From Zero to Her Hero

Chapter 3: Auditions and Propositions

Waverly froze in her seat at the mention of Champ the boy-man Hardy. She knew she had to stand and go on stage to run lines with him since she was chosen to be Meg. Part of her thought that Champ was auditioning just so he could get out of detention, but part of her knew that he was there because of her. Wynonna nudged Waverly with her elbow and leaned in close to her.

"You alright?" Wynonna whispered. Waverly just nodded. "You want me to kick his ass?"

"N-No," Waverly struggled to get the word out. "I haven't faced him since that party. I think it's time that I do. I just hope that Bobo sees that this is how every audition is going to go today so that he considers your idea for a female Hercules even more," Waverly rose from her seat and marched onto the stage.

"Finally!" Champ smiled as he locked eyes with the smaller girl. "You ready to start this audition, hot stuff?"

"I hope you know your lines," Waverly stated simply. "This is a big audition. A major part. The biggest role."

"Oh I know," he winked at her and she shuttered. "And I can't wait to nail this audition so I can kiss you."

Nicole poked her head out from behind the curtains at Champ's comment and narrowed her eyes at him. She caught Wynonna's eye and rolled her eyes indicating that their thoughts on Champ were mutual at the moment.

"Right," Waverly cleared her throat and took a step away from the boy as he took a step closer to her, "well that all depends on if you know what you're doing. You may begin whenever you're ready."

Champ cleared his throat and turn towards Bobo. Waverly rolled her eyes and ran a hand through her hair, keeping a good distance between the two of them. Champ started rambling off a long speech that was anything but the lines he was supposed to know for the audition. After a minute of thinking to herself, Waverly realized that Champ was reciting the famous 'To be or not to be' soliloquy from Shakespeare's Hamlet. He was reciting the words in the most terrible British accent Waverly had ever heard and he was messing up every other word, delivering an extremely poorly executed attempt at the powerful speech.

Champ finished the soliloquy and immediately jumped into another speech about love and romance. He turned towards Waverly and grabbed her hand, kissing the top of it. The action made Nicole's blood boil when she saw how Waverly was still cowering away from the jock. She gritted her teeth and tried to keep herself from rushing onto the stage and decking Champ in the face. Bobo took notice to Nicole watching the scene unfold before them from the right wing of the stage. He made a mental note about the fiery orange color of her hair and the muscular build of her body; both things he wants the actor playing Hercules to have. He scribbled something down about talking to her after auditions and was soon brought back to the audition on stage when Champ fell dramatically to his knees. Somehow his audition has turned into a proclamation of his "feelings" for the youngest Earp.

"I love you, Waverly Earp!" He yelled. "Your big brain is a major turn off, but your sexy body makes up for it."

"Excuse me?" Waverly stares down at Champ.

"Nobody wants to bang a know-it-all," Champ laughed. "Especially not a know-it-all that also happens to be an Earp. But I'm able to see past that. You're hot as hell and that's all I need."

"Step off, dickhead! That's my sister you're talking to. If you wanted to get your ass kicked today, you could have just asked me," Wynonna snarled as she stood up from her chair.

"Quiet, Wynonna. I'm in the middle of something important here," Champ turned back to Waverly who now donned a face of fear and anxiety. "So what do you say, Waves? Wanna hit up Stephanie's party tonight and then bang it out at my place afterwards?" He winked at her.