Love In The Backstage

Chapter 3

Ellie's POV
"It's my turn now." Laura says taking a deep breath.

"Good luck. I'm sure you will be great!" I say and pat her back in an unlady like way.

"Thank you!" she says as she rushes into the auditorium nervously. I watch her performance from the big window. She's so talented and she takes high notes effortlessly.

"Jealous aren't we?" A familiar voice asks me and I chuckle.

"I'm not jealous. I admire her. That's all." I reply calmly without giving him a glance.

I see him move closer from the corner of my eye and I take a step further. I don't like him this close to me. Nobody dares to come this close to me but even if they try they end up with black eyes and broken noses. He once again tries to approach me but with one move I grab the hem of his shirt and push him away.

"No boy comes this close to me. Got it?" I ask him and his eyes twinkle with amusement. I release him and he takes a step back.

"You'll change your mind sooner or later." he says smirking and turns to leave.

"I'm sorry what did you say? I have an ear disease called I don't give a fuck." I say smiling to myself . He stops in his tracks and turns to glance at me for a moment.

"Good one." he says as he leaves the room.

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"What was that?" My dad asks me calmly and I look at him confused. Isn't he angry or disappointed?

"I wanted to be a little rebellious. That's all.." I say looking away.

"I liked it to be honest." He says taking me by surprise and I turn my attention back at him.

"What?" I ask him utterly surprised and he smiles at me. Okay.. That's weird.

"See you in the auditorium in 5' " he says and turns to leave. Doesn't he care? I mean he should be yelling at me right now for my behavior but contrariwise he said he liked it. He should be worried about me.

"Ellie?" Laura's voice distracts me from my thoughts and I turn to look at her.

"Yeah?" I ask her faking a smile and she looks at me in disbelief.

"Aren't you coming to the auditorium? They're going to announce the results." she says and I nod.

"Let's go." I say grabbing her arm and lead her to the auditorium where all the contestants are waiting impatiently to see if they made it in the top 25. This is their chance to be one step closer to signing on the music industry.

This is the place where their dream is going to be reality or the place that is going to destroy their hopes of becoming successful. We take our spots at the back and wait for the judges to call our names. Or leave. One of the judges takes the microphone and speaks with bitterness lacing in her voice.

"We have made our decision. Everyone who made it on the top 25 deserves it. The others are just untalented people with no personality." Ouch. Is she for real?

"I'm just kidding." she says laughing at her own joke.

"Okay. I'm going to call the names of the contestants who made it." she says and Laura squeezes my hand.

"The names are: Franco Cello, Lily Then,..." We are on number 17 and neither of us heard her name yet. My heart starts to beat faster. Number 20.

"Ellie Lockhart." I hear my name and I sigh in relief. I made it. I can't believe I did it. Number 23.

"Laura Patti." Laura made it too!

"Oh my gosh! We made it!" Laura whisper-yells in my ear and we jump up and down excitedly. Number 25.

"Alex Theoheart." We hear the last name and some of the contestants who didn't make it start crying and pull their hair in frustration.

"Alex Theoheart? Do you know him?" Laura asks smirking and I shake my head.

"Did someone say my name?" The jerk makes his way towards us.

"You!" I say pointing my finger at him. He's Alex Theoheart! Fuck. He made it too.

"Me!" he repeats mocking me. I glare at him and Laura tugs at my arm.

"Aren't you going to introduce me to your cute friend?" Laura asks and I laugh.

"He's not cute!" I protest whining.

"I'm not her friend." We both say at the same time.

"I'm Alex. Nice to meet you." He introduces himself and winks at Laura who's blushing furiously. I roll my eyes at her but she doesn't seem to notice because she's preoccupied by Mr. Jerk.

"Laura." she says slyly and shakes his extended hand. He smiles back at her and I feel like I'm going to throw up in any minute.
"How come a cute girl like you be friends with her ." he says looking me up and down disapprovingly.

"Go to hell." I snap angrily at him .

"That's what I was talking about." He says and chuckles. I want to punch him but that will get me out of the competition so I should ignore him. Or maybe not.

"There's something in your ugly face that I can't stand." I say and nudge Laura with my elbow laughing uncontrollably. Laura looks at me weirdly and raises her eyebrow.

"It's called jealousy." Alex says proudly and Laura laughs.

"Seriously?" I ask glaring at Laura who has a guilty expression all over her face. I huff and start walking away. I hear them calling my name but I ignore them.

If she thinks he's funny then she should stay with him. I rush out of the building but when I open the door someone spills his drink at me.

"What's wrong with you? Are you blind?" I yell to the person. I look up at him and see my dad. Oh no..

"Ellie? Are you okay?" My dad asks concerned and I nod.

"Perfect. I just want to go home." I say walking past him but he blocks my way.

"Wait! The top 25 are going to stay in houses with other contestants." He says and my mouth drops to the floor.

"You have to be kidding me!" I say hoping he will say he's just joking but by the look on his face I already know the answer . He shakes his head no and I sigh.

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