Joe PoV
"I'm so sorry, Dianne, I don't know what happened" I cried as I sat down in my dressing room sofa, hugging onto a pillow. I was so distraught and frustrated, seeing the dissapointment on Dianne's face when I messed up the quickstep routine. It made me feel terrible, I wanted to make her feel so proud but failed miserably.
"Joseph I know you know this dance, it was a little trip up" she sat down next to me and took my hand to reassure me "It was only the dress run, you are going to be fine doing the real thing tonight I promise you" She always knew what to say to make me feel better. Over these 9 weeks my feelings for Dianne have only grew stronger, I have never in my life felt like this about any girl. I knew it would take someone special to make me feel like this and she ticks all the boxes. She has an amazing sense of humour, she's beautiful and overall the best person I have ever met.
"Thank you Di, I just want to make you proud and this week means so much for me as I'm doing this for my nan as she used to dance here in Blackpool and I just really don't want to mess up" I paused and looked at her.
"You always make me proud Joe, your work ethic is amazing I feel lucky that you're my partner but most importantly you will make your nan proud Im sure of it" she expressed whilst giving my hand a reassuring squeeze. I immediately smiled and her words always managed to boost my confidence. I stood up, feeling a alot better, I pulled Dianne up with me and embraced her with my arms. "Thank you, you look beautiful tonight, by the way" I whispered into her hair. As we pulled away she looked up and smiled at me, I could see a tint of pink on her cheeks covered up by the makeup. We walked out of my dressing room, hand in hand, to get our final touch ups before tonight's show.
"You did it Joseph! 3 TENS, I'm so proud of you and you're through to next week!! " Dianne screached excitedly as we ran down the hallway to my dressing room. As we reached my dressing room, we both crashed onto the sofa and I started to tear up. Tonight was the best night of my life, My main goal was to make my nan and Dianne proud which I successfully achieved. "I told you, I knew you'd do amazing tonight" Dianne sounded like an excited child at Christmas, watching her this happy made my heart feel so full. She all of a sudden took my hand into hers and intertwined our fingers. My heart started to race, even though I knew she had feelings for me too as she isn't very subtle, being around her made me always feel really nervous and giddy.
"Thank you for everything, I don't know how you do this, I couldn't clap in rhythm to music yet, I'm here this far into this competition receiving a score of 38, because of you" I said whilst rubbing small circles with my thumb on the back of her hand. I saw her smile from the corner of my eye. We sat in a comfortable silence without any awkwardness, just enjoying each other's company for a while. "I think we should leave now, it's getting late" I broke the silence and stood up, Dianne followed and stood up right after me "would you mind coming over tomorrow in the evening to film a reaction video?"
"I definitely will, I see that you can't get enough of me" she laughed "I'll come over at around 5pm" I nodded and went to pull her into a hug. However, to my suprise Dianne grabbed my face and pressed her lips to mine. I was stunned, it was a short but meaningful kiss. I felt like my stomach is going to explode from all of the emotions I've never felt before. I could feel my cheeks burning up and turning red, I couldn't believe what just happend. "well done for tonight again, I'm so proud and I'll see you tomorrow" she giggled and ran out of my dressing room. I stood there startled and wondering if this was real. Tonight has truly been the best night of my entire life.
