For the Love of Ballet

Chapter 10

Dinner with Ezra was uneventful and I couldn't stop feeling guilty. Ezra was eating his sushi, completely clueless what happened at school. A part of me wanted to tell him what happened, but I couldn't do it. Well at least not in public. Once we got back, he kissed me good bye and walked over to his dormitory. I was now laying on my bed, listening to Lake in the Moonlight by Tchaikovsky. I hated this feeling of guilt. I hated Vronsky. I hated that my body would melt like butter at his softest touch. I hated it. But on a brighter note, auditions were tomorrow and I couldn't wait to shove Veronica's smirk down her throat when she would see me. I turned off the lights, slowly drifted to sleep.

"Rise and shine!"

I let out a yawn and rubbed my eyes. Ana was sitting on my bed all dressed up for auditions. I looked over my phone, it was eight o'clock. Auditions were in two hours, I fought the urge to roll my eyes at my best friend, "Why are you up so early?"

"Someone's a little cranky this morning," Ana joked as she pulled me up from bed, "Now go shower and brush your teeth. Did anyone tell you that you have awful morning breath?"

"Shut up!" ignoring Ana's last comment, "I'll see you in the dining hall."

Ana nodded and skipped out the room. I sighed and slowly walked to the showers. After a very long and relaxing shower, I dressed up in my best pink tights and black leotard. I let my pixie flow in their natural brown locks. I looked at myself in the mirror and took deep breaths. You can do it Dania; quit being nervous. Grabbing my bag, I went to look for Ana in the dining hall.

Ana was talking with her boyfriend and Ezra. Ana mouthed something that made Ezra turn around and smile. I still felt guilty, but it wasn't the time to dwell on it. I placed a quick yet passionate kiss on Ezra's lips before sitting down. He pulled me closer to him and handed me a small fruit bowl with non-fat Greek yogurt and granola. I took a bite and smiled.

"Thank you, love. This is delicious!"

He smiled and kissed my cheek, "So Ana woke us all up very early so we can get more practice before auditions. I'm looking foreword to this much more as time passes."

"Aren't we all?" Ana's boyfriend commented, "I mean... this our time to shine."

"True, I've always dreamed of this moment since I watched my first ballet production," my eyes drifted off to Veronica, who was walking towards the kitchen, "And I won't allow anyone to take that away from me."

"Did you here?" Ezra shifted closer to us, "There will be professional production owners judging our performance. So not only our instructors will be seeing who has it and who doesn't."

"Who's idea was that?" Ana asked.

"Headmistress. I heard about only the top students performing."

We all "ohed" and finished whatever else was left of our breakfast and headed to the studios. I held onto Ezra's hand while looking for a vacant studio. Once inside I plugged in my ipod onto the speakers and positioned myself.

"Ready?" My boyfriend asked.

"Yes."

An hour and a half an hour later Ezra and I decided to take a break. I felt sweat drip off my cheek, I was giving whatever energy and hard work I had left. Ezra looked like he was going to pass out any moment. He took a quick drink from his bottle and ran his fingers through is red hair. He looked very deep in thought, as if he were calculating each step over and over. There was no more time to practice. Auditions were starting in less than five minutes. We both grabbed our belongings and walked to the audition room in complete silence. It was now or never.