Finally

My mind wasn't calm, my hands were shaking. Nicolai hadn't caught my sight yet, I was more nervous to meet him than to get the award. "sis, you okay?" asked Evander with concern in his eyes, I nodded with a small smile and looked towards the stage because the announcer made her way u there with a wide smile on her face, Amaya was her name, she was quite famous with the award shows. She had hosted more than 30 award shows till now. " good evening ladies and gentlemen, I am really glad to welcome you to this prestigious award ceremony: THE RISING STAR. This year we have another special co-host, who is also the winner of the best influencer in the category for three consecutive years, although he is not competing this year. please welcome Nicolai Edwards" she said and looked towards her left.

He was dressed in a blue tuxedo, blue like my dress. his eyes locked with mine and it was intact till he reached the mic. "as Amaya already said, we are really happy to have you guys here, it is a special evening, it is a very special evening and I want each of you to enjoy it to the fullest. This year we have a new nominee, Miss Everly Mills. Can we have a huge round of applause for her ?" and with that, the whole was filled with loud claps and some whistles, my brother patted my back proudly while my sister held my hand as a polite gesture to acknowledge my success. " SO without any further ado, let us just begin with the ceremony," said Nicolai and handed Amaya the small card which I assumed would have the name of the winner of the first category.

"The first category: Best influencer female, and to present this award, I would like to call Miss Dalia Anderson, the CEO of Shalom perfumes and Mr. David James , the founder of The Rising Star"

They both went up to the stage and took up the card from Amaya's hand and held it in front of them... my heart quickened its pace " The best influencer award goes to - Oh the newcomer, Everly Mills" my eyes went wide, my hands became cold, I just stood there " Go Ever, get what you deserve" my brother said nudging me a bit, I wasted no time and straight away went to towards the stage, Nicolai took my hand and held me as I was wearing a long dress. I gave him a curt nod with a smile. Dalia gave me the Award and handed me the mic, my eyes were almost glistening with tears "This award, this is something that I've never imagined I would get. And now standing here with this very award, I have no idea what to feel, maybe pleasure, maybe happiness, and maybe a bit overwhelmed but this, I believe is for the fans, who have supported me since the beginning and of course my family, mostly my sister Evelyn and a big thanks to The Rising Star for giving me this award, it gave me a new inspiration to work harder" I stored and looked at Nicolai, he nodded with a smile and I made my way to my seat where my siblings were waiting for me with big smiles on their faces.

" I am proud of you Eve," said Evelyn kissing my cheek, and then can a bone-crushing hug from my beloved brother " I knew it ever " he whispered...

The award ceremony went smoothly with lots of different performances and awards. The Afterparty was the final event, where I knew, I would have to talk to Nicolai and I was looking forward to it. "Imma head home for the night," said Evelyn, I knew she would, she wasn't much of a party person and she was tired so I hugged her and bid her farewell.

A slight tap on my shoulder jolted me awake from my thoughts and the author of that tap was none other than Nicolai Ewards" hello, Everly" he said " Hi, nice to see you Nicolai" I replied "congratulations on your achievement today" "thank you, you too" I replied.

"shall we dance ?" he asked and I nodded