leigh-da-dee replied to your post: leigh-da-dee replied to your post: I massively...
*giggles* I’m just being a good mama and worrying over you, little one! … *huggles* yes I saw and gahh you’re too nice to me and my craptastic writing!!
Teheheh!! You're the best! :) *cuddles* AWESOME!! WELL I LOVE IT AND AM EXCITED FOR MORE!!! How was your day at the theme park?!
leigh-da-dee replied to your post: I massively fancy Pete Bucknall from petesjams on... tsk tsk little one! you should be studying and not oggling boys! … oggle after your exams ;) … *huggles* good luck!!!!! I heart you!!!
It's not till 2pm, so I have the morning to study. But wee go look him up!! He sings Disney and Carrie Fletcher called him Flynn Rider so that made me search him. He seems a bit of a bad boy at times, and the damn tongue ring has me in bits!! Akajshsjsj new crush. Creep him, if you want! I wish he was more well-known so I could find out more about him and stuff but I can survive off Twitter and YouTube. I miss you! Did you see my fic reblog from earlier? I love you too!!
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I love the tags for this.
haha "can i punch you with my mouth" is my official tag for all thing Jamie Muscato. :D
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It does seem a bit of an odd combination, really.
This is tumblr. pretty sure everything is a weird combination. lol
leigh-da-dee answered: *waves*
oh my gosh! I swear i wasn't ignoring you! i just totally didn't see where you answered this last night! i'm so sorry!! aggh. if you're still up for a chat i'm totally all for it!!!!
Update on the Christmas card front for those who wanted one: I don't have stamps and am leaving today for the break. I might be able to mail the letters from home, but am skeptical about getting interrogated about mailing cards to "all these people I met on the Internet" because my parentals might get all in a fuss over it. So I may just have to wait and mail them in the new year. Is that okay?
Okay Daltonia peeps, who wants Christmas cards this year? I won't be offended if you say no, it's okay; I just want to see if you wanted to continue the tradition. I love all of you! <3
A/N: Inspired by Leigh’s Phantom!Warblers chapters and ideas that gave me my otp, I have decided to write a continued fanfiction in her honour. My story is dedicated to Leigh, and Nay, as always.
TITLE: The Mask Unveiled
FANDOM: Uptown Downtown
RATING: T (possible hints of M to come later in the story)
SUMMARY: Because of the great success with their performance of Phantom of the Opera, Dalton is forced to perform the sequel, Love Never Dies. Lynette is urged to remain as Christine, due to popular demand. Jeff knocks it out of the park at his audition and earns the role as Raoul, raising the irony further. The secret is out and Mack, Andrew, Sebastian and Nick all demand Brody to continue his phenomenal acting as the Phantom, despite his protests. Adventure continues in this sequel, on and off stage.
[Chapter 2: Acceptance]
“So, looks like you’ve got dropped down in popularity with the casting director, Sebastian.” Nick cornered his fellow cast member with a smug look on his face. He seemed much too pleased with these fateful events than Sebastian would’ve liked and he wasn’t in the mood for a spiteful interrogation at this particular moment.
“Nick, just leave it, alright. Why don’t you go congratulate your best friend over there and stop fraternizing with the enemy, yeah? We all know whose side you’re on.” Sebastian smiled back professionally despite the fact the glare in his eyes told a different story. Thankfully Nick took the suggestion and left Sebastian to wallow in his own shame of not achieving his previous role that would’ve saved a lot of heartache. However, his burden was nothing compared to the heavy weight cast upon Brody and Lynette.
The drama room had erupted in a gaggle of gossipers, obliviously led by Flint and Trent and Sebastian couldn’t help but feel a bit jaded that his…his…Flint was seemingly enjoying this casting mishap and not sympathizing with him. Shrugging off the thought, Sebastian sighed guilt-stricken and decided he’d best be the one to get Lyn out of there considering how pale she looked.
Approaching her cautiously, he simply took her by the waist and led her out the door, under the watchful eye of Jeff, who looked much too proud of himself considering the consequences this entailed for his on-and-off-again girlfriend. As the double doors closed behind the pair of them, as if to make matters worse, late to the party was none other than Brody Callum.
The dark haired boy paused immediately with a look of genuine concern and slight terror at Lynette’s expression. “W-What is it? What happened?” He asked worriedly, clasping his hands around Lynette’s non-expressive ones that nearly fell from his grasp. She remained cold with a blank expression and Sebastian resorted to explaining the situation, point blank.
“Jeff’s Raoul. You’re The Phantom, Lyn’s Christine, and Jeff is Raoul. He must’ve really impressed Miss Levitt in auditions…So, I don’t know if you really want to go in there, right now.” Sebastian warned in a calm tone, attempting to make the events seem less devastating than they actually were.
“Oh.” Brody’s tone was empty, little to no emotion in his words. Instead, his attention remained on the girl in front of him, searching for her reaction but found none. “Do you want me to take her?”
“We’ve got a twenty minute break so…Actually, I’ll just tag along with you two. Rather stay out of the judgemental eyes of everyone in the room.” Sebastian confessed, letting his true colours un-camouflage themselves. Usually he was so cocky and full of himself that this more secretive side of him was rarely displayed to the public eye. Glancing at Lynette’s flushed expression, he whispered some words of reassurance that seemed to revert her back to consciousness and she nodded in reply, following both boys outside as they sat on the grass.
Everyone was silent for a few minutes before they realized that their alone time was preciously ticking away. “Why wouldn’t she re-cast you?” Brody muttered the question on all of their minds and Sebastian merely shrugged in response.
“I don’t know; we’re not allowed to be at anyone else’s auditions, so I guess he must’ve really worked his ass off…Determination and revenge are pretty good motivators…” Sebastian smirked solemnly which earned a nervous swallow from the girl in between the boys.
“Lyn? …Are you gonna be alright? Sorry to say it, but you’ve gotta pull yourself together before break is over. You have to face him with some form of confidence, whether it’s genuine or pretend. You can’t let him have the satisfaction.” Sebastian urged her with more force in his voice, the jealousy seeping through as he squeezed her hand tightly, as if to pass on his rage to her.
The brunette remained speechless and Brody moved to kneel in front of her, tilting her chin up to face him as he cupped her cheek in his opposite hand. “Lynette, he’s right. There’s no way of changing this; Jeff got cast as Raoul. Sure, it fucking sucks but we can’t think about that right now. You and I have to play our parts for another year. We have to use what happened to our advantage, just like we did before. We’ve got to mask our lives in our roles, okay? Use this. Use what happened to pull off a good performance for the audience. You can’t let Jeff see you this way because it will only fuel his fire more. You know this play; you know Christine’s emotions because you feel them yourself; beat him at his own game, because what happens to Raoul? He makes the wrong decisions. He lets his greed control him and he loses her because of it. He loses Gustave. He loses everything that was ever important to him. You’re better than him, Lyn. Show him that.”
“You have the best monologues, I hope you know that.” Sebastian grinned, shaking his head in admiration at Brody’s speech and patted him on the shoulder with a sense of pride in his courageous efforts to cheer Lynette up.
Brody smirked back at him with a look of gratitude before returning his attention to Lynette, awaiting her reply. He gently tucked her bangs behind her ear and watched as a small smile appeared on her lips.
“Thanks, Brody.”
Sure, it was a short and sweet response, but he knew that the meaning behind his words had sunk in. Besides, they didn’t have much time for mutually heartfelt responses now, especially since the two of them weren’t necessarily together anymore. Their feelings remained but they stopped acting on them because it only complicated things further. He wanted her to be happy and sort out what she wanted on her own, without any bias or subconscious pressure from him. Whatever conclusion Lynette came to, it would have to be on her own terms and he was okay with that, for now. They had bigger troubles to worry about, and the majority of those problems were awaiting their return to the drama room.
~*~
To say it was awkward entering the drama room after break was an understatement. Sebastian led the pair of them in, hoping to disguise Brody’s late appearance, but that failed miserably.
“Look who decided to show up! You checked the cast list yet, Callum? Guess who’s playing your leading lady’s husband?” Jeff grinned widely, winking at Lynette. His smugness infuriated Sebastian and only made him want desperately to get a recording of Jeff’s audition to compare it to his own.
“I heard you got cast as Raoul. Well that’ll be nice to be able to realistically play the part you deserve this year. It’s an honour to have you as an opponent, Monsieur de Chagny. I can’t wait to rehearse ‘Devil Take The Hindmost’ with you.” Brody smiled back through pursed lips, not allowing Jeff to get the better of him. After all, the Phantom did have the upper hand in this whole play. He was the real father of Gustave, the one whom Christine still loved ten years later, the one who convinced her to sing again, and the one with a better reputation that Raoul’s drunken infertile father role.
Jeff’s confidence wavered at Brody’s comment and he merely held his hand out to shake Brody’s with. “My pleasure. Better to make it more believable for the audience, y’know. They really liked that last year. It’s only fair to give them an even better show the second time around.” He smirked, clenching Brody’s hand tightly in his own before pulling away as Miss Levitt entered the room.
Everyone took their seats; Lynette forced Brody to stay beside her and held his hand firmly as Miss Levitt began discussing their set designs and practice schedules. Brody knew not to read into her actions as anything but her needing someone to keep her grounded and calm her down. It was ironic how his feelings paralleled the way it was when she didn’t know how he felt towards her. It hurt, but that was his life, his choice to leave her and it was his fault any of this happened originally. There was no one else to blame but himself for the way things turned out. He and Lyn were only meant to be friends and that was that.
