"She's a broken doll but somehow, you keep her together."
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Coppélia smiled bittersweetly as the team finished a run of the nearly finished Lost In Japan routine. They had extended it a bit and added some things so that they could use it for a competition they had coming up. Amanda noticed this and came up to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. "You okay, dolly?" She asked.
Coppélia nodded, forcing a brighter smile. "Fine."
Amanda smiled knowingly. "Missing a certain rockstar?"
Coppélia snorted and rolled her eyes. "Well, how would you feel if it was Chris?" Amanda nodded understandingly. Coppélia felt her phone vibrate in the waistband of her leggings. She pulled it out and smiled a bit. "My mom. I'll be back in a little."
Amanda nodded and waved her out with a smile. Coppélia's parents had been in Paris for the last year since her mom, Grace, was working as a costumer for the Paris Opera Ballet Company and allowed Coppélia to stay with Amanda and Chris until she got back. She walked into the hall outside the studio and answered the call. "Hey mom. How's Paris?" She asked.
"You know it's as gorgeous as ever, little doll." Grace answered. Coppélia smiled. It was nice to hear her mom's voice again. "But there is a reason I called you." Coppélia's heart stopped. That's not the best sentence to hear from your mom. "Would you like to explain to me who this 'Shawn Mendes' boy is, how and why he is 'officially yours', and why I had to find out about him through one of the ballerina's fangirling about you two?"
Coppélia froze. She hadn't realized that she hadn't told either of her parents about even meeting Shawn, let alone falling for and dating him. "Mom, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. Shawn and I met about a month ago..."
"Only a month ago?" Grace interjected.
"Yes and I know it's short but I still really like him." Coppélia tried to explain again, "He's an international superstar..."
"A what now?"
Coppélia breathed in deeply, trying to keep her anxiety out of her voice. Amanda saw this through the window to the studio and came out, raising an eyebrow. Coppélia gave her the one minute sign. "An international superstar, mom, with two, maybe three already, number one albums. He was only here for a day or two when I met him but we texted and facetimed all the time and he just came back for two weeks and..." She trailed off.
"And...?" Grace prompted, somewhat harshly.
"It just sort of happened." Coppélia finished lamely. "I know what you're going to say, mom..."
"Oh really?" Grace cut her off once again, "So you know that I was going to say this is exactly what happened last time? That you're falling right back into the trap that you're still not fully out of?" Tears burned in Coppélia's eyes, anxiety building. She didn't like fighting with her mom. They had always been close. Amanda noticed this and gently took her free hand. "Coppélia, what possessed you to think this was a good idea?"
"Because Shawn's not like Mason." Coppélia argued.
"How can you know that?" Grace all but shouted into the phone.
Amanda suddenly ripped the phone from Coppélia's hand. "Listen, Grace, I know you want to protect Lia from going through that again but I swear on my dancing feet that Shawn is an amazing human who will treat her like a freaking princess for however long they're together." Coppélia smiled at her best friend's defense and rested her head gently on Amanda's shoulder, breathing deeply. "Now if you don't mind, you're driving her into a mini panic attack so you can call back when you are ready to accept that your daughter finally found someone who will treat her right."
Without another word, she ended the call and immediately went to Coppélia's calming playlist, playing it quietly. "Thank you for that, Mandy." Coppélia said quietly.
Amanda wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Of course, dolly." After a few moments, she spoke, "Now don't think about that. Think about how you'll be doing what you love for the rest of the night then we get to go home and continue to plan your birthday adventure!"
Coppélia couldn't help but smile and squeal a bit at the thought of her 20th birthday being less than a month away and the 'birthday adventure' that Amanda had planned out for the two of them.
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