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Chapter Eleven – The Big Night
“More blusher,” Stan murmured as he looked at my cheeks. Kellie nodded.
“Hurry!” Stan clapped his hands. “You are going to go onstage soon!”
I smiled, and Kellie applied some pink blusher on my cheeks. “Take a look,” she showed me a mirror.
I look fab. My eyes, heavy with mascara, eyeliner and gold eye shadow, made me feel that I am some glamour girl from the eighties. The foundation Kellie applied made me look as if I had gotten a nice tan (that’s why the blusher didn’t really show), and my lips are coloured with a strawberry pink shade.
“Danielle, Alexis and Shauntae!” Stan barked. “You are up first!”
I smiled to Kellie and she squeezed my arm. Hayden gave me a thumbs-up. He looked hot in his punk look. I smiled back.
“Remember, lots of important people in the media are here today. Make sure you do your best later,” Stan said to us when we met him at the curtains leading to the stage. We are going to enter from the very centre, under a glittering curtain.
“Let’s welcome the first group, Danielle, Alexis and Shauntae, performing Beyonce’s Crazy in Love!” the host said. It sounded like Alan Beckford.
Danielle gave the both of us a quick smile, and entered first. I could hear the clapping and cheering of the audience. I bit my lip.
“Don’t smudge the lip gloss,” Alexis reminded me. I nodded.
“You ready
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no,” Danielle sang. I took a deep breath and entered the stage.
The stage is fab, with shiny spotlights and a runway, making me feel like a star. Guests are seated in the couches below the stage, and some are at their table, eating the dinner prepared by the Luxuriance chefs.
“I look and stare so deep in your eyes
I touch on you more and more every time
When you leave I'm begging you not to go
Call your name two or three times in a row,” I sang as I danced. It was hard work, doing both at the same time. Alexis continued the rest of the verse.
“Such a funny thing for me to try to explain
How I'm feeling and my pride is the one to blame
Cause I know I don't understand
Just how your love your doing no one else can,” Alexis sang. I must say that she had improved in her dance.
“Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss
Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love,” we sang the chorus together. After that we spread out and I dominated the right side of the stage.
It might seem crazy, but the three of us raised our arms and wiggled our butts. In a sexy way, that is. Rob had taught us that, and it sure made the audience high. We completed the rest of the song smoothly, dance steps all in place.
“When I talk to my friends so quietly
(Who he think he is) Look at what you did to me
Tennis shoes, don't even need to buy a new dress
If you ain't there ain't nobody else to impress
The way that you know what I thought I knew
It's the beat my heart skips when I'm with you
But I still don't understand
Just how the love your doing no one else can
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss
Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love
I'm looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love
Got me looking, so crazy, my baby
I'm not myself, lately I'm foolish, I don't do this
I've been playing myself, baby I don't care
Cause your love's got the best of me
And baby, you're making a fool of me
You got me sprung and I don't care who sees
Cause baby, you got me, you got me, so crazy baby
Hey!
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss
Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss
Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love”
The audience cheered as the three of us bowed. I was sweaty over, seeing that the dance is quite powerful.
“Girls, girls,” Stan clapped when we re-entered the backstage. “You were awesome up there. I loved that dance,” he laughed, and started wiggling his butt (although he did not look as good as Rob did when wiggling).
I walked over to Hayden.
“Very sexy,” he smiled. I saw his eyes turned a lighter green. This time, it was not a mistake.
“I will take that as a compliment,” I replied, grinning.
He leaned forward, I think to kiss me, but Stan barked, “Hayden! Your group is up next!” I hoped he didn’t see that, or he will give us a dressing-down later.
It looks like he didn’t. He just shooed Hayden to stage, as he was the first to go onstage. I sighed. It is just so hard for this little wish of mine to come true.
I sat in at a table with all the other starlets, and we tucked it to our dinner. Hayden slid in beside me.
“Nice performance,” I complimented. He smiled and brushed his hair out of his eyes. I hadn’t got the chance to speak to him since he performed.
Some other artistes were performing onstage as we ate. The food was of Italian cuisine. I had eaten it for ages.
After I had finished, Hayden nudged me. I looked at him questioningly.
“Follow me,” he mouthed. We stood up, and he held my hand, and led me out of the ballroom, and to this private balcony on the other side of the building. It faced the beach and the vast sky, and the night air was cool. There was slow dance music on, but I had no idea where it came from.
“Why did you bring me here?” I looked at him, and his eyes were like two sparking emeralds. He looked very cute in his white button-down shirt and black pants. The shirt showed his hard muscles and abs.
He stretched his hand out to me. “Will I have the pleasure of this dance?”
I smiled, and placed my hand in his. We danced slowly to the music. He stopped a few moments later, and just hugged me in his arms.
He raised my chin and looked in my eyes. Then, he leaned forward to kiss me.
At this moment, my mind flashed into scenes of the past.
I was sitting under a tree, crying my heart out. My first boyfriend had dumped me, just because I told him I wasn’t ready for kissing.
Chase walked towards me. I had no idea how he found me, but he had always had that uncanny ability.
“Shauntae? What’s wrong? I thought you are on a date with Ralph,” he said.
I explained the story to him. “I just wanted to share my first kiss with someone I knew better, someone who loved me for me.” I bawled. Chase smiled and stroked my hair.
“He doesn’t deserve you, Shauntae,” Chase replied. Then he did something that till this day surprised me.
Chase rubbed away my tears, and leaned in to kiss me. He did. His soft lips touched mine, and to my surprise, I didn’t push him away. I just let him kiss me.
Hayden kissed me. I kissed back. Whatever happened was in the past, and this, is my first real kiss.
Hayden bit gently on my lip, and I let him explore my mouth with his tongue. I explored his mouth too. This night could never stop.
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