Broken & Beaten ( A DanceMoms Fanfiction )

Chapter 1. The Start

I remember the start. I was sitting at the kitchen table eating my pasta when they announced the news. I was five and a half years old at the time. "Kendall? Honey, me and your father have something to tell you. It was the first day my dad had returned from being deployed in Afghanistan. They had been whispering and arguing under their breathes since he got home. "Uh, yeah mom?" I asked placing my fork on the table. "Well, umm, Erno, do you want to tell her?" My mom asked looking over at my father. "Sure, why not. Well Kendall, so me and your mother have been talking and we've also told your sisters about this already. I'm being transferred to Pennsylvania. We're all moving to Pittsburgh next week." I jumped up from my seat. "DAD!?! MOM?!?! This had absolutely no warning! I'm only five and a half! I just started kindergarten! Mom! What about dance! I can't just leave!" I ran to my room. I sat playing with my Barbie Dolls for about an hour. I heard my parents arguing downstairs. I heard my mom let out a loud groan and storm upstairs. She stopped outside my door. I heard her take a deep breath. Then she knocked. "Kendall, Hun, can I come in?" I put down my doll. I groaned. "Sure why not." She slowly pushed the door open just enough for her to slide herself into the room. She shut the door behind her. I sat back on my bed. "Yes?" I asked as she sat down on the other end of my bed. "I know you're not too happy about leaving California, but it's so Daddy can keep his job and we can live in a house." I stretched out my short legs. "I know that, but what about dance? I love dance I don't just want to quit like that." I crawled into her lap and yawned. "I know you don't want to quit. I looked up some dance studios in Pittsburgh and I found one called Abby Lee Dance Company. I enrolled you in classes that start next month." I smiled and sleepily closed my eyes. "Okay mommy." I fell asleep in her lap.