“Who are you auditioning for?” I asked quietly.

“Oh, I’m not auditioning. I’m the director. Ms. Fink couldn’t do the musical because her cat died and she’s in morning. So, I asked if I could and here I sit.” She said matter-of-factly.                          

“I’m going to audition now” I said after fifteen excruciating minutes of people who couldn’t sing and the running man.

“You better cry.” I said to Katie. I had the perfect song and scene to get me Rapunzel. I got on stage and waited.  Eventualy my song came on. I started singing. It was like no one had ever heard anyone with a ton of talent. I saw the cute boy that worked at the school paper snap a photo of me. I started to ham it up. I was having a wonderful time singing and it looked like everyone was enjoying watching me sing. I then did the scene where Flynn dies. I made myself cry. I even wore a blond wig and cut it when it was supposed to be cut. It was perfect. I saw the boy scribble furiously on the notepad he had in his hand with a stubby pencil.

“Annd scene!” I said loudly, bowing. There was no reaction for a moment. Then the room erupted into applause as people lept out of their chairs to congratulate me on the performance. Katie got out of her chair, I was expecting her to gush about how I had the part, but she just said, lacking expression,

“The parts will be posted on the bulletin board tomorrow.” Great. A night of just sitting and worrying. Not that there was anything to worry about.

                The next day arrives and I almost forget about the musical. Almost. I grab my black boots, teal dress, and gold looped belt. I put on my gold heart necklace and hoop earrings. I grabbed a Nutragrain bar and rushed out of the house, grabbing my leather Guess jacket and bag.

                Once in school I stuffed down the bar and ran to the bulletin board. I was that first person there….and guess who was Rapunzel! Me!!! I told you I had potential greater than school. And be a school musical as it may, I still accomplished something that no one elts in this school did. So there, like Charlie Sheen, I’m winning.

“Hurry” she said impatiently.

“I’ll try” I said coyly winking. I quickly twisted the lock on my locker and grabbed a small hobo bag being used as a lunch box. Anna turned and I scooted next to her, as to not show the world my underwear.

“Slow down!” I shouted over the obnoxious buzz of the hallways as we walked by.

“NO! I have to get to lunch now….Johnny said that he would sit with us today if I got there first!” She said and practically ran to the cafeteria. I sat down and proceeded to open my Fiji water. I took a swig then grabbed the container for my yogurt and my salad. Anna sat down after buying some juice.

“Of course, Johnny is nowhere to be seen.” She said, sounding disappointed. The rest of our friends, Jenny, Nattalie, Scarlett, Rachel, and Diamond sat down. Some with no lunch, some with a few pieces of Romaine lettuce.

“Guess what I just saw!” Scarlett gushed.

“What?” I said, excited inside but not showing it.

“Johnny was in the hallway, kissing Dee!” She said proudly, she obviously didn’t know about Anna’s crush on him.

“Eh, he wasn’t worth it anyways. He wasn’t even that cute!” She said, obviously miffed.

“Are you kidding me? He wa-“ I quickly covered Jenny’s mouth before she could say anything. Our friend Alex sat down and he looked happy. Uh-oh. Not that I care that Alex is happy, but the look on his face meant that he had just done something devious…..and probably hilarious.

“What did you do now?” I said before jabbing a cucumber and shoving it in my mouth.

“You guys are going to love me!” He said then leaned back in the booth we were sitting in.

“whhyyyyy?” I asked, slightly worried.

“You know how Anna has a major crush on Johnny?” The girls all looked embarrassed, except for Anna who just looked pissed.

“Mhmm” I said, then swigging my water.

“Weeell, I saw him kissing Dee, sorry Anna”

“Eh” she said.

“Anyways, so I broke into his locker, and filled it with dirt!” He said, chuckling. His sandy brown hair momentarily falling in his brown eyes. My phone started beeping. I quickly opened up the pink-bejeweled LG and saw that it was time for my audition.

“Gatta fly, chickeys. And Alex.” I said grabbing all of my stuff. I stopped by my locker and grabbed the script out of my locker. Our school was doing a version of Tangled. You know, the Disney movie? Well, I was determined to get Rapunzel. I stepped in and chuckled. This was going to be too easy….