Double Treble (Book 1 of the Ava and Mia Series)

Chapter 10

I start right on the music. "Stamp roll heel roll heel stamp tip 2 3 4 5 click and click treble hop back up click down treble up and stomp Stomp stomp" and I loose my self in the music. My lead and last steps are my favorites but Miss Kelly just changed my 2nd step a week ago so I'm afraid I'm going to mess up. I'm finishing up my left foot of my lead and I see Becky out of the corner of my eye coming closer. I can't run into traffic again. That happened last year and I almost didn't recall.

"Focus Ava. Okay 2nd step" I say to my self, "Up down up down stomp
Up down up down stomp Stamp Tip 2345
birdie Double click down. Yes!" I nail my double click and breeze through the rest of the step And left foot. Milas is like right next to me so I hope she moves so I don't hit her.

"Let's go Ava last step hit these clicks" I think going into my final hardshoe step of the 2015 oireachtas, "Click down Click down Stamp Tip 2 3 Spin jump Tip 2 3 4 5 Click and click Stamp up click down." I make sure to bring all of my clicks up to my face. It may be the last step but I can't loose energy. " Treble down front toe in out in Stamp treble hop back toe." I point my toe and bow beaming. I think that was the best I've ever danced. we wait for the judge to ring the bell, trying to catch our breath as much as me can. *ding* we point our toe again now to the judges and the musicians and file off. "Great job guys! Even though I couldn't see much of your steps im sure you were amazing!"

I say to Becky and Mila. We all go our separate ways to our parents and teachers to wait for our soft shoe round. I go over to where my mom, Sadje and Miss Kelly are sitting and they all say it was the best I've ever danced. I even got complements from other moms I've never seen or met. Sadie wants to go and sit with Megan so I bring her over so I can hang with Mila and she's sitting with a lady with bright purple hair and a lady I guess is her mom and Mrs. Collins. She introduces me to the purple haired lady. Her name is Razz and she's one of the teachers. We look through the program book and chat quietly and then Chloe is up. She seems to be dancing good but she missed a bunch of clicks and you can tell. After she missed the first one, her radiant smile turned into a scowl. She did even come over to Jazz or Mila she stomped over to her mom who was a few rows back. Then it was Mias turn. She walks out with a ginger in a green dress and a blonde in a blue and orange flowery dress. Mila leans over and whispers "the girl in the flowery dress is Lucy." And I whisper back "the girl In the middle is my twin." Jazz leans over to Mrs.Collins and whispers something I can't hear to her. I take Milas hand and we're both squeezing them tight as Lucy and Mia dance.

They both dance really well. Jazz leans forward and tells me that she's only in prizewinner. I think they'll both recall. I see my mom motioning for me to come over and I hug Mila and say Bye to her mom, Razz, Megan and Mrs.Collins. I bring Sadie back over and change into my soft shoes. Re-apply my lipstick and put back on my dress and I go backstage with Mila and Becky. We sit in seats like before and then we're called to go on the stairs for our reel. I did have a pixie stick before I came on and I felt a buzz going through my veins.

Miss Kelly said I covered the stage well enough during my treble jigs but I need the extra energy for reel. Once again we're going out into the bright lights and we hear the musicians start our 8 bar count. We point our toe and start.