"Calm down, Alia! You'll do great." Ragini tried to calm my nerves. I was hyperventilating. I was to give my audition in less than 10 minutes and I was freaking out like a child who is waiting for his parents to find out about his mistake.

"Alia, why are you afraid? Infact it should be the others who should be scared of you right now. You're talented my girl whereas they aren't." Krisha said spreading her legs all over the sofa sipping onto her coffee from Starbucks.

"GUYS! YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" I exasperated. They rolled their eyes.

"Listen, we are going and sitting in the  audience. All the very best for your audition, we'll hoot for you." Ragini said grabbing her jacket from the table and dragging Krisha by her wrist.

"Yeah, I will punch everyone who doesn't hoot for you, Alia. This way I will make sure you're selected." Krisha said excitedly. I sighed and then smiled. I looked at them and saw their eyes sparkling with hope.

They have high hopes from me. I need to live up to their expectations. They care about me alot and are my only true friends. Who else gives two living shits about me? No one right? Well, Zayn is a different case altogether. He doesn't count.

"I love you both and thanks a lot for the ridiculous ideas in your mind but I don't need that. I want to get selected on the basis of my performance and not just because some idiot drama queens decided to make their best friend win the role by threatening people." I said making them chuckle.

"Loser...Bye, See ya! And Best of Luck! May the odds be in your favour!" Krisha yelled as Ragini dragged her outside.

"Quit quoting The Hunger Games, Krisha! Its too old school." I said loudly before the door was slammed shut on my face.

I looked into the mirror and sighed.

Zayn.

I swear even with an ideal mind I wouldn't be able to restrain the thoughts of this guy from entering my mind.

He, too, will be there to watch me. I am so D.E.A.D.

Someone knocked on the door.

"Come in, the door is unlocked."

"You're up next, child." Miss D'souza said, peeking through the door. My hands started sweating but I managed to give a quick nod and mutter a 'thankyou'. She left hurriedly as she has to remind the the other people too, who were auditioning.

I quickly grabbed my shrug and shrugged it on before walking out of the green room. I tried to keep my strides as confident as possible to hide the fact that I was dying on the inside from people.

Calm down. You'll do great. I reminded myself. Yes, yes I can do it. I have been practicing for hours. I might make it through it. I have the capability.

I walked onto the stage with confidence trying to ignore the audience and only focussing on the judges, Miss Enginear and Jha Sir.
At first, the spotlight was too much for my eyes and I had to squint in order to even mind my steps to avoid falling down.

"Ah! Look who have we got here! I can't tell you how happy and excited I am to see your audition, Miss Kapoor." Miss Enginear said excitedly.

Righttt.

So now I had to go through this embarrassment too.

I mentally rolled my eyes. I heard a few girls snicker in the audience and almost immediately my eyes darted to the 'Bitchy Long Legs Party'. I made a mental note to kill them later which was next to impossible.

Then I spotted someone whom I was dreading to see.

The horror of my life: Zayn.

Why the eff is he here anyway? 

He looked at me with an excited expression and gave a slight wave indicating he was there to support me.

Probably not.

Yashvi is auditioning too. She is auditioning for the same role as me too, the role of Gabriela.

Which means I have super deluxe tough with a cherry on top competition.

I am sure Zayn came to support her and not me, but since he saw me on stage he probably felt the need to encourage me too, as  I am his childhood friend.

"So...you're ready?" Jha sir asked with a smile on his face. I sighed.

This is it, baby. Give in your level best.

I nodded slightly.

"Here we go...Lights, Camera and action!"