'So. What are you gonna say when it's your turn?' Scott asked. They were sitting in the car outside the academy. Scott was there to make sure that Angela wasn't nervous.

'I just walk up to the table. Introduce myself. Tell them the song I'm gonna do and than dance.' She said.

'Almost. You're gonna tell them why you would like them to accept you.' Scott added.

'Okay. Before I tell them what I'm gonna do I say something like... I'm here because I love dancing?' Angela asked and glared at her brother.

He nodded and smiled.

'That's perfect Angie. Let's go inside and kick some butt!' Scott said, hugged his sister and stepped out of the car.

The jury was discussing some new details when they came in. A blond girl was dancing to No strings attached by N Sync. Angela also knew that song. Her dancing is incredible... I'm not that good, Angela said to herself. She was getting nervous, something she didn't expect at all.

'Are you okay Angie?' Scott asked when he noticed that his sister was staring outside.

'Yeah. I guess. I'm just getting a bit nervous. That's all.' She answered.

Scott smiled. 'Every star is nervous before performing.' He said and looked at the blond girl. 'Listen carefully to what the jury says. You can learn from her mistakes.'

'I will. She's really good.' Angela noticed.

'Yeah, but not as good as you.' Scott whispered.

Angela playfully punched her brother. 'We'll see about that.' she replied.

'Angela Claiborne. Miss Angela Claiborne.' One of the jury members suddenly said.

'Oh god! That's me!' Angela said. Her knees where shaking and she got really scared.

'Okay Angie. This is your moment. Go get 'em girl!' Scott said and pushed her forward.

'Hello, my name is Angela Claiborne.' She said and smiled.

'Hello Angela. Why are you here?' a woman asked.

'I'm here because I love dancing above everything.' She replied.

'What are you going to do?' a man asked.

'I'm going to dance one of my own routines.' Angela answered.

'Your own routine? You have a routine?' the man said. Angela nodded.

'That's very good.' The woman said and scribbled something on her paper.

'Okay Angela. Do your thing.' A man said and smiled.

'The song is called Message of love and it's by a group named Journey.' She said and took her opening position. She danced as if her life depended on it. And when she was ready she waited for a response.

The people behind the tables where smiling broadly. 'Very good Angela.' The man said. 'So you thought of this all by yourself? It's yours?'

'The routine isn't entirely mine. I added some steps from other routines I saw on MTV.'

'And which would that be?' a young woman asked.

'These steps...' Angela said as she moved around a bit. 'Are from Everybody-backstreet's back by the Backstreet Boys. And these...' She danced a few paces and smiled. 'Those steps where from the song Sometimes by Britney Spears. But the rest is mine.'

'That's really great Angela. And how do you come up with these routines?' the young man asked.

Angela raised her shoulders. 'Well, when I'm in a really good mood I just listen to a particular song and then I start dancing. And usually I make up new moves along the way. But this one... I know it by heart. And I can't even mess it up... even if I tried really hard. It's in my head.' She explained.

'Well, thank you Angela.' The woman said. 'If you'll just wait in the other room. We will let you know our decision later.'

'Okay. Thank you for your time.' Angela said, turned around and walked back to Scott.

'Angie. You where great.' He said and hugged her.

'I was really nervous at first but when I was standing there... and I started to talk. Everything went alright. I wasn't nervous anymore. It was really weird.' She explained.

'That's what they call a professional.' Scott said smiling. They walked into the other room and sat down.

'I don't think we need to see any other girls.' The young man said as soon as Angela left the room.

'I hafta agree with Mark. She was great!' the woman added.

'Come on you two. Susan, Mark, you hafte agree. We need to give the other girls a chance.' The other man said.

'Your right. We do need more than one girl...' the woman mentioned.

Three hundred girl danced at the academy that day. And Angela knew that if she would get accepted, that she could consider herself a very lucky girl.

Scott and Angela where in the other room talking music when suddenly the young man came in. 'I've got a list with people we accepted.' He said and started calling out names. They chose 10 girls out of 300.

'Jessy Taylor, Amanda Perkins, Lucinda Mitchell... and last but not least; Angela Claiborne. The rest of you girls; you did the best you could. Thanks for coming and have a safe trip home.'

'They chose ME over all those other girls!' Angela yelled exited. She was jumping up and down like a little kid.

'Angie! Relax!' Scott said. 'But you did it girl!' After all the other girls left the room, the rest of the jury members came in. The young woman came directly towards Angela.

'Hello, my name is Susan Horton. Congratulations.' She said and shook Angela's hand.

Angela smiled. 'Thank you.' Angela said. 'This is my brother Scott.' Scott shook Susan's hand and re-introduced himself.

Susan started to explain some stuff and after that she showed Angela a piece of paper. 'This is a list songs you'll be dancing to. Do you know these songs?' Susan asked.

Angela nodded. 'I know and love all of them.'

'Great. And do you know these songs?' Susan asked and showed Angela another list. They were all Backstreet Boys songs.

'I know probably most of these songs.' She replied. 'My best friend is a huge fan.'

'That's perfect. You're supposed to pick 4 songs of that list. Those songs will be the ones you dance to. Write them down on this list and we will make sure that you receive these songs on CD and video.' Susan explained.

'But why?' Angela asked.

'You're gonna hafta learn the dance routines to those songs. We'll be sending a dance instructor to your studio. He knows the routines and he will be teaching you. We're giving you 2 weeks to learn. And of course, we hope you succeed. Angela, just pretend like this is a test. If you fail... well, we don't expect you to fail. We expect only the best from a girl like you.' Susan explained in a nice but firm way.

'I understand. When can I expect this teacher?' Angela asked.

'He already has your name and address. I asked him to stop by to bring you the tapes and to introduce himself to you and your parents.' Susan said. 'Any other questions?'

'No, not really.' Angela said.

'Great. Then I wish you good luck.' Susan said, shook both of their hands and left the room.

'Have you decided yet on the songs you're gonna do?' Scott asked. Angela nodded and showed him her list.

She picked:
All I have to give
That's the way I like it
Larger than life
Don't want you back

'But those are all dance songs?' Scott said.

'Scotty baby, do you know any of these songs?' Angela asked. Scott shook his head.

'See brother. Our big difference. You don't know any of these songs. So please, do us both a favor and shut up!'

A young man came towards Angela and introduced himself as Mark Steverson. 'Angela. Congratulations. You where fantastic.' Mark said and smiled. 'We have a test, that we need you to pass.'

'Another one?' Scott said.

'A certain young lady... Susan Horton? Told Angela about a dance test.'

'Ah Susan. Yes, this is a different but yet somewhat similar test. The concept is the same. You pick 4 songs from the list. And than after the 2 weeks Susan gave you, we will be sending you another dance instructor. He will teach you the new routines. And as the other one, you'll have 2 weeks.' Mark explained. 'I sure hope you know what you got yourself into...'

'I know. I love to dance, I can't think of anything else right now.' Angela said smiling. 'So the tests are basically the same.'

Mark nodded and showed her a list with songs. The list contained Britney Spears songs. And again, Angela picked 4 songs:
Stronger
What U see (is what u get)
Can't make you love me
Crazy

She handed the list over to Mark, he promised to take care of everything. 'You can give me Susan's list as well. I'll take care of that.' he said so Angela gave him both lists. 'Good luck. And we'll be seeing each other very soon.'

'Thank you. Goodbye.' Angela said and went home.

'This went pretty good.' Scott said as the pulled up the drive way of their mansion in Jacksonville, Florida.

'Yeah. I'm really happy about everything.' Angela said and added. 'And I owe it all to my big brother. Thank you Scotty. I love ya very much.'

'I love you too Angie.' Scott said and hugged his sister.

'Mum!' Angela yelled as she ran into the kitchen. 'Mum!'

'Angie! You're back!' Dad said. 'Well...' Angela's mother entered the kitchen and looked at her daughter, who was jumping up and down again.

'I made it mum! Dad, they chose ME!' she cried.

'Oh baby!' Mum said. 'I'm so happy for you!'

'There where 300 girls there! And they picked 10! And I was one of those 10! Oh mum, I'm so exited!' Angela said and hugged her proud parents. A few minutes later her sister Jamie walked in.

'Jamie. Angela got accepted at the dance academy.' Mum said. 'Isn't that great?!'

'Yeah. Cool.' Jamie said. She wasn't really interested in her sisters latest achievement.

'Oh.' Angela said. 'I thought you'd be happy for me.'

'I'm am happy.' Jamie said and forced a fake smile on her face. Angela was disappointed.

'I'll be in the studio if you need me.' she said, turned around and walked away.

'Happy now!' Dad said.

'She was so happy and you had to ruin it all for her.' Scott said and flashed Jamie an angry look.

'I'm sorry.' Jamie whispered and ran outside. All they think about is Angela! She gets all the attention because she's special! And what do I get? They yell at me when I refuse to react overly exited like everybody else. Jamie sat down at the pool side and cried.

Angela was sitting on the floor in the studio. She was reading through the booklet of her favorite CD. The words flashed through her head but she couldn't remember any of them. She felt so sad because Jamie wasn't happy for her.

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