They went to different middle schools and live too far away to have been friends as children. If there’s anyone in their school who was born for the spotlight, it’s Jesse Carter.īryan hasn’t known Jesse very long. It’s almost five o’clock on a Wednesday evening, and there’s no place he’d rather be than right here, on the edge of the stage, watching rehearsal. Why do television shows like Glee and High School Musical pretend the average high school teenager can actually sing and dance? If they could, they’d be in a boy band or something, or on The X-Factor or American Idol, not stuck here in Lakeside High trying to hit the right notes on “Pinball Wizard.” Bryan’s surprised the school council okayed The Who’s Tommy for a student production in the first place. Most of the students can’t carry a tune in a bucket, if Bryan’s being honest. The school’s fall production is an odd choice-a musical, which means lots of practice. For now, he takes whatever roles he can-the Drama Club’s faculty advisor is his English teacher, so he sees her after school during rehearsals as well as during fifth period every weekday. He’s a sophomore at Lakeside High and already knows he wants to major in Theatre when he gets to college. Bryan Lovett sits on the edge of the stage, his back to the empty high school auditorium yawning behind him.
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