As Love Goes On

Progress (11)

A few hours have passed since that reminiscent moment of hope. Lou was now pacing back and fourth on centre stage, slightly nervous yet somewhat calm at the turn of events for him. He then brushed his hair back hoping it would somewhat ease him from nervousness knowing that his appearance was good. At this moment, all he wished was for Mandy to be there. Without her, he felt like he was going to be turned down in a split second. His breathe rate didn't increase but he felt like this whole idea was backfiring and he didn't want to take this chance anymore. He looked outside the curtain wondering if everyone was outside and present.

He peaked through the small opening of the curtain just in the middle of the stage, closing one eye and using his other opened eye skim through the crowd which now seemed to be full of students- some excited, some reluctant. His removed the crowd from his view and look back stage. He took a breath in and out hoping that it would somewhat reassure him. He closed his eyes and nodded, "Okay. Now or never." He then stepped out the curtain fixing his tie. Once he stepped through those curtains, the rest of the chatter in the audience slowed down and eventually all attention was on him.

'At least people wanna listen to me this time.' he muttered in his head before speaking,

"Good morning everyone! Today is a new day and you all will be able to leave here victorious and ready to find your desired child..." He spoke as he paced back and forth slowly on stage trying to be fully engaged with everyone in the audience. There were a few claps in the audience, some occasional nods here and there. "It will start out easy, and then as soon as we get into the real challenges it will take a lot of hard work. Don't worry though, I know you guys are able to handle it." Lou finished with the same amount of energy and happiness, knowing his students can do it.

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"Okay... Yeah we need to work on this more than I thought" Lou admitted as he was now

He could not believe that people would be failing at such an achievable task, jumping over obstacles or even so learning how to dodge and hide from any grown ups when on the run. 'Do they really need my help this badly?' Lou asked himself mentally. He then shook his head and called the attention of the other students waving his hands to stop all the commotion.

"Okay-OKAY! Yep, quiet down and gather around." Lou got the attention of the agitated dolls as most of them turn their heads to his direction and slowly made a semicircle facing the obstacles in front him.

Lou spoke with his hands behind his back, "Okay, so from seeing how there is a bit of confusion on how to complete these tasks, I'll just give you a demo.. " he began. They all then put their attention closely and attentively on Lou. He cleared his throat and spoke.

"Rule number one! When in sight of a child, you have to be able to make no movement whatsoever." Lou stated like a living rulebook. The students shared glances agreeing that they definetly remember that important rule.

"Because we have to refresh each other's memory- we're gonna start with a simple test where if you are on sight of a child you must stay completely still. When the child- or monitor -draws its attention towards you, you must stay completely still. Sound simple? " Lou asked with a smile, he received assuring looks at one another knowing that this would be a very simple test since staying still like a doll was in their nature. But he noticed that there were some reluctant glances in the crowd.

He then decided to subliminally address this. "Remember, this is the first day. You all don't have to come out victorious. Alright? Today us just about refreshing simple things so we can get back up to speed." Those reluctant glances soon turned into relived and more confident ones. Lou smiled at this.