TRIP by T. Torrest

Author:T. Torrest [Torrest, T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

STEPPING OUT

The cold weather finally broke, so I got back into my jogging routine. Every morning without fail, I’d wake up about an hour earlier than necessary in order to get a good run in before heading to school.

I changed my route months ago, however, for obvious reasons that I don’t feel the need to rehash here.

I still loved the path around Lenape Lake, though. There was an eerie beauty to the gray of winter as it faded away into spring. Changing out one season for another.

Kind of a metaphor for the new life I’d made for myself.

I’d been hanging with Pickford a lot more than usual. I’d drag him out of the house every now and again just to keep him from sulking around like a hermit. The rule was we weren’t allowed to discuss the girls. Or any girls. No actresses, no models, no random women on the street. The topic of females was strictly verboten. We had enough other stuff to talk about: Sports, the play... most of the time, we didn’t talk at all. We’d go for a drive or he’d tag along on one of my runs. He’d sit in the auditorium during rehearsals or I’d join him at the Y for a pickup game of b-ball.

Even when we couldn’t get together, Penelope would fill me in on the daily goings-on in the Redy household. She and I had gotten pretty close, too, considering we spent every weekday together for the past four months. She, along with the rest of the cast and crew had been counting down the days until the debut performance of our Spring Musical.

And now, here it was, Opening Night.

The entire cast was pumped. The energy backstage was palpable. Tense. Keyed up. Crackling. Every one of us just wanted to get out there and strut our stuff. After the many, many hours of rehearsals, we knew that we were ready.

If I’m going to be honest, I’ll say that aside from being excited, I was definitely a little nervous, too. I’d never performed before a live audience before, and this particular audience happened to be comprised of people who actually knew me in real life. I hoped I wouldn’t make a fool of myself.

But once the curtains opened, I knew I was good to go. The lights went on, the actors assumed their places, and suddenly, the performance was underway.

Showtime.

From the first second I made my appearance onstage, there was an inexplicable buzz that consumed every inch of my skin. It coursed through my veins and electrified every cell in my body. The audience disappeared, and I became Sky Masterson.

Every second spent on that stage felt like home to me. I really don’t know how else to explain it. When I had to sing, I hit the proper notes. When I had to move, I hit the right marks. When I had to speak, the words just spilled out of me with all the appropriate emotions to back them up. Every moment of the experience was simply.

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