I wake up three hours later with something on top of me. I look at it, Samuel's hoodie. I get up and fix my hair in the mirror. I hang his hoodie up in his closet and walk out. "Hey." I say and sit down beside Lindsay. "Hey sleepy head." I smile and look around. "Where are the boys?" I ask and she nods. "They went out to play some pool." I nod. "But there is a pool table here?" She smiles. "I think they just wanted out of here for a while." I nod and fix myself again for this evening.
Could I be much more nervous? It's not like any of us can say we have had a 'good' week- we've burst out crying every 10 minutes and tried to give each other black eyes. But, here we go.
We walk in and stand in front of Robert and Zach.
"Hey guys." We half smile and look at them. "Hey." We say while sighing and they smile. "This has been a very tough week for all of you." We nod and Zach claps his hands together. "But that's over now, it's time to get back to the competition." We nod.
"Damian. Samuel. Marissa. Nicola." We nod at Robert and look at them.
"You will all be coming back next week." We half jump and Go to walk out, but I look at Cameron and Lindsay. She's panicking already. When we get back into the main room Samuel hugs me and I am so excited I almost wrap my legs around him. The four of us hug but I look back at the door. "Guys." I say and they nod. "They're still in there." I say and everyone's faces fall.
This is the longest 5 minutes of my life. Two of my best friends are being lectured in there, and the thing is that I think they were great, not just from a friend's point of view, but have you heard them sing? They are fricken amazing!
We hear doors open and I look at Marissa. We get up and Lindsay walks in with Hannah and Alex. "Oh thank god!" I shout and run over to her. I grab Lindsay. I laugh and look at the friendship bracelets on all our wrists. "Cameron." Damian says while looking at them and our smiles turn back into frowns. "He's gonna be ok." Samuel says and pats him on the shoulder. They walk in and we hug him.
"What song do you have to sing?" Marissa asks him and his eyes flicker to her. "Your Song, Elton John." He says and we nod. "I'm gonna go practice though." We nod. "You'll be fine Cam." Damian says and hugs him again. The three of them walk out and I play with my bracelets.
3 Hours Later.
We hug Cameron one last time before he goes to look at the list. We hear the jumping and the silence. We look at the screen and then at each other.
Not Called Back : Emily.
We walk into the room to hug them and Emily walks over to me. She hugs me with tears down her face and I look at her. "I'm sorry." She says and I nod. She hugs Hannah for ages and I walk into our dorm with my friends. I hug Cameron again and smile. "Thank god!" I say and he smiles while hugging them all again. The guys jump up on our beds while we put make up on. "I don't get why you have to put so much cake on." Damian says and we all give him evil eyes. "He has a point." Cameron says and we shrug. "I guess we're just used to doing it." Lindsay says and I nod. "It's like you're wearing masks." Samuel says and I nod. "I guess we are." I say while putting on my lipstick.
"Without make up, we have to show who we really are." Marissa says and Cameron gets up. "Then do it." He says and we look at him. "Huh?" Lindsay says and Cameron gets up, followed by Damian, realising what Cameron means. "Don't wear make up." We nod. "And what do we get?" I say and they nod. "You get to make us do whatever you want." I bite my lip and look at the girls. "Deal." Lindsay says and stretches out her hand to Cameron. The guys smile and leave us to get changed. "Oh, by the way." Cameron shouts and we turn around. "You might need these." He says and throws us a packet of make up wipes.
