After Class 1 left, everyone in Class 18 looked grim.
Anya's eyes were lowered. After a long time, she looked at Lily and said, "I'll go. You don't know the moves. Shannon wants to see you make a fool of yourself. I just sprained my ankle. I can still dance."
Lily handed her phone to Anya and insisted, "I'll go."
"But you don't even know the moves." Anya was on the verge of breaking down into tears.
She hated herself for not being more careful. If she had paid more attention, Shannon wouldn't have managed to trip her. Lily wouldn't have to take her place either.
Lily patted her shoulder to reassure her. She turned to look at Ian and the others.
"You guys just dance as you've practiced. Don't mind me," she said.
Ian thought for a moment and said, "Alright. Now that it's come to this, we can't stay here forever and not go on stage. Lily, you stand in the back and try to stay out of the judges' sight. I know Anya's moves. I'll adjust my position to make up for it accordingly."
Each of them had their assigned spots. During their practices, they had only focused on their own parts. Though Ian remembered Anya's moves, he hadn't done it with the music accompaniment. He had no choice but to bite the bullet in their predicament.
Lily gave him a look and said nothing. She went on to the stage right away. Ian and the others followed behind.
Soon, the music started. Lily stood behind her classmates as they danced to the music. She stood still and pulled her baseball cap lower.
Below the stage, Shannon watched their performance with a smirk on her face. One who didn't know how to dance on stage was destined to be ridiculed.
She didn't get to enjoy that moment for long, though.
Shannon and Shelby, who were sitting right behind the judges, were utterly dumbfounded. They could only stare at Lily in a daze—especially Shannon, whose mind had gone completely blank.
She couldn't believe this was happening. Lily had never said she could dance, so how the heck could she dance so impressively? She was so good that she could be a professional!
Shannon bit her lip, overwhelmed by shock and anger. She had wanted Lily to become the laughingstock, but Lily ended up being the star of the show. She felt like strangling herself for making this happen.
"Judges, please show us your score."
After a round of enthusiastic applause, it was time for the judges to reveal their scores.
All of them gave the same score—10!
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