(19) Road To A Dream


Opening Night – Antaria High Auditorium

“I can’t do this.” Maria stated simply. “Do you see all those people?”

Isabel rubbed Maria’s shoulders in a comforting manner. “Come on Ri. No time to chicken out now. You’ve been looking forward to this production for the past few months. You can do this girl. You are so ready.”

Maria shook her head. “I’m so scared that I might fall on my face. Ugh, how did I ever allow myself to get roped into this?”

Isabel sent a helpless look towards Max. “She’s your girlfriend. Do something?”

Max took Maria by the hand and led her over to a private spot behind some of the props. “Come on babe. I have just the thing to keep you calm.”

Isabel rolled her eyes. “Please remember we don’t have all night.” While waiting on them she decided to go over a few of her lines.

“Izboo, where’s Kyle?” Alex asked.

Isabel ignored his question instead asking one of her own. “Why aren't you dressed? The play starts in twenty minutes.”

He waved the question away. “I’m partially dressed. Kyle picked up my shirt by mistake.” He paused when he heard moans coming from where Max and Maria were hiding. “Are those two at it again.”

He walked up to big fake tree that they were standing behind. “Hey, you guys rent a room.” He yelled as he knocked on the tree.”

A flushed looking Maria came from behind the tree followed by a grinning Max. “So Ri, how do you feel now?” Isabel teased.

Maria looked at her with a dreamy look upon her face. “I feel right as rain.”

Ten minutes later the play began. To say that it was a success would be a vast understatement. Maria’s singing alone touched everyone emotional. When she and Max sing the wedding duet you could actually see the love flowing between the two.

When the play ended the cast and crew stood out on the stage amid the thunderous applause of the audience. Maria held on to Max’s hand through it all. She knew that at that moment with her new friends by her side she was taking the first steps on the road to dreams.

Isabel was her guide, because if it were not for her friendship she would never have broken out of her shell. Tess was her light. Without her she would have never known that there were others out there like her who were also struggling for acceptance. Alex and Kyle, they were her warriors. They gave her strength to fight any battle to come her way.

Max… Well Max was her heart, her soul, her spirit. He was a part of her whole. Without him her life would have been without joy or love. Their love was made stronger due to the fact that it was not entered into lightly. It took the bonds of a strong friendship to forge their love.

Together her friends managed to make a nobody realize that she was a somebody all along.


! THE END !