Me and Mom and Dad made our way to the backstage. Crowds of people were
congratulating the performers, surrounding them, patting them on the back. We saw
Via and Justin at the center of the crowd, smiling at everyone, laughing and talking.
"Via!" shouted Dad, waving as he made his way through the crowd. When he got
close enough, he hugged her and lifted her off the floor a little. "You were amazing,
sweetheart!"
"Oh my God, Via!" Mom was screaming with excitement.
"Oh my God, oh my God!" She was hugging Via so hard I thought Via would suffocate,
but Via was laughing.
"You were brilliant!" said Dad.
"Brilliant!" Mom said, kind of nodding and shaking her head at the same time.
"And you, Justin," said Dad, shaking Justin's hand and giving him a hug at the same
time. "You were fantastic!"
"Fantastic!" Mom repeated. She was, honestly, so emotional she could barely talk.
"What a shock to see you up there, Via!" said Dad.
"Mom didn't even recognize you at first!" I said.
"I didn't recognize you!" said Mom, her hand over her mouth.
"Miranda got sick
right before the show started," said Via, all of out of breath. "There
wasn't even time to make an announcement." I have to say she looked kind of strange,
because she was wearing all this makeup and I'd never seen her like this before.
"And you just stepped in there right at the last minute?" said Dad. "Wow."
"She was amazing, wasn't she?" said Justin, his arm around Via.
"There wasn't a dry eye in the house," said Dad.
"Is Miranda okay?" I said, but no one heard me.
At that moment, a man who I think was their teacher came over to Justin and Via,
clapping his hands.
"Bravo, bravo! Olivia and Justin!" He kissed Via on both cheeks.
"I flubbed a couple of lines," said Via, shaking her head.
"But you got through it," said the man, smiling ear to ear.
"Mr. Davenport, these are my parents," said Via.
"You must be so proud of your girl!" he said, shaking their hands with both his hands.
"We are!"
"And this
is my little brother, August," said Via.
He looked like he was about to say something but suddenly froze when he looked at
me.
"Mr. D," said Justin, pulling him by the arm, "come meet my mom."
Via was about to say something to me, but then someone else came over and started
talking to her,
and before I knew it, I was kind of alone in the crowd. I mean, I knew
where Mom and Dad were, but there were so many people all around us, and people
kept bumping into me, spinning me around a bit, giving me that one-two look, which
made me feel kind of bad. I don't know if it was because I was feeling
hot or
something, but I kind of started getting dizzy. People's faces were blurring in my head.
And their voices were so loud it was almost hurting my ears. I tried to turn the volume
down on my Lobot ears, but I got confused and turned them louder at first, which kind
of shocked me. And then I looked up and I didn't see Mom or Dad or Via anywhere.
"Via?" I yelled out. I started pushing through the crowd to find Mom. "Mommy!" I really
couldn't see anything but people's stomachs and ties all around me. "Mommy!"
Suddenly someone picked me up from behind. "Look who's here!" said a familiar
voice, hugging me tight. I thought it was Via at first, but when I turned around, I was
completely surprised. "Hey, Major Tom!" she said.
"Miranda!" I answered, and I gave her the tightest hug I could give.
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