Stories For the Papes -Newsies Imagines and Drabbles (CLOSED!!!)

Broadway Me

This one was requested by BeckyMerari1808.

She was one who loved the stage. He was one who judged those on the stage. Her career had begun as something simple. Vaudeville performances, community theatre gigs, anything that she could get her hands on. Her brother, Racetrack Higgins encouraged her to try when she failed. He was hard and critical. Racetrack belonged with a group of theatre kids that had stuck together since high school. Now, they were breaking in to the big stage and trying to make their Broadway debuts. They had talent, each and every one of them. One judge who was infamous for his criticism made sure that they never saw the stage. He hated the boys who called themselves the Newsies. No one could soften his feelings toward them and most of the performers on Broadway knew that deep down, no one ever would. He would listen to auditions and give a ruthlessly cruel review. Then he would send the poor person auditioning packing. But, she was determined. She wanted to prove to him that anybody can be on the stage. So, she signed up to audition for Mary Poppins.  Katie told her brother what she was going to do.

"You do realize that Oscar Delancey is going to tear you to pieces," Racetrack told his sister and she shrugged.

"I have heard about the bad reputation he has and I know that there is a really sweet guy underneath all of those hard feelings," Katie replied and Race shook his head.

"You have no idea what you are getting yourself into, Katie. He could make it so you never see a chance at being on the Broadway stage ever again," Race explained and Katie shrugged.

"I will make it so he realizes that people have the potential to be on the stage. Even people like us." Race gave up, unsure of how to encourage his sister away from him further.

"Suit yourself. It's your funeral, Katie. I'll be sure to speak at it," Race teased and Katie socked him in the arm.

"I will make it. You'll see," She said quickly and lightly punched his shoulder again. Katie began to prepare for her audition which meant that she was playing the piano and singing her audition song all the time. One day, Race had been practicing acrobatics and dance with some of the other boys and was laying on the couch listening to Katie sing and play the piano. It was the night before her audition and she had been practicing for as long as Race could remember that day. Finally, he stood up and went into the adjacent room. Race turned his sister around in the middle of her song and she stared up at him with the most innocent eyes Race had ever seen.

"Take a break. If you wear yourself out, you won't do well tomorrow," Race advised and Katie nodded. After a dinner of takeout Chinese, the two siblings watched some T.V. and then went to bed. The next morning, Katie woke up and prepared herself for her audition. She dressed nicely for the part of her audition that was not dancing and she packed clothes to change into so that she could dance in a little bit easier. At exactly nine A.M., Katie sat in a chair outside of a rehearsal room, mentally preparing herself for her audition. She was humming a song when the door was flung open and a young girl scampered out, tears running down her face.

"Your singing was terrible and your choreography was something that a sleepy panda could have done better at than you!" The young girl stood crying for several moments and Katie could see the shadow of a tall, dark, brooding figure in the doorway. Katie clutched her purse nervously and became very nervous with the tense atmosphere. Maybe, he wasn't as sweet as she thought he could be. Katie shuddered at the thought and watched as the young girl walked out and flopped into a chair.

"Are you alright?" Katie asked softly and the girl shook her head. She looked Katie in the eye.

"What do you expect? He's a complete jerk! He's worse than Simon on America's Got Talent!! " The girl cried and Katie gasped.