Today was the day. Today was the day of my recital. I was so nervous yet excited. I was putting on my tutu when I got a call from Luke.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey babe its Luke. I just wanted to wish you good luck and that I'm gonna be in the crowd cheering you on with your family." Luke replied.
"Thanks Luke that means so much to me." I said, putting my second costume in my bag.
"I know it does princess. I'll let you get ready and I'll see you there. Bye babe." Luke cooed. I said bye and ended the call. I filled my bag with ballet shoes, my other costume, and some trail mix. When I was finished putting on my make up, I opened the bathroom door to see everyone in the orphanage looking at me.
"What?" I asked confused.
"Gabby, we just wanted to wish you good luck. We know how much this is to you and we all are so proud of you." Ms. White said with tears in her eyes, standing next to Lindsey, also tears forming in her eyes. Belle pushed past the legs of my family and handed me a little white box.
"This is from all of us." Belle said, smiling. I opened the box and there was a beautiful ring. It was white with a red ruby in the middle. I thanked everyone and we had a big group hug. We all piled up in the car and drove to my recital. When the car was parked and we were walking inside, I spotted Luke. He was leaning against the side of the building and smiled wide when he saw me. I ran up to him and hugged him.
"Are you ready?" Luke whispered in my ear, still hugging me.
"No. Not at all." I whispered back.
"I love you, Gabby." Luke whispered.
"I love you, Luke." I whispered back. We let go of our long hug and walked inside. I left Luke with my family and walked to the backstage area. I had to walk a long way to backstage, but I wasn't complaining. I saw the table of professional ballerinas at front of the stage, flipping through some papers. I noticed that my role model, Misty Copeland, was also sitting at the table. The anticipation was building up inside me as I walked by the table, trying to keep cool. I heard whispering and felt eyes on me and saw one of the ballerinas pointing at me. I didn't look back and kept walking until I reached backstage. I couldn't believe that Misty Copeland was going to be watching me do ballet! If I hadn't read her book, I wouldn't be here right now. Before I knew it the show began and my dance was next. This dance wasn't a big deal though. I was just in the back doing pliés and prancing with six other girls. After two more dances another one of my dances was up. I didn't want to do this one since it was tap dance/jazz, but my dance studio was making my whole class do it since there's only two girls in that class. We were dressed up as diner girls with those dresses with the poodle at the bottom of the skirts and just did weird stuff like snap our fingers. After that I didn't have any other dances, except the one that will predict my future. I got a little nervous so I changed into my different tutu for the dance and ate my trail mix. Long before I knew it, my dance was up next. I paced around the room where little girls played and practiced their dances. I herd the door open and turned around to see who walked in and it was...Luke.
"Luke?! What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I knew you would be nervous so I came back here to tell you a few things. Don't be afraid. Just do your best and if these,'professional,' ballerinas don't want to toter you; then they clearly don't know what their missing. You are such an amazing ballerina and you'll always be my baby girl." Luke cooed, making my eyes water with happiness. I wiped my forming tears and kissed him.
"Thanks Luke." I whispered with our four heads leaning together.
"Gabby? Gabby? Your up next." Said a guy with a clipboard. I looked at Luke and he smiled at me.
"Go and kick some ass." Luke told me. I laughed and walked out. I swayed while walking on the stage and stopped at the middle. Misty was looking up at me and smiling, making me gulp nervously. I stood in first possession with my left hand in front of me. I looked at the ring that my family gave to me and closed my eyes also remembering what Luke said. I kept my eyes shut until the music played and I started to prance around the stage. As I spun and twirled, the professional ballerinas smiled and one of them even started to clap with the rest of the crowd. The dance was coming to an end and my Fouetté Round de jambe Tournant was coming up. As I stood in forth position, I took a deep breath and told myself that I could do this. I looked up with confidence flaring through my eyes as I do my pirouette then a demi-plié. I keep doing this collecting speed like I did on Saturday. I finally land with my right leg behind me, my left leg in front, and my left hand slowly rising in the air. I looked at my ring as the audience applaud and whistled. I keep my position as a tear of joy, cheer, and hard work trickles down my face and splashes on the floor. So this is what hard work feels like. The light slowly turns off and I prance off stage. Luke runs up to me and picks me up. He spins me around and kisses me.
"You did it babe! Oh my god you fucking did it!" Luke yelled.
"I know!" I said back. He lets me down and cups my face with his hand and wipes my tear away with his thumb. The next dance had the song,'Across The Universe,' by The Beatles and Luke and I slow danced.
"This will be our song." Luke whispered in my ear. I nodded my head as we slow danced to the rest of the song. When the dance was over, I grabbed my bag and walked out of the backstage area with Luke. We were walking hand in hand when a familiar face stopped us.
"Hi, your Gabby right? Gabby Hill?" The tall lady asked. I look up and I can't believe who I'm talking to. I'm talking to Misty Copeland.
"Y-yes I am." I said, letting go of Luke's hand.
"Hi I'm Misty Copeland." She said, putting her hand out. I grab it and shake it firmly.
"It's an honer to talk to you." Misty smiled.
"It's an honer to talk with you! Your my inspiration! If it wasn't for your book, I wouldn't be here dancing." I exclaim.
"I'm glad to hear that! Well I would just like you to know that the others and I loved your performance and we would like to toter you." Misty said, handing me the permission slip. With a shaky hand, I slowly grab it and smile so wide I think I might have exploded!
"I would love to Misty!" I replied with, shaking her hand.
"Great! Your first class starts in a month. I'm looking forward to seeing you progress in ballet." Misty said walking away. I looked at Luke and he hugged me and kissed me all over my face. This has to be the best day of my life.
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Authors note: This chapter was so fun writing lol😂😍
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