PAS DE DEUX | Dead Poets Society

06.

DALE BAILEY | LYSANDER

PATRICIA ROSS | HELENA

JIMMY MEYERS | THESEUS

ARNOLD PRICE | EGEUS

Madeline eyes grazed the list before realizing what she had just read, "Madeline! Madeline!" a girl called out next to her from the other group.

She managed to escape the horde revealing herself to be Brenda, "You got the part!" she spoke brightly, watching as Madeline's eyebrows raise even higher, "You're Odette!"

Anais with eyes wide turned towards her, "You're freaking Odette! Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!"

Her two best friends engulfed her in a hug jumping up and down as she stood there in shock not only from getting her own part but also realizing that the boy from before got his as well. A smile faded onto her face as she leaned her head on her best friends' in happiness.

"Oh gosh," she breathed out, wrapping her arms around Nancy and Anais, "I have to tell Todd!" she realized, pulling back and looking between the two.

"Okay, yeah - yeah, go!" Anais ushered, pushing her in the direction of the phone as she and Nancy crowded around the list.

Henley Hall

presents

Swan Lake

ODETTE / ODILE | MADELINE NOYER / NANCY ROGERS (understudy for ODILE)

PRINCE SIEGFRIED | ERIC MOORE

VON ROTHBART | LEONARD MILLER

WOLFGANG | ERNEST JOHNSON

BENNO | BOBBY DAVIS

QUEEN MOTHER | MS. DUPONT

SWANS | Mary G, Linda F, Patricia P, Susan G, Deborah Y, Barbara W, Debra M, Karen B, Nancy R, Donna H, Cynthia R, Sandra B, Pamela A, Sharon B, Kathleen K, Carol G, Diane P, Brenda L, Cheryl C, Janet J, Anais M

SIX PRINCESSES | Anais M, Debra M, Donna H, Linda F, Janet J, Pamela A

Nancy pulled her head back from the list, turning to stare at Anais, she clasped her hand over her mouth, "I'm understudy for Odile?" she gasped feeling guilty rather than happy, "I-I swear I didn't audition for that part-"

"Nancy, that's Madeline's ex..." Anais spoke hastily, pointing to the name right after Prince Siegfried's.

Nancy stopped rambling, looking at the name and turning back to her brunette friend, "Oh shit..."

Madeline stood at the phone just like every night before, ringing the phone at Welton Academy as she noted it was only a few minutes after their usual call time. Someone picked up, "Hello?" an unfamiliar voice answered.

"Hi - Could you please get Todd Anderson?" she spoke, "He's in 12th grade, I-I'm not sure what room he's in but-"

"Gotcha, hold on," the younger boy sounded off, the sound of footsteps quickly soaring on wood vanishing. 

Madeline leaned against the wall waiting for what seemed like an eternity to her as she heard chatter here and there on the other line. 

"What'd you write for Mr. Keating's class?"

"I was gonna write it tonight-"

"I think I'm still recovering from the mystery meat from last week..."

Suddenly, loud footsteps banged on wood in the back traversing upwards, "Guys! I got the part! I got the part!"

Madeline stood up straight immediately recognizing that same voice this morning. She couldn't believe herself and almost even tried telling herself that she didn't hear right, but she did, she heard correctly and she knew herself she had never heard a voice like his before. 

She stood there waiting for her childhood best friend looking like a fool and most especially feeling like one. Seeing him at auditions, reading his name on the list, hearing him over the phone - it was all starting to feel like some hallucination and mirage trying to trick her from this high. Yet in her head she had already pieced it all together. 

First her best friend transfers to Welton then Nancy fancies another boy there and now Neil? 

"Hello?" It was Todd on the other end. 

"Oh, Todd, hi," she spoke still shocked. 

Todd began, "What's wrong?" he asked, sensing the odd tone of her voice. 

Madeline laughed shaking her head to also shake the thought of even bringing up another Welton boy to her shy friend, "Nothing - nothing... It was nothing..."