Chapter 5

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When I woke up, we were almost to Australia for the group competition

Please fasten your seatbelts and stay seated until we tell you its okay to get up. We will be landing in a few minutes. I hope you have enjoyed your flight!

Janet and I fastened our seatbelts. She made fun of the way the flight attendant spoke and made Andrew and I laughed. The plane started to descend.

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We arrived at the airport and got our bags. Mrs. Humfrey gathered us all in the lobby.

"Okay guys," she started. "We are going to head on over to the hotel and rest for today due to jetlag. For the rest of the week, we will be going to a studio down the road from the hotel and practice. Then, Saturday is the competition. Are you guys excited? And just remember, no matter what happens, I love you guys."

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We've practiced all week for this. The time has finally come. I got into my costume and sat down in a chair and waited for a make-up artist to start doing my make-up. I started to get butterflies in my stomach.

"Zoey and Janet, time to go," Andrew said. Janet and I got up and grabbed each others hand. For our first dance routine, we start under the stage and pop up. So we walked to the underside of the stage, along with the other girl that pops up with us, Hillary. We got into our positions and waited for the song to start.

The music started and we were up onto the stage.

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We smashed it. Both songs we did awesome. I just hope the judges think we did good. We waited with the other groups backstage while the judges started to announce winners. First they announced third place. The group came running onto the stage and collected their trophy. Then second place was called and that group did the same thing. We all grabbed hands and hoped they would call our group.

"And first place goes to........."

Please be us. Please be us.

"Mrs. Humfrey's Dance Studio!"

We all ran out onto the stage. We grabbed the trophy and held it up high. We had just won a world competition!! Tears of joy were in everyone's eyes. This is definitely one of the best days of my life!

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We had a few more days till the planes leave. Alex and I head over to England while everyone else heads home. So Janet decided to take me shopping in the mall.

"Is your name Zoey?" a women who looked very familiar asked me in one of the stores.

"Yes," I answered.

"I'm so glad I get to finally meet you. I'm Ashton's mom."

"Nice to meet you," I said, shaking her hand.

"Ashton has told me so much about you. Would you like to come to lunch with Harry and I?" she asked.

I turned towards Janet. "We'd love to!" I replied.

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