Behind The Spotlight

Chapter 13 --Regionals Day 1--

"Good morning! Wake up everyone!", we hear Avery scream happily. We all slowly start to wake up. I sit up straight and rub my eyes, before looking at the clock. It reads 5:30 a.m. "Good morning Blakely", I hear Noah say as he sits up as well. "Noah?", I say shocked, realizing that I slept next to him the whole night. "Yes, that's my name", he says as he starts to laugh. "Did you sleep well?" "Yeah", is all I say back before I get out of Davis' bed and grab my TNS-uniform off of the nightstand. I walk over to the bathroom as Davis does the same, while all the rest is still waking up and relaxing in bed. "You had a good night I assume", Davis says as she winks at me. I just nod my head and let out a little giggle. "I'm glad you and Noah finally made it official", Davis says but my facial expression immediately changes. "No, we didn't do or say anything. We just fell asleep next to each other", I say back to her. "Oh come on. You guys clearly like each other. Why don't you just tell him?" "Because I don't know if he likes me back", I tell her, "What if he doesn't like me as more then friends, and it ruins our friendship?" "That's a risk of course, but isn't it worth it? And I can almost guarantee that Noah likes you back." I just shrug my shoulders and start brushing my teeth. I put my TNS-uniform on, my shirt, sweatshirt and my pair of leggings before I brush out my hair. "Turn around, I'll braid your hair", she says and I do as I'm told. Davis starts braiding my hair as Finn walks into the bathroom. "Hey hey hey! Guys get the bathroom after the girls", Davis almost screams and Finn quickly walks out of Davis' bathroom. "All done", Davis says and I thank her for braiding my hair. I walk back into the room and sit back down on Davis' bed as Piper and Kenzie now enter the bathroom. "What are you doing?", I ask Noah who's just on his phone. "Just scrolling through Instagram and Twitter", he tells me as he looks up from his phone. "Now that I think about it, I've never seen you with a phone. Don't you have one?" "No, my father always forbid me to get one", I say back to him and he nods his head understandingly. "Okay, the boys can go", Piper screams and both Finn and Noah get up. "Here, you can play something if you want", Noah says as he throws his phone on the bed. I take it in my hands and Noah starts walking towards the bathroom. "What's your password?" I ask him quickly. "Your birthday", he says back as he winks at me. "How do you know my birthday?", I ask him, shocked to the system. He just starts laughing before he enters the bathroom. I unlock his phone and look for a Chess-game. I download it and start playing Chess, against myself.

After about 20 minutes, the boys return from the bathroom and everyone is dressed in their TNS-uniform and ready to go. We all walk downstairs and are greeted by Richelle, Jacquie and Summer. "Good morning guys", they say in unison. They are cooking breakfast with Avery. "You guys are quick. Our boys are still in the bathroom. It's been like 45 minutes", Summer says as she starts laughing slightly. I let out a little chuckle before I walk over to the girls. "Do you need any help?", I ask her. "Can you just take the milk and orange juice out of the fridge please sweetie?", Avery asks me and I nod my head before walking over to the fridge and grabbing the carton of milk and the bottle of orange juice. I put them down on the table and sit down. Avery and Summer put two big bowls with scrambled egg on the table, as Richelle places a pan of bacon on it. "Ah, you guys are finally ready", I hear Summer say as Kingston, Henry and Ozzy walk into the kitchen. "Well, sit down and dig in", Avery says as she puts the last few plates on the table. Everyone sits down and we start to eat. "This is delicious", Henry says with his mouth full of food. "Yeah, thank you mum", Davis says and Avery gives her a little smile before she walks out of the kitchen. We continue eating and make some small talk. Everyone is really excited for Regionals. As we are all finished eating, we clean up the kitchen table and kind of go our separate ways. Everyone just wants to get themselves focused. I walk over to the living room and I can see Davis following me. "You ready?", Davis asks me as we both sit down on the couch. "Yeah. I'm really nervous but I think I'm ready to kill it!", I answer her and I can see her smiling at me. "What?", I ask her confused as to why she has that silly smile on her face. "I'm just excited, because I know you're going to do amazing", she says back to me before we hear honking coming from outside. "I think Emily and Michelle are here", Davis says and we break out laughing. "Guys, we have to go!", Davis screams and everyone gradually walks downstairs. We all walk outside and see Michelle and Emily's cars in the driveway. "Good morning!", Michelle says happy and excited with her head out of the window. "Everyone ready?", Emily asks as she gets out of her car together with Riley and Amanda. "And look who I brought with me", Riley says as a guy jumps out of the car. "JAMES!", I scream before running up to him. He opens up his arms and gives me a big hug. "Hi little nugget. It's good to see you again. How are you?", he asks me as he releases me from his embrace. "Good", is all I say back to him, but my smile has never been as big. "You told me that you took a workshop with my brother, but this sure seems like you know each other", I hear Piper say as she walks up to us. "Pipes!", James says excited and gives her a little hug. "You know that I run a project for lost and troubled kids to get through their difficulties through dance, right?" "Yeah" "Well, Blakely has been one of my kids for almost three years", James tells her and I can see her mouth drop in disbelief. "Oh okay. I didn't know that", is all she says back to him before walking back over to the rest of A-Troupe. "Are you coming with us?", I ask James excitedly. "Yeah of course! Riley filled me in on what happened with your dad and she kept bragging about how amazing your solos are so, I had to come and see it for myself", he tells me and I smile.