Finding Fame

Chapter 3

The Smith's had arrived home late that night and gave Ava a quick bath. Ava was tired and curled up under her covers right away.

The next morning Ava was ready for her tryouts. Her purple sports bra with Ava on it with matching shorts and bow sat on her dresser. Her mother helped her change into the outfit and fixed her hair into a high ponytail.

Ava ate her breakfast on the counter. She was super excited for that day. Her breakfast consisted of a buttered bagel with scrambled eggs on the side. This was Ava's favorite breakfast other than taylor ham.  

She would be trying out at StingRay all-stars.

Ava's body was already buckled into the car seat when her mother started the car up. Ava had been practicing on her stunt stand all week long to get ready for tryouts. 

She would be trying out for a mini level two, but Coach Henry warned her mother she might make two teams because of her ability and cuteness overload. 

Ava sat on a corner of the mat and stretched her straddle with her belly and head touching the ground in front of her. She was in her right split when a girl around Ava's age (5) sat next to her.

"Hey, my name is Claire what is your name?" the girl asked.

The little girl had a short blonde bob too, wearing a black Nike sports bra and matching spanks.

"My name is Ava, our hair looks alike." Ava replied. 

The two little girls laughed and continued stretching next to each other. 

Ava's name was called by the tall thin man. Ava came and stood in front of the man waiting for instruction.

"Please show us all of your splits." the man said.

Ava slid easily into her middle, then her right, switching to her left. The man smiled and told her to pull a left heel-stretch and scorpion. Ava pulled her heel-stretch in front of her face eventually pulling it by her ear, making it hyper-extended. She then pulled a needle and set up for tumbling and jumps.

Her first pass was a front-walkover round-off back-walkover backhand-spring step-out round-off backhand-spring. She then did 3 jumps to a straight jump to a backhand-spring. Then the man told Ava she was finished and she walked out of the gym and saw her mom.