Survival [completed]

A girl's dream

The days leading up to the concert are a mad rush. I literally spend all my free time at the warehouse doing the props or helping to set up things.  Bea and I become close over the few days we spend together. She’s happy to finally have someone her age here. She’ll be back stage making sure everything is on time on the actual day. I wished I could help her but I had to be with my parents.

The big tent outside was set up it was actually fully closed but the sides were transparent so you could see the outside and it had heaters installed so the guests won’t be too cold. The reception is going to be held there. The trees will be lined with lanterns and lights. That was my idea. It’ll look like magical garden.

The inside is even more spectacular: There’s a huge section facing the stage with seats for the grand finale where Jasper and Stella will do the angelic ballroom dance and other pieces. There are three smaller sections where there will be different kinds of dances. The audience will have to go through all three sections before being seated. Jasper got his crew from school to do their street dance in one area. There’s a Jazz dancing section and then there’s a Contemporary section being the last. Each room is bare with just enough area for the dancers and the audience. The walls are painted dark colours like black, dark blue and purple. The lights will be dimmed but the walkways will be lighted. The stage looks like a recreation of heaven. I helped in painting the back scenery. The costumes are personally sewed except for Jasper’s and Stella’s.

Each station will go on for three to four rounds depending on the crowd. Jasper wanted to try to be apart of his school’s dance but after Beatrice and I had literally begged him to not do it, he relented. It was obvious he was trying to impress his parents. Tristen and I had backstage passes complementary of Jasper.

I had managed to get a dress and a mask for the event. I went on Sunday with my parents who were also looking for a mask. I picked a dark blue long silk kind of material sleeveless dress. My mother objected at first but when I said I’d wear a jacket over it and she agreed. I got a light blue feathered mask and it covered just my eyes. I loved it.

Tristen had tried to get me to tell him my mask colour but I told him there wasn’t any fun in that. Christen was unhappy at first but rose to the challenge. It turned out more or less the whole school was going. Mr Stone was going and he asked if I was and I told him I was but my parents will be there so he had to keep a low profile. They still didn’t know he was in town, or atleast that’s what I thought.

On the Saturday of the concert I was so excited. I never knew I had this feminine side to me but I embraced it today. The concert started at seven. Reception first followed by the show. I could hardly sit and do anything on Saturday. I felt like I was going to a princesses’ ball. It reminded me of all the fairytales I read when I was young. I wanted everything to go perfectly.

When it was four I decided I have waited enough. I decided to begin dressing up. I scrubbed myself clean and shaved my legs. I even used scented soup. I dried my hazel brown hair and straightened it even if it was already straight. I cut my nails and brushed my teeth. I even combed my eyebrows.

Finally it was time for the dress. I walked to my closet and pulled it out. I loved the fabric. I run my hand over the dress admiring it before sliding it over my head and it fit perfectly. I did a princess kind of braid with my hair and tied it to the back. My neck looked really bare but I didn’t know what to with it and I didn’t have a necklace to wear. This was when you need a mother- one that cared for you and told how to go about fixing something. Since I didn’t have one of those around, I had to leave it and go bare necked.