Chapter 7

*Liv's POV*

I knocked on the door of my parents hotel room. We had three rooms, one for them, one for me and Maddie and one for Parker and Joey. Dad opened the door.

"Hi, Liv," he said.

"Umm," I started, excited, but unsure of how to put this.

"What is it, sweetie?" Mom asked coming up behind Dad.

"Can I come in for a minute?" I asked.

"Sure, what is it, honey?" Mom asked as we went in the hotel room.

"I think you might want to sit down for this," I told them. A somewhat worried look came over both of their faces. It was mixed with confusion.

"I was offered a record deal," I said, slowly.

"What?" Mom asked. "A record deal?!" Dad just sat there with a stunned look on his face. "From who?"

"Jimmy Starr, the owner of Starr Records!" I exclaimed.

"But isn't his studio here in Miami?" she asked.

"Yeah," I said. That's the problem," I told them. "I can't just leave Stevens Point because I have school, and Voltage."

"Well, we could figure something out," Mom said.

"Okay," I replied. "Thanks."

*Maddie's POV*

The fourth round game against Indiana is tomorrow. If we make it to the fifth round, we're finalists. There are only a few teams left. It's a huge honour to make it to the semi-finals. Well, it's an honour to even get to the tournament in the first place because you would have to be state champions. Plus, only thirty-two of the states could be a part of the game. The other schools couldn't raise enough money in time, so they couldn't go. This is why they don't usually have national sports because only the first 32 to sign up got in. That's the only way to do it. The number of teams has to be 8, 16, 32, 64, etc. or else the rounds won't work properly. Also, if it wasn't already obvious, 32 was the closest to the total number of states without going over. It's also sad that just because the schools couldn't raise money, they can't go. I think they should do it a different way so all the states could participate.

Indiana, I hear is a tough team to beat. I was talking to a few people from other teams that Indiana beat. They were from the teams from Oklahoma, Virginia, and Minnesota. It's sad that so many people have gotten out already. I'm looking forward to the game, though. I'm always up for a challenge.

*Austin's POV*

Dez hasn't given up on the Glee Club idea. He has been kicked out of six games. Not to mention, multiple times per game. Technically, it isn't a Glee club. It's Dez with a pitch pipe and tap shoes. They're thinking about suspending him, that would mean he wouldn't be allowed to go to the school at all. But, that probably wouldn't stop him from trying to get in. Also, he wouldn't be able to go to class.

Ally and I were planning to see one more game. We were planning to see the final games of both the boys's and the girls' tournaments. Partly because we wanted to help raise money for the schools, partly because they were the final games of the tournaments and, well be kind of just wanted to go on another date.

At least Dez only has to get kicked out of one or two more games. Since the girls team got out in the second round against Wisconsin, only the boys are left in it. The only teams left now from the girls are from Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas and Vermont. On the boys' teams, there's Wisconsin, Florida, Delaware and Maine. The boys' fourth round game between Wisconsin and Delaware is today, followed by the girls' fourth round game between Wisconsin and Indiana. Then the fourth round finishes tonight with the boys' game where we'll play Maine and the girls' game between Kansas and Vermont.

*Maddie's POV*

Our game was the second today. I was tired. This was the third day I've played in a row. At least in the first round they had a day between because it took two days for the first round, now, since they're trying to fit the whole tournament into one week, I have to play 4 games in a row, well, assuming we win tonight. Which I'm almost sure of.

I sat on the bench, waiting for the game to start. I rubbed my palms against my thighs with anticipation, just waiting.