Rehearsals went by smoothly and the D day was finally here. Make-up artists filled the rooms prepping the dancers faces, prop makers were setting up the stage.
But Elle was feeling sick in the stomach, not nervous sick, like shitty sick.. 'I didn't even eat any food the previous day so I don't know why I need to visit the toilet every 30 minutes. Ugh this is stupid', she groaned. 'I hope Syd is gonna be here soon with the meds before the show starts'.
30 minutes later she was rushed to the toilet again. After she finished with her business, Sydney had still not arrived .... Okay now she was nervous. The show would be starting soon. Picking up her phone she dialed Sydney's number ''Syd where are you, the show's gonna be starting in a few minutes and you're still not here'' at this point her eyes were teary "Elle calm down I'm heading towards your makeup room,". Whew she breathed a sigh of relief.
Sydney walks in with two nylon bags. Elle immediately jumps up from here seat , " oh thank the Lord you are here" she rushes to Sydney for a hug, " thanks Syd you're a life saver " "yes I am sugar", she gently pats her on her back while giggling .
"Okay, okay here's your prescription and medicine" Sydney handed her the nylon bag. She quickly took the medications forgetting she had not eaten anything yet. She quickly got ready.
The show had started, it was male leader dancer that took on the stage first,before Elle was gracefully invited unto the stage. They both danced beautifully, portraying their characters so well, all the dancers were in perfect sync. The audience was in awe even Miss Misty Copeland was impressed. Sydney and their dad watched with pride and smiles etched on their faces .
As the music was coming to an end Elle felt her head swoon a bit almost missing her step, but she caught on quickly and delivered the ending moves with grace as the music ended. "Whew"
The crowd applauded, 'that was brilliant', 'I love the way everyone and everything was smooth',the way Elle smiled at the ending was perfect'. So many side talks were made mostly positive Madame was feeling proud.
Backstage Elle and the other dancers were congratulating each other
'you were really good out there Elle' one of the dancers yelled to Elle "thanks Gaby, you guys were amazing " she replied smiling
Felix (the male lead dancer) gently dragged her to the corner " are you okay?" She furrowed her eyebrows "what do you mean ?" "I saw, you almost missed your step there " he said with concern writing all over his face "Ooh you mean that? " She suddenly remembered too "I'm totally fine, I guessed all the spinning and twirling finally caught up on me" she said trying to make him laugh and divert the topic, because she also didn't know what happened. Seeing he was still looking serious and not laughing, she straightened her face and cleared her throat " seriously I'm fine, there's no need for you to be concerned", he just sighed "well if you say so Elle" he tried to make small talks with her but she was really tired. She didn't wanna talk too much now because headache was kicking in, "I'm going out to meet my dad and Sydney". When she went out, flowers were given to her from her dad, Sydney and others. " You were wonderful dear" her dad said kissing her cheeks and hugging her "oh no you guys aren't giving out hugs without me" Sydney cams rushing in between for a group hug. "Thanks guys for coming ".
She saw Madame giving her a hand gesture to come over to her side, she left her family's side walking over to Madame.
"Elle I'd like to introduce you to Miss Misty Copeland". Elle was so excited, being introduced to Misty was a dream come true for her. She shook hands with her and introduced herself " that performance was wonderful, I enjoyed it. Elle you have huge potentials to be bigger" Misty said. " Thank you so much Madame it's really an honor that you enjoyed it." Elle beamed at her "oh just call me Misty, no need to be too formal" they all laughed. Later on Misty requested a photo.
The headache was becoming strong Elle wasn't feeling well, luckily everyone was already departing from the studio.
Elle, Sydney and their dad were about to go home, he noticed she was in pains and he asked "what's wrong Elle"