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at seeing an empty room. She finally spotted Miss Hernandez coming from the backstage area. “Miss Hernandez, are you busy?”
    “Of course not, Courtney. I was hoping I would see you before class later. Did you decide whether you want to go to that audition?”
    “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. I want to do it, but are you sure it’s not too late?”
    “Not at all. They’re finalizing the list tomorrow and the audition will be in a couple of weeks. It’s on a Saturday—does that work for you?”
    “Sure, that’s great.” Relief flooded through her body at the news. She’d been afraid that the audition might be during school hours, and as far as she was about to go, Courtney didn’t know if she was up for cutting class. She hadn’t skipped a day in her life and she didn’t feel like starting now.
    “Good. We’ll talk more about it after class. Okay?”
    “Perfect. Thanks for telling me about this.”
    Miss Hernandez smiled. “You’re welcome. I’m just glad you decided to go after all. I love to see students challenging themselves and taking risks.” She glanced at the clock on the wall and added, “You’d better get going now. You don’t want to be late to first period.”
    “Right. Bye, Miss Hernandez.” Courtney ran out the door, intent on making it to class before the bell rang. She couldn’t chance a single thing that would put a spotlight on her until the whole thing was over.
     
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    The rest of the day, Courtney felt an intoxicating sense of liberation. Making the choice to go for her dream was the first thing she’d done that was completely for her, and she relished it. Now, she just had to hope her ruse went smoothly. She figured she’d just tell her parents she was out with Sam. He’d back her up in a second.
    “Hey, wait up!”
    Courtney turned to see Matthew running up to her. She raised an eyebrow at seeing him still here. She figured he would’ve run to the local sub shop by now. He hated cafeteria food and had no desire to fix anything himself. “Hey, what are you still doing here?”
    “Wanted to check with you about next Saturday. I was thinking we could all go to the mall or something.”
    Oh, crap.
    Courtney cringed as she remembered their plans. “I’m sorry, I completely forgot we’d made plans.”
    “No problem. What time should we meet up?”
    “That’s the thing… I can’t. I’m going to be busy that day.”
    “Really? What?” His voice rose a bit in pitch, a sure sign he was curious and not going to take a non-answer.
    “You didn’t hear this, okay?”
    He stood a little taller and his eyes widened. “This sounds like it’s going to be good. What are you up to?”
    “I’m going to be spending most of my free time getting ready for an audition. My parents don’t know it, and I’d like to keep it that way.”
    He gaped at her a moment before answering. “Are you serious? Why would you do something like that? What’s the deal?”
    Courtney shrugged. “I don’t know, I just really want to do this and they aren’t having it. I don’t have a choice because they’re totally against it. You know how they are. They would sooner go to a golf tournament than watch my plays.”
    “I guess you’re right. They do act like they can’t leave fast enough when they bother going. Need any help getting there?”
    “No, Sam’s going to take me. He wouldn’t miss a chance to help me stick it to them, even if they don’t know. Well, assuming I don’t get the part.” Her anxiety intensified at the possibility of getting cast, so she chose to focus on the more likely scenario. 
    Matthew laughed. “And what if you do?”
    “I guess I’ll have to figure that out if it happens, but please don’t make me think too much about this, or I might back out.”
    He crossed his arms and hardened his tone. “No way are you going to do that. I’ll drag you there myself if I have to.”
    Courtney gave Matthew a hug. She suddenly realized how