Today could either be the best day of my life, or the worst.
I knocked on the door of the producers, being told they wanted to see me.
“Mr. Wade and Mr. Sungkur, they told me y’all wanted to see me.”
“Ah. Ms. Mayer, please, please, come in.”
I stepped in, worried about what was about to happen.
I see the men, in suits and ties along with Mandy Moore who was in a business suit. Mandy was staring at me with a wide smile.
“May I ask what this is about?” I started, wringing and unwringing my hands.
“We have a proposition for you that we want you to think about and talk to whoever you need to.”
“What is it?”
“Well, Mrs. Moore, would you like to continue?”
She smiled and nodded.
“We’ve been watching you since you’ve been hired, or more like I’ve been watching you.”
“I’m sorry?”
“I have been planning on quitting this show this year, wanting to spend more time with my children.”
“I’m sorry, what does this have to do with me?”
“I want you to take my position, Evelina,” Mrs. Moore said, making my jaw drop.
“No- No, I couldn’t possibly-” I stuttered.
“Like we said, think about it, do whatever you have to do and make your decision.”
“When do I have to let you know?”
“Two weeks.”
I nodded before being dismissed.
As I walked out, I leaned my head against the wall away from all of the commotion. I jumped at the feeling of hands wrapping around my waist.
“Niall, stop it, there are people around,” I whisper-yelled.
“Sorry, you just make it so hard,” he whispered, making me shiver.
I wasn’t going to tell him until I could get a chance to talk to him about it and what this would mean.
Ever since that night, Niall and I both have had troubles keeping our hands to ourselves.
“You better keep your hands to yourself if you want any tonight,” I said, making him immediately pull his hands away.
I giggled, rolling my eyes. Boys, I swear.
“I can’t wait for the world to know,” he whispered.
“Me either, but we don’t want them finding out before we planned.”
He nodded and then we were forced to go our separate ways until the show started. We had to get ready, and I had to get ready extremely early due to my hair going to take a while to do.
Because of my freestyle, it had to be crazy, but due to our dance to This Town, it couldn’t be too crazy. The dance to Woman Up I was going to have to have a complete hair re-do, but I decided against it, realizing that with the hairstyle picked for it, I could make that crazy and punk, as well as elegant and classy.
My first dance was going to be the dance to This Town. As I slipped on a white, flowy dress and silver strappy heels. Niall was in jeans and a suit shirt with a tie. My hair and make-up was finished. My make-up was going to change after this performance. For this one, they did a natural brown smoky-eye. For the other, it was going to be a dark one.
We were called shortly following us finishing getting ready.
We went to our spots, making everyone scream. Niall kissed my forehead before going to his spot as the video package started rolling.
It showed how much pressure we were feeling. We had arguments, yes, and it showed one of them. It showed where I had gotten so frustrated at everything that I had to leave the room.
That was an embarrassing moment for me.
They went to Niall kind of as an explanation for me walking out of practice for a second.
“She needed a minute. People sometimes forget, myself included, that not only does she have the pressure of finals, but she has the pressure of her son at home. He’s cheering her on, yes, but he’s not the playful little boy that he was at the beginning. He’s weaker, but he knows his loved by everyone who knows him.”
I was crying at this point. The way he talked about us, he talked like we were family. That’s just the thing, we are family.
Thankfully, I hadn’t cried hard enough where my make-up was running so I still looked good.
“Releasing his very own single, This Town, here is Niall and Evelina.”
I danced through the tears, and everyone in the room was crying as well.
Carrie Ann started the judges off following the dance, and she was in tears.
“Niall, you are absolutely right. Most of us forget just how stressed you are Evelina and the fact that you are so collected right now is amazing.”
I was trying to remain collected, but as each judge continued on, with Niall’s arms around my waist, it was becoming more difficult as time went on, which I’m sure the viewers picked up on.
It then continued on to Bruno, then Len, who both gave us amazing reviews.
We went up to get our scores, but I wasn’t worried about it. As much as I love this show for the fact that they gave me a job, their winners scores are literally just popularity, because the judges always give the dancers and contestants all tens, just for fairness and it’s up to America to decide who wins.
“Evelina, it’s been a hard season for you. How have you been handling it?”
“I mean, in all honesty, my son has been my first priority, but dancing has been my escape, don’t think I don’t love my son, because I love him more than life. Most people dread going to work, while I enjoy it because it’s kind of an extremely small vacation from the fact that I’m about to go home, get my son, and then go back to the hospital.”
Erin’s jaw dropped, shocked that I answered so truthfully. I haven’t really told anybody that, not even really Niall.
That dance, we got perfect tens, like I knew we would.

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Hello everyone! I'm alive! I'm sorry about the wait, life has been crazy. I have been a little under the weather, but the main thing is that I couldn't move (much less look at a computer) without my whole world spinning. Something was messing with my nerves causing me to get dizzy really easily. I'm all good now though! No longer getting dizzy! Also, my cousin and his fiance just had a little girl yesterday so we are loving that!
I have thought of a name for the second book though... well, some ideas. I need your opinion. I'm stuck between Our Dance or One Dance. Let me know what you think about! :)
Love you guys and thank you for being so patient with me!