A Different Way

chapter 16

So, it was obvious, but getting drunk before a school day was a bad idea.

A terrible, terrible idea.

Though both parties didn't have any problems with their working and studying performance, they both do look like they haven't slept for a month and only've been drinking Red Bull to function.

But nonetheless, they can't miss their classes.

So here Xailendra is. And Jesy. And the whole cast. Today, they are supposed to rehearse Burn and Stay Alive (Reprise) and if you don't know, Xailendra has big parts in both songs, especially Burn because it's her solo, reaction to Alexander revealing that he had an affair.

I'm fucking screwed. She thought.

But the show had to go on.

She grabs a mic stand and holds onto a copy of lyrics. She's memorized the song but just to be sure, she didn't want to make any mistakes.

Jesy signals the tech guy to start the track as the green-eyed girl is holding onto her mic with sweaty hands as if it's for her life.

She misses the cue of the track and Jesy needed to signal the teach guy to stop the music.

"Again," She says. "Don't miss the cue this time, yeah?"

Xailendra nods and hears the track play from the start again. This time, she doesn't miss the cue but when she opened her mouth, her voice cracks and there was no words that came out of her mouth.

Of course, getting a migraine in the middle of this class is the cherry on top of this day, She thought.

"Hey, sweetheart, are you okay? You seem a little bit unwell." Jesy walks to Xailendra and rubs her back. When the girl sees the woman's face, it was obvious that she was better at masking the feelings that she feel, even though she does look hungover under her concealer.

She hears a little "I told you so," from a girl behind and held back a glare. She rubs the temple of her forehead and stretches her hands out. "Yeah. I-I'm all good." She smiles flatly.

Jesy smiled at her and patted her back and went back to her old position. She signals the tech guy to start the track and music fills up their ears instantly.

"I saved every letter you wrote me
From the moment I read them
I knew you were mine
You said you were mine
I thought you were mine

Do you know what Angelica said
When we saw your first letter arrive?
She said,

“Be careful with that one, love
He will do what it takes to survive.”

You and your words flooded my senses
Your sentences left me defenseless
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
You built cathedrals
I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me
I’m searching and scanning for answers
In every line
For some kind of sign
And when you were mine
The world seemed to...

Burn,
Burn,"

She inhales deeply and let her emotions flow with the song.

I have a fucking headache and the world seems to burn, she thought playfully.

"You published the letters she wrote you
You told the whole world how you brought
This girl into our bed
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives..."

This guy really had the audacity to cheat on her wife, huh? She thought while singing.

"Do you know what Angelica said
When she read what you’d done?
She said,