Dancing Into His Arms (A Harry Styles Fanfiction)

Who I Am

Hi, I'm Marcella Meredith/Emo Panda! At least, that's what my friends call me, sometimes, Emo Panda, I mean. Anyway, like I said, my name is Marcella Meredith. I'm 19 and am on the Elite Dance Team at Abby Lee's Dance Company here in Los Angeles, California. I'm on a show called Dance Mom's Elite, and It's gotten pretty big.

It's kind of weird, to be honest... Being recognized I mean, when I'm just walking down the street with my dog, Charlie. (Charlie is my standard poodle, by the way, he's often getting bossed around by my cat Mina, who is kind of a complete b*tch.)

It's just weird, because I now see my face on magazine spreads, and notice how girls as young as 12 comment on my instagram how they, "Wish they could look like me". Awful, isn't it? They have no idea how much photoshop are in those magazines; how I have acne too, just like everyone else. 

They think I have a glamorous life, but in reality, it's non-stop hard work preparing for dance competitions every day of the week. Bro, I legit wake up at 4:00 am every morning, usually practice at the studio until 12:00 am, get home at 1:00 am, crash, then start the cycle all over.

I shouldn't complain though, I'm really blessed to be where I'm at. I've won 1st place in all three of the competitions I've competed in since I've been on this team.

Oh, I think I forgot to explain, I'm on the Elite team with 4 other girls; Jordan, Sierre, Winter, and Ashley. Since we are on the Elite team, we go to dance competitions all across the world. Just last week we were in Beijing, China!

Even though I love my teammates dearly, my best friends are from when I was in middle school. It's hard to believe so much time has passed, it feels like just yesterday
I was 11 years old. I was "the new girl",and this weirdo (Now known as Alexandra) came up to me asking if I'd like to be in a twisted Cinderella play where Cinderella gets eaten by a werewolf..... She's a weird one, that one is. 

Long story short, I became best friends with 4 weirdos, and now we're "The Squad". (Such an original name, am I right.)

Anyway, when I turned 16, I saw auditions online for members of an Elite team to work with Abby Lee Miller. 

I had always wanted to become a dancer, so of course, I jumped at the opportunity.

 I posted a video online of me doing a Nutcracker routine that I made myself, and patiently waited. Within, I kid you not, only 2 hours, they contacted me saying they wanted to fly me out to LA to get me signed. 

They told me how I, along with 4 other girls, (There's that number again) got handpicked, out of millions, to become apart of the Elite team. They told me my world would never be the same, and they were right.

Now, when I got there, there were tons of cameras all lined up, and I was super confused about what was going on. What they had forgotten to mention to me is that it would be filmed the entire time.
Well, it ended up not being that bad because the show instantly became a big hit across the globe.

What wasn't pleasant is when I was instantly pushed into the spotlight. I mean, I felt like I'd barf while just reading essays in front of the class, let alone dancing in front of 30 million people.

But it's all good; I learned how to handle it. The only thing that upsets me now is how I rarely get to see my old friends.

 I've only seen them once in these whole three years. I really miss them... But then again, I love my teammates also, we had become very close.... 

That is, until Abby opened her big mouth and said on Oprah, OPRAH. That I was, "The best on the team and the rest will probably never amount to much." SHE SAID THAT!!! ON LIVE TV! She doesn't try to hide her opinions in front of the other girls either, she gives me special treatment compared to the rest... 

My teammates now act weird around me.... But there's nothing I can do, it's not like I'm going to stop doing anything but my best.

 The team ends in 7 months from now. We had a four-year contract and that's it. Soon we'll be out on our own, and I don't think I'll ever be able to fix our relationship. 

So, that's a bit about me, let's get onto the story.