Acting [Ryan Ross] Act One- Scene One

My hand made a loud cracking sound as it contacted with his porcelain skin on his perfectly shaped face.
"How could you?!" I screamed at him as he grasped his face his mouth dropping open as his eyes almost popped out of his head, a glaze of tears coating his perfect hazel green eyes.
"How could I what?" He muttered swallowing hard, shooving him back I watched him stumble slightly still clutching his cheek tightly.
"Don't take that tone with me! You know what you did Edward!" I hissed at him my hands raised tangling in my done up hair as I took in deep breaths, feeling my nostrils flair as I held my jaw tight, my teeth clenched tightly.
"I haven't done anything anna!" He snapped back rubbing his cheek a bit.
"Bull, you lying pompas jerk. you slept with Jessica!" I screamed at him pointing the acusing finger as his mouth dropped open and his eyes went wider at my acusastion.
"Anna, I never..." He started softly lifting both his hands towards me, reaching for me.
"Don't lie to me!!" I screamed stepping back away from him swinging my hands at him to leave me along as he stepped closer. "Don't touch me Edward!" I screamed pushing him back from me watching him fall over and hit the ground hard staring at me amazed. "I..." licking my lips I took in a deepbreath my hands covered my mouth for a second as I curled my lips in, the presure building behind my eyes as tears swelled in my eyes. "I can't believe I trusted you." I snapped turning running away.
"ANNA! WAIT! Come back!" I paused taking a deep breath looking around the back stage at him kneeling on the black stage, his hand raised in my direction. No one in the addiounce could see me as 'jessica' exited, what I found funny was 'jessica' was played by the quitest girl in school named Jessica.
"Edward, sweety." she stated in a sweetly seductive voice as I watched 'Edward' stand up turning his back on me glaring at the small girl. "What's wrong? did little Anna run from you," her lips were pursed as she moved around him in her large off white and tan dress, dragging her finger across his chest and over his arm, then on his back, his head turned following her movements.
She paused in front of him licking her lips as she pulled on his tan vest to bring him to her level.
"Like I said she would." She teased; for a soft voice, it echoed through the theater perfectly fine.
"This is all your fault Jessica. If it wasn't for you, Anna would be right here," he pushed her back from him fixing his tan vest over his white button shirt that fix her perfectly scuplted, thin body. "In my arms." rolling her eyes Jessica licked her lips walking her fingers up his chest.
"Isabella." Turning I looked at the stage manager waving me over. Nodding I hurried around the back of the stage to the other side.
I could see his face perfectly, his hazel eyes setting out perfectly under the light, his long dark brown hair hanging out of his tan fedora atop his head casting a slight shadow over half his perfectly shaped face.
"Why would you want her, when you could have me." she stated pulling on his maroon tie.
Rushing out on stage I had my head down.
"Edward, I..." Pausing I looked up at both of them lip locked. licking my lips I took a few steps back watching him throw Jessica onto the ground stepping forward.
"Anna, I wasn't, I swear I didn't, it was her." He paused licking his lips as he stepped towards me. I let the tears roll down my face as I stepped back. "Anna, I would never hurt you on purpose, I swear." He puased staring at me with smoldering hazel eyes, his jaw trembling. It was such a crest fallen face I couldn't stand it as two more appeared in the back stage area. "I love you, Anna." he whispered softly, the words echoing into the dead silent Theater.
I heard a few, 'oh my gods' and 'aww's from the corwd as I stared at him still crying, the tears stinging my eyes and my cheeks as they flowed freely.
"I love you Anna."
"YOUR LYING!" I screamed as he reached up take hold of me. "If you love me you wouldn't have been kissing her!!" I screamed hysterically pointing at Jessica laying on the ground looking helpless.
"SHE KISSED ME!!" he yelled pointing at her. "I never kissed her! She kissed me, I pushed her off. If I was kissing her do you think I'd push her off?"
There was a pause.
"It's a cover." I glanced over at Jessica standing up. "He kissed me the second you showed up he threw me on the ground." she crossed her arms. "He's playing you, and me, and I'm sick of it."
"Are you kidding me, stop lying you... you whore!" He screamed at her, his muscles were tensed, I was amazed I thought he'd forgotten his lines for a second.
Jessica's mouth dropped open as her hand covered her mouth.
"I'd never!" she screamed he turned back to me.
"Anna, you know she's a whore, you know what she did to Leon." he paused as I backed up. "Anna, I love you don't look at me like that." he whispered stepping forward.
"I'm tiered of this Edward, it's always a different girl. I can't do it anymore." I muttered turning around running off stage.
"ANNA!!! WAIT!!" I could hear him running after me. Pausing I turned around letting him hug me and wipe my tears away. "Hello, how are you?" he asked letting me go rubbing his cheek.
"Good you?" I asked sitting down smiling at him.
"Fine, did you have to hit me so hard?" Standing I pulled him into my chest as best I could with being so much shorter than him.
"Aww, did I hurt poor Ryan?" I asked lightly he nodded weakly hugging me.
"yes." he stated. rolling my eyes I shooved him back sticking my tounge out at him as his mouth dropped open. "Oh no oyu didn't." He reached for me.
"No but we'll get her." rang through the air as Ryan reached for me. Ducking I let the tears slowly drip down my face looking at him. Turning I ran on stage as the girls ran off. Stumbling half way my hands throbbed as my knees skidded across the slick floor.
"Anna!" I glanced back at him running towards me huffing slightly. He wandered over as I hid my face under my hair trying to 'hide' from him as my knees and hands throbbed. I watched his knees land infront of me, this was the scene him and I never fully practiced the right way. "Anna, I never ment to hurt you. I love you so much." I turned away from him as we sat there. "Anna, look at me." He grabbed my chin making me look at him as he spoke so softly to me. Glancing up at him he pushed my curled dark brown hair out of my face showing it to the crowd, my swollen red eyes and my swollen pink tinted, tear stained cheeks.
This was where we always stoped practicing. Right here, but we couldn't just say- moving on, or start laughing at the deepness of this scene that we were sure couldn't pull off. A scene of two lovers protayed by best friends who's most intament gesture was slapping each other during Titanic when Brendon made us watch it, and making fun of each scene. That was as romantic as we got, fake sobbing into each others chest repeating 'i want you' in sarastic tones or deep overly manly voices.
"I love you." The soft words seemed so real, that Ryan was talking to me, but I could see the want of laughter behind his eyes as he tried to portay trueness and sadness in the same scene. "I love you so much Anna, You have no idea." He whispered leaning as I bit my bottom lip hiccuping from so much crying.
His soft, warm lips touched mine softly for the first time in two and a half hour long play that'd been going on for forty-five minutes to an hour now.
Kissing him back softly I could hear the crowd cheer as he slid his hand up on my cheek. Pulling back I smiled at him sadly as he pulled his thumbs along my cheeks. Laughing lightly I looked down, pulling my head form his hand whipping away my tears.
"Anna," he stated taking my face again making me look at him.
"EDWARD?!" The many voice chouresed out through the whole back stage area, moving from one side to the other as we paused looking around for the figures.
Shaking his head he smiled at me.
"I didn't do anything with Jessica, don't listen to her." He smiled at me as rubbing his thumb across my cheek. "I love you and that's all you need to know." He muttered, the conviction in his voice was powerful.
"I love you too." I whispered smiling at him, he stiffeled a laugh pulling my lips to his forcefully.
"Ed- EW!!" Pulling away we glanced back at Edward's friends- Leon, James and Micheal staring at us. "In public too, couldn't you go inside, or do that when we're not around?" Leon muttered walking over arms out as the other two nodded.
"Anna?" Micheal muttered walking over. "What'd you do Edward?" he asked glaring slightly, in that friendly way that ment he was joking.
"Nothing, it was jessica." there was a pause.
"Whore." they whispered as he helped me stand up hugging me into him.
"I know." He sighed and smiled down at me. "But... since you said take it inside, I think I'll walk her home." the lights were dropping. "Its getting late." he sighed the guys began to grumble lightly. "I'll meet you guys later." nodding they exited off one side of the stage; and Ryan and I exited on the other side.
"EW!!" I glanced up at Brendon, he was sitting in Ryan's chair. "You kissed her!!" he snapped pointing at me. "She'd deieased!!"
"Deieased?" Ryan, I and the rest of the people around us questioned as the next scene opened.
"Yes." Bredon stated proudly nodded.
"I think he ment diseased." I whispered and watching Ryan nodd running away to get changed quickly. "your a moron, your suppose to be out there." I stated poinitng towards the crowd shooving him before running off as well changing into a large, tight, old victorian style white dress. Pausing I took in deep breaths leaning against the dresser. The girl that had fited into this before me, was... smaller than an actual sized tooth pick.
"No." Ryan's voice echoed off the stage with a laughter behind it as he spoke.
"Why not? It's just a go at it with your girl." Was the thick and deep voice of Aaron who was playing James at the moment. I could picture him with his thick arm around 'Edward's' thin frame.
"Shut up James." Edward laughed his voice carried through out the theater. "It's not funny." he stated coldly a loud thud following.
"I was just kidding." James muttered his laughter thick through the air.
"Well, stop asking, you ask all the time." he hissed darkly.
"Well," came Derek's smooth voice as he played Michael. "What are you going to do Edward?" Ryan's deep sigh rang out as I took the white umbrella from a stage hand walking out towards the stage opening.
"Mear-" He paused as I walked out twirling my umbrella sashaing a bit a few a feet out. The sad part about this, it it's a musical. I like singing and what not but half it sucks when the evil girl in the play sings better than the heroin.
The beat started as they all stared at me.
"If I could," James muttered leaning on Edward. "Ask once again." both glanced at each other. "Just one chance?" he stated, Edward pushed him aside stepping forward. James dragged him back. "Or even a dance."
"No." Edward stated flatly. pushing him aside.
"Oh come on," he sang lightly. "Just one dance, a small little twirl," He spun around one hand raised the other one put infront of his waist. "Snug tightly to my chest, he bossom-"
"The only one she'll be close to is, me." Edward snag glaring up at him pointing. "I'll be the one." he jumped up onto the planter box as I moved back a bit still twirling. It was ment to be down the street where I couldn't here them.
Smiling at a small girl walking up holding I waved at her as she passed me slowly.
"I'll hold her tight." He placed his arms close to his crest as the guys grunted rolling their eyes. "I'll tell how beautiful she is, just to let her know."
"What?" James muttered as Leon and Micheal glanced at each other. In this musical it was suppose to show love was true between anyone. Leon and Micheal secretly loved each other in this time period and James was the asswhole and jerk like Jessica was the whore and bitch.
"I'd take her out at night," He drew the note out, Ryan's singing was good, it wasn't perfect but it was good."To look at the stars." he twirled stepping off the planter looking at the girl. "I'll buy her flowers." He picked up a large sunflower from her basket, the plastic leaves glistened under the hot stage lights. "Prove my affect." He stated tossing the girl a coin as pay.
"What else will you do?" Leon muttered drapping his arm over Edward's shoulders.
"Kiss her all night long?" Micheal stated drapping his arm over Edward's other shoulder. He pushed both of them off.
"If I could, I would, take her to see the world. Show her all I could to prove my feelings." He sang lightly placing his small arms around the other two thin boys. James rolled his eyes walking the other way for a second waving his hands at them for a moment annoyed.
"Take her to France?" Micheal question holding his hand out to Leon took it pooping his hips out to one side staring at the crowd.
"Bye her nice dresses, no other girl could afford!" Leon sang Edward jumped up between them.
"YOu know I would. But I don't have the kind of money." Rolling their eyes they looked at each other and quickly and Micheal pulled Leon into him.
"Take her to a nice Dance!" He stated in a deep gruff voice as him and Leon began to dance. Dipping Him Leon stared up at Edward.
"give her a picnic on the river!" he sang loudly as Micheal stood him up.
"Those aren't half bad." Edward stated lowly and turned to them. "I could... I could..."
Leon and Micheal stared at each other and quickly pulled apart blushing rubbing the back of their necks, glancing at each other.
"Run out of things, cause I can think of a few." James stated arm drapped over Edward's shoulder.
"What'd you going to do?" Leon and edward stated.
this had to be the worst musical ever, but then again the highschool drama teacher wrote it.
"I.... I..." Ryan faded off his shoulders dropping as he stared out at the crowd the three others leaning around him. "I'll marry her." He stated looking at the fake sunflower. Wandering over a few feet I smiled at them.
"Edward." I muttered they all turned towards smiling.
"Anna." He smiled his voice airy as he spoke. "Here." he held out the large plastic flower.
"Oh, how sweet." Taking it I leaned in pecking him on his cheek.
"Your blushing." Leon whispered as James grunted crossing his arms over his chest, Micheal and Leon moved aside sitting on the planter block watching it closely and James wandered over towards the street sign across the stage.
Edward glared at Leon before turning towards me smiling.
"How are you?" He whispered lightly.
Groaning I whipped my forehead with a towel as I watched Ryan try and locat her maroon shirt, I was sure the stage hand girls had taken it for one reason. It left Ryan in his tight white pants and black boots; no shirt. It was intermission for the crowd as we got ready to set up for the second half.
"Oh come on!" Ryan yelled his tiny little hip bones stuck out perfectly. "This soo isn't fair." I shrugged in my white full slip dress that went under all my dressed for the show.
"Your right, you don't have to get dressed for a total of fifteen more minutes." I muttered he stuck his tounge out at me as I watched Brendon in the background running from Spencer in Ryan's maroon shirt.
Curling my lips in I watched the two behind Ryan's head lightly.
"your fully dressed!" He snapped bitterly looking around for his old white button up that had gotten dirty in the last scene do to a fist fight with 'James' over 'Anna's' love.
"Your leave her alone." Ryan snapped towards the end of the play, we had the last ten or so minutes to go.
"I will have her!" James screamed holding up a sword. "She will be mine Edward. She doesn't desever a cheater like you." Edward pulled up a sword pointing at him as well chest heaving.
"Edward, don't!" I muttered holding my hand out towards him. "It's not worth it!" I screamed standing up pulling the large wedding dress up as I did so.
"Your worth it Anna."
"Anna will be our prize." James muttered waving his sowrd around a bit.
"Anna isn't a prize, but I'll gladly remove you from this world." Edward stated lightly.
"Edward," running over I grabbed him pulling him back. I shifted my self infront of him. "He isn't worth it." I muttered pushing his hand down the sword tip grazing against the ground. "Lets go."
"No, he needs to learn his lesson." Turning I placed my hands on his face making him look at me.
"I love you, not him. He'll never have me the way you do." I whispered he sighed his muscles relaxed as he rested his forehead against mine.
All I could think of doing was shooving him over or burping in his face, something I'd normaly do. It was hard to not laugh or smile. How we got picked to do this, is amazing because we only adutioned as a joke and laughed the whole time we did the serious scenes.
"Anna, he'll just keep bothering us." He whispered lightly placed a hand o nthe side of his neck.
"Let him, and to piss him off," I leane don my tippy toes. "I'll walk around the house in my night gown and olny kiss and hold you." I whispered making him laugh.
"What's so funny?!" James snapped bitterly his arm rigger as he took in deep breaths, his brows narrowed as he glared at us both angerly.
"That would piss him off." Edward muttered dropping sword, it hit the stage with a clangas he wrapped his arms around my waist.
"what would?" James hissed. Picking me Up Edward laughed holding me brida style.
"the fact that she picked me over you. You may have money, but I have..." he glanced at me. "Her." He stated spinning me. Laughing I wiggled from his grip running away from him.
"Edward." I herd a 'shot' turning I looked back at both still standing, Edward facing him still standing looking a bit startled.
"Put the gun away." Edward muttered.
"no." He stated. "I get her, or no one does." James muttered walking closer, both Edward and I backed up. Edward hid me behind him as we watched James closely.
"James, stop it." I muttered watching him closesly.
"No Anna, you have to be mine or no ones." he stated still coming closer.
"James stop." I looked back at the end of the stage coming closer. "James, this isn't the place."
"Say you'll be mine!" He yelled, I held tightly to Edward's arm.. Licking my lips I glanced back at the stage letting Edward go walking back faster. "Anna, SAY IT!" He yelled as I hit the edge of the stage my feet slipping.
"Anna, come here." Edward stated hand out. "Anna please, I don't care I'll still see you, get away from the edge." The confusion seemed to raise in the crowd that Ryan's character Edward was taking notice in the edge of the stage.
"Get away from the cliff edge." Edward muttered James still had his gun raised.
"I won't say it." I whispered shaking my head. "I won't." I muttered my jaw trembling as I glanced back at the edge of the cliff. "You have to stop this James, or I'll jump." The stage was a good five and a half feet up, it was a high stage but it had a lower level from where we were and stairs.
"I'll take the guess work out." I listen to the shot and sliped off the stage edge onto the blue mat holding my chest.
"ANNNNAAAA!!" Edward screamed I stared up at Ryan nad made a face, he curled his lips in hidding his smile.
"Now neither of us can have her." James stated lightly. "What are you doing?" he muttered.
"Going after her." Edward whispered lightly stepping to the very edge of the stage staring down at me.
"she's dead!!" He snapped bitterly at him.
"I might as well be too." Ryan fell forward, rolling out of the way I stared at Ryan laying face down in the mat.
"Asswhole!" I whispered as he snickered. "get off my dress." I whispered pulling it out from under him as the lights died.
"Sorry, I couldn't help it." he muttered lightly as we got up hurring off. Getting on stage I held his hand along with Derek's hand as we all stood on stage. The curtain opened and we bowed.
"As Edward," The narrator stated, Ryan stepped forward. "George Ross," sniffling a laugh I watched him bow annoyed that they'd called him George. "As Anna," He stepped back as I stepped forward. "Isabella Sprinkle." Bowing I held the dress up doing a sligh curtsy before stepping back. "As James,"
"You were amazing!" Spencer stated as I laughed pushing Ryan on the ground.
"What?" He snapped in the slight monotone voice he always spoke in. That was the amazing thing about Ryan Ross, he was half dead in real life but on stage he came to life the rarety of a smile around him became something that almost didn't vanish unless it was called for.
"That's for almost landing on me!" I snapped kicming his ass and then walked over his back.
"OWW!! Your wearing heels!" He snapped. Shrugging I sat down in my chair sticking my tounge out.
"Be nice." Gasping the strings on the back of the corset part of the dress tightened.
"OWW!!" I screamed looking back at my twin sister Elizabeth. He let it go as I tugged on the front. "I can't breath." I whispered pulling on it.
"I'm coming!" Spencer yelled running over untying the back of the dress as Ryan got up brushing himself off, truth be told I didn't even think he'd look at me when I screamed. He can be a sarcastic, evil jerk somedays, most the time it's after you do something mean to him. He believes he's helping Karama along.
Rest In the Results
"Ryan!!" I whinned jumping on his back as we walked along. "You look like a hippie." I muttered lightly sticking my legs up pulling on his vest as we left the school ground. He was slightly sweaty as we left like I was. We had to clean everything up even though tomorrow night we'd just have to set it all up again.
"Ya know what, leave me alone." He stated lightly as he grabbed my legs holding me up.
"But then who am I suppose to pick on?" I pouted adjusting his paper boy hat and hair under it as the cool night air shifted around us.
"Brendon?" He stated with out hesatation. Groaning I dropped my arms over his shoulder leaning my head in the crook of his neck lightly.
"But he's not a good sport, he'll cry!"
"WILL NOT!!" brendon yelled as Ryan set me down outside his car. Rolling my eyes I stared at him confused.
"Yes you will!!" I stated "You almost cried your first day of school!" I stated thinking back to last year. Brendon and Spencer were freshmen Ryan was Junior and I was an Eigth Grader.
"Because I fell down the stairs all of them!!" he stated poinitng at the three story building. Nodding I clicked my tounge.
"Sure." I muttered sarcasticly.
"Get in." Ryan muttered, nodding I did as told getting in the front seat crammed between Ryan and Brendon in the front seat of the car, with Spencer, Elizabeth Derek in the back seat.
"RADIO!!" I screamed as Ryan back out, getting stuck immedeatly in the traffic that was jamed pack in the parking lot. Pressing the button I heard static then it was gone. "NOOOO!!" I screamed holding the radio staring at it, turning I looked up at Ryan sticking my bottom lip out. "You said you got it fixed."
"I did but someone broke it already." He glanced over my shoulder. Turning I looked at Brendon whistling as he stared out the window watching my relfection in it.
"You moron." I whispered angerly at him hitting him hard. "YOU ASS!!" I stated beating him as he screamed like a little girl. "WHY!! WHY! WHY!!!" I screamed.
"enough." Ryan muttered pulling me into his chest, my arms locked against my chest.