Thank-you for your patience we have had terrible trouble involving our move (full story at the bottom) – here is chapter 12 :) please leave me a review to tell me what you thought or to put across any plot suggestions
I lean across and kiss his chocolate flavoured lips and he kisses me back with the same enthusiasm. I attempt to position myself close to him but end up elbowing the horn and making us both jump apart.
"Night Bea" he kisses my head
"Night Tobias" I say as I collect my bags and exit the truck, he watches me walk up the drive and waits for me to shut the door before driving away, why is he so sweet?
We had agreed with the rest of our group to meet at the school for 11:30, half an hour before the competition starts. I had to be here at 10 so I could set up my stuff and have a run through of my dances on the stage before the competition starts. Tobias decided to come first thing this morning with me, so we could attempt to spend time with each other before we are swamped with our friends.
On the drive to school Tobias warned me that Chris has banned everyone from giving me presents until we are at her house this evening so I shouldn't feel downhearted to the fact I won't be receiving any presents from my friends, yet. He sat in the front row while we practiced our dances on the stage and clapped every dance. Once finished we made our way back to the classroom come changing room to find my mum chatting outside. She sees us approach and quickly finishes up.
"Hello you two, ready to get changed?" she asks me
"Yup" I reply and kiss Tobias on the cheek
By the time I am changed and had hair and makeup done it is quarter past 11.
"Your dad and Caleb have gone to sit in the audience already, I'm sure Caleb would love to meet Tobias" my mum tells me and I put on my boots and pick up my jazz shoes and stupid black cloak I have to dance in.
"We'll go find them, thanks mum, also Tobias goes by Four in front of our friends" I leave the room and find Tobias in the corridor.
"So is this the infamous 'stupid cloak'?" Tobias laughs
"Unfortunately, 1 sec can you hold that while I go grab a hoddie, it's a lot warmer in the changing room" I hand over my cloak and jazz shoes
"You can have mine I don't want to wear it" He hands over his hoodie; I slip it on and do up the zip.
"Maybe that Harvard one isn't that oversized after all" he comments while looking at how big his hoodie is on me.
"Shut it" I reach up and press a kiss to his lips.
"Apparently Caleb wants to meet you"
"Ok, where are they?"
"In the auditorium" he takes my hand and we walk through the well known corridors. When we get there they are easy to spot as barely anyone else has sat down yet. We walk over to them and I begin to get a bit nervous, what happens if Caleb and Tobias don't get on?
"What's up Bea?"
"Nothing" I lie. He stops and turns to face me.
"Bea" he pleads with me.
"Sorry, it's just, what if you and Caleb don't get on" he strokes the side of my face
"Nothing happens, he will still be your brother and me your boyfriend, we will learn to get on" I nod
We walk over to the row they are sitting in and they notice us and stand up.
"Hey Caleb this is Four" I introduce them to each other and they shake hands
"Four is that a nickname or something?"
"Yer something like that, I hear you are studying medical science"
"Yes I am in my second year at Harvard"
"That's cool" I sense the awkwardness and jump in
"Well Four and I need to head off and find our friends we will see you later" I take Tobias's hand and swiftly pull him away.
"Could have gone worse" He comments
"He'll warm to you, give it time" I reassure
"Bea there's nothing wrong with him being icy, I would expect that, he is your older brother after all" We walk out into the reception area and notice our friends walking around looking lost in their own school.
"Chris" I call across to her, she turns and smiles before alerting the rest of them and making there way over to us.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISSY POO" Uriah shouts
"Shhhhhhhhh" I try and quite him but he has already attracted the attention of everyone in reception.
"I can't wait to see you dance Tris" Marlene tells me
"Can't be long now, I'll show you to your seats then I will have to go backstage." We begin the walk back to the auditorium.
"What you got there Four?" Zeke questions, gesturing towards my cloak that is still over Tobias' arm.
"Oh its Tris' jazz shoes and cloak, for her group dance"
"A cloak let me try it on" Uriah begs, Tobias looks at me and I give a slight nod so he hands the cloak over to Uriah. He puts it over his head, ties the strings and runs down the corridor; causing the cloak to fan out behind him. He keeps running and manages to run into a blond lady knocking her over, we all run over to apologise for his behaviour and find that it is Miss Mathews that he has hit, crap.
Zeke pushes Uriah of Miss Mathews and Tobias helps her up, she does not look happy.
"Beatrice Prior are these people with you?" she ask, trying to regain her composure
"Yes Ma'am I am very sorry it will not happen again"
"It better not or I will have to ban all of you from the building"
"Yes of course we are sorry" I continue to apologise
"Right well I want to see you backstage in 10" she tells me and walks away in the opposite direction.
"I am so sorry Tris" Uriah says and gives me the cloak
"It's alright at least she didn't notice the cloak or I would have been in a lot more trouble" we arrive at the auditorium and find the seats that the gang have reserved.
"I have to go, I will try and find you before my duet" Tobias hands me my jazz shoes and I give him a quick hug before finding the rest of my team.
"Hey Tris, Happy Birthday" Mackenzie greets me with a large hug
"Hey Munchkin how are you?"
"I am good thanks; I noticed your friends are here today"
"Yep they have come to watch, you can meet them later if you want"
"That would be awesome"
"Just one thing though Tobias goes by Four around our friends okay"
"Okay"
Miss Mathews checks each of our capes to make sure they are how she wants them before wishing us well as we take to the stage. Charlotte goes out first and the rest of us follow, the dance finishes with me giving Charlotte an apple which 'kills' her. Once we are all off stage we hug each other and decide that we danced well before heading back to our room to get changed into costumes for our next dances.
Mackenzie and I have matching light blue dresses with floral head pieces; she comes over to me while my mum is sowing my head piece in.
"Hey you ready?" I question her
"I guess"
"Your done Tris see you in a bit" Mum tells me and leaves
"What do you mean 'I guess' we have perfected this" I pull her onto my lap
"Well you're an amazing dancer I'm just worried I will go wrong"
"You won't go wrong, you are an amazing dancer too, you just need to believe it" I hug her
"Right shall we go and find my friends before we have to go onstage?" she nods and gets up.
I put on Tobias hoddie, pick up my jazz shoes and put on my boots; Mackenzie also puts on some UGGs and a jumper before joining me at the door. I take hold of her hand and we walk together to the auditorium.
"I have to warn you they are a tad crazy" I tell her.
"Trissy poo" Uriah addresses me
"Hey guys, this is Mackenzie my little friend and duet partner" Kenzie receives a round of heys from my friends.
"Your dance was outstanding Tris" Marlene tell me
"Yer like how do you do those tricks and things?" Zeke comments
"Thank you – it takes a lot of practice" Tobias gets up and comes to stand behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"How long till your duet?" he questions
"Not long we should probably get going so we can do a quick run through though"
"Alright we'll see you later" he kisses my cheek and lets me go.
Kenzie and I go back stage and find some space so we can run the number; we cannot practice with the music as Tobias has my phone so I have to count the beats. We manage nearly to the end before someone makes us aware we are next on. I take hold of her hand and we walk on the stage together and sit in our starting positions, to finish Mackenzie runs off stage while I lie down. As I exit the stage I am nearly knocked over by Kenzie hugging me.
"That went really well"
"It did we will have to work together again sometime" I tell her
"Your facials are amazing while dancing can you teach me some of them?"
"Alright, next time we are both on a break at the studio we will go over some"
"Thank you" she says and hugs me again
"I am ganna go say a quick hello to my friends before getting ready for my solo okay"
"Yep I will see you in the changing room, I need some food" I laugh at her before slipping on my boots and Tobias' hoddie and making my way out to the audience.
As I get closer I notice Tobias isn't there but Will notices me before I could turn around to try and find him.
"Hey Tris where's your little friend"
"She has gone back to our room to get some food"
"You make a good pair" Chris tells me
"Thanks do you know where Tobias has gotten too?" I ask no one in particular
"No sorry, he left straight after your dance, we presumed he came to find you" Zeke tells me
"Ok, I need to get changed then I will come find you guys"
Instead of heading straight back to the room I take a quick look out the front doors to see if that is where Tobias has decided to relocate to. To no surprise he is sat on one of the benches hunched over with his elbows on his knees. I walk out the doors and over to where he is sitting, I walk to the front o the bench and kneel down in front of his face.
"Tobias, what's up" I whisper, resting my hands on the side of his thighs.
"Sorry Bea I just needed to think" he moves his head off his hands and reaches down to place his hands on my waist to manoeuvre me onto his lap.
"It's fine, you can tell me what's on your mind though"
"Well your dance made me think, then my dad text telling me he wants me home and that I am not allowed out this evening"
"It's ok we can celebrate some other time, I am not fussed" I tell him honestly
"That's not the point though Bea we both know exactly what will happen as soon as I arrive home" he strokes the side of my face. I take hold of his hand and bring it to my lips.
"Stay at mine tonight, then we can reassess what to do tomorrow morning." He nods; I brush my lips gently across his.
"We will sort this"
We get up and Tobias follows me back to my room, he waits outside while I go in and get changed.
"I like the purple Tris" My mum comments as she brushes out my hair ready to put it back up again.
"Thanks, can I ask you a favour?"
"Depends what it is"
"Can Tobias stay over tonight, I know Caleb is home as well, he will happily sleep on the floor"
"Okay, I will have to double check with your dad but it is ok with me, can I ask why though"
"He has had a bit of an argument with his dad" I tell her, I guess it's kinda the truth
"Oh dear I hope he sorts it, you are done make sure you eat something before going back onstage"
"I will, love you mum" I get my stuff and make my way into the corridor.
"Purple, that's a different one"
"Uh huh" I put Tobias hoddie on but don't zip it up as I am a bit warm.
"Lets go find the others" Tobias takes hold of my hand and we walk to the auditorium
Zeke had called the pizza company and managed to persuade them to deliver to the school so we are all sat in a corridor eating and chatting until it is time to back again.
"I think see why Four likes these competitions now, he practically gets to watch Trissy her in her underwear all day" Uriah comments, I glare at him and Tobias nearly chokes on his pizza.
"No, Uriah too far" I tell him
"What it's true"
"Shut it Uriah, you might find it hard to believe but I enjoy coming her and getting to spend time with my girlfriend"
"What ever, I know your true motives" Uriah states and digs into more pizza
"You do look really good in your costumes though Tris, I still don't see why you decide to wear baggy clothes when you have a figure like that" Chris says and gestures to my stomach, I pull the hoddie closer to me.
"I just think enough people see me on stage, there is no need for anymore people to see my body"
"You're stunning Tris" Shauna tells me, Tobias reaches across so he is right next to my ear.
"Told you, but I do think you look good in my hoddie." he whispers. My phone alarm starts ringing from Tobias' pocket so he takes it and hands it to me. I turn it off and stand up.
"Sorry guys that's me off again, I'll see you in a bit"
"Good luck Tris" Tobias says and stokes the back of my leg.
I walk off back stage and hear the others getting up to go back to the audience as well. I mark out my routine until it is nearly my turn to go on stage.
"Next is Tris, with Birthday we also wish her a happy 17th birthday for today"
I walk onstage and take my position ready to start. The routine is over in what feels like a matter of minutes and I walk of stage to the crowds' applause. I collect my things and make my way to the dressing room for the last time today.
I grab my new favourite tracksuit and go to get changed behind the temporary curtain. My mum and dad don't tend to buy me much on my birthday as they pay for all my dance stuff and tuition fees all year round, but this birthday they surprised me with a large bag from my favourite dance shop. Inside was a white vest to, black jacket and black sweat pants with a pair of hanging pointe shoes design on them. The tracksuit was so comfortable so I had to put it on straight away but now thinking it probably isn't the best attire to spend in for an afternoon with Christina who seems to want me in crop tops and booty shorts 24/7.
I walk out from behind the curtain to see my mum has begun packing up my stuff. I take my hairbrush and take out my hair before attempting to wash of my make up.
"Your father has reluctantly agreed to Tobias staying"
"Thanks mum" I help put the last of my stuff into my bag and give it to her.
"I'll see you later, enjoy your afternoon, good luck for the awards" she tells me and leaves the room. I put on some back converse, pick up Tobias hoddie and head to the stage for awards. I sit next to Mackenzie amongst the rest of my team.
"Good afternoon, thank you all for attending today, I has been great" The man addresses the crowd, I blank out thinking of this evening and am only bought out of my thoughts by my team standing up and cheering, we won first.
"For duets and trios in third place we have act number 33 fire, in second place 26 get in and first place we have act number 12 run from mother"
Mackenzie and I get up hug and then collect our award.
"Now for senior awards in third place is Amanda with me me me in second place is Charlotte with this is and first is Tris with birthday" I completely forgot I was competing against charlotte today, I collect my award and sit back down.
"Well thank you again, we hope to see some of you again next time"
I exit the stage and head to reception to find my friends.
"Cool Tracksuit Trissy poo" Uriah calls over to me.
"Enough with the nickname Uriah I'm not really feeling it" I tell him as I join the rest of them
I give Tobias back his jumper and he puts it on before taking hold of my hand.
"Another clean sweep well done" Tobias comments and kisses me on the cheek.
"Let's go to mine!" Chris says excitedly, we all head out to the car park and get in our different cars to head to Chris' house.
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The whole story: We where due to move to England from Scotland and had a rental all set up, unfortunately about a month before we where due to move our rental fell through meaning we could no longer move there – at this point we had sold the house so needed to find a place to live. We found a new rental but unfortunately they cannot take us till the 19th of September, so we then had to find somewhere else to live between our moving out day (July 29th) and 19th September. We eventually managed to find a holiday home to stay in which was great, we moved out of our house – putting the majority of our stuff in storage until we move into the actual rental – and drove down to England. We where due to stay with relatives for one night then move in the next day but when my parents went to see if the house to find that an 80 year old man was living there and he had done for 20 years – the holiday home did not exist and it was a scam. So after staying with relatives for a few nights we have managed to find a static caravan to stay in until we move to the rental. It's great by the fact we are near the sea but I can only get internet in the bar :( I will try my hardest to keep update frequent but I cannot promise they will be daily like before thanks for putting up with this SS xxx