Kip sees the look in Karla's eyes and has trouble interpreting it. For a moment, he wonders if he'd done something wrong and his mind races on how to fix it. He glances to Twila and gives a slight shake of his head before taking Karla's hand. "Come on," he directs. "Let's go to your room."
Without saying anything to the others, he guides Karla past and down the hall to the stairway to take her up to the empty room, just as elegantly decorated as the others with everything ready for a guest, along with its own bathroom as well.
Kip shows her into the room, then backs off, wondering if maybe he'd overstepped his bounds or something. "You can... settle in here if you want. Um... I'll go out and talk to the others and find out whats going on with the band. Don't worry about working today."
Turning to the door, he glances over his shoulder. "You know where to find someone if you need anything."
"Okay, good." JT smiles and holds out his hand to Bree. "Hope is in the other room."
He leads her through the dining area and to the adjoining living room. Seeing Hope, he nods. "Bree's ready for ya." He motions his niece to the couch. "I'll be out here if you need anything, alright?" Giving her shoulder a pat, he leaves her with Hope.
Wandering back, he finds Amanda at one of the tables, so he takes up a chair across from her, sinking down wearily. "Well... if Bree makes it through this session, we're one step closer. I don't care what happens to me - I just want her safe."
Eli isn't too keen on staying, but for Ryan's sake he nods. "Alright." Getting situated in the front row, he looks up to the stage, looking around at some of the props that were in sight. It was a small production - one that was for the city, not Broadway. But even so, it looked so far like people had put some really hard work into it. And Broadway or not, it was local knowledge that there was a lot of talent buried in town. Eli just hoped that this was worth coming.
Glancing to his sister, he gives her a once-over for the first time tonight. "Hey... I think I forgot to mention you look beautiful tonight."
It's not too much later that the lights begin to dim. The place was packed - probably a good majority of the people knew someone in the play. Most had gotten dressed up for the event, just a city production or not. Eli wouldn't admit it aloud, but this atmosphere wasn't so bad.
Soon it's totally dark and a hush falls over the crowd. A deep narrator's voice begins to tell the tale of two young people. It was Christmastime and there were two sides to the story as there always are. The family differences made for a taste of Romeo and Juliet, while modern details created a completely different painting.
As the segment of narration ends, one of the curtains is slowly parted. One could just make out dark figures onstage. The music starts out slowly, the figures dressed in black swaying gently. Then the tone shifts completely with flashing lights, fog and a techno-style beat.
The dancers pick up the quick pace, moving in time with the rhythm and lights. All were male dancers at this point in black dress pants and black collared shirts tucked in and casually rolled up to their elbows. The theme was competition for the young woman and two dancers take the spotlight, dueling back and forth with dance moves. All had black hats on, half hiding their faces.
Eli finds himself tapping his foot to the music, not having expected this kind of thing at all. He had envisioned a quickstep at the most, but not jazz, and the music wasn't half bad either.
The group of dancers get back together again, using each other as springboards for backflips. They move closer to the edge of the stage as the song builds to the end. All are spinning and moving so quickly, it's almost hard to keep track of them.
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