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The big day had arrived. John was super anxious, and it wasn't only because of the game. They had come up with a plan, the Otters, Soo Lin and the science club, and all that was left was to put it into action. But for now, they just had to pretend that they weren't planning anything.

John spent an hour in front of his wardrobe, trying to find his basketball shoes, only to realise that he was already wearing them. He had to fight the urge to skip all classes and run to the gym to practice his moves. He could see that Greg was bouncing a ball under his desk. They had already lost a match from the Princes (dumb name for a basketball team by the way) and they didn't want to make them two.

For the first time in his life, Sherlock found that he couldn't pay attention in chemistry class. He had the notes he'd scribbled last night in his hands and kept rereading them. Mycroft had told him he needed to sleep, but he just couldn't. He'd spent the whole night writing everything he knew again and again.

When Mrs Hudson had come up to say good morning, he'd accidently snapped at her and deduced out loud about her and the owner of 'Speedy's cafe'. She'd been deeply offended, of course, but Mycroft managed to calm her down by explaining his brother's anxiety. She had then decided to ask the worst question imaginable. "Didn't a good night's sleep help?"

When classes were over, it was finally time. The Otters had a surprise for the science club. They led them to a lab where they presented them with a pie in the shape of the symbol π. "A pi pie," Sebastian announced, proud of his creation.

"Oh my goodness!" Molly exclaimed. She was almost in tears of joy.

"Oh my!" Jacqui Stapleton said at the same time.

"Thank you! Oh, we have something for you, too," Molly said.

"Yeah, come here, look," Sherlock added.

The Otters shrugged and followed them. The two scientists led them to the whiteboard where they had drawn a little man holding a ball and a hoop. All around them, was a formula for the man to get the ball through the hoop. The Otters' faces fell.

"Oh... it's an equation," John said, pretending to sound excited.

Molly and Sherlock smirked as they turned the board around. On the other side of the board they had drawn an Otter dressed in St Bart's High School colours throwing a ball through a basketball hoop with the caption "GO OTTERS!"

"Oh!" the basketball team exclaimed and they hugged the science kids.

Everyone, even the drama club and Miss Wenceslas, had come by the changing rooms to wish the Otters good luck. "Stay right there," Greg positioned Irene "Watch."

"From our team, to yours," John said.

Seven members of the team stood on a bench while the others stood underneath them. Then, one by one, they unzipped their jackets to reveal their T-shirts which each had a letter on them. Eventually they spelled out the words 'GO DRAMA CLUB!'

"Well," Wenceslas said "Seems we Otters are in for an interesting afternoon."

The bell rang and students from every classroom along the hall filled the empty corridor, all heading to the Otters' game.

The gym was filled to the brim with spectators as the cheerleaders did a routine. The game was about to begin. In the locker room, Coach Watson decide to go have a word with John.

"How you feeling?" he asked him.

"Nervous," John answered.

"Yeah," his father agreed "Me too. Wish I could suit up and play beside you."

"Hey," John smiled at him "You had your turn."

"You know what I want from you today?" Coach Watson asked.

"The championship," John answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Well," the coach told him "That'll come or it won't. What I want is for you to have fun. I know all about the pressure. And probably too much of it has come from me. What I really want is to see my son having the time of his life playing the game we both love. You give me that, and I will sleep with a smile on my face no matter how the score comes out."

John couldn't believe his father was saying this. He had always told him that they had to win, but now he was saying that that wasn't so important to him. They hugged. "Mum and Harry have come too," the Coach said.

"Well," John answered, smiling "We'd better show them what a great team we make."

Meanwhile, at the scholastic decathlon, the teams have taken place. Sherlock saw Mycroft taking a seat in the crowd and gulped. He hadn't expected him to come.

The announcer took a microphone to announce the beginning. "Welcome to the tenth annual Scholastic Decathlon," he said "The Otters versus the Princes." Each team began clapping when they were announced.

At the call backs, Miss Wenceslas was showing people their seats. Soo Lin had opened the piano and was practicing her song. Backstage, Irene and Jim were doing pre-show practice.

"Mah, mah, mah!" they were saying. Then, they began speaking gibberish.

"Stop!" Irene ordered her cousin and he stopped. She turned her back at him and fell backwards. He caught her in his arms. She got up and put her hands on his shoulders. "I trust you," she announced.

"Energy," Jim said.

"And now introducing your Otters!"

The Otters ran into the gym. The audience from their school began cheering and clapping. "Otters! Otters! Here we go!" the cheerleaders sang as they formed a pyramid.

"Let's go! Go!" Coach Watson encouraged them. The basketball players began throwing balls to each other for practice.

"Casting the leads of a show is both a challenge and a responsibility," Miss Wenceslas was saying to the small crowd that had come to watch the audition "A joy and a burden. I commend you and all other young artists to hold out for the moon, the sun, and the stars."

The audience and Soo Lin applauded. Wenceslas held her hand out to Soo Lin. "Shall we soar together?" she said. Soo Lin took her hand and someone took a picture of them. "Irene and Jim," the teacher announced.

On que, Jim slid onto the stage wearing a white shirt, black trousers and a black hat.

"Mucho gusto"

He sang.

As a reply, Irene slid from the other side of the stage. She was wearing a blue dress with a long frilly skirt.

"Ay, que fabulosa!"

She sang.

They danced while saying Spanish for a while. Soo Lin had to fight the urge to slam her head on the piano's keys. What were they doing to her song?

Finally, Irene started singing.

"I believe in dreaming

And shooting for the stars."

Then Jim sang.

"Baby to be number one

You got to raise the bar."

Then Irene again.

"Kicking and the scratching

Grinding out my best."

Then Jim.

"Anything it takes to climb

The ladder of success."

Irene joined in and they sang together.

"Work our tails off everyday

Gotta bump the competition

Blow them all away."

Then Irene had a solo.

"Yeah we're gonna."

Before Jim joined her to sing the chorus.

"Bop bop bop, bop to the top."

But then Jim sang on his own again.

"Slip and slide and ride that rhythm."

Then both of them.

"Jump and hop

Hop 'til we drop

Zip zap zop hop, walk like a mop."

Then Jim.

"Scoot around the corner."

Then both again.

"Move it to the groove

'til the music stops

Do the bop bop bop

To the top

Don't ever stop

Bop to the top

Gimme gimme

Shimmy shimmy

Shake some booty and turn around

Flash a smile in their direction"

Then they switched, each having a line, beginning with Irene.

"Show some muscle

Do the hustle

Yeah we're gonna."

Then the chorus again.

"Bop bop bop, bop to the top

Wipe away your inhibitions

Stump stump stump, do the rump

And start your stuff

Bop bop bop, straight to the top

Going for the glory."

Jim sang a solo line.

"We'll keep stepping up and we just won't stop."

A golden ladder appeared in the backstage and they began climbing it.

"'Til we reach the top!

Bop to the top!"

They finished by posing on the ladder. Soo Lin forced herself to clap along with the audience.

Sherlock had been writing the equation he had been asked to write. His hand was moving faster than he'd ever thought it could. He didn't even look at his opponent to see how he was going. He was trying to focus only on that. Finally, he was done. The whiteboard was full. He ran to the little bell and rung it.

The boy from the other school stopped writing and the judge stepped over to see his answer. He spent a while reading the equation and Sherlock found himself biting his lip with anxiety. He knew it was right, but he was still very anxious. At last, the judge turned around and pointed at the Otters' half, giving them the point.

Molly was screaming with excitement. Sherlock saw Mycroft's lips twitch into one of his rare smiles. He seemed proud of him. He smiled back and went to join his team. Molly pulled him into a hug and they sat back down.

"Divorced," he whispered to her.

"What?" she whispered back as she turned her laptop on.

"The judge who checked my equation is divorced," he repeated, still whispering "You can tell by…"

"Sorry, I'm not interested right now," Molly answered and began typing something "All right, Otters, time for an orderly exit from the gym."

She transmitted a message and shut down the laptop. She nodded at Sherlock.

At the gym, the match was going great. The Otters were winning. John felt so happy. His father had been smiling ever since they scored their first points. Even his sister, Harry, who hated him had come to watch them play.

The two siblings had never been on very friendly terms. No one really knew how it all started. Harry was the oldest. She just hadn't given John the support he needed from her and maybe that was what had created their rivalry. To see her somewhere because of John was something rare.

Suddenly, the lights and the score board started going crazy. This was it. Everyone was wondering what was going on. "We seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties," the announcer said.

The referee blew his whistle, signalling a timeout.

"We've got a timeout on the court here," said the announcer.

Greg motioned to John to get going and John began running away from the game. Coach Watson saw his son leaving and wondered what this was all about.

"Everyone please remain calm," the announcer was trying to calm everyone.

Soon after John left, another announcement was made. "We'll get this figured out real soon. In the meantime, per safety regulations, we need to all make an orderly exit from the gym, please." The Otters got together and headed to the auditorium.

Turning off the power at the gym was the easy part of the plan for the science kids. The diversion they had in mind was far more complicated and difficult. But it seemed to be going well. There was a beaker with a blue liquid near them. Molly sent the signal. Suddenly, the liquid began giving away a foul odour.

The people began to try and keep the smell away from them, unsuccessfully. They opened the door and went outside. Once they were out of the room, Molly urged Sherlock to leave. "Go, go, go, go," she ordered him. Sherlock nodded and ran off. Mycroft was out in time to see his brother running away. He'd noticed Sherlock had something else on his mind that day, could that be the reason this happened?

Molly knew it would take them a while to get this thing under control. She gathered her team and they left to go watch the audition. She really wanted to hear Sherlock and John sing.

I hope the boys go well. Please review!