More Than Friends - S01 E38

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More Than Friends - S01 E38

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 38

#OMNISCIENT_POV

Finally the day of the competition has finally arrived, The dance arena is parked with dozens of crowds, and each of the competitors prop themselves up and pray for the sweet taste of victory and the golden prize of 1.million dollars.

As soon as the sun goes down, The competition begins.. Many dancers of different countries display their dance moves to the amazement of the crowd, Each of them dances ? to the best of their abilities, some do it better than the others while some do something that has never been done before..

The crowd roar with jubilation as they watch the dancers do their stuff, The judges too watch with admiration and excitement in their eyes as they watch the dancers.

Angelina who’s turn is next prays to God before she goes into the arena.. As soon as her Brazilian competitor is done with his dance, She approaches the stage and faces the crowd waiting for the music to start, In that moment, her eyes hungrily search for her family members and of course Peter, whom she’s dying to see.. She later sees them amidst the crowd, she sees Peter’s parents but doesn’t see Peter who’s seat was empty.

She feels agitated at first but ensures herself that Peter is present since his parents are around.. Within seconds, the music starts and Angelina dances to the beat of music, She dances and dances doing several dances moves within minutes, The crowds amazed her dance skills cheer her on, their jubilation and ovation was much more bigger than the other competitors, Her friends and family watch on with admiration, feeling proud of her… Angelina continues dancing doing her thing until she surprises everyone by changing her dance moves, she does impossible stunts after the other astonishing the crowd even more, even her competitors couldn’t help but feel amazed by her dance moves… Time is running out and Angelina who’s aware of that decides to end her performance with a unstop twirl with one leg.. The crowds shouts out admirably as they see Angelina twirl unstop until her time is done, She finally stops and bows before the crowd and judges, who give her a thundering ovation.

After that, Angelina leaves the stage and quickly hurries to the toilet where she vomits ?.. After she’s done, she washes her face, and meets her family and friends backstage.

Alice ➡ Oh my Goodness Angelina.. I’m so proud of you.. You over did it..

Angelina ➡ Thanks mom.

Felix ➡ I’m proud of you..

Angelina ➡ Thanks dad.

Jessica ➡ Ah Angelina.. I thought you were going to break… You really over did it.

Angelina ➡ Thanks ma.. Uh.. Where’s Peter?

Upon hearing Angelina’s question, Jessica and Wright become quiet, Jessica drags her away and tells her the what happened.

Jessica ➡ I’m sorry Angelina.. He said he doesn’t want to come.

Angelina ➡ What?… Why?

Jessica ➡ I really don’t know.. He’s been acting strange the day after you sent those tickets.. I tried asking him if anything had happened between the two of you but he wouldn’t reply me.. He even traveled to Lagos for his new job as a producer without even telling us, he only wrote us a letter to let us know he was gone.. I’m sorry.

Angelina feeling heartbroken and torn apart, couldn’t believe what she just heard. Tears well up in her eyes but she quickly wipes them away..

Secretly watching from a distance, Charlene smiles to herself and whispers to herself mission accomplished and then excuses herself to meet Angelina.

Charlene ➡ Hey cousin.. What’s wrong?

Angelina ➡ Nothing..

Charlene ➡ Say… Where’s Peter? Oh.. Evening ma

Jessica ➡ (scatter brained b-tch) Evening my dear.

Charlene ➡ I haven’t seen Peter.. Where is he?

Jessica ➡ He’s in Nigeria.

Charlene ➡ What? He didn’t show up..

Jessica ➡ Unfortunately yes..

Angelina ignores Charlene and snatches her phone from her hands, She dials Peter’s number, but he refuses to pick, after dialing unstop, She collects Jessica’s phone and dials his number, after a while he answers the call.

Peter ➡ Hello mom..

Angelina ➡ Peter.. It’s me Angelina.. I was…

Before she could finish, Peter cuts off the call,… Shocked and confused, Angelina calls him again several times but he refuses to pick.

Unable to bear it anymore, Angelina leaves the place with tears in her eyes.. But before she could disappear, Ming spots her and asks her what’s wrong.

Ming ➡ Angelina.. What’s wrong?

Angelina ➡ I can’t talk right now!

Ming ➡ Well, better come upstage the judges are about to announce the winner.. Come on.

Ming drags Angelina to the stage where all the other competitors have gathered, They all stood waiting to hear the results, while each of the competitors were eagerly waiting for the result, Angelina feels sad and empty.. Even when the Judges announced her as the winner, she didn’t stir or show any excitement.. She was pushed out by Ming to collect her grand prize.

As Angelina stood holding the big check of her prize together with the judges, she begins to cry silently as tears fall from her eyes uncontrollably, The crowd cheer for her thinking she was crying tears of joy not knowing they were tears of agony, heartbeat and disappointment.

To be CONTINUED