"Talk to me!", Lucas yells as soon as I walk into to restaurant groggily for breakfast.

"CALM. DOWN. Let's get food first. I am starving", I say and we both walk to where the buffet is. Ian still hasn't come down, I am pretty sure he is sleeping. My mouth immediately starts watering after seeing donuts, that's why I love buffet breakfast. Lucas and I fill our plates with food and sit at the table to talk, saving a place for Ian and  Eduardo.

"I am freaking out. This is one of the biggest competitions and its result will decide our chance to get into a good college", he says at a very fast speed, almost too fast for me to comprehend.

"Inhala, Exhala", I tell him slowly.

"In which language did you tell me to inhale and exhale?"

"Spanish. I learnt it from a TV show"

"Expected"

"Hola Amigos, como estas?", Eduardo walks in with Ian.

"Bien", I reply.

"I heard you say Spanish so I though about giving it a shot and look who knows Espagnol", he says cheerfully, too cheerful for me in the morning.

"I don't know espagnol, just learnt some basic stuff from watching shows"

"Aaaah"

"You need to calm down and focus on good things, like what will happen if you win or food. Distract your mind from all things. Let's talk about things you like", I say.

"You mean dance?", Lucas replies quickly.

"Other than dance"

"Video games"

"I don't know anything about video games", I say lowly, I have never been interested in them.

"I'll help you out",  Ian says and they both slowly get into the discussion of some latest game and their collection while I send a pic of my completely filled plate to Liam and Em and they comment on my love for free food. Who doesn't love free food eh?

"Hey babe", Ashley walks over and hugs Lucas from behind. I look over to Ian and see him roll his eyes after seeing her, feelings are mutual.

"Let's go somewhere quiet and revise our steps one last time. Bye Nyra, bye Ian and Ed", she says in her sweet voice and pulls Lucas away who looks at us helplessly before going with her.

"Did you look at his face?", Eduardo asks and we all laugh.

"He is gonna have an amazing time trying to relax and not panic", Ian comments and we laugh again.

We go and sit in the auditorium where all the competitions will take place. I am getting anxious even though I am not the one who is performing. The anchor slowly starts calling out the performers one by one and all of them are stunning. The anchor then calls out Lucas and Ashley's name and they walk onto the stage.

https://youtu.be/r6wa51G7PAY

(This is the choreography I imagine them performing. PS- Sean and Kaycee are one of my favourite dancers)

I am left overwhelmed by the end of all the performances. The amount of talent in people always leaves me amazed. Some of us team members go in the dressing room, backstage to wait with Lucas and Ashley while the results are being decided. Ms Marin has a smile on her face which shows she is proud of them and their performance. After almost  20 minutes, the judges call all the performers on the stage. They start calling the winners of the third place and second place. Their names are still not called and Lucas looks at us, his face dull. Even I have kind of lost hope.

"The first place and the 200$ cash price goes to.......Lucas and Ashley from San Diego!", the entire auditorium bursts into an applause , Ian screams while I whistle loudly. After receiving the cash and award all of us go to the hotel to celebrate. We all get together in one room, play loud music and dance around like maniacs. One of our members sneaked some alcohol for everybody. Ian and I don't drink, because he doesn't want to be hungover for tomorrow and I don't care about drinking. I don't need to be drunk to do or say stuff I regret. I can do drunken stuff without drinking, that's my talent. After eating dinner with everyone, I go the room and call Liam to rant. We talk for some time. He is one of the rare people who has learnt to calm me down when I am stressing out or having anxiety, not many people have that talent. It is a mix of nervousness and excitement that gives me a sleepless night, me just tossing and turning in my bed.

"Is it only me who feels that everybody is expecting so much from us today or is it you too?", Ian asks softly as we eat our breakfast, I didn't fill my plate up to the brim this time, if anyone was wondering, so that I can dance without a full stomach.

"Not just you, I feel super anxious because of the pressure. But now you have Emily you can talk to right?", I nudge his shoulder in an attempt to lighten our moods.

"All the best Nyra for today, we all have a lot of expectations today", Ashley hugs me from behind and leaves. 

"Juust what I needed", I groan and dig into my food. After breakfast, Ian , Lucas, Ed and I go up to Ian's room to just lightly practice for one last time before the competition. I know practicing before a competition is not the best option but I feel good knowing that I know the dance. An hour and a half later we are all on the bus to the same auditorium as yesterday. When we get there, we see there are more buses here than yesterday. We soon re-register and Ian and I are backstage waiting for the competition to begin. 

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Perks of being a wallflower is such a good movie! I totally recommend.

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