Chapter 37
I'm in the building. I see the uneven bars, the vault, the floor excercise mat, and the balance beam. I'm really nervous, I haven't done gymnastics in a long time. I turn to the crowd, I see my mom and dad holding the twins. I see Jake and Johanna talking. I see Lexi and Jamie sitting together. They spot me and wave. I wave back. I'm super nervous again. I need to calm down and relax.
"You ready kid?" Coach Alexi asks me
"I was born ready" I say
We walk over to the Vault. I warm up while I'm waiting for them to announce my name.
"Next up on the Vault is Jasmine Mellark"
I smile to myself as I hear my family and friends scream my name. I take a deep breath then go for it. I sprint down the runway then do a front flip then my feet land on the springboard. I do a backhandspring so my hands land on the vault . Then from there I do the twisting combinations and almost land perfectly. I smile and wave to the crowd then walk over to my coach.
"Good job but you need to watch those landings" She says handing me a bottle of water
I nod while taking a sip of the water. I look at the scoreboard waiting for my score. I got a 15.999 which is good. I get ready for my turn on the uneven bars. I don't look at the other girls who are performing because that makes me nervous. Me and my coach finally get to walk near the uneven bars. I see the girl who finished her routine almost fell off the bars. I feel bad for her but I have to worry about myself. When she is done I position myself by the springboard so I could jump to the high bar. When they finally call my name I'm ready. This is my favorite thing to do.
I jump up the springboard then grab hold of the bar. I push my self up then do two circles around the high bar before letting go and switching to the lower bar. Once I'm on the lower bar I go back to the high bar. I circle around it again and let go when I'm at my highest then I grab on the high bar again. Now it was time for the release. I circled the bar 3 more time before I let go and did an air back flip and landing on the mat. I turn and wave to the crowd smiling then walk back to my coach.
"Awesome job. That score is going to be high"She tell me
"I hope so" I say looking at the scoreboard.
She was right I got a 16.299. Right now I was second place but I could fix that. I'm going to have to do awesome on the balance beam and the floor excercise. We get a 30 minute break before we do the last two events. I look for my mom and dad and quickly spot them. I walk over to them. Mom and Dad give me a hug. I talk to them for awhile then go find Lexi and Jamie. They immedialty hug me when I get to them.
"Oh my gosh Jasmine! You are amazing!" Lexi shouted
"You really are amazing Jasmine! I'm mean I couldn't not look at you when you did the uneven bars!" Jamie told me
"Thanks guys! I'm so glad you guys came!"
"We wouldn't miss it even if we had two broken legs"Jamie says
I laugh my friends are so weird, the funny kind of weird. I tell them bye and walk back down to coach. We walk over to the balance beam since I'm the first one to go on it. I warm up again until they say my name. I use the springboard to get on the balance beam. I start off the routine by doing a leap then do and flip and add some artistic dance moves. I continue the routine until I hear the buzzer. When the buzzer sounds thats when I have to do my dismount of the balance beam. I do a front hand spring and do some twist in the air landing on my feet perfectly. I smile to the crowd and walk to my coach. We walk over to the floor excercise. We look at the scoreboard and smile when I get a 16.555. I'm in first place and I might win if my floor excercise routine is good. I wait for the other girls to finish.
I go near the first corner of the mat and then wait for my music to start. When it starts I dance my way to the first corner I sprint then do a front hand spring and a flip then land on my feet then leap afterwards. I hear people cheer when I finish the first part of my routine. I start dancing again doing a few turns then go to the second corner. I sprint again doing a front handspring then flipping two times in the air then do a backhand spring then land perfectly and add a leap. I do the same when I go to the third corner. I finish up that last few steps of the routine before making my way to the fourth corner. I sprint then do a front handspring then do a front flip then land in a split. The crowed goes wild cheering me on. I get up and wave then run off the mat and go by my coach. If I want to stay in the lead I need a 15.667. My coach is telling me that I'm going to win because my floor routine was amazing. I stare at the scoreboard. What is taking the judges so long? Finally the numbers come up. I got a 16.067.
I hug my coach when I realize that I won the gymnastics meet. I wave to the crowd and wave to my family and friends. I see the People from Panem Tv. I bet they want an interview with me but I don't care. I go and get my trophy and then walk outside and see everyone waiting there for me.
"Jasmine you did an awesome job. I'm so proud of you" My mom says hugging me
Everyone is telling me how great I did while we are walking to the cars. I get in my car with Lexi and Jamie, while mom, dad, Johanna, the twins and Jake are in the other car.
"Guess what I posted on Clicksters!" Lexi said
"What?"
" I posted a video of your gymnastics meet"
"Really Lexi? No one is going to watch that long video" I say
"People are going to see it and they will love it"
I roll my eyes. We pull up in my driveway and get out of the truck. I walk over to help mom and dad take the twins out of their car seats. I carry April while Dad carries May and we put them in their cribs so they could take a nap. I walk to my room and change my cloths. This was one of the happiest days of my life.
I posted two chapters in one day! Yay! Sorry if I bored you with the gymnastics stuff. I love gymnastics so I could kinda explain it easily. What do you think of this chapter? What should happen next chapter? I want to make you guys happy by writing chapters that have some of your ideas, so give me an idea and I will happily write them in a chapter. See you guys later! :)