Body Lines (JHS 18+)

Starstruck

During the drive home, you spilled all the beans. You told Ashley about getting to watch J-Hope teach us the dance and then performing it. You shared your hopes about getting chosen. "Even if you don't, you were great I bet." Ashley was being so sweet. You then told her about how J-Hope approached you, and we danced together, and he kissed your hand. She was awe-struck. "I'm never washing this hand again!" You looked at your hand, then holding it to your chest.

Arriving back to our apartment, you took a quick shower. You had got so sweaty from the audition. Most of it was stress sweat. You honestly couldn't wait to go to bed and wake up. You wanted to receive that call so badly, you wanted it more than anything. If you could manage to snag this opportunity, it would look amazing to your dance professors. Ashley and you ate some carbonara and watched some tv before it was time for bed. You tossed and turned quite a bit. It's almost impossible to try to forget about something you want so badly. It's all you could focus on. Eventually you faded off to sleep.

You slept a surprisingly long time. You were startled away by your phone suddenly ringing. You shot up and fumbled to answer your phone. You answered it and looked at the time. It was 8:15. The person on the other end confirmed your identity before continuing. "You were chosen to participate in the second audition. Please revisit the studio this Friday at 3pm, congrats and thanks!" The person hung up before you could speak. You just sat there astonished, mouth agape.

"Ashley!" You screamed, you wanted her to know immediately. You hadn't even got out of bed yet when she came rushing into your room. "What?! What?!" She was startled, you knew scream like that. She thought you had hurt yourself. You jumped up on your bed and bounced up and down. "I got to the second audition!" You said in a sing-song way. Ashley hopped up on your bed with you and joined in on the bouncing and hugged you. "Sweet! You deserve this!" "Thanks Ash, guess we have more practicing to do!" You hugged her back. "We will start today!" Ashley said, excited to start again.

You visited the dance studio every single day. You watched BTS's music videos over and over. You figured they might have you replicate another one of their dances as a test. You couldn't predict which one, so you just studied them all. You practiced for 5 days, straight and were exhausted. Ashley convinced you that you needed to rest Thursday, to regain your strength. You knew she was right. So instead of vigorously practicing, you studied more music videos. This was all you focused on for most of the week.

Tomorrow was the day, you laid in bed thinking. You had hoped J-Hope would be there again today. Something about his positive demeanor put you at ease. He was so sweet and encouraging. You wanted to make him proud. You turned over and fell quickly into a deep sleep. Your body needed the rest. The relaxation. All your tense muscles released, and you slept like a baby.

You were startled awake by the alarm going off on your phone. You sat up from your pool of drool on your pillow. You rubbed your tired eyes and saw the pool on your pillow. "Wow, I must have slept like a rock." You crawled out of bed and did some more stretches. Your body was still a little sore but felt mostly rejuvenated. "Whew." You let out a breath as you were performing a split and touched your toes in each direction. Stretching always felt so good. Flexibility is so important, you wanted to be ready. It was 9am so far. Your nerves started to creep in.

"Morning Ash." You greeted her as you walked out of your room. "Hey gorgeous." She gave you a bright smile. "Were you doing your stretches?" You smiled at her and nodded. It was so sweet how she had been taking care of you lately. You really appreciated it.

You tried to keep yourself busy with cleaning, showering, more stretches, talking to Ashley but you were starting to get anxious. By the time it was time to leave for the second audition, your hands were shaky. Ashley would give you reassuring smiles the entire drive. You arrived a half hour early, so you decided to just go ahead and go in. The closer to were positioned in the front the better. You could see the instructor better and be seen better. You offered the staff your name just as last time. They gave you a new sticker to put on your clothes. You were number 10 this time. You took your spot and did small stretches while you waited. Now that you were actually here, your nerves had left. You started feeling empowered. "You can do this." You mumbled to yourself.