Take A Chance

Chapter 10

As I was getting up from the ground,I couldn't believe what had happened. We all were called freaks and strange. I thought I was being called that because of my skin colour. It is because we were in the circus. "Ember I....." started Mr Barnum,but Lettie interrupted him. "Just shut up!" she shouts anger flowing out of her. We drag her away backstage. I can't help but look at Phillip. His icy blue eyes full of sadness and confusion.But then he looks like he had just had an idea. I started practicing my new solo act on trapeze. I would jump off the platform while the trapeze bar is on the other side and kick over to it. Once I grabbed on I flipped a bit here and there. Then I let go plummeting to the ground. At this point Mr Barnum is supposed to catch me in his arms but seeing that he isn't performing tonight Phillip has to catch me. Once I feel two arms catch me I flip off him onto the ground and go back up to practice again.

Soon enough later as I am falling down to Phillip for the third time Caroline screams a when she sees me falling. As I land in Phillips arms I gently get off and go over to hug the girls. I have a new costume as not to see my cuts on my back. "Mommy wants to bring you to lunch!" Helen said with a smile. "Would you mind taking the girls Phillip?" asks Charity like she is in a rush. "Of course not...." Says Phillip. "Brilliant!" Charity says as she grabs me by the arm. "I would love to come but I must get back to prac......." "No time!"Charity says dragging me out of the museum. I didn't even have time to put on shoes.

Once we stop we are standing outside a fancy restaurant called 'Dawn Till Twilight' "Come on!" Says Charity like she is a 13 year old finding out she is getting a dog or something. "Oh um okay!" She drags me in the door and sits me down at a table handing me a menu. "Get what you want,dearie" she says as a waiter comes over and asks us for our order. "I will have the salmon." Charity says looking up from the table. "And you miss?" the waiter said looking at me. I don't dare to look up so I say the same. "Ember we need to talk about Phillip" Charity says. The sound of his name makes me shoot my head up to look at Charity. "No." I say simply. "Okay fine." We eat our dinner in silence. "Also Phineas wants you to go to the theatre to see a play in two days he has booked the tickets." "I'm not sure..." I started. "Trust me you will regret it if you don't go." I look at her for a moment and then ask what time it is. "Ten past eight.." WHAT?! I have my act in ten minutes!" I say running out the door as fast as my legs would take me.

I got into the circus and threw on my costume and wig and ran up to the platform. I got there just in time and did my routine. As I fell something feel very wrong in my wrist. I had flipped the wrong way but I was falling so there was not much I could do about it. When Phillip caught me I felt like apologizing right there and now. But I couldn't. I flipped off his hands and onto the ground. I took his hand and went for my bow. Then I attached myself to a rope which pulled me up towards the rope and swung over to the new platform we had placed so I didn't have to run backstage.

Once I got to the steps and out of sight I couldn't take the pain. I collapsed down the stairs. To two arms greeting me. I pulled those arms down the rest of the stairs. But I think whoever it was had fallen over the railing. I got up to rush over to them and I saw it was Phillip lying unconscious on the ground. "No!" I broke down. I couldn't handle all the stress on my shoulders. I had to let it all out. But then he laughed. I looked at him and he was sitting down laughing while I was crying on the floor. I can't. I got up and stormed back to my dressing room and cried my eyes out. To be honest I don't really know what I was crying about. I just let out all my emotions. I fell asleep on the haystack and dreamed about many things.

How could I face him tomorrow?