"I don't know." Davy admitted.
"Wanna practice?" Fern asked.
"Sure."
"You say you will." Fern began to sing. She twirled her cane around and accidently knocked Davy down. Davy landed hard on his ankle.
"Ow." he groaned.
"Gosh, I'm sorry! Are you okay?" Fern cried.
"No. I think I twisted my ankle!" Davy cried. He tried to stand up but couldn't.
"Davy please stand up!" Fern begged
"I can't. Fern you're going to have to do this with out me."
"I can't!" Fern cried.
"Yes, you can. Fern listen to me. Forget what your mother told you. You can do this." Davy said with a small smile.
"And now here's Fern and-"
Fern cut the announcer off. "Just Fern." she said with a nervous smile.
To everyone's shock Fern was good. Really good. She sang decently and danced wonderfully. She beamed as she bowed and walked off stage.
"I did it! I did it!" she cried.
Davy was about to say something when he heard somebody talking.
"Mike?"
Fern gently pulled Davy to his feet and helped him limp to Mike.
"I'm sorry Davy for this mess I've caused." Fern said.
"Davy?! Are you okay?!" Mike asked. He actually gave Davy a hug. Davy blinked at him. "Oh don't look at me like I'm some sort of robot. I was worried about you." Mike groaned.
"I'm okay."
"Well what happened? Where'd you go?" Mike asked.
"Don't get angry at Davy. This is all my fault! I-" Fern was cut off by her mother. Fern felt her face beam with pride again.
I've finally made her proud of me! Fern thought happily.
"Fern! You actually did good!" her mother exclaimed.
"Thank you!" Fern beamed.
"Yeah." her mother's face darkened. "It's too bad you didn't have a partner! You might have won! I told you, you needed a partner!"
"Hey! Leave her alone! She tried!" Davy yelled. Then winced.
"Would someone like to explain to me what the heck is going on?" Mike asked.
"Well it all started about three days ago. I was reading the newspaper when I saw a ad about the talent show. I told Mother I was thinking about trying out for it. She laughed in my face. She told me to forget about the talent show because I had none."
Mike gave Fern's mom an angry look.
"We got in a huge fight. She told me I'd never amount to anything. I wanted to prove her wrong. I remembered the talent show Davy and I performed in and got really mad at Davy for backing out of the rest of the shows. So I...panicked. I thought if he were my partner again that I would win. And make you proud of me."
Fern looked as if she were about to burst into tears.
"So you kidnapped Davy in hopes that you would win." Mike said angryly.
"Mike, don't! This isn't her fault." Davy pleaded. His eyes darkened as he glanced at Fern's mother. "It's your fault."
"Mine!"
"Yes, yours! After all the pressure you put on her, I'm surprised she held it together for as long as she did!" Davy yelled .
"All I wanted was for you to be proud of me." Fern said. She began to cry softly. "But that's not going to happen is it?"
"I-"
Fern pulled her gun out.
"Fern! What are you doing?!" Davy cried.
"Ending my nightmare."
"Fern don't! Please, you don't wanna do this! Give me your gun." Mike said.
With a trembling hand Fern handed him, her gun. "I'm leaving Mother."
"Fern, please! Let's talk about this!" her mother pleaded.
"You had twenty years to do that. Goodbye Mother." Fern said in a surprisingly strong voice.
With that she walked out the door.