Chapter Nineteen
I sighed nervously, today we were going to school to get to the airport. I wasn't nervous about flying, I was just nervous about Nationals. We got to school, on time, Darcy was again coming with us and was really excited she had never been on a plane before. WE arrived at school just as the first teachers were and they came over to wish us luck. But as I got out of the truck, I felt nauseous and threw up in the nearest trash can. Noah handed me a tissue when I finished. "Are you okay,"
"I think so," I said, I did feel a little better. "I think it's just nerves,"
"Okay," he said. "I hate it when you're sick," we walked over to the rest of the group who were all hugging and kissing their families goodbye. I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness, we would never have that. Noah squeezed my shoulder gently and then we got onto the minivan. "You sure you're okay," he said.
"I'm fine," I said. Okay so I lied a little, I threw up twice on the way to the airport, but that was it, and we were currently flying above America, on our way to L.A.
Noah was asleep Darcy too she was cuddled up to him. I took a picture it was really cute. I sighed and began to wonder why I'd been sick this morning. I hadn't eaten anything I shouldn't have, and as far as I knew there wasn't a bug going around. And then it dawned on me. I searched thorugh my bag for my diary and began looking through it, I was late, by about two weeks it seemed like. Oh god, I thought. But still, I couldn't help but smile. I fell asleep having dreams about a possible new addition to my family and didn't wake up until we were beginning the decent into L.A.
I wasn't going to say anything yet though, I needed to buy a test first, but as soon as I could get the chance I would tell Noah. We landed smoothly and retrieved our bags before getting into the rented mini bus, that took us to a really nice hotel. I unpacked my things quickly, as we were all going sightseeing around the city. I enjoyed seeing the famous sign and the walk of fame. We arrived back at the hotel at about five o'clock, and so I got changed into a black dress since we were going to a restaurant for a meal.
The meal was lovely, I'd not eaten such fine food in a long time, but my stomach didn't agree, as the next morning I threw up again. I groaned, I'd had morning sickness with Darcy, and hated it. But of course it might not be that, I told myself. It could just be nerves, but something inside me told me that was not the case. Darcy enjoyed watching us dance all morning and it soon became time for us to make our way to the arena where Nationals was taking place.
I was amazed at how many people there were, all of them looked so professional and perfect, but I couldn't help but feel that what we had was so much more special than that. We were a family. As we passed some groups we heard them shouting at each other and some were really bitchy towards each other. "Okay guys, this is it remember don't worry about anything," said Will. "Just do your best, I'm proud we've made it this far,"
"Darcy you have to go with Will and Emma now," I said. "Is that okay,"
"Yeah I like Emma," she said. "Good luck," I hugged her as did Noah and then we walked toward where all the other show choirs were waiting. We were the last ones to be called.
"Okay guys let's do this," I said. We were called to the stage and waited to be announced. We were performing, Hand in Hand, Dancing Queen and When You Wish Upon a Star, today, if we got through today, then we'd be performing our musical medley. We'd decided against American Idiot in the end because we'd already got enough songs. "The Final Show Choir of the day is one that is new to the competition, please give a warm welcome to Mckinley High's New Directions," said the host.
"Well here goes guys," I said. "I love you all so much,"
"Hey we can have the emotional speeches later," said Kurt. "I don't have time to do your make up,"
We walked onto the stage and stood behind the curtain waiting...