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Beyonce's POV:
After helping the parents and getting lunch for the squad and having lunch, everyone started to come down to the competition space. Megan and Nicki came in and sat with us and Megan pulled out her phone to record and I felt Nicki grab my hand that was between us. I smiled at her and gave her a hug and kiss on the cheek. I asked how lunch was and she smiled and told me about a café and some good food that they had and that she couldn't wait to have another hot cocoa. Padre' leaned over and spoke quietly tell Nicki not to have too much sugar so it wouldn't make her sick or wind up the babies. Nicki sighed and nodded and I frowned at Padre' and shook my head. She asked 'What?' and Megan spoke and told her that it was good that she wanted to keep Nicki on a healthy track but one hot cocoa wasn't going to send her into a junk food spiral. Nicki left to got to the bathroom and me and Megan got on Padre' a little bit to be mindful considering Nicki was barely eating enough calories in a day and still was in a shaky headspace due to everything that happened. She apologized but said that Nicki really didn't need the sugar and didn't know a better way to say it. Megan told her to tell it to her so she could relay the message in a softer way. Padre' had a tendency to be blunt and isn't always soft with her words.
Padre' nodded and apologized and Megan got up to check on Nicki. I rubbed Padre' knee and told her that I knew that she just wanted Nicki to be healthy. Megan came back with Nicki who still looked upset and didn't look at us and just sat on the bleacher seat lower than Megan between her legs. Megan rubbed her shoulders and the competition started. We awed at the baby cheerleaders and remembered the girls being that small. The girls have been cheering since they were seven and it brought back memories. Soon our girls came up and we cheered and waved our pom sticks excited to see them. They did good and made it to the final round even with Giselle going out of bounds on a flip. We all looked at each other as the girls finished up and exited the mat and saw Giselle's face looking like she was going to cry. Giselle always took it so hard when she messed up especially would affect the whole team or her siblings.
Nicki got up and went to the back where she went and I followed telling Megan to film Honey and Blue for me as they had a special stunt performance. In the back, Nicki was hugging Giselle in a private corner as she cried in her shoulder. I walked over and hugged them both as I rubbed Giselle's shoulder and Nicki comforted Giselle and told her that she wasn't off by much and that they made up for it with her two stunts. I added that Giselle kept smiling which also is good for points. Giselle calmed down after a few more minutes and Gia came over to check on her and bring her some water. Giselle was like Nicki where she was really critical of her work and wouldn't even submit her songs to her music teacher if she felt like it wasn't right. Nicki and I helped her fix her makeup and we went back to watch the competition. Thankfully we didn't miss Blue and Honey's stunt performance as the judges needed to review a score card and the mats needed to be wiped as someone spilled a soda on it.
Honey and Blue and the stunt squad did great even though I was on pins and needles as I was praying in my head they didn't get hurt. Thankfully, everyone was okay, they got a standing ovation. I smiled at Megan as we noticed Honey rubbing her knee as she got off the mat. Megan mentioned that Honey was supposed to wrap her knee but wanted her to do it. I told her to go run and do it so she won't make it worse. Megan nodded and left and Padre' said Honey was due to go have it looked at again and I nodded. A person came by with concessions and I got a popcorn and asked Nicki if she wanted a cotton candy, her favorite. She looked like she wanted to drool looking at the pink and blue spun sugar in a bag before looking away and shaking her head 'No'. I paid for my popcorn and shot Padre' a 'you fucked up' look and she sighed and moved down to talk to Nicki, even apologizing which Nicki accepted but we knew she was still mad. That midget could hold a grudge and her being pregnant and holding a grudge wasn't a joke.
I shared my popcorn with them both before Megan came back saying she got Honey's knee wrapped and even wrapped Gia's ankle on her request. Megan asked how Nicki's healing broken fingers were and she shrugged and said they weren't hurting much and thanked her for wrapping them this morning. Megan had some of my popcorn as we turned our attention back to the girls. After another hour of competition, our girls came in first place to our surprise and second in the stunt category. We cheered and whistled, and I got teary eyed seeing the girls lift the trophy. Padre' rubbed my arm and said she wanted to take the girls out for dinner and told me that she texted them to meet us in the front.
