Born from a Boom Box

NYU

I wake up at 7:50 in the morning and I quickly hop on my shower.

I've got plenty of time to get ready,i thought to myself.I then decide to stay as long as I want to.I wash both my hair and body twice and I finally come out of the shower.I come back to my room and look at my clock ; it is 8:28.Class starts at 8:30.Did I really took that long in the shower?!

"Holy crap,I'm gonna be late!" I told myself

I quickly dress myself up in some simple loose sweatpants and a top that I tuck in under my pants.I pack my bag and walk out my room.And I realize that my hair hasn't been dried yet,so I walk back in my room and grab a red beanie.I then went running to class,hoping not to be late.

The school halls were already empty,class is probably already begining.I take a turn on the left,and run by a few more classes.Finally I arrive at my class and notice that everyone is already sitting in their seats,taking notes as the professor teaches in front of fhe class.

Everyone stops and looks at me.

"You are late Ms.Rosales" the professor tells me
"My bad.."
"Go take your seat,you've beein missing out."

A couple of my classmates then start laughing.I took my seat and pull out my notebook to start taking notes.

The professor is teaching about the history of photahraphy once more for an upcoming exam.I have to say,I'm a pretty hard working person.So I try and take as much information as possible in order to pass.Its why I came here.

After about 30 minutes of class,I feel my phone vibrating in my pocket.I take it out without grabbing too much attention and read my text.

"Rehearsals time! Be here now!" -Luke

"Shit" I hear myself say

I then turn my attention back to my professor.I feel another vibration in my pocket,and reach for my phone

"We need you!" -Moose

I sigh and I start to worry.What do I do? I'm still in the middle of class and I'm being called to rehearsals.

"I can pass you the work when you come back" I hear someone whisper at me.

I look at my side and notice a friend I have made ever since I came here.Her name is Camille.

"What?" I ask her
"I can pass you all the work at your dorm when you come back."
"You can do that for me?" I ask her
"Of course,you seem to be struggling a bit." She tells me nicely
"Thank you so much,I hope you understand.." I tell her as I get up and walk out of class.
"I'm sorry professor,but I just realized I'm late for something else too.Anyways have a good day.." I say leaving but coming back,forgetting something
"Oh and,Camille.Thank you" I tell her as she smiles back at me.

I exit the school and took a bus to the vault.A ride to the vault by bus takes about 15 minutes.The Pirates are probably already starting to worry.My phone then started ringing.It was Andie.

"Yo.."
"Dude are you coming or not? Your missing out on a lot" she tells me
I give myself a stressed look
"Yea yea,I'm on my way.Im in the bus right now."I tell her

She hangs the phone.Im starting to feel really stressed.With NYU and dancing by my side,everything feels like a mess.I should start making up my mind really soon.Andie was right,it's either NYU or The Pirates.

I finally arrive at the vault at 9:20 and the Pirates seemed relieved to see me.

"You made it!" Jacob tells me patting my back
"We were worried about you" Cable says
"How much did I miss?" I ask with worry.
"Doesn't matter,what matters is that your here now.You must rehears,come one"Andie tells me as she walks me into the boombox room

I see Moose and he walks to me.

"Heyy,whats up with your hair?" He asks touching my hair.
"I was late for class I didn't have time to dry my hair." I explain him and he laughs.

Yesterday during rehearsals we managed to finish a choreo for the first battle and today we are rehearsing for both first and second round.The second half of the first choreo seems the most exciting part.There were solo's for each of the Ticks and there were one leader for each half of the choreo of the first round,Jason on the first one,and Vladd on the second.We all learned lots of tutting,pops,and "in-synch" moves.Vladd also helped me on my robotic moves

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It is currently 1 pm and we all head to the roof top to get ourselves ready for tomorrow.The Ticks were working on their break,Luke is doing push-ups with some of the other guys,Moose and I were by the monkey bars doing pull-ups and the rest were doing constant parkour.

"So..How'd you ditch?" Moose asks pulling-up
"I didn't ditch.." I tell him grunting
"You clearly did,little ditcher..Moose says laughing.
"Whatever,at least I had someone...someone nice enough to hand me the work when I finish rehearsals." I say panting heavily as we continue pulling-up.
"That's nice.."

We finally get down from the monkey bars and start doing sit-ups.

"You know..Its your choice,right?" He asks me
"My choice of what?"
"Whether you wanna drop out or not."
"Oh..." I say
"I was stuck in your position many times before,it was really struggling." he says
"Was it easy for you? To make up a decision?" I ask him
" " To travel is better than to arrive " " he says,maybe quoting some famous guy
"What?"
"Exactly,see..I used to think that there was only one path to take to where you want to be in life.But if you chose that one path,it doesn't mean you have to abandon all the other ones.I realize it's actually what happens along the way that counts ; the stumbles,the falls,and the friendships.Its the journey and not the destination__" he says finally sitting up as I join him "__You just gotta,I guess,trust that the future is gonna work itself out like it's supposed to."

We look at each other and exchange smiles

"Remind yourself that." he says

Finally,it was time for me to leave the vault once again.Before I take the elevator to exit the vault,Luke reminds me ; "Be here tomorrow at 7:30,okay?"
"Okay" I tell him "See you then.."

I enter the elevator with Moose by my side ; he wanted to watch me leave.We finally reach outside.

"You ready for tomorrow?" He asks me
"Of course I am,you?"
"Yup," he says
"What you said back at the roof top was really inspiring..Im gonna keep that in mind."
"Okay" he says blushing "Good bye then.."
"Bye" I tell him and give him a kiss on the cheek.He has now turned completely red.I start to blush and finally walk away.

I arrive back to my dorm and right after I close my room door,someone knocks on it.I walk back to my door and open it.It was Camille holding a bunch of folders.

"Oh,hey!" I say
"Hey,umm..I wrote down some information for you" she tells me as she passes me a bunch of files.
"Wow,thank you.Its really nice of you.It really is" I tell her
"Oh it's nothing.." she says.
"No,really.I can't thank you enough! You see,i've been preparing for this dance competition with my friends and I did not want to miss both class and rehearsals." I explain her
"Dance competition?"
"Yea,have you heard of the World Jam?" I ask
"Nope,never heard of it" she says
"Well it's known as the biggest dance competition in the planet where we can compete with dance crews from all around the world"
"That sounds cool!" She says "It must be pretty hard for you to deal with,right? You know,school and dance?"
"Yea,it is" I say frowning.
"Anyways.." She says breaking the silence "I need to get going now."
"Oh okay." I say watching her walk out my room
"Good night!" She says
"You too.." I say but stopping her "Hey wait! Thank you so much,again" I say laughing
"Anytime" she says with a smile as she walks back into her room.

I close my door,and head towards my desk.I then began to start reading what Camille has written down for me.And as time passes by,my eyes start to drift away.

** AN : I know I never mentioned the Ticks and Vladd being apart of the Pirates,its because from what I read in the Internet ;I guess they are not Pirates. So please don't judge! I will still put up a few appearances of the Ticks and Vladd. **