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Chapter Twenty-Eight: Celine, Celeste's Daughter

Celine enters the Waldorf Auditorium, where numerous musical and stage plays are held. It was a freezing cold morning of December. As she walks inside the lobby, she smiles as she immediately saw Nate, his co-star in their musical play. Nate is walking towards her with a smile.
Celine is currently in a certain musical play production wherein she is the only female lead and she'll be acting alongside with four guys.
"Morning, Celine! You look like a squirrel freezing from cold. Are you okay?" Nate worriedly asks Celine.
"Good morning, Nate! Oh, don't worry, I can still handle the cold." Celine reassures him.
Nate glances at his watch and looks at Celine again.
"Well, we can get ourselves a cup of coffee before our call time." he suggested.
"Sounds nice. Thanks." Celine agrees, without thinking twice.
Nate and Celine are now making their way to the coffee vending machine. While Nate was busy getting themselves coffee from the vending machine, Celine secretly watches him.
He's definitely a cutie, and he is warm and gentle. He is such a gentleman, and there's no doubt that many girls will definitely fall inlove with him. 
"Here's your coffee, Celine. Be careful, it's hot." Nate gently warns her as he gives her one of the cups.
"Thanks again, Nate." Celine thanks him, then afterwards she carefully took a sip of coffee.
"I would like to tell you that I'm really glad because you accepted the lead role of this musical play. I mean, I don't think many girls would be uncomfortable to be acting side-by-side with male actors." Nate suddenly spoke.
"Well, I like to challenge myself. And this would be a great chance to improve myself when it comes to acting. I think this is a great opportunity for me." Celine relayed.
"Good morning, guys! Can I join you?" 
One familiar voice made Celine and Nate look behind them.
They saw their co-star, Gale who's smiling brightly at them. 
"You don't have to ask permission or anything. Come and join us." Celine invited Gale.
"It's a good thing you got yourself a cup of coffee already." Nate states, while looking at a cup of coffee from a famous shop which is carried by Gale.
"Yeah. It was extremely cold outside that's why I decided to drop by to a coffee shop and get myself a steaming cup of coffee." Gale responded.
Nate offers a seat to Gale and the three of them started chatting. 
“So,what are you guys talking about?" Gale suddenly asked Nate and Celine. 
“Oh, I was just saying to Celine that we're we’re glad and happy because she accepted the main female lead for our musical play." Nate told him what they were talking about before Gale appeared.
"Of course we are all happy to have you aboard, Celine. But I also have to apologize if you see us fooling around. Boys will be boys, you know..." Gale stated, as he gave Celine a playful wink. 
"Uh, I really don't mind. It's totally okay." Celine said, in a shy manner. Her face feels hot, and she knew she's blushing. 
"Are you alright, Celine? Your face looks red." Nate suddenly informed her.
Celine wanted to run away and hide from the two of them because of embarrassment. She easily blushes when she talks to other people, especially to the opposite sex.
Celine cleared her throat before she speaks again.
"I'm perfectly okay, guys. Don't worry about me." she reassures Nate and Gale.
"Oh, just look at the time! We should go to the stage and do some warm ups." Nate suddenly informs them.
"Maybe the other casts are already at the auditorium." guessed Gale. 
The three of them started walking their way inside the auditorium. Nate and Gale are now fooling around, throwing jokes at each other, but they still always include Celine to their conversation.
As they finally reaches their destination, they started walking at a semi-darkened auditorium room. 
"It's almost dark in here, so be careful with your steps, Celine..." Nate gently warns her.
Celine smiles in the dark after she heard Nate.
"He's really a gentleman..." she smilingly said to herself. smiled in the dark as I heard him.
Celine was still busy daydreaming, and she didn't realized that Nate stops walking infront of her. And as a result her face accidentally bumped into his back!
I suddenly felt his hands on my shoulders, firmly holding me still.
"Are you okay, Celine? Did you get hurt?" he asked in a very gentle way. 
“What happened?” Gale curiously asks them.
“She bumped her nose on my back.” Nate responded.
"You're both worrying too much. I'm alright." Celine reassures them for the second time. 
"I wonder where are the others?" Nate wonders aloud.
"Maybe we're the first ones to arrive?" said Gale.
While the two are talking, Celine is secretly reprimanding herself.
"How could you be stupid bumping your face on Nate's back? I must've looked awkward while holding my nose like that!" 
Her train of thoughts stops in a halt when she heard Nate's voice again. 
“Where is everybody? They should be here at this time…” he stated, while looking around.
"Beats me." Gale answered in return. 
"Hmm. This is weird." I whispered to myself. 
Then, without any warning, all of the lights suddenly illuminated the whole place, and it was too much for our eyes. 
“Hey,stop it!” Gale yelled, as he tries to cover his eyes with his hand. 
“Who’s there?” Nate interrogated, as he tries his best to adjust eyes to the bright lights. 
Bursts of laughter suddenly echoes throughout the place.
“It’s them! Those fools!” Nate pronounced, as he lets out a weary sigh. 
Sure enough, there other co-stars in the musical play, Nick and Justin jumps down from the stage while laughing as if there's no tomorrow.
"Hello, guys!" Nick happily greeted us first.
"Sorry if we played tricks on you so early in the morning." added Justin.
“You two…That was so dumb.Can’t you think of anything more original?” Nate scolded the two of them.
Nick and Justin just grinned at each other as they gave each other a high-five.
Gale was about to say something but he wasn't able to do so when Mr. David Alford, the Director of their musical play, suddenly appeared at the door.
"Good morning, boys... And girl. Are you ready for another day of rehearsals?" the old director asks them, while looking serious. 
Celine noticed that the boys became serious as well, as the director started walking towards their direction.
"Sir, yes, sir!" they all said in unison.
"Very well. Let's begin with the rehearsals." Mr. Alford finally announced. 
Nate, Gale, Nick and Justin started following the old man, as they get their scripts ready.
Celine also got herself ready for the intensive rehearsals... 

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