Norah woke up at 5 o'clock with a bright sunshiny smile on her face because today it's her turn to audition for dance captain and she's so excited.
She danced herself into the bathroom and stopped in front of the mirror.
Grabbing her green toothbrush, she picked up the toothpaste and flicked the cap open, then spreads it nicely on the toothbrush, turns the water on and puts it under it. Norah starts brushing her teeth while still dancing.
Once she was done, she gargles some water and spits it out in the sink.
Samantha looks up from her magazine and saw her daughter gracefully twirling around toward the dining area, when she got the table, she stops and sits down.
"Morning, mom." Norah pours herself a glass of orange juice.
"Morning, Norah."
"Guess what?"
Samantha lightly smiles, "What?" She asks, turning to the next page.
"I said guess!" The girl whined slightly.
"Okay, um, does it have to do with dance?" The woman decided to play along with her childish daughter.
Norah nodded her head, "It's my turn to be the dance captain,"
"Norah, isn't that great."
"Definitely, I will do my very best!"
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When Norah first came to this school, she was surprised that the rest of her teammates and some other kids from the Praise Dance Worship company attended this school too. She even has a few classes with Zara, Emmett, and Veronica.
As Norah walks her computer classroom she sits in her assigned seat, which is actually right beside the older blonde girl.
"Veronica?" Norah whispered.
Veronica sighed, "What?"
"I'm so excited."
"And Why's that?" She asks in a bored tone.
"Because I have a chance at being co-captains with you. I mean, I know you're not that fond of me and I don't know what I did, but I-" Norah rambled until she glanced at the blonde and saw her eyes gloss over.
"Uh V-"
"Sorry, I need to use the restroom." Veronica cut her off and stormed out the classroom leaving everyone confused at what just happened.
"Oh, okay." Norah whispers under her breath.
Emmett and Francine were sitting from afar watching the whole thing play out.
Emmett frowns at the camera as he says, 'I don't understand why Veronica is giving her a hard time.'
The two glanced at each other with the same expression.
'I feel bad for Norah for how Veronica's been treating her. I'll be praying for her, and Veronica. Like, we're supposed to be brothers and sisters in Christ. We should be helping one another.' Francine says with a serious tone in her voice, 'I don't know what might have triggered Veronica to act this way, but it's not nice and it needs to change.' She emphasized the 'needs' part.
Norah shrugs while letting out a sigh and starts doing something on the computer.
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Miss Allison has called Norah into her office for a talk.
"So, are you excited?"
"Ecstatic!" The girl beamed holding a cup of hot chocolate that the company owner made for the both of them.
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The Stage Is Set
General FictionNorah has been dancing for as long as she can remember, the first time she started dancing was beside her mother on the big stage. She was three years old and Samantha saw potential in her daughter. Norah first took interest in dancing at the age of...
