One day as Ashley was rehearsing with the SixCago cast, she was told she'd have to do that day's double show.

"So Abby's going off for the Matinee and Ashley's gonna play Seymour," Anna was saying, "And then Abby's gonna be back for Evening and Ash's playing Bobo!"

"Sounds good," Ashley said, "When I first joined SiX, I was first cover Parr/Boleyn!"

"Awww I'm sure you aced them," Brittany said. Ashley nodded.

"Something I learned about SiX is the less you stress over it, the easier it is to perform. And more fun too!"

"Aww that's wonderful advice, Ashy," Andrea said. Ashley smiled.

A woman with dark skin and curly dark hair walked in the rehearsal room.

"Oh, Nicole! Meet Ashley," Sam said. Ashley ran over and gave Nicole a hug.

"Hi, Nicole! It's nice to meet you! I'm Ashley Paris!"

Nicole ruffled Ashley's red hair. "It's so nice to meet you, Ashley! I'm sorry I wasn't there yesterday, I had some errands to run, but it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Ashley smiled. "It's a pleasure to meet you too!"

Ashley got ready for the show and she was grinning.

The cast list was as follows, Adrianna of Aragon, Andrea Boleyn, Ashley Seymour, Brittany of Cleves, Sam Howard, and Anna Parr.

Ashley was practically buzzing with excitement. She knew she could do this.

***

And "do this" she did. Crushing not just her Seymour  debut, but her Boleyn debut as well, Ashley felt immense pride in herself and her amazing new castmates.

"You guys were amazing," she yelled as she took of her space buns.

"You were more amazing, Ashley," Brittany said, "You were so adorable!"

Ashley smiled sheepishly. "I only tried to bring my part into this show! And this cast is amazing!"

"And now we're better with you here," Abby said. Ashley smiled.

A new way of life. A new amazing turn.