(outfit above without the glasses is what she wears in this chapter + the next one)

Today Ophelia decided on wearing something a little fancy since she wanted to look nice for auditions. She went with curly hair today, and simple makeup. She wore a white long sleeve underneath a black and green jacket, black jeans with holes, and white boots that had two-inch heel. At lunch the next day at school Ophelia sat next to Ricky and there was an empty place between her and Gina. Fallon and Luca would've sat with them, but Fallon wanted to sit with her dancer friends and Luca wanted to sit with the dancers as well since he had become friends with most of them over the time of being in the drama club.

Carlos had just told everyone that he was trying out for the musical this year and Big Red added that he was too. Well, it was more so Ashlyn being the one saying Big Red is trying out. Ophelia had to admit she was surprised about that since Big Red never wanted to try out for any musical in the first place. Ashlyn told Big Red that he couldn't get the role of Chip since she was determined that she would get the role of Mrs. Potts. Kourtney had even chimed in, saying she was trying out for a role in the play as well.

"Oh!" Fallon's excited voice is heard as she quickly runs over to stand behind Ophelia, putting her hands on Ophelia's shoulders. She smiles excitedly at the drama club members. "Ophelia's trying out too!"

The drama club cheers for her, all looking at her with surprise. Ophelia nervously smiles. "Yeah, I'm trying out."

"Lia," Ricky playfully elbows her to get her attention, looking at her with a smile when she glances at him. "Why didn't you tell me you're trying out? That's great!" 

"I guess I wanted Fallon to tell you." Ophelia glances at Fallon with a small glare and fakes a smile. "Thanks, Fallon." Ophelia wasn't planning on telling everyone right away. She was still nervous about it, and she was planning on just telling Ricky and then just show up to auditions. She didn't want it to be a big deal with her auditioning.

Fallon looks at her with a sweet smile and pats her shoulder, not fazed by the fact that Ophelia was upset with her. "No problem!" 

Ricky chuckles and shakes his head. "I'm proud of you for wanting to try out." Ophelia looks at him with a soft smile, happy to hear him say that. "I never thought you would be trying out for a part in a play."

"Yeah," Ophelia agrees. "Me neither. But thanks, that means a lot to me."

"You're welcome." A voice said to Ricky and Ophelia and Ricky exchanged a confused glance before they looked behind them to see EJ standing there.

"Huh?" Ricky said, looking at him with confusion.

"Uh, I've decided to take myself out of the running of the Beast." EJ explains. Everyone looks at him with surprise. "I'm just...I've got a lost on my plate." He snaps his fingers and gets his phone out of his pocket. "Which reminds me, I should probably pick a meal plan for Duke."

Fallon looks at him with an excited smile, hitting his shoulder. "Wait, you actually got into Duke and you didn't tell me?"

"Back up. You're not doing the musical either?" Ricky asked EJ.

"No. I've only got the bandwidth for a supporting role." EJ replied.

Ophelia glances at Ricky with furrowed eyebrows. "What do you mean by either?" Her lips curve downwards. "You're not doing the musical?"

"Uh..." Ricky's voice trails off and he chuckles nervously. "I'm, uh, I'm not sure if I'm auditioning this year." Ophelia's eyes widen, not expecting to hear this. And by the looks of everyone else's faces she figured they were all surprised too. "You know," Ricky shrugs. "Once a skate rate always a skate rat...Right?"

Fallon, who still stood behind Ophelia, takes her hands off Ophelia's shoulders, and Ophelia glances at her, the two girls sharing a confused look before they both look back at Ricky. "You didn't care about that when you tried out for HSM." Ophelia reminded him.

Before anyone else could say anything, an unfamiliar voice speaks to the group. "Okay, um, sorry, I've been trying to work up the courage to say this." The blonde-haired girl smiles. "Okay, I can't believe I'm standing in front of both Troy Boltons right now. Both your performances last semester in HSM were incredible."

The table was silent at first. Ophelia stares at the blonde-haired girl with narrowed eyes, tilting her head to the side. She couldn't really explain it, but there was something about this girl she didn't like. Ricky and EJ both replies at the same time. "Thanks." Ricky slowly nods. "Thank you." EJ smiles. "That means a lot to us. It honestly takes a village to get a show up and running. I've been blessed."

"No, no, I mean, thank you." The blonde-haired girl said. "Really. I mean, you both inspired me to wanna try out this semester. It's intimidating being basically, like, brand new to theater." She smiles at the group. "Hey, honestly, you guys are all so talented."

"Oh," Ashlyn laughs a bit and smiles at her. "Thank you."

The blonde-haired girl gets her phone out of her pocket, glancing around at everyone with a hopeful glint in her eyes. "Do you mind if we..." Everyone agreed and she took a selfie with them. Ophelia honestly could care less if they took a picture with this girl, but she agreed anyway since everyone else agreed. 

"Hey," EJ points at her, his lips forming into a smile. "You can tag me in that. It's just EJWaterPoloTheaterGuy. Theater...E-R."

The blonde-haired girl smiles at him after glancing away from her phone. "Just did." She glances at the group with a smile. "Bye." 

****

Before the 'Beauty and the Beast' auditions, Ophelia found herself pacing in the hallway. She was beyond nervous for auditions. This would be her first time auditioning for a part in a play. Even though she was nervous she was also excited for this. She hoped that Ricky would change his mind and audition. Things just wouldn't be the same if he wasn't in the play and she doesn't know if she could actually try out if he didn't. She would just feel better knowing he was trying out as well.

"Lia?"

Ophelia turns around at the sound of the familiar voice, smiling a bit upon seeing Ricky. Ricky walks over to her, looking at her with concern. "Are you okay? You've been out here for awhile."

Ophelia nervously smiles. "I've been better. I'm just really nervous about this and knowing that you're not auditioning doesn't help calm my nerves." Ricky sighs heavily and stares at the floor. "Why aren't you auditioning?" Ophelia asks him, her lips forming into a frown. A look of realization forms on her face while he stays quiet. "It's because Nini's not here, right?"

"Yeah." Ricky replies. He shrugs, putting his hands in his pockets. "It's just...It's weird without her here." 

Ophelia nods in understanding. "Well..." She bites her lower lip as she's quiet for a few moments, trying to think of something to say. "What about you and me singing a duet for audition?" She looks at him with a small smile, playfully elbowing him. "It would make me feel a lot better with you by my side."

Ricky glances at her and he smiles a bit. "I'll, uh, I'll think about it."

Ophelia was a bit upset he didn't agree right then, but she understood he needed time to think about it and so she didn't pressure him into anything. She smiles and nods. "Okay, good."

****

Ophelia was now with Fallon and Luca in the auditorium, and they were talking about what they were going to audition with. Fallon is auditioning with the song 'Defying Gravity' from the musical 'Wicked' since that musical is one of her favorites. For Luca's audition song, he went with an original he wrote called 'Hurricane'. Ophelia decided on singing a song that Ricky had wrote about their friendship in the summer before their junior year.

It was the summer of Nini's and Ricky's breakup and a week after that happened Ricky was down in the dumps and so Ophelia suggested he should write a song to cheer him up. He had asked her many times before to write a song with her or at least sing with him, but she always said no and he didn't pressure her to do anything since he knew about her stage fright. When Ophelia had suggested that Ricky immediately agreed and was happy she wanted to do that with him. That was her first time helping Ricky with writing a song and even though the process was kind of tough coming up with lyrics and chords the two best friends still had fun.

First up was the group warm-up with the classic song 'Belle'. But before that everyone gathered on stage and formed in a circle, taking each other's hands for a moment of silent reflection. Ophelia was beginning to grow worried about Ricky because he wasn't there yet and she was starting to think he might not show up. Ophelia found herself standing between Fallon and Luca. Beside the left side of Fallon stood EJ and they both smiled shyly at each other when they took ahold of each other's hands. While beside the right side of Luca was his girlfriend, Gina, and they smiled at each other as they held hands and Luca even gave her hand a gentle squeeze which made Gina's smile widen.

Even though Miss Jenn said for it to be silent, it was only silent for a few moments before she started singing a part of the song 'Beauty and the Beast'. She was just going to finish when the door to the auditorium opened, causing Miss Jenn to stop and everyone looked over to see who it was.

A relieved smile made its way to Ophelia's face upon seeing her best friend run inside. "Guess he decided to come after all?" Miss Jenn spoke quietly to Carlos, who stood beside her.

"Is this Mamma Mia 2? 'Cause here we go again." Carlos remarked.

Everyone was doing great with the group-warm up, but Ricky...He could be doing better than he was. Ophelia wasn't for sure why he was so nervous. She has never seen him like that. Every time it was his turn to sing he would either be fiddling with the dog necklace Nini got him, not be singing in the right key, or be singing off tempo. Soon enough it was Ophelia's turn and she couldn't be more nervous. She felt like her heart was beating out of her chest, her hands were sweaty, and she was worried she might mess up the lyrics or forget them.

"Oh, isn't this amazing?" Ophelia had her eyes closed as she sang at first, too nervous to look at everyone while she sung her heart out. Miss Jenn watches and listens to her with a surprised expression, not expecting for her to have such a good voice. She wondered why she had never heard Ophelia sing before and why Ophelia would keep the fact that she's so talented a secret from people.

Ophelia dares to open her eyes, her nervous gaze landing on Ricky. Ricky smiles encouragingly at her and even gave her a thumbs up. He seemed to help Ophelia grow more confident because she looks at everyone with a smile. It was small and a nervous one, but it was still a smile. "It's my favorite part because you'll see." Miss Jenn smiled to herself and wrote down a note while Ophelia walked over to the piano where the rest of the girls were at. 

"Here is where she meets Prince Charming," She stood between Fallon and Gina, who sat on stop of the piano. She and the other girls pretended to be swooning over someone when she sang this lyric. She felt like she was slowly getting more confident with each time she sang, but she knew that if she looked out at the crowd again she would grow more nervous because that would just remind her more people are staring at her. 

From her place beside Fallon, Kourtney reaches over to grab a random book on the piano and hands it to Ophelia, sharing a smile with her when Ophelia sings the next lyric. "But she won't discover that it's him," Ophelia opens the book to a random page, pointing at something in the book and smiling at the girls beside her. "'Till chapter three."

The rest of the group audition went on and everyone continued to do a great job. When the blonde girl from lunch sang a solo part, Ophelia was feeling mixed emotions. She was confused because she thought this girl was new to theater. If she was then why did she sound like a Disney Princess? And she was a bit annoyed because she thought it seemed like this girl was being a bit overdramatic.

"Alright, alright." Miss Jenn said after everyone who was watching the group cheered for them. She smiles. "I already learned so much. That's it for the warm up. Please prepare your individual songs." Indistinct chatter filled the room as everyone dispersed to go prepare their songs. 

Ophelia was out in the hallway, looking at the music sheet she held, mumbling the lyrics to herself for practice and to make sure she would remember them. "Hi." She looks up upon hearing that familiar voice she already wasn't a fan of and wasn't surprised to see the blonde girl that not only sounded like a Disney Princess, but she looked like one too and Ophelia envied her because of that. "Ophelia, right?" Ophelia nods in response, staying quiet since she didn't know what this girl's motive was. "I don't think we officially met, I'm Lily." The blonde girl introduced herself, reaching a hand out for her to shake and smiled politely at her.

Ophelia smiles a bit. She was happy she finally had a name for this girl. She shakes Lily's hand and nods at her. "Nice to meet you, Lily." She pulls her hand away after they shook hands and tilts her head to the side. "You know, for someone who is new to theater you're a really good singer."

"Thank you." Lily smiles brightly. "And I meant I was new to," She glances around the hallway, gesturing to the drama club members in the high school. "This kind of theater."

Ophelia narrows her eyes at Lily, using air quotations when she said the word 'this'. "What do you mean 'this' kind of theater?"

"Local theater." Lily explains. "But anyway, you're trying out for Belle, right?"

"Yeah..." Ophelia slowly responds, wondering what this girl wanted with her because to be honest Lily kept annoying her and she wanted Lily to leave her alone. "I assume you're trying out for Belle?"

Lily smiles and nods. "You're correct. I've heard that this is your first time trying out for a play." She shakes her head and clicks her tongue. "You're brave for trying out for the lead female role the first time ever you're trying out for a role in a play. I would be too scared and worried that I'm not good enough to do that if I were you."

Ophelia clenches her jaw and stands up straighter, refraining herself from glaring at Lily. She didn't want to get angry before auditions, but Lily was getting under her skin. "I would think of trying out for a smaller role." Lily suggests, smiling at the dark-skinned girl. "Maybe, like, a background character." And with that, the blonde-haired girl left an angered looking Ophelia, her mind clouded with discouraging thoughts. 

"Ophelia," Ophelia jumps, startled by the sudden voice, and she glances over to where she heard the voice to see Gina standing by her, looking at her with concern. "Are you okay?"

Ophelia sighs heavily, her shoulders dropping in defeat. "I've been better." She crosses her arms with a frown on her face. "I really don't like that Lily girl."

"Yeah, I don't like her either." Gina agrees. "I don't know what she said to you that made you be upset, but don't 

****

First to audition was Ashlyn and Kourtney. Ashlyn explained her song was meant to be for three, but then something happened and so she and Kourtney were going to sing it for two. That was until Gina stepped up and asked if she could join them. Ophelia knew that Gina was the other one who was originally going to be singing with them. Gina had talked with Luca before auditions, a bit stressed out and upset about how everyone wanted to do things with her but she wanted to do her own thing and not hurt anyone's feelings. 

She felt better after Luca assured her there's no problem with her doing her own thing told her and Fallon how Carlos had asked Gina to be a co-choreographer and then there was the trio performance with Ashlyn and Kourtney. Gina just wanted to do things on her own. Gina wanted to make her mark this semester and not her co-mark which was understandable. But Ophelia was happy when Gina wanted to join them because it seemed like Ashlyn and Kourtney were a lot happier.

Ashlyn's, Kourtney's, and Gina's performance of Ashlyn's song '1-2-3' was fantastic. Amazing. Show-stopping. Their performance was like a mix between Spice Girls and Drag Race and Ophelia was a fan of the whole performance. She thought the girls killed it and she was so glad she's not up next because she doesn't know how she would go up against their amazing performance. 

Big Red was the only one who stood up, cheering the loudest for his girlfriend at the end of the performance which Ophelia thought was sweet of him. Ophelia cheered loudly for her friends along with everyone else, besides Lily. Auditions went on and there was even a boy who sung Ashlyn's song she wrote called 'Wondering' and that was really sweet. Fallon and Luca did amazing with their auditions. Ophelia, Fallon, and Gina stood up for Luca and cheered the loudest for him and Ophelia, Luca and EJ did the same with Fallon.

Soon enough it was Ricky's turn, but he was nowhere to be found which resurfaced worries in Ophelia. "Okay, where's Ricky? Ricky?" Miss Jenn questioned, looking around the auditorium for the curly-haired boy. 

"I can go look for him." Ophelia offered, standing up from her seat.

Miss Jenn glances at her with a thankful smile and nods. "Yes, that would be great."

"Here, let me help you." Lily suggested and was beginning to stand up, but Fallon, who sat between her and EJ, grabbed her arm and pulled her back down.

Fallon sweetly smiles at Lily, who sent her an annoyed look. "I think she's perfectly capable of finding Ricky on her own, blondie." Lily scoffed, yanking her arm out of Fallon's grasp and crossed her arms.

Ophelia shot Fallon a thankful smile and Fallon smiled back at her before Ophelia left the auditorium to look for Ricky. It didn't take long to find Ricky. He was right outside the doors to the auditorium, sitting on the floor in a crisscross position with his face in his hands.

"Ricky?" Ophelia speaks quietly but her voice was all it took for Ricky to glance up. She takes a seat beside him, concern clear in her eyes. "What's wrong?"

"All of this change is just too much." Ricky replies. He frowns. "First the musical is changing, then my dad and I are moving into a smaller place, and then Nini moves to Denver." He shakes his head and sighs. "I just hate all the change."

Ophelia is surprised to hear that he and his dad are moving to a different place since this was the first time she heard it, but she decided not to talk to him about that because now was not the time to discuss that topic. "I'm glad you're comfortable talking about this stuff to me." Ophelia admits. "I want you to know that, just like our song says, you can always come to me, Ricky. No matter what it's about. I'll always be there for you." She assures him and Ricky looks at her with a small smile before he looked back down. Ophelia called that progress of cheering him up. "I know change can be scary, but you just have to push through and hope that things will end up being better."

"Yeah." Ricky agreed quietly, keeping his sad gaze as on the floor.

Ophelia elbows him playfully, causing him to glance at her. "Wanna rethink that choice of us singing a duet for audition?" Ricky perks up at hearing she still wanted to do a duet with him. He had always wanted to sing with her and the fact that they might do that made him happy. "I bet you it will make you and myself feel better. I would be a lot more confident knowing you're on stage right by my side during audition." She chuckles, shaking her head. "I feel like I would not do well by myself."

An excited smile tugs on Ricky's lips. "Yeah, I'd love to do a duet with you."

Ophelia smiles. "Great. I was planning on singing the song that you wrote about us."

"You mean the song that me and you wrote?" Ricky corrected her with a playful smile on his lips.

Ophelia rolls her eyes playfully and giggles a bit. "Yeah, okay. You did most of the work though. I was just there for moral support."

"That's not true." Ricky denies. "You helped with the song more than you know." He smiles at her. "I mean, you were the one who came up with the title. Without you, it would be without a title and some lyrics."

"I'm sure you could've figured something out." Ophelia smiles, glancing down at the floor shyly while she feels her face heat up. Unbeknownst to her, Ricky was looking at her fondly. "Okay." Ophelia breaks the comfortable silence that fell between the two, standing up and reaching a hand down to him. "There's people waiting for us. Let's hope that I don't mess us up."

Ricky laughs softly, taking her hand and lets her help him up. "I'm sure you're gonna do just as great as you did in the group warm-up. If anything let's hope that I don't mess us up." They let go of each other hands when they walked inside the auditorium.

"I found him." Ophelia announced, walking down the main aisle with Ricky. 

Everyone turns to look at them and Miss Jenn smiles. "Oh, good! Thank you, Ophelia." She glances at Ricky with an encouraging smile as he gets on stage and Ophelia takes a seat in the front row. "You can go whenever you're ready."

"Um, would it be alright if Ophelia and I sang a duet?" Ricky nervously asked.

Miss Jenn exchange a look with Carlos, both of them looking curious and interested about this. Miss Jenn looks at Ricky with a smile. "Of course."

"Okay." Ricky nodded, looking out at the crowd to lock eyes with Ophelia. He gestured for her to get on stage while he went back stage to get his acoustic guitar out of its case. Ophelia got on stage and when Ricky put his guitar strap over his shoulder he walked over to stand by her.

Ricky gets ready to play his guitar, nodding at Ophelia and smiles at her when she glances at him in question to see if he's ready. "Okay, uh," Ophelia looks at everyone with a nervous smile, fiddling with her hands that were folded in front of her. "So, this is a song that Ricky wrote-"

"We wrote it." Ricky interrupted her, looking at everyone with a shy smile. 

"Kind of." Ophelia shrugs and smiles a bit as she looks at everyone. "We kind of wrote it together and it's about friends always being there for each other no matter what. It's called 'You Can Come To Me'."

She glanced at Ricky and nodded at him, signaling him that he can start playing. Ricky nodded and glanced at his guitar, beginning to play the song. Ophelia glanced at everyone nervously, her gaze landing on Fallon who gave her two thumbs up and EJ smiled encouragingly at her. Ophelia's lips began to curl upwards, and she glanced over where Luca sat beside Gina and they both smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up, causing her smile to widen and her nerves and worries slowly but surely began to fade away. Ophelia looked at Ricky to see he was already looking at her. He smiled encouragingly at her and nodded. Ophelia smiled and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before she began to sing.

(just imagine ophelia & ricky as austin & ally if you wanna)

https://youtu.be/F78qnI9haIM

"When you're on your own, drowning alone, and you need a rope that can pull you in. Someone will throw it."

"And when you're afraid that you're gonna break and you need a way to feel strong again." Ricky looks at Ophelia with a smile and she smiles back at him. "Someone will know it."

Ophelia and Ricky harmonize their voices together for the bridge of the song. "And even when it hurts the most try to have a little hope that someone's gonna be there when you don't, when you don't."

They both look at everyone with a smile, singing the chorus. "If you wanna cry I'll be your shoulder." Ophelia smiled to herself, proud of herself for actually singing on stage in front of people and with her best friend. She never would have pictured herself doing this. If you would have told her last year she would be auditioning for a play with her best friend she would've laughed at you. But now she couldn't be happier that she was doing this. 

"If you wanna laugh I'll be your smile. If you wanna fly," Ricky looks at Ophelia with a proud smile. He was so proud of her for how far she has come with her stage fright. "I will be your sky." The two best friends look out at the audience while they sing. "Anything you need that's what I'll be." 

Ophelia's friends smile widely at her. Fallon and Luca were so happy and proud of her. They never once thought she would do this, but they were glad she did because she has such talent that shouldn't be hidden. "If you wanna climb I'll be your ladder. If you wanna run, I'll be your road." Ophelia and Ricky face each other at each other the same time, both smiling. "If you want a friend, doesn't matter when. Anything you need that's what I'll be. You can come to me."

"You can come to me." Ophelia sings as she and Ricky gaze into each other eyes, their smiles never leaving their faces. "Yeah."

The two best friends didn't even realize how close they were to each other until when Ricky stopped strumming his guitar. They were now so close that there were only inches apart. They almost forgot that they weren't the only ones in the room. It was the loud cheers and applause that brought them back to reality. Ophelia and Ricky quickly stepped away from each other, facing everyone. Ophelia smiled shyly upon seeing Fallon, EJ, Luca, and Gina were up on their feet along with Big Red, the five of them cheering the loudest for her and Ricky. 

Miss Jenn smiles to herself upon watching the shy smile Ophelia and Ricky just shared. "That was incredible, you two." She commented and she made a note in her notebook. 

Ricky went to put away his guitar while Ophelia went to get off the stage, not wanting to be in front of everyone any longer. But today was a wrong day to wear heels. On the last step she tripped and fell. Gasps filled the room along with one scoff which only made her blood boil because she knew it was Lily who scoffed.

"She totally did that for attention." Lily commented, rolling her eyes. She earned dirty looks from the people around her and it took EJ holding onto Fallon's hand and whispering to Fallon to calm down for her not to punch the blonde.

"Ophelia!" Miss Jenn gets up and goes to make her way over to Ophelia, but Ricky got to Ophelia first, looking at Ophelia with concern. "Are you alright?" Miss Jenn asked.

Ophelia lets out a shaky breath, thankfully smiling at Ricky, who helps her back on her feet and stays beside her to make sure she's steady. "Y-Yeah, I think so."

Ricky had his hand holding onto her right arm, still looking at her with concern. "You sure you're okay? You're not hurt?"

"No, I'm alright." Ophelia assures him, thinking it was sweet of him for caring about her so much. She glances at her left foot that she tripped with. "It's not that painful or serious but there probably will be a bruise."

"Okay." Ricky nodded and despite Ophelia's protest that she could walk on her own, Ricky took his hand off her arm and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, letting her lean into him since Ophelia didn't want to put too much pressure on her left foot. Ricky felt better knowing that she was okay if he went with her. Ophelia sat in the front row again and since the place beside her was empty Ricky sat beside her. 

Big Red gets up on stage, glancing at Miss Jenn with a nervous smile. "I know you didn't call me yet, but if it's alright with you I know I'm the last person to go, and I'd kinda like to get it over with?"

Miss Jenn nods and smiles encouragingly at him. "Show me what you got, honey."

"Whoo-hoo!" Ashlyn cheered, clapping loudly.

Big Red smiled and began to tap dance. Ophelia knew that he could tap dance, but she didn't know he could tap dance this good. But then he slipped in the middle of a twirl and fell, causing Ophelia and some others to gasp. He just turned around with his back facing everyone, sitting in a crisscross position. Ophelia shared a worried look with Ricky and Ricky nodded, letting her know he would go check on him. Ricky got up and went on stage.

Lily laughs, covering her mouth to stifle a laugh, but that didn't help to muffle her laughter. "Seriously?"

Okay, now she crossed the line with messing two of Fallon's friends. "Okay, let me at her." Fallon mutters, turning to face the blonde with anger in her eyes. EJ looks panicked, grabbing her arm and made her face him. "Lonnie, no violence." Fallon felt butterflies in her stomach swarming and her face heat up at the nickname he recently started using. She was only used to Ophelia, Luca, and even Ricky or Big Red calling her that but she wasn't used to EJ calling her that yet. Fallon sighs heavily. "Fine." She grumbled and once EJ was sure she wouldn't attack Lily, he let of her arm and nodded, looking at her with a small smile.

"Hey. Hey, hey, hey...." Ricky kneels beside Big Red, placing his hands on Big Red's shoulders. "You got this, dude." He helps Big Red up to his feet. "Breathe. Just breathe. Okay? I've got you." He turned Big Red around, smiling at everyone and patted Big Red's chests twice. Ricky then walked off the, sitting beside Ophelia. Big Red redid his tap dance, this time not falling. He did amazing in Ophelia's opinion. She cheered loudly for him along with everyone else (once again besides Lily).

This audition for sure didn't go as she expected it would go, but she had to admit she enjoyed being on stage and she really enjoyed singing. Especially with Ricky. 

-ˏˋ"Bad day to wear heals, am I right?" Ophelia jokes from where she stood in the hallway outside of the auditorium. She sheepishly smiles at the camera. "I'm okay. I went to the nurse after auditions, with Ricky's help." She chuckles, ignoring the butterflies swarming in her stomach. "He didn't want to leave me without knowing how badly I was hurt and that I was good to walk on my own." She couldn't help the smile on her face, and she shakes her head. "Anyway, I was right. I just have a bruised ankle and the nurse at school said if I put ice on it for a couple of weeks it will be as good as new." She nervously bites her lower lip. "Now, all I have to worry about is if Lily is right about me not being good enough to be Belle." She shows the camera her crossed fingers and a nervous smile appears on her face. "Fingers crossed she's wrong."ˎˊ-

A/N you guys should watch savanah lee may's musical monday live when she sings defying gravity, she's literally so talented ! i thought that song would be good for fallon to sing bc of her getting madam wardrobe & madam wardrobe is like an opera singer so i thought that song would be good to show off fallon's singing talents. also you guys should go stream all the songs forever in your mind make, im using the song hurricane (by forever in your mind) to be the original song luca sings bc the actor of luca is in the band. i cant believe they're underrated bc they're so good. also would you guys be interested in a separate book for fallon & luca for me to go more in depth about their lives? their books would be tied into this one.