Chapter 10: Step 3
The next day at the theater, Rosita, Ash, Meena, Missy, Nancy, and Ms. Crawly got there early and was just waiting in one of the rehearsal rooms for Stacy to arrive. Finally Stacy arrived, she was wearing a jean skirt, pink blouse, and black slip ons.
"Morning everyone." she greeted. "Hey, Stacy." they answered. "So why'd we come here early?" asked Stacy. "You're going to get some grace." answered Rosita. "How am I gonna do that?" asked Stacy.
"With this." said Meena holding a small book. "I'm going to read a book about grace?" asked Stacy. "No, you're going to practice walking with this book on your head." said Meena. "Okay, are you sure this'll work?" asked Stacy, as the book was place on her head.
"Of course, now spread your arms out, and walk to the other side of the room and back." said Missy. "Okay." "And keep your head up and eyes forward." added Ms. Crawly. Stacy tried, she tripped a couple of times, but she kept trying, until she got it.
"Hey, I walked across the room with a book on my head, and didn't fall at all." said Stacy. "Great job." said Ash. Suddenly the heard footsteps, and saw Buster coming down from his office. "Oh, morning ladies you're here early." he said.
"We were just helping Stacy get ready." explained Nancy. "Well, the others should be here let's get started." said Buster. They followed behind him to stage, and then he spoke. "By the way Stacy, you're not wearing your sweats." he said.
"Uh, no. I got some new clothes." said Stacy. "Looks good on you." Buster complimented. "Thanks." said Stacy, blushing a little. On stage all the other women were standing listening to Buster.
"Okay, ladies the pageant will have six parts. In the introduction you'll wear your regular clothes, and I'll introduce you all to the audience, in the evening gown part you'll show off your beautiful dresses, then you'll model bathing suits in the swimsuit part, then I'll ask you some questions based on your personalities, you'll show off your talent in the talent part, and finally one of you will be crowned queen." explained Buster.
The women chattered excitedly. He showed them all backstage, and the giant dressing room they'll be using. "Hey, Stacy do you have a talent picked out?" asked Meena. "I've been thinking about it, and I decided to recite a poem, I have a very good memory." Stacy answered.
"Okay, one more thing before I let you all go for the day, I need to know the talent you're going to do." said Buster. So he went around with his clipboard writing down the talents.
Doris would be doing a swim routine, Vivian would make balloon animals, Courtney's talent was baton twirling, Wendy's talent was Irish dancing, Beverly was going to do a cheer leading routine, and Yalonda's talent was going to play the clarinet.
Anna was going to do ventriloquism, Zoey's talent was karate, Nancy was going to do a gymnastics routine, Stacy told Buster she'd be reciting a poem, Missy was going to do ballet, and Meena's talent was going to be singing.
Ash would be playing her guitar, Ms. Crawly was going to juggle, and Rosita was going to balance plates. "Great, tomorrow we start practicing for the show. See you all then." said Buster. All the other women left, the but ones who worked in the theater and Missy stayed to help Stacy with one more thing.
She practiced walking in high heeled shoes with a book on her head. It was much more difficult, and she fell a couple times, but after a while she was walking like a model. "Wonderful, Stacy." said Ms. Crawly.
"I didn't think I'd ever be able to walk without falling, my..." Stacy said, but she quickly stopped herself when she realized she almost mentioned her father. "What was that?" asked Missy. "Oh, nothing." said Stacy.
"Well, I better get home, and get dinner started." said Rosita. "Yeah, Michael's cooking tonight." said Ash. "And I gotta see what Mike's gonna do for dinner." said Nancy. "What about you Stacy, what're you doing for dinner?" asked Ms. Crawly.
"I usually just grab some fast food." Stacy answered. "Really, you haven't had a home cooked meal since you've been here?" asked Meena. "Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to cook, and you can't really cook in a motel room." Stacy explained.
"Would you like to come over to my house for dinner, my mom's a good cook?" Meena offered. "Oh I couldn't impose." said Stacy. "Really, my family loves company." said Meena. It sounded like a good offer, and she thought it would be nice to each something homemade.
"Okay, then." said Stacy.
So Stacy caught the bus with Meena, and they rode to her neighborhood. When they got to her house, they went inside. "Mom, I'm home and I brought company." said Meena. Meena's mom came into the foyer, and saw the two.
"Hey, honey, and who're you?" she asked. "I'm Stacy." said Stacy. "She's works at Moon Theater and she's in the pageant, I invited her to dinner if that's okay?" said Meena. "Of course, it's nice to meet you, Stacy." said her mom.
And the two shook hands. In the living room, Meena's grandparents were watching TV. "Mom, Dad, we have a guest." said Meena's mom as she passed by. The two elderly elephants looked up, and saw Stacy.
"Hi, I'm Stacy." said Stacy, shyly. The two got up, and went over to her. "Hello, dear." said Meena's grandmother. "Hey, nice to meet you." said Meena's grandfather. Stacy was about to say something, until she saw Meena's grandpa's cane.
She had a memory of how her father would beat and whack her with his cane. This caused her to get scared, and Meena noticed. "You all right?" "Oh, yeah, I'm fine." said Stacy quickly.
The rest of the evening went well, Stacy got along with Meena's family, and the dinner was great. When it was over, Stacy caught the bus to go back to her motel room. But Meena still wondered what caused Stacy to get scared.
That's chapter 10, plz review and no flames plz