the bridge to neverland

the wonders

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i was only 16. i was being forced to move to another school, due to a stalker i had at my old school. my story about why i moved is.. something else. it's sort of uncomfortable to talk about.. being in a position like that... it just makes me cry when i think of it.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀back when i was 8, my dance studio decided to film is dancing and competing at comps. my dance instructor was named abby. she got on everyone's nerves, but we all had to deal with it. my passion for dance started when i was 2. i danced every single day for 12 years. one day at nationals, my mom and abby got into a fight. i didnt want to- but i heard every single word abby said about me. my mom was upset- i mean, what mom wouldn't be? we packed our bags and left for good.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀because of that fame we had earned, i pushed myself to be the best i could possibly be. dancemoms lost viewers once i left. but that was what i wanted to happen.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀im glad i left. i have found an amazing studio, and i have some pretty amazing friends. i was living the life.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀my little sister, clara, thinks she can be a better dancer than me- but we'll see.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀so.. the reason i had to leave was because i had a stalker. he followed me around everywhere. but i didn't know what he looked like. he always had a mask on. it's scary. he's scary. he took polaroid pictures of me in my sleep.. he would food my laundry and just follow me and my family everywhere.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀but one day.. he drew the line. he had written a threat towards my family and friends- causing us to move. i deleted all of my social media so he wouldn't find it, and created a new one, that was private. he ended up hacking that one, so i just deleted it and gave up on social media.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀we moved a crossed the U.S., to Pittsburgh. it was so beautiful there. i was so happy to be back there. i haven't been to Pittsburgh in ages it seems like. i've missed it.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀but i can't say i enjoyed moving. i had to leave literally everything behind. my books, my bed, my clothes, and the most important to me, my boyfriend.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀his name was josh. we'd been waiting on the day where i'd loose my virginity to him. but that never happened. he broke up with me because long distance was too hard. with me traveling everywhere and all. but is it true? if you live somebody so much long distance shouldn't be a problem?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀josh was my best friends' brother. i danced with brooke and paige my entire life. we thought we were so cool because we spent every single day with our best friends, and because we were on tv dancing our hearts out- doing what we love.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀he's only a year older than me. paige didn't mind it, brooke didn't mind it, kelly didn't mind it- but my mom did. she didn't like me dating josh while we were always on the road- or should i say in the air?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i loved josh- i think. he's sweet and caring and something about him, made me fall in love. but then he started going to parties and drinking. he started drinking when he was 16, so when i was 15. he started to get a little abusive. but that didn't stop me from dating him. i knew that the josh i fell in love with, was still in there. i didn't know where, but he's still.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i prayed every day hoping the old josh would come back. but i just got the same abusive josh i wanted to leave a while back. i thought he was doing good. going to therapy to help with his anger issues. but i guess not. it broke my heart.
666 words oop
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀my heart stopped the day he landed in the hospital, because that was also the day after i had moved. it hurt me. not going to lie it really hurt me. but he also hurt me. so i had to find a way to move one.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i've been thinking about him all day. but i've also been thinking about where i could find my classes. i'm not very bad at moving schools. i adjust well i think. considering i travel for a living.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀monday morning, 7am
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ugh. the day i dreaded the most. i didn't really dread it, i just didn't want to go to school. it sucks. but hey, at least i get to make new friends and at least try to start over. hopefully nobody recognizes me..
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i walked into ridgedale high, my new school. all eyes directed on me. i didn't know if they were staring because i was famous or because i was new. i was hoping it was because i new.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i had to walk into the middle school to get to the office.. it was not what i hoped my first day would be like.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i was overwhelmed with the amount of girls screaming and running up to me. i had to tell them that they couldn't do that, because i was no longer considering myself "famous" and because i just want to be normal.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀after getting my schedule, i opened my locker and decorated it. i pulled out all the pictures my mom had given me to put into my locker.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i put up a picture of me and paige first. i miss paige. then a picture of me and brooke. i miss her too. then a picture with sarah, one with nia, and then i came accrossed one with me, maddie, paige and kenzie.. i started to tear up but stopped before someone saw me.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀i put the picture in my locker and then set everything else in it. i grabbed my books for first period and as i turned the corner i ran into somebody...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀1013 words.. wow. be proud of me. ok well if you read all of this chapter, followed me, and voted for this, comment your instagram and i'll follow you :)
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀yours truly,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀haley 🖤