Watching the grading was nerve-racking and Ella bit her lip, willing the man to pass her. She'd done a good job, at least as far as she knew, and the anticipation of getting it back was almost too much. Nervous, she was incredibly nervous.

And then he was done. He was done and Ella held her breath, waiting for the verdict. Was this going to be good news o- passed with flying colors?! "Really?!" Determination, Ella. "I mean, brilliant! I...thanks. I'll just go...get tarted on the other stuff, then." The practical stuff. And with a salute to the man, that's exactly what she did. Now came the hard part.

...

She needed to get from the front of the room to the back of the room now. Ella stood with her back to the front of the room and faced the destination she wanted to go, eyes focused on the back wall. Everything else had been cleared out of her mind and she tried to get every bit of magic she had in her tiny body working. She could do this. She'd done it before, right into the center of a hoop so she could definitely do it now. All she had to do was imagine herself there.

Determined. She was determined to get to her destination. And she would move with deliberation to that destination.

Squeezing her eyes shut, the blonde pictured herself there, repeating the three Ds over and over in her mind as she did. This was going to happen. It was.

And...suddenly her insides were being squished and Ella's breath caught in her throat. It was happening! IT WAS! And as exciting as she was feeling, the eighteen year old continued to concentrate.

Before she knew it, she was at the back of the room. She grinned proudly for a second or two before glancing down at her fingers. All were accounted for which was good. She then wiggled her toes inside of her shoes, trying to get a feel for anything that had gone wrong. Nothing had, though. Or at least it didn't seem that way to her. Brilliant! She was ready to go!