Chloe’s P.O.V.
Opening the door, I wipe away any stray tears, not allowing mom to see me hurting. I smile and walk inside, acting like today was as normal as any.
“Chloe?” Mom called. “Get dressed; we are going to the studio early since you don’t have to do homework.”
“Okay,” I sighed, dragging my feet upstairs. I quickly put on my red Abby lee dance company crop top and black shorts, hoping to at least please mom with a bit of a kiss up.
“Chloe!” Mom screamed. “Let’s go! Now! You have an extra private for your solo in 30 minutes; you better beat Maddie this weekend!”
“Coming,” I said grabbing my dance bag and running downstairs into the car.
“Finally,” I heard my mom mutter as I sat down.
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“So you have finally decided to switch to homeschooling?” Abby asked as mom and I walked in the door for my private.
“Yes,” Mom said. “Chloe is very excited.” As if. “Go ahead and get warmed up sweetie, I need to talk to Abby about our new schedule.”
I rolled my eyes slightly, dropping my bag off in the dancers den and meeting Gianna in Studio A. Immediately, my eyes teared up again, and I couldn’t hold my fake smile anymore.
“What’s wrong honey?” Giana asked.
“Nothing,” I said, getting into my beginning pose.
“Chloe, you can tell me,” Gianna said, looking at me. “I promise.”
“I don’t wanna be homeschooled,” I cried. “Mom is terrible; she treats me like I’m worthless and only wants me to be better than Maddie. I’m not Maddie.”
“Oh sweetie, can I tell you something?”Gianna said, I nodded my head. “My mom was like that too, you can get through this, I promise. I can help you, besides, I’ll be teaching most of your extra classes anyhow. I can try to get your mom to just drop you off and leave you alone sometimes. Does that sound more manageable?”
“Yeah,” I said weakly.
