Lucy's POV
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Mom unlocks the door to our hotel room and the moment it shuts, the fake smile I've been putting on since awards goes away. I put my box with crystal down on the tv stand and take off my sash and put it in my suitcase. I don't even want to see it... Ugh it was such a bad day... Yeah I got 5th but I tied with 2 other people who had never been on the podium before and I was 2nd last year. The top 3 shouldn't have been them... It should have been me up on top! I had so many people tell me I was the better dancer today! I go straight into the bathroom to wash off all my makeup and hairspray then change into sweatpants and a tanktop and go straight into my bed even though mom is still up.
"Lucy stop acting like a brat. There are girls who would dream to have been 5th. So stop pouting and acting like you were last in the recall."
"It's embarrassing Mom! I was supposed to win!"
"Well you didn't, I get you're upset, but what example are you setting for all the girls back home that look up to you."
"I don't care what they think! They'll think I'm great no matter what!"
"Well you need to take a few steps back and get a bit humble."
"What ever mom... you don't even understand." I say and then turn off the light on my side and roll over away from her. I don't go asleep right away though. I go onto Instagram and it's flooded with awards pictures and pictures of Ava and Isabel and Brynn. Last year that was me! And now I'm just in 5th! None of them deserved that. It seems like Ava never works. Her name alone gives her titles. Isabel wasn't even that good today! I don't get how she got an almost perfect Slip Jig score. It was cringe-worthy! Brynn did her last 2 rounds with a broken foot. Can we all say pity points? And the fact that I tied with 2 other people for 5th... that makes it even worse. Like yay you got 5th, which is the last one to podium so it sucks, but you have to share it with two other people.
I go onto snapchat and there's all these dance accounts posting results. I see that Adelaide posted on her story and it's her, Violet, Isabel and Ava all at the restaurant in the hotel... What? They're hanging out without me? Ugh that just makes me more pissed! I put my phone away on the nightstand and roll over and try to sleep away the anger...
