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As I walked through the halls with Bella I started dreading the end of the day. I still have two classes to go before auditions started but even the thought of it made me wanna cry. Bella didn't seem to mind that I wasn't talking since all her attention was on her phone. Occasionally she would giggle and I occasionally I would roll my eyes at the noise. Like I said, I love my friends. But Bella can be self-centered at times. I know I have my flaws too. Like sometimes I'm too honest and come off a little bitchy. And my habit of placing my necklace charm in my mouth when I got nervous was pretty disgusting. I know my flaws and I know they can be annoying. But I try to fix them. I try to tone down the sarcasm when I'm not with Bella and Katie. I try to take my necklace out of my mouth. But Bella never tried to fix her flaws and if anyone tried to point them out she'd get defensive and probably shut them out for days. Until they apologized and everything went back to normal.
I didn't ask who Bella was texting and I didn't care. She'd probably cut them off within a few days. That's just who she is. As we went our separate ways I saw Ricky standing beside my locker, staring at the signup sheet for auditions. "Hey, Bea. So I know you're Ms. Jenn assistant and-"
"Her niece who's being forced into the role of assistant. Sorry keep going"
"I was wondering if you had any tips. I really want this role" Ricky may have been the only person that I knew that hated musicals as much as me. So to hear that he would be trying out for High School Musical blew my mind. "Who are you trying out for?"
"Troy" A laugh slipped out and I quickly covered my mouth. "I'm sorry. I just never saw you as the type to be in a musical. Much less the lead."
"I'm not doing this because I like musicals. I'm doing it so Nini will see me differently." Yeah because that made complete sense to me. I didn't know anything about them. I don't know why Ricky is even telling me this now. I knew that Nini announced her love for him on Instagram through song and then took it down along with all their other pictures a few weeks later. The only thing I knew about Ricky was he was a skater and the only singing he probably did was in the shower. "I mean it kinda suits you. The skater who couldn't care less about their school's musicals trying out for the lead. And their girl is also apart of it. Or ex-girl. Anyway, that's literally Troy."
"Eh, thanks. Anyway, tips?"
"I'm not the right person to ask about this. Just sing good and be able to act. And do something to stand out to my aunt. She loves that"
"Thanks. I know we aren't really friends so, uh, sorry"
"I mean we're not, not friends. But good luck. I hope you get it" I mean technically, I wasn't lying. I do wish him luck but I couldn't care less who gets the lead role. It could be EJ or Ricky or heck even Peter, my nerdy lab partner in science. Literally I don't care. But that seems a little harsh so of course, I didn't say it out loud. I walked into my next class and prayed, for the first time ever, that it would go by slowly. My wishes were not answered. 45 minutes seemed to flash by and I was headed to the last thing keeping me from auditions. Never in my life had I been grateful for Spanish class.
But as soon as I sat down my teacher handed me a pass. Apparently auntie wanted me and Carlos there 45 minutes early. So I stood back up and walked as slowly as possible to the auditorium.
When I walked in Carolos and Aunt Jenn stood on stage doing vocal warm-ups. "Ah, Bea, come join us. Let your musical juices flow." I shook my head. "Nope, I'm good. I'm on piano right?" I think I started piano lessons when I was five but I might've been six. Mom and Dad claimed that since I could sing I should learn an instrument and be a double threat. Five ⏤ or six ⏤ year old me was an idiot because I chose to learn the piano.
Though now I don't completely hate playing. Better than singing or acting.
I sat at the piano and flipped to one of the songs in the book. Start of Something New, great. I played it as a quick warm-up while Jenn and Carlos danced to it. I hated this already.
When school finally ended and the auditioners came into the room I noticed Bella and Katie among them. They told me they'd be trying out but I thought, or hoped, that they were just joking. Guess they weren't. As soon as they saw me they smiled and waved.
Once about five minutes had passed I stood up to address everyone.
"Hello everyone I'm Bea. I'm a junior and your assistant director. So everyone go back to the dressing rooms and get an audition number. Make sure it's visible. And good luck to everyone!"
I don't think I've ever sounded so fake in my life. But if I wanted them to respect me I'd have to seem like I wanted to be here. I turned to Carlos to see how I did. He held two thumbs up before heading back to the dressing rooms. I took my seat at the piano while Jenn got her papers in order.
