Chapter 4: It's all ok... maybe
Martine and Katharina runs over the floor towards Janise and Conny, both smiling. Conny and Janise gets up and they all hug each other while they scream and laugh of joy.
"Ohmygosh we're going to Utah"# Katharina has a hard time not talking so loud that the whole city can hear her.
They continue to jump up and down when Conny looks around. "Where's Anne?"
"Present!" Anne jumps up from the bench where she was sitting, watching the four friends.
"Are you going too?"
"Yeah! But I don't know anyone else. My friends back in Utah didn't get to."
"No problem! You'll be with us!"
Anne smiles and Jansie and Katharina makes room for her between them so she can join the happy dance.
30 minutes later the girls gets picked up by Conny's mom. They found out that Anne actually went to their school and they agreed to wait for each other outside the next day.
Martine and Katharina live so close to each other and Conny's mom drops them off together.
"I feel so sorry for them." Martine is talking and Katharina can sense a worried tone.
"Yeah I know" she answers. "I just wish there were something we could do."
"Hmm...maybe there is."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know if it's even possible, but it's worth a try. Once we get up there, maybe we could just talk to them, show them pictures and videos of them. Maybe they would let them come as well."
"Maybe. I mean, it must have been pretty overwhelming with all those kids that showed up today. And as you said, it's worth a try!"
They talk for another 30 minutes, trying to figure out how to get Conny and Janise in. A video is very much needed, cause pictures doesn't say much. But at the same time it is best not to tell them about their plan. They shouldn't get their hopes up if it doesn't go as they want to. The two girls decides to start with their plan the next weekend, when they have more time. They will videotape Conny and Janise when they are singing and dancing like they always do when they all hang out. That might have been the problem during the casting that they maybe were too nervous or something like that. So they didn't act like they normally would have.
Martine and Katharina are in deep discussions when Katharina's mom comes out to the street, wondering where her daughter is.
"10 minutes mom" Katharina says, turning her face so she's facing Martine again. "So we'll just tell them that we want to make a music video with 'All for one' next weekend. We're in it to, but we make two versions so we have one with only them to show Kenny Ortega or whoever who is in charge there."
Exactly ten minutes later Kathie walks inside her house and Millie disappears into her garden.
At the same time Conny is sitting at the dinner table with her family.
"So how did it go today Conny?" The whole family is curious. The fact that a member of their own family might show up at the movie theater is pretty exciting!
"Nah, I didn't get to the final round. But Millie and Kathie did. They're going to Utah! I'm so excited for them so I'm not so sad anymore."
"Oh you're so sweet honey." Her mom is looking at her with a caring look.
"No, it's ok mom. They'll give me the details so I'll eventually believe I actually was there myself." She's laughing now, and soon they're all following her!
At Janise's house it's dinner time as well. Janise has some sadness in her face but is hiding it as well as she can.
"What's wrong Janise?" It's her little brother. Five years old. So cute though so annoying.
"It's nothing. Really." She smiles.
"You're not going to Utah, are you?" It's her stepfather talking now. Janise shakes her head and her stepdad looks over at her mom. Janise looks at her as well and when she talks she notices a little bit of relief.
"Oh well. That was sad. Are you ok though?"
"Yes mom, it's fine. You didn't even want me to go to Utah did you?"
Her mom looks back at her daughter with a guilty looking face. Through she's trying hard to hide it.
"What? No, of course I wanted you to go."
"Yeah sure mom."
"Ehh..mom?" It's the little brother again. "I heard you talking to dad saying that Utah was so far away. And that it was a very long time."
"I knew it!" Janise can hear triumph in her voice.
Just when her mom is about the say something the phone rings and Janise jumps up from the chair and runs to answer it.
It's Anne on the phone and she and Janise talk for a long time. There's clear disappointment in Janise's voice, but slowly as the conversation goes on it goes away. There's just something about Anne that makes everything positive. Even though Janise doesn't get to go to Utah herself, two of her best friends will and they will probably make her feel like she was there herself. Maybe she and Conny can go visit for a weekend too! She hangs up, her mind so much lighter and happier than before.
