Behind The Camera

Chapter Eighteen.

Perris POV;

When I woke up this morning I didn't expect to be in the pain I was. I had fallen over last night during skating and I guess the adrenaline had kept me going for the rest of the night, first aid had checked me over but I was fine, maybe an ice burn at the most, nothing I couldn't usually handle, but this morning I was in pain. I groan as I hope out of my bed, Barry sat at my bedroom door, meaning someone had let themselves in to my flat as it was very Barry ventured towards my room. I pull some clean trackies on and waddle out of my room, Barry following me. "Who's here Barry" I mutter to him, wishing he could prepare me for either a very good morning person or someone who was going to moan because I was late for something. "Thought you'd want a lift into the town centre for your magical night" Jordan beams at me, Cass on his hip as his walking around the living room. "Why cant you ring like a normal person" I mutter, taking a seat on my sofa, putting the cushion behind my head before laying back and hissing a deep breath out with a few words I wouldn't say in front of my mum. "What's wrong with you?" Jordan asks, sitting in the seat opposite, bouncing Cass on his knee. "Fell over last night, I'm telling you Jord, if anyone ever asks, don't do it" I laugh, then whining at the pain from laughing. "What did you do, fall over and go over the side?" He asks, raising his eyebrow. "Nah, literally just ended up on my butt, but god its painful" I mutter, sitting back up straight. "You make it look so effortless though Pel, its hard to imagine you going over" He chuckles, Cass laughing with him making me smile. "I will accept your lift, I just want to shower first" I reply, standing up from the sofa. "Okay, well don't take the earth to clean yourself, I've got to drop little man at his nanny's for the day, daddy has to go to work doesn't he" He says to Cass, making a funny face at him, making Cass burst out laughing. "Help yourself to food" I mumble walking out of the room to the bathroom. "You never have any food anyway Pel" Jordan shouts making me laugh. Maybe that will change if Tee's going to be coming around. 

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"Thanks for the lift Jord, I'll see you tomorrow afternoon?" I ask, stepping out the car, and making faces at Cassisus through the window, seeing him giggle to himself. "Yeah, i'll see you then, good luck tonight" He beams, I nod my head, I can do this. I watch as Jordan pulls off and I am stood outside the venue for Tee's showcase, I wanted this to go well for her, I wanted her to be proud of things she was achieving that she didn't know was possible that she could do. I take a breath and push the doors open walking inside, the smell of nerves coating the air, I give a small chuckle remembering the feeling I used to get before performances, I still did get them but I wasn't the nervous bag of nerves that I used to be. Anything can happen when you are on stage, it was always the inevitable.

"This cant be happening, please tell me you're actually making some sick joke up" I hear Tee shout from a doorway. I look at a few people puzzled. I slowly walk over, unsure of how she's going to react being in the building with her, she never did say a time to be here for so I assumed she could use the moral support. As I get close enough she has her back to me so I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her into me. "What are you so stressed about" I murmur into her hair, feeling her relax into my arms. "Everything's going wrong and I don't know if I can pull this off now, my jobs riding on this" She mutters, turning around and pushing her face into my chest, I take a breath and play with her hair slightly. "You can do this, I believe in you and I am sure everyone in this room believes in you too" I whisper, kissing the top of her head. "I didn't think this would be so hard, you make it look so easy, Ashley makes it look easy, this is an abomination" She mutters, pulling away from chest and looking up at me. I wipe a stray tear from her face, and my chest feels tight at the thought of her crying and being upset over this. "Ashley would also be proud, do you think Diversity have never felt the way you're feeling right now, believe me Ash calls us in for stress rehearsals, I swear sometimes he makes it do it over and over again so we cant feel our legs on purpose" I chuckle, she gives me a small smile but it still doesn't help the feeling in my chest. "Right, well if I can steal you for a few minutes I promised you ice cream, then we will call a final rehearsal, I will sit with you watching it and we can work out what's going wrong" I say, watching her relax slightly. "You'd do that for me?" She whispers, the smile I loved appearing on her face. "What's the point on having a dancer as a friend if they cant help you out" I smile, forcing the word friend out of my mouth, I didn't want to be just her friend.