Tanner
I take a deep breathe as I watch the girl on stage. Mindy Lawrence, I remind myself. The girl who was the lead of last year's play. I watch as she recites the lines from memory with no problem. How she has all the emotions and facial features as Elle would throughout the part. But when she starts to sing, I know I've regained my chance. The girl could not hold a note to save her life.
I watch as countless girls go on stage for Elle's part. Either they were good at acting and bad at singing, or good at singing bad and acting, or just bad at both. There wasn't anyone good at both. I looked over at Daniel who was sitting next to me. He looks back at me and smiles.
"Okay, next up, Daniel Seavey," Mrs. Rozalia calls. Daniel lets out a deep breath before getting up and making his way to the stage.
"I'm Daniel Seavey. I will be auditioning for the role of Emmett Forrest," He says, looking out at the crowd. He reads his lines effortlessly. He looks at me what feels like the whole time and when he finishes, I get up and clap. This causes him to smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Seavey," Mrs. Rozalia says and I could see the smile on her face. I knew he got the part.
"Next up... Tanner Anderson," She calls. I take a deep breathe and stand up. I walk to the stage, passing Daniel on the way, who gives me a big thumbs up. I take a deep breathe as I stand in the middle of the stage.
"I'm Tanner Anderson, auditioning for the part of Elle Woods," I tell her. I see her eyes widen with this, knowing that I was a shy kid and wondering how I would pull this off.
I read all of my lines, not skipping a beat. I have the right emotions and facial expressions and I'l doing good. But than we get to the singing part... and I choke. I search through the crowd and find Daniel's eyes. When I find them, I lock with them and start singing. Sooner or later, it becomes easier and I look away from him.
When I'm done, everyone claps and I feel the weight on my shoulders being lifted. I smile and take a bow before walking off stage and back to my seat.
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"She posted it!" Daniel yells, looking over at me. It's been a week since auditions and Mrs. Rozalia finally posted the official cast list.
"Go look for me.. I can't," I tell him. He nods and fights through the crowd. I watch as he points at the paper, sliding his finger down until he came upon one of our names. He smiles on his way back.
"Sooo?" I ask.
"You're looking at Mr. Emmett Forrest's understudy," He smiles, pointing to himself. I frown. Daniel should've gotten the role.
"And I'm looking at Miss. Woods comma Ella," He smiles. I squeal as I throw my arms around him.
"Congratulations," A few girls say as they walk past. I thank them before looking up at Daniel. I give him a big cheesy smile which he returns.
Miss. Woods comma Elle.
