A Day in the Life of Valenna

And So It Begins

Hey guys! I just want to start off by saying that in the last chapter I made a mistake, it was supposed to be Lindsay who stormed up and interrupted Jenna and Val and showed Jen the pic Alex posted, NOT Brittany! (Brittany was still recovering from her surgery in that moment) Im so so sorry for the confusion!
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JENNA's POV
"Nooo, Jenna don't go!" Brittany says as I pack up the last of my things "I know, it feels so weird going on tour without you this year. But I'm sure I'll be back before we both know it!" I say walking over and giving my roommate a hug. "If absolutely anything happens with Val call me asap, okay?" "I will" I reassure her. "You sure you're gonna be okay having to spend so much time with him?" "Do I really have a choice? We're both professional dancers, dancing together is just part of the job. Besides, being apart of the same 50+ city tour, we're bound to be forced to interact with one another, but I plan to keep it strictly professional Brit, I promise." I see Brittany's eyes are still filled with concern so I go a little further. "I don't even know why I thought things would be different this time around. It's always the same old commitment issues and games with him. Now that I know that, I won't fall for his same crap again Brit, I refuse to let myself get wrapped up in him again, I can't allow myself to feel this pain anymore, it's just too much." By the time I had finished my rant, tears were streaming down my face and I was curled up in Brittany's embrace. "You girls almost ready?" Daniel asks walking into the room. "Yeah" I quickly say, sitting up and wiping my tears. "Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt you guys" "It's fine" I force a fake smile at him, "we should probably get going anyways."
Daniel was my ride to the airport. Brittany would've driven me herself, but with her arm still being in a sling from her surgery, Daniel still has to drive her around. "I just have to put my stuff in the car and I'll be ready" I let out a sigh as I look around my room. "Okay" I finally say "let's go!"
BRITTANY's POV
When Jenna leaves the room to go help Daniel load her luggage into the car, I walk over to my laptop and press 'pause'. I had just recorded the entire conversation Jen and I just had. I'm honestly not quite sure what I'm going to do with it, but having it to play back for Jenna may come in use one day. I would absolutely never even dream about planning on using it against her in any way, but this video is just something to have to remind Jen all the pain and hurt Val has caused her the next time he tries to uses his charm on her and she gets  thoughts about taking him back.
"Brit, you ready?" Jenna calls from downstairs. "Yeah! I'll be right down!" I holler back, being sure to save the video. This might come in handy one day. I shut off my laptop and scurry down the stairs to join my bestfriend and my boyfriend.
JENNA's POV
We pick up Hayley on the way, since her roommate Kristy in currently in New York with Julianne and Derek, Hayley needed a ride to the airport, so we decided to be travel buddies.
"I'll miss you so much!" Brittany says squeezing me with her good arm. "I'll be back before you know it, I promise!" I say giving her a tight squeeze back. As Hayley and Brittany say their goodbyes, I turn my attention towards Daniel. "Take good care of her for me, okay?" I ask him. "Of course Jen, and will you promise me something?" He asks. "Yeah, what is it?" I ask looking up at him with questioning eyes. "Promise you'll take care of yourself? With you going on tour with Val, Brit's really worried about you. Just promise you won't get caught up in him again?" Daniel's words really hit me, but I know they're coming from a good place. "I'll be okay, I promise" I say. "Thanks Jen" he responds, pulling me into a hug. Hayley and I then grab our carry-ons and head off to our gate.
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VAL's POV
"Yo Yo Yo! Reno! We made itttt!" Keo shouts, aiming his phone camera in my direction. "Bro enough with the videos, don't you think you've got enough?" I question my overexcited friend. "Nah bro, you can never have enough of Keo Motsepe!" He exclaims. I just shake my head and walk out in front of him.
"Hey! Look who made it!" We hear a familiar voice say. Coming upon a row of chairs, we see Alan, Gleb, Artem, and Mandy all sitting with their luggage surrounding them. "It's about time!" Alan says speaking up again. "Where's everyone else?" I ask. "Well Emma, Sharna, Laurie, and Lindsay came on a slightly earlier flight, so they're all at the hotel already." Mandy explains.  "Were you guys just waiting for us?" I ask. "Yes!" Alan says sounding a bit annoyed. "No!" Artem says slapping the back of his head, "Jenna and Hayley are supposed to be coming too."
The very second Jenna's name rolled off of Artem's tongue, I got chills. "J-Jenna's meeting us here?" I ask. "Yeah, why? You okay?" Mandy asks me. "Yeah, um, I'm fine." I say trying to shake off the weird feeling that had just taken over me. Jenna's apart of this cast, she's apart of this tour, I'm gonna be on tour with her for the next two/three months. We're gonna dance together, we're gonna be in the same places, we're gonna have to talk every now and then, and we're gonna be okay...I hope.
JENNA's POV
"They have to be around here somewhere!" A frustrated Hayley groans as she tries calling Alan for the fourth time. "He's not gonna answer" I say, trying my best not to laugh at my friend's frustration. "Why don't you try calling someone else?" I say, asking the obvious."because Mandy told us to call Alan when we landed!" She huffed. "Well look where that's getting us! I'm calling Artem." One ring. Two ring. Three- "Hello?" A voice picks up on the other end. "Artem!" I say cheerfully, smirking at Hayley while she returns with glare. I let Artem know where we are and he says we're close, he instructs me to walk straight down until we pass the food court and make a left. I hang up with him and tell Hayley his directions. Once we turn left we see them right away, Mandy and all of the boys. Yes, I said all of the boys; Keo, Gleb, Alan, Artem, and Val. "I didn't know he'd be here" I whisper to Hayley as we get closer to them. "What do you mean you didn't know he'd be here, Jen, you do know he's apart of this tour, right?" My brunette friend asks slightly worried for me. "Well yeah, but I-" I start. "Don't worry, I won't leave your side, you'll be fine." She assures me as she links her arm in mine and we slowly approach our group. And so it begins.
VAL's POV
"There they are!" Artem exclaims. I look up from my phone to see an extremely annoyed Hayley approaching us next to a fairly calm Jenna. She's gorgeous. My eyes however, never met Jenna's eyes, it was evident that she was avoiding eye contact with me, but in all honesty, I couldn't really blame her. "The Queens have arrived!" Keo chimes in. "Took you two long enough!" Alan scoffs. "Well maybe if you answered your damn phone, we would've found you guys sooner!" Hayley snaps at him. "What are you talking about, my phone never-" Alan immediately becomes mute when he glances at his phone. "How many missed calls do you got there Alan?" Hayley asks crossing her arms. "Seven" He mumbles. "Uh huh" "I only had to call Artem once" Jenna beamed. "Way to make me look bad Artem!" Alan says. "Hey, you don't need any of my help to look bad" Artem confesses, putting both his hands up in defense.
JENNA's POV
Hayley and I grab our luggage from the belt and the group of us make our way towards the van that was waiting for us. Mandy slides into the passenger seat of the car and the guys grab all the luggage and put it in the trunk. I was staring down at my phone texting Brittany, letting her know that I landed safely. "Jen, come on" I look back up to see Keo already in the van, reaching his hand out to help me in. I see Gleb, Alan, Artem, and Hayley all settled in the back. I take Keo's hand and slide into the seat next to him. It not until the guy who was sitting on the other side of me closed the van door, that I realized it was Val. I quickly glance back at Hayley who shoots me an apologetic look. Thanks a lot Hayls, so much for 'Don't worry, I won't leave your side'.
VAL's POV
I'm the last one to get in the van, so I shut the door behind me. It's not until I settle myself into my seat that I realize that Jenna was the person sitting next to me. She must've already realized that I was sitting next to her because she had engulfed herself in a conversation with Keo, who was sitting on the other side of her. Although she didn't pay any attention to me the entire ride, I couldn't help but glance over at her every now and then. I sound like a selfish idiot, but God I miss her.
"Val?....Vallll?" Keo's voice echoes in my head, instantly interrupting my thoughts. "What?" I ask as I snap out of it to see everyone in the van, including Jenna, staring in my direction. "What do you say bro?" Keo asks, assuming I knew what they were talking about. "Say about what?" I ask quickly glancing at Jenna but immediately refocusing my attention on Keo. "Going to laser tag!" Alan says filling me in from the back seat. "Uh yeah, sounds like fun" I say shaking off my current thoughts, or atleast trying to. These new few months are gonna be long ones.
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AT LASER TAG
VAL's POV
Once we all got to the hotel and were settled in our rooms, ten of us decided to go to laser tag. "I think I should be a captain" Alan declared when one of the employees told us to separate into two teams of five. "No way! You'd be the most incompetent captain ever!" Hayley barks at him. "I think Jen should a captain!" Lindsay announces. "I second that!" Hayley says. "Oh sure, take her side." Alan pouts. "Alan, would you stop moping and tell us who you think should be captain, besides yourself?" Sharna questions. "Fine. Val, my brother!" Alan says giving me a slap on my back. "Ooh I second that!" Laurie squeals. "Okay, its settled, Jen and Val are team captains, Val, you go first." Emma instructs. "Um, okay" I say slightly taken back but trying to think quick. "Well, I got to go with my Lil' Nugget first, of course." I say giving wrapping my arms around Laurie and giving her a little squeeze. Naturally Jenna picked Lindsay, I mean those two have been best friends since they were like 5 years old, so that first pick was a given. I assume my next pick was a given too, cuz my red headed bestfriend was my next pick. "Shar" I say as her and Laurie squeal and hugged eachother. "I could never separate the two lovebirds" Jenna starts, "So I pick Sam." She says as Sam joins Jen and his wife. So for the next picks, I chose Hayley and Jenna chose Emma, leaving just Keo and Alan. "Val, bro!" Alan says taking a step towards me. "Woah, hold on bro, I didn't pick yet." I say taking a step back, "I was actually going to leave this choice to the girls" I say looking over at Laurie, Sharna, and Hayley who all immediately developed devious smiles across their faces, "Keo!" They all say in unison. "Yeah Buddy!" Keo says jogging over and hugging all three of the girls together. "What! Last one picked?!" Alan groaned dragging his feet over to Jenna's team. "Hey, now I'm stuck with you on my team, so I should be the one complaining, not you." Jenna teased. She always did have a gift for coming up with the best comebacks.
JENNA's POV
So far, so good. Personally, I think I've been doing okay with having Val around. He's apart of the tour, his friends are my friends, our paths are going to cross often and I'm just gonna have to deal with it. However, I think I'm doing a fantastic job dealing with it, if I do say so myself. So far, I haven't even said a word to Val; not that I wasn't dying to. Okay Jenna, you're just friends, that's it. Snap out of it!
My team is tan and Val's team is black. We get our jackets on and grab our gear and we're let loose on the playing field. Since it was just the ten of us on the field, it made for quite an intense game.
The game was so much fun! I didn't even think about Val once while we were in there, that is until it got down to the final two. There was only one player that still remained from each team, and those two people were none other than Valentin Chmerkovskiy, and me.
When I realize that Val and I are the only two players left, I take a quick moment to think about what I wanted to do. I didn't officially decide what I planned to do until Val appeared in my clear view, I aimed and took fire right away and just like that, game over.
VAL's POV
"Ha! Yes! Team Jenna for the win!" Alan gloated as he picked up Jenna and spun her around. God I miss holding her in my arms like that. "Alan you dork, put me down!" She ordered in a joking manner. God I miss her smile. "Okay, after....this!" Alan says as he starts tickling her sides the very second he put her down. "Al-ann St-ah-p" Jenna managed to say in the midst of her hysterically laughter. God I miss her laugh. "Yes! I made you snort!" Alan announces triumphantly when Jenna accidentally snorts mid laugh. God I miss her snort, the way her hand instantly reaches up to cover her bright red face. She's adorable. "Stop! I can't help it!" Jenna says turning bright red and playfully swatting Alan's hands away. God she's perfect. God I miss her. God I'm and idiot.