"Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end"  

~Roy T. Bennett

Ouch~ it hurts... but I can't spoil all our efforts just because of my sprained ankle. I continued to turn on points... although my feet were numb... I could feel neither my feet nor the floor... but I can't give up. I held on Jungkook tighter for support. I don't want to show my pain to others. I put my arm on his shoulder and we did a turn together in slow motion. He carried me to the other side... and I did various other turns... it really hurts... ah~ I can't tolerate this... but that doesn't means I am going to give up.   

Never have I ever got my ankle sprained in my whole life of 21 years. How can I be so fortunate that I had to get it just when I would least want it? Ah~ this is my destiny.... 

I don't know how I did the whole dance after that. I just felt his hands constantly supporting my body.... with his one hand on my thigh and the other on my waist... I closed my eyes...occasionally opening them... just to check our position. I just kept on flying in the air.... my body moved automatically with his steps... I felt ultimate pain... but I was too stubborn to give up just yet. Whenever I was doing a step on point...which included a lot... I almost died every time. All thanks to Kookie that I could pull the dance off... whenever I opened my eyes... I saw his eyes filled with unshed tears... his eyes welled up with the pure and pearl like tear drops... I can't see him cry like that.... I closed my eyes... feeling his warm embrace and taking in his lavender scent... calming my nerves down... I could feel his heart beating...fast... our heart beats... matching the rhythm of our ballet.... the pain is getting worse with every move... 

While we were moving together.... with my painful feet I saw a familiar figure... not one but many... I blinked my eyelids many times to clear my vision and what I saw was unbelievable.... 

There was my dear family sitting on the first row... cheering for us loudly... and by loudly I mean really loudly... maybe of frequency more than 20,000 Hertz.... ah~ they are really here for us? Unbelievable!!! I feel so excited just seeing them there.... they must be really happy for us... I am so happy that they came.... I just left out a chuckle when I saw Nishi almost tripping over while she cheered for me.... Jungkook looked at me with an amused expression... I brought my lips near his ear and whispered softly....

"They are here.... now nothing can go wrong" I smiled at him... and his eyes lit up with the love he had for our little family..... We let out fond smiles.... 

Our performance was near end... we ended our performance with a lift... he held me up in the air... and I, as neatly as possible ended our performance gracefully...

He put me down... but stopped me somewhere above the floor... my feet still pained.... I felt like I had lost my feet or something... I looked over at the direction of my little family.... they were smiling brightly at us. Kookie almost carried me with his one hand...which he kept on my waist...he didn't let me keep my feet down even if I tried. We bowed to everyone and went backstage. It was a great relief to finally stop dancing on points. On our way to backstage... Jungkook suddenly bent down and the next moment was carrying me in his arms... close to his chest... I was taken aback... he is so random.... 

"Jungkookie... I can walk... just keep me down"

"Shh... keep silent"

So....as I was asked... I kept silent the whole while... just listening to his heartbeat and his troubled breathe... he is still panting from the dance. He kept me down on a couch in the big room... which was somewhere inside the large auditorium. He vanished somewhere out of a sudden...and came back after some time with a box in his hand... must be the first-aid box... there's seriously no need of this... the pain is not that much now... it's a bit less from before. 

"Keep your foot on my knee" he said kneeling down on the floor in front of me... 

"No! I can't do that" just how can I? Is he mad?

"Why can't you?" he asked me... how can I tell him... it's weird... it'll be so disrespecting and I have loads of respect for him. So, instead of answering him I just sat down on the floor almost forgetting about my sprained ankle. I tripped over and was going to just land on Jungkook... but fortunately I didn't. Just on time he held my waist and my hands went for his shoulders. Woah~ I took in some precious breathe and then sat down on the floor... he helped me with sitting down... and then gave me a glare.... just like a tiger... I think he's going to roar soon..... but he didn't... ha! he just talked normally like a human...

"How can you be so clumsy? So careless?" 

"Umm.... I am sorry Kookie... please don't be mad" I blinked cutely at him... showing him my hidden aegyo... it's a thing I rarely do.... his face split in a smile after a fraction of second. I was successful!!! 

"You are unbelievable"

"Thank you"

He smiled at me and started massaging my foot... slowly... ah~ it pains now... thank god he's keeping it slow... I closed my eyes tolerating the pain. He carried on with his job... I felt relief... my pain is going away bit by bit... it is working.... I heard a noise... a loud one... getting closer to me... it must be Nishi.... 

"Noooooooooooooooooooooor!!!! Kooooooookieee!!!  You two were just amazing... What are you- " she didn't complete her sentence.... and just knelt down beside Kookie instead... looking at my foot that was in Jungkook's lap now... the other's came in silently behind her... I don't know what she's going to do with me now...

"Are you serious? You danced all those steps... on points... so gracefully... with this sprained ankle? Are you just kidding me?" I am gone... she'll kill me...

"Yes... that's true! This girl is crazy... Do you know what she did? She- " I put my palm on his mouth before he could proceed. If Nishi gets to know about my clumsiness now... I am sure I'll be dead.

"Uh nothing... Nishi, I am fine... it just twisted the other way. Don't worry"

"Don't worry?" Tae said from behind... "It looks bad enough" stop it Tae!! You want me to die or what? I showed him my puppy eyes... so, that he understands my signal... I think he did... because after that he kept his mouth shut.

"I think she's fine now. There's no need to panic" Jin hyung was the one who raised his voice in my support... uh~ I love you Jin hyung... you are my angel...

"He's right. I am okay now... all thanks to Kookie"

"Let me help you walk... Simmi support her from the other side"

"Here I am" 

They helped me stand up and we walked for a while....slowly...too slowly.... I can now relate with the sloth... how they have felt their whole life... 

"You don't need to worry... I am here to save you from Nieva's rage" Simmi whispered in my ear. I smiled at her.... I am so glad to have her... 

Finally we settled on the little couch sitting tightly packed... I sat on the floor... that's a better place... Jimin and Hope hyung also sat on the floor with me... 

"My goodness, that was so good. I swear I've never seen such a ballet duet" Hope hyung was super excited even after the performance ended.

"That's because you haven't watched one till now" Jungkook stated with a poker face. Aish~ this boy... why does he always have to tease them like that....?

"Uh... well, that's also right... ha ha" Hope hyung said with the same excitement... 

"But you two performed really well... like professionals. Kookie you should perform it sometimes on our concert!!!" Jimin said.

"That's right!!! You should perform it on the concert that's after a week. ARMYs will go crazy" Jin hyung said.

"Hyungs.... come on!! That's not possible" Jungkook said.

"Why not?" Namjoon hyung asked.

"I...can't perform...alone... it's a duet" he said shyly... he looks damn cute when he is shy.... and that's rare... I smiled at his shy self.

"Of course Noor will perform with you too. Who said that you'll do it alone?" Sugar hyung said... WHAT? ME? That's impossible. My eyes shot to Kookie's and he was staring at me with the same emotion that I felt.

"Hyung... that's.... not.... possible. I mean... " 

"Come on Noor! You were so good at the stage even with a sprained ankle. You have any idea how amazing you'll be with a perfect foot?" Tae encouraged me.

"That's not what I fear... the ARMYs want to see BTS and that's the reason they come to the concerts... I am sure they won't like me interrupting their precious time with BTS" 

"Well, I don' think they'll mind... Jungkook is also a BTS member and as far as you two are doing a duet... they won't be piqued" he had a point there....but...

"Just say yes Noor! ARMYs will like it...." RM hyung supported those kids instead of me... huh.... there's no other choice. 

"Jungkookie... tell her something" Jimin told Jungkook... this is unfair.

"Noor... please say yes. These people won't listen to you anyway... Trust me ARMYs would love it" now, I can't say 'No' to him.

"Okay.... I'll do it" the moment I stated... there was a big cheer for us... me and Kookie. These people are so loud. 

Nishi and Simmi arrived with..... Augustin!!!! My goodness, he is here too? My whole family's here. This is perfect. 

"Hey August...!!!!" I squealed in joy and ran towards him almost forgetting that me foot is not yet completely fine. I literally fell in Augustin's arms... thank god, not on the hard floor.

"You're here... I am so happy. My family is complete now!!!" 

"Yes, I am here. How can I miss this? I am so sorry Noor I missed your performance..." we parted from our hug.... "Nishi and.... Simmi told me you and Jungkook danced really well... I didn't want to miss it... but the flight was late..." he said.. his voice full of guilt.

"August.... it's okay. The judges are yet to give their judgments..." the reason why I called him august is.... his name is Augustin... and we have August, a month on our calendar.... it's just random.... like my silliness. 

"Thank god... I didn't miss the whole thing" I gave him my brightest smile and he just shook his head side to side.... as if he wants to gesture that nothing can be done to my silliness.... I just gave him a confused look. Jungkook's hand held my shoulder firmly once August released me... does he still think I can't walk? I looked at him but he was staring hard at the floor... as if he's concentrating hard on something. I don't know what... Jungkook supported me to the couch and I was very grateful for that... my foot hurts more after running all of a sudden. He bent down and whispered in my ear...

"You are so gone...." softly and temptingly... sending a chill to my spine.... giving goosebumps to me on its way... why is he mad at me...? Because I ran to August with my sprained ankle....? Ah~ I am really gone.... he's mad.... but I smiled at his ultimatum... it just came out naturally.... I know I should panic right now but.... well... silly me... 

Nishi and Simmi gave me a loving hug and I returned back the hug happily. All of them praised our dance and they showed August the video of our dance that they made. Like...after every half-minute... they were 'Wow' or 'Awesome' or 'Ah~' and the most common was... 'This place was my favorite'.... I enjoyed their reactions sitting quietly with Jungkook... on the couch. We looked at each other and smiled. To be truthful, their reactions are much more enjoyable than the dance... making them happy automatically results in our own happiness. 

We were called on the stage for giving the final judgement. The judges have already given us our scores...and the winner is also decided... they only need to announce that now. Winning or losing is not important for us. It was not less then a prize for us to perform here...at such a big stage...with this huge crowd. Performing with Kookie in this amorous environment was like a dream coming to life.... this experience... will be something to behold for life. 

The other participants were being praised by the judges.... they received very good compliments. All of them were so good... they deserve the compliments. My whole family was back to the audience seat. Kookie held my hand tight.... I don't know whether that was for giving me support or because he was nervous... There were a total of 30 participants... and we were standing near to the ending of the line.... which stood on the huge stage. After a long wait... finally it was our turn. My heart was beating fast; I was nervous all of a sudden.

"Miss Alan and Mr. Jeon, from Dance and Style Ballet Academy." the judge read from the sheet of paper in front of her, then, she looked at us and said, "Both of you performed very well, your performance was graceful. Actually it was unbelievable for us, the judges. You didn't do any kind of stunt... just graceful moves and a lot of lifting here and there. Your moves and posture were sharp and clean... but you didn't show the sharpness, instead it was smooth. I felt like.... it is not at all difficult, but from my experience I know how difficult actually it was. It shows your hard work. You must have practiced it thousands of times, to be this smooth in ballet. Ballet is not at all easy, dancing on points is not everyone's cup of tea. But you did it very well. Somewhere during the performance, Miss Noor, your ankle was sprained" ah~ of course she knew, she's the judge after all. I smiled at that... she continued... "What was surprising for me was, I couldn't point it out during the performance. It was after the performance that I could know that your ankle was sprained, the way Mr. Jeon held you made it obvious. When we were discussing about the performances, this became a hot topic, none of the judges could point it out that your ankle was sprained. It becomes intolerable for a ballerina to dance on points even when  the ankle is sprained. The pain is so much, that the dancers just collapse to the floor, but what I saw today was magical, unbelievable. I salute your bravery and strength. Mr. Jeon, I believe supported you perfectly when he knew about your condition. The dance was very creative and colorful. We are thankful to both of you for showing this amazing performance." hence, the judgement ended. Thank god they liked it. The good thing is that they didn't point out any fault. 

We stood there for another half an hour before all the judgments ended. It was time to announce the winner. The judges came to the stage and brought an elegant trophy with them, in their hand. The judges, stood there in front of the participants and announced the winners....

"And the winners are.... Dance and Style ballet academy.... that is....Miss Noor Alan and Mr. Jeon Jungkook!!!" just as she said that I met a thud against my chest. Jungkook hugged me as tight as possible. My mind went blank for a moment. I came back to my senses after a few minutes and realized what was actually happening here. Unbelievable!!! We are the winners? Where is our family? They must be going crazy by now.... I looked over at them... they were all dancing with joy and screaming our names. I could hear the fan chant again, but this time, it was different. It included my name too!!! 

"Kim Namjoon

Kim Seokjin

Min Yoongi

Jung Hoseok

Park Jimin

Kim Taehyung

Jeon Jungkook

Noor Alan

BTS!!!!"

My name is also included with BTS!!! This is an unforgettable moment. The fan chant was giving me goosebumps. My name being called with BTS is the biggest gift for me. Kookie parted from me after a very long time and the judges handed us the trophy, we bowed to them and received the trophy with huge smiles on our faces. I gave it to Kookie, because it truly goes to him; without him I wouldn't even have reached here, at this grand hall, at this stage. The others congratulated and hugged us. Finally our family came on stage, still jumping with joy. All of them filled us in a group hug, like BTS does on the stage when they win an award. I felt like I am also a member of BTS, which was merely an illusion of mine, anyway, I was happy, actually, overjoyed. 

Author's Note:

Hello dear readers, here comes the 36th chapter. It took me a long time to write. I am just happy that this chapter came to an end. Finally I can write the next chapter. The next chapter will directly land on their concert that was to take place in the next week. I just thought I should give that hint... so, you don't feel lost on the next chapter.

So...they won the competition... I think you were expecting that already. But the big thing is... BTS and Noor's friends are here!!!!!!!!! That makes her forget her pain... that's the power of a loving family.... and of course Kookie's support He supported her well. Do you think they came closer because of the dance? I do think. But, what happens now? Even then ballet championship which constantly kept them together is over.... will they separate or a new era will start... let's see what games does DESTINY play with them.... I'll leave this up to your imagination... let your imagination go wild... set it free and let me know where did it land... 

Thank you for all the support till now... I am grateful  for your existence. Wattpad is a great place for writers as well as readers. We are made to support each other. Everyone... the ending is near... it's coming!!!!

Happy Reading.