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"Marinette! They just announced the spring musical! They're doing Heathers!" Alya Césaire yelled towards her best friend, Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
"Really?" She squealed to her best friend. "These costumes are going to be amazing. I can't wait to begin making them, Alya."
"Actually, I was thinking that maybe you would go out for Veronica." Marinette shook her head at the thought.
Alya really wanted to see her best friend put herself out there, "But Marinette, you have a crazy amazing voice and your range is better than anybody else. you could totally get Veronica."
"Chloé will probably get Veronica. Let's be real, she'll probably get the role. So be it, Alya. I just want to do the costumes." Marinette said trying to get to her creative writing class.
"Marinette. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Marinette rolled her eyes at the cheesiness, "You're ridiculous, Alya."
They went their separate ways and Marinette finally had her creative writing class. She sat in her normal seat next to Adrien Agreste.
"Hey, Adrien. How's your day so far?"
Marinette and Adrien had become friends over the past few years. When entering university, both begun majoring in English. Adrien had always wanted to write books, and Marinette wanted something she could lean back on if becoming a fashion designer didn't go the way she wanted it to.
"Oh hey, Mari! I've had an amazing day so far. I'm going to audition for JD in Heathers. I think I was a decent Beast in Beauty and the Beast last year. So why not? I can be angsty. So angsty." Marinette giggled at the randomness of the statement.
"Alya was trying to get me to audition. But you know me. I'm the costume guy." Adrien's eye widened, "Do it. Audition. It's never hurt to try something new."
"You know, maybe I will."
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Marinette ran up to Alya right after her class, "Okay. You may have won the battle, but you haven't won the war."
Alya was visibly confused about what she was hearing, "What the hell are you talking about, Marinette?"
"Heathers?"
Alya gasped, "You're going for Veronica? What changed your mind?"
Marinette panicked, "Nothing. I just thought about it more. It wouldn't hurt to try, right?"
Alya embraced her best friend, "Marinette, this will be great. But you do realize the things you'll have to do with the person who plays JD, right? I highly doubt that they'll do the PG version.
Alya was cautious about asking Marinette if she was comfortable. Marinette is probably the most modest person that Alya has ever met.
"I know, but imagine me being Veronica Sawyer. It'll be magical. I've never wanted anything more. Plus, we're graduating in less than 5 months. Then we have to join the real, REAL world. I've got to do something fun. I'll do costumes and hopefully play Veronica." Marinette admitted. Alya was shocked with the confidence running through her best friend.
"All right, girl. Let's do this!" Alya highfived her best friend