Chapter 26 In For Trouble

The show begins and she stands at the back of the curtain. She hears the music turn on and it’s Shakira’s song, ‘hips don’t lie’ Alexia looks back at her friends and they laugh out, her shaky hands stop shaking and she stands up right. Her shoulders squared and her head, held up high and she thinks,

“There’s no one out there. You are here to impress yourself only and yourself wants the best out of you. So, no disappointment, put that in your thick scull and entire body.”

Finally, she takes a step forward and it is as if, the world has vanished in front of her. She walks to the end of the line and everything is totally silent. The people around her go silent as their eyes focus on her. Her eyes scan them for a second and stops on a tall figure seated at the far end of the hall, he has a spectacle on his face and he is staring directly in her way, with a blank expression. She rolls her eyes to the side and pouts her mouth slightly as she calls in her head,

“Edward!! What is he doing her