Chapter 10
" Shawn, wake up. Today's the big day. You've got to go get ready." mom says
" What time is it?" I ask without opening my eyes
" 6:00, I let you sleep as long as you could."
" Just five more minutes, please mom." I say begging
" No, you sound like your in high school again. When I would come and get you up."
" Fine, I will get up."
Mom walks out of the room, I get up and in the shower. As much as I didn't want to get up I am so excited about the show today. I'm really nervous though. I want to do great and not mess up. I will be at the show most of the day getting my hair and make up done. I'm not really sure what my outfit is going to look like, I have seen the drawing. I haven't seen the actual thing. I take a quick shower, so I will have time to eat breakfast. There is no point in me putting on make up on. I get dressed and walk out of my bedroom.
" Well look who decided to join us." dad said
" Yes, good morning. Ya'll are both up early." I say giving him a hug and kiss on the check.
" I've got some running around to do today before the show tonight." dad says. I walk over to the cabinet and pull out a pop tart.
" Are you leaving right after the show?"
" Yeah, I think me and you mom are going to go then. It has been fun, but LA is just not our scene."
" I understand. I didn't like it at first, but I like it now."
" Are you ready hun?" mom asks dad
" Yeah lets go." dad responds
" I will see ya'll tonight." I say giving them both a hug.
" Bye" they say. I finish my pop tart, grab my bag and some extra clothes and head to the studio.
I get to the show and the parking lot is full. There are so many people that work on the show, then all the contestants. Thankfully I have my own parking place. Derek and I have parking places right beside each other. He is here, I am surprised he is on time. I through the doors into the building. I see Mark and Derek talking.
" Hey Shawn" Derek says
" Hey Derek, Mark" I wave at both of them. I head towards the make up area. I see Melissa sitting in the chair.
" Hey Melissa" I say while waving. We are pretty close we were both on Season Eight together.
" Hey Shawn" she reaches up and gives me a hug still sitting in the chair.
" Are you ready for tonight?" I ask her
" Yeah, I am so excited to finally be dancing again." she says
" Me too, I haven't ballroom dances since season eight."
" Me either"
" Well that makes me feel better" I say laughing
" Miss Johnson?" I hear a female voice say
" Yes?" I ask
" Can you come with me? I'm going to start on your hair and make up."
" Yeah. I will see you later Melissa" I say
It take them a couple hours before they are done. It is now noon, I have seven hours till we are live. I'm getting nervous by the minute. Since I'm done I decide to go find Derek. I find him.
" Hey Derek"
" Hey Shawn"
" I see your done with make up and hair."
" Yeah, I love my dress." I say smiling
" Me too, you look beautiful tonight." he says smiling
" Thank you, you look very handsome." I say blushing
" Your welcome. Are you ready for the show?"
" Yeah, I am just nervous. In season eight, the first time I walked out on the first episode I tripped on my dress. I was pretty embarrassed." I say blushing more
" Ha, that is funny, but hey you survived."
" Right." I say laughing
Before I know its 6:50, we have ten minutes till were live. We are in our specific spots to walk out. My knees are shaking I'm so nervous.
" Are you okay? Your shaking like crazy over there." Derek asks
" Um.. I'm just really nervous. My knees are shaking."
" Your going to do great. You know the dance, I have your back if you fall down the steps. it's a win, win situation." Derek says
" You know you never fail to make me smile." I say blushing
" I try, I try." Derek says laughing
We hear the announcer say the couple in front of us.
" Here goes nothing. Shawn I got your back. Just smile and have fun." Derek says
I reach up and give him the biggest hug ever. I am so thankful to have this guy as my partner. " Thanks"
We hear our names and walk down the steps. About half way down Derek stops walking and picks me up. He holds me with one of his arms and has his other one up in the air. We get down the steps to stand in line.
" Have you had that planned all along?" I ask him
" Since you told me earlier about you falling down the steps." he says laughing
Its finally our time to dance.
" Shawn, I just wanted to say that I love dancing with you. We have only been paired together a week and I love it already."
" Thank you, I love dancing with you too. I am glad I got you as a partner."
" I love dancing with you." Derek says
" And I love dancing with you." I say
" So lets dance together." we say in unison while hugging.
We walk out on the floor and do our dance. The entire time Derek is giving me help about the dance. When its over we hug each other.
" That was great, you did amazing and looked amazing." he whispers in my ear while picking me up and spinning me around. We walk over to the judges table and hear there comments. We go up to Brooke and get our scores. When we reach the sky deck Mark comes out of know where and embraces me. I havent seen him since this morning.
" You did amazing." Mark says
" Thank you."
We go stand by Brooke to get our scores. We get a 8 from Carrie Ann, 6.5 from Len, and a 7.5 from Bruno. I guess that is good for week one. I cant say I'm not disappointed by the 6.5. We have our scores and walk back down the stairs to the dressing rooms.
" You did great. I am so proud of you." Derek says giving me a hug
" Thank you, you did great too, which of course you would being the pro." I say laughing
" Yes, but we all make mistakes. Kind of like Len's score. It was a mistake. I thought we should have got higher."
" I did too, but for week one I am happy." I say
" I have something to tell you." Derek says looking serious at me
" What?" I ask nervously
" Mark told me he seen Ryan in the audience. He didn't want to tell you before we dance. I told him I would tell you after."
" I cant believe he is here. I wish he would just take a hint." I say getting angry
" Do you want me to beat him up? Then maybe he will get it through his hard head" Derek says
" No, your too classy to fight with him. Maybe I can avoid him the rest of the night."
" Hopefully"
The show is over for tonight. We are done with all the interviews and just have to be back tomorrow. We will get here around the same time, then after tomorrows show instead of going home we will have practice. I hope I make it through. I can only hope and pray. I haven't made a big deal about winning, but I want to win just like everybody else.
Its 7:30 Tuesday evening. We have already learned some of the couples going through. Derek and I are up next, I'm more nervous tonight than last night. We hear our names and go take our place with the others on the floor.
" Derek and Shawn" Tom starts talking
I ignore all he says. All I can concentrate on is Derek whispering in my ear soothing words.
" Its all going to be okay. You will make it through. I have faith in you"
Then we hear you are through. We both jump up and down. I leap into Derek's arms, he catches me.
" I told you so." he whispers
The show is over and we have finished with all the after show interviews. We head to the studio to practice. Tonight we are going over our outfits, dance, and song.
" We are doing the Jive, and the song is nicest kids in town." Derek says smiling
" I love the song, isn't the dance really fast?" I ask him
" Yes, but you will have no problem keeping up with it. I have already been thinking of some ideas."
" What kind of outfits?" I ask
" I am going to wear a white shirt with a pink tie, a bluish color jacket and grey pants. I think I want you to wear a pink and white dress. The top will be white with sparkles and the bottom will be pinks skirts. The theme will be from Hairspray the movie."
" Okay"
" That is all, I am going to go home. Are you ready to leave?"
" Yes I am exhausted." I say smiling
" You did amazing Monday night. You will do great with this dance too." he says
" I will see you tomorrow." I say reaching up and hugging Derek. Walking out of the studio and making our way to our cars.
Hope you like the chapter. If there are any mistakes I'm sorry. I wanted to get another chapter out today, and I didn't have time to re read it. - Mallory