I'm sorry it's been so long since I updated. I currently have a total of thirteen stories going on. Which is a bit too many and some stories end up not being updated for a while because of it. Although, this and five other stories are moving close to their endings. So those are prioritized for updates right now. The other five stories are.
-How far I'll go
-The one where rawr means I love you in dinosaur
-Dancing in the rain
-The little girl
-Stranger defended
So I think you could expect to see some closer updates on this one and those five.
And then one more thing. You know this page where I made edits and stuff for stories. Polyvore? That whole page has been taken down. So instead of that, I put up an Instagram account for fanfiction related stuff. Pictures of cla's, outfits. Updates of which chapters I'm working on… stuff like that. And if you're interested in following it and go on Instagram you can find it under the name "Linneagbfanfiction"
And there, done. Onto the chapter.
After everyone had agreed that we'd take part of the competition there were wild discussions about what we'd be called as a team. Then once we had decided there was more about what songs we should do and then even more about what we'd be dressed in. Of course we would have to come up with a color or whatever that suited the song, the dancing, and all of us.
I wasn't sure if I should be happy or not when Candi-Rose took it upon herself to sort out the clothes. Only the future would be able to tell what on earth she could come up with.
Then, after what felt like a million years I, Mike and Jody were going to the dance school and studios to sign up for the competition. After all of the discussions before we left none of us said a word on the way. Actually, none of us did until we walked up to the reception in the dancing hall and to a dark- skinned, young woman who stood on the other side.
"We'd like to sign up for the competitions in December." I said, preparing the words so I could say them all at once but then paused. "I know it was closing soon… can we still?"
"You're just in time. We were just about to close it for new applications." The woman in the reception took a sheet of paper from under the desk where all the teams were noted that were going to compete and a pencil. "Just write the title of your group there, then a phone number that we can reach you on. And also it costs fifty quid."
"FIFTY?"
It hadn't crossed my mind that there would be such a cost to this only to partake in this competition. The receptionist only glared back at me as if I was stupid. And for a moment none of us said anything.
"Well getting Augustus and Keira Rosario here for being the judges isn't exactly for free. Upon that we have Zoe Gallagher as one judge too. And then we have more costs, it's expensive and therefore you have to pay for partake. And then, if people protest against the paying we double it. So fifty or a hundred pounds? You choose."
"It's okay." Mike pulled up his wallet and pulled up a bill. "I'll pay. No problems. But maybe… we're a big group of children and adults that are signing up. Maybe somewhere here there is one of those… mirror… rooms that we could book and use and practice in once or twice a week until the competition."
The receptionist looked back at Mike, me and Jody as if all of us were stupid. Then playing with her dark, curly hair she seemed to be thinking. While I tried to get a glimpse of the name badge that was partly covered by the cardigan she was wearing over the blouse that the badge was hanging on.
I didn't mind people being rude to me. But if she was any worse now to Mike or Jody I could so checkup who was the boss here and complain to them. Why couldn't rude people just not become receptionists?
"The name is Jaida." She said before anything else when she saw me glancing towards the badge and then turned back to Mike. "There might be a lot of things and boxes stored up by the walls in the back. But at the top floor there is one of those that isn't used much. I'm sure you could use that one for free if it's good enough for you."
"I'm sure that will be fine. May we go and check it out?"
"Up the stairs, as high up as you can get. There's only one door. You can go yourselves."
Well I could always pretend that how she was treating us. And most likely all other people was enough to get to tell her boss about it and get her sacked for it.
"Hey guys." Jaida suddenly talked to someone behind us, when I turned I could see a few of the members from the school's team. "How nice to see you again? Room two as usual. Come on. I'll come with you there. Someone else can stay here and I'll come with you."
The rest of the dancing members from the school came walking in through the glass doors. And I wished that I and Jody and Mike had already gone up the stairs. Now everybody pushed their way past us and Jaida kept on talking to them. Way too loud and too nice.
I could hear several of them commenting about Jody and "Scarface" as they passed us until all of them had passed and I could hear a door close as they must have gone into the room right by the stairwell on the second floor.
"Well come on then. We'll have to start off what we're here for more than signing up. Up the stairs it was and then… dancing!"
It was first when Mike mentioned dancing again that I realized what Jaida had told us about the competition.
"The Rosario's and Zoe Gallagher." I moaned when we started moving up the stairs. "I don't think I want to partake in this competition anymore. No way I'm dancing in front of them, I'll be too nervous. I'll mess it all up."
Before anyone commented and answered me I felt Mike patting my shoulder.
"I'm sure you'll do great. We'll all do. Even all of those who said they can't dance. But about the Roses and that Chloe… Who are they? It seems you know."
"Their name is Rosario- Augustus and Keira and Zoe- Gallagher. Only like England's best dancers…. The Rosario's are sister and brother. I read in some magazine or something that they started dancing before they could walk."
Jody only shrugged, we didn't say more before we were at the top of the stairs and Jaida was perfectly right. There stood a whole lot of cleaning equipment and big speakers around everywhere. But only one door and we walked into the big dancing hall.
"Well, this looks alright doesn't it?"
Like Jaida had told us there were boxes and stuff against the back wall of the room, but the rest of the four walls in the room was covered in big mirrors. And the room was big- perfectly enough for our group to fit in and be able to rehearse in.
For a couple of minutes I, Mike and Jody only stood in a line with a couple of meters in between each of us only staring at the mirror. At least I was staring at the mirror and myself. Whatever Mike or Jody was thinking about I did not know.
"Do you have any ideas?" Mike asked all of a sudden. "And then of course. One thing we have to keep in mind is that we have to come up with something that Chloe can join in on too. With or without the wheelchair."
Everything silent again and I went through the song we had chosen in my head while I tried to see the stage in front of me to have some kind of idea about what could be done.
On the stage it would at least look nicer without a wheelchair than with it? Wouldn't it?
"What if Chloe just sat on the floor in the middle." I sat down. "And the rest of us were standing on the sides. And then at the first half of the first verse she holds up one hand and half of us comes walking in from that side and then during the second half of the verse she does the same thing but on the other side. And then on the bridge towards the refrain she holds up both of her hands and we move and move so we are standing on more different places if you get what I mean. And then during the refrain we start… well. Dancing for real. But during the whole performance Chloe is there in the middle. Of course we'll have to ask her too but… I think it could look quite nice. And then you Mike, or Ryan or somebody carries her or something out on the stage before the song starts."
"Yeah…" Mike nodded agreeing. "That does sound good. I think that's enough for now. We can rehearse it piece by piece at home and then come here once a week or so. I'll go downstairs and book it all weeks until the competitions. Come on."
A short while after we had gone through at least the first part of the song and what we could do for Chloe we were in the car. I and Jody in the back seat and Mike in the front driving and humming to himself.
"If there's one thing I like doing it's dancing." He said all of a sudden. "It might be a bit hard for you to imagine before we start even. But I'm actually a really good dancer. Now. I was wondering one thing girls. Of course, if you decide on yes then we can rearrange the room and such. But you two seem to have made great friends while Maya and Candi-Rose. Not so much… Also Jody…. I'll have to talk to you in private once we get home. Maya. I think you know what it's about…."
"I'm kind of bulimic and have been throwing up everything I've ate." I interrupted, with an as rude tone as possible. I could see where Mike was going. "And now, since we spend time together both at school and at home. You'll have to baby-sit me and make sure I don't go to the bathroom after every meal to puke."
What I said was followed by an awkward silence, I could see that Mike had turned bright red and Jody was staring at me with wide eyes. Then at Mike, and back to me.
"What?"
"Don't act so rudely Maya. You two have been great friends so far. Anyway, now you know that Jody and you two are friends. Maybe it will be better if Maya move rooms and you two share instead of you Maya, with Candi-Rose."
"I have to share a room either way so it's up to you Jody."
Jody didn't say anything first and I secretly crossed my fingers behind my leg. If I heard Candi- Rose nagging about how she wanted to do something with my hair one more time I would seriously run away. To move to share room with someone else seemed like a much easier thing to do.
"Well, I think you'd share with the Grinch rather than Candi-Rose. I don't mind sharing."
Mike chuckled and I saw Jody's mischievous smile. She obviously "liked" Candi-Rose's nagging about her hair about as much as I did. I had heard when she'd been nagging Jody too.
"The Grinch?" Mike almost shouted from the front seat. "I'll sort that out when we're back home then. You don't need any big boxes or something but you can move your things and I can come and help you to move Maya's bed. I think that if you Jody move your bed a bit towards the wall then I think we can get in that one too. And then you can move the rest of the furniture around however you want when we've moved the beds. Does that sound good to you Maya?"
I didn't even know why. But suddenly I remembered I still hadn't told Mike about the surgery I was going to have the day after the competition.
"Maya? Are you listening?"
"Yeah." I shook my head and decided to tell Mike about that some other time. "Sorry I just dreamed for a bit. That sounds good with the room. Something like that."
Playlist
Phoenix- Molly Sandén
I do realize in this story it sounds as if Maya and Jody are falling in love or something. I have got nothing against same-sex-couples. But Mody/ Jaya are NOT in love. They're only friends and roommates now.
Augustus and Keira Rosario and Zoe Gallagher are NOT real people/ dancers. I just came up with them for the storylines.
The new portrayers are
Augustus Rosario- Dylan Sprayberry
Keira Rosario- Chloe Csengery
Zoe Gallagher- Hannah Simone
Jaida Russell- Samantha Marie Ware
Random fact
A few times I have to change it when I've written Sophie Rose instead of Candi- Rose. Sophie Rose is a character from the O. C. series. (If you're a fan and don't recognize the name- she is born at the very end of the series) And I keep writing wrong.
Those who review will get a shoutout.
