I woke up the next morning, around 5 am. I had to get to conditioning and then to tryouts. I can't even lie I'm really nervous. I checked my phone, I had a text message from Liangelo.
Liangelo: good morning beautiful. Good luck today. I already know you're nervous, but don't be, you'll be great. I'll see you soon. ❤️
He's so sweet. I texted him back saying thank you. I drove to campus.
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"hey, you're name" a tall blonde lady asked me
"Ava Sanders" I said
"great, yes you're right here" she said looking at her list "you're number 3, so for everything you'll be third to go. Pin this on your spandex or tshirt. You can start stretching" she said and handed me a pin and number
I walked to the mat and looked around towards the bleachers. I saw Chelsea, she smiled and blew me a kiss. I kept looking and saw Liangelo sitting next to Chelsea and Lamelo. I smiled.
I was so nervous, I felt like I was going to throw up.
"hey ladies. My name is Farrah I'm one of the coaches for Double O All Star" she said and smiled "we're going to start off with jumps, so I want everyone to line up in a line based on your number please" she said "get ready to hit a 3 count"
I watched the other girls, and of course they were good. It was finally my turn.
"ready" the coach said
I did my Stan and hit my jumps.
"nice" she said
We did other things like stunts and tumbling. We also did an 8 count dance.
The tryout took maybe an hour. Not even. It was all so fast. I got my stuff and went to return my number. They were going to email us decisions by tomorrow morning. They took a long time talking and stuff. It was kind of annoying. Once they were done I walked to Chelsea, but I didn't see Liangelo.
"They had to go, their dad was waiting. But he said to text him" she said "you did so fucking good"
I smiled "thank you"
"You down to hang tonight" she asked
"I'm lowkey kinda tired. I think I'm gonna chill at home" I said
She nodded "yeah for sure, just let me know if you change your mind, and I'll pick you up"
"Yes of course" I said and hugged her
I walked to my car and drove back home. My parents ended up not going to the tryouts because my dad had a busy workday and so did my mom. It was Monday so I understood. Once I got home I took a super hot shower. I had a lot of pain on my knee from tumbling. I walked downstairs and turned on some all American, and iced my knee. I got a FaceTime call from Liangelo.
"Hey" I said answering
"Hey, how are you" he asked
"I'm cool, my knee just kinda hurts" I said "are you there yet" I asked
He laughed "obviously not"
I laughed "when are you coming back"
"I'm not sure, we're thinking about staying at a hotel here, just cause workouts ends around 9, and it's a 6 hour drive. We might head back tomorrow morning" he said
I nodded "oh okay"
"You need to ice your knee, put some icy hot on it" he said
I showed him I was icing it
"Good" he said "are you gonna hang out with Chelsea she was telling me she was gonna invite you tonight, she's going to a kickback at Jules house" he said annoyed
I chuckled "Yeah, she did, but I'm not going, I'm too tired"
"Good" he said and smiled "I'll call you after workouts if you're still awake"
"I probably will be, I think I'm gonna nap now and wake up later probably" I said
"Okay then, I'll call you" he said and looked at me
We started at each other
"bye" I said quietly
"bye" he said back
