Chapter 20: Preparing for the showdown

196 0 0
                                    

The day was now July 13 and in Los Angeles, a city in the state of California, there was a hotel/condo called The Ritz-Carlton and attached was another hotel called the JW Marriott which is in a entertainment complex that's a popular attraction called LA Live.

In Dominic's hotel room, which was on the 28th floor, he was seen exiting the bathroom after taking a shower and brushing his teeth. He put on a tanktop, trackpants and sneakers with his long hair in a ponytail as the time was 9:00 am.

"As soon as i get my phone and card key, i'll meet with Mom and Gia." Dominic said to himself.

Dominic got his phone and card key and exited his hotel room, walked down the hall to the elevator and he passed Maddie and Chloe.

"Hey, Dominic." Maddie and Chloe greeted.

"Hey, Mads. Hey, Chlobird." Dominci responded and he approached the elevator, when it arrived, he got on and it took him to the lobby and as he arrived at the lobby, he headed to where Abby and Gianna were. "Hey, Mom. Hey, Gia."

"Hey, Domino." Abby said.

"How's it going?" Gianna asked.

"It's going good." Dominic stated. "Can you believe this season is about to come to a close? It seems like only yesterday when we were starting the season."

"I know, right?" Abby agreed with her son. "Dominic, i'll tell you a secret, next year's Nationals will be in New Orleans, Louisiana."

"Cool, thanks for letting me know."

"You're welcome."

"We'll be heading to New Orleans in September to pick up a friend of your mother's, who is also a dance teacher along with her daughter and son, we'll be heading to another friend's wedding, then we'll do a Master Class." Gianna added.

"All righty."

"Are you two ready to roll?" Abby asked.

"We're ready when you are." Dominic stated.

"Let's roll."

The three exited the hotel lobby and got in a taxi van and they were on their way to the studio that they would be rehearsing in.

17 minutes later, Abby, Dominic and Gianna all arrived at the Millennium Dance Complex, which is a dance studio that had five studio rooms and an outdoor patio garden on Lankershim Boulevard.

"We're here." Abby said as she, Dominic and Gianna got their bags that had the things they need to get the rehearsals prepared, they then entered the studio and went into Studio B, the largest dance room and cone everything was ready, they waited for the girls and the moms, who arrived minutes later.

"All righty, In10sity was intense, we saw a lot of mistakes and every solo needed to strive for perfection and that was the last competition before Nationals and, we've said this before and we'll say it again, you won the national title last year and we want to make it back to back national titles." Dominic stated. "Mom, over to you."

"Thanks, Dominic. This week, we'll be staying in sunny and warm Los Angeles like we did the previos week, but we'll be going to the the most famous zip codes and one can guess what that is." Abby added.

"90210!" Christi exclaimed as she and the other moms grinned.

"Correct."

"We will be headed to the Energy Dance National Invitational, but before we begin, how about a round applause for the cute couple known as Dominic and Brooke for recording their songs?" Abby said as everybody applauded and Dominic and Brooke nodded and smiled. Next was the pyramid with Paige, Nia, Kendall and Brooke on the lower level, on the middle was Mackenzie and Chloe and on the top was Maddie.

"Ok, we got four solos and two of them have been locked up by Maddie and Chloe thanks to their efforts and everybody, even Mackenzie is in the group dance called The Last Text, this dance should leave the judges feeling something, Mackenzie will be doing a solo and Brooke will be doing a solo called The Diary Of Anne Frank." Dominic said, then he turned to the moms. "Moms, you can vamoose and girls, spread apart because we have a lot to do."

The moms all headed out into the outdoor garden patio as the girls stretched.

"What a season it's been." Christi commented.

"You can say that again." Melissa said.

"Between Maddie and Chloe, that could go either way like it has this season." Holly predicted.

"Ditto." Kelly agreed. "Anything can happen."

"I was hoping My Little Kendall would get the solo." Jill muttered.

"Abby and Dominic had been on the fence about that." Melissa commented as Dominic and GIanna came in minutes later.

"Moms, you should check out this tweet Dominic and i saw." Gianna said as Dominic handed Christi his phone and the moms looked at it.

"Oh my goodness!" Christi exclaimed as she read the tweet. "Hey Abby, Hippie and Crew, Candy Apples cannot wait to kick your behinds all over 90210 at Nationals all the way back to Chicago, xoxo, Cathy."

"No way!" Kelly stated.

"Way." Dominic replied. "That's what they said and mom had me and Gia show you the tweet."

"I bet they have been working on their dance for a long time while we're learning our in two days while we have an off day tomorrow." Holly predicted.

"They're gonna be hungry for it." Melissa admitted.

"But we'll beat them." Christi stated.

"Yeah." Kelly agreed and through the first two days of rehearsals, there was some drama, mostly from Jill, but they got through it.

Time Of Our Lives (Dance Moms Fic)Where stories live. Discover now