Dancing With You Under The Moonlight

Chapter 1 : Oluen's Academy

                                                                                   PART ONE  
  

Its drizzling outside , I'm lying in my bed besides the window as the sound of the drizzling rain soothes me .
As my eye falls down the window, I see a girl pass by my house in a hurry . She was carrying a tote bag . It wasn't just a normal tote bag it was mine , I painted it with my own hands . There was no way I couldn't recognize my own product . I run an online store in which I sell handmade tote bags , trinklet trays and all the trendy stuff the Pinterest Wh*res tend to like .
Besides my hobby of crafting I also like to dance .  In fact I opened the store to get enough money to join the Oluen's Dancing Academy . Its the best in town !
When I was 5 , my father promised me that when I grew older he would get me in a dancing academy .  I haven't seen him after him and mom got divorced . He calls but we've never met in person ever since . My mother is really hardworking . She would do anything for me and my sister . But the problem is she remotely earns enough , her salary is meagre so how would she afford to pay such expensive fee ?
Luckily my online store started to kickoff as one of the most popular influencers made a tiktok about it which got millions of views . Although I think tiktok is cringe but I have to thank the platform and the creator for the sake of the increase in my business . Ever since her reviewing video went live I've got thousands of orders !
Hopefully I'll make the money to get in the academy soon .
"Livea Dinner Is ready , run downstairs !!"
Cried mom
"Coming in a second" I shouted
I ran downstairs and to my surprise my mom was smiling elegantly .
'The mails just got in' she says in a peculiar way .
She handed me one of the mails .

I opened it and started reading .

'Dear Livea ,
I know how much you love dancing and how spectacularly skilled you are in the subject .
I also know you've always wanted to join the Oluen's Dancing Academy . Sweetie , the fee is too much for your mother to afford so you better not force it on her .
But that doesn't mean you're not getting in ..
I've sent you a check in the other mail for the fee  .
Want you to be happy .
Love,
Dad '

I can't stop screaming I've never been happier !!

I can never understand my dad . I haven't heard from him since 5 months and suddenly he mails me a check ? 

My mom gives me a tight hug and tears fell from her eyes "I'm sorry honey , I couldn't afford the fee."

"Don't worry mom you've already done a lot for us !"

I don't even remember the last time my mom gave me a hug . Most of the time she's just too stressed to care about my emotions . But it felt good to hug her .

A year after my mom got my custody , she lost her job at the grocery store due to some misunderstandings .  This was the time when we  were so broke that we would only have one meal a day . Mom used to to stay hungry all day to feed me and my sister properly . I won't let her sacrifices be a waste . When I open my dance academy in future, I will clear all her due debts and I'll buy us an apartment in New York city , that's my dream  .

My sister just  got home from school , although we don't share the typical bond of a common pair of siblings ; we don't fight often and don't even talk too much . She was so happy to know that I'm finally getting in Oluen's 

''Chrissy , you home ?''

''Yup , in my room ''

I ran upstairs in her room with the mail in my hand and my camera on the other ( I wanted to record her reaction ) She was lying in the bed watching Emma Chamberlain on her IPad .

''Hey can you please read this for me ?''

'' What's this ?  And why are you recording ?''

'' Trust me you would want to read this ''

she snatched the mail out from my hands and started reading .

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''NO WAY !!'' she gasps 

''Dude'' she looks at me amazed .

''Liv I'm so happy for you bro , you're finally getting in the damn Oluen's you talk about everytime'' She smiles .  

''Thankyou Chris!''

''Ok but would you please stop recording now ? ''

*we both laugh*

She is 14 but the circumstances had made both me and my sister mature at a really young age. Unlike the other teenagers she doesn't  want a playstation or an IPhone or something , she is satisfied with just  a three times meal for the day  because she has seen days when we couldn't even afford that .

Six months ago my mom got the job as a receptionist in a well known hotel , our condition has ever since been financially good . But we still owe tons of debts that we need to clear . Now that my dad is paying for the dance fee I can use the money that I make  from the  online store to help my mom .

The drizzle has transformed into a heavy rainfall now . It's getting dark and cold and now I'm going to sleep . I just wish that thundering doesn't occur anywhere near me . I am scared of thunder strikes and shit . It haunts me and then  I just can't stop thinking of death . People might think it's cool to romanticize thunder and heavy rainfalls but it is all too depressing for me to romanticize . The sound of it all alone scares the shit out of me . 

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