Stay With Me

Chapter 4

I know I keep saying stuff like *Two Days Later* but if I filled in absolutely every detail then this is going to go on forever and we're never going to get to the good bits. So bear with me ok guys :)

*Another Two Days Later*

Ok, so today is it. The day of my performance. I run through the routine in my head; every arm, every leg and every head movement. This is what I love. Dance is what I live for.

There is a knock at the door of the dressing room and all the girls turn to see who it is. I don't. It's never usually for me so why bother interupting my thoughts. I hear the door open and Annabelle (one of the other dancers) scream - that gets my attention. I turn around to see none other that One Direction standing in the hall. The girls are all blushing. Some have fainted and others are crying which is probably not a good start to a recital. I walk to the door and ask, "Didn't you expect this reaction? Why would you come backstage?" I laughed as they soaked up the situation at hand.

"We thought we'd wish you luck! And we wanted to give you this..." Louis handed me a small package with a cute red bow on the top.

I carefully undid the ribbon and opened the box. Inside was one of the most beautiful bracelets that I have ever seen. It had the word 'Alexa' engraved in the top and had a row of 5 diamonds on each side. I was breathless. I stared at the boys with my mouth open but all that came out was air.

"Oh.. Oh my gosh... Thank you so much. You didn't have to."

"It gets better. Look inside," Liam suggested.

I turned the bracelet on an angle and found the words 'Best Wishes. Love from Louis, Harry, Zayn, Liam and Niall.'

"Guys this is amazing. It's so beautiful. I don't even know what to say".

"Thank you is enough. We're glad you like it," Zayn blushed.

I turned to look at all of the other dancers. They stood about 3 metres away from us with thier mouths open in shock. "Umm this is One Direction. One Direction these are the girls that I dance with".

"Hi girls!" the band responded but got met by shocked expressions.

"We just want to say good luck with your show tonight. We're sure that you'll be great," Harry tried to lighten the mood and get the dancers to smile or at least something. The girls blushed and some of them were even brave enough to say "Thank you".

"Ok then Al. We should probably go take our seats. Break a leg! Not literally though!" Niall smiled embarrassed.

"Ok bye guys!"

As soon as the band left, all of the girls in the dressing room crowded around me and asked how I knew them and why they were here. Of course, I told them about how I have been friends with Louis and they came to see me dance for support. I don't know how many times I have gotten told that I am 'so lucky'. It makes me laugh. I returned to where all my stuff was and fixed up my hair and makeup. I put on the short, black, halterneck dress that was our costume and placed a thick black headband around my head and tied it up where my head met my neck at the back. I'm ready. I rehearsed the routine in my head again as we made our way side-stage.

The music to our routine started and I walked on slowly. The music started out slow and built up into a dramatic heart-pumping beat and so did our movements. We started with slow, graceful movements and slowly the dance built up emphasis. The dance was full of passion and I felt it pour through my body with every extension of an arm or leg. I felt it in every movement and when we finished in our final position I could feel my heart pumping heavily and the adrenaline being pushed through my veins. This is what I danced for. The audience cheered and I could see the boys sitting right in the middle of the auditorium grinning at me. We left our positions and took a bow before running off.