Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 00:04:35 -0700 From: Harrison Graham Subject: Drama Geek part 1 DISCLAIMER: This story contains homosexual themes, if you don't like it...leave! simple as that. Drama Geek pt 1 "The Beginning" Hi. My name is Bishop, and this is the story of how I met Dan. It all started a few months ago, I was 18 and he was 16. The thing is that Dan has a girlfriend, Adrienne. So basically I thought that he was straight and he would never go for me. Let me describe Dan for you, he's 6 ft. dirty blonde hair, beautiful blue eyes, great smile, he has a all around beautiful face...sort of like the pretty boy type of face. His body...well...he's a bit on the scrawney side but it's still ok. I guess it's my turn to describe myself. I'm 5'8", short brown hair, brown/hazel eyes, I too have an awesome smile, and an athletic build. But I don't play sports, I was blessed with a body most guys try to accomplish by working out and doing sports. I on the other hand was a complete drama nerd, I've been doing plays since I could remember. My parents pushed me into doing sports because of my body type but I didn't want to, it wasn't something that interested me. Learning lines, singing songs from musicals, the rush of being on stage in front of hundreds of people is what I loved. And that's the way how I found him. After I graduated from high school, I was still bitten by the acting bug so through friends of mine I found a theatre company where it's all educational theatre. Almost like a school, it had kids from the age of 6 through teens up to the age of 19. "The Hole" was the name of the company, it was named that because of the size of the stage and the space of the whole facility. My first show at "The Hole" was "Into The Woods", it was a show I wasn't really familiar with, I heard some songs before but never really was interested. I auditioned and got a call back for the roles of Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince and Baker. I was really nervous for the first time because I was in a group where I didn't know anybody there. Call backs were the next day and the nerves hit me, "What if I don't make the show? What if I got stuck playing some lame role?" thoughts were going through my head at a million miles per second. I entered the Hole and went to the house. Now for you who don't know theatre lingo, the "house" is another word for the area where the audience sits. I walked down the aisles and I already see about 60 people there talking to each other, having a fun time. I felt sort of out of place so I sat in the corner with my music getting ready for another round of auditions. I was focused, doing fine until he walked in. There he was, walking in with a smile that could light up an entire room. It's like the room went in slow motion as he walked in, he was waving at people, and stopping to talk to them. I was in awe, I've never seen a guy that could bring so much attention to himself before. After he was done, he looked at me and smiled then he started to walk over to me. I looked back to see if there was anybody behind me and there wasn't! He was coming over to talk to me! "Hi, I've never met you before, I'm guessing that you're new around here." "Yeah I am, I'm not new to the area, but I'm new here...in this facility...ok...I'm done talking" "Hey It's ok, I ramble a lot too. My name is Dan, Dan McGuire and you are?" "My name is James...James Bond" I said with a smile. "Really?! I've never met a James Bond before!" He asked enthusiastically. "Nah...my real name is Bishop Taylor, nice to meet you." And I stuck out my hand to shake his. "Nice to meet you too! I hope we get to see more of each other. Break a leg!" Call backs went very well, there were tons of people who were really talented and making this cast in any part would be an honor,but I really want the role of the Baker. The director of the show said that she'll be calling everyone to tell us if we made the cast or not, after that announcement I went to my car getting ready to leave until I saw Dan kissing his girlfriend goodnight. I was heartbroken because I thought that he was really interested in me, but I guess you win some and you lose some. I went home feeling satisfied with the effort I put into that callback and the next few days will be excruciating...waiting for that call! Next day, I woke up and waited by the telephone for hours and I finally got the call at 2 pm. "Hi, Is Bishop home?" Asked the lady on the phone, "This is Denise Coville, the director of the show that he auditioned for." "This is Bishop." I said trying to wait patiently for the news. "Oh hi Bishop, I just wanted to say that you had a strong call back last night and I want you to be a part of this show. The role that you have been casted in is the role of Rapunzel's Prince. Do you accept this role?" "I DEFINATLY DO!! Thank you so much! If you don't mind me asking, who is cast as Cinderella's Prince?" "I can't tell you that. You have to wait till our first rehearsal in a week. We will send you all the paperwork to your home to get it signed and how much it costs to be in this show. And if you have any trouble paying for it we can give you scholarships to help you. Thank you Bishop, I can't wait to work with you. Goodbye." And she hung up, I was in total shock! I made the show and I'm Rapunzel's Prince!! It's better than the role of Cinderella's Father so I'm good. I wonder who is part of the cast, I know waiting a week will be as excruciating as waiting for the phone call. Finally!! A week past and I went to my frist rehearsals, as I drove up to the parking lot I saw Dan coming out of his car. I was really excited knowing that I'll be in the show with him. I got out of my car and I heard someone calling my name, "Bishop! Wait up!!" And it was Dan running up to me. "This is going to be an awesome show, and I'm happy that you're in it. Come on, lets go in." We both walked in to the theatre and I saw some familiar faces, Dan went away to be with his girlfriend who, also made the show. What a drag but it's ok. It's kind of weird, when she came up to me she was very nice and we got a long great, it looks like we're going to be good friends, but how can I keep my feelings hidden from both Adrienne and Dan? You see I liked this guy and he was straight, he was giving me signals that he liked me too, but when I told him that I liked him he totally shut me out of his life and I was devestated, look at what high school can do to you! Anyways, at the start of rehearsals no one knew what role the other person had, they weren't allowed to reveal their roles till the first rehearsal, so the director told all of us in alphabetical order to stand up and say our role. "Hi, my name is Brittney Anderson and I'll be playing the role of Little Red Riding Hood." Everyone clapped. "I'm Charlie Carlson and I am the Baker." Clapping happend again. "Hey ya'll I'm Diana Dreesin and I'm the Witch" this went on for about a few minutes then Adrienne stood up. "I'm Adrienne Keller and I'm Cinderella." It wasn't a suprise that she got that role, during callbacks she nailed it, so I was happy for her. Then Dan stood up, this is it... "Yo, I'm Dan McGuire and I'm Cinderella's Prince...and who ever is Rapunzel's Prince we are going to have a kick ass time!" When he said that I was totally elated! I get to work with Dan! "Hi, my name is Jordan Miller, and I am Rapunzel." I could tell that Jordan and I are going to have a great relationship onstage and off, she's like a girl version of me basically. Now it's my turn... "Hello everybody, my name is Bishop Taylor and I am...James Bond?" I got a few laughs from people, especially Dan. "Just kidding, I am Rapunzel's Prince." And as just as I said that I looked over at Dan and he flashed his smile and I smiled back. "Wow, this guy is really friendly." I thought. Our first rehearsal went off without a hitch, all we did was sing the group numbers and got measured for our costumes. Ms. Colville, or Denise (She thought calling her Ms. Colville made her seem very old so she told us to call her by her first name) gave us our rehearsal schedule and I glanced at it and it said that I am going to have an hour music rehearsal with Dan, just me and him and the musical director of course. It was time for us to leave and Jordan and I started talking about how great of an experience this show is going to be and how there are tons of hot guys in this show, she also thinks that Dan is good looking too. I wasn't worried about what Jordan thought of me, she seemed like the person who wouldn't care if you were gay or not, I had this vibe from her that she was very accepting, and I wasn't hesitent at all coming out to her. You see, I'm openly gay...but only to people who I feel comfortable around with. My family knows and a lot of my friends know, but since I was the new guy I'm trying to feel this place out before I come out to everyone in the cast. I got to my car and Dan walks to the car next to me. "Nice car Bishop, what year is it?" he asked. "It's a 2000 honda civic...it's automatic cos I can't drive stick...haha." I felt completly dumb. "Cool, cool. Hey we're going to have a blast during the show and hopefully we can be good friends during the process." "Me too Dan. Hey...do you want to go to dinner or hangout after music rehearsals tomorrow?" "Sounds good Taylor, you don't mind me calling you Taylor do you?" "It's fine, a lot of my friends call me by my last name, so in a way I'm like Bond, we both go by our last names." "You really like 007 don't you?" Dan asked. I let out a slight laugh, no...when I was younger I thought Pierce Brosnan was cute so I've been watching all of his 'Bond' movies." As I finished my sentence I totally forgot that I hadn't come out to Dan. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be up front about it, but yeah I'm gay. I hope that doesn't change your perspective on me." I got really worried..."Why would I not accept who you are? I think it's fine that you're gay. It's cool, I'm not going to hate you, I mean you're in theatre!! I am bound to meet a gay person male or female sooner or later, and I'm glad that it's you. Hey...I gotta get going, I'll see you tomorrow man...and dinner...It's a date!" And he winked at me and left. Next afternoon, we were at rehearsals and we were singing our duet together called 'Agony'. It's a very funny song, anyways both Dan and I were screwing around rehearsals and we didn't get a lot done. We were laughing all the time and the musical director got really mad and dismissed us for the day. It was about 5 pm and we decided to get something to eat. I decided to drive and we got to Cillinos (pronounced "Chillinos") It was a hot hang out spot, there were tons of people there, music was playing top 40...it was just a great place to be. Dan and I finally got to our table and a lot of his friends were joking around and they kept walking past our table and asked him "Who's your boyfriend?" or "How's your date?" It got very embarrasing and Dan looked at me and asked if I was ok and if I wanted to leave to go somewhere where it's not packed full of people. I nodded and we both left, a lot of people were awing at us when we left...fuckers...Dan decided to drive my car and he took me to Jack In The Box for some burgers and we went to a park and just watched the sunset. It was beautiful, the scenery, the water...being with Dan even though I'm not with him persay but it was a perfect night. "God Taylor...this is beautiful." "Yeah it is, I wish I was here with someone special." Again, I realized what I said and I wanted to stick my shoe in my mouth. "You don't think I'm special Bishop?" My heart wrenched in pain, I wanted to tell him that he was very special to me, but I didn't want to take the chance. "You called me Bishop...you see, when a friend calls me by my first name then I know that something is wrong. Anyways, I think you are an amazing guy. I felt like we had an instant connection when we first met." I finally caved in and I was going to spill everything to him. "I am with someone special Dan, it's you. I didn't want to tell you this because a) you have a girlfriend and b) you're straight. So, I'm trying so hard not to like you that way but it's not easy. I'm really sorry but..." He put his hand on my lips to quiet me. "It's ok Taylor, I didn't know that if I didn't call you by your last name, then you'd think that I was mad at you. I can never be mad at you. Thing is that I think I like you too, it's weird...Adrienne and I have been together for 2 months and there wasn't a real connection between us. The reason why I'm still with her is to protect my image, but when you came I didn't care anymore. In fact, before rehearsals today I broke up with her." "What did you tell her?" "That...I was in love with you." After he said that my heart dropped, I couldn't believe that he's in love with me. "I love you too Dan, but...how do I know if this is real? I got my heart trampled on before and I had a hard time believing someone when they tell me that they love me." "Will this change your mind?" Dan moved in closer and he kissed me. It was amazing, his soft, beautiful red-ish, pink-ish lips pressed against mine. It was magical, electrical charged. "That was amazing Dan, but I don't know still. I really have to think about it." "Was it because of Ryan?" "How did you know about that?" "Look..." He went through his pockets and took out his glasses. "Oh my goodness!" I couldn't believe it, he looked like this dorky kid in my high school drama class. It was like he was superman, without his glasses, he is a completly different guy...even with the same features with his glasses on, people still won't recognize Clark Kent from superman. "Remember me now? I was the drama geek in the class and there was a time when you wouldn't had given me the time of day, you were always with Ryan and when he broke your heart I wanted to tell him that he had just made a huge mistake." "No, he made the right decision." Said a voice behind us...it was Adrienne! That's all for now... there's more where this came from! if you like what you had read, comments are welcome at drama_geek_92685@hotmail.com thank you all again for giving me and this a chance to write!