Sing!

Chapter Twelve: Inspiration

THE MAN THAT HATH NO MUSIC IN HIMSELF, NOR IS NOT MOVED WITH CONCORD OF SWEET SOUNDS, IS FIT FOR TREASON, STRATAGEMS, AND SPOILS; THE MOTIONS OF HIS SPIRIT ARE DULL AS NIGHT, AND HIS AFFECTIONS DARK AS EREBUS. LET NOT SUCH A MAN BE TRUSTED. MARK THE MUSIC.

|William Shakespear|

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Today was the day. Today was the day the cast list was released for the junior Sing production. All juniors gathered in the hall to take a glimpse of the list of which will reveal their part.

"Look at that!" Pocahontas exclaimed as she looked at the cast lit. Pocahontas was to play the lead female role, Juliet. Happiness was not the correct term to classify Pocahontas, exhilaration was a valid term. Her friends around her spoke enthusiastic words along with great compliments.

Charlotte pushed passed. Awaiting for her glorious moment to be cast the leading role. Yet, Charlotte was in for a severe disappointment.

"Pocahontas is-what-Juliet!" Charlotte exclaimed as she reported the cast list that stood before her, "whoever heard such a bad Juliet," Charlotte yelled as she turned to Travis who did not seem pleased with the choice of the cast either.

"Their lying," Travis assured his sweet girlfriend, "the pigs and they're blind!"

"I do not want to be no gad dam angel of light," Charlotte announced as pointed to where her name stood on the cast bored.

"Hey, Charlotte," Travis spoke in a calm tone hoping to calm his girlfriend, "you will have your moment, I swear to god Charlotte," he reassured his as he rubbed his hand up and down her back, "I got ways," he went in for a kiss but Charlotte swiftly pushed him away from her grasp. No kisses for Travis.

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"I predict that this island of Atlantis will explode and we and the people, will perish," Milo narrated as he read his lines.

Elsa could not help but sigh. Milo was a good actor when it came down to things but this was not one of his good moments. Exaggeration was dripping off his tongue. No sense of feeling or emotion was detected.

"Wait a minute, hold it," Jack interrupted as he moved towards the front of the classroom. Placing his jacket beside Elsa, Jack sighed in disappointment at the entire scene, "look Elsa, this place Atlantis, is on top of this volcano, right?"

Elsa took a moment, "right."

"And when this sucker blows, it's all over, right?" Jack questioned Elsa again. Elsa didn't entirely know where Jack was going with the conversation but she stayed with him never the less.

"Yeah," Elsa stated as she glanced around, waiting for anyone to contradict her statement.

"So, Milo, you've got to think about that, man," Jack asserted as Milo nodded his head in agreement, "and when you do that dance move," Jack stated as he performed the move he was specifically talking about, "it's got to be loose. Anybody can do it," Jack stated as everyone watched him, "even her," pointing towards Calliope who appeared offended at the statement. Everyone giggled, "show them," Jack asked while he watched her, "come on what the matter? Ain't you interested in doing the best Sing possible?" Jack questioned, reusing the exact terms she had used on him.

Calliope gritted her teeth while glared daggers towards Jack. Smacking the script down on the table, Calliope stood up and made her way to the centre. Everyone watching, everyone staring. Swiftly her arms moved across the air and she spun. Everyone cheered. Success.

"Not bad," Jack commented as he watched Calliope sit back in her seat, "but you see this dance ain't just any dance," Jack informed them all as he glanced to all of the individuals in the room, "see these people are hurting," Els was impressed, he was inspiring, "they are gonna say goodbye and never see each other again," Jack moved, addressing to everyone as he spoke, "but do they freak out? No," Calliope gave a smug smile as she watched Jack, "they say hey, one more time. Let's think about the years we had together. And they celebrate," Jack turned back to Elsa, "with spirit," turning back to milo, "and that's how the dance should be, Milo," Milo nodded his head slowly trying to overcome everything Jack had just said, "am I right?" Jack addressed the question to Elsa.

"Yeah..." Elsa sighed softly as she smiled towards Jack.

Jack had inspired the entire room. Elsa felt transfixed at the moment, lost and speechless by his mere words. Motivated to give of herself, though Elsa feared the inevitable that he may leave them all. But for that moment and that moment only, Elsa basked in the present as she was inspired to stay and let whatever transpire in that very room to last her a lifetime... memories to treasure.