i am the rain king

Noah Ziegler. 17. Singing waiter. Just trying to figure things out, you know? But that's what New York's for.

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  Savannah watched the show, and smiled throughout it. She laughed when it was funny, and gasped when something amazed her. As she sat there experiencing this, she fell in love with the thought of feeling emotions. Just simple words or actions could transfix a whole entire audience of people of different ages, races and personalities. She knew that this was Noah’s dream, and she wanted to help him accomplish it. From that moment forward, she was going to keep her eyes open for the both of them. 

When the lights slowly came on, adjusting to everyone’s eye sight Savannah’s brown eyes were still fixed on the stage. She saw the lights coming on, and snapped out of it when they were fully lighting up the room. She looked over at Noah, the amazement written all over her face. “Do you wanna grab some candy or maybe some merch with me?” She smiled at him. 

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Noah smiled, glad to see that Savannah seemed to have enjoyed the show. Maybe all she had needed was a musical. "Definitely!" he replied, starting to gather up his jacket and program, and making sure he had his phone and wallet. "I forgot most of my musical theatre t-shirts, so I need to re-build my stash."

They followed the enormous crowd out of their seating section and began the long descent to the first floor. "So, what'd you think of the show? Amazing, huh?" Noah said, launching into a long commentary on the actors, sets, costumes, and music. This was his thing, what he loved to do. Theatre talk put Noah in his element.

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  Savannah looked at him with an impressed look on her face. “Well then, you definitely have had such an extravagant life style!” She smiled at him. “Honestly, I’ve done quite a few nerdy things but the one that wins is that I skipped Junior Prom to study for a test..” She laughed as she blushed slightly from being embarrassed. “I honestly regret it but hey, it paid off cause I aced the test!” 

All of a sudden the lights in the theater began to dim. Savannah smiled, and gave Noah a look that they would continue their conversation during intermission, as she fixed her attention on the stage. 

[noahzee]

With a smile, Noah turned his attention to the stage and watched, transfixed, as the actors began to fill the stage with singing, dancing, and just energy. He hadn't been to the theatre in a long time, and had forgotten how magical it could be to just watch a show. Sure, being in one was an amazing experience, but there was nothing quite like watching a musical, even if you were in the back row in the cheapest section possible. Somehow, Noah felt like he wanted to be a part of this, like he wanted to audition for something.

Still, there was that little part of him in the back of his mind saying no, that it wasn't possible, that there was no point in trying. Noah was beginning to realize that that part of him had started to take over, the practical, realistic, but scared part of him that was beginning to define him. And that scared Noah. Because he had never really seen himself as a scared person. But now... he wasn't sure what he was even becoming.

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  Savannah flipped through the program as well, in awe. These people were once normal people just like her and Noah, but they had a talent that allowed them to be on Broadway multiple times and days a week. She couldn’t help but begin over thinking how much time they spent rehearsing, and how much they got payed and a bunch of things. 

When Noah began speaking to her, Savannah moved all of her attention and put it on him. She gave him a look. “Of course I have seen all of the Spider man movies! Spider man is literally my favorite super hero! Well, actually that is an understatement because I love all of the heroes..” She laughed looking at him. “I’m sorry, I’m honestly such a nerd..” 

[noahzee]

"Hey, I don't think you get much nerdier than me. I'm seventeen years old, the only parties I've ever been to were cast parties for theatre and Christmas parties for Youth Group, both of which were moderated by teachers and the wildest thing that happened was a kid got an allergy attack from the peanut butter cookies. And that wasn't even fun wild, it was just bad," Noah replied with a grin. Was he trying to out-nerd Savannah? He wasn't sure, but either way it was fun.

[yolucille-deactivated20131016]

  Well.. There’s a lot of new faces here for sure.

I’m Lucille.

[noahzee]

Nice to meet you, Lucille! I'm Noah.

I know what you mean, I was homeschooled so I only knew a few people before.

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  Noah’s hug had startled Savannah. She wasn’t expecting it after things had been going lately. She knew that it was only a friendly hug of course, but she embraced it. She began walking with him again as she smiled slightly. “Oh really? Well that is good that you are still in contact with them.. I haven;t had the bravery. I guess I’m just afraid that if I tell them where I am they will force me to come home and I don’t want too..” She sighed. 

All of a sudden she saw their seats. She pointed to the seats that were only a couple rows up. “Aren’t those our seats?” She turned around and looked at the stage which was faraway and sighed. “You get what you payed for..” 

[noahzee]

Noah laughed. "Unfortunately," he said grimly, and they made their way to their seats to sit down. They flipped through their programs for a bit, Noah looking at the names and headshots enviously, wishing he were in a Broadway musical, namely, being in Spiderman. As a child, Noah had always loved Spiderman, so being in the musical would have been amazing. He couldn't remember if Savannah was a fan of the franchise.

"So have you seen any of the Spiderman movies? I remember Elizabeth hating them... We watched one in Youth Group for a movie night thing one time and she nearly left," Noah laughed, remembering the night fondly. He had sat next to Grace, and Noah remembered that it was probably the first time he had a little bit of a crush on her.

[noahzee]

Somehow, even though this song drives me nuts, I have to start rocking out to it.

[yolucille-deactivated20131016]

I really missed New York to be honest.

[noahzee]

It's a great place. A crazy one, sure, but great.

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  She heard his words, and continued walking keeping her head down biting her lip. She wanted to tell him, but at the same time she didn’t want to upset him and make things awkward between them. If she was going to tell him anything, it was going to be after the show. She put her head up and looked at him. “Thank you for being concerned about me, Noah I appreciate it..” She smiled slightly. “I just think each day is harder and harder for me. I’m really happy I decided to come here, but at the same time I honestly miss home..” She sighed, knowing it wasn’t a total lie. Sure, she didn’t miss the abuse but she did miss her family a lot more then she would have imagined. 

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Noah stopped and gave Savannah a hug. He knew exactly what she was going through, and wanted to let her know that he understood. "I miss home too. Every single day," Noah assured her, and then pulled out of the hug and continued walking up the stairs. "But they're okay. I know they are. Peter emailed me just this week, and they're doing okay." He felt like he was more saying it for himself than for Savannah, to reassure himself that he didn't make a bad decision. 

Savannah seemed to be trying to hide a sort of pain, which worried Noah. He wanted her to be happy, and hoped that somehow he could make Savannah feel a little bit better.

[layciebby-deactivated20131130]

  I don’t know. I mean, I work on my birthday so there’s not much I can do.

[noahzee]

Ah, I know what you mean. Work is rough sometimes.

[layciebby-deactivated20131130]

  Thank you! Nope, not that I know of.

[noahzee]

You should. There's loads of things to do here.

[layciebby-deactivated20131130]

My birthday is next week??!?!?!?

[noahzee]

Happy almost-birthday! Are you doing anything special?

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  Savannah smiled and stepped into the large building that was highly lit up. This was her first time attending a Broadway show, so it was a special moment for her. She walked over and got into the shortest ticket line as she looked up at the ticket prices. Her eyes grew slightly, as she looked over at Noah. “Yeah.. We are definitely getting the cheapest tickets.” She laughed slightly as she pulled her wallet out of her purse, still trying to avoid eye contact as much as possible. 

[noahzee]

Noah laughed. "Definitely," he replied, pulling out his wallet as well. They paid for their tickets, and miraculously got seats next to each other, according to the seating chart on the very top row. It would definitely be a long walk, but Noah figured this was a good opportunity to ask Savannah what was wrong. She had become much more quiet and reserved since leaving the Disney store, and Noah could not ignore it any longer.

"Savannah, seriously, are you all right?" he asked as they began climbing the many flights of stairs, looking over at his friend. "You seem kind of upset..."

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  Savannah kept walking alongside Noah. When he asked her if she was alright, she looked up at him and smiled slightly biting her lip. “I guess I am kinda tired. These work days are really getting the best of me. I’m so glad I have the day off today.” She decided that no matter how many feelings and emotions she had going through her mind, she wanted to have a nice night with Noah. 

As they continued walking along, Savannah kept glancing at the street signs. She was anxious to get to the theater, because she wanted to make sure that they had nice seats or atleast seats in general. She was the type of person that liked to have things planned ahead of time. The thought of possibly not being able to see the show bothered her. 

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Savannah's smile was reassuring, but something did seem a little off about her expression. She was probably just tired, Noah reasoned. Nothing to worry about. "Same here. This place is intense," he smiled, as they passed building after building and pushed their way through crowd after crowd. Noah figured this must be the best time to be in the city; cool enough that it wasn't humid and smelly, but not crammed with Christmas shoppers. He had always liked fall.

The theater approached, with a number of large posters advertising Spiderman. "Here we are," Noah announced, and pulled the door open. "After you!"

[annalysejaneinnyc-deactivated20]

So i saw a movie about married couple who went on vacation but they had a crush of their cruise an they ended up being on some island with anthropophagis, so after talking to them she went crazy and wanted to kill and eat her husband just like they do with theirs…wow… um…uuumm…Can i unsee it? 

[noahzee]

Yeah, I think I'll pass too.

[jasmine-btw-deactivated20140127]

  Yeah, that does sound like fun.

[noahzee]

Awesome. It's a date!

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Learning the Past|| Noah & Savannah

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  Savannah nodded as Noah asked her if she was ready to go. "Yep." She put her hands in her pockets as she walked out of the store with him and outside. "So um, do you know where the theater is? Cause I don't.." She sighed. "I should have looked but I was a bit busy.." She looked down slightly at her outfit and couldn't help but feel like she got dolled up for nothing. She was trying to force a smile for him, even though it had hit her hurt that she was nothing but his little sisters friend, and that she was considered a younger sibling to him. She bit her lip, pushing her hair out of her face avoiding eye contact with him.

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They were met with a blast of crisp fall air, and Noah pulled on his jacket as a few stray orange leaves fell from a tree. "Ah..." Noah looked around, attempting to catch a glance at the street signs. They were a few blocks away from the theater; Noah walked by it often so he knew how to get there from here. "We go left, I believe. It's not too far," Noah said, beginning to walk in that direction with Savannah.

Something seemed to have deflated in Savannah. Noah was a bit confused by her sudden aversion of eye contact to him, but it was certainly weird. For a split second, Noah considered bringing up Peter's email, because Savannah probably wanted to know what was going on back in Wilmington, but with her sudden quietness, he decided against it. "You all right?" he asked, but lightly. "You seem tired. I am too," he smiled.