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Chapter 31: Mission Don't Go to Cali

"Semaj... I want you to be our Sparkle" Mrs. Rogers says sitting at her desk the next day.

She had called Semaj over there to speak with her in private only to tell her she wanted Semaj to be the star of the show? It didn't matter though. There were a lot more females who wanted the star role and Semaj wasn't one of them. She thought she'd just volunteer for stage crew, get her credit, and keep it moving. She didn't want to be onstage anyway.

"Sparkle?" Semaj asks and Mrs. Rogers nods her head. "I don't-- I don't sing in public Mrs. Rogers and there's other girls who want that role. I don't want it. I thought I'd just do stage crew." She tries to explain but Mrs. Rogers mind was set.

"You're perfect for the role. You're humble, you're smart, you're overall sweet, and may I say very determined and ambitious. Sparkle is all of those things and I feel as if you're another her plus Lina told me that you could sing which just tops it all off. I am willing to give you extra credit if you take this role." Semaj bites down on her lip at Mrs. Rogers determination to get her to play this role.

"Mrs. Rogers as much as extra credit sounds nice, I'm not the acting type and plus Sparkle is the girlfriend of the other man character Stix and it's known that they kiss and I--"

"Semaj it's acting. It's not as if you'd be kissing forreal and it might be someone you like. It's nothing to serious, I promise you. But you're knew in town and it's good to have a fresh face out on the stage instead of the same people over and over again. We need something new." Mrs. Rogers was persistent and Semaj couldn't deny that.

Sighing, she gives in nodding her head. "I'll do it."

"Great!" Mrs. Rogers says writing her name down next to sparkle. "You'll still have to audition to give the other girls a fair choice, but I'll be sure that you're recommended." She explains and Semaj nods her head before going back over to the table that her and Lina set at.

"What she say?" Lina, as usual in this class, had a sucker in her mouth and thumb scrolling through the timeline of her facebook.

"She just wanted to know if I would play Sparkle." Semaj explains sighing. "She feels as if the stage needs a new face and since I'm new then I'm that new face."

"That's cool!" Lina exclaims nodding her head. "Shit it'd get you out your parents house for a while. From your dad that is and who even knows maybe Michael will come and sit through the rehearsals. How he doin' anyway?"

"He's okay. Tasha came in and chewed him out last night. His P.O."

"Ohh" Lina nods "okay."

"Yeah, but uh... I need your help." Semaj says leaning forward on the table towards Lina.

"Sure thing, what's up?"

"Uh, how do you play sick?"

Lina chuckles, "what?"

"How. Do. You. Play sick?"

"What are you tryna play sick for?" Lina asks looking at Semaj confused.

"My birthday is on Friday and my dad is forcing me to go to California to visit his mom for my birthday and I don't want to, but my mom isn't going to let him make me fly on a plane if I have a really bad cold. They'll have to leave me at home because my dad is not about to waste money that he spent on a hotel and tickets for the plane... I just need to get sick." Semaj explains to Lina and Lina chuckles while nodding.

"Well you could do the old thermometer in hot water thing?" She suggest and Semaj shakes her head.

"I need something believable." Semaj replies sighing.