The Ziegler Zone (Sequel to Living Together)

Chapter 14

Mackenzie's POV

"I'll see you tomorrow, Brynny." I hug her and she smiles.

"Bye." I walk out with Maddie and mom and she drives to the girls' school.

"How was your Friday, girls?" Mom asks.

"It was really fun. We watched a bunch of movies and ate popcorn and pizza and juice." Sophie says.

"You can talk?" I ask.

"Yeah! Of course I can." She says.

"I'm just kidding, Soph. I helped you learn."

"Oh." She giggles.

"Are you ready for competition tomorrow?"

"I guess. I'm just sad that Brynn can't be in the dance."

"I know. But at least now you have a solo in the dance."

"Yeah. That's good. I thought she was gonna make someone else come to the front to do the aerial."

"Me too. But now you get to do it by yourself."

"You already said that, mom."

"Oh. Did I?"

"Yes. You did." Maddie says.

The Next Day: Competition

5:00 am

"Everyone ready to go?" Mom says.

"Yeah. Hurry up. Were supposed to be there at 5:30." Maddie says.

"I know when we're supposed to be there." Mom says as we get in the car.

15 Minutes Later

We get to the studio and Abby calls us to the bus.

"Old school travel, girls. Chop, chop!" She says.

I put my bag under the bus and get on. I make my way to the back where Brynn sits, looking out the window.

"Hey Brynny."

"Kenzie!" I sit down and she hugs me.

"Sup?"

"I felt the baby kick yesterday. My mom is thinking about names. I said Chase or Alex."

"I like Alex. It's cute."

"I'll tell her that. She's not coming today."

"Oh. Did you come with Abby?"

"No. My dad brought me."

"I don't think I've ever met your dad."

"You saw him once. But I don't think you realized."

"Okay girls, let's get on the road!" Abby says.

She sits down as the doors close and the bus driver starts the bus.

"Who's ready for San Francisco?"

"We are!" We all yell.

"Sorry girls, I didnt hear you."

"We are! San Francisco, San Francisco!"

"That's more like it. Keep that energy for dancing." I take out my phone and take a selfie with Brynn then post it on Instagram.

Ready for for another comp!!! @brynnrumfallo

I scroll through the comments and follow some random people then scroll through my feed.

"Look, Brynn. Ariana's in Italy for her honeymoon." I show Brynn a picture of Ariana and Charlie and she double taps the screen.

"What was that for?"

"Well, I saw you hadn't liked the picture so I liked it for you." We both giggle and everyone looks back at us.

"What? Are we not allowed to laugh?"

"Close your curtain." Abby says.

We giggle again and I close the curtain around our seat.

"Now we can do what we want, by ourselves." Brynn says.

"Yeah. Take that!"

Kendall's POV

10 Minutes Later

"Both of the do what we want girls are asleep." I say.

"Yeah. If you're quiet enough, you can hear them snoring." Kendall adds.

The bus goes quiet and we hear both of the girls snoring in the very back. We giggle then Mackenzie opens the curtain.

"Do you mind? We're trying to sleep." She closes the curtain and I giggle again.

At the Competition

We get out if the bus to screaming fans.

"Mackenzie, Maddie!"

"Brynn, what happened to your ankle?"

"JoJo, can you answer my question on Jojo's Juice?"

"Nia, can we get a picture?" We smile and walk inside.

"Good job, girls. We need to get you dressed."