Today was the male soloist competition and it felt a weird, to be honest. It was the first year ever since I joined D.A.N.C.E that I wasn't the male soloist for the qualifier. I didn't mind too much.

Well, until Nonpareil started bugging me about it.

"Aww, it's the lame team," I heard someone say.

I sighed annoyingly and turned to see Nonpareil. "I don't get it," I said. "We made it to Internationals. We won Internationals, and you guys are acting like you're better than us. Please, someone explain your logic."

"It was a fluke," Raphael said.

"A fluke? Right," I said. "I don't even know why I bother...