I ran forward leaping high into the air, flipping gracefully over and back onto my feet from my front Ariel.

"Good. Next!" I walked off the mats and returned to the back of the line. I watched Chloes front Ariel marveling over how much she has improved.

Gavin went next. Gavin can't really do that many acrobatic flips and stuff. Miss Haley looks disgusted with him.

We're doing a tumbling class this morning. Miss Haley says she is giving and taking points today so I'm trying really hard to do my best.

Now, Chloe East did three sloppy bent-legged handsprings and fell while trying to do a front tuck. "That wasn't tight enough! You need to rotate faster! And you need more height!" Miss Haley yelled at her. Chloe picked herself up from the ground silently.

Kaylee flew through the air like a bird, hitting every move point on but her landing was heavy. "That was a heavy landing. You need to hit the ground lightly! I shouldn't hear you land!" Miss Haley yelled at her.

Lucas went next doing his flips. "Use your back more!" Miss Haley screamed at him. She kept screaming at everyone!

Everyone seemed fed up with Miss Haley. I ran forward doing the three forward handsprings, and then the front tuck landing cleanly.

"Good next!" I ran back in line. Now were doing front walkover, 2 steps and then side Ariel. I watched the other dancers try.

Sophia rushed her Ariel and fell right on her face. Yes, Sophia Lucia messed up. We all were in shock. She bumped her nose pretty bad, but it didn't bleed. I think everyone is just having a bad day. After Sophia got up, she retried, this time without falling.

At my turn I did my front walkover using all of my back flexibility hoping I looked like Mackenzie. Then I took two steps and bounced right into my side Ariel landing with one foot behind the other. I returned to the back of the line after Miss Haley nodded in approval.

Chloe did her Ariel after taking an extra step. "2 steps!" Miss Haley corrected as Chloe returned to the back of the line.

Finally after 2 hours of acro, the class was over.

"Chloe East and Gavin you lost a point. Maddie you earned a point. Your acro is good." I smiled happily.

Kaylee: 7

Carlee: -6

Gavin: -7

Chloe L: 1

Lucas: 0

Janice: -7

Chloe E: 0

Sophia: 10

Maddie: 10

Emily: -3

I grinned at a worried looking Sophia as we looked up at the new board. I sighed. I knew I was gonna do bad this weekend though. Janice wasn't a lyrical dancer. Like at all.

We went to our duet practices. Sophia and Kaylee were with us. And the teacher is Miss Haley. Again. Yay.

Kaylee and Sophia start there dance. They both amazing dancers... But they don't work good together. "Sophia your late! Kaylee SLOW down!" Miss Haley yelled at them.

I stretched watching them run through there dance over and over with Miss Haley.

Finally it was our turn. Although the beginning we practiced over and over yesterday was okay, the rest of the dance was a mess!

I felt so humiliated at our failure of a dance. I felt like it couldn't get worse! Our dance is falling apart! Its horrible.

Miss Haley is red from yelling corrections. Finally she sends us to lunch half and hour late.

In lunch I'm cranky and miserable.

"It's okay Maddie! You have 10 points right now. It's alright if you mess up a bit this week, you will still be waaay ahead. I'm at 0 now!" Chloe East whines with a pout.

I ignore them sulking as I pick at my food. Peter comes into the cafeteria. I wave at him. When he sees me he walks over, his face scrunched up. "What's wrong?" I ask alert as soon as he is close enough to hear me.

"They want you at the front Maddie." He said.

"Why?" "I don't know" he shrugged.

I got up flustered putting my stuff Away. "Just go Maddie, we'll clean up." Chloe told me. I nodded in appreciation. I walked out of the caf. I walked down the quiet halls, my footsteps echoing.

I turned into the front office. When I open the door, the people inside turn to face me. "Maddie Ziegler?"

"Ya, that's me..." I said nervously. What did I do?

"Can we talk to you inside here?" A woman asked opening a door. Everything screamed trap for a second and I almost laughed in spite of myself. I have watched waaay too many movies! I walked in and sat down.

"Maddie, a very unfortunate incident has occurred. Your mother, sister, friend and Teacher, got in a car accident yesterday. We just got the news now." I sat there staring at her.

"Are they okay?" I asked my voice cracking.

"I'm sorry Maddie. Abby Lee Miller is fine!"

"I don't care about her! What about my friend and my sister and mom!" I said my voice rising. My heart pounded.

"Calm down please. Your mom is injured. She might have some back issues, but she should be fine with some therapy. Your sister had a concussion, and it still unconscious. Your friend is in a coma." The words sank in like knives into my soul. "Your mom tried to contact you, but you didn't reply so she called here. She told us to tell you not to worry and to focus on dance. She promised all four of them would be here on Sunday to watch you. Alright?" I nodded without a word.

As I got up to leave the woman stopped me, "don't worry about it Maddie, people get hurt all the time. Your family will be fine." I left. I walked down an empty hall my footsteps echoing behind me, my heart beating loudly in my ears.

"Maddie? What happened?" Peter asked when I turned into hall he was in.

"My family and friend were in a bad car crash." I said like a robot.

"Aww Maddie. They will be okay." Peter attempted to reassure me. But when he came over to hug me I pushed him away and walked into the caf.

My worry blinded me. Is it my fault? They were driving back from the airport they had gone too to see me! I turned away from the caf and went to my room. I climbed into my bed, tears lightly dripping from my eyes. I heard the door open quietly. I felt someone's hand on my back. It was chloe. She just sat there not saying anything, so I blurted out what happened and that it was my fault. Chloe shushed me.

"Maddie, how many times have your family members drove to and from an airport?" She asked.

"Oh idk like millions of times." I replied rubbing my eye.

"How many times have they crashed?"

"Just this once"

"So of course you're not responsible! You can't blame yourself for something you have no control over!" Chloe hugged me. I hugged her back. I knew it wasn't completely my fault, but I feel guilty. I hope this ends up okay.