*Ellie*

“You’re going to get a headache if you stay like that for too long,” Mal warned me from her spot across the room.

It was Friday, the end of the week, and I was supposed to hear back from Riverstone Theater about whether or not I got the part in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

I was lying on our huge L-shaped couch, but had my feet up against the back of the sofa, and had my head hanging off the seat. I had my phone inches from my face, staring intently at ...