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Post by Ellie Mankelow on Apr 21, 2012 11:40:09 GMT -5
To say that nerves were getting the better of Ellie would be an understatement. Only a day before the night of, Ellie had been given the okay that she was healthy enough to perform in her hip hip dance concert. Although Ellie was insanely relieved that all her hard work and training for this wasn't going to be going to waste, when told but her teacher that there would be college scouts around the place, the nerves hit her.
On top of that, it was the first time that anyone outside of Ellie's family would see her dance. She had told Charlie and James about it whilst in hospital and later on she asked Sean, Jordan and Sienna to come along.
Ellie was pacing around backstage waiting nervously for it to be her turn for her group to go on stage. Since Ellie was in the top advanced class, they appeared more than one. First and last. She took a sip from her bottle when her hottie of a teacher, Michael told her, "It's show time.". She put down her bottle and got into her place on the sides of where she would have to enter. She took a deep breathe and tried to relax herself. This would be good for her. She just hoped that she wouldn't mess up the one time all her friends were there and college scouts.
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Post by James Martin on Apr 21, 2012 12:29:58 GMT -5
As the group walked through the door, each individual was given a program with the list of what group was performing and when. James scanned down the list. "If I've read it correctly, Ellie's group is on first and last." He informed the group.
They took the spot that their tickets had said and James looked around a bit. Excitement was buzzing through the hall and every so often you could see the faces of proud parents smiling away. Bless. They hadn't even started yet and they were still as proud as ever. James was about to start up a conversation with Sean to break the silence between the two when the lights dimmed down and Ellie's group walked out and stood in their starting position.
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Post by Charlie Hudson on Apr 21, 2012 17:05:50 GMT -5
Charlie took her seat next to James and Jordan. This was a little awkward. Thankfully, the show started and it was Ellie's group. They did their routine and Charlie looked at everyone's faces. They were amazed to say the least. Charlie watched how effortlessly Ellie danced, and wondered why she kept this secret. The first dance ended and every stood up and clapped. Charlie and her friends and screamed. She turned to the group "Okay, that was insane!" she told them, and they definitely agreed.
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Post by Ellie Mankelow on Apr 21, 2012 17:57:42 GMT -5
Ellie came off of the stage, feeling pretty confident and happy with her performance. She'd put it everything into the performance, as had her crew, and she was sure that all the hard work pulled off. She bit her lip. She hoped that her friends thought it was okay.
Halfway through all the classes performances, there was a 20 minute intermission break. This allowed all the audience to stock up on refreshments and snacks to get through the rest of the show. Ellie thought she'd take this time to go visit her friends who were probably absolutely bored out of their brains. After Ellie's performance most of the classes that were shown were the beginner classes to they weren't that great, as the kids were very young but it was always cute to watch. They usually liked to leave all the intermediate and advanced classes until the second half of the show besides when they had the top class.. considered 'the crew' starting the show.
Ellie walked out the performers back entrance and walked in the way the group would have walked in to find her friends. Luckily, half of the people were in the hall, buying food so it didn't take long for Ellie to scan the area and find her group. The first thing she saw was Sean's hair. It was hard to miss. She giggled to herself then walked over to them, coming up behind them. She wrapped her arms around Sean's neck, in a playfully cuddly way. He froze. Probably worried about who the hell it was. The group looked towards Ellie and she smiled, "Hey guys." |
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Post by James Martin on Apr 23, 2012 9:39:34 GMT -5
"You were great!" James exclaimed, "The way you danced, wow, it was just so amazing. How could you want to hide a talent like that?". He kept going on with the compliments and was given a harsh look by Sean., He probably felt that James was going to overboard with the compliments but James couldn't help. "I'm sure everyone agrees you were great!"
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Post by Ellie Mankelow on Apr 23, 2012 10:10:36 GMT -5
James was saying so many adorable things about her talent for dancing that Ellie couldn't help but jump on him to give him a hug. "You're so nice," She grinned as he hugged him, "Thank you for saying all that.". He let go off the hug with a smile on his face "I mean it." He told her, sounding honest. She smiled.
"Hey, would you be able to show me where I could get a soda? I can't find my way around this place." James said to her. "Sure," She jumped up and James followed behind her as they walked out to the foyer.
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Post by James Martin on Apr 23, 2012 10:23:33 GMT -5
They weaved there way throughout the crowd of people as Ellie found the concession stand for him. As they were waiting in line, James decided it was perfect timing to make a move on Ellie, going along with his plans to woo both Charlie and Ellie towards him. When Ellie turned to look at the clock, James slid his hand down until he was grabbing Ellie's butt. Instantly she looked towards where his hand was then back at him. "Um, what are you doing?". James didn't move his hand, instead he made the stupid move of leaning in to kiss her. She backed away, grabbed his hand and moved it away. "Intermission is almost over. I've got to get back.". Ellie rushed out of the line and James followed behind her.
"I need to talk to you." James heard Ellie whisper towards Sean just as she was informing everyone that she had to go backstage again. Oh, no. Shit. What was he thinking doing this?. Once she had left James took his seat back in his previous spot and he faced Sean. "I tried to kiss Ellie.." He admitted. Before Sean could say anything, the lights dimmed down, silencing everyone as the concert continued.
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Post by Charlie Hudson on Apr 23, 2012 12:22:00 GMT -5
James left with Ellie, and when Ellie came back you could tell something was up. Charlie thought about asking what was wrong, but Ellie had to get backstage for the rest of the show. The second half of the show was more intermediate dancing. Which was amazing. The last performance was Ellie's group, and once again they were absolutely amazing. They finished the dance, and I turned to look at Sean. He looked pissed. Something was definitely wrong. Charlie looked at James and whispered, "Uh, is everything okay..?" She asked, and motioned towards Sean.
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Post by James Martin on Apr 23, 2012 17:26:01 GMT -5
"I, uh, tried to kiss Ellie.." He confessed. He looked back towards Sean to see if he had anything words to say.
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Post by Sean Collins on Apr 23, 2012 19:10:52 GMT -5
(WOAH sorry didn't know I was involved in this...guess I missed alot)
Sean watched Ellie dance, and she was absolutely incredible. He felt like a proud parent watching their daughter on stage. She did her first dance, and when she came back, James wouldn't stop showering her with compliments, not even letting Sean get a word in. Ellie left with James, and when they came back, Ellie said she needed to talk. My stomach knotted up, but she had to go dance before Sean could speak. James told Sean he tried to kiss Ellie. Sean opened his mouth to speak, but the lights dimmed down. James got so lucky, because if there was still an intermission, Sean would have strangled James until he choked to death. Sean clenched his fists throughout the entire performance, and it was hard to keep any attention on Ellie. She did do amazing though, he had to admit. But his mind was filled with ways to kill James. Not literally, but Sean was pissed off. He thought they were friends, but apparently not. The show ended, and the lights came back on. Charlie started talking to James, and Sean could see they were looking at him. Sean couldn't hurt James here; it wouldn't look very good on his part. He sat glued in the chair, like a statue, waiting for someone to give him permission to go.
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Post by Ellie Mankelow on Apr 24, 2012 1:56:22 GMT -5
Ellie had found it extremely hard to concentrate during her next dance. All of what had just happened, she couldn't comprehend. Had Sean been right? Did James actually have feelings for Ellie? Or was it just the spur of the moment thing?. So many questions but one weighed heavily upon her. How would she tell Sean this without him getting angry at James?. As much as she was pissed off with James for being so inappropriate, she didn't want anything to get in the way of their friendship, especially her but she couldn't not tell her boyfriend that another guy had tried to kiss her.
Once Ellie had gotten changed in her normal clothes, she put her hair into a bun and walked back to find her friends, preparing herself to tell Sean. "Hey guys." She said with a slight smile as she approached them. She looked towards Sean. The look on his face was anger. "I told him." James told her, answering what was about to be her next question. "Oh..". She held one of Sean's hands. "I was about to ask the group if they wanted to go to Starbucks.. but I think you should just go, James." Ellie told him. Obviously pissed off.
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Post by Sean Collins on Apr 24, 2012 16:31:08 GMT -5
Ellie came back, and Sean couldn't even speak. He wanted to congratulate Ellie, tell her how well she did, and how proud he was of her. Sean felt like everything was tense, and he felt like throwing up. He knew James was up to no good the whole time, but he hoped Ellie didn't like him back. She grabbed one of Sean's hands, and Sean squeezed onto Ellie's hand tight. She told James to go, and Sean couldn't help but feel a little happy. "What on Earth happened?" Sean asked towards Ellie. "You did absolutely amazing out there, though." He said, tilting his head back and forth.
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Post by Ellie Mankelow on Apr 25, 2012 0:04:06 GMT -5
James was refusing to leave, saying they should talk about this but eventually he went with Ellie's wishes and left. Ellie sighed and took his spot. She looked at Sean. "I-I don't even know why he would do that..", Her head was spinning.
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Post by James Martin on Apr 25, 2012 0:24:22 GMT -5
The whole situation got tense when Ellie returned. She asked him to leave, he tried to refuse. He needed to talk to her about what had just happened. He could tell she wanted to kiss him back but felt like she couldn't.
James was about half way out the door when he realised. She wasn't the boss of him. If he wanted to talk, he'd make that happen. "Look, please, two seconds?'". Ellie sighed and got up. James wanted to go into the foyer to talk privately, but Ellie didn't trust him enough to be away from her friends so they just stood a little away from the group, not very far.
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Post by Ellie Mankelow on Apr 25, 2012 0:31:11 GMT -5
James took one of Ellie's hand and she rolled her eyes then she looked over anxiously towards the group. "I'm sorry I did that. It was wrong. I just, I don't know.. went with the moment or something. I was stupid to think you'd kiss me back.". He sounded like he actually meant it. She bit her lip, "It's okay I guess..". Wrong move. He took it as another opportunity to kiss her. This time, Ellie hadn't had time to back away from it. If she was single, she would definitely enjoy it. He was a great kisser.. She pulled away it. "I can't believe you just did that.." She said, angry. She was mainly angry at herself. She'd kiss him back a little bit.. not that she meant to..
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