UNMASKING THE DANCER

13. An unpleasant surprise.

Ryan's pov

We walked down the hallways of Everett's music and dance college that particular morning and I wasn't really surprised when ladies began to follow us and squeal at the same time, each trying to gain our attention.

We were pretty much used to it so we plastered a smile on our faces and greeted our ever increasing fans. I was just wondering how we were going to cope with all this attention throughout the whole academic session.

A hand with a book and pen suddenly shot out directly in front of my face making both me and my band mates and our entourage of fans to stop abruptly and I turned startled to find a lady with wide glasses and a messy ponytail gazing at me admiringly,

"Can you please sign an autograph for me?" She asked with that same gaze and I blinked rapidly, surprised at her boldness,

"Uhmm, sure".

She immediately handed the book and pen in her hand to me and I signed my name on it. I returned the book to her and her gaze turned to a blinding smile,

"Thank you so much" she said,

"No problem" I replied with a smile of my own which quickly died away when I saw other fans bringing out things to autograph.

Facing my dearest band mates, I whispered one word to them, "run!". And with that we hurried away from the crowd and quickly entered an empty classroom.

"Whew!, That was close" Jason said,

"Yeah. I just wish we could have bodyguards here with us but unfortunately, that is impossible" Mason said while we all nodded in agreement.

We sat in the room idly until everywhere became quiet indicating that people had gone for their lectures but I still went to the door to check. Peeking out, I saw the hallway to be empty and signalled my band mates to come out.

We stepped out of the room and nearly collided with a lady who was coming out of the next lectures room,

"Oh my god!, I'm so......",

"I'm sor.....",

We both paused in our statements as we saw each other. I wouldn't know why she paused, probably because I was a celebrity but I very well knew why I paused,

Why the hell does she look familiar????. Before I could figure out that question, she startled out of her frozen state and hurried away.

We all turned to look after her, "why did she run away?" Ace asked the question that was probably on everyone's mind and I shrugged,

"Don't know" I replied still looking after her while the others looked away,

"Okay, let's go for lectures" Ace said and the others followed him. It took me a moment to realise that they had gone.

***

"Here's the scheme of work for your first year in this college" the English 101 lecturer was saying but I was barely even listening. My mind kept rolling what had happened in the hallway earlier today but I couldn't still figure anything out.

I couldn't place what made her look so familiar. Maybe it was her shiny black hair or maybe the grey eyes that widened so cutely, I just couldn't say but she sure looked familiar.

"Today we would be looking at notes and sentences for starters....." The lecturer continued while my mind kept rolling round until I felt a pinch on my ear.

Startled, I turned back to see my sister smiling mischievously, "pay attention" she mouthed and I gritted my teeth,

"Mind your business" I mouthed back with gritted teeth which just made her smirk and I gritted my teeth more.