The Neighbor

Cookies and Milk

It's the weekend. It is the weekend. I am so happy because I know today I don't have to go to school. I am so happy because I know today I don't have to face Ami or Alex at school. I need to work on my solo routine for Nationals this weekend. Ms. Sara also says she has a surprise for me. I pulled of my tank top and pulled my black sports bra on. I hear something hit the window. I see Alex staring in smugly. Oh dear god, what did he do?

" What"

" You should really get a darker shade of blue for your curtains, and may I just say-"

" STOP" I say as I slam the window closed. I walk into my bathroom to finish getting ready. I pull on my pink spandex. I grab my dance bag and head downstairs. My mom always comes with me to dance. I dance with a competition team, we go to a new place every two weeks and perform new routines.

" Ready, love bug"

" Yup"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We arrived at the dance studio and I see a motorcycle outside. Maybe Ms. Sara got a new dancer. Probably for the boys team. Yeah that's it. I try not to think on it as I enter the building. Me and my mother greet our choreographer Paige and we head into the dancers cave. I pull on my shoes.

" So, Brooklyn are you excited for your duet with Zac" Laura asks.

" Not really cause I have to kiss him at the end and it's really weird, but the rest of it I like" I laugh. Zac is one of the dancers from the boys team and Ms. Sara asked him to do this duet with me. It's to stitches. I kind of play this evil girl who pulls him in and then leaves him and then pulls him in and leaves him. At the end she kills him, kisses him, and then walks off with another guy. The other guy is Jason. He's a senior dancer and he's really cool.

" Come on ladies, we got to get going, we have nationals this weekend" Ms. Sara calls.

" Coming" We say in unison. Once we get out Ms. Sara looks a little to happy.

" So, Brooklyn, Zac isn't going to be able to do the dance" Ms. Sara says.

" Are you gonna pull it" My mother asks.

" No, I have replacement" She says " His name is Alex, Alex Hayes"

" WHAT" I choke on myself. " I just think- I think I'm better than he is"

" Let's go then" I hear his awful voice ring in my ears.

" Yeah, I'll run the music" Ms. Sara encourages. She plays Best Thing That I Got by Sabrina Carpenter. I start first. I finish off with a turn. He take me in his arms and twirls me. He dips me and does a ton of amazing steps, that amaze me. He finishes with lifting me over his shoulders and pulling me into a bridal style hold.

" Wow, I knew I brought in the perfect replacement"