The Start

“I guess we’re almost there,” I murmured.

“You’re right,” Ace replied without turning to look at me.

Now that the time was fast approaching and the event was about to start, I couldn’t quite contain the mix of troubling emotions that bubbled up inside of me. I wished that I could feel calm inside or at least appear outwardly calm just like Ace could; however, I couldn’t hide all the worries that started taking root deep inside of me.

“Don’t worry. Just stick with the team. Julianna and most of the team members have been to this event before last year and the ones before that as well. They know how things are supposed to go down, so you don’t need to panic,” Ace said as he tried to reassure me.