Her solid intense stares were like knives slowly dragging along my skin, it wasn't making my nausea any better. I took a deep breath and did my best to get lost in my character once more. I mentally repeated that she wasn't here and she was locked away someplace far from here. No matter how many times I repeated this statement to myself, I knew she was still here. I heaved a sigh of relief when curtains dropped for intermission after act three. The hustle and bustle was simply a background noise as I paced to and fro backstage with hopes of getting rid of nerves and nausea.
''You can't come back here,'' I turned to the commotion to see my brother marching towards me, his brows basically touching.
''That bitch won't leave,'' he spat. It seems he found her here. ''I'm training to be a medical professional, but I'll be a bouncer if needs be,''
I sent him a small smile. I wanted to tell him that it was okay, we both know I would be lying.
''Sir, you can't
Zoa rushed over to the twins, grabbed Van in her arms and swung him around. He giggled and, Nessa ran over to her older brother, who perked her on his lap. ''They're my siblings. That's Van and this is Nessa,'' Kevin cooed at Nessa as Zack bounced her on his lap, causing her to laugh. ''They're cute, who is that?'' Luke asked once more. ''Dude, she's no one so let it go,'' Lucas responded his grumpy face returning. The door opened and she, Emma and the nurse returned. Emma carried with her a paper cup which she handed to Lucas after she sent me a smile. ''It's good to see your eyes again,'' she said softly. ''I'm going to go back to Serina. I'll tell her you're ok,'' the last part directed at me. ''Alright, there are too many persons in the room, some need to leave.'' the nurse said as she slipped on surgical gloves. ''Alright,'' Zoa said sadly as she placed Van back on his feet. She, Luke and Kevin left soon after. The
The nurse came back shortly after that to release me. When I stepped out of her office, I was instantly surrounded by everyone from the cast and from my family fussing over me. I received flowers and get well soon from the cast before they left to change and head home, all extremely tired. Even as they left my family remained to ask if I was ok or if I need juice. ''Guys stop, I'm fine. I'm going to change.'' I told them as I was still in my costume from before, just with fewer layers. ''I'll meet you at the car,'' I said to Lucas,'' And I'll see or text you guys later,'' I said to my friends but mainly Zack. ''If you say so,'' Kevin said and hugged me followed by Zack's family and Zoa. Luke was nowhere to be seen, though that was expected. They headed towards the exit and Lucas looked at me for a while longer before he followed them at a distance. Was he expecting me to collapse the minute he looked away? ''I'll see you at the car,'' Lucas call
I drew the thick grey blanket closer to me and hugged my comfort pillow tighter. My heart rate increased with the tempo of the music that played. Whoever chose the soundtrack for this movie knew what they were doing and, they deserve a raise immediately. Zack reached for the pillow I had a death grip on and placed it on my lap, then he laid his head on ut. ''Zack,'' I whined. He shushed me, his eyes not leaving the screen. I shook my head and decided to run my hands through his hair, I needed something to distract me from this anxiety-inducing film. Lucas held onto Emma's shoulder as she half hid in his armpit. Earlier we ate the delicious pasta Zack brought with some frozen cheesy bread that was stuffed to the back of our freezer, we decided to waste time by watching a film. As expected, Zack and Lucas argued over what to see for a solid ten minutes before Emma went online in search of a random movie generator, and thus this film was put to play. I jum
I hummed a happy tune, which sounded a lot like Gitchee Gitchee Goo from Phineas and Ferb, as I walked up the stairs. It has been a while that I've felt so happy and free, no wries just pure serotonin flowing. I felt as though I should be worried that something was going to break my happy streak but I'll be damned if I let myself mess up my mood. ''How was the ice cream? Did you get me any?'' Lucas asked eagerly. He peeked his head out of his room just as I opened my bedroom door to ask. ''It was really good and no I didn't buy you any ice cream.'' ''Was it awkward between you two?'' he inquired and came out to lean his body against the doorframe. I shook my head,'' I think me opening up about my past gave our relationship a huge push,'' I replied. Lucas nodded thoughtfully, then shrugged, ''As long as you're happy, I'm happy'' ''What does that mean?'' ''It means that if you're happy and smiling, nothing else should matter to m
"It's only fair, still I really wanted to go,'' I whined as I hung upside down on my bed. The feeling of blood rushing to my head made me feel like I was going to pass out. "I know baby, you were really good on the second and third night. I was almost certain she would pick you," his deep voice travelled through the phone with a slightly muffle to it. "I told you the woman was evil," I groaned and sat up with great struggle. We were talking about the Los Angeles trip that half of the cast left for three days ago; the same trip that I didn't get picked for because of my 'incident'. She said that although I did well for the last two showings and received multiple compliments, I was 'unreliable'. At first, I was angry, what does that even mean? Sue me for having trauma because I was assaulted by my very own aunt. Then I was upset and disheartened, I practised and worked hard only to be left off of the bus. Thankfully, the thought of spending time with my
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I hummed along to the tune of the random generic pop music that played in the background as I absentmindedly ran my fingers across the various fabrics and patterns. Nothing in this store was calling to me and we've been in here for around ten minutes already, far too long in my book. Just then, a shiny sequinned fabric glistened, it shot a beam of light off the colourful shiny disc-shaped bead straight at me. I took it off the rack for closer inspection, it was a bomber jacket. I turned around to show it off to Kevin who was on the other side of the rack. He looked up at my grinning face and the monstrosity that I held in my hands before bursting into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. ''This looks like something a first grader would wear or maybe a disco ball cosplayer,'' I commented between giggles. ''Check this out,'' he said before he held up a pair of galaxy tights. ''I didn't even know those were still in production,'' I laughed, my stomach beginning to
I quickly wrote down what we were discussing, my notes looked messy with random scratches and the occasional doodle. The topic of our conversation was centred around finalising the details for the End of Year Prom or EYP as everyone called it; so far we had a DJ, location, food, drinks but no decorations. We were still arguing about the colour scheme and theme even though we only had two weeks left and a small amount of money left. ''That's so lame,'' a council member shouted across the table at a guy that suggested aquamarine and yellow. ''Blue and yellow aren't lame, not my fault you don't know colour theory,'' he retorted whilst he gestured to her mismatch outfit. I liked it actually, sure the colours may seem odd together but somehow she made it work. Confidence was the key to most things. I got lost in my thoughts as they began their argument. My eyes caught Zack's movement effectively bringing me out of my thoughts. ''Stop acting like children,