Finding My True Self | Protector 5.1

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

       Dad was really happy that I told him I decided to join the studio. I still didn't know why I decided to.

       Oh yeah. It was because I had no idea how to say no to Echo. She was just way too persuasive.

       Even though all she did was ask if I was sure I didn't want to join the studio....

       Echo was already there when Zayden and I showed up, and she gave me a smile and a wave. I smiled back, and when Echo wasn't looking, Zayden nudged my side. "She totally likes you," he said.

       I just glared at him before putting my things in one of the empty lockers. At least Zayden wasn't mad that I liked Echo, and even tried encouraging me to ask her out. Not that I would, but it was nice to know he wouldn't be mad at me if I ever did.

       Dad came in just then and everyone looked at him. "So, for those who don't know, Rhys has officially joined the dance team," he said. "Perfect timing for the state competition. And speaking of, we're going to start working on the different dances. There's the male solo, female solo, group dance, and the duet."

       "Who's doing what?" Kingsley asked. 

       "Well, since everyone did so good with what they did at the sectional competitions, I thought it would be the same," Dad said. "The same female solo, male solo, group dance, and duet. Oh, and to clarify, the duet would be Rhys and Echo since Rhys was the one to perform."

       I silently sighed. Of course it was.

       "And they've changed it so for the semi-finals and finals, there can be eight to ten dancers," Dad said. "There has always been complications in the past, so they thought it would be better that you don't need an exact number, so Rhys will always be able to dance in the semi-finals and finals if we make it that far."

       "Uh, when, not if," Zayden said.

       "Yeah, when, not if," Dad said. "We're really hoping to go to Nationals this year, since D.A.N.C.E hasn't gone in a while, so we're going to try our best, right?"

       Everyone agreed.

       "Great," Dad said. "We'll start choreo for the semi-final and final dances, so for today, work with what you're in."

       I swear he was making me do the duet with Echo because he knew I had a crush on her.

       Well, and we did place first in the duet competition, so that was another reason.

       Echo and I decided to work in one of the smaller studios and once we got there, we sat down trying to decide what song we were going to dance to. 

       "I'm really glad you decided to join," Echo said with a smile. "And we get to do another duet together."

       I smiled softly. "I'm happy too." No matter how much I didn't want to like Echo, I actually was happy I did get to do another duet with her. The chemistry was there and I couldn't deny it.

       It didn't take us long with decide on a song and we soon began throwing around ideas. Our dance was going to be about a couple in a toxic relationship, but they couldn't stay away from each other no matter how hard they tried.

       Like how I couldn't stay away from Echo no matter how hard I tried.

       Our ideas were going so well with each other, and it wasn't taking long for us to make choreography. It was rough choreography and we might end up changing it in the future, but it was still pretty good for the first day.