As if the crushing pain of being discharged from Juliard wasn't enough, Carolyn now had to confront Broadway. She stood outside on the sidewalk, gazing up at the big Broadway sign above the front part of the building. This was going to be it. This last conversation would be the downfall of her dream.

The cars zoomed past each other on the busy streets behind her as she breathed in deeply the smog filled air and let the breath out in a huff as she made her way inside the building. Oddly, it was colder inside than it was outside. The building must still be in it's transition from Summer weather to Fall weather, even though it was already the middle of October.

She walked down the aisle towards the director sitting in the front row, watching a few actors rehearse. She went and sat down next to him quietly. She would have hated to interrupt the rehearsal.

"Carolyn! You don't need to be here until tomorrow." The director said, picking up his clipboard off the floor by his feet.

"I know, I know." Carolyn said. "I just needed to tell you something important."

"Oh." The director looked puzzled. "What is it?"

Carolyn had been thinking of a way to put this without saying what actually was going on. She didn't want all of Broadway knowing she got pregnant because of a stupid mistake and now she was spiraling downwards through a tunnel of failure.

"A family emergency has come up and it requires that I go home for the rest of the school year. Which means, I unfortunately will not be able to be in the show any longer." Carolyn waited for her response. There was a long pause as the director appeared to be processing the information.

"I'm sorry to hear that." He stood up and so did Carolyn. "I want you to know that you're always welcome to come back for another audition when your family crisis is resolved. I think you are extremely talented. You're one of the best dancers I have come across in my thirty years as a director. I don't want you to give up. You were born to dance and I'm willing to help give you that opportunity that you deserve."

Ever since her pregnancy, everyone had been being so nice to her. It was strange. It was as if everyone knew but no one wanted to say that they knew. She never would have thought someone from Broadway would ever tell her she was talented or be willing to give her another chance after she dropped out of a show. Madam helped her through the scare early in the beginning and gave her support when the terror became reality. The director on Broadway was giving her a second chance. All she could do now was hope that the kindness wouldn't end when she got back home.

The next hurdle Carolyn would have to get over would be explaining to her father why she was home from college early. She figured the college would probably call him but whether they would tell him their reasoning or not was still a mystery. She wondered what her father would say and if he would be mad. Carolyn knew she had brought this all upon herself and her father shouldn't be mad. The only person who should be mad at her was herself.

Andy, on the other side of the country, still didn't know what was going on with Carolyn. He knew she was pregnant but he didn't know anything else. He didn't know if she had made a decision and if so what her choice had been. It was frightening. He would call constantly but she would never answer or return the phone call. He desperately wanted to see her but the problem was he didn't know where she was. Was she still at school? Was she at home with her dad? And the biggest problem of all was that the boys were going to Europe for a tour in less than two weeks. Once in Europe, he would have no way of contacting Carolyn. If only she would just call him.

Notes

Sorry this chapter was slowish. I'm struggling through my last few weeks of school and trying to write updates at the same time.

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