I as I woke up I stretched my arms up

"Ow!" Ricky groaned as I looked up at him in shock

"Shit sorry I forgot that you slept here," I exclaimed checking his face to make sure I didn't accidentally hit his nose or something

"So our dance last night meant nothing to you?" He asked jokingly acting offended

"EJ was always the better dancer," I responded matching his tone as he flipped us around and had him straddling me

"Take it back," He stated with a pout

"Or what Bowen?" I smirked as an idea popped into his head

"Or this," He whispered as he started tickling my sides

"Okay, okay I take it back!" I yelled in between laughs as he got off of me

"Good." He said as he got off of me,

"Shit we gotta get to school," I said as I rolled out of bed and found some random things to wear for the day.

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"I am still annoyed that I only have you in one class and they won't let us partner up." Ricky moaned as we walked down to rehearsal referring to the fact that our English teacher refused to let Ricky and me work together on our project for the class,

"Can you blame them, Rick? Most teachers know that we've literally been close friends since like kindergarten." I said with a giggle as we walked in to see a set of tables in a circle with different name tags on them.

"Could everyone sit in their assigned seats, please?" Miss Jenn asked as she made her way to her seat,

"Don't forget to silence your phones." She took a deep breath,

"I realize that you all walked in here as strangers." She added as Ashley smiled and looked over at EJ.

"Actually," Ashlyn said as we all looked up to see her pointing at EJ,

"EJ's my cousin!" She finished as Miss Jenn deiced to continue.

"But after today," Miss Jenn said as she thought about what words to say to us,

"You're a family. One tribe committed to lifting this classic film into new heights." She ended as Ricky and I both looked at each other trying not to laugh,

"Please take your neighbours hands," She said as Ricky and I realized that our hands had been interlocked this whole time we both looked at each other and smiled. Carlos snapped me out of my daze as he grabbed my other hand,

"I just knew they were our Troy and Gabriella." Miss Jenn exclaimed as Ricky and I both blushed wanting the ground to just swallow us up.

"Okay, we are going to do a full read-through." Miss Jenn stated after she gave us an emotional speech.

"You, you can you read?" (why was that a tongue twister on my brain to write.) Miss Jenn asked looking over at Big Red.

'Boy was this going to be a long first rehearsal' I thought to myself

"Let's take five people, and we will start the second act." Miss Jenn huffed as we all got up and walked out of the room.

"Now if that wasn't the most boring time of. my life, then I don't know what will be." Ricky whispered to me as I shook my head,

"Don't you see, she's trying to teach us the importance of patience," I explained to him as he smirked,

"And why would we need to know the importance of patience?" He used his fingers as quotation marks,

"Because when you think about theatre and the number of people who won't get something on the first try and that we are all different people, therefore, the ones who get things first must be patience towards the ones who don't," I added as he stood there for a moment.

"So when is your self-help book coming out?" He asked jokingly as I couldn't help but smile,

"What on earth am I going to do with you, Ricky Bowen?" I asked him as I laughed,

"Not a single clue Aurora Blake." He responded as I stuck my tongue out at him,

"That was just chaldish." I said putting on the worst British accent I could have possibly done thinking back to the time I got Ricky to watch an episode of Love Island with me.

Flashback

Summer of 2018

"𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗, 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝," 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚜

"𝙰𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜." 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠,

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎." 𝙸 𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍

"𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐," 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚍

"𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠," 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍

"𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞." 𝙸 𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠,

"𝙷𝚎𝚢!" 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚐

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐,"

𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖"𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍.

𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚜𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎,

"𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝙽𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕." 𝙷𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚎,

𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙴𝙹 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝?

"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚢, 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛," 𝙸 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠

"𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝙹 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘'𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚗

"𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝙺 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚢'𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙴 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝟹 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖.  𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝟸𝟹 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝟸𝟹-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍." 𝙸 𝚑𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎

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"Still can't believe Micheal did Amber like that." Ricky stated as I giggled and walked back into the rehearsal.

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Amber's Corner,

Do you guys like it when I write these flashback scenes or not?