the biggest star in the world

radio silence

madeline's pov

a few days after the screen test i don't hear anything from the company. it was hard to admit but i was disappointed.

i woke up early today unable to fall asleep. so ive been sitting in my car on my phone for about an hour.

at 6 am i drive to the gym. there were a few other people but no staff yet. i make up my pre workout  heading into the change rooms.

i'm the type of girl to wear sweatpants and a hoodie over my gym set until i warm up so genuinely i look like i just woke up.

i put my headphones around my waist as i tie my hair up. it took a few tries as each time there was that one hair that kept snagging.

when i walk back into the gym i slip my headphones on instantly ready to zone in. i walk to the middle and step onto the treadmill to warm up.

I'm regretting doing legs now, whoever puts gyms on second floors deserves jail time. my legs were shaking as i walked down the cafe.

this morning i decided to grab a warm croissant as well as my coffee. laura was shocked to say the least. all she's ever seen me buy was coffee.

it was only 8:05 so i sat in the coffee shop to do some of my school work before heading to school.

usually i was on top of it all but recently all i've been wanting to do is sleep. i haven't had a good nights sleep in months. a safe sleep.

it was friday now so all the girls were in their cheerleading costumes once i got to school
they tried to force me into charlottes but i shook my head.

i don't need to walk around all day with my arse out. caleb and i were walking hand in hand, i had ap french while he had maths first up.

"bonjour madame dupont"
"bonjour madeline, très bien"

(good morning mrs dupont)
(good morning madeline, very good)

i was always good at french, my parents always taking trips there when i was younger helps a lot.
sitting on the sides near the windows my friend mila joins me.

mrs dupont although she's nice, strictly only allows french in the classroom. which caused my friend and i to become very fluent over the past 2 years in order to gossip.

the rest of the class is good but not able to keep up with what we're saying which is why this is the perfect class.

she gets right into it telling me about this girl who got pregnant and gave birth recently. how cute the baby was and how everyone was pretty supportive which was good.

she then changed to talking about one of her friends who she's recently had a falling out with. the girl had a victim complex and was way too possessive.

after leaving that class with 10 times the knowledge about kids at this school mila and i parted ways as i headed to my fashion design class.

the teacher is rarely actually in here. he just lets us do what we need to do and trust we are on task.

there's like 10 girls and 3 guys in this class, everyone knows they're gay but they are iconic so we keep them. nola's words not mine.

i was on my laptop sending my cutouts to the printer when an email came through, i was hoping it was the casting director but it was just my biology teacher sending us things.

shaking my head as i promised not to get my hopes up i go down the hall to collect my pages from the printer.

after school we only have 2 and a half hours until we have to go back to get ready for the game, nola, chloe and i decided to go get our nails done and do some shopping as the shopping centre is quite literally across the road.

i wanted to opt out considering i needed to be saving everything i own but when nola said it could be an early birthday present i agreed.

i got dark red nails, nola got white, chloe got light blue. by now i was drinking my second coffee for the day and i had a hair appointment booked for tomorrow. so life was pretty good.

after our nails we headed to some clothing stores. when we returned to school, chloe and i went to the locker rooms straight away. i get my old uniform instead of charlottes and put it on. memories flooding my mind.

"i don't see why you ever quit" chloe commented as we were putting our hair up. i swear i felt like jojo siwa.

"it's just not my thing anymore" i shrugged closing my eyes as i put hairspray in. it was very draining on my body and i just couldn't keep up with the long practices.

at 5pm we were warming up, the sun was starting to go down and all the players were running laps. most of the school had showed up now and nola was running around in the mascot suit.

i shook my head at her making a fool of herself she loved it though.

caleb came with his mates and brought me a bouquet of flowers, he used to do that every time i would perform.

"let me tell you it's a blesssing to see you in this costume again" he whispered in my ear over the noise. i blushed and hid my face in his neck. he wrapped both his arms around me and kissed my cheek.

"go break a leg out there"
"that's for theatre"
"just let me wish you good luck for once" he rolled his eyes.

i gave him a kiss and headed down the stands back to the girls.
just as chloe said we had 5 minutes till we're starting nola runs over with my phone in hand.

"they've called you twice now so you better pick it up" she says putting her fat head back on. confused i grab the phone out of her hand checking it wasn't my parents and pick it up.

"hello?"