Hold me tight| Joe & Dianne oneshot series

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"Good luck with your dance today little one. I'm sure you and Dev will be great! I will be trying to watch from my dressing room in between the show. Love you lots Joseph xxx."

The message pinged through onto Dianne's phone at 7 minutes past 11. She had just finished for the morning in Elstree, running through the cha cha with Dev three times. Strangely, Dianne had a sense of uncertainty about this dance, but she tried not to show it.

"So then Dev, how are you feeling about the dance today?" Dianne asked

"I am not going to lie Dianne, I am much more nervous for this dance than the others!"

"Dev, listen to me." "You will be fine, you know the steps, you have the hips. You have nothing to worry about!"

As the day went on Dev was getting more and more anxious for the live show however, he tried to keep it from Dianne because he knew it would stress her even more.

"So Di, tell me about this dance" Liv asked whilst doing her makeup for the evening.

"Well as you know, it's the cha cha. But, both Dev and myself are feeling very worried about tonight but I don't know why" Dianne exclaimed.

As the girls chatted away about all things strictly and girly stuff, Dev was on the phone to his twin sister.

"Listen to me Dev, it will be fine. You're over reacting." She said trying to calm the man down.

"I know but I don't feel as confident with this dance, and I just don't want to let Dianne down."

"Dev, not one thing that you will do will let her down. Ever! She knows how hard you work, how much time you've put into this."

"Hopefully. I don't know Sis. I have a bad feeling about tonight. But I don't know why."

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"Up next dancing the cha cha, Dev Griffin and his partner Dianne Buswell!"

Joe managed to run back from stage to just about catch his first glimpse at Dianne and Devs cha cha. He heard his girlfriends name being called out by Tess so, he got comfy on the sofa and turned up the volume.

As he was watching the dance he could see what Dianne was talking about today. Not in a mean way or anything but he thought that they have definitely done better dances. As the dance came to an end, Joe opened up WhatsApp and messaged his girlfriend.

"Well done my love, that was so good! No matter what happens, I am so proud of you!"

As the show came to an end Joe got his phone and dialled the correct number to call and vote for Dev and Dianne. Their dance hadn't scored too well compared to other contestants so he hoped that his extra votes would help.

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"I am so sorry Dianne, I knew from the beginning of the week that cha cha isn't the one for me!" Dev said to his partner after everyone had danced.

"Dev listen to me. I know that we will be fine tonight. You did amazing and people will see that at home." She replied.

Soon enough Dianne opened her phone and read a text from Joe. Her eyes started to tear up.

"Are you ok?" Dev asked concerned.

"Yeah yeah, i'm fine" she said after wiping away her tears. Something isn't going to go to plan tonight, she just knew it.

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"Ughhhh!"

"Joe? Is that you? Are you ok? Have you lost another game of 'who wants to be a millionaire'?" David asked wondering why Joe was grunting and growling.