Wanting to be an aspiring actor is very hard sometimes. You always have to compete with people who want the same as you. Everyone fight for their goals. So am I. That's why today I'm going to the theatre. There is an audition for Antigone play which I personally love. To be honest I completely love drama and everything connected with it. I'm a part of the drama club since I was ten. We make a huge, lovely family there. I adore the home atmosphere of that place.

What a surprise right now I'm on a bus, on my way to beat all of them, revising the whole script. My eyes thoroughly read every single letter printed down on paper. I'm saying all of the words I read on my mind to check if I'm certainly prepared. I can already feel the adrenaline in my whole body, from faster and faster heartbeat to shallow breaths. I'm going crazy inside but outside I act like all of the normal people around me. I looked to the left and to the right. Everyone was living their own life without paying attention to others. Except me. The door opened and then I saw him. He almost fell off because the bus was already about to leave. Our eyes met for a second or two but I decided to look down at the ground because of the overwhelming feeling I couldn't stop. That was the moment I was glad that the seat next to me was taken. Actually, all of them were so he had to stand.

A few minutes later I noticed my bus stop I have to get off on. I took all of the stuff I have with me and waited until the door opened. I got off and started to go straight to the target of my little trip. My hair was floating because of the wind. Today's day was the exact definition of London weather.

While walking through streets filled with people I've never seen before I noticed I didn't take any food with me and it would kill me if I couldn't eat my stress out so I decided to go to a coffee shop nearby. I'm addicted to their chocolate muffins and vanilla latte. It's actually my favourite coffee shop in the whole London. After a short walk, I walked into the place I've been going to, and heard the unique sound of the bells above the door and smiled a little. The smell of this place is incredible! It is also very sentimental to me because I used to come here every Friday with my grandma when she was alive.

I closed my eyes and opened them slowly on this memory. She was my best friend when I didn't have one. She was the one who supported me in my hardest moments. She was also the one who gave me a lot of advice and I will always be grateful to her for that. We loved to gossip about what happened the previous week. I was telling her about all my problems and crying on her arm if something bad happened and she always was there for me. Granny has never told any bad word about me, and that's what made me feel like I was enough.

When I was finally standing in front of the counter, the nice old woman greeted me.

"Good Morning y/n!" she said with the big, honest smile on her face. "I had a feeling you may come today."

"Good morning Mrs Hastings, how nice to see you again." I gave her a little smile back.

"Your order, the same as usual?"

"Oh, how did you know?" I asked her sarcastically. The woman just sent me an amused look and started making my order.

While she was busy with making the coffee, I started thinking about the audition. I love drama with all my heart and I also love this play but I know that there are going to be so many talented people from the whole London. I can't say I'm not stressed, because I definitely am, but it's that kind of stress which gives you motivation and strength to do things right. I could already feel symptoms of being nervous, although I tried to focus on my today's task, which was doing my best on the stage.

"There you go." The kind woman handed me a cup of coffee and my favourite muffins.

"Thank you so much. Sorry I can't stay any longer but I have an audition in fifteen minutes and I don't want to be late," I said to her when I was actually leaving the shop.

"Good luck y/n! I know you're going to kill it." I only smiled at her politely and ran out to the London streets.

I've been walking really fast for ten minutes I think when I finally saw the theatre on the other side of the street. I rapidly got through the crosswalk and now I was standing in front of the theatre's huge, massive door. I took three deep breaths trying to calm down just a little and I finally pushed the door. I'm not going to lie. The inside was breathtaking. In the hall, I could see a lot of beautiful sculptures. I think it is styled as the greek, anyways it's amazing and I love it.

I asked the man, security I guess, where should I go to take part in the casting so after getting a quick explanation I went on the indicated way and now I was standing in front of another brown double door. My heart was beating really fast. I was afraid that it will explode in a while. All my future may be waiting on the other side. I tried to ward all these thoughts off, and I pushed the door again but this time I couldn't go back. After I went in, I saw many people. Many people sitting on the chairs, many people running from side to side to try to focus and calm down. Some people were talking with the director, and some of them were crying and passing out. I know, scary. But there was also something that has drawn my attention. Something that looked familiar.

He was standing backwards to me, so he obviously couldn't see me. He was super focused on looking on the stage. One of his hands was on his chin which was making him look even smarter. He was wearing black pants and a grey jumper. In conclusion, he looks good. Very good, I would say. When I came a little closer, he felt my presence and turned around so he was standing right in front of me. He was way higher than me but it didn't disturb us from looking in each other's eyes.

"Hey, I'm Louis," He said with a little smirk on his face.

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Hi everyone! The first chapter is behind us. Let me know what you think and sorry for all the mistakes but English is obviously not my first language.

Stay safe,

M