Overlooked

Would This Change Their Mind

I still had to attend classes before the performance. My brain still couldn't process the core decision. I could barely concentrate. I kept looking over my shoulder to see how Alicia and Kayla were acting. They don't seem any different except when they get in a group with acting club member which they get showered with congratulations.

After my classes, I changed into my costume and rushed downstairs. By the time I got to the auditorium, most of the lower batches were there. We didn't have time to do a last run of the skit so the lunch practice we had has to be enough. Each batch did their skits and we were apparently the finale. I skipped a few performances to calm myself down but I made sure to watch my batch's skit. It was about teenage girls getting a hold a satire magazines telling them the trends and they actually follow them. Kate was part of that group but it doesn't seem that much like her type of skit. Alicia and Kayla were part of that skit. I would not say that their performance was not very revolutionary, special or core deserving. It's just a simple skit.

I had to keep my brain off them and into the performance. I spent 10 minutes backstage jumping and prepping myself. The music started and I walked onto the stage with a sketchbook in hand. I started to "draw" when my "friends" walk in and start "talking" to me. Then the "popular kids" "call me over" because they want to hang out. They get rid of the sketchbook because apparently "drawing is not a very popular person activity". I reach for "my sketchbook" as the "popular people" get rid of it and rip the pages. Then we head to the stairs for "lunch". I bring out a fast food paper bag and "eat" a burger. They take the burger away from me "saying" that I'm too fat and need to eat a salad instead or not eat at all. Ironically, I'm thinner than all of them so I just look back at them making a confused face. After the lunch scene, we head back on stage to do the next scene. Julia and Savine play 2 of the "popular people" they "give me a makeover" by spinning me around and trying to put makeup and clothes on me. They start " arguing", leaving me on the stage alone. I start to remove the accessories and jackets they put on me and removing the makeup off my face. I pick up a mirror and look. I take a deep breath knowing that this is the make or break moment. I haven't cried a single tear all week. As the climax of the song plays, I drop to my knees and start crying. I feel the tears streaming down my face. I let out a scream which is the only sound made by us ever since the performance started. The "leader" of the "popular people" enters the stage and give me a "you don't belong with us look" and threw his can of soda on me. I kept crying as he left the stage. I knew I still had a minute to cry and I was losing steam so I crawled around on stage looking for something until I saw one of the ripped sketchbook pages and gripped it while pounding the ground. I looked up and it was the first time the audience saw me actually crying. I had to keep crying so I kept with the drawing. I kept crying until my "friends" came and tried to "comfort" me. I pushed them away but they still hugged me and "told" me that "it's going to be ok" and that "they'll be there for me no matter what". When my "friends" and I finally reconciled the "popular people" came back and told me that they wanted me back. I "say" no and walk offstage. I was happy that my timing was right and the music ended as we walked offstage.

As I got offstage, my group congratulated me but then the core barely said anything than the customary "good job". WHAT?!?! I practically poured in my blood, sweat and literal tears in this skit.