The next day, we went to the dome hall in LA. LA is a busy and vibrant city, the noisy and bustling atmosphere in this city makes people's hearts flutter.
"This is your breakfast. I know you didn't eat anything yesterday." Veronica gave me a hot hamburger while we were in the dressing room.
"Oh my gosh, thank you." I looked at Veronica gratefully.
Indeed, I am very hungry, and the only one who cares about this is Veronica. She has always been a great friend.
"I think you should apply a thicker layer of foundation over your eyes." Veronica took a sip of her coffee and spoke to me.
"What happen?" I devoured the hamburger and turned to look at Veronica.
She pointed at my eyes then pointed at the mirror. I turned and looked at myself in the mirror. After just one night, I woke up and loooked like a sick person. His eyes were dark and tired, and his face also lacked rosy and excitement.
"Did you lose sleep?"
"Ah... um." I made no secret of Veronica and nodded.
"Because of the news regarding Dominic?"
I looked up at Veronica a little, so she already knew about it.
"It's hard to give you any advice or consolation when I'm not the one to go through this firsthand. But I think you shouldn't let your negative emotions affect your life. The important thing to do is to be beautiful and gorgeous, to focus on this important performance, you know what I mean?"
Hearing Veronica's words of encouragement, I was really moved. I hugged her and said thank you. She's right, instead of getting upset over an unconfirmed rumor I should ignore it and focus on my ballet performance.
I looked at myself in the mirror, took a deep breath, and started putting on my makeup again.
"Wow, that's a great dress, Esther. When did you change your ballet skirt and ballet shoes?" Veronica looked at me in awe as she walked out of the dressing room.
"Ah, just recently. I was going to keep my mother's dress for a special occasion to wear it and do a ballet. Today is... um... maybe this ballet dress will be... suitable." I shrugged and said.
"Yeah, it really suits you. People often call Kaylin the 'white swan' of Malibu academy. But I think you're really the most beautiful white swan."
"Thanks for the compliment. You're gorgeous today too."
The big-city competition brought together a lot of contestants, and everyone was an excellent ballet dancer. There are more than 10000 participants, after the first round, only 1000 people will be selected. This is truly the most intense competition I have ever entered.
Through the second round, the number of people selected is 100, and in the last round, it is 5.
Being the five people representing the Americas on Finding Stars is really tough. Although I know the chances are slim, but I'm really determined and full of faith that I can do it.
The judges for the inter-city competition in the Americas were three members of the Angels team. They are the youngest generation members of the Angels group and incredibly talented. We didn't see them until it was our turn to go on stage and perform. But in the waiting room, I heard some gossip from the contestants who performed.
The first contestants began to show off their ballet performances. Many famous works were selected, and some contestants performed their own choreographed ballet performances. After they returned to the waiting room, everyone's faces were pretty bad.
"The judges are really strict. They hardly smile and don't give any praise. The feeling of being on stage is really stressful."
"I felt that my performance was not bad at all, but the judges thought it was too boring and lacking in emotion."
"The judges Kate and Karen are okay, although they're strict, they're not too scary. The one who puts the most pressure on me is Edna. She is young and beautiful, she smiles sometimes but I feel her smile is very ironic, I suddenly become small and self-deprecating in front of her."
When I heard the names of the judges they mentioned, I had a flashback. My mother left the Angels a long time ago, but while she was still there, Kate and Karen joined. Kate and Karen are twins, they often perform together but rarely solo. They were one of the youngest members to be accepted into the Angels at the time, when they were 18 years old.
Kate and Karen are considered the most harmonious duo of ballet. They must be 28 years old by now.
As for Edna, I've only heard her name a few times, but never seen her. I heard she's the same age as me, but she's much more famous and successful than me. She has never lost in any of the competitions that she participates in, from childhood to adulthood she is undefeated. She joined the Angels and is currently the youngest.
A young and difficult judge, this intrigued me even more in Edna.
Veronica performed before me, she didn't seem too pleased with her performance.
"Haizzz, I was so stressed that I didn't do as well as I expected. Just like what they said, Edna's eyes distract me. She seems to have something of a pressure on others."
Veronica let out a sigh. I know she has high expectations for this contest, because she not only represents the Royal team but also represents her family and carries with it Miss Glenda's expectations.
"It's okay, this is only round one. You've been very brave. At least there's no mistake?"
"Um. I hope I'm in the top 1000. You've got to do your best, Esther."
After a few hundred performances, it was finally my turn.
I gently stepped onto the stage, relaxed my body and fully focused.
At this moment, my gaze drifted over the judges' table. There were three people sitting there. Two people with identical looks are Kate and Karen, and a young girl with dark hair is Edna. As soon as I saw Edna, my heart skipped a beat. Because she looks so much like the girl in the picture with Dominic.
In the moment before the music started, I seemed to see her smirk.