“Jake, Jason, wait up! Have you heard about the school play? It’s The Little Mermaid and the auditions are held this Friday. You guys should totally try out with me!” exclaimed Amber.
“Ugh. I hear Lilly is doing it, as always! Mrs. Brown said that she’s going to get the featured role no matter what!” snapped Jake.
“Ewwwww! She’s so weird. That’s why she has no friends,” agreed Jason.
“I guess it <em>would</em> help increase our chances of becoming homecoming king and queen, so why not?” stated Jake.
“I’m in,” said Jason.
“Well, I will see you at the auditions on Friday.”
Two days later, Amber, Jake, Jason, Lilly, and many more students showed up at the auditions.
After everyone had finished reading lines from different scenes, singing songs and performing the dances, ten kids were out.
“Gaylord Balcom, Hosea Jack, Vera Fuselier, Kacy Poplar, Scottie Wallen, Deeanna Soukup, Brant Dipaola, Jeffie Parnell, Monte Heilig, Terrell Metzer, you are out!” yelled Mrs. Brown.
Once the roles had been announced, Jake and Lilly learned that they would play the roles of Prince Eric and Ariel. They were both very upset with this but they both wanted lead roles, so they didn’t say anything to Mrs. Brown.
One day, while rehearsing, Mrs. Brown told them that they had to kiss. Lilly and Jake hated this because they didn’t like each other’s personalities very much and thought it would be very weird to kiss each other. They both begged for that scene to be removed from the play but Mrs. Brown refused.
Opening night arrived. They were both super nervous. When it came time for the big kiss, which had not been rehearsed, Lilly and Jake were super embarrassed. Jake realized that he was starting to have feelings for Lilly, having learned how kind she was during their time rehearsing together, and started liking her personality a lot more and didn’t think of her geeky side as much. After the play, he let her know and she said that she felt the same way, but since they were seniors and the school year was ending soon, it would not make sense for them to start dating.
“Well, which college are you going to, Lilly?” asked Jake.
“Stanford,” replied Lilly.
“No way, this is unbelievable!” yelled Jake, “I am going to Stanford as well!”
Once they learned that they would be in the same place for four more years, they were elated. They started dating two weeks later, and little did they know, they would be spending the rest of their lives together. They lived together in college, and after graduation, got married. Once they learned each other’s true personalities, they fell in love. This shows true love and that you should not judge a book by its cover.
