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Princessabs

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Karaoke

Four days later, Alan had basketball practice and Tin-tin and Alexa had cheerleading practice. At the beginning of practice Alan told both teams that they had a game next week. It was a bit of short notice but Alan thought they were ready, but that couldn't stop them from feeling nervous. After dinner, Alan, Tin-tin, and Alexa were in Alan's dorm room talking about the upcoming game. "Do you really think we're ready for the game?" Alexa asked Alan "We only started practicing nearly five weeks ago."

Alan smiled, "Yeah, you'll be fine, all you need to do is the moves you do in practice and you'll be fine." He reassured them.

At 7:55, Alexa and Tin-tin decided they should get back to their own dorm room. As Alexa was getting up from Alan's bed, her pink sports bag (she used to carry her cheerleading kit in) knocked one of the framed photos on Alan's bedside table. The photo fell to the floor and the glass smashed. "Oh my gosh, Alan. I'm so sorry!" Alexa said, scared Alan might be angry with her.

Alan jumped off the bed, "No, its ok, Alexa, accidents happen." Alan said, quickly kneeing down to pick up the broken glass. Alexa did the same, both were being careful not to cut themselves. When they had picked up and put all the glass in the bin, Alan walked over to the picture and picked it up. It was the photo of his mum, his brothers and him together. Alan put the photo back on his bedside table.

Alexa looked at Alan, she could tell he was upset, "I'm really sorry Alan, I'll go." Alexa said, picking up her bag and leaving the room.

Tin-tin looked at Alexa as she left the room "I better go after her" she said, getting up from Fermat's bed and picking up her own bag. She looked up at Alan, who nodded. Tin-tin left the room after Alexa.

The next week was full of activity, the basketball and cheerleading team made time for as much practice as possible. When the bell rang for the end of classes on game day, both the teams ran to the locker rooms. Ten minutes later, the boys came on to the court, and the girls were dancing up a storm. The cheering from the stands pumped their blood, the boys got into their positions, and the game began.

The buzzer sounded through the gym announcing the end of the game. The Wild Tigers had won by five points! When Alan and Tin-tin got to the after-party, everyone was already there and having a blast. James walked on to the stage, in front one of the microphone, "OK, what a game we had today, now it's time to have some fun!" He announced. "Why don't we get our captain up here with his girlfriend to sing karaoke?"

The spotlight landed on Alan and Tin-tin, who were near the front, but now wishing they were closer to the back. Both looked startled and even a little terrified. They shook their heads, but it was no use. James jumped into the crowd and with Andrew's help pulled them up onto the stage. "No, guys, I can't sing!" Alan said, as he was pulled on stage.

Onstage, they were the center of attention, and there was no way to escape. Before either one of them could actually faint or throw up from fear, the music started. The song was 'A Whole New World'. 'Well, here goes,' Alan thought with resignation 'I'll probably be the laughing stock of the whole school but might as well make the best of it'

He started singing, softly and carefully. He could barely get the words out. It was all he could do to read the lyrics on the screen of the karaoke machine and try to stay in tune. He sang:

"I can show you the world

Shining, shimmering, splendid

Tell me, princess, now when did

You last let your heart decide?"

Alan continued to sing. When he came to the chorus, Tin-tin started to feel nervous because she has a good voice, but doesn't want to lose her place as a cheerleader or Alan's girlfriend because of it.Yeah a little bit of an unreasonable fear. She was surprised to hear Alan sing because no one had ever heard Alan sing before. He had always found a way out of doing any school concerts when he was younger. When the song came to her part she opened her month and began singing; although, her voice was just above a whisper, it was sweet and pure. She sang:

"A whole new world

A dazzling place I never knew

But when I'm way up here

It's crystal clear

That now I'm in a whole new world with you"

'all right, I can do this. It's not so terrible' she thought.

'Ok, at least they not laughing or throwing things at us.' Alan thought. They were still too nervous to really belt out the song, but they kept singing. Finally, they looked at each other, hoping for a little help from their partner. They smiled and for the first time, began singing to each other. They sang more loudly, more boldly, with a more self-assurance and now Alan and Tin-tin were starting to enjoy themselves. Their nervousness was forgotten as they looked into each other's eyes.

When the song was over, some of the crowd applauded and cheered, but most were shocked at how good Alan and Tin-tin were singing. Alan and Tin-tin smiled, breathless and a little stunned by what had just happened. Then Alan realized what had happened, he dropped his microphone, ran off the stage, and out of the gym. Tin-tin put down her microphone and ran after Alan.

Outside, in the courtyard, Alan was sitting on a bench under a tree near the center. Tin-tin walked up to him slowly. He looked up, smiled at her, and Tin-tin sat down next to him, "You have an awesome voice!" Tin-tin said, with a smile.

Alan shook his head, "No, I don't. The only thing I'm good at basketball. I can't believe I just did that." He said.

"Yes, you do! I think so, and all the people that applauded and cheered in there, think so to!" Tin-tin said, putting a hand on his hand.

"They were just being nice. Anyway, what does it matter? When will I ever have to sing again?" Alan said.

He looked up at her and smiled, she smiled back. Alan sighed, looking up to the sky, and a cold breeze came past them. It was the beginning of November, so it was starting to get colder, and the couple noticed this. Alan looked over at Tin-tin, she was wearing a red short-sleeve knee-length dress; she tried to stop herself from shaking, but she couldn't. Alan saw she was shivering and said, "Here," offering his jacket to her and putting around her shoulders, like a blanket.

"Thanks," she replied.

"Why don't we go inside, it's getting cold out here." Alan suggested, and Tin-tin couldn't say no. Alan and Tin-tin got up, Alan put an arm around Tin-tin's waist, and they walked back to Tin-tin and Alexa's dorm room. When they got back to the room, Tin-tin unlocked the door and opened it. They stepped inside the room and Alan closed the door behind them. Tin-tin took off the jacket Alan gave her, and put it down on her bed.

For the next hour and a half, Alan and Tin-tin just talked about anything they could think of. "So Alan, I know it's about a month away, but what you are getting me for my birthday?" Tin-tin asked.

Alan thought for a moment wondering what to say to her "emm, oh yeah, I remember I got you a pair of socks!" He said, in a cheeky manner. The utter look of horror on Tin-tin's face was priceless, Alan couldn't help but laugh. "I was only joking, Tin." Alan said. She gave him a stern look for teasing just as someone knocked on the door.

Tin-tin got up and walked over to the door, she opened it. "Oh, hi Alexa" Tin-tin said.

"Hi Tin-tin, it's so cold out there." Alexa said, she was wearing a violet knee-length dress with stapes. Tin-tin smiled knowingly. Alexa walked into the room, and she noticed Alan "oh, hi Alan, I didn't see you there." She said.

Alan and Tin-tin laughed, Alan looked over at the clock on the bedside table, it was 8:30pm. "I better go, it getting late." He said, getting up from the floor. "Night, sweetheart," He said to Tin-tin, kissing her.

He started to walk over to the door, when Tin-tin said his name, "Alan, you're jacket!" she said, picking his jacket up from her bed.

Alan turned away from the door and took his jacket from Tin-tin. "Thank you, Tin-tin." He whispered.

He turned back to the door as he put his hand on the door knob, Alexa called his name "Alan!"

Alan only looked over his shoulder "yeah, Alexa."

Alexa thought it was best not say what she was thinking. "Nothing, it's ok, it's nothing..." she said, nervously.

Alan looked at her, he could tell she wanted to ask him something, but he didn't think much of it, "Ok then, night Alexa," He said.

"Night Alan" Alexa said.

"Night Al" Tin-tin said.

Alan smiled. He opened the door and left the room. Once the door was closed Tin-tin turned to Alexa, who was taking off her pink high heels. "So what were you going to ask Alan?" She asked.

Alexa turned to her as she sat down on her bed. "I was going to ask him about . . . about the you and him singing earlier. You were both very good, but I think there will be a few rumors about this after the weekend is over." She explained.

Tin-tin nodded in understanding as she sat down on her own bed, "Yeah, I bet there will, but I don't understand why. I mean they did put us up there. They gave him no choice, but to sing." Tin-tin said, she didn't want to think about all the rumors there would be.

Alexa sighed "I know, but no one thought he would be a good singer! No offense to Alan or anything. They just did it for a laugh, and no one cared if he was a bad singer. Other members of the team had a go at it and no one cared, they just found it funny, even the people who were singing were laughing." She said.

Tin-tin sighed "yeah, I know, but we have more important things to worry about, then rumors going around. Like the DNA test results should be back by next week." Tin-tin said. Alexa nodded, and the girls got ready for bed.