UNMASKING THE DANCER

14. Ballet.

Diane's pov

        It was a week now since Selene walked into the lecture room and shocked everyone including Ryan who was always calm. The news immediately spread round the college and that's when the rumours started.

     People said it was because of Ryan that she came to the college and I agreed with that about 99% but she could care less. In fact she had a lot of fans surrounding her each day and a daily dose of male ogling.

     Ryan too was ignoring the rumours and was back to being calm but I knew an ocean of rage brewed under that calm exterior.

      "Diane!!" A voice called from behind me and I turned to see Jade approach me in a ballet dress covered up with a jacket,

    The ballet dress was pink and it had popsocks with a little short skirt around it. All in all, she looked pretty.

     "Why are you wearing a ballet dress?" I asked once she got to me,

   "We're starting today's dance lesson with ballet and I always dance better in a ballet dress"

    "Oh!, that's true, I guess I would just have to do with my ripped jeans and black boots" I said which made her giggle,

    "You're funny"

    We continued on our way to the dance room and upon getting there, met the room filled with freshmen. Some were standing around and some were doing warm up exercises while we were pressing their phones.

    I and Jade took a position at the middle and I dropped my backpack beside me on the floor just as the dance teacher walked in.

    Mrs brown has been teaching us some basics about dance generally for the past week and I was glad we were starting something practical today. She herself was dressed for the dance lesson in a blue ballet dress and her blonde hair was up in a tight bun to the middle of her head.

    "Good day class, as your schedule states, we would be starting with ballet dance today and would continue on it for at least a week, before moving to other dances......" she said,

      The opening of the door made Mrs Brown pause and we all turned to see Selene walk in with an attire of her own. It was pink and looked a lot similar to Jade's own but 'Selene' was boldly written on hers making it customized,

     "Sorry to interrupt" Selene said, not looking sorry at all and Mrs Brown nodded,

     "Try not to be late next class. Now take a position" she said before facing the rest of us again. My eyes followed Selene as she walked towards us and took a position at the front,

    "Today we would start with balancing on your toes. This is an important step in ballet as you can't dance ballet without first learning to stay on your toes" Mrs Brown continued,

   "You do it by rising on your toes while keeping your back and legs straight. For those of you not used to it, you can stretch out your arms for balance, like this" she instructed while demonstrating.

   After demonstrating some more, she directed us to spread out and practice balancing on our toes.

    Following her demonstrations, i shifted and brought my legs up, while making sure my toes were on the ground, but before I could straighten my back, I toppled over and nearly fell.

    Feeling embarrassed, I straightened up and found out that I wasn't the only one having the problem. A lot of other students who were probably new to this were having the same difficult, so I tried more times only to topple more times.