Dont Be Afraid of Me ~~ A Starkid Fanfiction~~

|| Hullo! Its me! Since I ended FanGirl, I wrote this for you guys because I *heart* you! The first chapter is extra long, because I dont want to split it into two chapters. Cool? Cool. Also, Bonnie doesnt exist in this story. Yup. ||

I shuffled down the crowded drama center hallway, my eyes  

glued to the floor and my books and papers hanging loosly in my arms. How did they expect me to find my way around this place? It was huge!

I let people shove past me, muttering a simple 'sorry' or 'excuse me' if I ran into them. I finally found my way to the room I was supposed to be at ten minutes ago, immediatly tossing my books on the floor and walking casually up to a girl in my year. "Hi." I whispered, trying not to interrupt whatever scene two guys were playing out as they sat back to back on a piano bench. "Oh, hi!" She whispered back, smiling at me. "Im Jaime. You must be the new girl Nick was telling us about. Its June, right?" she asked me. "Actually, Im pretty sure its November..." I said jokingly. "Sorry, that was a bad joke. Yeah, Im June." I said. Jaime chuckled. "It made me laugh!" she said. "I'll introduce you to everyone as soon as this scene's over."

"ATTENTION!" Jaime shouted, jumping on the piano bench and holding her hands up in the air. "I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO MEET JUNE, OUR NEWEST CAPTIVE-- I MEAN MEMBER." She said, winking at the crowd that had formed around her feet while pointing at me. "NICK AND MATT HAVE ASKED ME TO TELL YOU THAT SHE WILL BE PLAYING HERMIONE IN OUR NEW MUSICAL, SO DON'T SCARE HER AWAY. GOT IT?" Jaime asked, smiling down at the crowd. Everyone nodded. "GOOD. NOW GET BACK TO REHERSING. WE DONT PAY YOU TO STAND AROUND AND LISTEN TO ME YAP ALL DAY." A rather burly guy in the back of the crowd spoke up. "You dont pay us at all!" he shouted. Jaime held up her fist. "Watch it, Walker! You know I'll open up a big ol' can of whoop-ass on you!"

"Hi! Im Darren, and apples are my favorite fruit." A poofy haired boy told me, sticking out his hand for me to shake. "Hi, Im June, and would I be the most boring person in the world if I said I like oranges?" I chuckled, shaking his hand. "Well, yes, but I appreciate the fact that you're willing to be yourself in the presence of a potential new friend." He said, still shaking my hand. "Why thank you, sir." I said as he pulled his hand away. "So, you're playing Hermione?" He asked. "Indeed I am. And you're playing..." I said. "Harry Freakin Potter, obviously!" He chuckled. "Dont you notice star quality when you see it?" He asked, pretending to flip his hair around like a movie star. "Okay, forget potential new friend, you're my new best friend. Okay?" I asked, laughing. "Hell yeah!" he said, giving me a high-five.

"Hey! You're June, right?" The burly guy who I'd noticed earlier said to me. "Thats ma' name." I said. "Im Joe. But you can call me Joe." He said, shaking my hand and smiling at me. "Nice to meet you, Joe." I said, smiling up at him. I was only 5'7", so looking up was the only way I could see his face.

"Hi! Im Joey, and we're going to make out soon." A tall guy with a buzz cut said to me. "Im... Im sorry?" I asked, a blush creeping to my cheeks. "I play Ron. In the play Ron literally has to shove his tongue down Hermione's throat." He said nervously. "Oh, right. Its nice to meet you, Joey." I stammered. Can you spell awkward?

"Hey, June? Nick wants you to come and learn the new song with us!" Jaime shouted at me. I nodded and ran over to the piano where the cast was gathered. "I need 'Voldemort is going--- VOLDEMORT IS GOING DOWN! Got it?" A boy named A.J. asked. Everyone nodded, as if him shout singing was a normal thing. "Good. Let's take it from the top!" He said, bringing his hands to rest on the piano's keys.

"He thinks that we're finished. He thinks that we're done. He thinks that its over... His battle is won, HA! He thinks that we're finished, but we arent through. Stop and think, my friends, what would Harry do for you?" Joey belted out. He looked over at me, expecting me to carry on the song. "Harry never gave up the fight, Harry stoood up for what is right, well now its our turn! Our turn!" I sang. "Make a joyful sound, Voldemort is going down!" Joey sang with me. The song continued, and AJ only stopped us when everyone else was meant to join in. Joey looked over at me and winked, as if to say good job, and Jaime gave me a thumbs up.

The rest of rehersals consisted of me getting help with my lines and eating the snacks the directors had supplied for the cast. "Alright, guys! We're closin' up shop! You dont have to go home but you cant stay here!" A guy named Brian shouted jokingly, yet still ushering us out. "Hey best friend!" I heard someone shout next to me. I looked up and saw Darren grinning. "Hi best friend!" I shouted back over the chatter of people around us. "Hey, Darren? Can I... Um... talk to you for a second?" Joey asked, seeming to have appeared out of nowhere. "Uh, yeah, sure." Darren replied, allowing Joey to pull him by the arm in the opposite direction that we'd been going. I shrugged and found Lauren, a girl about my height and walked with her. "So me and a few of the other girls are having an all night stay... Wanna come?" she asked. "Like a sleepover?" I asked. "Pshhtt, sleepovers are for teenage girls. We are sophisticated young women."

"SUCK IT LOSERS!" I heard Lauren shout as I walked into her dorm room. "Sophisticated indeed." I said, announcing my arrival. Lauren put down whatever was in her glass that she'd been chugging and ran over, grabbed my hand, and sat me down in a circle made of pillows, while she, Jaime, Julia, Meredith, Lily, Sango, and Devin sat on the pillows next to me. "Okay, now that you've arrived, we can all learn stuff about you. First, how did you land the part of Hermione?" Lauren asked. "We're starting out easy." Devin said. "Well, I just saw auditions for it, and Im a HUGE Potter nerd, so I figured Id try out for Hermione! She's always been my favorite of the Golden Trio... Though it really is hard to pick a favorite..." I said, giving the longest and rambly-est explination ever. "Oh, wow. Okay." Jaime said, chuckling. "Second, past boyfriends. How many boyfriends have you had?" Julia asked. "Uh... Well, boyfriends for a time span of longer than 2 weeks, Ive had two. Most guys just think they can take advantage of me, and they end up with a busted lip and a broken nose." I said, holding my head high. "Okay, third. Current boyfriends. Do you have a boyfriend?" Devin asked. "Yes. I have one back in Florida. He wants to try long-distance." I said. Everyone cooed, and the questions continued.

"Fourth. If you werent dating anyone, who would you try and go after? And they have to be in Basement arts." Lily said. "Oo... Um... well... Im not sure." I said. "Okay, we'll give you choices. Darren, Joey, Brolden, or Walker." Lauren said. "I guess... I dunno, Joey? It would make sense that Hermione and Ron be together, right?" I asked. Everyone around me giggled a little.

The questions continued, and we got up to 17 before we got bored and had a HP marathon. I fell asleep with my head in Jaime's lap, and Lauren curled up next to me while the others just decided to sleep on the floor. When I woke up, everyone but Jaime had gotten up. I sat up, scraching my head. "How long was I out?" I asked, rubbing my eyes. "Only a few hours." Jaime replied, sticking a spoonfull of cereal in her mouth. "Its Sunday. Where is everyone?" I asked. Jaime shrugged. "Oh, nowhere... They went to visit some of the guys." She said. "Oh.... WAIT." I said, shooting a look at her. "Which guys?" I asked. "A certain someone that you said you'd go after..." She said, eating more of her cereal. "Should I be afraid?" I asked. "Very."