To the Moon and Back {Chandler Riggs}

S e v e n

"Wait, what?!" Chandler exclaims as I buckle my seatbelt.

"Can I still get the audition?" I repeat.

"Uh... yeah, yeah! Sure!" He says, pulling something out of the glove box. I scoot back to allow him room and he plops a couple of papers that are stapled together on my lap. The cover of the papers reads:

THE WALKING DEAD
AUDITION SCRIPT

"You've had this here all this time?" I question, skimming through the papers.

"Uh... yeah," Chandler mumbles, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Don't be embarrassed. I'm glad you have it. What character am I auditioning for anyway?" I ask as Chandler pulls away.

"I'm not allowed to say, but- Wait, was I supposed to drive away? Do you need to go back?" Chandler asks frantically.

"Nope. I quit." I say proudly, a smile plastered to my face.

"Why?" Chandler yells, looking at me with huge eyes.

"Keep your eyes on the road!" I exclaim, pointing ahead before he runs a red light.

"Shit!" Chandler shouts, slamming on his breaks. I put my hand on the dash to stop myself from flying forward.

Chandler's arm flies in front of me in a protective way. "Are you okay?" He pants.

"I'm fine." I chuckle slightly at his concern and he removes his arm and drives forward when the light turns green. "And I quit because they were being stupid and I didn't feel like dealing with their shit anymore."

Chandler nods his head, "The audition's tomorrow by the way."

"Tomorrow?! That's not enough time!" I exclaim as I begin to read through the script frantically.

"Better get to memorizing then."

~

The next day

"I know you're gonna nail this audition!" Lizzy states, turning around in the front seat.

"Ugh thanks. I'm so nervous." I say. My heart is beating a thousand miles an hour and I've broken into a nervous sweat.

"Don't puke." Lizzy's mom warns.

"No, mom. Savanna thought that might be a good thing to do." Lizzy says sarcastically.

I force a smile and take a deep breath, "okay, wish me luck."

"Good luck!" Lizzy's mom sings.

"Go in there, nail that audition, get the part, and tell me who Negan killed!" Lizzy orders as I get out of the car. I roll my eyes and walk into the building.

There's a lady sitting in a booth by the door. I give her my name and she tells me to wait in line. The line is huge, but while I'm waiting, I practice my lines some more. The audition script that Chandler gave me has nothing to do with The Walking Dead or the apocalypse in general. It's about a girl who has cancer being verbally abused by her father. It's only a few lines long. There's a part where I'm supposed to cry and I haven't gotten myself to be able to force tears yet, but I'm working on it.