Chapter 6

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Tiana's P.O.V

I've got ballet classes in 30mins and so I start getting ready. I don't go to a professional ballet school, just a local ballet school. Ballet is the only thing that helps me forget about things that's happened to me. Although I'm injured I still feel the urge to dance. We actually have a special class today and I'm glad we have one.

30mins passes in no time and I realize I'm in class. The teacher says " I'm glad your here Tiana!" I say " Where's everybody?" She says " This class is specifically for you. I've got some great news for you!" I say " Why? What happened?" She says " You've been selected to dance a performance for your school fair!" I say " What? Me? Why me?" she says " Your supervisor chose you and Meena but I told her that Meena doesn't come for class regularly. So you've been chosen." I say " That's great! So what will I be dancin?" She says " I'll give you three options and you've got to choose 2 of them." I say " What are they?" She says " Two are classical and the other is contempory. The first one is the dying swan from the carnival of the animals, the second is the scene where Juliet overheard her parents conversation and the last one is a contempory variation which I made up although the music was composed by someone else." I say " What's the contempory called?" She says " It's from the hunger games. The rue's whistle song. I like the tune so I thought I'd convert it to a ballet variation." I say " I'll take the Juliet thing and the contempory piece. I've never done contempory and that tune is my favourite one." She says " Well then let's get started!"

(After 1hr)

I glad I selected the right variations. Both literally express my feelings at the moment. I like the rue's whistle song better cause it's sounds so much about my life. The starting, that's when the whistle is blown sounds like the signal of all the shit that's happening to me. Then the tune after that sounds like how my dad dies and what happens after that. Then it's about how I get torchered to stay away from Peter and about how I slap him. Then it's about what happens after that, the eye contact and after feelings. But the end of the song is so different. It sounds like thare's a ray of hope in all that's happening. It's like something good could happen soon. That's why I love the song.

I tell the teacher " Supposing I feel like crying while dancing, can I? Besides their both sad stuff." She says " If your going to cry tell me in advance so that I can get water proof makeup." and we both laugh. Then we continue practicing.

Both dances have a lot of jete's and chaines but the rue's whistle needs more flexibility and feelings. But I still love both. Class get's over too soon and the teacher says " You've learnt quite a lot really quickly. That's really good! That means we'll have time for more rehearsals and for your costume." I say " Thanks. Besides when is the performance?" she says " It's this weekend." I say " Oh okay. See you then."

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