The Academy of S.I.D.E.

No. 25: Promposals, But It's For A Ball

"What about Hamilton?" Logan suggested.

"We did that on our first karaoke night," Janus reminded him. "We can't do the same musical twice unless we have new players."

"Well, we do have a new player this year."

"I don't have the rapping skills for Hamilton," Virgil said. "Or In The Heights, for that matter."

Logan checked his notebook. "Hmm. Heathers, maybe?"

Janus rolled his eyes. "We all know that you're going to force me to be J.D."

"No comment. We've already done Dear Evan Hansen, so... what about The Greatest Showman?"

Virgil grinned. "Yeah, you and Patton could sing 'Rewrite The Stars' and be all romantic and shit."

The taller boy's face flushed. "No. Chicago?"

"I would be down for that, but I don't know if everyone else would be," Janus said.

"Yeah, let's stick with the modern musicals for now," Virgil agreed.

"All right, fine, be that way. How does Hadestown sound?"

"Oh, you and Patton would make a wonderful Hades and Persephone!" Janus exclaimed, clasping his hands. "And I'd be Hermes, of course, and I guess Remus could cover the Fates's parts, and Virgil and Roman could be Eurydice and Orpheus---"

"No Hadestown," Virgil decided.

Janus let out a sigh. "You really are no fun."

"We haven't done Beetlejuice yet," Logan said, looking up from his notes.

"You and Patton would definitely fit for Adam and Barbara," Virgil mused.

"Okay, could you stop finding opportunities for me and Patton to sing couple songs together?"

"I'm not sure if Beetlejuice is the wisest choice, now that I think about it," Janus admitted. "It would require Remus flirting with Logan if we went down that path, and seeing as Virgil is clearly Lydia, I would be Charles..." He shuddered. "And I'd have to pretend to be in love with Roman."

Virgil winced. "Ooooh, yeah, bad idea."

Logan looked back down at his notes and let out a heavy sigh. "Mean Girls?"

Janus let out a whoop and jumped into the air, pumping his fists. "Yes! Perfect! Finally! We finally have the right amount of people to do it!"

"I call Cady," Virgil said, raising his hand. "Her vocals work the best for me. Logan can be Gretchen."

"I'm not going to ask for the reasoning behind that," Logan decided.

"And I'm sure that it's incredibly obvious as to which part I will be playing," Janus said, smirking.

Virgil frowned. "You sure you could do Janis's vocals?"

"I'll knock that role out of the park. Just you wait."

"JANUS ETHAN KAPOOR!"

The three boys turned around to see Persephone storming towards them. "Fuck-a-doodle-doo," Janus muttered.

Persephone stabbed her finger into her brother's chest. "What's this I hear about you staying behind for the winter holidays again?"

"It's for a good reason---"

"Good reason?" she exclaimed. "Dad's not around anymore! Mum's not going to invite the brain-dead relatives! There's no good reason to stay here and miss Uncle Sanjay's stories!"