Love Soaked In Rain

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝟗 || 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲

We've reached Washington last night.

The hotel where we are standing now is fully booked. Those who came here like us are not getting any rooms now. Gladfully we had already booked our room. This hotel is the nearest from the venue. So we had booked the rooms here. It'll be easier for us to go there any time. After the manager gave us our room keys, we immediately went. We rest for a while as all of us are tired after a long flight journey. Our room is specially built. This room is a special side of this hotel, only to be booked by a large members of family or friends. As we are a thirteen members group, we definitely need this room to stay together.

Our competition is in the evening. After lunch,we have practiced for the last time before appearing to the final stage.
I am kind of nervous. This is my first time,performing in any international competition, organising outside of Texas and with the most famous group. I scare, if our performance ruins just because of my any silly mistakes?  How will I show them my face? Hell- it can't happen!

We are standing in the backside of the stage.  We'll be called soon.  As a leader, Ivan is inspiring us, advising us what to do and what to not while performing. Now I can understand how it felt while performing before with my team,when my teammates became nervous at all and I was like "Why are you guys so nervous huh? Bring confidence?"

I can feel it all, badly.

"Are you nervous Emily?" Ivan asks out of nowhere.
Why he's asking me individually?
"Umm..uh.. Yes!"
"It's okay to be. But don't let it swallow you. I know, you are panicking now but you are surely going to slay on the stage,right?"
He winks at me. I laugh, maybe he's right.
"I'll try my best."
"You can do the best, I know." He mutters with a satisfying smile.

Every action he does, is making me fall for him crazily!

We have to go now. The MC has called us. All of us start to show up on the stage from the backside. When I was avout to go, Ivan grips my hand all of a sudden. I look behind hesitantly. He's watching me with infatuation.

"All the best, Emily. We will be the winner!"
He wishes with a lot of hopes. I just smile, as a reply to his wish. Then we also go to the stage, while he was holding my hand.

My heart is pounding.
This is not the right time! 
Emily, focus!

As we show up on the stage, all audience start to scream together to cheer us. And then, we start to perform on the stage.
Or start to slay on the stage.

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Our performance ends half an hour ago.

The result will be published the day after tomorrow. We have a lot of things to do here as four days left to stay here. Our main competition has been done. Now the Salsa is left, happening on the fourth day. So we have nothing to do here now,but roaming around the city and enjoying.

We are roaming around the street foods area now. It's been a couple of weeks since I hadn’t tasted street foods. After our performance, I am even more hungry now. So we decide to order some foods in a popular street shop.

We are gossiping, while our orders has been reached out to us. The taste of streets foods,my God! I can't ignore. This is the yummiest Nachos I've ever had in my life.
In the end of our chat, Sid had a phone call so he left earlier. His girlfriend called him. As we were talking about his girlfriend, we suddenly step into relationship terms. Meanwhile Laura asks all of a sudden "Ivan, may I know what's your ideal type? "

I don’t know but I think Laura kind of likes Ivan. She always becomes sticky to him.

Ivan didn’t change his expression,  he was peacefully eating his sliced pizza. After putting the last slice of the pizza, he answers back to her.
"Is it mandatory to know my type, Laura?"
"No,not like that. I was about to ask others. But thought to ask you first."
"Hmm." He mumbles,while drinking the soda.
"Well, as you know, I wasn’t even engaged to any relationships before. So, I don't have any ideas about girls or girls type."