Chapter 1
I was about to go on stage and I wasn't nervous anymore. I've done this routine a hundred times and been on stage hundreds more. I was peeping out from the side of the stage hoping to find him already there, but he wasn't. I head back to the mirror and try to find lose hair and such, when my phone rang. I look at the screen and there was the name of the man I've been waiting to arrive.
"Hey Jay do you know you're late?" I asked joking
"I know Al. Sorry; I'm on my way right now." He said
"Okay but hurry up. You're my lucky charm remember." I said and he chuckled.
"Don't worry I'll be there. You know I wouldn't miss it for the world. Now I got to go I'm getting into the car now. Bye. Love you and Break a leg."
"Hopefully I don't. Love you to. Bye." And he hung up. I could here the announcer calling me up and I start to walk to the stage. The music started and I started my routine…
I could still hear the applause and cheers as I walked of the stage. I was hoping to find James (though I only call him James when I'm mad. He says when I call him James I sound like his mother) there with flowers like always after my recitals, but he wasn't. I walk to the desk and was congratulated bye my teachers and instructors. I began to take of my shoes when my phone rang. I hoped that it was Jay with an explanation on why he wasn't here, but the number calling was unknown.
"Hello?" I ask
"Hello, Al? It's Emma there's been an accident." The voice said and I recognized it as Jay's mother but it was shaky and sounded sad and I immediately stiffen. I calm myself saying that this was the reason Jay wasn't here, it was because someone in his family had an accident.
"Oh? Who was in the accident?" I ask hoping to sound calm but I know it sounded scared.
"James was killed in a car accident." She said sobbing into the phone. I dropped the phone and broke down. This wasn't happening… I was just talking to him a while ago… He wasn't dead… This was a joke right… I started crying…