Dangerous || Connor Ball

Chapter 20 || Competition

Backstage of dance competitions were always hectic and stressful. There were people running around doing last minute preparations, dance practices, outfit adjustments...

I take a deep breath to try calm myself. This was the first time I had completely choreographed a dance myself, so to say I was nervous was an understatement. Katelyn comes over to me. "Nervous?" she asks.

"Is it obvious?" I let out a shaky laugh.

"We're going to do great. We've been working for this for ages now."

"But will it be enough?"

"It's going to have to be." Katelyn sighs.

"Come on, we're on after this group." Alice walks over to us with with Kelly following behind.

"What group is it?" I ask.

"Adrenaline." We all groan as we got to the side stage. I twist the end of my hair between my fingers, a habit of mine which I do when my hair is down. I was dressed differently to Kelly and Alice, they had their hair tied up in tight ponytails and were dressed in white dressed that flowed with every movement. Katelyn was also dressed in the same dress that Alice and Kelly were wearing except her blonde hair, which she recently cut to shoulder length and had some temporary colours added for tonight's competition, was down like mine. I was dressed in a black dress.

The music to Adrenaline's dance start, a remix to Bohemian Rhapsody. We all watch silently as Felix and Velvet take the lead in the dance, moving swiftly across the stage. I don't know if watching them made me feel more nervous of pumped to do my absolute best to at least beat them. Their two dance numbers finish and the lights go on as the intermission begins. "Girls!" We turn around to see James, Tristan, Brad and Connor walking over to us.

"You are totally going to win this, those dances are nothing compared to yours." Tristan says.

"But you haven't even seen our dance..." Kelly points out.

"We don't have to to know it's better than all of theirs'." James quickly says, nudging Tris.

"Well good luck. We'll be ready to celebrate your win." Brad says as they walk off back to their seats. Connor didn't look up or say a word the whole time. I could feel many emotions building inside of me, making me want to dance with so much passion. The stage director walks over to us.

"You're on next ladies, good luck." The lights went out and we walk into the stage, getting in position for the first dance. Kelly and Alice had come up with the first dance which worked in with the dance I had planned. We hadn't told them, but the song we were dancing to first was The Vamps' cover of Five Colours In Her Hair. The music starts and I stay still in the background as Katelyn, Alice and Kelly dance in front of me. I didn't start moving till the end where the songs changed.

"And then she went insane." Brad's voice was edited to go all fuzzy and the song cuts off just as I jump over Katelyn as she crouches down. The music is silent as the crowd cheers EXTREMELY loudly.

Here goes nothing. Here goes my group performing a dance completely choreographed by me. Here goes the competition that could make or break us if we win or lose. Here goes the dance that have so many emotions of mine in it.

And I'm about to show everyone.

The music to Avril Lavigne song Nobody's Home starts. I was dancing lead in this dance. The dance was an alternative ballet routine. I move across the stage without much thought in time with the music.

"She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside."

I fall down as I'm supposed to while Katelyn, Kelly and Alice continue to dance.

"Her feelings she hides.
Her dreams she can't find.
She's losing her mind.
She's fallen behind.
She can't find her place.
She's losing her faith.
She's fallen from grace.
She's all over the place."

I hold back my tears which were brought up from the emotion of this song. I hope everyone else can see the emotion as I dance.

The song comes to an end and we get a standing ovation from the audience. I force a smile, even though I feel emotionally and physically drained. We move swiftly off stage and to the dressing room where we will wait for the judges to choose the winner.

We sit in silence. Alice and Kelly were playing a hand game quietly, Katelyn was biting her nails and I was staring at the roof, counting the tiles. Before we knew it the buzzer went off calling everyone back to the stage. We walk in silences. I couldn't help but let out a small hysterical laugh as we stood on stage, it was like on Glee; everything was silent and I couldn't hear the judges speak how everyone had done so well and all that. I was too nervous to comprehend anything.

"And the winner is... Misfits!"

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A/N: I have an English exam in a few hours and I finally found some inspiration for this chapter YAY! Only four chapters left :'(

~Melody~