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"All right, everyone! Attention, please! Listen up

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"All right, everyone! Attention, please! Listen up." Miss Darbus called as the group was sitting in the auditorium for rehearsal. "As some of you know, Miss Montez is no longer available to us. However, the show must indeed go on. So... Sharpay, you will do Gabriella's duet with Troy. Tiara, are you ready to step in for Sharpay?"

"Those sparkling shoes are impossible to fill, Miss Darbus." Tiara stated.

"Oh, don't worry. Kelsi will work with you." Sharpay said, glancing over the pianist as the room was silent, causing the blonde girl to huff as she rose from her chair. "Come on, people. Let's rise to the occasion. We're all pros here. Let's do it for Gabriella. K? Kelsi, Ryan Troy. To the piano.'

"All right, we have a lot of work to do." Miss Darbus spoke.

Alyvia felt a nudge on her arm, snapping her out of her daydream as her attention quickly shot to the boy beside her, sending him a smile.

"Everything okay?" Chad asked.

"Yeah, everything's fine." Alyvia said, nodding her head.

Noticing the people around her getting up, Alyvia stood from her seat with Chad right behind her, intertwining their fingers as they followed the group to the stage as they ran through dances for the show.

After a long three hours of dancing and singing, the day was finally over.

"Hey, do you need a lift home?" Chad asked, touching the girl's arm.

"Yeah, I just have something I need to do first." Alyvia spoke, sending the boy a smile. "I'll meet you out front?"

"Okay." Chad said, knitting his eyebrows before placing a quick kiss on the girl's lips. "Don't be too long."

The Bolton girl watched the curly-haired boy disappear down the hallway before she turned and made her way to the familiar classroom.

"Hey, Miss D, do you have a moment to talk?" Alyvia spoke, causing the teacher to turn around as a smile formed on her lips.

"Ah, Miss Bolton. Yes, of course, come in." Miss Darbus said, gesturing towards the seats, causing the girl to take the one in front of her chair. "What can I do for you, dear?"

"It's about my future." Alyvia explained, causing the woman to nod. "As you know, my dream school was always NYU."

"Was?" Miss Darbus questioned.

"They rejected me." Alyvia confessed.

"I see." Miss Darbus nodded. "And now you don't know where the future stands for you."

"I mean, yeah, I didn't really see the need to apply anywhere else. NYU had been the plan ever since I was 10 years old and held my first camera. I never saw the need to make a backup plan."

"That's the thing with life; we never know what the future has in store for us." Miss Darbus spoke, sending the girl a small smile. "If I overstepped, I apologize, but let me ask you, Miss Bolton, what's the reason that you set your mind on NYU? What sets it apart from any other film school in the country?"

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