Save Me

forty nine

He grinned widely, flashing his white teeth at me. We were still looking each others eyes until the ride began to move again, breaking our contact.

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[Olivia's POV]

Anthony and I continued the ride in silence. I could hear Lin with Groff freaking out about how high up they were, Groff was laughing at him. The night sky really was beautiful, the stars were everywhere, Anthony pointed out all the constellations to me.

"So, Lin had this idea of you and the rest of the cast spending the night in the Richard Rodgers on the stage. If you don't want to that is totally fine, but it could be fun. I will be there." He says after we were stopped at the top so that people could begin getting off.

"That's a great idea, I would love to." I said with a smile, he returned a large grin.

We talked for a while as we waited to be brought back down and let off the ride. I could see Lin on the ground holding on to Groff for dear life even though he was no longer on the ride.

We finally were able to get off the carousel and after a few more rides in the park we all piled back into our cars. Pippa and I decided to switch cars and have Oak drive us, Groff and Leslie switched to Lin's car. Oak was driving, Renee in the passenger seat and Pippa, Jazzy and I in the back seats. I was in the middle, between the 2 girls.

Oak turned on the radio and the song Me Too by Meghan Trainer was playing, I wasn't really a big fan of her music but once Jazzy, Pippa and Renee began singing, I couldn't help but join in.

"Who's that sexy thing I see over there? That's me, standing in the mirror." Oak sings loudly, Jazzy and I start hysterically laughing.  

"If I was you, I'd wanna be me too. I'd wanna be me too. I'd wanna be me too." The 5 of us sing all together.

The song ends but another comes on and then another and before we know it we have arrived in the city. Oak drives back to the theater and parks.

"Are you excited for the sleepover on stage?" Jazzy asks me with a smile.

"So excited! Would it be wrong of me to play a prank on Lin while he is sleeping?" I say laughing.

"Only if you do it without me, OMG we should put whip cream on everyone's faces while they are sleeping!" She says.

"Yes!" I exclaimed, linking arms with her and walking through the stage door. We ran up to my room and grabbed all my pillows and blankets, I also changed into a pair of leggings but left my sweatshirt on and ran back down to the stage. Everybody had already set up a bunch of blankets and pillows, the entire stage was covered in different colored blankets. None of the other cast members had come in yet.

Jazzy and I put our blanket in the front of the stage and sat on it while we waited for the rest of the cast. Lin and the other guys who were in his car suddenly barged through the doors with bags filled with junk food and typical sleepover stuff.

They jumped up on the stage and gathered around Jazzy and I on their blankets, Anthony's was set up right next to mine, Lin was on the other side of me. Oak, Pippa, and Renee also came in after a few minutes. One by one the cast showed up, Thayne, Andrew, Rory, Ariana, Carleigh, until they were all here and the stage was just a big mess of people, blankets, and pillows.

I was talking with everyone and we decided that we should do something. Jazzy recommended hide in seek in the theater and we all agreed. This was going to be so fun.

Oak was it first and he was giving us all 5 minutes to hide. I sat up and ran out off the stage with everyone else. We all went our own ways, I ran up the stairs and into Anthony's dressing room to hide in his closet. When I walked in I heard a voice say, "Olivia, over here."

It was Anthony, he was already crouched in the closet. I walked over and sat down with him inside the small closet, he closed the door once I was all the way inside. I sat on one side, he was on the other, I had to put my legs on his because there wasn't enough room for the 2 of us to stretch out.

The closet was small and the light was dim, I could just barely see his eyes and white smile.

"Wanna play a game?" He suggests.

"We already are." I whisper.

"While we are waiting to be found we can play something else."He whispers back.

"Ok, what did you have in mind?" I ask.

"20 questions? I ask you a question, then you ask me one." He whispers.

"Alright, Ramos. Favorite sport?" I start.

"Baseball. Favorite color?"He asks.

"Yellow. What is your full name?" I ask.

"Anthony Ramos Martinez. How about you?" He asks the same thing.

"Olivia Ray Orion. How long-" I began saying but the closet door was swung open abruptly.

"Found you!" Oak yelled, scaring both Anthony and I. Anthony left and stood up, he held out his hand to me and I grabbed it so he could pull me up. "I already found everyone else, we are supposed to meet on stage to see who is it next."

Oak motioned for me to get on his back, Anthony tensed up as Oak asked if he could give me a piggy back ride. I ignored him and nodded jumping onto his back.

"Dang, you are so light kid." He said as he ran out of the room and down the hallway. I held onto him as tight as I could as he ran down the stairs and all the way to the stage. Anthony was trailing behind us.

"Finally! Took you long enough, Oak." Thayne said as we came onto the stage.

"For that comment, you can be it." Oak said, letting me hop off of his back.

The rest of us laughed and ran of the stage leaving him to count quietly to himself.

Hello everyone, hope you enjoyed.

The wonderful idea of spending the night on stage comes from my good friend blossem12

Love you all.

- aibhlinn