Quick A/N: I added an image I had forgotten. Sorry about that. Also, I'm going to be on vacation, so don't expect another update today, or any on Friday or Monday. Regular updating will proceed after that!
Katelyn spun in my desk chair and stared at the ceiling.
"You have a boyfriend now." She stated. "Took your pretty ass long enough."
"I'm not that pretty." I shrugged.
"I could bash your face in and you'd still be pretty."
"You're even prettier than I am! I'm just lucky."
"Aphmau, you have had almost every straight boy who's looked at you fall in love with you. I've had Jeffory and Travis fall in love with me. That's it. You're a dude magnet."
"Jeffory and Travis have good taste. You're amazing! You have so many talents! You got into PDAA!"
"Okay, Ms. Soundcloud famous." Katelyn rolled her eyes at me and sat up straight in her chair. "Are you going to audition for my production of Heathers?"
"Maybe. That's pretty close to Burning Phoenix Auditions." I shrugged. "And if I get in, I'll be missing a lot of practices."
"You live with me. I can catch you up! Please? I want someone really good as Veronica."
"What about Sasha? She's really good at singing. All the Shadow Knights are."
"I'm like, ninety-nine percent sure that there's some sort of, like, sexual tension between her and me."
"I think there's sexual tension between her and everyone, including me. The girl flirts all the time."
"I might cast her as one of the Heathers if you audition. She was a star in high school. Claiming at least one lead a year, doing community theatre, joining the honors choir, helping people get into colleges.
"It's a shame she never went to PDAA. They would have loved her."
"Sasha said she wanted to join their color guard, but she's got pretty bad anxiety."
"Yeah. It seemed that the only time she could ever perform is if she was in a group or playing someone else. At least she got into character pretty easy."
We sat in silence and I could tell Katelyn was thinking.
"I need a choreographer. Do you know anyone who can dance?"
"Aaron and Gene."
"I'll ask them about it. I hope this goes well. Romeo and Juliet was a hot mess. I mean, a hot mess."
"Garroth and Laurance really embarrassed me. I had people come up to me afterward asking about it. I didn't want to go near the theatre for weeks."
"Imagine if you get cast as Veronica and Gene as JD. If they were mad about you and Chris about to kiss, they'll lose their shit over you and Gene."
We laughed hysterically. Katelyn nearly fell out of the chair before calming down. We wiped away tears and sighed.
"Are you thinking of casting Gene?" I asked.
"If he auditions, then yeah. I've heard him before, I think that you two could sound good together." Katelyn nodded. "I shouldn't be precasting, but I know most of the theatre kids around here. I might even give Kaininn a call."
"If he'd be able to do it, so would I!"
"I didn't even think about that. You two would have the same schedule for the most part. I think I will give him a call."
Just as she said that her phone went off. She read the message and went wide-eyed. She grabbed on to the arm of the chair and I could see her about to cry. Katelyn never cries unless it's really bad.
"Katelyn?" I stood up from my bed and walked over to her. "What's wrong."
"Jeffory's freaking out because apparently Abby's in the hospital." Katelyn stood up and started looking around. "My keys, my keys, my keys."
"Do you want me to ride you?" I offered.
"No, no, you'll stress Jeffory out, where are my damn keys?"
I helped her look, eventually throwing her her keys and watching her leave without another word. The air in the house felt tense and it was way too quiet.
I sat back on my bed and decided to text Aaron.
I locked my phone and pulled my knees to my chest.
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Just as he had said, he was over in five minutes. He came upstairs and sat next to me, taking me into his arms and resting his chin on my head.
We sat in silence for a while, just enjoying each other's warmth. I moved to hold him back and we fell back onto my bed. Aaron kicked off his shoes and we tangled our legs together. He stroked my hair and hummed softly.
"I love you." I muttered. I loved to kiss his jawline. His smile and gentle squeeze told me he loved me back. He didn't need to say it or sign it. His way of expressing his love for me was physical affection.
Eventually, we sat up and I got my laptop out. We cuddled up and I opened up docs and netflix. I turned on a movie and opened up a doc of my personal decisions for a score.
Aaron read along in interest and nuzzled into my neck. We were both comfortable and content with just the noise of the movie
A/N: A little bit of fluff. I also have something specific to maybe three AUs in this involving Katelyn, but oh well. Vote and comment to show some love! Have a wonderful day, lovelies!
