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itscurtains2016-10-24 02:28 pm
stagemanagers) wrote in itscurtains2016-10-24 02:28 pm
week 3
[The past weekend has been a difficult one. With Valjean's murder and D-ne's brutal execution the monotony has been broken and it can be said the show is finally and truly underway.
When the performers emerge from their rooms on Monday morning the decor of the opera house has changed. Not drastically but someone was busy during the night with some redecorating. There are cobwebs draped over nearly everything, some of them with tiny plastic spiders stuck in the cotton webbing, and pumpkins of various sizes on the floor and on the tables. Some of the walls have been adorned with cartoon-ish paper skeletons and scarecrows and in the ballroom a poseable plastic skeleton has been posed at the piano looking ready to play. Someone's even set a bowl of candy on the counter of the merch booth.
But that's not all. There's a light coming from the now open doorway in the lobby that had been previously locked for the past two weeks. This new floor is similarly decorated but why not go have a look and explore for yourself?
Despite their losses, the show must go on after all.
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I-I don't mind, really. It's, u-um... It's really... Really, uh, charming.
[He's at least earnest enough with that embarrassed confession that it's probably honest, but instead of moving to actually get out a utensil for her to split off part of her sandwich for him, he just sighs and looks at the floor. Something's eating at Billy Harris.]
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She notices Billy looking down and frowns.]
Billy?
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He looks up at her when she calls his name.]
Hm? I-I mean, uh, y-yeah?
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[Like not being able to actually look her in the eyes for long period of times unlike the trials.]
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[He's looking at her now, at least- NOPE wait there he goes. Come on Billy, get it together. If you can tell Penny about this you can tell Anna.
He hops up and sits on the counter to the side of her, but at least he manages to look at her then.]
I guess I'm still bothered about the whole secrets thing, and the, uh. The memory I got back.
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Is it a really bad memory?
[Anna looks worried now.]
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I mean, part of it is great, I have a friend other than my he- uh. My roommate. But I, uh...
[He looks down at his hands, which are folded in his lap.]
...I really wanted to join this group, but they told me that I had to do something... something horrible to get in.
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Horrible like what? Steal something?
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...Horrible like, um. Like...Showrunners, horrible.
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.... OH
ANNA LOOKS HORRIFIED]
M-Murder?
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I-I messed up bad, Anna... They told me I had to kill someone or they'd... kill me.
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Billy... I-[Deep breath. She reaches for his hands.]-I don't think you're the type to hurt someone like that.
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He lets her take his hands.]
I'm not, Anna... I knew I could trust you.
[He squeezes her hands, more trying to make himself feel better than her.]
But I can't... I can't go back there. After all this, a-and still have them want me to...
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If where I lived wasn't so far in the past, I'd say come home with me...
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[he takes a deep breath, then looks at her with honest, sad blue eyes.]
Here's a story of a boy
Who kept a heavy secret
Hiding with a stranger's name
to cover his own weakness...
Living in the darkness
there's no color to be found
And every day he felt like he was falling
ever crawling until he was sure he'd drown
[He hesitates, then hops down from the counter, still holding one of her hands but raising the other to brush her hair behind her ear with a sad smile.]
Then he met a princess
in an instant life seemed brighter
And when she held his hand he felt
like hope was finally within reach...
Even when it's darkest,
there are colors all around
and hope can even find you when you're unready
all unsteady, lost and don't think you can be found...
At least, uh, that's... that's what I've, um. I've been thinking about.
[He's blushing a little, now.]
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She fidgets before looking at him with a smile.]
All I ever wanted
Was to see you smiling
All I ever wanted
Was to show I'm yours
I know that I like you
Oh Billy, why don't you see?
That all I ever wanted
Was you and me
I was so alone
Here on my own
And I was waiting for you to see
I want to be a part of you
Think of all the things we could do...
I guess we've both been thinking a lot... About, you know... each other?
[She's definitely still blushing. Oh... was that okay?]
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A-about each other? I-I mean, yeah, duh, I think about you a-a lot. I-I, um, well...
[SPIT IT OUT]
I-I want to be with you, Anna.
[The hand that brushed her hair away comes up like he wants to touch her cheek, hesitating for a minute before he actually goes for it.]
Wi-will you, um... can I... I-I mean, o-only if you want to--
Will you let me be your boyfriend?
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And oh gosh his hand is warm against her cheek.]
Yes!!
[Whoa that was a bit forceful there. She dials it down a notch, smiling sheepishly.]
I-I mean, yes, I'd like it if you were my boyfriend.
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R-really? I-I mean, I'd like it if you were my girlfriend, too.
[He leans in and presses a kiss to her cheek, then pulls back. And sings softly again.]
You make me smile,
you make me laugh,
you make me care,
How can I explain?
Inside my heart I feel a pain
when you're not there...
Though we are not at all alike,
you make me feel alive...