AS I SAID EARLIER, MY COMPETITION WOULD SOON ARISE AND HE WAS UNFORTUNATELY LIVING NEXT DOOR.
ONE DAY AS I WAS WATCHING TV, I HEARD THE DOORBELL RING AND I WENT TO CHECK WHO WAS BEHIND THE DOOR. I KNEW IT WAS OUR NEW NEIGHBORS COMING TO SAY GREET US BUT WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR, I WAS STRUCK BY THE MOST HANDSOME TEENAGER MY EYES HAD EVER SEEN.
HE HAPPENED TO BE THE BIGGEST IDOL IN OUR CITY AND WAS MORE FAMOUS THAN I WAS. HE HAD DEEP BLUE EYES THAT I GOT LOST IN FOR A SECOND, FINE BLONDE HAIR AND AN INDEED CHARMING CHARISMA NOT TO MENTION HE WAS RIPPED AS HECK. HE LOOKED BREATHTAKING, AND AT THAT MOMENT EXCITED TO BE NEIGHBORS. HIS STAGE NAME WAS SAINT BUT CALVIN WAS HIS ACTUAL NAME.
MY MOM INVITED HIM OVER, WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES, HAD SOME PIE AND HE QUICKLY LEFT WITH THE EXCUSE OF HAVING UNPACKING TO DO.
BEFORE HE LEFT, HE STOOD BY THE DOOR AND SAID WITH A SMIRK,"I KNOW YOU ARE A BIG THING IN SCHOOL BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M HERE NOW, SO BID FAREWELL TO YOUR POPULARITY AND SAY HELLO TO YOUR NEW COMPETITION, MISS MCCLAIN".
"HOW DO YOU KNOW MY LAST NAME", I ASKED.
HE REPLIED AND TURNED AROUND TO LEAVE,"DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT, WORRY ABOUT HOW I WILL KICK YOUR BUTT OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT".
I COULDN'T COME BACK AT HIM AND WAS UTTERLY SHOOK WITH HIS WORDS. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO WORRY ABOUT MY POPULARITY AND AUDIENCE. HE HAD JUST STATED HE WANTED TO BRING ME DOWN BUT THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD LET THAT HAPPEN. THERE AND THEN, I VOWED TO BECOME THE NEXT IDOL, MORE FAMOUS THAN SAINT.
IT SEEMED ABSURD TO COMPETE OVER POPULARITY BUT I HAD NO CHOICE SINCE HIS POPULARITY WOULD MESS WITH MY SECRET PLANS.
I WAS DETERMINED TO GAIN THE NUMBER ONE SPOTLIGHT BUT I WAS LACKING TWO THINGS THAT SAINT WAS VERY GOOD AT. SAINT WAS A VERY GOOD DANCER AND HAD THREE SONGS TO HIS NAME THAT SOLD OVER 75,000 COPIES EACH. ON THE OTHER HAND, I HAD NO SONG AND MY DANCE MOVES WERE NO WHERE UP TO HIS.
I MADE IT CLEAR TO MYSELF, TO LEARN HOW TO DANCE BETTER THAN SAINT, DEBUT A SINGLE THAT WOULD SURPASS HIS NEW SONG WHICH WAS SAID TO BE RELEASED 4 WEEKS AFTER WE MET AND BECOME THE IDOL OF THE WHOLE CITY OR MAYBE THE COUNTRY.
I WAS HUNDRED PERCENT SURE IT WAS GOING TO BE EASY BUT AS I STARTED TRAINING, I REALIZED IT WAS GOING TO BE WAY HARDER THAN I THOUGHT.