| I stood in line waiting like everyone else for a chance to go on tour and be a back up dancer for a famous pop group called, *Nsync. I looked at the sign that clearly answered the question in my mind," You now have approximately thirty-three minutes for a waiting period." Holly Renee Hampton, Seventeen years of age, like many other young talented woman, wanted so badly to win a part to be a back up dancer for the very popular pop group *Nsync for their, 'Pop Odyssey' tour. She thought all of the guys were very hot, and was happy enough that she even got a chance to show off her true talent. She saw many young women, like herself, come out of the room from which the auditions were being held. Some woman had a smile on their face with the perfect amount of confidence. Others with their heads hung low, shoulders back and either so incredibly quiet because they knew they messed up and knew they blew their first and last chance of getting one of the best things in their lives, getting the part of being a back up dancer for one of the most popular boy bands, at the top of the charts. I had to admit, I wasn't all that nervous. I knew I was good enough to be a part of *Nsyncs tour. There were only two things holding me back, the first, that there were so many others that just might be a lot better than myself, and then my old childhood..... *Flash Back* "Holly, don't you ever get your hopes up, you'll never achieve anything in your life, your just a girl!" My father stated putting no effort into believing in me, his own daughter. "No, your wrong! I'll prove you wrong one of these days!" I remember myself shouting as my emotions started to show. "What? Are you going to cry! Big girls don't cry! You stop being so childish!" My father yelled back slapping my face hard for talking back. I looked at the rest of my family on that chilly night, it was the night before Christmas and I saw all of my family looking at me and they were completely agreeing with the horrible things my father had to say about the poorly thought about future that I would possibly have. I still remember me storming up to my bedroom; sad, angry, and most importantly ashamed. Not ashamed of myself, but ashamed of my horrible family I had. The only person in my family that I adored, was my mother. However, my mother passed away many years ago when I was only ten, of cancer. I still remember the scent of my mother and the beautiful smile that lit up the room whenever she flashed it, the beautiful light green eyes, beautiful peachy colored skin, that I, lucky enough, inherited all three of those wonderful things. The only thing I didn't have, that she had, was a loving family. When my mother died my family turned there backs on me. My mother held the whole family together without her, we were nothing. I still remember walking up to my room and picking up 'Mucky' my stuffed animal that my mother gave me when I turned Four, as I laid on my bed. I remember the last words I said before I cried myself to sleep," I'll show them." *End of Flashback* I was up next, two more minutes were left on the clock. The young woman walked out with her head hung low, shoulders back and very quiet, as I walked into the room. I took a deep breath and quietly I said aloud to myself, "I'll Show Them." |