the stage as I spoke, "We had all been drinking. People were starting to leave. We were sitting on the floor in the living room, and I kissed him. You saw us, and you watched me bring him up here. And then you went to sleep on the couch. Like you had a dozen other nights, after a dozen other parties. And then... everyone else left. I brought him here. We were kissing... and he was a good kisser. And he... he started... and I didn't stop him. And then, he went downstairs, to the bathroom. And he was gone a long time. And when he came back, he brought a condom."
I made voice shake with the words to signify my character was scarred by this.
"I woke up the next morning, and he was gone. And I put on my clothes, and I came downstairs, and you were there, sleeping. And I woke you up, and I told you what had happened. I told you that I had slept with him. And you know what you told me?" I looked out into the audience with an angry glare, "You said, 'I woke up, in the middle of the night, and he was on top of me.' He was feeling you up, in your sleep. He was groping you, basically molesting you... while you were passed out. You woke up, and his hand was in your crotch. I mean, that's what you said, right? It was... strange, how it didn't really seem to bother you. But I guess you've had guys do worse. You told me all this... so calmly. Like, it meant so little... You said, 'I woke up, and I made him stop, and I kept telling him, 'Go back to Joan. Go back upstairs with Joan.'' You said, 'I gave him a condom from my purse.' Why? Why would you do that? I mean, what the fuck is wrong with you? A guy tries to assault you while you're passed out, and you think, 'I know. I'll send him upstairs to my best friend.' Why?"
"Why didn't you kick him out of my fucking house? You could have screamed bloody murder and woken up my parents. You could have threatened to press charges. What he did was assault. What do you think would have happened if you hadn't woken up? He could have raped you," I said harshly.
"And you... you sent him back to me. How generous. How benevolent. Why didn't you fucking warn me? Why did you wait until the next morning to tell me what he did? Why didn't you tell me right then? God, Helen. I mean, think about it. You send this guy, this guy... who has just violated you... up to my attic. What do you think would have happened if I had said no?" I asked in a softer tone.
"It never occurred to you... that I might say no? Well, sure. That makes sense. I mean, I had certainly brought enough guys up to the attic that summer, hadn't I? Yeah. I mean, I kissed this guy—this guy, who I barely knew," my voice shook again. "So, I guess I deserved whatever I got. And you were right. I mean, I didn't say no. But I would have. If I had known what he had done to you, I would have. But you didn't know that? Oh, right. Because I'm such a slut, I'll fuck anyone. It's what you were thinking, though. It had to be. It's the only explanation. You had a chance to protect me, and you didn't. Because you never thought, not even for a second, that I would say no..."
I took a step closer and exclaimed, "I was drowning! And you couldn't see it. You were my best friend. And you couldn't see it. All I wanted was for someone... to look at me the way they all looked at you. I just wanted someone... to want me. Someone, anyone. I didn't fuck those guys in the attic because I wanted to. I did it to prove that I existed. That I wasn't invisible. And you... you were oblivious."
"I would have done anything to protect you. I would have done anything," I finished, almost whispering.
They sat with their mouths open and didn't make a sound. Without saying anything to me, if I should stay or leave, they began scribbling on their papers. Was I that bad? I was about to run off the stage when I heard clapping and a voice say "Wow!"
All of the judges looked around confused.
"Uriah!" another voice hissed.
"Uriah?" Zeke said. He wore a confused expression and looked around the room, craning his neck to see the back of the room.
A boy melted out of the shadows with a bright smile on his face. How long was he here? Was he sitting back there the entire time watching me?
"Uriah, what are you doing here?" Zeke asked. "Aren't you supposed to be prancing around in ballet tights right now?"
"Probably," he shrugged. "But I wanted to watch the auditions."
"I promise you guys, I did not tell my idiot brother he could do this," Zeke said to Four, Lauren, and Eric.
"How did you get in? When did you get in?" Lauren waved away Zeke and asked the smiling boy.
"Back door when some girl named Autumn Fields was being auditioned," he said. "She was okay. Nothing compared to this girl."
My face burned and I muttered, "Thanks."
"Wait, there's still someone back there," Four said. "Is that Lynn?"
"No, it's not. Dawn, come on out! They know we're here so there's no point in hiding back there!" Uriah shouted at the back of the room.
Slowly, another person, Dawn, emerged from the shadows. Her hair was auburn with blonde tips, and her green eyes were nervous as she walked down to Uriah.
Her face was red like a tomato and she smacked him in the chest, "You gave us away! You said we weren't going to get caught but you gave us away!"
Zeke sighed, "Hi, Dawn."
"Hey, Zeke," she replied lightly.
"You know this girl?" Eric asked, looking murderous that there were stowaways watching his auditions.
"Yeah, she's Uriah's girlfriend," he said dismissively.
"Oh," Lauren said. "Well we have to keep auditioning people."
"Uriah, beat it," Zeke said. "You too, Dawn."
Four turned to me and said, "Oh and you can go too, Tris."
"Okay. Thanks for your time, I guess," I said and speed walked off the stage and out of the room.
I walked quickly down the hall, past where I sat before I went into the audition, into the entrance hall.
A voice called after me, "Hey! Tris Prior!"
I turned around to see Uriah and Dawn jogging towards me, both smiley.
"Yeah?" I said.
"You were awesome in auditions," he said.
"Yeah, you definitely should get a good role," Dawn agreed.
"You performed the monologue with the perfect amount of dramatics and you didn't speak too fast like a lot of other people did," Uriah said. "And drama is what they are looking for."
"How would you know what they're looking for?" I asked.
"It's a dramatic play," he replied easily.
"You've read it?"
"No," he chuckled. "I was one of the people who wrote it. I was in Dauntless before I got transferred to Erudite for the school project. That was one of our projects we did before the end of the semester."
Dawn smiled proudly at her boyfriend.
"Trust me," he said. "You did well."
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