(virtua)
This kid is just annoying. Though he\u2019s got his own prominent role, now he\u2019s shadowing me on stage, hovering around and peering over my shoulder at the card in my hand as I\u2019m trying to read it. Though I\u2019ve been doing this part for a while, tonight I simply can\u2019t manage. I stumble through the sentences and flub it terribly. It isn\u2019t necessarily because of this kid who\u2019s bugging me (though the kid is definitely bugging me), but for some more personal reason. Finally, in utter frustration, I give up, saying, \u201cA*****e. You want to read this? Then f*****g read this. Because apparently I can\u2019t.\u201d Someone in the audience laughs, but I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because he thinks that\u2019s part of the play, and it\u2019s funny, or because he sees what\u2019s really happening to me, and that\u2019s funny. But I\u2019ve just had it \u2013 I am done. I throw the card at this obnoxious kid and stalk off through the auditorium. The kid can have the part if he wants it. I\u2019m f*****g sick of all of it.
[for cello, electric guitar]
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