87 Preparation before the stage time

The following morning was the second day of the Annual Celebration of Veteris and the day held the same amount of excitement as the first day, or maybe more. When the clock struck nine in the morning, the speakers turned on, either to make announcements or for the music to be played to keep up the mood of the celebration.

Julie was in her dorm, drying her hair after a shower. 

It would be a lie if she said that she wasn't nervous about this evening. All these days she had performed the rehearsal in front of a small number of students who were part of the play. But after seeing the number of people in the theatre of the university yesterday, she wondered if she would be able to play her part without stuttering. 

In the back of her mind, a memory was attached to the stage, when she was studying in her previous university and not in Veteris. Her thoughts drifted to the past…