The Fame Game

Chapter 2

~~Three Weeks Later ~~
6 AM, my alarms goes off beeping continuously. I groan struggling to wake up when something overtakes me. I realize my audition is today, today. I jumped out of bed ready for the day ahead. I tear through my closet finding my audition dress. I frantically put it on and then rush to the bathroom in a hurry to get on with the rest of the day. I walk out of the bathroom as an aroma or pumpkin spice fills the air. A smile larger than life appears on my face and I rush downstairs. The only problem was, though, I rushed downstairs so quickly I missed a step and tripped falling down the stairs landing flat on my back banging my head. I attempt to stand up, but everything goes dark.
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I wake up on my bed with a feeling of throbbing pain in my head. My eyes shoot around like darts scanning everything I can. I start to panic as I put two and two together realizing I passed out. What if I miss my audition? How long was I out? Are my dreams crushed? Why did my stupid excitement possibly cause my career?
I slowly sat up signaling my consciousness. I looked at my mom with fear and worry in my eyes. "Mom, what time was that audition?"

My mom looked at me with concerned eyes. "It was 30 minutes ago.."

Water started flowing out of my eyes almost immediately. Before I knew it, my mom was rubbing my back saying "The good news is, I called your agent and he said he already called the place and told them of your problem and they agreed to wait 1 hour for you. So with that being said, we have to get on the road right away if we want to make it."

My body came to life and I sprung up put my shoes on, carefully and quickly ran down the stairs, grabbed a pancake and ran out the door.
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Time went by so fast and it seemed as if 5 minutes later we were there. We drove into the parking lot and the whole place seemed vacant. Only 2 or 3 cars were visible. The butterflies in my stomach were fluttering around I felt like I was going to be sick for two reasons. 1, out of typical audition nerves. And 2, out of the fear that they would hate me because I was late. I gingerly stepped on the asphalt and began to walk toward the double doors. I walked in seeing a few angry and annoyed faces. Then walked into the room to see an angry director. To my surprise, my thoughts were wrong and as I stepped inside I only saw happy and joyful faces. We were then directed to the room only to find smiling people sitting at a table in front of me. The butterflies began to flutter away. I smiled, introduced myself, and hesitantly apologized for making everyone wait. The director looked at me and said "its perfectly fine, we're glad your okay!"

I began to warm up to the people in the room. My mom was kindly escorted out of the room while I auditioned. Soon enough, it was me, the director, the casting agent, and a few other people whose jobs I could not name as well as the camera recording my every move. The thought of a that freaked me out a bit, but I put that thought and fear aside. I was handed the scrip to cold read from. At first I was kind of shaky reading for Alex, but in almost an instance the words spilled out of my mouth so naturally I felt a unique connection to Alex. The lines were done as was the moment I was in. I kindly said "thank you very much!" Ending it with a smile.

I walked out into the lobby and ran up to my mom with this ear to ear smile plastered onto my face. "So how did it go?" My mom asked with question in her voice.

I smile and excitedly said "it went so well...amazing actually! I feel really confident."

Just then I noticed the door to the room I auditioned in was open and I overheard all the people talking amongst themselves. "She was so good! I saw a connection to her character." Said one voice. I felt proud and accomplished at least until I overheard another voice.

"Yea she was good, but she was late and made us wait and..." Just then the door was closed and I heard no more. My thought came rushing out! Did I just screw up my audition by being late, oh no here comes the butterflies.
(A/N: ok so sorry this took so long! I had it all types and ready, the it got deleted so I had to rewrite it. I've also been crazy busy with school and theater and life, so please enjoy this chapter I had a lot of fun writing it! Shoutout to my cousin RebeCat24  because she has Ben wanting an update so check her out if you want.
QOTC: what would you do if you were late for an audition?)