Hope can create wonders in dark.

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Hidden Talent, or Talent?  Do I have anything like that?

Two days passed .since, the completion of the first round, yet I'm in the oblivion state for my hidden talent, or talent. whatsoever!
What I'm going to do?  Only five days are left to decide my talent! Ugh, when my life became so miserable? Nah! Seriously, what is going to happen? It doesn't matter what I choose, or not. The thing that matters is -It has to be entertaining! I know if I'm going to perform in front of the School, then all of the people, whether they are staff members or students -The entertainment factor must be needed.

There had to be something, something in me! Which I showcase ahead of everyone, though I don't know it yet! But I have hope, and hope can create wonders in dark.

Ok! I shouldn't have said that! Why? Because when the moment the 'dark' word slipped from my tongue!  Everything became black! While sighing, I muttered, "here we go again! "

This is the third time in a week of that power cut.
I was already ready to kill somebody due to my frustration, and now things became worse, which makes me more exasperated.

Calm down!

Yes. Woah! Just relax, Amanda. Only I need to find a Candle then that would light up my state of condition. Before I could go, and find the candle my phone beat me up and started ringing, "Vess? " I asked!

When the syllable slipped out from my mouth, electricity came. I mean my lights are on! There is no darkness anymore.

"Open the door! "

"Coming!" I shouted. As I ran towards the door to open it. When I opened it I found Vess, and Dylan on the porch.

I was expecting only Vess! What was doing Dylan doing here? Nevertheless, Dylan was nice to me, and He's a bae of my best friend, so I would gladly welcome him.

"How come you become a zombie? " Dylan muttered.

"Well! What can I say? When you decided to become a Dracula, that was a moment when I decided to become a Zombie, to protect this world from the heat! After all only Edward Cullen can shine in sun heat, not Dylan The Dracula Frazier. "

He glared at me first, but soon enough we all engaged in laughter.
"That's like my girl, " Vess ruffled my hairs, and I hated this! She knew that that's why she is enjoying it.

"Are we welcomed inside, or not? "

"Oh come on. Let me take you inside my dear friends, " replied I .as I plunged my arms into Dylan's and Vess's Arms.

Their presence made me feel very up to the mark. And Dylan is like my new friend, not just that one whom we randomly call friend he's like a real friend .we all made ourselves comfortable on the couch that was placed aside where the television was hung on the wall. They were on the end side of corners and I was between them. Now don't get me wrong, for being a speed breaker between two lovers. They made me sit between them.

Pin drop silence! Awkward at first, as silence before coming of the storm! I need to break this silence, it is making me suspicious. "So, " I muttered.

"So? "Dylan asked with confusion, his Burrows raised dramatically in an unexpected manner, as he has no idea of what is about to come!
"So! " Vess, Exclaimed. Oh, come on. What it is all about? Everything is so suspicious in my life!  I mentally slapped myself.

"What you are going to do? "

"What was I going to do? " seriously, what was I going to do? And most important in what manner?  "Silly, about competition? What you are going to do? " she asked sceptically. "What talent you are going to showcase? "This time Dylan rose his voice.

"Tell us?  What you have been decided? " they were both yellings at me now.

Do I have an answer to their question?  No!  I do not have! I don't even know anything about my talent!  My hidden self -esteem of keep making people entertaining! "I don't know anything! Ok! I'm clueless! And before you assume anything let me tell you, that I can get shy in front of an audience .what the hell I suppose to do?  If I don't even give a presentation in front of the whole class without my cheeks red, then what I'm going to  do in front of the whole school?" I let out everything, which I was thinking about for the past two days.

"Relax! Take a deep breath! " they both said in unison. Yes. I started to count to one to ten. To calm my nerves down. "Help me! Will you? " I whispered. I don't have any idea! I get stuck where I'm not supposed to be.

"Of course! That's why we are here?  Wouldn't we Mr Frazier? "Vess asked Dylan, and I couldn't believe in my ears. "What?  Did you say? " I asked repeatedly to confirm!
"Yes. We are here to help you, In fact, Dylan Frazier, is here to help you, Don't worry! " Dylan reassured me.

At least I have them, and I know I can rely on them! "Tell me what is your hobby? I mean what you like to do most? So we can think of something which you can do, according to your taste, " uttered Dylan.

What did I like to do most?  Oh yes, I know what I like to do most! I love reading, novels. This is my most deliberately favourite thing! I  still remember that time, when it all started, when I got a book from fair, I didn't know what was that novel about, and what it is is! I know you must be wondering, that 'How can I purchase a novel without seeing it or without knowing it what was it about?', so there was a section in a fair, where all the books covered with coloured sheets of paper. It had only its genre, written on the coloured paper, which was covered on books, they called it a blind date with books! That day I got very suspicious, about them! they were all fascinating to me. I mean we all can get any time book whatever we want, but at that time It was like a game to play. to inspect every book according to some points of the genre, and you will be delighted to find out whatever happens next, you never know? what you get, but some voice inside you keeps you fascinated.

I still remember that day, in fact, every inch of it. After all, that was my first time at the book fair. The sweet little me with my mom in my favourite fairy pink dress! Ah, that dress, just an image of it in my head make me chuckle. If anyone told me at this age to put on a dress like that one, I definitely won't do it. HAHA! My sense of dressing at that time was absurd. Those days were best! When everything was normal not a put on one. I sighed, "I like reading novels very much all time! "

"Focus! Amanda Focus you are not going to read, in front of the whole school, as your talent! Are you? "

Well! No. This is absurd. No one would like to give it a try, I'm screwed !!!! "So? What I'm going to do? " I asked, with a dumbfounded face.

"Here, let's start from those things, which people like to see" Vess whispered. I shifted uncomfortably, my biggest fear is about to come, "And what things are that? "

"Sing a song, for us" Declared Dylan.

"No, "I yelled. I can't. I won't. I'm a terrible singer, I mean I was like those bathroom singers, who can only sing in the bathroom.

Go. Amanda, Go.you can. prove that you are a Beyonce of your generation .come on you can do it.

Damn! Inner voice. Shut up!

"Oh Amy, listen. close your eyes, and Think like you are not here, you are in a garden. A garden that is giving you the fresh fragrance of all the flowers, and the sunlight is above you making your body relax, your limbs are relaxing, your hairs flying in the direction of air, and butterflies around you enchanting in their sweet voice to sing! " I'm not in my room anymore, I'm in a park surrounded by greenery, and butterflies! They want me to sing! Suddenly, I heard voices, "Sing! Sing! Sing!" One song pop into my head, I don't know why that song came into my head, I heard that song, sung by a child when I was coming home yesterday, "oh! Ho ho ho ho Gangnam Style!  Oh ho ho ho! Gangnam Style!  Yachikave navichiko navichikiyocha-" I stopped myself in mid-sentence, when I heard, "stop!" What the hell I was singing? Oh my god, I was looking like a laughing stock now. I opened my eyes,slowly-slowly.
My cheeks were burning, "HaHaHa Amanda, you were going to kill me," uttered Dylan, between her laughter. I had never seen him like this, He has hands around his stomach, and he was laughing so hard that tears were spilling from his eyes! And Vess?  She was also chuckling like Crazy! Soon, enough I also joined them.

After we all went silent. I asked, "so how was my singing? " while batting my eyelashes.

"How come?  You chose this song to showcase your hidden talent? " mocked Dylan, and I glared at him, oh not in anger state. No, in fact for just a dramatic manner, I shrugged my shoulders as I thought, why? I chose this song," you know the hearing when they say if you heard some out of the box thing, that thing kept plays in your head! I heard this song yesterday, and those two main lyric  words of the song get stuck in my head, that's why they pop in my head before any other song came!" I breathed. I hope I was making sense.

"Well, at least we know that you suck at singing ." Both said in unison, their pitch-perfectly melted with one another.

"But you got humour in you, " smirked Dylan.

HA!  Humor! I got it, and I don't even know about it! This is just a bluff! "Hey, you guys are not helping me! " I complained. When I saw that they were engaged in their cellphones. Continuously, typing whatever they want to type in some nonchalant manner.
"Oh! Yes. We were supposed to help you to find your talent, then what's to say about dance? " Dylan said with his brilliant twenty-four-carat smile. While his girlfriend, I mean Vanessa gives him thumbs-up.

"Dance? " I shuttered. I never danced in my life! Oh, not in reality, whom I kidding?  I mean I never danced, as those choreographers do, or dancers do in front of the audience. I opened my mouth, ''the only thing I know about dance is, dance when no one is watching you! " I exclaimed while putting my hands on my waist.
"Wrong! "

"Dance, like no one is watching you! Not, when no-one is watching you, " she exclaimed with her deadly stare.

"What's the difference? " I asked with confusion.
She opened her mouth, "It means you have to ignore everyone's stare when you dance, you have to feel free! "She stated as, explaining what would be two plus two to very low pupil. I can see that fire in her eyes for dance. She loves to dance, and her favourite hobby is also dancing.

"Yes. I understand that! " I shrugged my shoulders, "so, what now? "

"Dance! " they both yelled, at the same time.
Ok! Let's do it then. Finish it! Let's dance! Fire engulfed in me, as I set determination to do it and get over with it!

"Music!" I heard my voice said. some little voice inside my head telling me this is not me, but a more powerful voice is also yelling, let's fuck this!

Soon, music started. And what was that music is?  I mean EDM.
When those beats echoed in my ears my body started moving, I'm not in my control anymore, I started roaming around whole the house while doing crazy steps. Whatever, came in my mind to do and swayed my hips on that beat, lifts my arms to do some robotic routine, hah! I swayed all around the house, whatever I learned in my childhood, I put it on my dance.

***

Finally, after an hour, I stopped. my whole body was aching, my limbs went sore, my muscles were hurting, my heart was pounding continuously! But It doesn't matter! What matters is -I tried, and I finished it.

"So, how was it, " I asked with my full-fledged smile, oh all my teeth were definitely would be in front.

"Oh. My. God! No. " they both said, with non-approving looks. Do you remember Janice from friends?  Well if you, then you also remember her Oh. my. God. the style they both said in that style. Yes. You heard right. Two-two's Janice style omg at one time can make a disaster.

I hugged my head in shame, I can't dance! I can't sing! And I still don't know what the hell I'm going to do! I'm gonna lose!!!!!  When the thought entered my head, I shivered.

You can't. You won't. You shouldn't. And You will not!

"Why am I stuck?  I don't want this?  This is because of that Cole, he's a bastard! I"ll kill him! Hey, wait for a second! What is cole going to do?  In the second round? " I asked suspiciously to Dylan.

"Don't ask me! " he shrugged. "And why not you are his buddy, you are supposed to know it! " I demanded. "Well!  I can't tell you, so don't ask me!  And Amanda, I know what can you do! There is something inside you, which you even don't know" just when he uttered the last syllable. I couldn't control myself, "and what it is?" I demanded.
"You have humour in you, I mean you are funny, I get a glimpse of it in your singing and dancing!"

"You kidding me. right?" I asked, am I funny?  Or can I make people laugh?  That's just beyond my imagination.

"He may be right, but you need to learn it. You have the potential to do it, " Vess chimed in.

Oh! Ok. Alright. I can learn it. But who is going to teach me? "And who would be my teacher? " I shrugged.

"Of course, it would be me! " Dylan enlarged his hands, as he was receiving some award.
But that wouldn't take my attention, what he said?  He's going to teach me about humour?  Hah! Well let's go with the flow, and let me see what he's going to do!

"You? " Vess asked, surprisingly. So she also didn't expect this!

"You? Even know the 'H' of humour? " In reply, he glared at me, so I shut my mouth, "Ok teach me then" due to excitement, what is coming up next, words slipped from my mouth.

"Then let's go outside, ladies. I"ll show you my talent outside! "

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We hitched our seatbelts, and I had no idea where we were going! At least, music is in my company, because it keeps changing according to my taste, soon enough he stopped his Car aside from a Pub!

"Pub?  What?  Are we going to do a party?  To see your humour? Oh, I forget, that your definition of humour is different! " bloody hell that was savage! I thought to myself.
Vess chuckled, at least she's not offended like Mr Frazier, he's crazy. Hey, wait a second. I got a new name for him! "Mr  Crazier, " I added to my sentence, and he glared at me.
I know his glares are just reactions, not anything to be scared about!

"No, Pmanda Aarker. Just wait and watch my show, oh my pickup line would be that funny, you didn't hear it about anywhere !"

"Vess, you have any idea what he's talking about? " I asked Vess, maybe he know about that side of him and his very precious pick-up line. In response she shrugged her shoulders, it means she also doesn't know what is about to come!

"Ok!  Show us your talent, "we girls said.

"Just wait, and watch ladies. " the last thing we heard, as he walked away, but he was still within a hearing distance.
Ok! I hold my excitement tight, show is about to start, only popcorns are missing! I don't know what he's going to do!

Soon, A girl came into our sight, and that girl would be anything a normal Girl wish for, just like me. She has long blonde hairs, that rested on her waist, she wore a dress, a red strapless dress that hung on her body perfectly, and her high heels matching with her dress perfectly! Woah she's like a model, then maybe she can beat Veronica.

Wait for a second, What was Dylan going to do? And importantly to her!
I nudged, Vess's shoulder to tease her about him. But she was more excited than me to see what was going to happen!

"Shhhh! " she shushes me, as we glanced in the direction of him, he was already at the side of that girl ready to approach her. Then he opened his mouth, "you look like a mother! "
What?  What the hell I just heard! Did he lost his mind, from where she looks like a mother to him! She was like our's age for god sake, before I could say anything, again I heard! "And my friends call me motherfucker. " then he started chuckling! I facepalmed myself! He doesn't even know any decent pick-up line, and he was saying he can teach me humour!
"Tell me again why are you with him? " I asked.

"He's a good kisser! " replied my dear friend.

As all this was not enough, that girl slapped him across his face, and walked away, I was feeling bad for him, but this situation was funny! I mean that line, who would be that smart enough to think about that high-quality cheap line!

"So, Mr Crazier. Do you call this humour? " I laughed.

"Baby, from where did you learn that cheap line? "Vess asked while chuckling.

"I"ll kill cole! " the only thing he whispered, a muscle in his jaw twitched. It only means that that stupid line is created by Cole, and Dylan applied it thinking that it would be funny!

"Can we go! " He muttered, with his clenched teeth. And we nodded our heads.

***

"We still didn't decide! What I'm going to do? "
All this day went wondering about what to do, or not! And what left in our hands nothing, no result.
"Hey Amy, why wouldn't I thought it about before, when I have the perfect thing for you! " Vess exclaimed.

"What! " I and Mr. Crazier demanded.

"You will act, in fact, a funny act! Or sarcastic act, whatever you want, but you will act! "

"Act? " I asked Dumbfounded.

"Remember? That time when you participated in a play, and you acted so well everyone was applauding for you, " said she dreamingly.

"But that was before everything! That was when everything was normal. Now, everything is changed, so as I.that can't happen!" I heard my voice.

"Aren't you want to win?  Aren't you want to make your mother proud?  Aren't you want to prove yourself, aren't you want to beat Veronica and Cole? "

"Yes," I whispered.

"Then. Do. It. "

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