Words I Never Said (Luke korns fanfic)

Chapter 28

Madelyn's POV

Bun, hairspray, Bobby pins, costumes, makeup, shoes. I go through my list of things as I sit out my bags at my dressing table, I'm in the dressing room of the place where we are performing. It is finally here, the day we have all waited for all year. We Are going to be dancing for our friends and family who are in the audience as well as some company owners, these company owners are watching for some dancers that they might want to invest in and have them in their company, a company is a dance academy basically, but it's setting you up to be a professional dancer, and I've always dreamed of being in the company. I am only a freshman this year though and they usually take juniors. But that's okay, my mom and brother are watching and that's all that matters, mom can finally see how much being here has Paid off for me. I grab my phone out of my bag and look at it,  still not a single texts from Luke. The whole time he's been gone I've only  heard from him with a few boring one worded texts, I look at my phone again, maybe it's because I don't have service down here In the dressing room, I stand up and walk passed giggling girls out to the hallway and then I start walking around trying to find a signal.

"Madelyn!" Paul, my new duet partner calls at me as he paces over to me

"What paul?" I say with annoyance in my voice

"Should we maybe.. Rehearse.. Before show time?" He asks

"No. If this dance flunks it's going to be you. I've worked this dance out with Luke and we did just fine." I say snapping at him, usually I'm not rude like this but I'm starting to get irritated and worried that I haven't heard from luke still. Paul sighs a big sigh at me

"Fine. Well go through it but we better hurry, people are starting to come in and I need to start getting ready" I say grabbing him by the hand and dragging him up steep stairs until we get back stage, we walk out onto the stage since the curtain is down and nobody in the audience can see us, I sit my phone down with the music on gently so only we can hear it, and we go through it.

"I told you it would be fine" I tell Paul as we finish, I stand up grabbing my phone and fan myself with my hand for a few seconds as I try to catch my breathe.

"Yeah I guess, it's just nerve racking to dance with such an amazing dancer like you" Paul tells me smiling

"Paul. I'm taken. You know this." I sigh and walk back down the stairs

"But I was just trying to..." I hear him call after me but slowly fade as I get to the bottom of the stairs and walk into the dressing room. I decide to shut my phone off because I don't want any distractions, I stuff it into the bottom of my bag and then start to get my makeup done, after my makeup is dark and well applied I look at the schedule to see what dance I'm in is first, it's our group lyrical dance, then it's our group hip hop, group ballet, group jazz, group tap, group contemporary, duet, solo. 

Great. My solo is last. Sigh.

I get changed into my correct costume and then make sure to body tape it to my body so it won't fall down during the performance. I grab my iPod that has all of my music of the dances I'm doing in it and put my headphones into the iPod, I turn up the volume a little bit more and then walk out of the dressing room, I walk around hallways trying to find an open place where I can make sure and stretch out, I finally do. It's quiet and nobody's in sight. I just have to make sure and make it backstage on time so they don't start without me. I sit onto the ground, put my legs out in front of me and stretch.

After stretching for a little while I stand up and walk back to the dressing room, everyone is still getting ready but also some people are already heading backstage, I decide I'll be a good girl and go back stage even if it is early so that I'm not late like I am to everything. I walk up the steep stairs once again and reach the backstage area. There are people practicing turns and leaps on the stage since the curtain pulled down, then there is also other people who are just sitting there... Asleep? ... Okay no I saw an eye open their awake.

"Alright Can everybody get in a prayer circle please?" We hear out dance teacher say loud and clear to all of us and as she does, a bunch of others who were still in the dressing room come zooming up. We all say prayers and hug and wish each other luck. We then all get in our starting places as the curtain begins to go up and music starts playing

I know I'm home.