Yours truly

Chapter 21

Racheal POV

  "Racheal" Laurie one of my dance mates screeched as I walked through the doors of the dance studio and crushed me in what was supposed to be a hug.

Hey Lala" I squeezed out as I patted her back a little. "I missed you so much" she screeched as she tightened her hold on me and lifted me off the ground.

"Okay tigress let her breath" Felix said coming from behind me, grabbed lala and dragged her off me.

My other dance mates came over one by one giving me hugs and telling me how much they missed me, but I could tell they were avoiding the lizzie topic and I really appreciated it. I came here as a distraction even though every inch of this place has been tainted with the memories we created together.

"Gather around my little ducklings" Madam Louis voice boomed through the studio followed by two claps.

We all gathered around her and sat on the floors. "Racheal it's nice to see you doing well" she said giving me a sad smile as I nodded in reply.

"Today we will be doing ballet"she said making the girls cheer and the boys boo. She clapped her hands again and her assistant scrambled in dropped a huge bag beside her and scurried back outside.

"Okay, you ducklings get ready and we'll regroup in five minutes" she said and left the studio.

Lala was the first to reach for the bag and zipped it open. She shuffled inside the bag for sometime before bringing out a pair of ballet shoes and shuffles to the corner of the room to put them on.

One by one others came forward grabbed ballet shoes and went to put them on. I stood up dusted my jeans and headed to the bag. I slipped my hand in grabbed a random ballet shoe,peered inside and smiled when I saw it was my exact size.

I stepped away from the bag and sat down with my back on the wall as I shrugged off my Jordan's and slipped on the ballet shoes.

"Okay my ducklings grab a partner and take positions" Madam Louis ordered as she stepped into the studio.

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"Okay that would be all for today see you all tomorrow" madam Louis waved as she exited the dance studio.

"That was excruciating" Anna said in between gasps of pain as she sunk down on the floor with a loud groan.

"Tell me about it I think I'm stuck in this position" Lala replied as she stood on her toes.

"At least you can do it" I muttered as I took a gulp of water from Anna's water bottle since I left mine at home.

"Rach where are you staying right now?" Anna asked shifting her gaze to me

"Ughh with a friend" I replied keeping it vague, that's if I can call us that. She nodded silently and went to her phone.

"I'm gonna head home I'll see you girls tomorrow" I said grabbed my bag and stood up.

"Byee" lala and Anna waved me off as I exited the studio. I glanced at the time on my phone screen as I exited the building to see it was just a little after four.

The students moving around weren't much since classes have been over like two hours ago.

"Why didn't you tell me you were leaving" a voice said from behind him making me jump back in shock.

I turned around to see Vincent leaning calmly on the wall with his hands in his front pocket.

"Cos I didn't want to" I said and his eyes thinned.

"Stop popping out of nowhere it's creepy and I thought you didn't have classes today" i said and he nodded.

"Then why are you here?" I asked but he just stared. "Let's go. It's getting late" he said pushing himself off the wall and walked away like he already knew I would folllow him and like the tired idiot I am I followed him.

He opened the passengers door for me helped me in closed the door and made his way around the car. I tugged on the seatbelt and sighed as I relaxed into the seat.

He turned on the car revised out the parking lot and out Duke's premises.

We soon pulled up in front of the condo. I sighed tiredly muttered a thanks to him and slipped out of the car.

I climbed up the front porche pushed open the front door and stepped into the house. I gave Mason and cassie a friendly wave and was about to make my way to my room but got pulled back.

I twisted around to face Vincent who was staring at me with brows crunched.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly as he cupped my cheek. "Yeah just tired" I whispered leaning into his hand.

"Let's make dinner" he said gripping my hand softly and led me towards the kitchen.

He pushed the barstool back a little carried me up,placed me on it and pushed it back in one swift motion. I yawned quietly and laid my head on the counter as I watched him move swiftly around the kitchen with hooded eyes.

"We're out of groceries, have this sandwich Cassie's heading to the grocery shop" he said placing a sandwich in front of me.

I muttered a thanks and took a slow bite of the sandwich. "Are you in pain?" He asked with eyes filled with concern which warmed my heart.

"Everywhere hurts,we treating ballet right now and madam Louis said our balance was whack, so we didn't really do anything today except some really intense stretching" i said in one breath and went back to my sandwich.

He made his way around the counter and slid into the seat beside me. Before I could comprehend what was happening my feets were already on his lap. He unlaced my shoelaces and peeled the shoes and socks off my legs to reveal my red feets filled with blisters.