•Next Day•

After a long day at school, Sabrina and I went home and I went upstairs and I took a shower. I put on some comfortable clothes, not caring how I look like and put my hair up in a messy bun. I then rushed downstairs and rushed to the Jackson's house with Mama. Mama wanted to go over the Jackson's house with me and watch Latoya, Nia, Erica, Rebbie and I get ready for the modeling try outs. Sabrina decided to stay home with Trey and Dylan, she didn't want to help us get ready for the tryouts. But whatever, I can't believe she's still mad at me. She's been mad at me for the longest and not talking to me but I don't care.

Katherine opened the door and her smile brightened, "Heyyy." She said excitedly holding her arms out. She's wearing a light purple sun dress with white flowers all over  and black flats.

"Hey." Mama hugged her.

"Come in. Come in." She opened the door wide.

We walked in and the whole family is in the living room, except the sisters, sitting on the couch talking and watching tv. One couch was filled with the brothers and Joseph has the other couch sitting with Janet.

"Hey Ariel and Ms. Bleu!!" I heard little Janet squeal.

"Heey." The others said together.

I blushed as everyone smiled at me, "Hey." I shyly said and waved.

Joseph smiled at me, "The girls are upstairs getting ready in Latoya's room." He pointed at the stairs.

"Thank you." I smiled.

I shyly and slowly walked up the stairs as I felt the eyes on me until I got to the top of the stairs. I walked up to the door that has a big sparkly "L" on the middle of a white door. I heard music and feminine voices going on behind the door. I knocked loudly so they can hear me and waited patiently for them to open up. Their voices stopped as I heard footsteps come closer to the door. The door swung open and it's Latoya. She's wearing a pretty light blue poofy short dress. It has diamond rhinestones on the top and the bottom of the dress is light blue and poofy. I look down at her shoes and she's wearing pearly white high heels.

"Omg hey." Latoya smiled brightly as she opened her arms out.

"Heey!" I hugged her really tight. "You look very beautiful." I said looking down at her dress again.

"Thank you." She smiled and opened the door for me to come in.

The smell of burning flat iron rushed in my nostrils as I walked in and the sound of the bass from the stereo filled my ears. Nia is sitting on a chair with Erica and Rebbie on the sides of her. Nia has some pretty makeup on her while Rebbie was curling her hair and Erica was painting her nails.

Rebbie smiled at me, "Hey Ariel! You're just in time! We found an outfit for you at the mall." She effused.

"Shut up." I said sarcastically. "No you didn't." I chuckled.

"Yes we did, we went like two days ago, I didn't tell you though." Latoya playfully pushed me.

"Omg that's great. Where is it?" I asked looking around.

"Oh, it's in my closet. Don't look at it yet. We have to do your hair and makeup first, then I'll let you see it."

"Here." Rebbie pointed at the chair next to Nia. "Sit right there, I'm almost done with Nia."

I sat on the pink chair next to Nia and watched Rebbie let down a few curls from the curling iron.

"Omg I can't wait to put on my outfit." Nia smiled as Latoya put a little bit of more red lipstick on her lips.

"Same. I can't wait till y'all get done with me so that I'll see my outfit." I smiled.

"Our mom picked the outfit for you by the way." Rebbie said.

"Yeah, I'm surprised it doesn't look bad." Latoya chuckled.

We laughed together.

"You're gonna love it Ariel. It's really sexy." Erica looked back at me.

"Sexy?" I made a puzzled face.

"Yes sexy! You gotta be sexy for the tryouts." Erica chuckled.

"I don't think it's sexy, I just think it's beautiful." Latoya said putting down the red lipstick and grabbing some mascara.

"I think it's a girly Barbie style." Nia said.

"What color is it?" I asked them.

"We are not gonna tell you the color. Okay? We're not gonna tell you anything about it except the sexiness that it has. Okay?" Erica said in a weird voice making us laugh.

"Omg it's not sexy Erica, it's a beautiful princess style." Rebbie playfully hit her head.

"Oh whatever." Erica struggled and giggled.

After Rebbie, Erica and Latoya was finished with Nia's hair and makeup, Nia got up from the chair and went to the bathroom.

"OMG! I look so good!" I heard Nia from the bathroom.
Erica pulled out Nia's outfit from the closet:

As we all gasped at the look of the pretty dark red dress with a leather white and gold jacket. She pulled out some bright red heels too.

"Omg now this is sexy!" Erica yelled.

Nia rushed out of the bathroom and her mouth grew wide open.

"Omg! I can't believe it! It's so beautiful!" She jumped up and down.

"Dang. You'll look like a sexy hot mama Nia!" Erica jumped up and down with her.

"Omg it's gonna look soo good on you!" I smiled brightly at her.

She snatched the dress away from Erica, "I'm gonna put it on right now!" She smiled rushing back in the bathroom.

"Okay Ariel, it's your turn." Latoya pointed at the seat where Nia sat.

"Good. Make me look beautiful." I said excitedly and sitting down.

Latoya sighed, "Ariel you're already beautiful silly."

*
Latoya did my makeup, Erica did my nails and Rebbie did my hair while Nia took a lot of pictures of us and herself and posted it on Instagram. Erica handed me my beautiful dress from the closet:

The top of it has diamond rhinestones on it and the bottom is a peach color and it flows. With that, she handed me white shoes with wooden wedges.

"Omg this is perfect!" I exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah girl! Go put it on! I told you it's sexy!" Erica laughed.

"No. It's more princess like." Nia corrected Erica.

I nodded agreeing with Nia and laughed. I rushed in Latoya's light pink bathroom and quickly put it on trying not to mess up my perfectly curled hair. I examine myself in the mirror and smiled brightly at myself.

I'm for sure gonna make this! I can't wait to go there!

I pulled my phone out and took a full body picture of me through the full body mirror on the back of the door.

I look so PERFECT!!!

*

We all went downstairs, just Latoya, Nia and I dressed up really pretty to meet the rest of the family in the living room. They all gasped at us and wooed. Michael even winked at me! We blushed and the three of us posed as Mama, Katherine, and some of the brothers take pictures of us. I feel really pretty and I feel like a princess from the way Michael is staring at me. He stared at me in awe probably speechless because of how pretty I look. After all that, Mama drove Latoya, Nia, Erica, Rebbie and I to the modeling place, "Pretty Divas Center".
*                  *                        *
"Okay girls listen up!" The lady walked in the room with with her high heels clicking on the floor.

The pink room was filled with about 30 or 40 girls all on comfortable chairs and white sofas. The huge gold chandelier brightened the room, the smell of strawberries and bananas rushed through my nostrils, and the room was filled with a lot of model pictures and pictures of people walking on the runway.

Ashely, dressed in a long, sparkly white dress with her hair up in a nice and neat bun, stood next to the lady and smiled brightly at everyone as the lady begin to talk.

"My name is Jennifer Smith and I am one of your modeling agents. Y'all can call me Ms. Smith." She turned to Ashely and smiled. "And class, this is my daughter Ashley Smith, she's a helper. Today, we're going to be measuring everyone, do interviews and take some photoshoots with your pretty outfits all of you got on, next, we're going to see if you can change clothes fast and walk the runway with high heels or wedges and lastly y'all can go home." Ms. Smith explained to all of us.

She looked at the piece of paper she had in her hand, "First, I'm gonna call out four people at a time to make things faster. So, can I have Chloe Robinson, Christina Jones, Maria Hernandez and Elizabeth Johnson." She called out.

Those girls rushed out excitedly and followed Ms. Smith and Ashely to somewhere else. All the girls begin talking as soon as they left the room.

I really can't wait to walk the runway, I can't walk in heels good but I can walk in wedges well. I can't wait to take photoshoots. I love taking pictures. It's so fun!

I look at the girls and realized that they're so pretty and thin. They have pretty dresses and some girls are really tall. I look at the people in the pictures framed on the wall. They're also very pretty and thin. One of the pictures shows a girl, who looks about eighteen years old, she is sitting down on a royal chair with light-colored balloons in her hand and with a serious look on her face. Her makeup is really pretty and sparkly and her hair is perfectly long and straight.

This makes me so excited to do a photoshoot. I kinda want a photoshoot like hers because it's really pretty and she's flawless.

My phone vibrated in my hand showing a text from Michael that says, "You looked very pretty in that dress you had on earlier."

I blushed and smiled at the text quickly replying, "Thanks Michael. You're very nice. 😄"

"No problem pretty girl. 😉"

I blushed again and went to the Instagram app, since there's nothing to do in this room but sit and talk. Latoya and Nia are talking to each other and I don't really feel like talking right now.

I scroll through Instagram watched funny videos and liked pictures. I scroll down some more and it showed a video of me dressed in the outfit I had on yesterday and in a gym.

This must be that video of me that Kaitlyn and Justice posted yesterday!

I watched as I tumbled perfectly and fall flat on my face as the coach rushed towards me while everyone laughed. At the end of the video it shows me running towards the bleachers covering my eyes. I looked down at the caption that says: "Today in cheer tryouts, Ariel tumbles and falls flat on her face! 😂 I guess she's not making the team!" Posted from Kaitlyn's profile 20 hours ago. I gasped and looked through the comments that says: "Omg did you hear that loud thump?! And "Haha this is too funny 😂" and "That was an epic fail!" My face grew hot in embarrassment and a feeling that I didn't make the team.

I really want to slit their throats until they die!

I went to my own profile and tapped on the picture I posted in Latoya's bathroom earlier wearing my dress. I saw that I have about 87 likes and 10 comments. One of the comments is from Kaitlyn.

What is she doing commenting on my post?!

Her comment says, "Ew. Look at that pig. Gross! Wear a longer dress! Nobody wants to see your ugly fat thighs . Might as well wear long sleeve too and a loose dress cause you look pregnant." I gasped at the comment. I scrolled down at another comment and it's from a random person I don't know and it says, "Yeah Kaitlyn is right. The dress is pretty but your body is just gross! You might have to loose some weight before you wear a dress like that." And another comment that says, "I just got done seeing the video of Ariel fall on the floor and making that huge loud sound on the floor. Dang she does need to loose weight. Lmao!" I turned off my phone and slammed it beside me feeling hurt from the comments on my picture. I looked at my thighs and pushed my nails in them. Latoya heard me groan and slam my phone, she looked at me she tapped my arm.

"Hey what's wrong?" She asked.

I shook my head and crossed my arms leaning back in my seat.

"Tell us." Nia looked at me.

"It's Kaitlyn and Justice." I mumbled. "They posted the video and-"

I got cut off by Latoya's sigh, "I told you not to worry about the video. You're fine. You're going to make the team Ariel." She interrupted.

"I know but she commented on my post and said that I was fat and that I looked pregnant and some strangers told me the same and I feel just so h- hurt and embarrassed! I wish I never posted that picture!" I panicked.

"Calm down. Haters are gonna hate. They're just a little jealous that's all." Nia said putting a hand on my shoulder.

I sighed loudly, "How are they jealous if they called me fat and pregnant?! Nobody wants to look like they're pregnant when they're not!" I raised my voice.

"Why do you get so worried and mad so easily?" Nia asked.

I sighed again, "I'm a sensitive person! Okay? And you know that Nia!" I shouted at her.

Nia gasped and scoot over away from me a little, "Calm down." She mumbled.

I took a deep breath, closing my eyes, "I'm sorry." I said quietly.

Ms. Smith came back in the room, "Can I have Latoya Jackson, Ariel Bleu, Becky Robinson and Kaitlyn Turner!" She called out.

Kaitlyn TURNER?!
SHE'S TRYING OUT TO BE A MODEL TOO?!

I saw her get up quickly and hurry to Ms. Smith. My eyes and mouth widened and I squeezed my fists in tightly.

"Oh no. It's Kaitlyn again." I heard Latoya mumble.

We got up and followed Ms. Smith to this room that has a number 15 on the middle of the door. Kaitlyn made her little evil smile at me and I rolled my eyes.

"Nice to see you again." Kaitlyn smiled.

I made a nasty look on my face, "Shut the fuck up." I mumbled.

Latoya also made a nasty look at her. "Leave us alone." Latoya said.

We all walked in the cold white room with Ashley standing there holding a measure tape and standing beside a weight scale.

"Who's first?" Ashley smiled at us.

"I-I'll go first." Becky walked up to her and quickly pulled her shoes off.

"Step on the scale." Ashely smiled at her.

Kaitlyn looked over at me, "Did our see my comment on Instagram?" She asked.

I didn't dare to land a eye on her, I just stood there ignoring her.

"Great. You're 95 pounds five feet and seven inches." Ashely smiled. "What size do you wear?" She asked Becky.

"Size 0" Becky stepped off the scale.

"Great, now go to room 16 please, you're gonna be doing an interview." Ashley pointed to the door and write down her information on her notebook.

Becky ran out the room carrying her shoes leaving us three with Ashley.

"Next." She called.

Latoya slowly walked up to her and took off her heels and stepped on the scale.

"Good. 100 pounds five feet and five inches. What size do you wear?" She asked.

Latoya smiled, "Size 1." She nicely said and stepped off the scale.

"Great." Ashely said writing in her notebook. "Go to room 16 please for an interview." She said.

Latoya rushed out the room and it's just Kaitlyn and I in the room with Ashley.

"I'll go next." Kaitlyn said taking her shoes off. She stepped on the scale and smiled brightly.

"Cool. 90 pounds , five feet and six inches. Size?" She asked.

"Size 0." She grabbed her shoes.

"Good. Room 16." Ashley wrote in her book.
I slowly walked up to Ashley and took off my shoes.

"Hey Ariel, nice to see you again." Ashley smiled at me.

I smiled, "Nice to see you too." I said quietly.

I stepped on the scale and waited for the numbers to appear. The scale read "120Ibs" Ashely gasped while her eyes opened widely like if she's never seen that number before.

"Uh- um. I don't know about that honey. You kinda have to be a little lighter than that." She said looking down at the number.

My cheeks grew hot in embarrassment again thinking that I'm probably the first heaviest that showed up for a try out!

"What size are you?" She asked checking my height.

"I-I'm size 8." I stuttered.

"Oooh. Yikes. Um you kinda need to be a little smaller than that to be a model. I'm sorry." She apologized.

I looked down and stepped off the scale.

They were right, I am fat. A fat hippo!

"Well let's see. I think they'll still take you in because you're really pretty." She smiled trying to make me feel better. "And you're exactly at 5 feet." She added.

I grabbed my shoes and ran out of the room feeling my eyes water.

I don't think I'll make these tryouts either because of how fat I am. Good thing nobody wasn't in there but just me and Ashely. I freaking hate myself! I really need to loose the weight quickly! That means no junk food, just go completely healthy! Eat a lot of healthy foods and exercise. I really need to do that more often!
*

I went in for a interview and the lady asked me some questions like what do I do for a living, what's my favorite thing to do, sibling, friends, school, weight, size and age. She also said that I'm a bit heavy and go over the weight and size limit to be a model at Pretty Divas Center. But she said she'll think about signing me in if I promise her to loose a little weight. I will loose weight, I need to! I really want to be a model! I do! Loosing weight and being healthy is gonna help me be a model! Sabrina is skinny. My goal is to be as skinny as her.

I did my photoshoot and the runway in the theatre and stumbled a bit while people laughed at me. Of course Kaitlyn went after me so she can show off and try to prove to everyone that she's better than me.

After all of that, we went home.