Pirouette

Chapter Twenty Three // Bonding

- Alison's POV -

The sitting room was buzzing with first years, everybody was sitting around the tv watching some dumb show that was suppose to be funny but it really wasn't. I was sat in the corner reading a magazine about how to diet properly, the models in the magazines were incredibly thin and I was more than jealous.

When I was little and beginning to learn ballet, my mum would tell me that only thin and pretty ballerinas made it in the ballet world. She would tell me that my legs were too fat and no academy would take me with them.

I looked across the room at Ella and Bethany chasing each other around the room like three year olds, they had perfect figures for ballerinas. Even some of the boys were thinner than me.

I pulled out my dairy in front of the magazine so no body would see, I crossed out all foods for tomorrow and wrote 'water' in every space.

Hayden and the quiet girl entered the room and everybody greeted him as always. There was a group of blonde girls in the corner of the room staring at him as if he was god, I rolled my eyes.

Cody stood on the coffee table in front of the tv and told everybody to shut up.

"I'm inviting all of you to a new club opening tomorrow night! My friend owns it and he said all of my friends can get free access!" He shouted with a grin on his face, everyone cheered.

"Think of it as our first year bonding night" He said.

"Did you do this last year too Cody? You know how you were in first year then" I said with a devilish smirk, he stared at me.

"You're a bitch but I'm inviting you too Alison!" Cody shouted while pointing at me, I shook my head quickly.

"No way am I going out with you and your clan" I sighed before looking down at the magazine again.

"Oh come on Alison! Think of it as our bonding session for the assignment!" Ella shouted from the other side of the room, I laughed.

"Okay, looks like everyone is coming then! That's good. We can all meet here around 7:00pm tomorrow night" Cody said and everyone agreed. This is going to be an interesting night.

- Hayden's POV -

Me and Kim sat in the tiny kitchen area away from the noisy bunch of people who were cheering about tomorrow night.

"I hope the coffee isn't too strong" I said nervously, she laughed slightly and shook her head.

"It's j-just right" She whispered, I'm guessing she doesn't want everybody hearing her speak..

"You don't need to hide your voice from people you know. It's beautiful and unique" I admitted while glancing down at my coffee. I looked up a moment later and she had a huge smile on her face.

"S-some people would d-disagree" Kim muttered while looking into the sitting area, she glanced at Cody who was dancing around on the coffee table and Alison who was turning her nose up at everybody in the room.

"Are you coming to the first year bonding session then? In the club tomorrow night?" I asked her, she took a sip of her coffee then shook her head.

"D-definitely not" Kim said with a worried expression.

"Why? It'll be fun" I said with a smile.

"I'm not g-good with big c-crowds, I'll panic" She explained, I sighed and stretched my arm across the table to touch her hand.

"I'll take care of you. I promise"