The Marcel Affect

The Understudy's Dork

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. "OK then,our Romeo is Marcel Styles!" We all stiffened in our seats and murmured ,anticipating as to find out who this "Marcel Styles" is. "The unnoticed one" goes up on stage and gets his script.SO THAT'S HIS NAME.Wow not what I was expecting. I kinda thought it would be something hot like Enrique Delarosa.A girl can dream.And Marcel s

Styles is a cute name.Sounds a little British,like Amy Pond,or Clara Oswald.Ahh,British people...so adorable

Now that Scooby-doo mystery is solved,lets see what I get.what if I don't get a part? I won't become an actress,and become homeless without a job or anyone to care for me.Or even worse,working at a fast food restaurant.Just the thought makes me wanna open a book and study for a stable job like a nurse or lawyer but no,acting is way to awesome.

"And the role of Juliet goes to...."

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"And the role of Juliet goes to....A'lyssa Williams"

Me on the inside:What?I got?OMG!!!YESS!!!! I would like to thank the academy,my manager,and me!!IT WAS ALL MEEEEEE!!!                                                                                                                            Me on the outside:Oh,yay...Cool.Um,thanks.

Hey,i might be social but i can be antisocial.I hope my understudy is cool.A lot of times they're kinda suckish since they cant do a lead. I hope it's Kate or Kylie.                                                                            "The understudy of Juliet is Catherine Smith'" announced Mrs.Hinesburg. I know her.                      
      Catherine Smith was your usual loner.She had a few classes with me,and the girl was a genius.A total Jimmy Neutron.She didn't speak much,and no one had a problem with her.She is the accountant type of gifted that goes to this school.But when we were little is a whole different story. 10 years ago when we were both seven, we were as best friends as two girls sharing oreos and Caprisun could be.Then her father died and her mom remarried.Her step father abused her,and even once molested her. One day she came to school with bruises under eyes,her explanation being that she fell down stairs.That was the 'abused woman in a domestic relationship that denies she is in a domestic relationship' excuse,so the school obviously knew she was lying so they sent a social worker out to their house announced.When the social worker came in Catherine's step dad ,David, was holding a Scotch in one hand and  belt in the other while hovering over Catherine.You get the situation so after that Catherine's mom,Alana, and David were sentenced to 9 years in prison for child neglect and abuse. Catherine was booked,bagged,and shipped foster family to foster family.Her therapist kept her here because she couldn't emotionally stand a change in scenery right now.After that she grew quieter and quieter through the years.Soon after i lost my best friend,and i was the loner eating the "meat' surprise in the cafeteria.And now here she is,playing my understudy in a high school class.                                                                             Um,enough of sad childhood memories and even more emotional childhood trauma...

Catherine's POV                                                                                                                                                        --------------------

What ?Understudy?I know I cant afford acting lessons right now,but i did a pretty decent job.That stupid drama teacher probably gave her the lead since her 'daddy' pays for the school,and that dumb and 100% fake looking boob job!

   How else will i get to have my first kiss with the best person ever, Marcel. We met in Renaissance club. Where the true cool kids are. Me and Marcel don't have classes on the same period with each other,and we don't have to same lunch shifts. But we live next door to each other.We basically loners till we get home and 2-5:30 pm Tuesdays and Wednesday for Renaissance club. So weren't totally loners,only during school hours.It's like our day job. But during those times we were fencing and wearing knight outfits,i grew to like-or possibly even love him.Ok,no..That sounds like some poorly written Twilight crap.The dudes cute,cool,and funny,and his smiles makes me do back flips and make my cheeks turn 'belela thorne hair' red.But he will never notice me in a aesthetically pleasing way.I'm his "sister."I wasn't friend zoned, i was family zone.And as Katy Perry once said,"there's no going back!!!!"I was hoping this kissing,and the close rehearsal time,would make him see me as more then his sister,and more of a Four+Tris relationship material.But that no good,annoying,boy stealing,hoe bag stole my dork.I cant believe we were ever friends.After all that stuff happened with my parents and i stopped talking,she didn't help.The minute i showed the even slightest bit of depression she didn't fight for me.Best friends help each other.She never tries.For me or for anyone.Everything is handed to her.If she was in my situation, i would have sat next to her on her bed,and not say anything for ten minutes,and let her quite her sobs.Then i would hold her hand and tell her I'm here for her,and nothing would keep her from being my best friend.Life will go on, she'll meet her Augustus Waters and she'd live like Cinderella. Unlike A'lyssa she spent the time she would've at least talking to me,she bought the Jonas Brothers newest album,and engulfed herself in a That's So Raven marathon.But I'm not bitter,knowing my mom and step dad get out of jail next year and A'lyssa stole my part,and my guy.Nope...not bitter

                                                                                                                                                                                     A'lyssa POV                                                                                                                                                            ---------------------

"And the understudy of Romeo is Zayn Malik" Mrs.Hinesburg says with lovely gap toothed smile.Ooo,Zayn Malik.The British exchange student.his audition wasn't to bad,except he had bad posture and wouldn't stop putting all his weight on one foot at a time while not looking at the audience. He had bad boy reputation.I wasn't gonna lie,he was good looking.But I'm not into bad boys.But Cynthia is.I'm kinda interested to see how this plays out,given the fact that Cynthia acts like a belligerent version of Spongebob when she likes a boy. 

   After Mrs.Hinesurg is finished calling out roles for the cast and jobs for the crew ,we get right to work. Before i knew it I heard the 9th grade tech club kids fight over the sound board,and the gardeners debating if roses or tulips are more accurate for Romeo to give Juliet in the plays time era. When i could finally comprehend what was going on everywhere,Cynthia was still drooling over Zayn.Typical Cynthia...Zayn is on his phone probably on PornHub,oblivious to his  surroundings.Cynthia regains whatever sanity she thinks she has,and stops staring at Zayn to go get her body measured for her costume as town bystander #4.This is the biggest role yet.My baby is gonna be famous.God speed Cynthia...God speed.

   Me,Zayne,Marcel (What?it's still a really cute name!Judge me...),and Catherine,who is unusually giving me dirty looks as i take a seat next to Marcel, so we can all get to  know each other and practice are lines at the local Starbucks.Good idea right?1It was my idea *does hair flip*. Cynthia of course  wanted to come and stare at Zayn,which she says and i quote "a healthy admiration of a fellow student from afar,as she is is on a spiritual journey to gain confidence and talk to the attractive young man" Only Cynthia...In the end i talked her into thinking that town bystander #4 is the most important role in the whole play,and this type of acting requires practicing from within ones room alone,for as long as we are at Starbucks....And ,i,well,may have pushed her in the direction of her house as we were all walking out the auditorium to the Starbucks and told her "may madness illuminate your path!" (a quote from cartoon network.) She totally bought it,and skipped home repeating her one line "Hello,kind Sir" in various voices.

  "Dearest Romeo....'"i say as i begin my dialogue. When I'm done, we thought it was a good idea for Catherine to say the lines too,in case anything happens to me. Catherine repeats my lines and then Marcel says his lines and Zayn repeats him. We do this for 30 minutes and it gets a little dull and tiring.It's now 6:30 pm and are blood is pretty much mixed with either cookies and creme decaf or pumpkin spice lattes.I'm probably the whitest black girl ever.                                                                       We all start talking about our childhoods,Catherine's speech was limited and no one asked her about it to make her feel less awkward,then we just did weird conversation like who's butt cheek in school probably resembles Abraham Lincoln,and how we believed the universe was made.In 15 minutes i know Zayn is really awesome behind that dumb bad boy exterior,Marcel isn't just really cute and funny and I'm not gonna lie- i thought he was gonna be a just a weirder version of Steve Urkel,and probably the best part: my friendship with Catherine is slowly refurbishing itself with every joke we share together.

We stayed till 7:47 and we all had to go home,i told Catherine and Zayn to head out since i would cover our drinks but Marcel wanted to stay. He said he would walk me home,and that a young beautiful lady couldn't be walking these streets alone.Omg,this cutie.But i asked him how he would protect me,and he pulls out a Pokemon card.I haven't laughed so hard in all my life.He would throw such a good Pokemon for me.This is the biggest honour ever. When he finally reached my house he...

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Hey,its Chideraa and that's it for this chapter...what do you think of Zayn and Cynthia? will Catherine forgive A'lyssa ?find out in the next chapter!!

PSA:All things that happen and all people and all events are straight from my imagination.If this relates to anyone its a extremely high coincidence.

Thanks for reading