Turns out, the bonding circle got pushed to Wednesday.
Due to Luke and Aria's absence on Monday, Ms Michelle – the lovely theater teacher – decided that they couldn't fix amends without the two people who need it most. And no, the two did not get in trouble, amazingly. Aria explained her made up situation, getting herself a free ticket to skip every Monday and Luke said he wasn't feeling well.
Clearly, one of them put more thought into their lie than the other.
Nevertheless, the two drag their feet – taking their sweet time – towards the theater. Four months of this is ridiculous. Aria should go to the office and demand to end it all now, she just doesn't know what's stopping her.
Luke can't believe he hasn't skipped sooner. He's been staying after school for the past month when he could have easily walked away. Yet, there he is, tailing behind Aria on their way to spend a wonderful hour sitting in a circle talking about feelings.
Aria wants to turn around, ask Luke if he wants to skip and go home, but one of the receptionists is lingering behind them to make sure they show up. So, she steps into the theater, seeing the cast sit on the stage in a circle all waiting for her and Luke to join them.
"Aria! Luke!" Ms Michelle cheers, waving the two over, "Please join us! We've been waiting for you guys."
The girl sighs, walking up the steps of the stage, dropping her bag to the floor before finding an empty spot on the floor. The blond does the same, sitting down next to her – as it's the only available space – and she's better than all the other strange faces that stare at him.
"Now, every cast has its troubles sometimes." The woman speaks, "And as a crew, we need to figure out a way to work through them. I don't want to waste anyone's time, so why don't we get right into it?" She suggests, "Paloma and Tate, why don't you tell us about your current situation?"
"Well, Tate said I can't act." Paloma sighs, arms crossed as they stare daggers at their castmate across from them. "So, I got mad at him."
"Okay, thank you Paloma." Ms Michelle smiles, "Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can fix this problem?" She asks the group, getting nothing but silence and a few sniffles. "Come on guys, we are a team here. Aria? Do you have any solutions?"
Aria zones in, diverting her gaze from the black wall and towards the teacher. "Oh, uh, so he said they can't act?" She rephrases, "Was he wrong or something?" Her bluntness causes a repressed snort to sound from the blond next to her.
"Sorry," Luke coughs out his apology, trying to muffle his laughter as he brings a balled fist to his lips to hide his smile.
"Okay, good start," Ms Michelle nods. "A better way to phrase that would be, um, Tate, why did you say that Paloma can't act?" She asks, attempting to set a good example of conflict resolution for the kids.
Tate shrugs, "Because they can't. It's like they're just reading lines or something, whenever I'm performing with them, it's like I'm getting put to sleep."
"Well, do you have any constructive criticism for Paloma?" Ms Michelle urges, wanting to resolve the conflict between her two students and get some form of comfortable conversation going.
"I think they should take classes, because they're not going to Broadway with poor, boring, yet super dramatic acting." The boy shrugs, as if his comment didn't cause more anger to rise within Paloma. "It's like, do some research, become the character."
"Okay, thank you. Paloma, do you have anything to say in response?"
"I think you should work on your singing before you come for me and my acting," they retort. "It's like you're tone deaf or something, you don't need to belt notes you can't hit."
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BAD OMENS ✬ luke hemmings
Fanfiction"what happened to us?" "well, we hated each other." she hates him, he hates her. petty rivalry, rumours, comments tore their friendship apart. they can't be around each other and everyone knows that. though after taking it too far, the two are sub...
