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Chapter 4

Rey's POV:

Rey danced better than she ever has when Ben watched her and she isn't sure why. Rey did the combo across the floor trying to forget everything on her mind. She let everything go and danced. She did the final arabesque and went to walk off to practice until her turn again but the teacher stopped the music and told Rey to go to her. Rey did as she was told, knowing she was about to be corrected on her technique.

"That was beautiful. You have a very high arabesque so I want you to do attitude to make it more challenging. Will you repeat the combo?"

"Yes of course." Rey felt a little bit of pride especially since the teacher hasn't done this with anyone before.

"Ladies, watch how well Rey turns out when she turns and how softly she lands. Hopefully this teaches you how it should look." She started the music again and Rey prepared to do the combo again, this time ending with an attitude in arabesque. All attention was on Rey and she'd be lying if she said it didn't scare her. To make things even scarier, she remembered Ben is there. She did the combo again and everyone clapped except for 3 girls. She didn't care until she noticed the looks they were giving her. She also noticed them whispering to each other then giggling. If they are acting like this now, how will they act when she dances with Ben? She studied them and realized one of them was the girl that was asking Ben out yesterday. Why does everything lead back to Ben? Rey looked at the clock and it was 2 minutes until 11 so the teacher dismissed her to get her pointe shoes off and get ready.

"You all can sit down if you'd like. We have a dance that will be performed for us by Rey and surprisingly officer Solo. I came across them dancing last night and I wanted everyone to see how well they connect when they dance. You two can begin when you're ready." Rey just stayed in the leotard she was wearing instead of changing because that would be a waste. She would have to change back right after. She looked at Ben and he nodded. Rey started the song they danced to last night and quickly whispered to Ben to start with the lift she taught him. Throughout the song she would glance over to the other dancers and see a shocked look on their faces. Every time she would press up against Ben she would suddenly get really excited. Her feelings are starting to get more confusing than ever.

She thinks Ben is hot, sweet, caring, daring, selfless, mysterious, and so much more. Every time she sees him she smiles and when she is close to him she gets nervously excited. Her mind is constantly on him. She doesn't know if this is just infatuation for him or feelings. She's never in her life ever been this confused when it came to a guy. Rey is leaning more toward infatuation because she has only known Ben for 5 days. Also, she doesn't even know how old he is. She actually barely knows anything about him. Maybe that should change.

The song ended while Ben and Rey ended their dance, that they literally just made up, by pressing up against each other. Ben had his hands on her lower back while Rey had hers on his chest. They naturally just came into this position and they just stared at each other for a minute. Reality came back when everyone clapped. She quickly pulled away blushing because she just realized how close they were. The teacher dismissed the class an hour early and Rey was grateful for that. She needs to be alone and sort out her thoughts. But of course someone had to ruin it and that someone was that girl who was basically flirting with Ben yesterday.

"Wow Rey. What did you have to do to get him to do that for you?"

"Nothing. We're friends so it was pretty easy."

"Yeah sure. I'm almost positive you had to sleep with him to get him to do that." She was starting to piss Rey off.

"Well you're wrong... but I bet that's what you would of had to do, which by the way he isn't interested." She rolled her eyes and looked ready to slap Rey.