Star In The Shadow // CTH [Editing process]

VII

"Who are you talking about?" I ask my best friend as we walk down the hall.

"You really don't remember, do you?" She asks looking at me with disappointment.

"I just don't remember!" I yell lightly and chuckle at the same time.

"OMG, he's like the Jesus of Rock... How can you not remember!" She says placing her right hand in her forehead.

"Sorry." I say now laughing.

"*groan* Jared Leto! The lead singer from 30 Seconds to Mars! He's so hotly amazing!" She says as she looks at me frustrated.

"Right!!! I just forgot..." I say as I chuckle.

"I've told you this so many times..." She says as she moves her hands in the air in an exaggerated way. "And you always seem to forget..."

"I'm sowy..." I say with a childish voice as I look at her with puppy eyes.

"Fine. It wasn't a big deal anyways..." She says as she smiles to the ground.

"Thank you!!" I say as I huge her and earn a chuckle from her.

We enter the Ballroom and change our shoes. Then we head to the middle of the room, where Mrs. Sharell is waiting for us.

"Good afternoon class..." She says nicely and receives some answers. "Today we'll be working on our duets."

"Great..." I mumble to myself, but apparently someone heard.

"Mrs. Sharell, someone protested against what you told us to do..." Says Madison pointing her thumb towards me.

"Mrs. Prescott, do you have anything to say?" She asks as she crosses her arms over her chest.

"I was just thinking we could work on group technique..." I say hoping she'll believe me, even if I know she will keep asking.

"That's actually not a bad idea..." She says as she rests her right hand on her mouth, as if she was thinking about the options. "We'll do that, we haven't been doing good in the group dances."

We get into our positions and wait for her signal.

"We will be doing both..." She says changing her mind as she heads to the speakers to choose the songs. "There will be a lot of duets in a group..."

She finally chooses a song and comes back to the front. After teaching us some of the steps and repeating them various times to make sure we don't forget them, she chooses our partners. I have the best luck ever, 'cause I get to be with Charlie. My day just keeps getting better and better. At least Ari gets to dance with Jack, he's never going to bother her, let's just say he's not into girls.

I immediately stop my thoughts from running when I hear the song...

Trying hard not to fall,
On the way home
You were trying to wear me down, down
Kissing up on fences
And up the walls
On the way home
I guess it's all working out, now.
.........

Really... The last thing that I need is a love song. I'm startled from my thoughts, again, when I hear someone scream. I quickly turn to look at Madison who has both hands on her mouth, but there's no cockroach. Why is she screaming? Suddenly more girls scream... Or squeal?

"You made it!" Says Mrs. Sharell as she pauses the music and heads to the door.

"I thought I might give you a minute or two to get ready..." Says the boy in the entrance with strange accent.

Wait... No,no,no,no,no... This can't be happening to me... He is here? He's back? Why? No, he has to leave... I have to many things going on my life right now, the last thing I need is for him to show up again.

"Well, that's very concerned form you..." Says Mrs. Sharell as she finishes her hug.

"That's just me..." He says as he smiles politely. Liar. I'm not saying that because I hate him, which I kinda off do, but I have my reasons.

"Class, this man..." Yeah right. "...is Calum Hood, for the ones who don't know him." As she finishes his name she earns squealing from almost every single girl of the class. "He'll be visiting us for... How much?" She asks the boy.

"These last two months..." He answers while nodding his head lightly.

"Well we are glad to have you here!" She says as she also tells him to to take a seat.

"Ok class, from the top..." She says as she plays the music again.

After 30 minutes of class Mrs. Sharell finally gives us a break. I go to my bag and grab my water bottle. I can clearly hear some girls asking for pics and autographs. He's going to be here for two months, I don't see the point. While I'm trying to have some energy back, someone behind me clears his throat. I turn around to look at the boy who got here about 30 minutes ago.

"Hi!" He says cheerfully while he waves his right hand lightly.

"Hello..." I say awkwardly as I raise my eyebrows, as a sign of 'why are you talking to me?'.

"You're the girl who hit me the other day, right?" He says he points at mi with his finger.

"Probably..." I say as I smirk. It's rare that I act like this. I just don't like his presence.

"Ok... I... Um... I didn't get your name..." He says as he puts his hands on his pockets.

"I thought you heard the teacher saying it..." I say since I'm not actually on the mood of saying my name to a person that's supposed to remember me.

"Mrs. Prescott, right?" He asks leaning a little with his hands still in his pockets. I answer by nodding. "I thought it was Roxanne Prescott..."

Wait... what? Mrs. Sharell never mentioned my name, just my last name. How did he know that was my name?

"Are you ok?" He asks looking straight into my eyes. Damn it, they're the same beautiful chocolate brown eyes.

"How do you know my name?" I ask, not answering his question, and at the same time look everywhere to make sure my name is not written anywhere, which is not.

"You didn't think I would forget... We were partners for two years... I would never forget my partner nor my first best friend" he says showing a perfect white smile, and making me blush.

"I thought you forgot..." I say as I smile shyly to the floor.

"Well, I didn't. I hope I get to see you really often while I'm here. Maybe we could catch up with things." He says with a half smile, which is still making me blush.

"Yeah, sure. That would be nice." I say right before Mrs. Sharell tells us to go back to practice.

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Song: Wild-Troye Sivan