It took a long moment for her to come back from wherever she had gone in her rapture. “That … was amazing. That was so amazing! How did they /do/ that!?” She clutched Victor’s arm again, bouncing in her seat. “I’ve never seen them before. I think I want to again!”
Victor chuckled quietly at the sight before him. “They are most definitely a magnificent group. I’ll see when I can get tickets again, Summer, but they’re a traveling group so after this show they’ll be leaving for a while.” He kissed her before standing up and offering his hand to her. “Are you hungry love? I was going to cook dinner for us back at my place if you’d like?”
“Let’s wait until the crowd clears out a little. I don’t want to lose the happy in struggling out.”
“Alright, Summer, we should be good to start heading out in another 10 minutes,” Victor said while he leaned back, stretching his spine. “Have you ever worked a theatre show before, love?” he asked out of curiosity to pass the time.
“I did theatre in high school, actually. All four years. Stage and crew. The first year,” she laughed, “my crew job was cat handler. And I had a walk-on part. I really liked that. We had a cat, growing up, who was pretty laid back. I don’t even remember how the subject came up, but we decided if I could handle him, and he was okay with applause, then we’d use a real cat in the show — and it worked.”
“Wow, that’s fantastic. I’ve never gone in front of the lights, I’ve always preferred to be behind the scenes. I’ve always had a decent ear and I run sound every now and then for the stage manager here. Stage crew was one of the only ways I had a sense of family. Any favorite shows?”
“Oh, Lord, we mostly did lesser known stuff, so the stuff I did back then isn’t something I think of as favourite. I really enjoyed going to see the Andrew Lloyd Webber shows, and I enjoyed doing Nunsense, but I still wouldn’t say favourite.”