The Shy Girl

Chapter 2:Suppertime

I made myself some nachos in the microwave. Then, I put on my black leotard and white tights. I grabbed my dance bag and started wheeling to the dance studio.
You may be wondering why I'm going to dance, seeing that I'm in a wheelchair. Well, I believe that everyone should be able to do what they want. I want to dance. So, Melanie signed me up for two ballet classes at her studio(since kids my age have to take 2).
Ballet is kinda the focus at the studio, so that's why I take it. My teachers understand that I won't be able to do everything, but that doesn't mean I can't do somethings.
I got to the studio at 5:15pm. My class didn't start until 5:30pm, so I sat at the window into studio C(where my class was) and watched Meredith(the artistic director at our studio) teach a pointe class. I watch them, knowing I will never be like them.
Meredith and Jennifer(a dance teacher at the studio) motion for me to come in, so I do. I watch the pointe dancers do their centre work.
Then my class comes in. We warm up by skipping around. Or in my case, wheeling around the room in circles with one arm on my hip and one hand on the joystick that makes my wheelchair move. Then we do bar. I just do the upper body part. I probably look ridiculous doing this but oh well. The we do our Porte de bras and Jennifer teaches us our centre practice.
"Come have a seat," Jennifer says as she sits in her teacher's chair.
"For the recital, you guys are going to be fish. Annabelle, if you want , you can be in this dance. Do you want to be?" Jennifer asked.
It wasn't even a question in my mind.
"Yes!" I said excitedly.
"Alright then, let's get to it," Jennifer laughed.
We worked on our dance for the rest of the class.
I have never been in a recital dance since I was paralyzed. I'm really excited.
When my class was over, at 6:30 pm, I watched some of the 6-8 jazz class that was after me. Then, I organized some costumes for Nutcracker until it was time to go 'home'. Melanie drove us home.Once we were home, I had a snack and went to bed.
The next day, I decided to film another video for my YouTube channel. I played the background parts to Fun on my instruments , then I sang it. After two hours of editing, I finally finished and posted it. It instantly started getting likes and I started getting subscribes.
The video went viral. I was shocked.
The house phone rang. I went to answer it, then realized I didn't know the number. I'm not to answer it unless I know the number, so so much for that idea.
At 8:05 pm, Melanie came home. She checked the phone.
There was a message from the number that I hadn't known.
Melanie seemed like she wanted to tell me something, but I went to bed before she got around to it.