Chapter 280 - Surprise Party

Will looked to his right side and saw Jessica laughing at his situation.

"You are not crying?" He asked her.

"I saw this play ten times already, I am used to it now" She brightly smiled and looked at her right. She laughed seeing Rachel sobbing uncontrollably and Daniel pacifying her.

"Rach, that is Jim, he is alright. He didn't die it is just acting" Daniel patted her head and stroked her back.

"But… But Rick died" Rachel said between her sobs and cried louder.

Jessica pitied Will and Daniel's situation but she had a lot of fun seeing them consoling people.

There, Lisa too cried uncontrollably hugging Matt, while he enjoyed having her in his arms, he felt bad for her state as she turned very emotional after this play.

He stroked her head and kissed her forehead to calm her down.

After the play ended, all the actors came on stage. They were joined by Amanda. Megan was at one end, Jimmy next to her, Amanda next to Jim, Zoey next to Amanda and Leo at the other end. 

They stood in this order and bowed to the audience together, thanking them for attending their play. The whole audience stood up from their seats and gave them a standing ovation.

This was totally unexpected but this standing ovation made the whole cast and crew very happy as this implied how much their play was loved by the people.

After a while when the actors came back from the stage, their friends and family rushed towards them to hug and congratulate them.

Harry was the first person Jimmy met as soon as he came out.

Harry tightly hugged his son as soon as he saw him and cried.

Daniel and Catherine were very happy as for the first time Harry showed how much he was proud of Jimmy. It was an emotional moment for the Morris family.

Daniel and Catherine too hugged the two people and the four people huddled together. 

"They are so cute, right?" Will asked Jessica and Rachel who agreed with him as it felt a very emotional moment.

Catherine and Harry praised Jimmy a lot and they left him alone so that other people could meet him, as they can meet him at home too but before stepping away, Harry patted his son's cheeks and said, "I am proud of you. You are indeed meant to be an actor."

Jimmy was very happy as warmth spread across his heart hearing his dad's praise.

Lisa on the other hand hugged Amanda, and told her how amazing this play is and praised her a lot. Then Lisa stepped towards Jimmy and tightly hugged him, startling the guy.

Jimmy recognized her as he met her at the housewarming party.

"Why did you die? I wish you were alive" Lisa said hugging him, Jimmy laughed at her compliment and after the hug, he pulled her cheeks, "I am alive, not dead. I hope you enjoyed the play"

"A lot, I want to come again and watch it again" Lisa declared.

"And cry again?" Jimmy teased her, making Lisa laugh.

"You were great, man" Matt hugged Jim and patted him.

"Thanks man. I hope you didn't hit on my sister while I was on stage" Jim teased Matt as he tried to hit on Jessica at Daniel's housewarming party.

The two men laughed. Jim met everyone there who didn't get tired of praising him, and he was overwhelmed with the response he received.

Same was the situation with other actors, as everyone approached and praised them as they were all great.

Catherine especially met Megan and told her how much she loved her chemistry with Jimmy. Megan thanked her and she too was overwhelmed as many people came up to her and said how much they loved the kissing scene.

The accidental, unplanned kissing scene actually got a lot more appreciation from the audience than they expected. 

Then Jack announced to the close friends that he organized a surprise party for Amanda and the cast at his house as he expected the first day to be a huge success.

He invited Daniel, Rachel, Jessica, Matt and Lisa to his home.

"You guys have fun, we have to go back home safely" Catherine informed Rachel and Daniel as they will be relieved only after they reach home safely back with Will.

"You guys worry too much" Will rolled his eyes at them.

"We have to." Harry warned him.

"Please drop a message to us, as soon as you reach home" Rachel requested the three people.

"Don't worry, a lot of bodyguards are around us" Will patted Rachel's head and assured her.

After bidding adieu to their children, the three people left for home.

Jack then gave his address to the five people while he went to find Amanda who was now busy with her four co-stars.

"Okay, so we need to check the review of our play, which will be published in a few hours, then we will decide what to do about this kiss scene" Amanda told the four people as suddenly there was a change in their script.

Now, they have to decide after review, whether  they will include the kiss scene or not. 

From the instant reviews they got from the audience, they found out the kiss scene had been loved by all. But they were waiting for an official review.

"I am so sorry Amanda and Jim, I was nervous on the stage and I forgot my dialogues, and I ended up messing everything" Megan had been feeling guilty for what she did.

Only she knew how she handled herself and acted well in the rest of the play.

"Chill Megan, I told you already to improvise if anything happens" Amanda then looked at Jim, "You are indeed the star of this play. You managed and improvised so well. We needed that slap and I was really worried about the whole play but you did a great job. Thanks for saving my play" Amanda emotionally hugged Jim.