Too much love will kill you

Amateur Dramatics

*Time Jump*

Rachel's POV:

"I'm almost there I swear!" I said "We're literally pulling up now"

"I'll come out and grab your costume and makeup and bags" Fran said

I practically threw myself out of the car as soon as Mam had parked.

"Careful Rachel. You want to be in one piece for this performance don't you" Mam scolded

"Fran we've just arrived, i'm going to hang up now" I said and hung up. I tucked the phone into the back pocket of my jeans and opened the car boot.

I hauled out the main frame of my chair and set it on the floor before pulling out the wheels and slotting them into place. I stuck down my cushion and closed the boot, Fran came hurrying out of the entrance "You made it at last!" She hugged me - I ought to mention that we hadn't seen each other for almost a month because we'd both been on holiday one after another.

"You're very brown. I'm jealous- You've spent two weeks in sunny spain, i spent two weeks in Cornwall where it rained most days and believe me you don't want to spend two weeks in a caravan with no WiFi , especially when the town is deader than dead" I hugged her back

She grabbed my costume and shoe bag and my big suitcase full of makeup. I hung my backpack with my meds, my outfit for after the show and my shoes over the back of my chair. I quickly said goodbye to Mam and we hurried inside, we hurried backstage where everyone was waiting. Louis came over and pecked my lips "Hey handsome" I stood up and looped my arms around his neck and kissed him properly.

"I think I deserve proper kisses hm? Have you decided whether you're staying on at Sixth form or going onto college?" I asked

"Well Sixth Form seems to be the better option, Holby Sixth seems to be the only place that will allow me to do PE, Drama and Music. I think I'd like to stay on at Holby Sixth but I'll have a look around some places. It all depends on my GCSE results- anyway let's not talk about that right now, How was your holiday?" He said

"Wet. Very wet , I almost killed Grace a few times because she kept complaining about me having my own room in the caravan , she had to share with Hannah but I got my own room because my medical equipment takes up so much space" I laughed.

There was a knock at the backstage door and Miss Jones poked her head around the door. "Just remember guys, dress rehearsal starts in 10 minutes and then curtain is up at 6pm!" She reminded us all.

I grabbed my script from my bag and quickly scanned my eyes over it. I threw my hair up into a messy ponytail. "At least this time I won't be in plaster cast" I laughed

"That can be arranged if you want" Fran jokingly said

We all hurried to the stage and I left my wheelchair and inhaler at the stage side. I grabbed a bottle of water off the table and hurried onto stage.

After the stage rehearsal I came off stage and Lindz had arrived backstage to help with hair and makeup and she was also helping as a stagehand. "You three were amazing out there. I know I'm biased and I've already seen this performance loads of times but I swear you get better and better. Remind me again how you all ended up getting to do this show again but in a proper theatre in front of people who might scout you for University Scholarships when most of you aren't even close to University" She asked sitting crossed legged on top of a table

"Let me take you back to the last week of school" i said

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