This is a story about the boy who my universe revolves around.
The part about my universe revolving around him is completely coincidental- I didn't choose that, and he didn't actually intend to have this effect on me. It just happened when he start...
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"Come onnnnnnnnnnn," Pearl whines, tugging on my arm. "Half the cast probably knows their part by now!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming," I tell her, shuffling forwards, half distracted by my phone.
Celestia:
Meet you by the drama room?
I chew on my lip, texting back a quick 'k' before glancing back up at Pearl, who's crossing her arms and raising her eyebrows at me. I sigh and put my phone in my back pocket, taking an actual step. "Are you coming?"
She rolls her eyes at me. "You're impossible. Celestia's meeting us there?"
"Yeah."
"Great. Come on, could you possibly walk any slower? Really Spica, don't you want to know what you got?"
I do. But I also don't. I'm nervous. I know Celestia probably will end up as Eliza, and Angelica will be taken by Jade, since she's got such an amazing voice, so Peggy is probably the best I can hope for. I'd be happy with Peggy, of course- she's a named character, and she's one of my favourite characters in the musical. But also Eliza.
I'd be so happy if I got Eliza. But I'm also scared that I'm not going to, or that I'll get an ensemble. I know the ensemble is a necessary part of the show, but also. Eliza. Imagine being cast as Eliza.
Either way. I don't want Pearl to know how anxious I am, so I pick up my pace a bit. By the time we get down to drama room, I'm practically shivering with nerves and anticipation.
Celestia's already there by the time we arrive, and so is Rigel. He's smiling at me in that way of his, like he knows something but he's not about to say a word about it. Celestia's beaming, which makes my heart fall a bit. Of course she got Eliza.
But then she grabs my arm and yanks me right up to the cast list and points at the name next to Eliza Hamilton and-
I just about burst into tears of joy. "Eliza? Really?" I look at her, feeling stunned and overwhelmed with happiness. "I'm Eliza!"
"You're Eliza!" she cheers, pulling me into a tight hug. I squeeze her back as tightly as I possibly can, trembling a little when I pull away.
"Oh my goodness, I'm actually Eliza. I'm- wait, who are you then?"
"Angelica," she sings, and the notes coming out of her mouth sound perfect with her loud, almost brassy voice.
"Eliza," I return, finding it almost hard to deliver without crying from happiness. I can still only barely believe it.
"And Peggy," Pearl cuts in, grinning. I squeal and hug her tightly.
