Shakespeare's Love Story

Chapter 21

Two weeks later and it was time for their performance. They were showing their play in the Performing Arts Theatre on their campus, but it was only a one night show.

Backstage was a nightmare. Everyone was running around: asking for costumes; checking their makeup and fixing their hair. It was hectic, to say the least.

Louis was getting his makeup done by Lou; their makeup artist who was in her final year as well, and was trying to get his face as pale as she could. He wanted to talk to Harry, but he wasn't allowed backstage, so he reached for his phone instead.

"Don't touch your phone! otherwise, you'll change the makeup."

"Sorry!" he blushed before relaxing back in his chair.

Lou dabbed some type of powder over his nose, and he scrunched it up, closing his eyes so it wouldn't harm his eyes.

"Up you get, shoo shoo, I need to do Eleanor's makeup now."

"Thanks, Lou, it's good, as always."

Lou laughed as she grabbed her makeup brush. "Thank you but go talk to Harry or something, I'm busy."

Louis chuckled before taking up his phone. It vibrated in his hand, startling him slightly, and he saw two messages from Harry pop up on his screen.

Can't wait to see your acting :)

We're here now, good luck baby. H xx

Louis sent a quick thank you to Harry. The show was in fifteen minutes, so he decided to put his phone away so he wouldn't get distracted.

Fifteen minutes, Louis thought and sat down on a nearby couch, fifteen minutes until the real thing, fifteen minutes until their performance.

To say Louis was agitated was an understatement. This would be one of the biggest performances of his life, and now he just had to stay calm.

"Hey Lou, what's eatin' ya?"

Louis jumped when he saw Eleanor sitting beside him. "Hey El, just nervous."

"Aren't we all."

Eleanor was playing his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, and was already fully dressed like him.

"I know but it's just that my family are here and Harry's as well, this will be his first time seeing me act properly and what if he thinks I'm a shitty actor."

"Louis...You're the main character; you're not a shitty actor" she replied, rolling her eyes. "Just don't think about it okay and I'll try not to make Harry get jealous when we kiss" Eleanor laughed, and he joined in.

"He does get jealous easily, but I think it's cute how defensive he is when another guy is around me," Louis said, giggling softly.

"Aww."

There was a pause before Louis took the opportunity to speak. "Hey, El? I just want to say that I'll miss you after all of this, I think I'll miss everyone actually but you the most."

"Louis, we'll definitely see each other after this, don't worry, I'll make sure of it, I would hug you, but I don't want to ruin our makeup."

"Damn right you ain't messing up my makeup," Lou said as she walked past them and they both grinned at her.

"Five minutes!" a stage director called.

Louis let out a sigh, biting his lip as he thought about what could happen.

"Come on Louis, we can do it," Eleanor said as she held tightly onto his hand. "Let's get going."

Harry got into a conversation with Lottie, with her mostly asking about him and Louis as they waited for the show to start.