TGLC TWINS

NCA

On the plane to Dallas Jack sits beside me and watch movies. And after we land the whole team goes to our hotel. This time jack and jake are basically on the other side of the hotel but it's fine because jack spends most of his time in my room.

THE NEXT MORNING

It's the morning of day one at NCA and my ankle is still bothering me but I get up anyways and start getting ready. I just finish putting on my makeup and doing my hair and I'm starting to do Hannah's hair when I hear a knock at the door. Emma runs to answer It and when she does jack comes in followed by Jake and Jean. Jack comes over to me and brings a chair so I don't put any Weight on my ankle and kisses my cheek and it sends warm shivers down my spine. When I finish Hannah's hair it's over her bow and I move onto her makeup followed by Emma's hair and jack puts a movie on the tv and heads downstairs to get me breakfast.

At the comp coach Liam says that we can go around the convention and take pictures or eat but we have to meet back outside the practice gym at 5:00 so our little group goes around and we get stopped by a lot of people wanting pictures. And Jack and I took stunting pictures and other cute ones like the ones at the arcade. Before we know it we have to head back to the practice gym and stretch.

When we get there, coach Liam immediately tells the team to do our warm up and stretch, and I have to take my boot off, jack slowly lifts it up off my foot and puts it aside then stands up and reaches down to help me up. It doesn't hurt as much as I expected but I ask jack to tape it just in case.
About five minutes after we finish coach says it's time to go in.
"Ok so hi everyone in about 2 minutes your going to head over to Matt C and warm up your stunts. Good luck everyone!!!" A young girl with brown hair tells us.
"Ok guys, when you get on the Matt your going to warm up your..." I zone out after that Jack will just tell me where to go. It doesn't feel like a competition it feels like just another practice and I don't like that, what if i... No I can't focus on things like that.
"Em snap out of it! Focus in, NOW!!!" Jack tells me sternly and it's good sometimes I need that. "Focus in section by section, you can do this. I love you! and by the look on your face you didn't listen to a word coach said?" Jack asks me and I just nod. "The first stunt baskets at the end and pyramid then second stunt and at the end if we have time, extra baskets so you." I nod grateful that at least one of us pays attention. Just then Jack pushes me onto the matt and looks at me seriously before saying "I know that your ankle hurts but you can't focus on that and remember this is a competition, the second of the three crowns. It's important."

As we set up for the second stunt my ankle just suddenly starts hurting and jack can tell because he supports all my weight and miss his head at me before lifting me up. He holds my ankle just like the time that I hurt it at the other comp. and I'm really grateful for it because he stops it from hurting.

I warm up all my tumbling and then go over and put icey hot and re tape my ankle before everyone else finishes. When I get back to them it's our turn to go into the last matt. But lucky for me only the first stint is going! As usual Jack barley makes it to his spot before the music starts and when we get to the stunt he whispers
"You got this." into my ear and sure enough I did not only did the stunt hit but my ankle didn't hurt and it hit perfectly, I refuse to make another stupid mistake today!!!

Just before we go on coach gives us a big inspirational speech about how he knows we're going to give it our all and that we should leave our hearts out on the floor and just have fun. And right before he leaves he pulls me said and we have a small conversation.
"Emily are you ok? How's your ankle? You can do this right?" You can tell that there's serious concern in his voice.
"Yeah I'm perfectly fine, I feel confident and prepared and determined. I'm ready for this coach." I stop and give him a smile trying to comfort him "don't worry about me the new girls need more help."

As I finish that conversation I head over to the newer tops and make sure that their feeling ok. We have a quick one minute conversation before our name gets called and I rush to find jack, and that's when I see her, Tammy kissing someone on top gun large coed. Wait I know that hair!!! THATS JACK!!! SHES KISSING JACK, JACK IS KISSING TAMMY!!! I gasp as the announcer calls our name and jack pushes her away and that's when I realize I was only standing there for three seconds but God knows how long they were kissing for, Jack looks angry as he turns his back to Tammy probably because his kiss was ended abruptly and turns to find me there, just staring at him with tears in my eyes and his face turns into sadness? Remorse? Love? Worry? I don't care anymore I turn my back to him and run onto the floor determined to prove to him that seeing that didn't hurt me, even though I feel like I might die, that seeing that didn't just rip my heart out, that I never really cared for him, even though I really did love him. So I run into the floor and he follows me, and he comes over to me and he knows I'm not going to look at him or listen to him but he yells over the crowd anyways
"EMILY, I LOVE YOU I DONT LIKE HER IN THE SLIGHTEST, OK? YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND I PUSHED HER OFF AS SOON AS I COULD PLEASE BELIEVE ME I WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!" I really do believe him but just then the music starts and he's late for his tumbling but does one handspring and lads his double! And I do my basket perfectly. I do the whole routine perfectly even the first stunt but he changed what he usually says today at that moment he said.
"I will prove to you that your the only one I could ever care about, I love you Emily."