Brave

Lucky Charm

|Eldon's P O V|
Superstar dance, where have I heard that name before?
"Who is Superstar dance?" James asks me, I honestly am just as clueless as him.
"I'm Superstar dance, well I'm the male soloist for them."
Daniel walks up to us, a smug smile on his face, "Looks like it's me and you again Eldon."
It's weird to see Daniel again, he left a few months ago because of me, but he still kept my secret, so I have mixed feelings about this guy.
"Oh and I heard about you and Hunter by the way, congrats."
I'm still confused, "How did you hear about that?" I ask, I never told him about that...
"Giselle told me, she said that you said something to James about me knowing already. I don't know, anyways, I'll see you on the stage."
Daniel smirks then walks away.
"I'll never be able to figure that guy out man." James states, I shrug my shoulders, "Whatever, I better just get prepared to beat him." I say, I can't let Daniel get to me, he's great and all, but I know I can beat him again.
"You got this dude, go get ready for your solo, I need to meet with Riley."
James gives me a pat on the back then leaves to find Riley, I head to my dressing room, I can do this, I've worked so hard on this solo and I know I'm going to win, I have to win.
I walk in and Hunter is inside, browsing through his phone.
"Hey, what are you doing in here?"
Hunter looks up from his phone,
"Oh, I was waiting for you."
I smile, "Why?"
Hunter walks towards me,
"To wish you luck, your solo is in half an hour. Win for me alright?"
"Alright."
Hunter kisses me, with a quick taste of his lips and just being with him right now, instantly I feel twenty times as ready to dance, for him.
He grabs my hand, "Good luck, see you out there."
Hunter leaves the dressing room, and I start to get ready, Daniel won't know what hit him.

Watching Daniel dance isn't getting to me, I'm in the zone, I'm ready to beat him, hard.
As Daniel walks off stage I am still completely in my zone, I head onto the stage, my adrenaline is going, I'm ready to dance.
My music starts, I dance like I've never danced before, I feel amazing, I take a quick look at the wings, Hunter is cheering for me, my studio is cheering for me, the audience is cheering for me,  I've never felt so alive.
I take one last breath.
Waiting for the winner to be announced is the scariest part of this, I can really feel the nerves now.
I look over at Daniel, he looks more nervous than I do, even if he does win, I'm still proud of myself for dancing that well.
"The Next Step."
I won, all I hear is applause, Daniel walks off the stage angrily, and I walk off to see my studio, I am so, so proud of myself, I won for everyone, I won for Hunter, I won for myself.
I'm surrounded by people hugging me, cheering my name, it's a bit overwhelming. I look at Hunter who is smiling proudly at me, I walk up to him and hug him tight, I couldn't have won without him.

|Hunter's P O V|
Our small group is in a few hours, I'm so glad I got to work on it with my close friends... and Eldon.
"You guys ready for this?" West asks,
we all nod,
"Totally, we're gonna kill it. Make Luther proud." James states with confidence.
I feel like I'm the weak link for this group, which I am, but I'm so afraid of messing up and disappointing the whole team.
"Yo Hunter, you okay man?"
I look up at James and nod my head, I must've zoned out thinking.
"Yeah, yeah I'm good."  I respond.
"You sure?" James asks.
"Yeah, I'm just a bit nervous, that's all."

Waiting off stage is making me so nervous, I've never felt this nervous. It's not like there's ten of us up there, it's just us four. I've never performed on stage with just four people, I'm scared out of my mind.
"Hunter you'll be fine." Eldon says, his hand on my shoulder, his touch seems to calm me down.
I don't know how Eldon does it, he performed on stage alone.
I could never do that, he's so brave,
"That's easy for you to say, you just nailed a solo."
Eldon laughs, "Stop thinking about it, just get in the zone. I love you okay, you can do it."
All I got from that sentence was 'I love you'
Suddenly it's time to go on stage, arsuddenly I'm on stage, this is all happening so fast.
I get into formation, the lights are bright, aimed right on stage, I can barely see the audience through that stupid light.
The music starts, I naturally start to do the routine, my adrenaline is through the roof, every move successfully I make is one small achievement in itself.
The music ends, I'm still on the high of performing and being on stage, but it suddenly hits me. He said he loves me.
The other group walks onto the stage.
He loves me.
The winner is about to be announced.
He really loves me.
"The Next Step."
Eldon truly really loves me, I didn't know we were at that point in our relationship. I love him too-
The sudden wave of applause interrupts my thoughts, we won, we actually won, he loves me, we won, I won.
The walk back to the dressing room was long, I just want to kiss Eldon right now, but I think that has to wait until later, I don't want to have this moment in front of a bunch of people in a change room.
Until then, maybe I should focus on Nationals, in two days we perform as a group, I know that's not for sure yet, but James and Riley have a great duet, and Michelle is just amazing.
I really think we're going to win Nationals, together,