Chapter 2: Practice Time

Ring! Ring! Ring! HugeNose picks up the phone. "Hello!"

"Hey HugeNose." BigGuy says in a depressed tone.

"What's the matter?" HugeNose asks.

"Well..it's just that…" BigGuy pauses.

"C'mon, what is it? Tell me already!" HugeNose persists.

"I stink at DDR, okay!" BigGuy yells.

"Well, it's not your fault that your extremely small nose makes you unbalanced, causing you to well… not do so well." HugeNose reassures.

"I know that. I just want to be great at it, maybe even better than Preeti!" BigGuy exclaims.

"It's gonna take a LOT of work! Are you positive you wanna try?" HugeNose asks.

"Absolutely!" BigGuy says, now happy.

"Alright. I'll be at your house bright and early. How about seven?" HugeNose says.

"Okay, sounds great! See you tomorrow!" BigGuy hangs up the phone. A few seconds later he starts jumping and screaming for joy, until his friend comes in from the other room and stares at him in disbelief at how stupid he is acting.

The next morning…

Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong! … (continues for several minutes)

BigGuy opens the door. "Will you stop that?"

"Oh, hey BigGuy! Ready to practice?" HugeNose says with embarrassment.

"Yeah, I just need to finish my Lucky Charms." BigGuy slurps down his cereal full of marshmellowy goodness.

HugeNose drops the DDR pad on the floor.

"Hey, where did you get that from?" BigGuy asks.

"Hehe, I kinda snuck into Preeti's house last night and stole…I mean borrowed her DDR." HugeNose explains.

"Nice one. I hope she doesn't notice that it's missing." Says BigGuy.

"She won't!" HugeNose laughs. "I took her contacts too, so she won't be able to see that it's missing. Good plan, huh?"

"No." BigGuy says.

"Okay then, which song do you want to try first? Cow Cow Strut, I've Got the Cob, if You've Got the Corn, or Beep?" HugeNose asks.

"Umm…I'll try 'I've Got the Cob, if You've Got the Corn.'" BigGuy says.

HugeNose acts like an announcer and says, "BigGuy prepares himself for the song. He stretches, and stretches, and gets on the pad. He does a few jumping jacks, and then a few punches. Wow, he looks pumped up! He should really…"

"Will you shut-up!" BigGuy yells.

"Oh, sorry." HugeNose apologizes.

BigGuy starts the song. He gets the first few arrows perfectly, but when the song starts to speed up, and the arrows come faster, BigGuy experiences a flashback from the disaster in the arcade. Once the song is over, he drops to the floor, exhausted from all the jumping.

"Are you alright?" HugeNose asks, concerned.

"I…I…I think so…" BigGuy says.

"Okay…then GET UP!" HugeNose exclaims.

"I can't! I'm to exhausted to move!" BigGuy yells.

"Okay then, I guess you're never gonna beat Preeti. Bye!" HugeNose heads for the door.

"Wait!" BigGuy gets up slowly. "I still wanna beat her!"

"Okay. Get dancing!" HugeNose encourages.

Five hours later…

"Wow! I'm so proud of you! You're already Acing the songs at seven feet! I think you're ready for a competition." BigNose says with excitement.

"Really, you really think I have a chance?" HugeNose asks.

"Of course! You have a natural talent! Soon you might be better than Preeti! Just keep practicing a few hours a day. I'll fax you the details in a few days. Good luck!" HugeNose heads home.

"Wow, I actually have a chance. Woohoo!" BigGuy says, astonished by what HugeNose just said.