Dance Prodigy

Cheerleader Blues

"Good morning princess, you only up"

"Hi Dad, no I had to get up earlier than usual. I started learning Junior level math's this morning" I replied with a tired smile.

"Look at you! I'm so proud of you. You little brain box. You could give Tony Stark a run for his money" he chuckles.

"Yeh, I love maths! It's so fun" Robert shook his head, wondering what he did to deserve such a wonderful child. "Did you see the videos mam sent of my last competition?"

"I did, I even showed the cast. They couldn't believe you were related to me. My talented little superstar. Little do they know I used to do ballet." he laughs.

"It was my second perfect score in a row, can you believe that!" I yell into the phone. "Oh! Tell them I said 'hi' and that 'I can't wait to meet them' and Oh my god, stop! I want to see old videos of you doing ballet" I cackle at the thought.

"Hey! Missus I was very good, if I do say so myself."

 He sighs knowing he has to get back to work now. "Hey princess, I have to go now but when I call tonight I want you to have a list of everything you want to do when you come to New York. I love you 3000".

"Okay Dad, I love you 3000".

***

"Let's go Girls, Move it!" Abby called into the den.  As the girls and moms walked in, Abby's eyes zeroed in on Vivi.

 "Vivi-Anne, where are your dance clothes?" Abby asked.

"In the car". Vivi-Anne answered.

"You need to be dressed and ready to dance when you walk into this building, yes?" Vivi nodded in confirmation.

"I would like to recap on what happened in Lancaster. Now there's something that went down that maybe you don't know about". Abby turned and pointed at Nia "Your mom was upset about that costume and your mom was upset about the costume before you went on stage" pointing at Chloe. 

Looking over I catch Christie rolling her eyes, my mouth twitches as I try not to smile.

"That cannot happen again. Now, let's talk competition this week. We're going to New Jersey, and we are going to do an acrobatic routine". 

The blackboard creaks as Abby turns it over. "On top of the Pyramid, no surprise my star Eden. You got a perfect score in the Junior category and won in the Junior duets. I am very proud of you." I grin thanking her. 

"Next we have Maddie, you came second. Second is the first to lose. Moving on, Chloe you came third. You went up against Maddie and Eden who are both younger than you and lost. Nothing more to say on that " Abby states.

Abby moves along the pyramid, critiquing each dancer and riling up the mothers.

"Now, Brooke I expect you to help the younger dancers with this acro routine. I expect you to know the choreography first and be able to help everyone else."

"Nia and Paige you'll be doing the tumbling part and the acro part. Vivi-Anne, because you're new here and you don't know all our terminology, I'm going to work privately with you this week, so you're going to be doing a solo at the competition this weekend. I allow my eyes to flicker over to the mom's, to see Cathy with a Cheshire grin.

"Eden you will once again be doing a duet with Josh, hopefully you can get a perfect score on this one," Abby says smiling down at me.

***

The moms watched up in the viewing room as the girls began learning the group routine. 

"I need to know what it's going to take to get my daughter moved up on this pyramid" Kelly exclaims. "Why is Eden on top?" Kelly says