Picture Perfect

Chapter 24

Mackenzie's POV

I had to go to school the next day. Shawn, Mia and Conner were waiting for me so we could talk about the video. I was going to call Shawn yesterday but I didn't get around to it. I went to bed and fell asleep.

"What was it like?" Mia asked hugging me.

"It was amazing, everyone was really nice," I said.

We started to talk about it and Shawn wanted me to show them some of the dance but I wouldn't. They would have to wait for the video to come out. Sophia had told me that it was going to come out this weekend and I told her that I could come out.

Chloe didn't come up to us which was new but with no competition she had no reason to and she wouldn't know about the video yet.

"We have to have a girls night before you go," Mia said.

"What about me?" Shawn pouted.

"I don't think that you are going to be much help with this one," Mia teased.

She then turned and said something to Conner. I looked at Shawn and I noticed that he was still staring at Mia.

'Snap out of it," I said and clapped my hands in front of his face.

He blinked a couple of times and offered me a sad smile.

"I don't stand a chance, do I?" he asked.

I didn't want to lie to him so I shook my head. He smiled again and then disappeared. Mia turned back to me and noticed that Shawn was no longer standing next to me.

"What happened to Shawn?" Mia asked.

"I don't know, I think he just went to class," I said.

Mia turned away, completely oblivious to the fact that Shawn was in love with her. I thought that it was really obvious but Mia was so wrapped up in Conner that maybe it wasn't.

I found Shawn sitting alone in our Calculus class. I sat down next to him and we didn't say anything. There wasn't anything that needed to be said.

Mia came around on Thursday. My last dance class was at seven so it was only just past eight when I got home. Mia was lying across my bed, texting someone, probably Conner.

"What are you going to be doing in LA?" Mia asked.

"I leave tomorrow night then the video releases at midnight and there is a massive viewing party and then Sophia is performing on Saturday night and we are all dancing there and then I come home on Sunday," I told her.

"You have to take hundreds of photos for me," Mia said.

"I really worried," I admitted.

"Mackenzie, you are an amazing dancer and you are going to blow everyone away," Mia said.

"But what about the all the people?"

"You are going to slay it. You are going be beautiful," Mia said.

I hugged her. Mia offered good support when I needed it. We stopped talking about LA until I realised that I hadn't packed. Mia offered me help and I was pleased.

I grabbed the same duffle bag that I had taken the last two trips. I stuffed some dance clothes into a bag as well as jazz shoes. Mia started grabbed clothes out. She had a much better fashion sense than me but I could do makeup and hair better from all the practice for dance.

"Call me if you ever need the support when you are there."

I arrived in LA at eight pm. I joined everyone else at the arena that we were having the release there. I was ushered straight into hair and makeup where Sophia already was. She smiled at me and she started to talk about her week after I asked her.

I had my hair slightly curled but apart from that it was left alone. My makeup was light and then I got handed a dress. I was wearing a black dress that reached my knees. It had blue, pink and purple spots on it that were not really spots. I was wearing black lace heels with laces that went up to mid shin.

Sophia was wearing a navy blue dress. It had silver straps and a silver belt thing around her waist. It then had silver sparkles down that dress, and more towards the bottom. She was wearing it with silver heels and her hair was up in a ponytail.

We hugged each other and I threw on a necklace and pair of earrings before joining the boys in the hallway. They were all wearing nice jeans and shirt. There were people still flooding into the arena. There was a red carpet outside and a lot of people with cameras.

"Ready for this," Sophia asked me.

"Ready as I'll ever be."

Sophia and I linked arms and started to walk along the carpet. The cameras started flashing and people started yelling questions at us. Most of them you couldn't hear because they were talking over each other. The only question I could hear was, "Who is the girl?"

Sophia smiled at all the cameras and doesn't tell them anything. We all pose for photos and then there is a couple with just me and Sophia before we all walked into the arena. People started screaming as we walked up onto the stage.

Sophia grabbed a microphone and started to introduce the video. She introduced us all one by one and I noticed that a lot of people knew who I was.

Numbers started coming up on the screen. The audience was calling out the numbers as I counted down from ten. We were all looking at the screen as the video started. I hadn't seen the final product was so I was watching.

It started with me and Tom. The warehouse scenes looked beautiful in the dark as the focus was just on the dancing. The group parts also looked amazing because everyone performed so well and the dancing was incredible.

Sophia started to talk at the end of the video. She thanked everyone that helped create the video and she thanked all us dancers.

"And thanks to Mackenzie because she really helped me become more confident with my dancing and she is an amazing person," Sophia added at the end.

I hugged her tightly and she smiled.

We didn't get out of the arena for another hour because Sophia kept getting asked for autographs and eventually the security just said that we had to leave. Sophia and I were sharing a room again. I collapsed on the bed and Sophia laughed.

"Ready for the performance tomorrow?" she asked.

"I hope so."

"I have something that I want to do for you too."

"Sophia you don't have to. You have done so much for me already."

"I don't care, I'm going to."

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