Wow, I haven't updated it years.
Last update was 09/09/09! ; It's been too long!
And I am so sorry (I know I say this every time, but I really am.)
School finished for xmas yesterday so let's hope I can update more!
& I hope you guys are still interested in my fanfic.


Determination is the Key

Getting the perfect score. It was the only thing on my mind. This meet was incredibly important to me. Everyone here deserved to come first (apart from maybe Jade), and from what I knew about Lily Stones, she deserved to win a lot. Her mother had passed away when she was little and she had been bought up by her dad, who was an alcoholic. She had a hard enough life already, but she decided to actually make something out of it by starting gymnastics, challenging herself even more.

I look across the gym to see her, hair pulled back, flashing her perfect white teeth as she smiled, her makeup free and flawless face. She must be really happy, I thought to myself, or she did a pretty good job of pretending to be. Some girl. I could learn a lot from her; determination, independence, and most of all happiness.

Then I turn my head to look at Jade, her smirk as she laughed cruelly at some joke that Lauren had cracked. Her heavily made face - making her look like she as about to walk a runway, not like she was performing at a gymnastics competition. That make up of hers had better be waterproof, because she was going to be sweating a lot after I go on.

'Bella! You're up next,' Coach Webster said, running towards me, waving her clipboard randomly around in the air.
'Chill Coach, I've got it,' I say, getting up.
Then a second later, I think back at what I just said. Wow, it was totally not me. I was really out of my normal character; you see what this meet was doing to me?
As I walk towards the beam, I pass many of my teammates, who cheer me on, 'You go Bella!''You've got this in the bag!'
'You can do it!'

I also pass my dad, who nods at me, smiling widely, 'Now, there's no need to be nervous, you know you can do it. This routine won't be too hard hopefully, if you've been practicing enough,' my dad patted me on the back, 'and be careful of that ankle of yours.'
Now that my dad runs his own gym and I no longer train under him officially, he can't spend too much time on me, and I had to do a lot myself. But that was alright, I could take care of myself.

I step on the part of the gym that was raised up for us to perform. I look around, studying the gym. There were quite a lot of people watching this meet, and many gymnasts were gathered around, waiting to watch my routine. There is never a time where I'm not nervous, whether it be a performance or a competition. But I am determined that I can do this one. It's a must.

The green flag is raised, signaling me to start. I step forward as another wave of emotion bursts inside of me, the numbed pain in my ankle, the nervous feeling that began to set in, the feeling of the many eyes that were upon me at that moment, but most of all, the determination, the desire to win, burning in my heart.

I look around to try find Edward, to see reassuring smile before I started, but he was no where to be found.
Well, here's to you Jade, Carissa and Lauren.
I began.

This was not much of a chapter in terms of length, but I wanted to get this one up asap for you guys to read, so forgive me for that.
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