Finding My True Self | Protector 5.1

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Echo

       "Again," Mom said sharply, even though it was obvious how tired I was from all the pirouettes I had been doing. To make things worse, the homecoming dance was going to start in half an hour and I still had to get ready.

       Well, I had to find a place to get ready because there was no way Mom was going to let me go to a school dance when I could be doing 'better things' with my time.

       "Can I stop now?" I asked, feeling very out of breath. "I probably did over one hundred pirouettes."

       "That's because you're not doing them correctly," Mom said. "Again."

       "Seriously, I promised I'd meet my duet partner at the studio for an extra rehearsal," I said. "The state competition is coming soon and I don't want to be the reason we don't make it pass the duet round."

       Mom stared at me for a bit, her eyes narrowing before saying, "Fine, go. We'll continue this tomorrow until you get them correctly."

       I didn't even say anything as I walked out of the yoga room and headed upstairs to my bedroom, closing the door behind me. I didn't even have enough time to shower, so I was probably going to have to use a lot of perfume.

       I grabbed my red dress and matching heels and shoved them in my dance bag, as well as a bottle of perfume before grabbing my car keys and putting on shoes, then heading downstairs to leave.

       "What time will you be back?" Mom asked me, now in the kitchen.

       "I don't know," I said. "We'll probably take a long time because we really want to perfect the dance."

       "Okay, good," Mom said. "Isn't your duet partner that Zayden guy? It looked like him, just with glasses. That's actually a perfect match, since he's the strongest dancer in the studio and you need to be the strongest."

       "Actually, it's Zayden's brother," I said. "He was the one that danced with me at the qualifier."

       "Hmm....Okay," Mom said. "Well, you should be going if you don't want to waste anytime."

       I nodded and put my shoes on before heading out of the door and to my car. Once I got into my car and started it up, I drove out of the driveway and headed to the school. I guessed I was going to have to get changed in one of the washrooms there.

       When I got to the school, I headed to the closest washroom, and there were already quite a few girls there touching up their hair and make-up. I went in one of the stalls before changing into my dress. My hair was already in a high ponytail from dancing, so I guessed that would have to do.

       After I was changed, I headed to my locker and put my bag in there before heading to the gymnasium where the dance was taking place. After being let in, I looked around for Rhys, but I didn't see him here. He offered to pick me up, but I told him to just meet me at the dance.

       I did spot Zayden, however, who was with Eleanor at the moment. I walked over to them. "Hey, is Rhys here yet?" I asked.

       "No, he's catching a ride with Kingsley since I had to pick up Eleanor," Zayden said. "He should be here soon."

       "Okay, thanks," I said before sitting down on one of the benches. I was going to text Rhys to see where he was, but I realized I left it at home. So I just had to wait here for him to show up.

       The dance had already started twenty minutes ago and Rhys still hasn't shown up, so Zayden walked over with Eleanor following. "He still hasn't shown up yet?" he asked.