Falling for the Foreigner

Chapter 38-Why enjoy today when you can worry about tomorrow

It is women's solo first and then men's solo, so my performance is before Ian's. I get called second in the women's category, I take a deep breath, praying to god before walking onto the stage. I perform with a lot of energy and when I end, everyone is clapping(Nyra's dance is put above). I go back to the backstage and Ian hugs me tightly. 

"You were great!", Liam, Sarah, and Emily say through Ian's phone. He had been on a video call with them to show them my performance. I look over to Ms Marin, she looks happy but not as happy as she was with Lucas and Ashley. I say goodbye to my friends and walk over to Ms Marin.

"You do not seem that happy with my performance", I say when I am next to her.

"I am happy, I just feel you can do better. But I am proud Nyra. Now go wait with Ian, he too seemed anxious", I just nod and walk over to Ian. 

"What's wrong?", Ian asks.

"Nothing. How are you feeling?"

"Pretty confident. Was feeling anxious earlier but then I saw you kill on the stage and now I am fine", he says putting an arm around my shoulder. We watch the other performances and soon it is time for Ian's performance.

"You can do it!", I yell as he walks onto the stage.

I am in awe of his performance when he makes his final pose and stands. The entire throng applauds, whistles and stands for him. He bows before the judges and the audience and walks back inside with a huge grin on his face. We hug tightly and wait for others to complete their performances. I hate this part, the waiting for results to come. We sit and talk till the host calls us. 

"We will begin with announcing the winners for the female's solo. So the third price goes to.....Nyra Sharma from San Diego!", once again the throng bursts into an applause and I step forward a smile on my face to receive my price and certificate. My heart is shattered because I atleast expected the second price if not first. I still put on a smile and walk back to where I was standing. The judges then announce the winners of the second and first place. The first place goes to a very pretty girl from San Francisco.

"Next up we have the results for the male's solo round, the third place goes to Kenneth San Jose from Los Angeles!", everyone claps once again. The second price goes to another guy from LA.

"The first price goes to none another then Ian Cooper from San Diego! Give him a huge round of applause guys!", the judge screams and the whole auditorium bursts in a huge applause and I jump onto him in excitement. He lifts me and twirls. He collects his cash prize, award and certificate. We rush back to the backstage to hug Ms Marin and congratulate her.  We thank her almost 100 times for her efforts and belief in us. We then rush back in the auditorium to meet our friends. 

"Guys, its not over, we still have our group rounds tomorrow. Back to the hotel", Ms Marin stops our celebration and we go back to the hotel.

"It's okay, you tried your best but there are sometimes when people are better than you and you have to accept it", Liam says over the phone.

"I know, but coming first would have increased my chances of getting into Juilliard. It feels like I touched a thing but I couldn't grab it fully. Now I'll think about this for the next month or so.", I sigh into the phone.

"Hey, it will get better, you know your worth. You just had a bad day, focus on tomorrow. I believe in you"

" I am afraid I am going to disappoint you. But I appreciate your belief in me."

"Stop talking down to yourself! Hey, we'll talk tomorrow, I got to go and study. All the best. Bye"

"Thanks, bye."

"Also don't forget its Jake's birthday tomorrow", he says and hangs up. I already got a gift for Jake from the Madame Tussauds. I too decide to study for the upcoming finals when within half an hour there is knock at the door. My roommate opens the door and Ian walks in.

"Hey"

"Hey", he says and onto the bed next to me.

"How are you?", he asks.

"What's gonna happen to me?", I laugh.

"Liam told Em that you are feeling down and Em told me."

"I will have to get used to you 2 dating", we end up talking for half an hour. I tell him how I didn't want to ruin his celebration and have him worry about me.

For this group round we have a weird costume with a lot of make-up, we almost take 20 minute to get ready. The group dance has a lot of formations and stunts and everybody is actually proud of this choreography of ours. It is not my place but honestly watching from the side you can tell who is not going to win at least. Some performances are magnificent.

After all the performances we can literally see the judges are confused. They are in a deep discussion. When the judges call us on on stage we are all nervous. 

"This time we are gonna begin with the first place and it goes to San Diego stunners!", we all scream loudly and go in for a group hug. My heart is beating so loudly, I can feel it against my ribs.  

"Get it squad!" Eduardo yells. After a lot of hugging and jumping, we get back into the bus to go the hotel.

"Now what are you worrying about?", Lucas and Ian ask.

"Its stupid"

"Yea we already know that. Spill", Ian says.

"I like your confidence in me. Finals"

"Oh my god! Such a nerd!", Lucas says and I laugh.

"Why enjoy today when you can worry about tomorrow" , I say and they look at me like I come from a different world.

"You are one hell of a person. Come on lets dance!", they pull me up and we dance on the remaining ride. Before I know I am walking out of the San Diego to go home. My parents are waiting with a box of chocolates. They hug me tightly, telling me how proud they are of me. This was the best end to these tiring  4 days. Now onto the next target, finals.

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A/N

I know there was not much in this chapter, but there is some cute stuff coming. 

Also please bear with me cuz I have so many classes and college, it is difficult to keep up. You the 12th pressure.

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