Chapter 86 Audition is not over yet
Chapter 86 Audition is not over yet
My entire body was shaking as my eyes scanned the screen.
I blinked more than I did when I was doing a blinking contest.
Does that even exist?
Okay no.
Maya suddenly forgot how to read English. Maybe the accident really actually messed with her brain.
"What does it say?" She said, hitting me as my mouth mumbled literally rubbish.
"You got in!!" Ethan's voice echoed in my head. I winced in pain.
"Really?!" Maya shouted. Her cast lifted a bit
I had that numb happiness stuff. You know when you're so happy you literally forget how to be happy?
Yeah, that kind of happiness.
"Let me see" Klaus said, taking the phone out of my hand.
“You have successfully passed the first stage of admissions and have been selected for the final evaluation process at Monroe School of Arts—”
Maya screamed so loud the nurses rushed in thinking something bad had happened.
"Omg you really got in!" She screamed again
“I DIDN’T GET IN,” I corrected quickly. “It says final evaluation.”
"Fuvk that tessa you got in" klaus interrupted.
It felt weird celebrating this kind of happiness judging by the fact that the one person that makes me happy is in a cast and stuck in a hospital bed.
I thought I was good at hiding my facial expression but Maya saw through it immediately.
The sadness behind the happiness.
“Oh no.” she said
I looked away.
“You’re doing the thing again .” she complained
“What thing?” I asked
“The guilt thing.”
I folded my arms.
“maya there is no way i can celebrate this when you literally got hit by a truck.”
“that doesnt matter, this is MSA were talking about here.”
“i know and you're in a hospital ”
“I’m alive.”
I swallowed.
She sighed dramatically, rubbing a hand on her face.
“Tessa.”
I looked at her with those eyes
“If I survived getting body slammed by transportation, the least you can do is celebrate.” she paused "please"
Ethan raised his pizza slice.
“I support the patient.”
“Nobody asked you,” Maya replied.
Klaus squeezed my shoulder lightly.
“She’s right.”
I smiled. I think it's safe to say I love my friends so much.
I eventually decided to celebrate. Maya was over the moon about it. I ordered some pizza and canned drinks and while we were waiting for the order to arrive, ethan couldn't stop talking about fruits and pizzas being a good combination.
"Picture this" ethan started "strawberry pizza"
"That sounds illegal"
"It's sounds like an innovation, you would get it"
We heard a gentle knock on the door,we all turned thinking it was pizza.
Imagine my shock when I saw the most pretty blonde I'd ever seen before.
Yeah that blonde.
"Charlotte!!" Maya screamed and made an attempt to stand up. She realised she was stuck " ow"
"Hey you guys" she said with a smile.
I turned to ethan.
Oh fuck.
Ethan pretended he didn't see her and started texting in his phone.
You and I both know he was just writing gibberish on his notepad or texting himself
Typical ethan.
"Oh my God maya you look terrible" she said walking towards the bed.
She sat beside maya which was also beside ethan.
He cleared his throat loudly as her hair brushed past his face.
I could swear I saw him sniffing her hair.
"Hey charlotte you came just in time for our celebration" maya said pulling out of the hug.
"I didn't realise we celebrate accidents"
I laughed
"No silly" maya chuckled "tessa got in to Msa"
"I got approved for my final evaluation" I corrected for the second time today.
"Potato potatoe," Klaus said from behind holding three cartons of pizza and a pack of canned drinks. "Who's hungry"
Dang it. I didn't realise that I was starting because I clouded my head with maya and things that kept on bothering me.
"I want the pineapple," Ethan said.
Charlotte turned and I was guessing it was because that's the first time she heard his voice since she came in.
She smiled.
"Me too" she said
I remembered once ethan mentioned that the had so much in common. I'm guessing this fruit-food ideology was one of them.
Their eyes met and lingered for a second before she pulled away.
"I didn't know what to get so I got a get well soon plant" she brought out a plant from her bag .
"That plant wouldn't survive a week with maya" I said
"I vote five days" klaus added passing the pizza around
"I vote three," Ethan said, passing the pizza to Charlotte.
The sexual tension between them was crazy. I just wanted to scream
GET BACK TOGETHER ALREADY but it wasn't my battle to fight.
Time passed. Nurses and doctors came in to do evaluations and tests and things I didn't understand.
I looked at maya, then ethan, then klaus, then finally charlotte.
They were all munching and having a conversation about something that was supposed to be meaningful but I knew it would be meaningless.
I went outside to meet the doctors and asked about her condition.
He said she would be in the hospital for an extra week because her dad was in a wheelchair and not capable enough for him to tend to her .
I nodded as he spoke.
I insisted on staying with her till she's discharged
He gave a list of foods she should stay away from because she had a stitch on her stomach as well.
At the point I felt like I was her mother because I wanted to know every single detail.
After about an hour of conversation about maya, I returned to the ward room where I saw maya's hands around his neck.
"Maya let go now!!" I screamed.
"He signed on my cast" she pouted "see" she raised her cast a bit
I read a little, maya is obsessed with ethan with a heart on the cast.
"I swear I'll kill you" she threatened, reaching for his neck again.
Ethan stood up before her hand could reach him.
I chuckled lightly.
Klaus came behind me and I felt his breathing on my neck.
"What do you say we get out of here and I could give you a proper welcome home moment" he whispered
For a second I was about to ditch everything and leave.
I swear the way he manipulated me was on a level tat should be studied.
I shifted quickly "not until maya gets better"
"Fine" he folded his arms
I swear to God it felt like I was babysitting babies here.
In all the chaos, a pricking voice echoed in my head.
Your audition isn't over yet.