Helpless And Helpful (A Pippa Soo Fanfic)

Chapter 11; New Friends

Jess's POV

I woke up on Monday as nervous as ever. I had my first rehearsal for (whatever show you chose lmao, from now on i'm just gonna use *show* and you can put whatever in lmao) today and I was terrified. Not only that, but I had my first meeting with a therapist at 7pm. Her name was Mrs Samson, but she insisted that I call her Jenna. We had talked over email and text, and she seemed quite nice.

"Jess, are you awake?" Pippa said quietly knocking on my door. "Yep." I sat up as she walked in and sat on the end of my bed. "Are you nervous?" I nodded shakily and she reached out to grab my hand. "You're gonna be okay. At my first Hamilton rehearsal, I was so nervous I nearly didn't go. But look at me now. You'll do great I promise." The time was 10, and I had to be at the theatre in an hour and a half, so Pippa left and I got up and ready. I threw on some leggings and a red hoodie, and put my hair into a quick bun. I walked out to see that Pippa had made pancakes for breakfast, but I was too nervous to eat so I had a cup of coffee. "Jess you have to eat something." I ended up having half a pancake and Pippa finished the rest. "Jasmine's coming over to wish you luck." She said looking at her phone. I was sitting with my head on the table, trying not to have a panic attack. I was breathing like Pippa had taught me, and it seemed to be working. "Jess?" I looked up, only now realising that I was crying. "I'm okay honestly, it's just the nerves." I wiped the tears from my eyes. "You can talk to me Jess."She put her arm round me. "I'm just nervous." My voice was so shaky I didn't know if she even understood me. "Jess look at me okay. Breathe. In, out." I copied her and soon I was shaking a lot less. "Thank you Pippa." Just then Jasmine burst in the door. "It's fucking cold out there." She said. When she saw me close to Pippa on the edge of tears she dropped her bag and ran over. "Jazzy I'm okay I promise. Pippa helped me calm down. I'm just nervous." Jazzy put her hand on my shoulder. "You're gonna do great." I smiled at her. "We should get going." I looked at the clock and it read 11, and the theatre was 30 minutes away. We walked down to the car and drove off.

Jazzy shuffled a broadway playlist and we were all singing alone super loud. When 'The Schuyler Sisters' came on I was obviously Angelica coz Pippa and Jazzy played their own parts. I looked at Jazzy and she was doing all the dances in the passenger seat as best she could. After it had finished we were all laughing so much our ribs hurt. We pulled up to the theatre 5 minutes early. "Jess, you're gonna be amazing. If you need anything, call either of us. And if you feel like you're gonna have a panic attack, run to the bathrooms and call or text us. We'll be right there." I nodded and got out the car. "Love you Jess!" I heard Jazzy shout as they drove off. I took a deep breath and walked inside.

"Hello I'm Jess Warner. (woah this is the first time i've used a last name lmao)" The lady at the desk nodded and stood up, leading me towards a door to the far left of the building. "Have fun." She said in a cheery tone. I pushed open the door to see about 20 people gathered on the large stage. "Hi Jess! Everyone, this is Jess. She's the lead!" Everyone waved at me as I walked up to them. I shyly smiled at everyone and stood in the corner. The man at the front started talking about how excited he was to be working with us, and a girl about my age cane and stood next to me. "Hi, I'm Eliza. You're Jess, right?" I nodded. She had long red hair that was almost down to her waist and she wore black circular glasses. She was wearing blue ripped mom jeans and a plain black t-shirt. She was the most gorgeous girl I'd ever seen. "You look nervous. Don't worry, everyone here is super nice! And even though we've just met, I can tell that we'll be great friends." I looked her right in the eyes and my stomach began to do somersaults. I couldn't speak. She frowned slightly. "Are you okay?" I snapped back to reality and smiled. "I'm great, just a little nervous is all. It's nice to meet you Eliza." We talked for ages, until we had to actually start rehearsal. We chatted in between songs and scenes, and after a while all my nerves went away. "I have a question." I asked her. I had 2 questions in my mind. I now needed to decide which to ask her. One could go horrible wrong, or very well. One was just a casual question. I went with the safer option. "Have you heard of the musical Hamilton?" Her face lit up. "Are you kidding me!? Of course I have! I love Eliza so much, for obvious reasons." We both laughed. I grabbed my phone and pulled up a selfie of me and Pippa from yesterday. When I showed her, her jaw dropped. "You've met Phillipa Soo!!?" She screamed. I laughed. "I kinda... live with her." "WHAT!?" I told her the entire story from beginning to end and she sat with her mouth wide open throughout out it all. When I finished she grabbed my shoulders. "THAT. IS. AMAZING. I mean apart from the bit when your mom kicked you out and all the other bad stuff , but you live with Phillipa Soo! AND you've met the entire Hamilton cast!" I laughed as she sat there trying to process everything. "Eliza do you wanna come over tonight?" I asked through laughs. "YES! Wait but didn't you say you're busy tonight?" I had told her about everything. And when I say everything, I mean everything, from the panic attack at the auditions to... everything else. I trusted her, even though we met an hour ago. She knew I had therapy tonight. "Shit. I can probably text Jenna and reschedule for tomorrow morning?" I pulled out my phone and started to type out a text. "Wait Jess are you sure?" Eliza asked. "I'm sure." I smiled and pressed send. Jenna replied after a few minutes with, 'Hi Jess! That's totally okay, I have an opening for tomorrow at 10. I'll see you then!' I showed Eliza and she smiled. "I'm so excited. I'm gonna meet THE Phillipa Soo!" "Jess, Eliza, we're running through the first song again now." The director shouted. "Coming!" We said in unison, and ran over to the rest of the cast. I had a feeling these rehearsals were gonna change my life. And for the better.

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bruh i love this chapter. i'm literally the author but eliza is my favourite character already. also i have an idea for an original story that i wanna right on here. it's kinda a dystopian/fantasy thing. would ya'll ready it?