Gus arrives home from school and goes to his room, not talking to anyone. He tries to come up with a song to sing for his drama class on Monday. There was a knock at his door and as it opens Gus turns to see Justin standing there. "How are you doing?"
Gus smiles and replies, "I 'm great i just have to sing in a play at school on Monday and i don't know what to sing."
Justin crossed the room and sits on the edge of Gus' bed. "I would love to hear you sing and i know your dad would too. Do you want any help with it?"
"i don't know what to sing and my class will be doing their own song... but I'm hungry. Let's go eat." Gus leaves Justin and goes into the kitchen. Justin goes to his own bedroom to talk to Brian. From where he was in the kitchen Gus could hear his dads talking about something. They mentioned something about the King of Babylon before Justin says, "I can't wait to be king again!"
Gus sighs as he gets the lion king song stuck in his head, then he accidentally shouted, "I've got it!" His dads peek around the corner to see if Gus was alright. In a sudden bought of excitement he exclaimed, "I know what to sing!" He kisses Justin on the way to his room so he can prepare for Monday.
When the end of the weekend came Gus has found a few friends to sing with him and had made sure his family would be able to show up. At the time of the concert, everybody went to the gym and climbed onto the stage. Gus waited for the group ahead of him to finish and him and his friends exchange excited nods. They wanted to make sure they were all still on board with the plan.
As the small group makes their way onto the stage, Gus notices his parents sitting in the front row. They each grab a microphone and start singing.
I'm gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware!
I've never seen a king of beasts
With quite so little hair
I'm gonna be the mane event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
I'm working on my roar
Thus far a rather uninspiring thing
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
No one saying do this Now when I said that-
No one saying be there What I meant was-
No one saying stop that What you don't realize-
No one saying see here Now see here!
Free to run around all day That's definitely out-
Free to do it all my way!
I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart-to-heart
Kings don't need advice
From little hornbills for a start
If this is where the monarchy is headed
Count me out
Out of service, out of Africa
I wouldn't hang about
This child is getting wildly out of wing
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Everybody look left
Everybody look right
Everywhere you look I'm-
Standing in the spotlight
Not yet
Let every creature go for broke and sing
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Oh, he just can't wait to be king!
Oh, I just can't wait...
Just can't wait
To be king!
They all scurry off the stage as the crowd in the gym cheers them on. Gus looks at his friends with a smile. "They loved us!" Swept up in the excitement, Tommy pulls Gus in for a kiss. Gus blushes and thinks to himself, I think my school life just got better.