Every day in this month after school, I always had to practice for my dance on Sports Carnival Day with my other dance friends. I always had to rush through my homework after practice. The minutes turned into days and days turned into weeks.

Soon, it was the Sports Carnival. As I was one of the performers, I was given the schedule for that day. After the school has the relay, it would be the performance that I need to perform. As I walked into the school, I could see the sea of students in purple, orange, green and red. The weather was cheering me on with an outstanding sun and puffy clouds. Beads of perspiration formed on many foreheads and backs as they waited for the next event. Emotions ran high when the relay girls went to their individual spot and started to do warm-up. The empire raised a small object up into the air and shouted, “Ready, get set, go!” A sound emanated from the tiny thing. My friends ran as quickly as they can. The supporters looked from left to right continuously, eyeing their own classmates. I cheered loudly after knowing that my class had own. However, I suddenly had butterflies in my stomach. Next was the performance.

I changed to my costume in the toilet and rubbed my hands. I thought of the worst case scenarios and muttered, “I cannot do this… People will laugh at me if I do wrongly… I cannot do this…” I covered my face and just collapsed into a squatting position. I cried more and more as I thought what would happen.

“Michelle, what are you doing now? You are supposed to be there already!” a familiar harsh voice spoke to me. “Mrs. Kim, I really cannot do this…” I told her. Mrs. Kim was my form teacher and was the one who organized this whole thing. She was really fierce but she can be nice and caring too. “Michelle, you volunteered. You hold a special place in your classmates’ hearts. It’s just that you do not realize it. Come with me and see,” Mrs. Kim told me in a gentle tone. She held my hand and pulled me to the dancing site. I gasped in shock as I noticed a huge banner held by my best friends. It wrote, “Jia You, my friend! You can do it!” I was still hesitant until I saw a girl suddenly stood up. She had big eyes and she was really sporty. She was popular in my class too. She was a girl that I always wanted to talk to her but I did not have any chance to. “You can do it!” she shouted.  I was so delighted that she encouraged me. I nodded my head firmly and went to join my dance friends.

Thankfully, I only concentrated on the dance. I did not even glance at the audience. Luckily, the worst case scenarios did not even happen. After the dance, it was lunch break so I quickly chased after her. “Natalie!” I shouted and she turned her body one hundred and eighty degrees. “Yes?” she looked at me.

“Thank you, Natalie! I hope we can talk more often!” I shouted and she was taken aback. “Okay, sure!” she replied. I smiled at her response and left. I was still surprised what the class did, to help me. I felt really touched by that and what Mrs. Kim said. The class would also hold a special place in my heart.