love is an open door
"'Elsa?'" Gina read aloud as they all sat around in a circle, reading through the script one by one.
"'Anna takes a step towards Elsa,'" Nadia read the stage directions before Val could seeing as though the blonde seemed eager to do so.
"'Don't come near me,'" read Kourtney.
"Pause," Corbin spoke as he gestured for Channing to follow him over to the girls. "Sounds like you two really felt that moment. Let's unpack what you're channeling."
"Let me guess. Real-life relationship troubles. You both like the same person and it's causing tension. Maybe it's...this guy," Channing said as he put the camera on Carlos.
"Yes, it's me. The notorious womanizer of the group," Carlos said sarcastically.
"Oh, okay, then...him?" Channing moved the camera over to Marcus, raising his brows.
"'O' for 2, buddy," Marcus said to him, making Channing scrunch his face up in defeat.
"Uh, Mr. Bleu, if you're looking for dirt or like, jealous in-fighting, that's just not us," Ricky told him.
"We're all good friends," Gina grinned.
"Yeah, like, really good friends. We're basically a drama-free zone," EJ added as Ricky placed his arm over his and Gina's shoulders.
"Great. All those Emmy-winning, drama-free reality shows," Channing voiced, earning a look from some of the kids.
"Okay. Let's just...Let's move on," Corbin suggested.
"'Hey, my...'" Ricky flipped the page over, "'Ice.'"
Nadia went to go read the stage directions again before Val beat her to it, "'Kristoff picks up his bag of ice. Anna and Hans are oblivious.'" Nadia gave her a side-eyed glare, something that Channing had caught on his camera.
"'I'm sorry, so sorry,'" Gina said before she paused, realizing that Jet wasn't speaking next even though it was his turn.
"Uh..." Ricky looked down at his script. "That's Jet's line."
They all began to look around, realizing that Jet wasn't here. "Wait, he's not here," Marcus pointed out.
"Oh, God! I knew he wasn't real," Carlos commented, making some people furrow their brows at him.
"What's the deal with this Jet kid? Is he troubled?" Corbin quickly questioned.
"I wouldn't say troubled. We're slowly wearing his dark soul down," Ricky replied awkwardly.
"Sounds like our protagonist. Everyone loves a misanthropic emo-boy to root for," Channing voiced.
"He can't exactly be the protagonist if he isn't here, though," Nadia spoke up and some people began to nod in agreement.
Maddox quickly set her script down, forcing a smile onto her face as she said, "Jet's gonna be fine. He's probably just doing this for...attention."
"What if he's not, though?" Marcus asked worriedly for some reason, earning a slightly arched brow from his sister.
EJ abruptly stood up. "I'm sure Jet is fine. Maddie, Val, please track him down," EJ told them and they began to leave. "As for the rest of us, let's take a ten. I will be in the canteen having a cool beverage, because I am very cool! Everything is cool, Mr. Bleu!"
"You're yelling," Carlos told him.
EJ just sighed, walking out of the barn. "Is he gonna be okay?" Dakota asked he walked over to Nadia as she got up.
"Hopefully," she replied. "He gets like this sometimes. I'm kinda surprised you don't know that when you've gone to camp with him for years."
"Well, EJ has never been a director here so..."
"Oh, right. Yeah. He hasn't been a director back at East High either but when he feels like his life is spiraling out of control, well, you just saw what happens," she described.
"Ah."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Val walked into the canteen where everyone had been taking a break, waiting to deliver the news. "So?" EJ said even though he saw the look on her face.
"Guys, we lost Jet," she told them.
Everyone gasped in shock and Maddox stood up and demanded, "What?"
"Oh. Sorry. Let me clarify. Um, I talked to Dewey and it looks like Jet checked out of camp and went home," Val explained.
"He disappeared on to the open road. A lone minor. Thumb in the wind. Hair in the wind, for either fate or foe, to take him away," Channing narrated dramatically as he turned the camera on everyone before he pointed it at Val. "That's you," he mouthed.
"Uh, yeah, not quite. An off-duty cop found him at a bus stop and his parents came and picked him up in a Buick," Val revealed as she held her hand up in front of the camera since she didn't want it on her.
"Wait, why would Jet just leave without telling anybody?" Ashlyn questioned and everyone just shrugged, not knowing the answer to that.
"So, our most interesting story's happening off-camera. Guys. We really need to make this sing. 'Kay? Something active?" Corbin brought up.
"In Summer?" Carlos suggested.
"Love Is an Open Door?" EJ added once he saw the look on Corbin's face after Carlos's suggestion, making Nadia smile up at him.
"He just said 'love,' right?" she asked into the camera happily. "Yeah, I know, it's a song title. But...I didn't hate it," she realized. "I didn't hate it!" she repeated excitedly.
Corbin pointed at EJ. "Love Is an Open Door. That's the Anna and Hans song, right?" he asked and EJ nodded. "Well, I don't want to waste Anna's vocals right now and we're also missing the Hans part of it..." he trailed off before he narrowed his eyes at Nadia. "You."
Nadia pointed at herself. "Me?"
"Yeah, you look cheerful enough to play Anna for right now," he said, making everyone, including Nadia herself, to give Corbin a very confused look.
"Are you sure about that?" Marcus questioned, questioning Corbin's decision.
"Okay, yeah," Corbin said, ignoring the girl's brother. "Now what about Hans?"
"Yeah, weirdly, that's the one song I know," Dakota stepped up with an awkward laugh. "My little sister would always play that part of the movie, so...I'm happy to help."
"Thanks, kid. Just take a soft five," Corbin told him since he was only in the ensemble and Corbin didn't even really know his name.
"Gotta agree. Stay in your lane, Skate," EJ added, making Nadia furrow her brows a little.
Corbin then pointed at EJ. "Uh...You? You look like a 1980s villain."
"Ha!" Ricky laughed before he cleared his throat. "Sorry."
"Thank you?" EJ replied in puzzlement, not sure if that was a compliment or not.
"You're welcome. Villains equal viewers. Kenny Ortega taught me that when I turned down The Descendants," Corbin admitted. "You, sing the song with Nadine."
Nadia scoffed quietly. "Nadia," she corrected.
"That's right."
"Sing the song here? In the canteen?" EJ queried.
"Big Brother had been on the air for 23 seasons. They haven't even left the house yet," Channing remarked.
"Guys? Let's shoot something!" Corbin urged.
"You seem stressed," Kourtney said as she gave Corbin a Twix bar.
"Oh, thanks, Kourtney," he thanked, remembering her name. "These are my favorite."
"I can jump in on piano!" Ashlyn raised her hand as she sat down by the piano.
"Oh, no worries. We already got the backing track, so..." Val told her.
"Not worried. But here I am, at the piano, ready to play," Ashlyn announced desperately.
"I like the piano. That's humble. Let the needy girl play," Corbin said with his mouth full, and Ashlyn just looked at the camera and shrugged.
Nadia and EJ stood next to each other, getting ready to sing. "I'm a little rusty as an actor," EJ whispered to her.
"Don't worry, I am, too. I'm just gonna pretend I'm actually in the scene," Nadia told him before Ashlyn started to play the piano. "Okay. Can I just say something crazy?"
"I love crazy!"
Nadia:
All my life has been a series of doors in my face
And then suddenly I bump into you
"I was thinking the same thing! 'Cause like..."
EJ:
I've been searching my whole life to find my own place
And maybe it's the party talking
Or the chocolate fondue
Nadia:
But with you...
EJ:
But with you
I found my place
Nadia:
I see your face
Both:
And it's nothin' like
I've never known before
Love is an open door
All of sudden Nadia felt herself imagining the scene of her as Anna and EJ has Hans, trying to get more in character. She imagined herself walking out of the canteen wearing Anna's dress as she pulled EJ, wearing a white suit, out with her.
Love is an open door
They swung on a swing together as they sang, as well as hold hands and walk around at different points.
Love an open door
Nadia:
With you...
EJ:
With you...
Nadia:
With you...
EJ:
With you...
They made a heart with their hands.
Both:
Love is an open door
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
They then walked across camp together before stopping at some signs.
EJ:
I think it's crazy—
"What?" Nadia asked.
—that we finish each other's—
"Sandwiches!"
"That's what I was gonna say!" EJ exclaimed.
Nadia:
I've never met someone...
Both:
Who thinks so much like me
"Jinx!" they both pointed at one another. "Jinx again!"
Our mental synchronization
Can't have but one explanation
EJ:
You...
Nadia:
And I...
EJ:
Were...
Nadia:
Just...
Both:
Meant to be
Nadia:
Say goodbye
EJ:
Say goodbye
Both:
To the pain of the past
We don't have to feel it anymore
They locked arms before they skipped across the open grass, holding hands.
Love is an open door
Love is an open door
EJ:
Doooooor!
Both:
Life can be so much more
Nadia:
With you...
EJ:
With you...
Nadia.
With you...
EJ:
With you...
Love is an open...
Nadia:
Love is an open...
Both:
Doooor!
They finished singing, Nadia dipping EJ as everyone clapped and cheered. Dakota clapped as he tried not to act mad, but Corbin noticed and started snapping so Channing would point the camera over to them.
"They're pretty good, huh?" Corbin said to Dakota, hoping to get a rise out of him for the show since he noticed his jealous expression.
"Yeah. She's amazing. I'm surprised she didn't audition," he said admiringly before he quickly added, "A-And EJ is amazing, right? Everyone is amazing! Best cast ever! I mean..." he trailed off, walking out.
Channing shut the camera off as he looked over at the others. "Folks I'm gonna need some B-roll of people acting anxious and confused, all right? We're rolling." Everyone started to do what he said. "Ooh, ooh. The lean-in's good. Oh, no. Oh, no, what's happening?" he whispered as he pointed the camera at everyone. "What's going on? Yeah. So anxious and confused."
He pointed the camera over at Val, but she just held her hand up and walked away. "Oh, okay. Don't wanna be in B-roll. All right, that's fine."
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