Once classes were over for Elizabella, she went to the stage room that she had reserved and began to wait for any student who would be willing to audition for her skit. She needed dancers, but good ones. She feared that all the good dancers were probably already taken at the beginning of the month, leaving only the mediocre dancers for her to pick. She did wonder, after remembering Olivia's words the previous day, would anyone dare audition with only a week to rehearse.
"It matters not. I could just change it again and do a recording of myself doing all the parts if I cannot find the right people. Any chance of performing this live will decrease the longer I wait. Well, the day is still early. School has yet to officially be released," thought Elizabella as she rummaged through her bag to snack on.
She had time to buy a meal and restock on her snacks for the remainder of her classes during lunch. She still had some snacks from earlier and mindlessly munched on them. Her school uniform had been swapped with her gym wear because it was more comfortable to move around in. She knew that in the case if the participants were not able to understand her word commands, she would need to show them the moves herself.
Olivia had assured her that morning that she would drop by and see if she could help in any way. The Holland family held the title of Viscount , just above a Baron, making Olivia and Elizabella easy friends who also lived nearby each other. They shared some classes together and would carpool often. Their last class was a free period, where Olivia was planning on staying to catch up on some of her studies, then go to check up on Elizabella.
For the most part, Olivia's studies were always pretty good and today she finished up faster than anticipated. She hurriedly made her way to the reserved stage to be with Elizabella. She caught Elizabella sitting down in the center front row and sat next to her.
"So, what is it exactly that you need from your auditionees?" asked Olivia as she took a few bites from Elizabella's bag that she was mindlessly munching on.
"Well, I could tell you, but since we seem to have time, why not show you?" said Elizabella with a sly smile as she stood up to go on the stage and turned over her shoulder. "I did say that you can see me dance today if you came."
"Yes! I finally get to see Director Ginny perform herself!" clapped Olivia excitedly as Elizabella paused briefly before giving another sly smile and making her way to the center stage.
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Prince Maxen had gone to look for Margarette as they both had a free period together and would normally study with friends. He had waited patiently for her, but she never came. A mutual friend said that they heard Director Ginny was holding auditions for the rest of the afternoon; since the first production that got her famous featured a dancing ballerina, Margarette became a fan.
Normally, Director Ginny never held auditions for dancers so Margarette never had a chance to try out. Now that Director Ginny was holding auditions for dancers at the last moment, it was highly possible that Margarette was going to try out for the dance auditions, if she was not studying with the rest of them.
Prince Maxen hearing this, decided that he would go and see the famous Director Ginny. Honestly, Prince Maxen never bothered with the Arts Department since he believed that they appeared either too amateur or just too overused. He only ever cared to watch Margarette's performances to support her.
From what he heard, Director Ginny is not even a high class noble for her to understand traditional arts that everyone has grown used to over the years, the ones that made them feel overly used and boring. To be frank, the Arts Department is just meant to keep old traditions alive, which he felt that he was constantly being surrounded with. The Prince sighed as he neared the stage room.
"I hope she is here. We never could talk since lunchtime. I just want to know that we are alright," thought Prince Maxen as he slowly opened the door to the reserved stage.
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"Wow! I cannot believe you did an amazing job! That was honestly great!" clapped Olivia cheerfully as she stood up enthusiastically, while Elizabella made her way down to her gracefully and smiled.
"Thank you, Olivia. I do hope that you enjoyed my demonstration," said Elizabella with a small smile.
"That was amazing! I cannot believe that you kept that from me! This little secret of yours was well worth knowing."
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"That quite startled me. I do not see Margarette here. I wonder which one is Director Ginny... wait... is that girl there the same girl from lunchtime!? What is she doing here? I hope she does not tell anyone about what happened..." thought Prince Maxen as he saw Elizabella talking to Olivia.
"What are you talking about?" said Elizabella with a soft giggle. "You just never asked. I never said I could not. Though... it would be embarrassing for people to know about... well..."
"What? Is there more gossip to spill? Well, what are you waiting for? Spill the beans! Quick! Tell me!" said Olivia very excitedly as Elizabella slightly flushed, then gave a face as Prince Maxen watched on frozen with large eyes.
"This girl would not actually tell her after she made such a big deal about anyone finding out how she found out... she better not! However, I cannot hear from all the way back here..." Prince Maxen felt his heart stop as his face flushed up a bit while Elizabella leaned in on Olivia and began to whisper before Olivia's eyes widened and her mouth dropped.
"You cannot be serious... Is that even true!? I mean, who would believe that!? This is a huge bombshell! The whole school will go hysterical!" said Olivia in disbelief as she sat down, while Prince Maxen thought, "It's over..."