Dreams

The gym

Spinning in the air, Alonza was getting ready for the big landing. She landed on a platform as the crowd and judges cheered. She slowly cracked her knuckles and look over at all of her best friends siting on the bench. She was trying to think about the positive things, and yet she knew if she herself messed this last jump up..... Alonza would be kicked out of the gymnastics group for children. The boys going against her team sat on the bench and cheered. " You can't do this! Whoo hoo! You can lose! It's EASY! " Alonza tried her best to ignore their rude calls of shame, but she knew that she was bad at gymnastics. Her father Brazila, before dropping her off to browns gymnastics, he would always call out across the street to not give up. He strongly thought that his daughters gymnastics skills would come to use.

Alonza thought of his words, and remembered that when she was a baby, her father told her something that still means a lot to her. Dance as though no one can see you. Love as though you never loved before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Alonza started running eagerly to get her last jump over with. As she quickly jumped over a row of chairs and death, she closed her eyes and said those three sentence's in her mind. Dance as though no one can see you. Alonza Jumped onto the hard bar filled with chalk dust. Love as though you never loved before. She flipped around on the bar jumping onto the next deadly bar, jumping off of it. It all happened so fast like her life was flashing away before her eyes.

Landing onto the foam platform she relaxed her muscles and took a breath. The crowd went wild and the judge's announced the winner for first place. " And the winner is, ALONZA!! " Alonza smiled and ran up to the first place section and retrieved her medal. Sing as though no one can hear you.

After the big gymnastics prize went out Alonza looked out the closest dry window she could find. She spotted her father's majestic car pull up on the drive way. Alonza ran outside waving good bye to her best friends and jumped into Brazila's car. Brazila turned around and handed her a bright bag that was about 30 pounds. Alonza struggled to carry the bag and set it down on the seat right next her her.

Her father laughed and looked at her with a sly smile on his face. " See? This is why you need to stay in gymnastics, to get stronger. You almost