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Chapter 43 - Behind the Story Vlog: Meet the Costumers

- Chapter 43 - Meet Samantha and Kayla -
Warnings: none really. It's mostly happy lol
Third Person POV

Gabriel pressed the record button, the camera pointed at him and Mateo. "Hello!"

Mateo waved. He was standing on his tippy-toes with his head one Gabriel's shoulder so he could be in the camera frame.

"I'm here with Mateo today." Gabriel looked at Mateo. "How are you doing today, Mateo?" he asked him.

Mateo shrugged. "Good," he answered. "Rehearsal makes me tired, especially since we've had no break and have done it everyday after school since we started," he stated.

Gabriel nodded.

"But I love it," Mateo added with a fond smile. "I love our little famsie."

Gabriel smiled. "Famsie," he repeated, "I love that."

Mateo chuckled. "I thought it was clever," he said.

Gabriel nodded. "It is."

Mateo smiled.

Gabriel turned the camera around. "We're here in the costume area of our theater," he informed the camera. "As you can see, Mary and Aurora are getting measured by two of our lovely costumers, and Reagan and Rowan are just chilling and watching." He pointed the camera at them.

Reagan and Rowan waved.

Mary and the older costumer, Samantha (or Sammy), rolled their eyes, though they had amused smiles on their faces. "Hello, Gabriel," they greeted in unison.

Gabriel waved. He pointed the camera at Samantha, who was measuring Mary's waist. "This is Sammy," he introduced her. "She's a senior and is really good at costuming," he explained.

Samantha smiled. "Thanks, Gabe."

"And this is Kayla," Gabriel pointed the camera at the younger costumer, "she's kinda like Samantha's sister."

"She's my favorite Freshman," Samantha said. She looked at Aurora. "You're close too," she told her.

Aurora nodded. "She's great, I don't have a problem with her being your favorite," she responded. "I'm also an actor, whereas you two are costuming together," she added.

Kayla bit back a smile.

Samantha nodded.

"So," Gabriel turned the camera back to Samantha, "tell us what you're doing."

"Well," Samantha moved to start measuring Mary's arms, "we are taking everyone's measurements, and then we'll go online to try to find pieces of the costumes," she explained.

"Button-downs, flannels, socks, pants, maybe Katherine skirts, if we can," Kayla listed as she wrote down Aurora's measurements on a paper.

Samantha nodded. "Then, those will come in and we'll fix any parts that we need to and have you all try them on," she continued. "If you like them, great. If you don't, we'll work with you to figure out what we need to fix," she explained. "If we can't find any pieces of the costumes, we'll work with Ms. Abby to make it from our own fabrics."

"See?" Mateo stood in front of the camera. "Costumers need more credit," he stated. "Actors wouldn't be able to play their characters without costumes, and have you ever thought about rips and stuff?" he asked. "Costumers do so much more than people know and we're very grateful for them."

Samantha smiled. "Thank you, Mateo." She looked back at Kayla, who was finishing up with Aurora. "Speaking of which, don't we need them next?" she asked.