Wherefore art thou Romeo [Xander]

[Bradley McCall]

Here they were school the day Eli would finally get his break, this whole interference scheme with Becky's musical came down to auditions. Once approved by Simpson as Eli's gay interpretation of the play he and Bradley were alerting the school with tweets and face range messages about auditions. Bradley walked the halls, he wondered if his new friend Xander would even try out for this aspect of drama but his thoughts soon had him pulled out of class. Brad walked with Eli down the halls, and honestly he was a bit confused on where they were going, yet when they hit the theater he raised his eyebrow with an unsure looked. "Brad, your the one who knows about musicals, you need to star as Jules in this production." Eli explained and as much as he wanted to deny Eli's request he knew the boy was just striving for one more play to get into his college of choice. "Oh Eli, how I wish I didn't have to do this, but I guess I can." Bradley said ungrateful. Most of the girls of the drama program would be honored but he decided to male his audition final as he took the stage looking around getting into his zone. "My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy." Bradley recided from the heart pausing at all the proper places yet when Eli clapped sarcastically he wondered why. Bradley stood on the stage shifting his weight from one side and he crossed his arms over his chest. "What?!" Brad copped with attitude. "Musical boy this is a musical where are those talents?" Eli said tossing a scrips with musical notes at him. Eli walked over to the radio and started to play the instrumental. "You have got to be kidding me." Bradley said look as he took in a breath, he swallowed down some spit and warmed his voice with noises. Once ready he hesitantly started to sing. ““For your love, I give up my name...I give up my world....Coz’ you are the flame, that burns in my heart...And makes life complete, a rose by another name…You are the sun..." Bradley sung as he looked at the chairs in the theater. When Eli was applauding he actually smiled and walked off stage.

For the rest of the afternoon they deal with tone def kids, people that could sing but didn't like the concept but then it hit him. Brad stood up from the casting table and ran out the room. He B lined it to the music room cautiously opening the door. Once he saw Xander there with the piano he smiled. Brad walked over to the chair noting it was on wheels. "I have something better for you to be doing." Bradley explained as he pushed the chair with the Xander on it into the hall way. "Hold on to your tighty whiteys." Brad warned as he picked up speed pushing Xander avoiding scattered children in the hall, he took a couple short cuts running around corners and he watched the lights flicker off in the theater. Brad ran faster rolling the boy into the room and right down the center aisle. "I've seen enough." Eli said not noticing Brad with the boy. "Oh no you haven't Eli Goldsworthy!" Brad explained as he stopped the chair in front of Eli waiting for Xander to react. "Your telling me this wont be another failed attempt?" Eli said looking at Bradley unamused. "I assure you." Bradley said handing Xander a script pointing to Romeo's name. "Just feel it from the heart. Don't you fail me..." Brad pleaded as he watched the stage. Eli just stood there with an unamused expression if Brad had so much confidence in this boy it must have been there somewhere. "Well..." Eli said waiting for the boy to react.

[Xander Leo Connolley]

Xander had heard all about the play, well musical whatever you wanted to call it. All day he had debated on auditioning and he had decided against it finally when the time came. he made his way into the music room and sat at the piano where he hit the keys in a melodic tune and he smiled as he turned it into a nice beat where he began to beat box with the tune and he grinned. He was interrupted though when his new founded friend, bradly burst through the door. He was about to open his mouth in confusion and say something but when Bradley pushed his chair out the door Xander looked over his shoulder at the boy,"Is this a joke?" he asked but soon enough he found himself stumbling out of the chair and right infront of Eli Goldsworthy. "Jesus, Brad, are you serious? I..no absolutely not" but when he saw the puppy dog look on the other boy's face he groaned and reluctantly grabbed the script before he hopped onto the stage. He glanced it over for a moment and at first his words were unamused and unemotional as he spoke,"What light yonder window breaks...it is the east and Jules is the.." he scowled at how gay he must sound and he glanced to Eli who looked like his time was being wasted and finally Xander tossed the script aside and he grinned,"You want a show? I'll give you a show" he said as he backed up and grinned before he did a stage slide landing on his knees at the edge of the stage before he held his hand up and looked up as if looking up to a balcony,he was about to improvise this he didn't know it word for word. "It is the East and Jules is the sun, Oh Jules come to thine window and show thee beautiful face, for I shall no longer allow a single tear to shed thine's eyes, for your beauty is too much for thee to take, I do not deserve thee but please fairest Jules, understand I..it was love at first sight"

[/color] he spoke from his heart and he grinned before pulling his eyes to Bradley and he winked before he slowly got to his feet and began to sing,"You are the sun, the moon in the night, you are my everything..." he trailed off seeing the look crossing Eli's and Brad's faces. "What? What...was I that bad?" he asked in concern.[/center]

[Eli Goldsworthy]

Eli stood beside Bradley watching an unamused Xander and he looked over at Brad raising his eyebrow. Brad chewed the inside of his cheek, he could feel Eli's eyes melting the side of his face and he listened to Xander talk about a show, reflexively his anxiety was kicking in and he grabbed Eli's jaw and forced him to watch Xander's slide. Eli watched now leaning back on his heels looking at the scripted and the way Xander altered it with more feeling, and passion. Eli listened the show through and nodded with a slight amused look on his face. He rolled his script up, Xander's version was defiantly unique and better. When the boy winked at Brad Eli watched Brad blush and he smacked the back of the boy's head getting him out of whatever thought process was crossing his twisted little mind. Brad looked over at Bradley and scowled crossing his arms over his chest. Once Xander sung Eli walked up the stage and put his arm around Xander's shoulders. "Welcome to Drama club Romeo." Eli stated handing the boy his scrip. "Alter word, have fun with that show me what you come up with while you do so. You and Jules over there shall be...Well...you'll be amazing." Eli said smirking at Brad.

Brad walked up stage and looked at Eli. "Oh, surprised I didn't bring you a failed attempt? I got this" Bradley claimed. "Were you that bad? You were Epic Xander!" Bradley stated excited he had concerns about the whole play and the detailed love scenes but he guessed he and Xander would figure that out together. Eli put his free arm around Brad and pulled them both together. "We are so going to burn Becky Baker." He said letting the too good acting like he was wiping away a fake tear. "She is so going to be like, Oh my god, Eli Goldsworthy made Romeo and Juliet a gay play, this isn't right!" Eli teased his voice mocking Becky's. Bradley giggled to himself and looked at Xander. "Failed to mention, we are being used to get back at Becky Baker for trying to direct Eli's drama club event of the semester." Bradley teased with a smile.
"Xander you should be excited you get to kiss...that face." Eli said sarcastically with a discussed look on his face. Brad scowled and looked down at his sneakers.
Eli tossed Bradley a script and walked over to his seat in the theater. "Now, practice while I start making my acceptance speech." Eli said leaning back in his chair.

[Xander Leo Connolley]

Xander felt Eli's arm around his shoulders and he shrugged it off a little bit and looked between the two listening to the light banter and joking and when mentioned they were pawns in Eli's little game to get back at Becky Baker, Xander quirked an eyebrow,"Woah, I am no one's pawn, either we are doing this for the good natured fact of it being a musical and to have for or I'm out" he said seriously as he looked between the two. He wasn't one to sit and seek revenge on people especially with music or acting. He folded his arms over his chest and looked at Eli when he made the kissing comment,"And...I'm not gay either" he said defensively as he stepped away from the two for a moment and he ruffled his hair slightly awkward. "No offense if you two love birds are, but I'm not" he tease with his genuine charming smile. He heard footsteps and glanced over his shoulder as he looked the blond girl over and seeing the expression that crossed the other two boys faces made Xander smirk,"Oh, Oh so this is little Miss Sunshine?" he asked as he walked over and he grinned and offered his hand as greeting to the "enemy" "Well hello Miss Baker, I'm Xander it is a pleasure to meet you" he says kissing the top of her hand before letting it go and playfully courteseying for the girl. "Can we help you?" he asks taking it upon himself to see what she was doing interrupting their little "musical" session.

[Becky Baker]

Becky walked into the theater with her chin held up as she knew she'd found just the boy she needed to speak to. She'd been looking for Eli, and managed to hear his voice from outside, among others. She wanted to discuss a possible Juliet, as she didn't want to give it to just anyone. Some of their auditions had been pretty amazing, but they weren't perfect for her and she was sure Eli would agree to that. It was cynical conclusion and he seemed to be a general negative Ned, an opinion she'd be sure to voice once they were in good spirits.

Becky knew she just needed to keep praying for him. He seemed to think there was something wrong with how happy she was, snapping at her every time she made a mistake. The blonde never meant to offend him when she said she'd be picking the cast herself, she was just used to having to do everything on her own. Of course she was happy to have help, but why did help have to mean working such a cranky director?

Shaking her thoughts, she smiled at the boys in the room as she walked closer. Once she could see them clearly, the look on Eli and Xander's faces as well as the other boy's made her blink a few times. She didn't know what they were so happy about. She knew Xander had recently been cast as Romeo, as her and Eli's mutual decisions had been posted with the boys' casting, so that explained why he was here. However, the third boy she knew hadn't been casted as anybody yet, especially since she barely recognized him.

Xander was the first to walk up to her and greet her in a way that made her even more worried about what was going on. She, as always, disregard the 'Miss Sunshine' comment and decided to take it as the only compliment Eli would give her. The producer instinctively took his hand and offered a confused smile before she chuckled uncomfortably at his curtsy since she wasn't exactly in the mood to joke anymore.

"Xander," Becky tried to greet him as kindly as she could. Glancing up at the director before looking back at him, her smile turned into a grimace. The petite blond completely disregarded the musical's Romeo as she walked past him, closer to the director. This was probably the last thing she wanted to know, but it was best to just rip off the bandage. "Who's he?" she asked Eli, glancing up at the other boy next to him. She tried not to sound rude but her tone betrayed her when she overcompensated.

OOC: Just letting you all know, fml.

[Bradley McCall]

Eli got up from his chair and walked to the stage looking up at Xander. "Don't look at yourself as a pawn, look at is as you want something good to put on your college application, staring as Romeo in an Eli Goldsworthy production will get you where you need to be. As for Becky, she is getting what is coming to her for trying to take over my theater. You can what thats fine, easy to replace but you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." Eli offered with his stern unamused expression. Actors were hard to come by, but this kid didn't know whom he was dealing with. His next words caused Eli's eye to twitch. "Gay, I have nothing against gay people, but I'm not into guys, that's his thing. Not to mention your the one who winked at him during your audition." Eli stated with a look of seriousness. Julia, Clare, Imogen were all past relationships. It was proven he wasn't into guys. Brad looked at Eli then to Xander, he opened his mouth and moved his tongue around his cheek, raising his eyebrows. "There is nothing you have to worry about, I have a boyfriend and I'm not gay and even though I am Bi, you couldn't beg me enough to date someone like him." Bradley said looking to Eli with a sarcastic smile. Eli laughed to himself then he heart it. The sound that reminded him of a nail on a chalk board.

When Xander directed his attention to the back of the theater the sound of Becky Baker's screech of a voice entered his ears. Eli disregarded Xander's comments to get and he smiled. "Becky, seeing how you wanted this musical done so bad and we are working together. I talked to principal Simpson and got this approved." Eli said walked up to her as he put his arm around her and walked her on stage. "He is Romeo, and Brad will be playing Jules, in my version of Romeo and Juliet. The homosexual interpretation." Eli said knowing it would sting her Christian beliefs due to the homosexuality portrayed in the musical. Bradley smirked watching Becky's reaction. "This is true, the tale of who homosexuals in love sounded like a lovely twist to your production." Brad claimed. He was more into the fact that he was staring in a musical but he disliked how Becky reacted about homosexuals and though he and Eli had different reasons for not liking the girl their over all goals were the same. Brad yawned and shifted his weight to one side holding his script. He wanted for everything to unfold as he looked over at Xander. "This should be good, and I like your seriousness toward the whole play. It's passionate." Bradley said admiring Xander's views, and how he wouldn't do the play to get back at Becky.

[Xander Leo Connolley]

Xander smirked at the expression Becky was giving she looked so lost and confused. Xander shrugged and grabbed his guitar off the rolling chair that Bradley had made his entrance with and he slung the guitar over his shoulder. He disregarded Eli's comments for the time being knowing that he and Becky were about to get into it before he turned to Bradley,"Passion, that's what I'm all about Brad," he said clapping Brad on the back as he glanced over at the other two,"Well I'm going to ditch this before it turns into a battle of gunslingers" he said as he stepped away and jokingly put his hands up as if surrendering as he chuckled,"Don't go killing Romeo before he kills himself," he said with a laugh before glancing to Brad,"You can join me if you wanna, I'm just going to head down to the Dot, grab some coffee and looks this here old script over and pencil in a few things" he said before finally turning his back to the group and heading toward the exit. When he reached the door he put up his hand,"Adios I shall see you all in the moro" he said taking his leave.

[Becky Baker]

Becky was very surprised, to say the least, that Eli went anywhere near her. Not that she was very particular about personal space, but he certainly gave off that vibe. It was the reason she resisted the urge to hug him every time she saw him. Well, not the only reason, more like one of the many reasons. She let him get her on stage, as she worried herself even more. This wasn't going to be good, he looked too amused. Eli told her about a Jules, and Becky ran the name through her mental list of characters. She couldn't remember a single Jules in the musical, he really couldn't mean he would switch Juliet.

-No, how could the principal approve of something like this? He was ruining a classic! He was joking, he had to be joking. There was no way he could be this cruel or desperate to get her off of the production. Her look was one of pure horror, as she was hopelessly waiting for Eli to burst out laughing at any moment. That this was just a joke, because there was no way Simpson would say yes to something like this. It was wrong. It went against everything she believed in and everything her father had ever taught her.

With Bradley's next words, it began to feel like they were mocking her. Did Eli really stoop this low to get rid of her? He never even gave her chance. The girl stood there, just plain gaping at Eli. He was forcing her hand, it was like he was asking for her to react in front of them. The shock settled into rage as she decided this wasn't getting the best of her.

"Eli, we need to talk. In private. Now," Becky stated, though she wasn't sure she could hold back her rage long enough. She ignored the two actors' conversation, until she heard Xander's comment about gunslingers and couldn't help herself. "We aren't going to fight," she snapped at him loudly, almost yelling. Lowering her voice, she tried again. "The director and I just need to discuss things." The blonde forced a small smile though her eyes still glared at Eli as she looked back to him. She just hoped he wasn't thinking straight.