A Little Bit Of Swing Never Hurts Anyone!

By: Starlight Girl

Without further ado… Ch. 7 people!

Ch. 7

Ring

It was the five minute bell. Aelita was running to the front gates. She saw her friends in their usual spot and ran over to them.

"Sorry," Aelita panted, "I lost track of the time this morning."

"That's okay." Yumi said, "So are you ready for the try outs today after school?"

"Of course!" Aelita said happily, "I almost couldn't sleep last night, I was so nervous! Do you think I'll do okay?"

"Um, yeah, duh!" Odd said, "You'll make it for sure. By the way, do you know anyone else going to the team?"

Aelita looked at Ulrich, who looked away form her.

"No." Aelita said simply, "There are a lot of people going for the swing choir team so I should be able to see someone I know."

"Well," Jeremie said, getting his backpack on, "class is going to start in two minutes so let's go."

About two minutes later the bell rang.

After All Classes…

"You ready?" Jeremie said to Aelita as she put the rest of her books in her bag, "For the tryouts I mean."

"Yes, I'm all set. I got to go the gym at 3 o'clock." Aelita looked at her watch, "It's in ten minutes, so I'll see you around. Tell the others I'll see them later!"

Jeremie smiled and waved at Aelita as she walked to the main gym. I wonder if she will make it. I don't know what she will be like if she doesn't make it

"Jeremie," Aelita noticed he was just staring at her before she turned the corner, "is something wrong?"

"Oh, no!" Jeremie snapped out of his little day dream, "Sorry, for staring."

Aelita put her hand on his shoulder, "You'll come to all of my performances is I make it right?"

"Of course!" Jeremie smiled, "I promise I'll make it to as many performances as I can."

Aelita smiled and began to walk again, "I'll see you later!"

In The Main Gym

"Okay, everybody!" Mrs. Hertz was shouting out orders, "Get on your gym uniform and meet back here."

After about twenty minutes of getting dressed the try outs began.

"Okay, can everybody hear me?" Mrs. Hertz called out, "Good, you are all her today for swing choir try outs am I not correct? Today is the first day, after today you will come back tomorrow for the singing portion. On Friday of this week, the parts will be posted and if you happen to get onto the team, come to my class room, after or before school for a handout of practices and a sheet for your parents to sign."

Aelita looked around. There were a lot of people here. She knew many of them. Aelita looked around to see if Ulrich was here. After about a minute of looking around, she gave up and thought that he just chickened out. Then someone sat next to her. It was Ulrich and he didn't look to happy. It looked as if he was trying to hide his face in his hair.

"Ulrich you came!" Aelita said just loud enough for only them to hear, "What about the gang?"

"Forget about it." Ulrich said in a whisper, "I signed up and I'm not backing down, I'm a winner not a quitter."

"Oh, so you're only here because you already signed up and you didn't want to back down?" Aelita asked.

"Partly." Ulrich said, "Listen now, it's about to start."

"Okay, you will be doing a number of dances in a group of four. A judge will be watching you and if you can pick up the dance fast enough that is considered a good sign. If you do badly, there is a chance that you might not make it. You will go from judge to judge and at the end, all the judges will get together and we will decide who deserves to get on the team. Now, you will all get a number and after you got it, stand by the judge who is holding up that number. Have fun, and good luck!"

After all the kids got their numbers, they ran off. Aelita got her number which was three. As she was walking over to the group she saw Ulrich was standing by the threes too! She would be with him all night. Maybe she could tell him what Yumi told her.

The other ones in her group were Theo and Heidi. They smiled and waved.

"Hey, I didn't know you were going to try out Aelita." Heidi said, "At least I know someone here that won't make fun of me. Sissi is going out for this ya know? Like she's going to make it even if her father is the principle here."

Aelita looked around and found Sissi in the group right next to her own. Sissi didn't look at Aelita but she seemed to be bragging at the judge about how good she is in dancing and singing.

Aelita looked away and towards her group. The judge began to explain what they were going to do and then moved them into a room outside of the gym.

"Okay," the judge said, "you should know the dance moves to this song, the cha cha slide. Does anyone here do not know how this dance goes?" A/N: I really don't know how people get picked out for swing choir so work with me okay?

No one said a thing. After a moment of silence, the judge moved to the table with the boom box and pressed play and the music began.

This song was always one of Aelita's favorites and she was good at it. The song just told you what to do. This song must be used to test your listening skills. The better you can listen, the easier it will be for the coaches on the team to, well, coach.

Aelita began with the others. The only one in the group who was doing badly was Theo. He was having a hard time. The whole song was fun for Aelita and she was sure that she did all the steps right. When the song was over the judge dismissed them and they group of four moved on to the next judge. This time the song was the electric slide. Each song seemed to get easier for Aelita. After three songs that everyone in the world knows, the tryouts got hard. The last four dances were songs where you had to dance to the beat. There were two that you had to dance with a partner. Ulrich immediately choose Aelita, for he trusted her.

Wow! Aelita thought as she danced with Ulrich, He's really good with his feet; it might have been from soccer.

Soon when 5 o'clock came around, all the students went back to the gym. Mrs. Hertz said a last few words and left them to change. As Aelita was walking to the girl's locker room, a old woman judge, a ninth grade teacher, walked up to Aelita.

"You're really good, Aelita." She smiled, "You got talent for this sort of activities. I hope I see you on the team, you would be great with that soccer boy."

Aelita smiled and thanked her and walked into the locker room in a great mood.

The bell rang for dinner and Ulrich began to walk to the cafeteria and Aelita managed to stop him.

"Um, Ulrich can I talk to you before I leave?" Aelita asked.

"Sure." Ulrich turned towards her.

"Well, I got some advice for you, about swing choir you know." Aelita said.

"I'm listening." Ulrich said.

"Just follow your heart okay? Advice from a person who really cares about you." Aelita walked away, slightly blushing, "I got to go know. See you tomorrow."

Ulrich just watched her walk away. She was blushing when she said 'advice from a person who really cares about you'.

Wait! Ulrich thought to himself, did she mean that SHE really cares for me? Who cares for me?

To Be Continued

Oh no, Ulrich got it the wrong way BIG time. Lol. Will update soon! Review and please be nice, all of the others have been so very nice to me about my stories. YOU ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP ME GOING ON WITH MY STORIES! Thank you so much for everything.

Peace