two doors down

the competition

y/n pov

the drive to the city was only around an hour and monica and her mum were talking but i was to in my head to notice. i sat staring out the window mindlessly playing with the fabric of my jeans. people from school could show up and see this, theres going to be many people from different schools and plenty of solo entries. but this isnt even the biggest competition, the ones after this are so much bigger. and i really cant handle a lot of people. a lot of judgy people too.

before i knew it the car came to a stop at the place where the competition was being held. tons of cars lined the street as the car park was full. plus the number of people parked on the grass beside the car park. 

her mum found a park in an underground parking of a near building that was free parking. the 3 minute walk to the place was full of just me analyzing all the people bustling around. half were waiting outside for the show to start whereas the other half were being let in as competitors. 

"come on girls" we were urged closer to the people at the front desk as monicas mum had to leave us at the door, she explained she will find us when we can and call if we need her to get anything from the canteen. monica went first handing her copy of the form over to ensure she was placed in all the right categories before it was my turn. 

it took longer for the ladys to check my stuff off and i didnt realise how many sir had signed me up for as well as the ones i picked. there was atleast 20. so many chances to fail. 

once we got our coloured wristbands we made it inside instantly walking over to sir who was wheeling in our statues on this trolly thing. he smiled and led us over to where we both had our art. 

this competition you have to put all your art in your section and watch as judges walked around looking and well judging your work. i was so glad monica and i were stationed next to eachother. atleast for the first hour or two. then we go our separate ways. only to meet up at the end of the day for awards. i dont know why it worked like that but then again i had never actually been to a art competition. 

after we were all set up sir went off with the other supervisors to a brunch in the courtyard or something as the public was being let in. 

i instantly started to tense up as people walked past some of my stuff. i didnt like watching their reactions. monica mustve noticed as she came over to stand next to me grabbing my hand. "just wait for the judges to come past then we can look at other peoples" she assured me. 

so we sat on the plastic chairs behind the stand throwing a tennis ball between eachother as crowds passed around us not giving us a second glance but staring at our work. 

"woah look at this one" i heard a familar voice. i looked up from our makeshift game getting hit in the knee with the ball in the process and see scarlett, looking at one of my paintings. 

rose, who was next to her, looked up from it and saw me looking at them. she smiled doing a small wave in my direction before scarlett looked up. "heyy its you! i want to thank you again for helping find cosmo the other day, how are you?" she asked walking closer. 

"really its okay" i shook my head with a smile. "but im good" i lie "just nervous" i shrugged. 

"don't be, kid these paintings and stuff look amazing i might just buy some if thats something your up to" she said seriously. i was shocked. i never thought about selling my art before. it would really help me get what i needed in life as my father wasnt really much help. 

"oh- yeah, sure" i said scratching the back of my neck. she nodded with a smile and we finished the conversation before they both moved on looking around. 

i was scratching and my hand again when monica seperates my hands and passes me a bottle of water. "honey calm down, okay theres the judges we can almost go walk around" i nervously took a sip of the water as 4 judges walked over to our station. 

"y/n y/n?" one of them asked with a smile. i gave a weak smile and nodded standing there hopelessly whatching as they wrote things on their little cards. "can you tell us a bit about your art?" the same one asked. i started explaining the different themes and ideas for the pieces they wanted and they seemed very intrigued. 

3 of the judges then skipped monicas as she introduced herself to the other two. she was alot more calm than i was and when they left she waved and walked back over to me. "and thats the first round done, see that wasnt that bad lets go for a walk before the next round starts" 

a/n

anyone else absolutely chug water after eating chocolate or like something sweet

anyway how was your day my beautiful peoples