Opening night was here. Waiting in the wings for her entrance, Pippa came to the sudden realization that this was almost her last opening night of Hamilton. Which was strange, considering how long she'd been opening shows recently. Even though she was excited for Sound of Music, she knew she would also miss every single cast member on the tour, too.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this evening's performance of Hamilton. Please silence all of your cell phones and refrain from recording any portion of this show. If you have to leave your seat, ask for an usher to help you leave. At this time, we ask that you sit back and enjoy the show," the announcements declared. Then, as usual for the international tours, the announcements were repeated in the native language, in this case, Portuguese.

The audience started cheering before the music even started.

'Alexander Hamilton' went well, considering they only had one rehearsal. There were definitely some mistakes- Carleigh (not surprisingly) tripped when she was walking down the stairs, but managed to land on her feet. Pippa swore that Carleigh was like a cat. Somehow, no matter how many times that girl tripped, she barely ever flat out fell over.

Things were somewhat smooth- no one would have noticed the mistakes, up until 'Right Hand Man'. Then things started to go a little bit downhill. The lights were missing some of their cues, and then Brett's mic died.

Because of that, the sound guys decided that it would be a great idea to swap Kaitlyn's mic with Brett's, which would have worked, other than the fact that they both sung a different volumes. When Brett sang into Kaitlyn's mic, he was way too loud for the entirety of 'Helpless', which was not helpful. He basically overpowered everyone.

Pippa was a little salty about that. She didn't like being overpowered, especially in a song like 'Helpless'.

'Satisfied' went slightly better. Pippa suspected that they either just turned Brett's new mic off, or they finally were able to figure out how to undo Kaitlyn's preset volume.

Lana nailed 'Satisfied', which Pippa knew Lana had been nervous about. Admittedly, everyone was more on edge with only one rehearsal under their belt in Rio.

Considering, the show went well. Not too many mistakes were made, and overall Daveed seemed happy with their performance.

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After the show, Pippa, Jazzy, and Lana hung out in their room. The floor seemed oddly quiet without the ensemble girls running around.

"So, what's the gossip?" Pippa asked, while putting on her fuzzy socks. "We haven't seen each other since last tour stop."

"Well, I came out to my parents," Lana said.

Pippa squealed so loudly that Jazzy fell off the bed. "Sorry, Jazzy, but LANA I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!"

Lana blushed. "It's no big deal," she said.

"That's really amazing, Lana," Jazzy chimed in. "You probably don't want to make a big deal out of it but I'm proud, too. It couldn't have been easy."

"To be honest, I don't know why I was so afraid. I think my mom kind of knew already," Lana said thoughtfully.

"I feel like parents know more than we think," Pippa agreed. "Like, if I ate five cookies at midnight, they'd know even if I was super stealthy."

"Don't kid yourself, you're never stealthy. Every time you go to the bathroom in our hotel room I hear you walking to the door in the middle of the night," Jazzy snarked.

"Wow, that was uncalled for," Lana commented.

"I can't help it if I have a small bladder," Pippa protested.

"Well now you get to experience it too, Lana," Jazzy continued. "Since we're all finally together."

"I swear, if either of you snore," Lana said.

"I think you're good," Pippa laughed.

"We should invite the ensemble girls over for a night," Jazzy said after a few moments of silence. "I miss them even though we just saw them."

"I know, it's so sad that we're so far apart. And we only have one more stop after this. We need to spend more time together, not less," Lana agreed.

"How about tomorrow night?" Pippa suggested. "That way they can make plans and get their stuff together? We can have it in a conference room or something."

"Yeah, sounds good."

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my big bro graduates in two days... i don't know how to feel guys- it's the end of an era BUT I AM DETERMINED TO BE COLD-HEARTED even if everyone else cries