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contacts, pressing the call button once she’d found Sam’s name.
    “Hey, what’s going on?”
    Just knowing she was on the phone with someone who might be sympathetic to her plight made the tension in her body ease a little. She plopped down on her bed, sighing. “Well, I did it. You can guess how it went.”
    “Awe, man. Sorry, Court, I thought they might ease up a little by now. What’d they say?”
    Courtney rolled her eyes as she recounted, “Just the normal ‘our house, our rules’ routine. They are dead set against me doing this until I’m on my own. I don’t know any way to make them understand that this is what I want, so I guess I need to work on the other part.”
    “What’s the plan?”
    “I don’t know yet, but I hope one of those scholarships come through. There is no way I am going to let them pay for college so they can use it against me later. You know they’ll try to keep me from doing any serious auditions until after I graduate.”
    “Just because they said not to, doesn’t mean you can’t. Go anyway… if you don’t get it, no harm done. If you do, the money might help.”
    Courtney wrinkled her nose. “I don’t know, Sam. It’s not really my style to sneak around like that.”
    “If you want this, you need to do what you’ve gotta do. The question is: how bad do you want it?”
    She suppressed the urge to curse him out over making an argument she couldn’t really counter. He was right—if she didn’t do something now, she might end up in law school, or worse. The thought made her shudder. More importantly, she would miss a once-in-a-lifetime thing, and Courtney didn’t want to live with that regret. “Okay, I guess you’re right. Hey, I have to go now or I’ll never get this Chem assignment done. I’ll see you tomorrow?”
    “Same place, same time. Later.”
    “Later.”
    Courtney ended the call, considering the logistics. She’d need to come up with a good alibi for the day of the audition and would have to sneak an extra outfit in her bag that day. As she inspected herself in the mirror across from her, she cringed at the idea of showing up in her normal uniform of jeans and t-shirts. It was comfortable, but not the image she wanted for a meeting with one of the most talented new indie artists out there.
    I hope I can pull this off.

Chapter Five
    The next morning, Courtney was up extra early. She yawned while stumbling her way into the bathroom. Her mind raced with ideas for alibis for the audition, thoughts of what her parents might say if they found out, and whether or not she was up to the challenge. Her stomach churned just thinking about all the embarrassing ways she could blow it.
    You are good enough to do this. You just have to get that through your thick head.
    The harsh words echoed through her mind as Courtney repeated it in a whisper like a mantra. Her stomach relaxed more with each repetition, eventually settling enough for her to get ready for school. She didn’t bother to do more than call out a quick goodbye as she raced out the door. She figured the less interaction she had with her parents, the better. They’d always had an uncanny ability to know when she was being dishonest, and she had no intention of giving them a chance to use it.
    On the way to school, Courtney tried to psych herself up to tell Miss Hernandez she was going to audition after all. For once, she was grateful for her parents’ lack of interest in her drama class. It meant the teacher couldn’t say the wrong thing in front of them and spoil the whole thing.
    Courtney walked through the front entrance, side-stepping other students who were rushing to their lockers or the courtyard to meet friends before class. She wanted to tell Miss Hernandez the news before she had the chance to over-think the decision. Courtney approached the auditorium where most of the drama classes took place, taking a deep breath.
    Here it goes.
    She walked inside, inspecting the space. Courtney frowned