Crystal was flagging, the lack of sleep was catching up with her and she kept making mistakes.
‘Come on, Crystal!’ Tash shouted, ‘You’ve got two left feet at the moment. Get with the programme, or I’ll be telling Dallas.’
Crystal immediately pulled herself together and mentally shook off her tiredness. A bollocking from Dallas wasn’t something she could handle right now on top of everything else on her mind.
‘Do you want me to show you the moves again?’ Belle said in her most patronising voice, and Crystal had to grit her teeth to stop herself from telling her where to go.
After dance it was straight back to the hotel to be interviewed for the TV show. She was dying to check her messages to see if Max had called again, but couldn’t risk doing it in front of Belle. Crystal dreaded these interviews more than the live show itself. Having a camera stuck in her face made Tahlia even sweeter than she usually was, Belle came across as bubbly and fun, but it had the opposite effect on Crystal and she worried that she came across as a right hard bitch. Belle had agreed to do most of the talking and Crystal did her very best to sound sweet and humble, when really she was thinking,
vote for us, we’re the bollocks!
‘So how’s this week been for you girls?’ asked Hadley, the very attractive black co-presenter of
Band Ambition
. Crystal and Belle were convinced he fancied Tahlia, but she wouldn’t have any of it.
‘It’s been great, Hadley,’ answered Belle, as Crystal worked on her sweet look.
‘It was a tough one last week when you and Trick or Treat were in the final two and had to sing your songs again, wasn’t it?’
‘Yeah, thanks for reminding us,’ Crystal couldn’t stop herself blurting out.
‘It was hard,’ Tahlia added, ‘and we felt really sorry for the guys going out.’
Like fuck we did
, thought Crystal, doing her best to look sympathetic.
‘Crystal, do you think you are ready for this week’s performance?’ Hadley pointed the mic at her.
‘We’ve been working our arses off and the song’s sounding shit-hot.’
Hadley frowned. ‘Crystal, I did ask you not to swear if possible; this programme goes out before nine. Can we have the same question again?’
Crystal tried not to giggle; he took himself so seriously. He was very good-looking, but not in a raunchy get-your-kit-off, let’s-have-sex-against-the-wall-now kind of way. He was more like a clean-cut member of a boy band – definitely not Crystal’s type.
‘Sorry, Hadley. We’ve been working really hard and we’re really hoping that everyone’s going to like the song. We’ve put everything we’ve got into it.’
Hadley seemed happy with that and the cameras stopped filming. As the girls were filing out of the room, Hadley walked over to Tahlia. Looking a little awkward, he asked, ‘Um, Tahlia, I was wondering if you fancied going out for a drink sometime?’
‘Okay,’ Tahlia said shyly. ‘But would it be okay if we waited until after the competition?’
Belle and Crystal gave each other meaningful looks and walked out of the room, giving Tahlia and Hadley the chance to swap numbers.
‘Lucky Tahlia,’ Belle said outside. ‘He’s fit.’
‘What are you up to now?’ Crystal asked, longing to get to her hotel room to check her mobile.
‘Oh, I’m meeting Mum and Dad for dinner. What about you?’
‘Having an early night,’ Crystal replied forcing a yawn. ‘See you in the morning.’
She was just opening the door to her hotel room when Tahlia walked along the corridor with a huge smile on her face.
‘Well?’ Crystal asked, raising her eyebrows.
‘What do you think of him?’ Tahlia asked.
‘He’s very sweet; you should definitely go out with him. Do you want to come in and talk?’ she asked, praying the answer would be no as she thought she might explode if she couldn’t check her messages.
‘Thanks, but I’m going to babysit for Mum,’ Tahlia answered.
Tahlia was always
‘Come on, Crystal!’ Tash shouted, ‘You’ve got two left feet at the moment. Get with the programme, or I’ll be telling Dallas.’
Crystal immediately pulled herself together and mentally shook off her tiredness. A bollocking from Dallas wasn’t something she could handle right now on top of everything else on her mind.
‘Do you want me to show you the moves again?’ Belle said in her most patronising voice, and Crystal had to grit her teeth to stop herself from telling her where to go.
After dance it was straight back to the hotel to be interviewed for the TV show. She was dying to check her messages to see if Max had called again, but couldn’t risk doing it in front of Belle. Crystal dreaded these interviews more than the live show itself. Having a camera stuck in her face made Tahlia even sweeter than she usually was, Belle came across as bubbly and fun, but it had the opposite effect on Crystal and she worried that she came across as a right hard bitch. Belle had agreed to do most of the talking and Crystal did her very best to sound sweet and humble, when really she was thinking,
vote for us, we’re the bollocks!
‘So how’s this week been for you girls?’ asked Hadley, the very attractive black co-presenter of
Band Ambition
. Crystal and Belle were convinced he fancied Tahlia, but she wouldn’t have any of it.
‘It’s been great, Hadley,’ answered Belle, as Crystal worked on her sweet look.
‘It was a tough one last week when you and Trick or Treat were in the final two and had to sing your songs again, wasn’t it?’
‘Yeah, thanks for reminding us,’ Crystal couldn’t stop herself blurting out.
‘It was hard,’ Tahlia added, ‘and we felt really sorry for the guys going out.’
Like fuck we did
, thought Crystal, doing her best to look sympathetic.
‘Crystal, do you think you are ready for this week’s performance?’ Hadley pointed the mic at her.
‘We’ve been working our arses off and the song’s sounding shit-hot.’
Hadley frowned. ‘Crystal, I did ask you not to swear if possible; this programme goes out before nine. Can we have the same question again?’
Crystal tried not to giggle; he took himself so seriously. He was very good-looking, but not in a raunchy get-your-kit-off, let’s-have-sex-against-the-wall-now kind of way. He was more like a clean-cut member of a boy band – definitely not Crystal’s type.
‘Sorry, Hadley. We’ve been working really hard and we’re really hoping that everyone’s going to like the song. We’ve put everything we’ve got into it.’
Hadley seemed happy with that and the cameras stopped filming. As the girls were filing out of the room, Hadley walked over to Tahlia. Looking a little awkward, he asked, ‘Um, Tahlia, I was wondering if you fancied going out for a drink sometime?’
‘Okay,’ Tahlia said shyly. ‘But would it be okay if we waited until after the competition?’
Belle and Crystal gave each other meaningful looks and walked out of the room, giving Tahlia and Hadley the chance to swap numbers.
‘Lucky Tahlia,’ Belle said outside. ‘He’s fit.’
‘What are you up to now?’ Crystal asked, longing to get to her hotel room to check her mobile.
‘Oh, I’m meeting Mum and Dad for dinner. What about you?’
‘Having an early night,’ Crystal replied forcing a yawn. ‘See you in the morning.’
She was just opening the door to her hotel room when Tahlia walked along the corridor with a huge smile on her face.
‘Well?’ Crystal asked, raising her eyebrows.
‘What do you think of him?’ Tahlia asked.
‘He’s very sweet; you should definitely go out with him. Do you want to come in and talk?’ she asked, praying the answer would be no as she thought she might explode if she couldn’t check her messages.
‘Thanks, but I’m going to babysit for Mum,’ Tahlia answered.
Tahlia was always
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