PART 5

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The day of auditions I'm waiting to be called, when I see Paul and his friend Danny walking up to me.

"Hey what are y'all doing here?" I ask as they sit next to me.

"We're auditioning." Danny says.

"What about you?" Paul asks.

"I'm auditioning to be a dancer." I say.

"That's great!" Paul says.

A woman with a clipboard comes out. "Exclamation Point. Danny Edge and Paul Zimmer, you're up."

I stand up to hug them. "Good luck guys!" I say.

"Thanks Nikki." They say.

I watch the screen when it's their turn. They walk on stage and introduce themselves. They sing Live While We're Young and the girls go crazy. I'd never heard them sing before and they're incredible. They finish singing and the judges vote. They get four yeses! Danny and Paul walk back to the waiting area. I run up and hug both of them.

"Congratulations!" I say. "Y'all were incredible!"

"Thanks Nikki." Danny says.

The three of us sit and talk until a man with a clipboard walks out.

"Nikki Garner. You're up."

I stand up, as do Danny and Paul. Danny hugs me ad says good luck. Paul hugs me next and holds on a little longer. He kisses my cheek and whispers in my ear, " Good luck. You're going to be amazing." He pulls away and I follow the man.

I'm lead to a stage with judges sitting around a table like on the T.V. show, So You Think You Can Dance. I walk to the center.

"Name and age." A woman says.

"I'm Nikki Garner and I'll be nineteen in April." I say.

"You may begin." she says.

The music starts. I picked Loved You First by One Direction. I finish and the judges applaud me.

"That was impressive." Another jude says.

"How long have you been danicng?" A male judge asks.

"Uh about four or five years." I say."I danced in high school and I teach dance at a school in my town."

The judges whisper to each other. Finally the first judge looks at me. "We look forward to seeing you in LA in August." She says smiling at me.

"Thank you so much!" I say with tears building up in my eyes. I run back to Danny and Paul to tell them the news. I run back to Danny and Paul to tell them the news. Paul is the first one to me.

"What happened?" He asks anxiously.

I smile. "I'm going to LA in August!" I almost yell.

Paul smiles a huge smile and spins me around. "That's so awesome! I knew you could do it!" He says.

"Well, well, well." A voice says. I put my hands on Paul's chest and push away to see Nate standing near us.

"I thought you'd give up since NYADA didn't want you. I don't know why The X Factor would want you."

"Nate, please don't ruin this for me." I say walking towards him. "You're leaving soon what else am I supposed to do."

"Wait for me to come back." His tone softens.

"Why? So you can hurt me more? So you can leave more bruises for me to hide?"

Nate takes my hand and pulls me aside. "You know I hate hurting you." He says stroking my face. "It hurts me just as much as it hurts you." He pulls me into a hug. "You're just so damn selfish sometimes that I have to." He pulls away. "Come one let's go back to my place and we can talk."

I nod my head and follow him. I turn and see Paul, he looks disappointed. Before Nate takes my hand Paul mouths, "call me." I nod my head and walk out to his car.

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