But I'm Barely Breathing (A The Script FanFic) (Sequel to Millionaires)

Chapter 5- Karma

“Sold to the guy in the blue slippers!” Sean says, pointing at Guy’s slippered feet. I smile as everyone queues up to get there pancakes and mice pies. It’s crazy, how a couple of cheesy songs and a change in the month can put me in such a good mood! This really could be a merry Christmas!

   

*Cat’s POV*

How is it that a few cheesy songs can put me in such a good mood? I left this morning terrified and nervous, but my walk through town, with all the warm, inviting shop windows full of Christmas displays and those unforgettable tunes that seem to turn grown men back into boys, has changed all that. Suddenly I am cheery and confidant and feel as if I should burst out singing ‘My favourite things’ from The Sound of Music…which is a rather rare occurrence if I am honest. I guess I never had anything to be nervous about, everyone was really nice and it’s doing something I adore, why should I be nervous? And Sally is there, and that guy, Eoin Knight. I can’t stop the smile from creeping higher up my face as I think of him, he was cute and funny and just for a while I was able to forget everything about…about him…and be happy. Maybe this is exactly what I needed, maybe Sally was right, maybe this is the fresh start I have been looking for.

Wrong; that’s the word, word of the day, word of the year! I was so wrong. I should have known ‘a fresh new start’ was too good to be true! The new play we are doing is Grease, now don’t get me wrong, I love that musical…but there is one, tiny problem…some idiot has decided I would make a perfect Sandy. Sandy, Sandra Olsson…the same Sandy who falls for Danny Zuko…Danny. Just throw me in the deep end why don’t they, and add in a few sharks just for good measure! And as for…Danny…he will be played by, surprise, surprise, Eoin Knight, the same Eoin Knight who before made me feel better, made me feel special, and who it turns out has a bitch of a girlfriend who never stops sucking his face off! (God I swear if he called her princess one more time…!) And the same Eoin Knight who suddenly thinks jokes at the new girl’s expense makes him cool!

I don’t want to be his Sandy, and I defiantly don’t what him to be my Danny! Danny…

“Cat?” A voice calls suddenly making me jump. I sniff rather loudly and quickly try and try to wipe my eyes. I hear Sally sigh outside the cubical door and then the sound of something being dragged across the floor.

“Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong” She suddenly sings.

“You're enchained by your own sorrow

In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow”

 Suddenly two hands appear, clutching the top of the toilet cubical door closely followed by Sally’s head.

“How I hate to see you like this” She says, looking down on me sat on the toilet lid.

“There is no way you can deny it

I can see that you're oh so sad, so quiet” I try to keep the small smile off my face but it sneaks its way in anyway.

“I think this is the point you open the door and knock me backwards.” Sally says with a smile and I nod.

“Probably.” I say with a weak smile. “What are you standing on anyway?”

“The bin…oddly I couldn’t find Julie Walters to use as a stool.” She says making me smile more. Suddenly she lets out a little shriek and the door shakes. I smile.

“Get down before you break your neck.” I say, slowly getting up and, once she has moved, opening the door. I go over the the small row of sinks and sit on the ledge and Sally joins me.