"Places! Places, everyone!" Elizabeth shouted to the group behind the stage. She seemed slightly flustered and had refused to sit down all day, against Patricia's protests. "Please get in the order that is listed on the sheets I gave all of you!"
"She's way too stressed about this." Patricia mumbled to Eddie, who nodded in agreement.
"Hey! Elizabeth!" Eddie called his girlfriend's mother over.
"Oh, Eddie, Patricia, I don't have time to chat." Elizabeth said to the couple when she reached them.
"I really think you should go sit down, Mum." Patricia put a hand on Ms. Nelson's shoulder. "Eddie and I can handle things back here, right weasel?"
"Oh, I could never—" Ms. Nelson began, but Eddie interrupted.
"No, she's right. We can handle it back here."
"Are you sure?" Elizabeth looked hesitant.
"Go, Mum." Patricia pointed toward where the audience was waiting for the show to begin.
"Oh. Okay. I'll come check up on you in—"
"Bye, Elizabeth." Eddie waved.
Elizabeth sighed and went to go sit by Ms. Miller in the audience.
"Okay," Patricia called out. "Listen up! Fabian, are you ready?"
"Yes!" The boy called from the front of the line.
"Is everyone in the right order?" Eddie whispered to Patricia.
Patricia shrugged. "I think so." She looked around at the lineup of talent show acts. "Wait, where's my sister?"
"When does she go on?"
"Second to last." Patricia replied.
"Then I wouldn't worry about it until then." Eddie reassured. "Good luck, everyone!"
Joy, who was the announcer for the day, nodded and walked onto the stage, ready to introduce Fabian's act.
By the time Patricia and Eddie had reached their seats by their moms, Fabian had begun singing.
"'I'm gonna pick up the pieces and build a Lego house. If things go wrong, we can knock it down.'" Fabian's voice rang through the speakers to the audience.
"Who knew?" Eddie whispered to his girlfriend.
"Me." Patricia smirked. "Told you."
Eddie shared the same playful grin as her. And he couldn't help it; he had to hold her hand. She got brought out best of him.
She looked over at him and smiled. Before the mother's could catch on, Patricia turned back to watching her friend perform "Lego House" by Ed Sheeran.
By the fourth act, everyone was smiling and laughing, completely enjoying the performance. Patricia squeezed Eddie's hand at the end of Mara's song. He looked over and smiled at her, ignoring his mother's excitement.
But there was someone else in the audience that was watching the couple, also. And the person wasn't happy about it. The person put their hand into their bag, making sure that the disc was still there. It was time to destroy Patricia's life for good.
Here's my usual apology for bad updating… Sorry!
And thanks xXAquaMangoXx and MusicalWheaten for their input on Twitter the other day!
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