Broadway dad

Happy birthday?

A month goes by and tomorrow's your birthday...

I never really liked my birthday because no one really celebrated with me other than my friends at the adoption center. I decided to check up on Natalia and Ayden, I haven't heard from them in a few months.

Texting Natalia and Ayden..

C- Hey how is everything have you found families yet?

N- Hey Cait! It's finally good to hear from you! Everything is great, Me and Ayden both got adopted so we are now siblings!

C- That's great I wish I got back to You sooner I'm now performing..

N- Really?! That's great what are you performing?

A- Hey Cait! Yea what are you performing?

C- Umm I'm in School of Rock, I play Summer. Turns out Alex was my dad after all these years

N- NO WAY

A- ARE YOU SERIOUS!!

C- Yea crazy right! You guys need to come back and see me. I could probably get you tickets

N- OMG YES PLZ DO I WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!

C- Ok let me talk to my Dad about it

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I talked to my dad about letting my friends see the show and he said he would get them tickets for tomorrow! I texted them back as soon as I could and they were thrilled 1) I was actually on Broadway and 2) they couldn't wait to see the musical again. I fell asleep after a long day of vocal warm up, jumping around, and patiently waiting for my birthday. TODAYS THE DAY! It's my birthday, I wasn't as thrilled as I normally are but got my ukulele and sang happy birthday to myself, I have done that for all the other years so why does this one need to be important? I was bummed out the whole day and no one knew why, but that was good because I didn't want the word to get around. Really only Alex knew it was my birthday but even he didn't mention it to anyone. Before the first show I met up with my friends and brought them backstage and showed them around, once we got to my dressing room they handed me a birthday present.

"I know today is a hard day but I'm glad we can share it all together again. Happy Birthday Cait."

"Thanks guys, but do keep it down I don't want anyone to hear.."

Ayden and Natalia nod their heads in agreement and I opened the gift. It was a jar full of old memories we had together, a bunch of envelopes that said "open me when you feel ____" and a framed picture from the last day I was in the adoption center. I started to cry and hugged the two of them, "You guys... You didn't need to do this,"

"Well we started these literally the day after you left so it's the least we could do.<3"

"Thank you but sadly now you two need to go. It's almost 30 minutes and that's the time I start to get ready."

"Can we get one picture up on stage?"

"Of course! Let me ask my dad if he can take it..."

"Or I could take it,"

"Dante? You would want to do that for me?"

"Of course anything for my girlfriend." He winks at me, I felt embarrassed because I never told my friends about the two of us.

"WAIT WHAT?!"

"YOU'RE DATING DANTE!!"

"Surprise... But forget us let's go take the picture!" The two left and I gave Dante a kiss on the cheek, "Thanks Babe..."

We got the picture of me and my friends, we did a few poses but our favorite one was when we all did the rock on pose. The show went on as normal and I could see my friends a few rows from the front clapping and being so excited to see me perform. During the bows I looked right at them and waved, we met back up again at the stage door and signed their playbills. They just talked about me and said how great I was and on and on they went. I forgot how chattery they were but that's what I liked that about them... It brought me back to the good old days. While hanging out with everyone Dante asked me about my birthday only because he heard my friends talking about it.

"So today's your birthday? How come you didn't tell us..."

Everyone around us starts agreeing and asking questions, I got uncomfortable quick and excused myself.

"I-I got to go.." I passed my dad who followed me to my dressing room.

"I don't want them to know..."

"I know sweetie I'll just say you didn't really like your birthday because of family issues." And that's exactly what he said, they apologized later for making me feel uncomfortable, I just shrugged it off and walked away. During the second show, the whole time I was on stage I had to put on a fake smile, it wasn't hard for me because that's what I did everyday back in the orphanage even during bows my dad knew I were off. I left for my dressing room and didn't talk to anyone for the rest of the night, to pass the time I played happy birthday again and sung to myself but this time in the middle I started to cry, I didn't know why but after a while my dad came in to comfort me. We both sang along to "Kiss your worries away" and helped me calm down. When we got home Dante texted, "Hey sorry about earlier I didn't know... gn" I didn't even bother to reply back. I went to bed hoping everything will just restart tomorrow and everyone will forget what happened.

In the middle of the night I woke up from a nightmare and my head was pounding. I go in the kitchen to get pain meds and I hear the TV going...

"Dad?" there was no response...

"Dad... I just have a headache so I'm going to take some meds"

"How do you deal with it?" I hear my dad on the verge of tears..

"Huh? Deal with what?"

"Your flashbacks...You get rid of them so easily... How?"

"There isn't really a way to get rid of them... The reason why they go away so fast is because I surrounded myself with things that I love... Are you thinking back to when Mom came?"

"I thought we were safe, I didn't want to lose you."

"I didn't want to lose you either but hey we're here together and she's gone ok?"

"Right... Let's go to bed." I wanted my dad to feel safe and that I was going to be there for him so the best way to do that is sleep with him that night.

Hey guys! So next chapter is going to be the last chapter, just as a reminder the timeline isn't the same as the real world so basically Beetlejuice has already happened and thats why Alex knows Rob and Kerry, and now they are in School of Rock and now we have a new musical coming up! Im not saying which musical it is but I think you will like it but I sure will. Anyways Im so glad that people actually like this story, I didn't think people would actually read it and notice it so I am very grateful for that! See ya guys in the next chapter!! Also Im thinking of doing a sequal and maybe a DeweyxReader who knows... Im stuck in a writers block but im slowing getting out of it so new stories will be on the way once my creativity strikes back! ok im done talking now Bye guys!

-Cait xx