'Are you Charlotte Roberts?' The woman asked as soon as I walked through the door, she obviously worked here.
'Y...yes….yes I am' I stuttered, I don't normally get nervous. But this was big, this was new. Me and Stacey had just moved to London to become back up dancers at X factor.
'and you must be Stacey Beth Williams? You sent in a joint application?' The woman said in almost a scowl, you could tell from the look on her face that she thought she was better than us, she was obviously mistaken.
'Yes, I am and yes we did, we heard it was possible and we thought we may as well since we both really want this and think we are able t…'
'Well it isn't about what you want here, it's about being good. Scratch that it's about being better than everyone else' the woman said cutting Stacey off. 'If you like to follow me and we'll get you sorted. Straight away I could tell I wasn't going to like this audition. We walked past the others in the room; it felt like a sea full of scowls was coming our way. There were twelve of us auditioning and only four could get in, maybe this was going to be harder than we thought…
It went by pretty quickly, we were taught a dance and we had to perform it in front of a panel of eight people but put our own style onto it. We all auditioned at the same time which I wasn't expecting. We were told we would get a phone call later that day telling us if we made it, we thanked the woman even though she didn't deserve it, packed our bags and headed to starbucks to treat ourselves.
'This phone call is driving me crazy! It's been three hours, haven't they decided already? I can't tell if this is a good sign or a bad one.' Stacey ranted, she was obviously nervous, I tried to reassure her telling her that the last phone calls are always the best and that's why it's taking a while but really I think I was just as nervous, I had no idea if we would get this. I'm always sure when it comes to dancing but this….this was different.
*Stacey's phone starts to buzz, all of a sudden More than this starts to play by One Direction*
'Ugh you need to change that stupid song!' I complained. I wasn't a fan of it at all.
'Shut up you used to love it, now quiet I'm on the phone' she hushed
'Yea, used to…..before they all became asses' I muttered to myself.
It was a quick phone call, it was for both of us as the team said it was easier that way, in what felt like a lifetime of waiting, I saw Stacey's face drop, it looked like everything she ever wanted was taken away from her, my heart started to ache as I saw her end the call…..I knew what was coming.
'We didn't make it'