Bring It On: In It To Win It

Final Competition (Day 7)

It was the day of the competition. I woke up with nervous jitters so there was only one person I could think of going to. Ruben.

We always did this for as long as we dated. I would secretly go to his room and get ready and he would calm me down. Thankfully we didn't have to sneak around anymore.

I knock on the door and he answers and tells me to come in. I start to get ready and he just stares at me.

"Yes?" I say to him. "Nothing I'm just really lucky to have you and I'm really lucky to actually be cheering with you." he said.

"Is this your way of getting rid of my jitters?" I ask.
"Maybe but it's also true. You're an amazing choreographer, captain, everything. You really Put this routine together in 3 days. I'm super proud of you." he said. I looked at him in awe and just went up to him and kissed him. I truly was lucky.

We met up with the team and head over to the practice mat. We were finished and you could hear the crowd cheering the whole way over here. We walked over to investigate and low and behold it's the Prairie Dogs actually having a good routine and hitting. Everyone was going around saying how much of a disaster this is.

"Look no you guys are all wrong. We're still good. We just, we want the crowd to be pumped up." Carson said with a worried look on her face. Brooke and I looked at each other and knew she was freaking out.

We walk down the steps that led to the competition floor and see Shelby, the Flamingos captain.

"Sharks, Jets, Shets, it doesn't really matter what you call yourselves." she said

"Oh and you call yourselves the Flaming-hoes? Yeah that's a bad choice." I fired back.

"Hope you've been practicing your loser facials." Shelby said. "Oh wait I think you're on, you are so on." I said with a smirk.

We watch the Flamingos perform and sadly they're actually good.
"They're even better than i remember and they're not even cursed!" Carson said.

"Carson." said Brooke and I as we pulled her away. "Okay you gotta get over yourself and fast!" I said. "What?"
"Stop psyching yourself out!" Brooke said. "Look im totally fine!" Carson said. "You're totally not and they know it your scared." I said. "Brooke Maddy what else do you want me to say? You've been right about me all along I'm not a good leader, my skills are-" "You idiot!" Brooke and I both say. "This is not about skills this competition is about showmanship and your guys' choreography is gonna win it for us. Don't you know you're more creative then me? Why else would I bother to put you down?" Brooke said. That's when I realized the real reason why Brooke hated Carson. "Carson you got you always have, but for the Shets sake, now you gotta bring it, hey it's your year remember?" I said. "No Maddy, Brooke, it's OUR year." Carson said with a smile. We did our handshake and we gathered around.

"Alright guys this is it, just stay tight and lock out." Carson said.

Ruben pulls me aside to get my last minute jitters out. "You're amazing, your creativity makes this routine. It our hear baby. I love you." "I love you too."

Pepper announces us onto the mat and you can tell our energy is high and we are ready.

The routine starts off with some choreography. Then I go into a stunt that starts off with a show and go then i get thrown into a double full basket toss. Then more choreography. I go into a full then we move and do an arrowbesc. Ruben and I throw some tumbling and so far the routine is doing amazing.

Two crazy stunts happen. A flyer is up and I fly on top of her and roll down. Then I fly on top of another stunt. Thankfully Ruben was there to catch me for both. More choreography happens and then the big stunt is next.

I go to the back and prepare. Ruben gives me the reassuring look. I put my foot in to get ready to swing, we swing back and forth and go up into the full and roll down, then we prep and get thrown to the other side and it hits perfectly. The crowd went insane. We finish the routine with more choreography and a bow. The music ends and we are amazed that we pull that off. I find Ruben and he twirled me around, picked me up and hugged me.

We get off the mat and head to the back. "Now is a really bad time to be cursed." Sarah said. "Who cares if we're cursed? Getting cursed may be the best things has happened to us. Without the curse we would've never become this team and hit the stunt that's never been done before. I mean that was amazing." Carson said.

Vance read third place and it was the Prairie Dogs.

"Look we all gave 100% and we trust each other. Who cares about some stupid old trophy and world tour?" Carson said. Brooke and I both looked at her thinking "You do."

Pepper read second place and it was the Flamingos.

We knew.

Pepper called first place "The East-West Shets!!"

We ran to the mat in excitement. Brooke, Carson and I hugged each other and we all realized we broke the curse. After we hugged I ran straight to Ruben. We shared a kiss and a hug and our excitement.

We went on the world tour.