Be More Chill Hairspray AU, An Opening
"Come on Jeremy, we're going to miss it!" Jenna excitedly jogged down the street as her step-brother exasperatedly tried to keep up.
"Why....huh....do we keep doing this?!"
"Because dad's house has a bigger TV!"
"Christ." They finally came to a stop in front of the record store before going up the ladder through the door. Their dad was parked on the couch reading a newspaper as the two teens parked themselves in front of the TV excitedly turning on the screen as they were greeted by a smiling face.
"Welcome, all you hip young dudes and dudettes! This is So You Think You Can Dance and I'm your host Rich Goranski!" In the background dancers were behind him moving to the rythym of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. "Will all you guys come up and introduce yourselves?" They began to go down the role call of names but there was only one person Jenna had eyes for.
"And I'm, Jake," he winked at the screen before hitting the floor as Jenna squealed.
"Oh my gosh, he's so cute!"
"Yeah but he's taken," Jeremy said as his girlfriend, Chloe Valentine appeared on screen and began to dance with him.
"Chloe doesn't count. I bet she doesn't even really love him."
"Denial is not just a river in Egypt." Jenna resolved by throwing a pillow in Jeremy's face before looking back at the TV. ''Hey where's Michael?" Jeremy asked noticing the absence of his favorite dancer on screen.
"I dunno, he probably got sick or something."
"I don't get how you kids can watch that crap. Back in my day kids actually had to have talent to get on those kind of shows," Mr. Heere chimed in looking up from his newspaper.
"It's the 80s dad, nobody cares about dinosaurs anymore."
"Hey!" The two teens went back to the screen when the dancing stopped and Rich was refocused on.
"Now you may have noticed the absence of a certain dancer, Michael. Unfortunately there was an incident yesterday and he was fired on the spot." The TV audience let out disappointed noises as Jeremy threw the pillow across the room.
"But don't worry, his absence has given you guys the opportunity of the lifetime! We now have an open spot for anyone who wants to join So You Think You Can Dance, auditions will be held tomorrow from twelve until five! Make sure to get there early before everyone else! And now a message him our sponsors..." The two tuned out at the commercials, letting out excited squeals as they jumped up.
"And I can finally meet Jake..." Jenna said happily as she thought about the boy on TV with a dreamy look in her eyes.
"Tomorrow's a Thursday,'' Mr. Heere said as he got up and turned off the television, "you're not ditching school for some silly dance competition."
"Aw, come on dad please?"
"It's our favorite show!"
"We'd literally die if we didn't get to audition." Jenna added with puppy dog eyes as her and Jeremy stared up at the father pleadingly.
"...alright, how could I say no to those faces?" The two tightly hugged him in response. "Now just don't tell your mother alright?" The two were already out of the door. "Kids, I'll never understand them." Checking to make sure no one was coming in he switched the show back on and began to watch.
