act one, chapter nine
the el rey
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"What am I looking at because this is not how we left the auditorium last week."
"It's okay, nobody was hurt. There was a small fire in the theater over the holiday and the sprinklers did their job." Miss Jenn announces to the group, making them all look around with wide eyes.
"We're almost done in here just have to finish up in the faculty room next." One of the fire fighters informs the group. "Unfortunately the show cannot go on."
"What?"
"Fire ripped through half of your costumes and the sprinklers ruined a bunch of your sets." The firefighter looks around at the group, sadly. "I... I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to red tag the entire backstage area for a month at least."
"Did she just say costumes?"
"Okay, okay, listen up. Hug your neighbor take a moment," Carlos immediately clings onto Andrea, making her jump in surprise, "and let's all reconvene in the cafeteria after school to talk about our options. Nini and Ricky, spread the word."
"Got it, yes, of course."
"Ricky? Ricky?" Miss Jenn says, trying to get Ricky's attention.
"Sorry, after school in the cafeteria, got it."
Andrea gets a glimpse of a familiar piano, burnt in every sense of the word. The girl's jaw dropped as she felt her heart shatter at the sight.
"Andy, are you... crying?" Carlos asks the girl, still clinging to the her.
"My poor baby. It's burnt."
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"Okay, guys! Wait, where's Gina?"
"Um, she's going through some family issues right now." Andrea speaks up, fiddling with her rings.
"Okay, prayers to our Gina." Miss Jenn nods at the girl before turning back to the group. "I'm really not sure what to say. You've all worked so hard I've seen all of you grow so much. But if we don't have a theater we don't have a show."
"Wait, what?"
"Come on, Miss Jenn we've got to do something."
"I think we..." Miss Jenn sighs in frustration, "I don't know, I guess we could consider other venues?"
"What about the old Kingston downtown?"
"It's condemned."
"The... The Lucky Ducky Puppet Pavilion?"
"My mom tore that down, realized she didn't like the area, and then sold it to Starbucks." Andrea says before awkwardly clearing her throat, "So, that's a no go."
"How about the El Rey?"
"Yes. That's brilliant, dude."
"Any other ideas?" Miss Jenn says, making everyone turn to her in confusion.
"Miss Jenn, I feel like you just had a really weird reaction to what I just said."
"Sorry, what did you say?"
"Carlos is asking if we can try and use the El Rey Theater."
"My Uncle Ruben is the listing agent and the last thing they had in there was a fashion show like, five years ago."
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