Chapter 15
May 30-
"AC, hurry up rehearsal starts in 30 minutes!" Kevin yelled at me through the door.
"I'm comin', I'm comin'!" I shouted back. We had another concert today and we were having rehearsal from 11:30 to 3:30 so we could come back to our hotel and shower but be at the auditorium by 4:30 so we could have our makeup done and be onstage at 6:00.
I slipped on my black Nike airpants, ADIDAS running shoes, and an AAU basketball t-shirt. My clock read 10:15 and we had reserved a room in the hotel for rehearsal so I quickley ran out the door. By the time I made it to the room everyone was already there and I was panting, out of breath.
"Nice of you to join us,"Fatima commented when she saw me.
"Can't...talk...no...breath...ran here...fast as...could...no...talk..." I panted out.
"I'm guessin she's out of breath," AJ joked. Everyone laughed.
"Very...funny," I said still out of breath.
"OK,"Fatima shouted,"Kevin, AJ, Howie, Brian, Nick get on the floor and do the routines." They jumped up and ran onto the floor. Fatima started the music.
(2 hours later)
"All right guys," she said as the music to Everybody ended,"very good. AC, Zoe, Ari, Steph, Ash your turn. That's gonna be hard to beat though."
We ran onto the floor and lined up. I was at the end of the line since Steph had grown 3 inches and that made me the shortest in the group. Fatima started the music to our song "Take Your Time".
Unfortunately for us Howie had spilled some water on the floor and no one had noticed.
"Woah!" I yelped as I slipped on the puddle of water. I fell forward causing a miniature domino effect.
"Ow!" Zoe screamed when we all ended up on top of her since she was the tallest and was in front. The Boyz just laughed hysterically at us.
"Domino Effect!" I shouted out.
"Girls," Fatima said,"now that your aquainted with the floor let's try that again." We lined back up and Fatima started the music again.
(2 hours later)
"Wonderful girls," Fatima praised,"that's it for today so go get ready for your concert."
I ran to my room and jumped in the shower. When I finished I put on a pair of wide leg jeans (these weren't in style at the time) since I like to look different, my ADIDAS running shoes, and a light blue baby tee (also not in style).
It was 4:00 when I finished getting ready so I went to meet everyone else out front to leave. We got there by 4:20 so we ran past the screaming fans (for BSB of course, but some were there for us) and made it to wardrobe with 1 minute to spare.
"Hah, we're early this time," I commented to the wardrobist (is that a word?).
She just nodded and handed us our outfits. They were black pants with a different color v-neck shirt for each of us. Zoe- red, Ari-yellow, me-light blue, Steph-green, Ash- purple, and Nike running shoes.
"Ari you look like a bumblebee," I told her. She just made a face.
The wardrobist just shooed us to make up.
"Sara,"I said,"make me beautiful."
"You got it," she replied. By now I always wore blonde streaks in my hair so Sara's job was a little easier. We all wore our hair down and they began to cake makeup onto our faces.
"Ick," Ash remarked.
"Think you got enough of that on me?" Steph asked.
Sara just told her to sit still and they'd be done soon. When they finished our makeup we were rushed onstage.
Despite the fact that I had done this zillions of times I was still nervous. I took deep breaths and tried to concentrate. Then I heard the music begin. We sang our two songs and exited to wait for the concert to be over.
By 11:00 we left and all of us fell asleep on the ride to the hotel.