Tennis Shoes are my Glass Slippers

Chapter 18

I sat in the chair at the studio very uncomfortably. Me and Lucy came early to help set up everything, and we are all here now (even Mia, who is sitting in the bathroom making out with Nate) We were all waiting on Jullian to show up and practice our scene. Everyone else is going first, which means that our scene was pushed back to the very last. I was starting to get very anxious and squirmy. Jullian hasn't shown up for the past hour. Mia and Nate came out of the bathroom, i knew that they were kissing because Nate had smeared lipstick all over his face, and Mia's lipstick was slightly faded. I heard the door to the studio open, i looked and there was Jullian, he had a sweatshirt on and was totally...um......frazzled? I think that's a good word for it. He came in and sat down next to me. Mrs. Loureiro looked at him and looked disappointed, but continued to critique the group in front of her. I looked over at Jullian, he was dressed okay, and looked exactly the same, but his facial expression told it all. He looked extremely stressed. I sighed, and leaned over towards him.

"Hey, are you alright?" i asked. He looked at me, his blue eyes still giving me chills.

"Yeah, i'm fine." he replied. He didn't sound that sure.

"Are you sure about that?" i said. He looked at me, but looked as if he were going to yell at me. But he put a calm face on, and looked at me....dead in the eyes.

"No, i am not okay, are you happy now?" he whispered. I felt bad for asking.

"But, why? You won the crown at the dance last night." I quickly whispered back. He looked at me.

"You were at the dance? Funny, didn't see you there." he said, with a little less tensity. I smiled.

"Oh, i was just in the back with Rebekah and Kylee." I commented.

"Who did you go with?" i cooed. He looked at me.

"This amazing girl. She was so beautiful, and she looked like a shining star. Just the way she expressed herself made me smile." He described.I blushed.

"What was her name?" I asked him. His face fell, he looked a little down again.

"Well, that's just it. I don't know. She ran off after she won the prize, all she left for me was one of her amazing shoes." He continued. I wanted to tell him right then that it was me, and that i was so sorry. But i held my tongue. If he didn't figure out it was me by Friday, i would tell him the truth. I just would hope that it wouldn't make him upset.

"I'm so sorry, i hope you find her." i replied, avoiding her eyes.

"I plan to find her." he shot back. I was surprised by his answer. It made me smile, but yet, it made me frightened that he might not accept me for me. Mrs. Loureiro called me and Jullian to the stage and asked the stage crew to bring out the balcony and the costume rack. Mrs. Loureiro was giving us costume options, so we had to look very professional. Jullian already had his costume and went to change, while i was stuck being pushed into different dressing rooms with different dresses that varied in colors and styles. There were pink ones, red ones, orange ones, blue ones, but finally Mrs. Loureiro decided on one. It was a pink one that was long that had a whitish cloak, with gold hems. It was very beautiful and i did feel like Juliette. Jullian came out and looked very handsome, but at the same time very funny. Mrs. Loureiro dismissed the class to go get lunch but kept us.

"We must work on the kiss first, if you ruin the kiss, you ruin the whole scene." Mrs. Loureiro barked at us. I climbed up on the balcony, and looked down at Jullian. He smiled at me, and did his cute crooked smile. We leaned down and did a small, quick kiss.

"What was that!!!" Mrs. Loureiro called at us. "That wasn't a kiss, that was a peck! Do a real kiss!" She barked. I looked down at Jullian. He leaned forward, and kissed me. For Real. My first kiss.