Extraordinary

Chapter 65: Interruptions

Chloe was right.  We ended up waiting WAY longer than four hours for me to get to a spot where I can actually see the top of the building that everyone is walking through to sing for the producers.  Apparently people have been camping out for this very moment and as much as I’d like to point out the foolishness in it, there really isn’t any because they’re probably already done.

We tried to pass the time as efficiently and patiently as we could, but it was hard.  Louis cracked jokes and brought up horrible puns for the first half an hour, then Chloe ended up hitting him and telling him to cut it out.  She was pretty cranky by now, so Louis and I kept our distance from her.  I’m regretting not buying any coffee from the stands at the beginning of the lines.

“Chloe,” I call to her. She looks over at me, raising an eyebrow.  I dig through my bag and hand her a granola bar, one of my only ones since Louis and I already split one.

“Thanks,” She mumbles, taking it from me with a frown.  Louis widens his eyes at me and nods his head over at her.

“It’s been four hours Louis, she’s tired and I’m getting tired too,” I explain to him.

“Oh come on you guys!” He groans dramatically. “What are you going to do when the Lola Mulundi is a pop star and you have to wait around backstage for four hours waiting for everything to get set up?”

“Don’t even speak of it,” Chloe snaps at him.  He sticks his tongue out at her as she gives him the death glare. 

“Hey, whose idea was it that I come here in the first place?” I question her, crossing my arms over my chest.  She looks down at the ground.  

“All yours Chloe, and your attitude isn’t helping anything,” I say, making her look up at me with a glare as she swallows her granola bar.  Her look softens a bit.

“Look, I’m sorry I made your life hell by doing this for you,” She says, rolling her eyes. Is she serious right now?

“You did this for me?” I scoff at her.  Louis looks back and forth between us, wondering if he should say something.

“Who was the one who filled out your application form and sent it in? That would be me,” She says, shoving her granola bar wrapper in her pocket.  I can only let my nostrils flare as I try to think of a response to that.  When I do, Louis holds his hand in front of me to signal me to stop.

“Nope, you’re going to say something to her that you’re gonna regret,” He says. “I know we’ve been here for hours and we’re not in our best moods, but we are too close to give up, alright?” I sigh and nod along with Chloe. 

“I’m surprised none of us have fainted yet,” Chloe slightly chuckles.  “Are you guys up for a coffee run after this?”

“Yes,” Louis and I both say simultaneously. 

And then we were fine again.  Nothing exciting really happened after that.  I got calls from both my mum and Pat, telling me good luck and a few pointers to stay calm when auditioning.  I thanked them both and went back to my original stance of standing here and people-watching.  It was sort of funny to watch Louis point at random people and make fun of their outfits and how they don’t even coordinate.  That was plenty of entertainment for me, but only for about half an hour before even he got tired of doing it.   

Then, about fifteen minutes later, something amazing happened.  High-tech studio cameras were rolling by us, probably shooting for the next brand new season of the show.  The three of us simply wave as they run by, capturing some audience shots that I’ve seen in previous shows.  Then we resumed talking for about five minutes before a young man approached us in a suit.