Newsies Forever

The First Two Cook Kids

Melina POV:

I walked into the movie room where Lucas, Carter, and Nate were sitting with popcorn.

"What are you guys watching?" I asked.

"I can see me, I can see me. Dressed in style like Clara!" I heard my voice sing. Oh no.

"Guess who found a bootleg of you in Bonnie and Clyde." Carter laughed.

"How weird was it to sing in front of your dad looking dead?" Nate asked.

"What was weird was having to watch your dad get all sexy with somebody who wasn't your mom." I said sitting down next to Lucas and grabbing some popcorn from him. "What else have you guys watched?"

"My personal favorite was Matilda." Lucas smiled. "You were so little it's adorable."

"What, are there bootlegs of every show I've been in?" I laughed.

"Except for Dear Evan Hansen." Carter said.

"Well it's only been a week since I opened there, if somebody had already filmed a bootleg and gotten it up I would be really impressed." I joked.

"I could film it for you." Carter winked.

"No! I do not condone illegally filming a show!" I said leaning over Lucas and smacking Carter. "Besides you can get free tickets literally whenever you want, why the hell do you need to film it?"

"Speaking of, I'm going to see if I can grab any last minute tickets to Beetlejuice tonight, anyone want to go?" Nate said.

"You know, we are supposed to be in the Hamptons this week. And instead we are staying here in the city and going to broadway shows. What have our lives become?" Lucas joked.

"I had only ever seen one show on broadway before I met you guys, and it was on our school trip to Wicked that I was forced to attend for my performing arts credit in middle school." Carter said.

"Same here." Nate said.

"Now here we are. Watching broadway bootlegs instead of drinking on the beach, partying with some desperate girls who just want a boy with daddy's money." Lucas smiled.

"Oh shut it." I slapped the back of his head and rolled my eyes.

"Well hey, I would choose watching you shine on stage over some wanna be rich girl any day. I've never been happier." he smiled and kissed my cheek.

"Good save." I joked. "If you guys really want something good to watch, you should put on the Newsies filmed movie. You get to see teenager Ben and Jordyn. Best part is Ben almost knocking himself over doing a kick."

"Do you even come back again in this show? Or do they just use you for one song and you got to relax backstage the rest of the time?" Carter asked.

"Relax? I had to do schoolwork constantly! Between my tutor and Ben, I couldn't escape it. I would run over to the Hamilton theatre and take Maddie from Jordyn sometimes but they had the security guards on their side." I laughed. "And yes I come back on...practically at the end of the show but I still come back on!"

"JORDYN WAS IN HAMILTON?!" Carter freaked jumping up, popcorn flying everywhere. "I mean...what's Hamilton? Sounds boring..." He was totally trying to play it cool.

"Is Carter a secret theatre nerd?" I dropped my jaw in shock but was also smiling with the thought of him jamming out to his room listening to Hamilton.

"I wouldn't say theatre nerd...but Hamilton slaps." Carter said.

"Jordyn was Eliza." I said.

"Shut up." he dropped his jaw in shock. "I'll be back I'm going to find Jordyn." Carter instantly ran out of the movie room.