C, A, F#… "Come on Shen you're gonna be late, are

you dressed, Eves here, can she come in?" damn

im stressing and we're not even there yet, "yea im

dressed tell her to come in, is Finn here yet?"

Calm down, calm down Shen you'll be okay, "Hi

Evie, have you ever been to one of these before?"

i say ,trying to stop the nervous panic from

taking over, as she walks in . " No but i'll figure it

out it can't be that hard watching people play

piano, but how about you, you seem a lot more

nervous than usual, are you okay?" ugh, why did she

have to ask that, i can't just say im fine cause she

knows i'm not but i don't really want to spill to her about

how im stressing so bad my hands are shaking, it'll make me look weak "Uhh… i'm just a bit nervous because it's a big

performance." i say then wait anxiously for her

response, but instead of the pitty filled " oh are you okay do

you want anything…" that i was expecting i get a "

Hay, well i'm not worried whenever you play you

go of into your own dream world, its magical and

you always seem to enjoy it, so i know you'll pull

through somehow" and she says it whilst smiling,

which makes me want to smile. I can feel a small

blush start to grow on my cheeks and my hands start to calm down with the

shaking , I'm still nervous just in a slightly better way.

"Hay Shen, Fins here, are you ready to go yet?" Mum shouts up the stairs, the

soft golden clouds that were easing my nerves started to dissipate as I came

back to reality "Yea, were coming mum." I shout back, pushing myself up off the

bed. I smile awkwardly at Eve; I just don't understand how she can be so bright

and happy about everything.

As we're walking down the stairs she starts babbling about something Saskia

had said, something about how she wanted to come but she has to do some

Hockey tournament or some other sporty thing but i'm just listening to the soft

sound of her voice, its soo.. calming. I look up and see Mum and Fin waiting by

the door for us, Fin is grinning so wide his cheeks look like they could explode,

"Are you nervous? he asks in the most non-subtle way ever, and i know he

doesn't mean about the competition. He made a bet with me that if I tried my best I

would get a 8/9/10 from all the judges. I said I wouldn't but now if I do I have to

ask Eve out, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that I don't think she likes me in

that way.