p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The last day before the holidays had arrived and that meant only one thing: the talent show. In the morning they helped to clear out all their old work and played games. At recess the playground was filled with different groups practicing their different acts. Mr Jeffords stood with Jake, who was still serving his punishment of missing recess everyday until the /"Are you excited for the holidays Jake?" Terry asked /"Kinda I guess, not really doing anything, my Mom is working all week and I think my dad will just drop me at my Nana's everyday" Jake said, slightly miserable. "But I'm excited to not have to see you for a week!" He continued, his face returning to /"Yeah well I am ready for a rest from you guys too" Terry replied /He looked round the playground at his strange work family, /"Are you excited for the talent show?" Terry asked /"Yeah, my Dad is coming!" Jake said, practically bouncing, with a big goofy grin on his /"I hear you and Gina are doing a performance?" Terry /Jake /"Okay guys come and line up!" Terry called./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Hey Amy, should we see how many chair we can stack on top of eachother?" Jake /Amy looked at him, horrified he might sabotage her immaculate chair /"Just kidding, you should have seen your face," he said, /She couldn't help but return the grin, maybe Jake wasn't so /Amy looked up, Jake was skidding on his knees on the floor. Then she saw a puddle on the floor, orange soda, that could only lead to one culprit. Nope she had been right he was still just as /"Oh Jake, you spilled soda everywhere," she /"Whoops!" He said /She /They continued arranging the chairs, then Amy made Jake rearrange his several times to match /"Are you parents coming tonight?" He /"Yeah and my 7 brothers, so they'll probably take up about 3 rows," she /"Noice, got a big fan base coming," he /"How about you?" She /"Yeah my dads coming and so my Mom, my Nana wanted to but she's a bit tired, so Moms gonna film it for her," Jake /Then the door burst open and Gina stomped /"Urghhhh!" She exclaimed, collapsing into a /"Hey Gina can you try not to mess up the chairs," Amy asked as politely as she could, trying to hide the annoyance at the out of place chairs Gina had /"My dance troop just kicked me out, they said it's not fair I get to do a 5 minutes solo," she /"Oh no," Any said as convincingly as she /"Jake what am I going to do we're meant to perform tonight?" She /"Well we've got our performance?" He /"No but I want to be the only person who does 2 performances," she /"Well why do you even need your group?" Jake /"Oh yeah! I don't, they need me. I'm going to show them how much they need me by performing my 5 minute kickass solo... solo," Gina /"What are you doing in here anyway, I thought everyone had to practice in the classroom?" Amy /"Oh yeah. Amy, Principal Holt says he wanted to see you," she /"What! When? Am I late? What about? Gina what did he say? His exact words? Angry? Sad? Happy?" Amy /"I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention. I was more preoccupied with the real problems that exist. Such as my dance troop. He just told me to tell you to go to his office," Gina /Amy shot out the room and down the corridor./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Principal Holt, you wanted to see me sir?" Amy said, knocking on his /"Yes Santiago, come in, sit down," he said gesturing for the chair in front of his /She said apprehensively, desperately trying to read his indecipherable /"Well Amy, I just wanted to congratulate you. Mr Jeffords brought down some of your pieces of work. I have never been more impressed or seen work of such high standard from a 5 year old. It gives me such immense pride to tell you that this poem will be going on the display outside my office. These essays will be going into my binder of exemplary work. You have earned 25 achievement points and all the teachers are extremely proud," Holt /Amy was euphoric. Her face beamed, binders and Holt, he two favourite things. Her heart was nearly bursting with /"Thankyou sir," she managed to mumble /He shook her hand and she walked back to the hall as if she had just won the lottery./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Once the seats had finally filled and the students were finally ready, a hush spread across the hall. The lights went down and a spotlight opened, Amy stood their nervously, poem in one hand and a microphone in the /"Pe in the rain,br /Revision driving me insane,br /Ducking from balls,br /No running In the /Waiting for the bell, so home we could go,br /But how much I miss it, when I'm at home,br /The Cafeteria queues,br /And lack of glues,br /Kids swinging on chairs,br /And Jumping down /I want the sports daysbr /And endless essaysbr /Not the exams and gradesbr /Ill take the memories I madebr /The best teachers ever, I can't Thankyou /Cheers for the education and all that other stuff." She finished, taking a deep breath and looking /Applause erupted and cheers from her classmates filled the hall. Terry gave her a thumbs up and she took a bow returning to her seat a very proud /Gina's old dance troop were next and she glared at them from her seat the whole performance, booing loudly at the end. Rosa was next and performed an incredible acrobatics routine. Her family stood up clapping, pride filling their faces. Mrs Diaz had to wipe the tears of happiness off her face. Rosa saw this and retuned to her seat, with the widest grin her face had ever known. Karen Peralta had arrived a gave Jake a wave as she sat down. Jake was about to look for his Dad when Gina took to the stage, as the last act of the first half. The spotlight shone on her as she began her dance. Most people stared in what can only be described as disbelief as her movements filled the stage . She leapt, span and twerked for five solid /"I have been the great Gina Linetti, you're welcome," she said the end, dropping the mic on the /There was a moments hesitation to try and digest what they had just witnessed. Then the applause began, led by /Lights went up, signalling the end of the first half and the start of the 20 minute break./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Parents rushed over their children, congratulating them on their performances. Jake looked over to where his Mom was sitting. His heart skipping a beat when he saw her sat crying as Mr Jeffords talked to her. He ran /"Mom what's the matter?" He asked /"Oh nothing Jakey don't worry about me honey," she said forcing a /"Hey Jake why don't you go and practice your act with Gina?" Terry /"Mom where's dad?" Jake /The sadness returned to her /"Oh sweetheart," she /"He's not coming?" Jake asked, already knowing the answer as it began to engulf his /"He wanted t-" she started but Jake had already run off./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Terry walked across the playground and found him. In the tiny gap between the bike shed and the wall, Jake was sat huddled in the corner his head in his /"Hey buddy," Terry said crouching down next to the crying /Jake looked up, tears streaming down his /"He promised!" Jake /"Hey it's ok. Maybe next time he'll be able to come," Terry said, rubbing Jake's /"But he said he would come this time, to make up for the fact he didn't come last time or the time before or the time before," Jake /"I know, I know," Terry said trying to soothe him. "You know what though, your Moms in there and I reckon she would be so happy if you come in and do you performance. How proud would she be of you," Terry /Jake shook his /"I don't want to do it anymore, I don't care about the show," he /Terry /"Okay Jeffords, it's Gina time. Move over," Gina /Terry made way as Gina plonked down on the floor next to /"You know my dad didn't come either tonight. Some dads suck, you just gotta learn that. People who suck aren't worth your time, if they're willing to miss out on you and me they're clearly stupid. The people who support you, deserve you and we got to stick together," Gina told /He looked at her, his crying /"So welcome to the DDC, the home of kids who Dads Don't Care. I don't need a dad, I got you and you don't need a dad, you got me and you should be honoured, people would give their homes to have that Jake. You're a lucky dude. Now let's dance!" Gina said, holding out her /Jake laughed, he wiped the tears off his face and taking Gina's hand. The two charged inside, Terry following, impressed and stunned by Gina./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Hey Amy, should we see how many chair we can stack on top of eachother?" Jake /Amy looked at him, horrified he might sabotage her immaculate chair /"Just kidding, you should have seen your face," he said, /She couldn't help but return the grin, maybe Jake wasn't so /Amy looked up, Jake was skidding on his knees on the floor. Then she saw a puddle on the floor, orange soda, that could only lead to one culprit. Nope she had been right he was still just as /"Oh Jake, you spilled soda everywhere," she /"Whoops!" He said /She /They continued arranging the chairs, then Amy made Jake rearrange his several times to match /"Are you parents coming tonight?" He /"Yeah and my 7 brothers, so they'll probably take up about 3 rows," she /"Noice, got a big fan base coming," he /"How about you?" She /"Yeah my dads coming and so my Mom, my Nana wanted to but she's a bit tired, so Moms gonna film it for her," Jake /Then the door burst open and Gina stomped /"Urghhhh!" She exclaimed, collapsing into a /"Hey Gina can you try not to mess up the chairs," Amy asked as politely as she could, trying to hide the annoyance at the out of place chairs Gina had /"My dance troop just kicked me out, they said it's not fair I get to do a 5 minutes solo," she /"Oh no," Any said as convincingly as she /"Jake what am I going to do we're meant to perform tonight?" She /"Well we've got our performance?" He /"No but I want to be the only person who does 2 performances," she /"Well why do you even need your group?" Jake /"Oh yeah! I don't, they need me. I'm going to show them how much they need me by performing my 5 minute kickass solo... solo," Gina /"What are you doing in here anyway, I thought everyone had to practice in the classroom?" Amy /"Oh yeah. Amy, Principal Holt says he wanted to see you," she /"What! When? Am I late? What about? Gina what did he say? His exact words? Angry? Sad? Happy?" Amy /"I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention. I was more preoccupied with the real problems that exist. Such as my dance troop. He just told me to tell you to go to his office," Gina /Amy shot out the room and down the corridor./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Principal Holt, you wanted to see me sir?" Amy said, knocking on his /"Yes Santiago, come in, sit down," he said gesturing for the chair in front of his /She said apprehensively, desperately trying to read his indecipherable /"Well Amy, I just wanted to congratulate you. Mr Jeffords brought down some of your pieces of work. I have never been more impressed or seen work of such high standard from a 5 year old. It gives me such immense pride to tell you that this poem will be going on the display outside my office. These essays will be going into my binder of exemplary work. You have earned 25 achievement points and all the teachers are extremely proud," Holt /Amy was euphoric. Her face beamed, binders and Holt, he two favourite things. Her heart was nearly bursting with /"Thankyou sir," she managed to mumble /He shook her hand and she walked back to the hall as if she had just won the lottery./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Parents began to arrive and seats began to fill up. Students ran around frantically trying to get their costumes and then go and greet their families. Jake looked around the room and saw all his friends talking with their parents and all the other relatives that had come to see them. He searched through the faces but no Peraltas were /"Jake!" Terry /Jake looked up at /"Your Mom just called, she's running a bit late, but promises she'll be there as soon as she can. She says good luck," Terry /Jake's smile retuned, his family was on their way. His and Gina's performance wasn't right until the end so they should arrive in time. He ran over happily to Darlene Linetti and Gina./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Once the seats had finally filled and the students were finally ready, a hush spread across the hall. The lights went down and a spotlight opened, Amy stood their nervously, poem in one hand and a microphone in the /"Pe in the rain,br /Revision driving me insane,br /Ducking from balls,br /No running In the /Waiting for the bell, so home we could go,br /But how much I miss it, when I'm at home,br /The Cafeteria queues,br /And lack of glues,br /Kids swinging on chairs,br /And Jumping down /I want the sports daysbr /And endless essaysbr /Not the exams and gradesbr /Ill take the memories I madebr /The best teachers ever, I can't Thankyou /Cheers for the education and all that other stuff." She finished, taking a deep breath and looking /Applause erupted and cheers from her classmates filled the hall. Terry gave her a thumbs up and she took a bow returning to her seat a very proud /Gina's old dance troop were next and she glared at them from her seat the whole performance, booing loudly at the end. Rosa was next and performed an incredible acrobatics routine. Her family stood up clapping, pride filling their faces. Mrs Diaz had to wipe the tears of happiness off her face. Rosa saw this and retuned to her seat, with the widest grin her face had ever known. Karen Peralta had arrived a gave Jake a wave as she sat down. Jake was about to look for his Dad when Gina took to the stage, as the last act of the first half. The spotlight shone on her as she began her dance. Most people stared in what can only be described as disbelief as her movements filled the stage . She leapt, span and twerked for five solid /"I have been the great Gina Linetti, you're welcome," she said the end, dropping the mic on the /There was a moments hesitation to try and digest what they had just witnessed. Then the applause began, led by /Lights went up, signalling the end of the first half and the start of the 20 minute break./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Parents rushed over their children, congratulating them on their performances. Jake looked over to where his Mom was sitting. His heart skipping a beat when he saw her sat crying as Mr Jeffords talked to her. He ran /"Mom what's the matter?" He asked /"Oh nothing Jakey don't worry about me honey," she said forcing a /"Hey Jake why don't you go and practice your act with Gina?" Terry /"Mom where's dad?" Jake /The sadness returned to her /"Oh sweetheart," she /"He's not coming?" Jake asked, already knowing the answer as it began to engulf his /"He wanted t-" she started but Jake had already run off./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Terry walked across the playground and found him. In the tiny gap between the bike shed and the wall, Jake was sat huddled in the corner his head in his /"Hey buddy," Terry said crouching down next to the crying /Jake looked up, tears streaming down his /"He promised!" Jake /"Hey it's ok. Maybe next time he'll be able to come," Terry said, rubbing Jake's /"But he said he would come this time, to make up for the fact he didn't come last time or the time before or the time before," Jake /"I know, I know," Terry said trying to soothe him. "You know what though, your Moms in there and I reckon she would be so happy if you come in and do you performance. How proud would she be of you," Terry /Jake shook his /"I don't want to do it anymore, I don't care about the show," he /Terry /"Okay Jeffords, it's Gina time. Move over," Gina /Terry made way as Gina plonked down on the floor next to /"You know my dad didn't come either tonight. Some dads suck, you just gotta learn that. People who suck aren't worth your time, if they're willing to miss out on you and me they're clearly stupid. The people who support you, deserve you and we got to stick together," Gina told /He looked at her, his crying /"So welcome to the DDC, the home of kids who Dads Don't Care. I don't need a dad, I got you and you don't need a dad, you got me and you should be honoured, people would give their homes to have that Jake. You're a lucky dude. Now let's dance!" Gina said, holding out her /Jake laughed, he wiped the tears off his face and taking Gina's hand. The two charged inside, Terry following, impressed and stunned by Gina./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The performance was the highlight of the show. Jake and Gina's routine, comprised of their many choreographed handshakes, was so full of friendship and passion, you couldn't help but smile. They got a standing ovation and held each others hands as they bowed. Jake looked over at his Mom who was cheering louder then anyone, he waved at her smiling./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The lights went up and Karen and Jake raced to eachother, meeting in a big /"I am so proud of you honey. So proud!" She said hugging him /"I love you Mom," Jake said as they let /"I love you too darling," she /"Did you film it all?" Jake /"Yep, Nana's mind is going to be blown when she sees this," Karen laughed. She took Jake's hand and headed out the door. On their way out, Karen thanked Terry, who ruffled Jake's hair and said "that was amazing man, I am so proud of you two,"./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"That evening Jake and Gina were sat in Sal's, their Moms busy gossiping at the other end of the table. Rosa, Amy, Charles, Hitchcock and Scully had left with their families after eating. Jake and Gina were getting second dessert as a treat. As they munched through their ice cream, Jake looked at Gina and then at his Mom who was full of joy as her and Darlene gossiped. The DDC were happy./p