Lethal Elite

[78]

Me and Ms. Mary finished everything that we needed to finish. I felt way more confident in my routine and I was ready to take on the world.

"How did you get down here?" I asked her.

"What do you mean?" she replied. "On the airplane, same as you guys did."

"Oh! Right," I laughed awkwardly. "The airplane."

"Oh," she said. "I forgot, you're an international superstar! You probably rode in on a private jet."

No I did not.

"Ha! You know me," I replied even more awkwardly.

"I have a surprise for you," she replied as she slowly began making her way to the door.

"Um..." I said nervously.

A few knocks then began creeping through the door.

"Who's that?" I asked nervously.

She opened the door and there stood Amber and Bellatrix from the dance studio.

"Hi Amilia!" Amber shouted loudly.

"Hello.." Bellatrix called out carelessly.

"What are they doing here?"

"Well don't look so happy Amilia," Ms. Mary teased.

"Oh, I'm sorry," I said. "Yay..."

"Well I just thought that I'd invite two of my best dancers to tag along with you on your audition trip. When I got the call about your dad being sick I-"

"My dad?" I questioned.

"Yeah your dad?" Ms. Mary continued. "Nico.. The one who signed you up for the class?"

"Oh, yeah... I didn't know he signed me up... I mean, I did but I didn't know it was him that did.." I tried my best to play it off but the awkwardness was just all over the room and all over my face.

"Um.. Okay," Amber mumbled.

"When Speedy called me and said that you were gonna need the extra support I thought I'd invite the girls along with me to accompany you."

"You're coming with me too?" I questioned.

"No, just Bellatrix and Amber. I was gonna have them audition with you so that you could have a few dance buddies with you when you leave off to your new dancing job."

"Oh, I see..." I replied.

"If you don't want us here then we can just go," Bellatrix complained.

"No, that's not it. I'm just... I didn't know that you were coming and I'm not sure that my ride was expecting extra passengers..."

"Oh don't worry about that! They will only have to ride with you this one time and then afterwards they will be able to drive themselves to wherever you need."

"Hey Amilia!" Speedo said as he came walking in. "Oh, who are these lovely ladies?"

"Um... let's talk outside please," I said as I instructed him to follow me.

***

"Get rid of them now!" he growled.

"I tried everything I could, they're just not budging!" I explained.

"I mean why did you guys agree on flying Ms. Mary out in the first place? That right there was dangerous enough!"

"To help you Amilia, I wanted to make sure you were confident enough to land this gig because your life literally depends on it."