Words I Never Said (Luke korns fanfic)

Chapter 29

Madelyn's POV

I get down with all of my group dances and it's the shows break, everybody floods out of the auditorium to go use the restroom or get a snack or a drink, I change into my duet costume and sit at my mirror, I start fixing up my makeup, a boyfriend of some girl comes in the dressing room and surprises his girlfriend with flowers, I watch them through the mirror and then stare at my makeup as I hear her scream and start crying. Wow. Wish that was Luke. I stand up and grab my phone out of my bag and walk out of the dressing room, I walk down a dark hallway and search for service, I reach service and stand against the wall waiting for my phone to turn on. When it finally does, no texts and no calls from Luke. I slide my back down the wall until I hit the floor and then sit there for a few seconds staring at my phone. I go through my contacts slowly scrolling down until I reach Luke. I click on the contact and stare at it for a while before calling it.

Ring

Ring

Ring

Ring

Sorry, Luke korns, is not available right now, please hang up and try later or leave a message after the beep.

And then it beeps.

"Hey Luke.. It's Madelyn.. I hope everything back at home is okay.. I'm getting ready to go on for the duet.. Uh.. I really miss you.." I choke on the last four little words.

"If you could give me a call sometime.. That'd be great.. Thanks.. Love you.." I hang up the phone. I must've called a million times already. But I don't care. I'm worried sick. I make my way back down the dark hallway until I reach the door of the dressing room again.  I open the door slowly and over to my mirror, I stick my phones away again and then I take a seat and finish up my makeup. I finish up my makeup and then walk out and walk up the stage stairs reaching the backstage, the second half of the show has already started, which is good I got here in time because we're the next dance. I look around searching for my duet partner, I finally spot him and rush over to him

"Hey" I say

"Hey" he says

"Don't be nervous, we'll do great.." I tell him watching the panic in his eyes.

"I'm not" he laughs nervously

"Yeah, ok" I say and we take our positions to get ready to go onto stage. The audience applauds the dance that's currently on stage and once they exit the stage we enter. We take our places and I take a deep breathe and close my eyes until I hear the music start. For a split second I feel like I'm forgetting the whole dance, but before I know it, my feet start taking over and instantly I remember it all, I think back to the time when we started learning this duet, just me and Luke. Nobody else. The way I danced in anger towards him. The history we have is .. Complicated. But a good complicated, I want him. I want him here on stage with me even though he can't dance. He makes a fool of himself and it makes me laugh, it makes me smile, it makes me happy.

**

the crowd applauds and I get up off the floor and walk off stage.

"That was so good Oh my gravy" my duet partner squeals hugging me tight and spinning me around, I can't help but laugh and hug back

"It was" I tell him even though I wasn't even paying attention to the dance, I was paying attention to Luke. Whoops. He lets go off me and runs off to his dressing room, I walk down the stage stairs and down to the dressing room, as I enter the dressing room I instantly feel the cold air hit me and i remember suddenly what it feels like to be a dancer, it's that feeling that no matter what you're going through during the day, it takes your mind off of it and it makes you feel better about yourself. I start taking off my costume and hang it back properly on its rack, I take off my solo costume, my last dance for the night, I slip on the costume and look at myself in the mirror. It's beautiful, it's everything I've ever dreamt of me wearing, dancing for an audition for the company, even though I'm only a freshman and it's impossible for freshman to get in, it's still an audition for me, anytime dancing for other people, it's an audition. I slide on my footies and then make my way backstage once again, but this is for the last time. My dance teacher is standing backstage watching the dance that is currently onstage, I stand beside her and watch the dancers dancing.

"I'm so proud of you, you've grown so much being here.." She whispers to me

"I don't feel like I have" I say staring onstage

"well you have, you've not only grown as a dancer. But also as a person." She says hugging me and I hug back instantly

"Thank you.. For everything.." I tell her realizing this is probably the last time I'll see her until next school year.

"You've got no idea kid, how blessed I am to have met you." She tells me and I smile small

"Now go do your solo before you make me cry" she says pulling out of the hug and wiping tears from her eyes. I smile and walk onto the stage and hit my position.

**

I do my last turn and land onto the ground, the music stops and the crowd goes wild, the most they ever have, I stand up, bow, and walk off the stage, as soon as I hit the back of the stage, I squeal very loudly and hug my dance teacher crying hard, I started crying on stage during my dance because I felt so connected to the song and the dance, I felt that it was the best performance I've ever done in my life, she hugs me back Crying just as hard. We stand there hugging and crying and people are probably staring at us like we are a bunch of freaks but I couldn't care less at this point, after a while I pull away and then walk downstairs to the dressing room,  I get greeted by a group of people and they all hug me and tell me how good I did, I thank them as I'm still crying, once I get around to hugging everyone, I take a look at myself in my mirror and I get a big smile on my fact that I haven't had forever, I take a makeup wipe and fix up my makeup that's running and then I change into a sun dress and some flip flops and then I take out my hair and let it go since I won't be on stage at all anymore tonight.

**

Once the show ends, I pull all my costumes and bags up the stairs until I hit the lobby, I look around until I spot my mom and my brother standing in a corner with Kirby and Jenny, I make my way through the large crowds but someone steps in front of me stopping me

"Hi, Libby Strosser?" The lady standing in front of me asks

"Uh.. No.. Sorry" I say frowning in confusion

"No, I'm asking if you know where she is" the lady asks with hope in her eyes, she looks like she's been through a lot with bags under her eyes.

"No ma'am I'm sorry, Libby Strosser you said..?" I ask again trying to think of the name

"Yes.. My daughter Libby. Nobody has seen her in months and I was hoping she would be here, she loves dance. Very much." She tells me as the hope she once had in her eyes starts to drain.

"Oh.. Well I'm sorry but I'm not sure who she is." I say

"Susan..?" My dance teachers mom walks over in surprise.

"Kourtney" the lady says with relief in her voice and they hug

"What are you doing here for?" My dance teacher mom asks the lady, Susan I guess her name is.

"Looking for Libby, have you seen her?" She asks with some hope peeking again.

"Oh honey.. Didn't you hear...?" Mrs kourtney starts to tell Susan.

"Hear what..?" She asks

"She died in a car wreck last week.. They brought her into the ER but it was to late.." She breaks the news, wow that must hurt. I think back to when I got taken into the hospital last week, Luke told me about seeing a girl that was being brought in who looked like she got in a car wreck.. I bet that was her.

"I am so sorry but I really have to go.. I'm sorry for The loss.." I say and then push my way over to my mom, brother, Kirby and Jenny

"Good job oh my gosh!" Kirby and Jenny squeal hugging me tightly, I hug them back and thank them and then we all start talking about the performance that just happened.