Bad to Worse cont.

As time was passing by, 4th period was starting and she didn’t care to be in the class but she would look over at Sebastian. She would daydream about him because he was charming but also because he has an extremely cute accent that she wanted to hear her name said by him. Luna stared at the white board for over 20 minutes and she was given a note which looked to be Larry’s handwriting, ‘Dreaming about your lover boy?’ She looked over at Larry who was sitting behind Sebastian, he was pointing to him and then acting out kissing. Luna didn’t like Larry, he thought he was funny when he wasn’t. After the first day, Larry started making jokes that the 2 Spanish named students are going to fall in love. Sebastian told him to knock it off every time he saw Larry bothering Luna. Luna didn’t need a protector, but when Sebastian did it…it felt right. Usually Luna would try and beat up Larry after 4th period by chasing him till he got to his next class, but she had no energy to do that and she had to focus on singing. After class, she was the last one out of class…dreading to sing in the moment. Matthew saw her and he could just tell that Luna was not ready for this, but she knew she would regret it the next day. He looked at her with the confidence of knowing she could do this.

“Welcome one and all to auditions, my name is Mrs. Carrie! Today is part 1 of 2 part auditions, today is singing and acting; tomorrow is dancing so make sure you have your dancing shoes. Who would like to go first?” The drama teacher was extremely happy and Luna couldn’t tell if that was just her or if she had too much sugar. She didn’t want to go first but she didn’t want to go last. She looked around to see who would go first, no surprise Heather raised her hand to go first. Luna couldn’t help but roll her eyes at seeing Heather acting like she is this perfect angel. From the way that Heather and Mrs. Carrie were talking about personal topics which told everyone that the spoiled princess was automatically going to be in the show because they are close. Great! More favoritism!

Heather did a scene from Titanic, it sounded like she was doing the ending scene, “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets. But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me… in every way that a person can be saved. I don’t even have a picture of him. He exists now… only in my memory.” After she finished, she sang the song from Titanic. Luna couldn’t remember the name of the song but she was listening closely for notes. Luna noticed one big thing about Heather’s singing, she would add riffs that weren’t needed which caused her to be on the wrong note when she would sing the next words. She would have loved to give that note but…she didn’t like Heather sooo no.

“Okay! Thank you Heather for that amazing performance. Who thinks they can go after her?” Without hesitation, Luna raised her hand. She didn’t want to go up there but she had no choice.

“What’s your name, love?”

“Luna Ramos.”

“What is your scene and song?”

“The scene I will be performing is from one of my favorite shows, West Side Story and the song I will be singing is No Me Ames.”

“Okay, well good luck.”

“Stay back! How do you fire this gun, Chino? By pulling this little trigger? How many bullets are left, Chino? Enough for you? Or you? All of you! You all killed him! And my brother! And Riff! Not with bullets and knives! With hate! Well, I can kill now too, because now I have hate! How many can I kill, Chino? How many and still have one bullet left for me? Don’t touch him!” No one spoke, everyone looked at Luna like she was holding a gun and that she wasn’t afraid to use it. Mrs. Carrie looked like she wasn’t ready for that for a small girl. She gestured to start singing her song.

Yo te quiero tanto/¿Y porque será?/Loco testarudo/No lo dudes más/Aunque en el futuro/Haya un muro enorme/Yo no tengo miedo/Quiero enamorarme/No me ames, porque pienses/Que parezco diferente/Tú no piensas que es lo justo/Ver pasar el tiempo juntos/No me ames, que comprendo/La mentira que sería/Si tu amor no merezco/No me ames, mas quédate otro día

“Wow! Can I ask why you chose these two options?” Why? She didn’t ask Heather why she chose those choices. Favoritism is already showing, she couldn’t handle the fact that everyone was looking at Luna.

“This was a show my father and I watched, he loved showing me West Side Story because we would practice the dance moves in it, while also the song means a great deal to me even without knowing what it means, I know one thing about it, it’s a sad heartbreaking song which is my mood right now.”

“I am impressed, please take your seat.” Luna felt like she did good, but why does she have a bad feeling that she wasn’t going to get chosen. She watched everyone audition. Next was Matthew, he looked tense so she gave him two thumbs up and a giant cheesy smile to let him know that he could do anything. She was ready to listen to his monologue.

“I mean, it looks like the right hand, Love, is finished. But hold on, stop the presses, the right hand is coming back. Yeah, he got the left hand on the ropes, now, that’s right. Yea, boom, it’s a devastating right and Hate is hurt, he’s down.” She didn’t recognize where that was from but she loved it. He sounded confident with it. He started getting ready for the song part, she hardly heard Matthew singing so she was ready to hear it all.

“I remember when I lost my mind/There was something so pleasant about that place/Even your emotions have an echo in so much space/And when you're out/there without care/Yeah, I was out of touch/But it wasn't because I didn't know enough/I just knew too much/Does that make me crazy?”

“Thank you Matthew.” He sounded solid. He was hitting all the notes, but she could tell he was scared to hit the next notes which showed since he stopped singing before the chorus section. She knew that he could sing because they constantly hum the same songs. He looked like he was ready to faint when he got off the stage, he sat next to Luma and just put his head on her shoulder.

“You did great, Matthew.” Luna whispered to him since someone was already up on stage and she didn’t want to be rude to them. She could tell that he was nervous after his performance, he felt shaky on her shoulder which was normal in her eyes.

“Thanks.” He sounded stressed.

They both sat next to each other watching all the other people audition and she couldn’t help but notice that Matthew kept his head on her shoulder but also kept messing with her arm. At the end, Mrs. Carrie got up from her seat and with all this excitement, “Okay everyone! Thank you so much for auditioning! I will be posting who will be in the show! I hope for the best for everyone.” Luna heard that and she felt like 5th grade all over again. She knew that she might not get chosen, she knew that Matthew was automatically in because of the small number of guys auditioning. She wished it was a fair audition but she knew Heather was automatically getting in because of how well she knew Mrs. Carrie. When Luna and Matthew got up from their seats, they turned to get their bags and they looked to see Heather right there red in the face. Luna knew why she was mad but she didn’t want to say anything because she knew if she said anything it would cause more issues, and she knew she didn’t want to cause a scene.

“Hey Heather, you did amazing up there.” Matthew had to break the ice between her and Luna, she could tell that he cared about Heather but not in the way he cared about her.

“Thanks Matt, I thought you were incredible. Why did I never know you could sing? We could be singing together all the time.” Luna wanted to roll her eyes but she knew that if she did that would cause an issue so she is staying quiet and calm.

“I thought you knew? Luna knows that I can sing, we are always singing together on our way to classes most of the time.” No! Don’t bring her involved in knowing she knows he can sing. Luna didn’t want that more than anything, she wanted to stay out of this conversation.

“Luna! You knew about Mattie’s secret talents, and you didn’t share with us all? It’s okay, I forgive you!” Heather’s fake voice showed up and it showed that Heather is mad at Luna, which wasn’t her fault. Matthew didn’t make it seem like it was a secret, he was just a private guy and she loved that about him, he didn’t tell everyone all his problems unlike his brother who was telling everyone all his problems. Mattie? Why does he let her call him Mattie? That is a gross way of saying his name.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know his singing was a secret talent.” Luna was serious at this moment, she wished that she was kidding but she wasn’t. She really didn’t know that he had a secret and this was it.

“Next time, say something sweetheart.” Luna hated when she was called sweetheart by someone she didn’t like. It was with a burning feeling that she couldn’t say anything because she valued Matthew’s friendship more than her annoyance toward Heather’s hatred.

“I guess, Matthew, I am gonna head to class now. See you in art. I also won’t forget what you told me earlier, thank you truly.” She gave him a hug and she waved at everyone that was around.