The Competition by Maddie Ziegler
Author:Maddie Ziegler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2019-10-28T16:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 14
After our amazing Rockettes experience, I had one more thing left to do—something I had been looking forward to for a while. It had all been cleared with Vanessa and my parents—I was going to Connecticut to visit my old dance school! People who lived outside New York City usually drove into Manhattan for dinner, not the other way around. Eliza’s mom was willing to bet we’d be headed against traffic both ways.
I hoped she was right.
I was honestly starting to get a little tired. Our schedule had been really busy. And even though we really loved the cool experiences Vanessa set up for us, we had something planned every day outside of the competition. I loved that I was living out so many dreams. But it was both great and exhausting.
Suddenly, I missed Hailey, my parents, and my dog. I decided to video chat Hailey.
“Harper!” she answered—no, shrieked—into my cell phone screen. It was funny what a little distance could do for a sibling. Hailey was often my number one fan, but she seemed so much more excited when I called from far away.
“What are you all up to?” I was just as happy to see her. She was holding a mixing spoon and had one of the aprons that had come with the cooking show set she’d gotten for her birthday.
“Hello? We were all watching on live stream! We saw your competition!”
“Thank you!”
“You were like this!” She held her spoon up in a pose. “Then this!” Hailey dance-posed around the room with her bowl and spoon and then went offscreen.
“Uh, Hailey,” I said. “I can’t see you.”
“Oh!” She popped back onscreen. She showed me the goopy brown contents of her bowl. “Anyway, I’m making you celebration brownies.”
“Thanks? But I’m not even there,” I said. “You know I’m not going to be back for a few days?”
“Hee-hee,” she said. “I know. But that’s what I told Mom so she’d let me bake. Sorry you’ll miss them.”
“Let me speak to Mo.” I shook my head when I imagined the mess she was creating.
“Mo, it’s Harper! Come on and say hi.” Hailey pointed the camera to Mo, who was clearly searching the kitchen for me.
“Not there, Mo.” I cracked up. “I’m over here.”
“He’s all confused.” Hailey laughed.
Just then, a text came through. It had to be Eliza.
We’re downstairs.
“Oh, I gotta go, Hailey. Eliza’s here.”
“Are you going to Connecticut?” Hailey screamed. “Don’t forget to say hi to Timothy the squirrel!”
“Um, I’ll try. And tell Mom and Dad I said hi,” I said. “Give Mo squishes for me.”
I hung up and zipped around the hotel room to grab my bag and my shoes. What else, what else? My key card! My phone was in my hand, but I kept feeling like there was something else I was forgetting. I hated when I got that nagging feeling, but couldn’t figure it out. Oh, well. It would come to me. I headed out the door and across the hall. After a few knocks, Vanessa came out to escort me down.
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