New York, New York - Mike Faist

THIRTY-FOUR

*jocelyn* grease closing night

Closing night. The dressing room was silent as we got ready until my phone rang. I picked it up off the counter and saw it was Andrew. I set down my blending brush and stepped outside.

"Andrew?"

"Jocelyn!" He sounded exasperated

"Andy, what's going on?"

"It's happening!" Now he was hyperventilating

"What's happening?"

"It."

"Oh! Selena's in labor!"

"Yes! And I don't know what to do?"

"Just go in there and support her. Let her yell at you, let her squeeze your hand off, support your wife!"

"Okay. Okay! I'm gonna be a dad!"

"You're gonna be a dad!" He hung up and thanking me and I laughed at my phone

I went back inside and the girls turned toward me expectantly.

"Selena's having the baby!" I revealed

They all screamed and started gushing.

"What's the gender?" Eloise patted on blush

"It's a boy!" They told me a few weeks ago

"Do they have a name?" Dani went next

"Yes they do."

"Spill it!" Portia yelled

"Peter for the first name. Owen for the middle. Owen was my dads middle name. Peter Owen Darling." The announcement for places came on.

We all walked to the wings holding hands and trying to hold back our tears that were to inevitably come soon. I practically ran over to Mike and stood in front of him.

"Selena is having the baby!" I then relayed him the information I told in the dressing room

Mike was very excited and we talked quietly until the curtain went up. I kissed his knocked before walking away.

. . .

We took our final group bow and the crowd somehow got louder. The crew came on and gave us all flowers. Georgia followed with her own microphone. I walked over to the girls and we all wrapped our arms around each toner. Finally, we let the tears fall. It was a mix of both sad and happy tears, for me at least.

"We would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight! I can speak for everyone when I say this show has been a dream to work on! We are incredibly grateful for everyone who put any amount of work into it!" Georgia said

I broke away and walked over to Mike. He pulled me into his side and pressed a kiss to the side rod my head.

"I know some of us have a few shows booked!" The crowd cheered "Mike Faist, where are you going?"

His mic turned on. He laughed for a second.

"A new musical, Dear Evan Hansen. I will be Connor Murphy."

"Alright, Jocelyn Darling, or should I say Faist?" I laughed, "Where are you headed."

"Another new musical called Six! I'm playing Katherine Howard."

Georgia asked the booked members what their next shows were and then the curtain closed. The overture started again and then stopped. We all just sort of stood there before us former Pink Ladies walked up to Georgia.

"Georgia?" Dani squeaked

"Yes?" She turned toward us

"Do you think, maybe, we could keep our jackets?" Dani rushed the end of her sentence