*Ellie*

“So, are you going to audition?” Mal asked as she, Aiden, and I walked back to our room.

I grimaced. It had been a few days since Professor Bennett called me into his office to suggest that I audition for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I was giving it a lot of thought when I wasn’t studying or in class.

“I don’t know,” I told my friends.

I wanted to do it, not just because I knew that it would be beneficial for me later on, but I couldn’t ...