When Wade got everyone’s attention he began talking again. “Ok, now I’m going to teach you guys the dance moves to yet another song. Except you’ll only have two tries to get this one right. Once with me dancing with you guys as sort of a run through and then the second time Becky, Mike, Jackie, and myself will be walking around again. Only twenty-five of you will make this cut. So good luck and the song I’m going to teach you the dance moves for is ‘Just Got Paid.’ So lets begin.”
The girls all took there spots on the floor and prepared themselves for another couple of hours of hard work.
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It only took them two hours to do everything this time and all the girls were more exhausted then they were earlier. They all discovered that Wade truly was a slave driver and just about killed you.
Trixie walked over to Brittany and rested her head on her shoulder. “Brit Brit, I can’t stand by myself or walk any further. Can you help me over to the wall please?”
Brittany glanced at her out of the corner of her eye and laughed. “And you think that I have the energy to carry your lazy, tired, and sore butt over there?”
Trixie nodded and mumbled “yea” in response.
Brittany looked over at Sarah and grinned. “Oh Sarah!” She said in a sing- songy voice. “Can you help me drag Trixie over there?”
Sarah laughed and then grinned as she grabbed one of Trixie’s arms. Brittany laughed and grabbed the other. They both began to pull her as hard as they could over towards the wall.
Trixie looked up at the two helplessly. “Thanks.”
The two laughed as they both sat down on the floor and leaned up against the wall with their water bottles in hand.
Megan walked over to the three smiling. “Pretty soon we’re going to find out who the twenty five are that get to stay! I’m so nervous. No one knows how bad I want this gig. I could use the money, I love to dance, and I’d get to travel. I’m praying that I get this gig and not only that, but also that you girls are with me. Then it’d be a total blast!”
Sarah nodded and looked up at Megan and squinted because of the bright lights. “I’m with you all the way there. Does anyone else think that they should like dim the lights or turn on less lights or something? I think they’re trying to blind us.”
Everyone laughed and nodded in agreement.
Megan checked her watch and noticed that Norchelli wasn’t there. She looked around the room a little bit looking for her friend before turning back to the other three girls. “Hey where’d Nor Nor go?”
Trixie turned her head a little bit to the side and looked up a little to look at Megan. “She said that she drank way too much water and that she was going to go to the bathroom. She’s been gone for almost 10 minutes now, so either there’s a long line for the bathroom or she’s taking the world’s longest piss.”
“It was neither of those things.” A voice said from behind Megan. The girls all turned to look at the voice and saw Norchelli standing there as she continued talking. “Ok, this is what happened. I go in there and go to the bathroom. Then when I go to get some toilet paper I notice that there is none. So I asked the person in the next stall if they had any. They said no, and then they asked the person next to them if they had any and they said no, and then so on. It took me a hell of a long time to finally get some toilet paper from whoever was in the stall at the very end. Do you have any idea how many people needed toilet paper? It takes a long time to eventually get yours. So if any of you have to use the bathroom later, make sure that the stall actually has toilet paper in it and if it doesn’t get some from somewhere!”
By now the other four girls were rolling on the floor laughing hysterically and holding their stomachs.
“Oh. Oh. Oh that was just so priceless.” Sarah said while still laughing and wiping a tear from her eye.
Megan tried to control her laughter long enough to talk. “Thanks for the advice.”
“You see that’s when carrying your own spare toilet paper comes in handy. I take some with me everywhere I go.” Brittany said as she got weird looks from the other four. “I’m kidding. I would never do that!”
The girls were still giggling when Wade walked into the room again and clapped his hands yet again to get everyone’s attention. “Ok, now once again if you hear you’re named called go over to the right corner where Becky, Mike, and Jackie are. There are fifty of you now, so we’re only picking twenty-five to stay. So we’re cutting you in half here. If you don’t hear your name be called then you’re asked to please leave immediately after I finish calling out the names. Any questions?” Wade looked around and when no one spoke up he began reading the names of the twenty-five girls who made the cut. “Dayna Johnson, Caroline Farmington, Jill Cassidy, Sasha Woods, Michelle Canton, Norchelli Camacho…”
Norchelli quickly jumped up from her spot on the floor her eyes wide with excitement. She gave hugs to the other four girls and hurried over to the small group of girls that was growing.
Wade listed off another three girls names and kept reading them. “… Julia Wagner, Samantha Lenning, Lacey Benton, Sarah Robson…”
Sarah gasped in surprise and quickly put her water bottle on. She received her hugs from the other three girls and happily walked over to where her friend was standing.
The names just kept coming as Wade listed off another two girls who both screeched with delight. “…Vanessa Watson, Patricia Fuller, Kristen Dunlop, Megan Mathia…”
Megan looked up from the ground in shock when she heard her name being called. It took her a few seconds to take it all in before she hugged her two friends quickly and jogged over to Norchelli and Sarah with a huge smile on her face that mirrored their own.
Another two names were listed off. Trixie and Brittany stood next to each other both with their fingers crossed wishing for their names to be said. There were only four more girls left to be called. “…Ashley Ramsey, Trixie Manning, Tanya Morris, and finally Brittany Thompson.”
Both Brittany and Trixie grabbed onto each other and jumped up and down excitedly and gave each other a hug before they ran over to where Megan, Sarah, and Norchelli were standing looking just as excited as they did. All the girls happily hugged each other and laughed.
After all the girls who hadn’t made the cut left, Wade walked stood in front of the full-length mirror that took up the whole wall and began talking to the remaining twenty-five girls. “Ok, now you’ve made it this far and you’re all doing an excellent job so far. I’ve been very impressed with all of you. Now this is the part where you all do your own solo dances that you’ve prepared. Becky, Mike, Jackie, and myself will watch each of your performance’s closely and once you’ve all gone you’ll get another break and I’ll leave again with Becky, Mike, and Jackie to make the decision of what ten girls stay and what fifteen go. So, all I have to say is good luck and I’m going to be calling people up at random to perform. When you filled out your information sheets you put what song you would dance to so you don’t need to tell me that. All you have to do is tell me when you’re ready and I’ll start the music. Any questions?” No one said anything so Wade continued. “Ok, so the first person up is Ashley Ramsey.”
Ashley walked out into the middle of the dance floor as everyone else headed towards the back wall and took a seat. Wade, Jackie, Becky, and Mike all took a seat on the floor in front of the mirror next to the stereo with pens and clipboards. When Ashley told Wade that she was ready he started the music as she danced to Christina Aguilera’s “Come On Over Baby.”
A few other girls went up and danced to the songs of their choice while everyone else watched them. One girl had just finished her dance routine and everyone clapped.
Wade looked down at his clipboard and read off the next name. “Ok, Megan Mathia is next.”
Megan stood up and smiled nervously at her friends as she walked over to the middle of the dance floor and got ready to do her routine. After about a minute she told Wade that she was ready and soon the notes to Britney Spear’s “Crazy” filled the room as Megan began dancing her heart out and danced flawlessly.
When she was done she gave Wade a quick smile as she quickly walked back to where her friends where. Sarah, Brittany, Trixie, and Norchelli were whistling and clapping loudly for her when she came back. They all gave her their congratulations when she sat down and she thanked them.
A few more girls went through their routines as everyone else continued watching and making comments to their friends. While Wade, Becky, Mike, and Jackie continued taking notes and writing down stuff on their clipboards. “Ok.” Wade said after one of the girls finished her routine. “Norchelli Camacho you’re next.”
Norchelli stood up and nervously rubbed her hands together as she took her spot on the floor and took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves. She turned and looked over her shoulder at her friends. Sarah smiled big at her and gave her the thumbs up. She smiled a little and nodded her head before she turned back around and told Wade that she was ready. Wade reached over and hit play on the stereo and Christine Milan’s “AM To PM” blasted through the speakers.
Norchelli finished her high energy and well rehearsed dance routine with a back flip and went right into a split on the floor. She took a minute to compose herself before she walked back to her friends with a wide smile on her face. She knew she’d done a good job. A damn good job.
When Wade and the other three finished taking notes on there clip boards about Norchelli’s performance, Wade looked up. “Ok, and now Sarah Robson is next.”
Sarah grinned as she talked over to her starting spot on the floor. She took a few seconds to mentally prepare herself and quickly go over her routine in her head and she too turned around to look at her friends who were all staring at her intently waiting for her to start. They all gave her encouraging smiles.’Ok, you can do this. Yes you can. Here we go’ She turned around and told Wade to turn on the music. Soon Sisquo’s upbeat and smash hit “Thong Song” filled the room as Sarah jumped right into her routine.
Sarah finished the song up with a shimmy and then turned around and shook her ass at Wade. She could hear a few chuckles throughout the room after she did that. She headed back to her spot and received high fives from her friends along with compliments and some laughter from them too. She took a deep breath and leaned her head back against the wall with a small, pleased smile on her face.
Several more girls went up and danced next. They were all very good and talented. They had to have been to make it this far. Wade called off the next person. “Ok, Brittany Thompson you’re next.”
Brittany bit her bottom lip nervously as she slowly walked over to her starting spot on the floor. She was still nervous because she was the youngest person there and she’d never really danced by herself knowing that she had four judges, four friends, and other people watching her. She told Wade that she was ready and she began dancing to Britney Spear’s “Overprotected.”
She struck her final pose, nothing fancy at all, and stood still in her spot for a second before she smiled in relief. She walked back to her spot and sat next to her friends. She got the normal and usual congratulations and compliments as the next girl got ready to start her dance routine.
They were finally getting down to the last few girls who had to perform their dance routines. The more and more people that went up the more nervous everyone got because they knew that in not to long the final ten would be picked. Wade read the next name off the list. “Trixie Manning you’re next.”
“Ok girls, I’m the last of us to go up.” Trixie said as she smiled and stood up. She got into her starting position and anxiously bounced up and down on the balls of her feet. She could feel everyone’s eyes on her and she tried to ignore it and forget about it. She usually got stage fright, but now was not the time. She had to pull this off and dance better than she ever had in her entire life. She told Wade when she was ready and he leaned over to turn on the music. Soon the upbeat tempo of Destiny Child’s “Jumpin Jumpin” was heard and she began expertly dancing to the song with ease.
She finished slightly out of breath, but happy with her performance. She didn’t feel tired at all because the adrenaline was just pumping through her veins at this point. She heard loud applause as she walked back to her spot and sat down next to her friends who were all happy for her.
After another couple of girls they were finally done. It was 3:00 when Wade, Becky, Mike, and Jackie left the room and said they’d be back in about thirty minutes. Once they left everyone scattered about the room. Some people laying on the floor, some heading towards there bags and getting food, some watched themselves in the mirror as they practiced some of their dance moves, while others just sat with there friends and talked.
Megan, Sarah, Trixie, Brittany, and Norchelli sat in a circle with their water bottles next to them and talked about their performance’s at first before they moved onto other subjects.
“So if you were to get the gig as one of the *NSYNC dancers and you could hook up with anyone of the guys…which one would you pick and why?” Sarah asked everyone. “I’d hook up with Justin so I could tie him up to a bed and teach him some of my own dance moves.” Everyone cracked up laughing when she said this. She looked at them and smirked. “What? I’m serious! Besides I’d LOVE to show him some of my dance moves…it might take more than one lesson to make sure he gets it.”
“Ok, ok, ok.” Norchelli sobered up. She was sitting on Sarah’s left. “I would hook up with Lance cause damn have you seen that mans ass?! It’s sooo fine! Not to mention the fact of hearing that deep bass voice scream out my name late at night. Oh that would be heaven.”
All the girls giggled and Megan went next. “Alright…I would hook up with Joey cause if he’s the so-called flirt and ladies man that everyone says he is that man has got to be GOOD! Plus he’s the most manly looking one of them all. Imagine him whispering your name in your ear late at night seductively with that Brooklyn accent. Damn it gives me shivers just thinking about it.”
Once again everyone laughed and Trixie went next. “I think that I would hook up with Chris because he’s so funny and he’s just crazy in general. Think about all the crazy ideas he’d come up with late at night and with all that energy he has, he’s got to use it all up somehow!”
They continued to laugh as Brittany went. “I don’t even want to know what’s going through your mind! Anyways, I think I’d hook up with JC because have you ever really listened to him sing? He has got the most beautiful voice in the world and you can hear the passion in his voice when he sings. He just seems like a really sweet guy.” A chorus of “awwws” could be heard. Brittany laughed. “Shut up! Besides the guy has big hands and big feet and you know what they say about a guy with big hands and feet.” Everybody nodded and fell back laughing.
Norchelli laughed and took a deep breath. “Ok, wow. That was interesting and really funny.”
Everybody nodded in agreement and then they saw the door to the room open and in walked Wade, Jackie, Mike, and Becky. This time Wade didn’t even need to clap his hands together to get everyone’s attention because everyone became suddenly quiet when they saw him walk into the room. “Ok, only ten of you are going to move on from here. If you hear your name be called you don’t have to go anywhere. You can stay where you are. When I’m done calling out the names of the remaining ten people then the rest of you are asked to please leave quickly. Before I start I just want to say that all of you did an excellent job with your performances and I was very impressed. So without further ado here are the ten girls who are going to be continuing. Any questions?” Like always no one said anything, just sat anticipating hearing who made the cut. Wade cleared his throat and continued. “Sasha Woods, Tanya Ramsey, Norchelli Camacho, Lacey Benton, Trixie Manning, Megan Mathia, Dayna Johnson, Brittany Thompson, Sarah Robson, and Vanessa Watson.”
Megan, Sarah, Trixie, Norchelli, and Brittany all looked at each other in shock.
The five of them began jumping up and down in excitement and screamed as softly as they could. They’d done it. They’d made it into the last and final round. They were in five of then last ten people left. They were each getting closer and closer to their dreams, but not only that they weren’t alone. They were with there friends. Now they had to see if the five of them could stick together and all of them be the five chosen dancers. If that didn’t happen then at least see if one of them will make it into the final five. When the guys would come into the room and they dance with them, that would be there last chance to make it and if they screwed that up they’d have to go in search of a new gig to try out for.
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