Chapter 8
I walked into auditions ready to act. What caught me off guard was Zane sitting in the front row.
"What are you doing here?" I plopped down in the seat next to him.
"I figured why not?" He shrugged.
"Why not what?" I furrowed my eyebrows together in confusion.
"Why not Audition for Romeo? I mean I practiced with you a lot so I know all the lines. To every single part." He growled. "Plus Romeo gets to kiss Juliet." He wagged his eyebrows.
"I hope you don't get it." I rolled my eyes.
The drama teacher Mr. Adams walked out on stage and started talking about the play. Then he got right into auditions. Some were good others were not. Zane caught me by surprise like he always did when he acted. I was transfixed with astonishment.
"The f**king under study!!" He growled as we left the auditorium. "I'm better than that Marcus guy." He pushed open the doors to the cafeteria. "You jinxed me."
"I rather kiss you than him." I gagged. "The only reason he got it is because he's his nephew." We walked through the lunch line.
"So you admit you want to kiss me?" He smirked.
"No I just be more comfortable kissing you than him." I rolled my eyes.
"So you admit you like me?" He stuck and apple on his tray.
"No! Me and Marcus just have some bad history." I grabbed my usual salad.
"Bad history how?" He stuck some type of meat on his tray.
"I was her first everything." He wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed my cheek. "First love. First kiss. First friend. First boyfriend. First time." He whispered in my ear.
I stomped on his foot and elbowed him in the stomach.
"I thought she didn't love?" He seemed agitated.
"I don't."
"She did before it all happened." He groaned.
"What happened?" He looked at Marcus.
"I-" I dumped my salad on his head.
"Come on Zane." I snatched his tray and put it down. "Let's go off campus to eat." I pulled him out the cafeteria.
"I want to know what happened!!" He whined.
"No!" Snapped and pushed through the doors.
"Wow they sucked." He laughed and sipped his smoothie.
"You're only saying that because you sing." I rolled my eyes.
"Least when I sing people enjoy. I didn't enjoy that one bit. I might just upchuck my sandwich." He held his stomach.
"Hey some people just need practice." I shrugged.
"Do you need practice?" He smirked.
"I don't sing." I looked down at my cup.
"Do we have anymore takers?" A man spoke into a mic.
"Well you're gonna sing today." He pulled me up out the chair. "She wants to sing!" He pushed my to the front.
I leaned against him and tried to push back. Since my shoes had no grip on this tile floor I just slid.
"No no," I repeated.
"Just sing and smile." He pushed me on the stage.
I fell to my hands and knees. Chuckles traveled through the café. I looked up to see the guy smiling down at me and handing me the mic.
I stood up and brushed off my hands. I gripped the mic in a shaky hand and walked to the front of the stage. I scanned the crowd and Zane was smiling at me with his thumbs up.
My heart was beating so loudly I could hear it in my ears. My hands started sweating and shaking. It became extremely hot on stage. My stomach clenched and knotted itself. A huge lump formed in my throat.
My mouth opened and words and notes started tumbling out. To my surprise or sounded better than what I expected.
"♪Into your head, into your mind
Out of your soul, race through your veins
You can't escape, you can't escape♪." Everyone fell quiet and just listened.
"♪Into your life, into your dreams
Out of the dark, so light again
You can't explain, you can't explain
Can you feel it, can you feel it
Rushin' through your hair
Rushin' through your head?
Can you feel it, can you feel it?♪" My eyes never left Zane. His lips were in a straight line.
"♪Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over
Be every color that you are
Into the rush now, you don't have to know how
Know it all before you'll try♪" I looked back at the crowd since my nerves calmed.
My nerves awakened again.
"♪Pulling♪-" chunks flew on the stage.
I covered my mouth and looked at the chunks of acidic turkey and bread, mixed with some liquids. More forced its way up but I forced of back down. I looked up at the crowd and everyone had the look of disgust.
I searched the crowd for zane but he wasn't there.
"Ok, time to get back." He put the mic in the stand and gripped my hand.
I shook my head. I didn't want to move because I would throw up again.
"Come on." He stood me up and carefully walked me to his car.
"I can't believe you did that!" He laughed and leaned over the steering wheel slightly.
"That was so embarrassing." I covered my face.
"Well the upchucking over the stage was. But the singing was good until that happened." He leaned back in his chair and rested his arm on the arm rest between us.
"The whole thing was a mess." I looked at him.
"No, you're good. We might have to do a duet sometime." He glanced at me smirking before looking back at the road.
"No way! That was torture. I'm never ever doing that again." I griped my tress.
"Fine, I hope you're not like that on opening night or you'll be all over YouTube." He joked.
My body froze.
I haven't though of that.
I petted my hair before I stuck it in my mouth and grinding it between my teeth.
"Don't tell me you have stage fright?" He looked at me as he came to a stop.
I didn't answer and just continued grounding my hair between my teeth.
Why didn't i think of that?
What that you're afraid to be in the spotlight?
Yes and no! I mean I knew I'd be in the spotlight. I just didn't know all those people would be looking at me.
"Don't worry you'll do fine." He took my hand and held it in his on the arm rest.
Tingles filled my hand. I looked at our hands then back at him. He pulled his hand away quickly and laid it on his thigh. It flexed slightly before balling up. I placed my hand in my lap and stared at it like it had some infection. It was just laying there limp. I didn't move it one it.
What the heck?!
That's all I thought the rest of the way to school.
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Rush by ally and aj on the side. I'm actually fond of this chapter. Aren't you? (Even though its short)
~Dejah