Christmas Play

December 3

Harry got up in time and drove to the theatre with Louis in front of him. It was pretty silly that they didn't drive together but his new neighbour didn't like him.

The director Nick was excited when they all arrived.
"Let's continue where we ended it yesterday."

Harry had the first line.
"Hi, Elvis. I invited everyone but they didn't wanna come. I guess it's just the two of us."

"That's okay. I brought marshmallows." Louis read.

"Wait! Am I really supposed to crawl on the floor in this scene?" Niall questioned.

"Yes! They can't see the murderer so obviously, you have to sneak up on them." Nick grinned.

"Ehm, okay?" Niall replied.

They were still sitting in a ring just reading the lines. Harry and Louis screamed as it said in the script.

"The first lover and the love interest management to get away, but the murderer stabbed the love interest with the knife. The blood enters. Disco music." Nick read.

"I'm sorry, but why is there always disco music when I enter the scene?" Zayn questioned.

"It's my vision!" Nick replied, sounding irritated.

"I'm not supposed to dance, am I?" Zayn wondered, looking nervous.

"Of course not!" Nick snorted as if it was obvious.

The play made absolutely no sense. When the day was over, they had made it through the script. As they all walked out of the theatre, Louis turned around and looked at them.
"Emergency meeting."

There was a park on the other side of the road so they walked there so the director wouldn't hear them.
"This is a fucking disaster." Louis sighed.

"Is it supposed to be funny?" Liam asked.

"I don't think so." Ed replied.

"Definitely not. He takes it super serious." Niall added.

"We have a desicion to make. Either we do the play just like Nick wants it to be, or we turn it into a comedy behind his back." Louis stated.

"We can't do that! It's his play! He hired us." Liam protested.

"He won't let us change it." Harry sighed.

"It's fucking career suicide if we go up on stage performing that." Zayn muttered.

"Well, here's me suggestion. We don't change the lines or the plot, but we make it comical." Louis said.

"How?" Ed questioned.

"Comedy is fucking hard to do. It's all about how you deliver the lines, body language and so on. We would have to rehearse it meticulously." Louis explained.

"How?" Ed asked again.

"After rehearsal. We rehearse the play like Nick wants it to learn the lines and the plot, and then we'll have a second rehearsal where we make it funny." Louis said.

He looked around at the others.
"What do you say? Everyone has to be in on it. Otherwise, it won't work."

"Can he sue us for it?" Zayn asked.

"We're not changing the dialogue or plot. What is he supposed to do?" Louis snorted.

Everyone stayed silent.
"I'm in. Let's do it." Harry said.

As soon as he had said it, the others agreed as well.
"Great! We can go to me place tomorrow?" Louis suggested.

They nodded their heads and went back to the parking lot to drive home.