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“Are you busy tomorrow? Bryce had something he wanted to ask you, but I was just getting ready to call you to see how rehearsal was going anyway,” Rayelle explained.
Bryce glared at her across the island, but she only smiled sweetly in return. She knew he never could stay mad at her.
“Well, I have rehearsal tomorrow. It’s the first rehearsal with the full cast. It’s only been the principals for the first few days. It’s going fantastic.”
Rayelle looked at Bryce and motioned for him to go on and talk.
“You interested in coming down tomorrow evening? The community center is having a dance,” Bryce said after some hesitation.
“Tomorrow? I’m not sure I’ll have time to get ready for a dance.”
“It’s not fancy,” Rayelle jumped in. “You can wear whatever you wear to rehearsal. It’s more of a grand re-opening. Bryce did the basement renovation, and they are having a community dance as a sort of open house. Me and Dom will be there.”
“Oh,” Samantha hesitated once more. “Okay. What time should I be there, and what’s the address?”
“It starts at five. Do you want to meet us there or at my house?” Rayelle asked.
“Okay,” Samantha agreed. “I might be cutting it close, so I’ll meet you there. I’ll see you guys tomorrow.”
“Yay!” Rayelle squealed. “I can’t wait. This is going to be too much fun.”
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” Samantha repeated before the line went silent as the call ended.
Bryce stared at Rayelle in exasperation while she sliced the lasagna and prepared everyone’s plate. She was obviously pleased with herself. He reminded himself that Rayelle would always be Rayelle.
“What was the point in that?” Bryce asked after they all had a plate in front of them.
“What?” she asked innocently.
“That gave me flashbacks of high school. Why’d you call her on speaker if you were just going to take over the phone call anyway? You could have invited her to the dance. You didn’t need me.”
Dominic just laughed as he dug into his food. “Have you not met my wife? This is what she does.”
“You had to ask her so she understands she will be going with you, not with us,” Rayelle explained.
“This lasagna is delicious,” Bryce said after a few bites. “But you’re still the worst.”
Chapter 10
Samantha headed to rehearsal excited to see everyone together for the first time. She wore her favorite black leggings with a black cropped sweatshirt. Getting ready for rehearsal was simple since every day called for rehearsal blacks. She owned plenty of black leggings and yoga pants and even more black tops. She put a gray sweater in her bag to wear to the dance in case she didn’t have time to get home first.
“Samantha?” she heard from behind.
Turning around, she saw the woman she met at the audition. She had wondered if the Brittney from the cast list was the same one she met at the audition. It was nice to see a familiar face.
“Brittney! Congrats! I was hoping to see you.”
“Congrats to you, too. What role did you land?” Brittney asked.
“Joanne,” she responded with a shy smile.
“That’s amazing! I’m so happy for you. I take it today isn’t your first rehearsal. How has it been going?”
“Well, it’s been going. The first day was a lot of housekeeping-type stuff. We did a read-through and then broke into smaller groups. Yesterday was the first day we really rehearsed the entire time. It’s definitely a lot, but I love it.”
Brittney followed her into the green room and set her bag in the chair next to Samantha’s. “I’m excited. I was an hour into my shift at the restaurant when I got the call. It took everything in me to not just quit my job on the spot and walk out. I didn’t get called back, so I figured I didn’t get cast.”
Samantha gave a thin smile in response. Everything that was happening when she got the callback and when she got the call offering her the role was not something she wanted to think about. Saying nothing, she pulled her boots off and slipped her feet into her jazz shoes.
