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Wednesday

Rosie above/to the side. Model is AMY D. The video is what I imagine June's dance to look like. (The real video is of BTS' Jimin...absolute incredible dancer!😃💜 Btw, if you guys want any performances posted that you think would fit the story, shoot me a message!) Much love!😊❤️

It was Wednesday, my favorite day of the week.

It was the day contemporary dance classes started for the week. I love hip hop...but with contemporary, it was like all of my problems flowed away.

Dancing had always been a stress reliever for me. With the quick movements of hip hop to the nice, graceful movements of contemporary. It's all an art form dedicated to expressing yourself and your emotions.

But for some reason, contemporary seemed to bring me to a different universe. I could become a different person with each piece of choreography. Whether it was a grieving lover or a defiant war lord, I loved putting myself in their position and channeling their emotions to the best of my ability.

However, before I could lose myself in dance, I had to go through another grueling day of school.
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Rosie, Lionel and I were on the way to 5th period: English. We had Mrs. Smith, who was infamous for being the strictest teacher in school.

As we walked through the door and to our seats, Rosie asked with a smirk, "You ready for your 'audition' in two days? You haven't backed out yet?"

    Lionel started chortling, sitting down in his seat while getting out his classwork.

"Rosie, you do realize that he couldn't back out even if he wanted to? We already texted his father, remember?" He said with a mischievous glimmer in his eye.

    Slamming my stuff down, I demanded, "You did what?!"

    "We had to make sure you wouldn't back out. This was the only thing we could think of." Rosie said, both of them chuckling.

    I found it weird that my father hadn't called, freaking out that I was trying out for something in school...only to remember that I didn't talk to my father very much during the weekdays. He mainly only comes home at night, if he's lucky. He has to spend the night at the hospital often. If we get very lucky, sometimes he gets both Saturday and Sunday off.

Before I could become more depressed from my dark thoughts, I heard the classroom door slam open seconds before the bell went off. Luckily for the latecomers, Mrs. Smith hadn't entered the classroom yet, and everyone was still talking.

    Looking up, I froze. My longtime crush since freshman year, Nikolai, was standing in the doorway, along with his best friend Aleksei. Nikolai had golden locks with piercing dark blue eyes, while Aleksei had ash brown hair. His brown eyes almost rivaled my hazel.

I discovered I was bisexual freshman year when I was dragged to a football game by Rosie and Lionel. I remember begrudgingly walking up the steps of the stadium, only to look out towards the field. My eyes caught the sight of one of the wide receivers outrunning the opposing team, carrying the ball into the opponent's end zone. The #11 shown on his back as he was surrounded by his teammates. His carefree aura drew me to him, and I've been head over heels for him since.

    Even though they were only freshman, Nikolai and Aleksei were such great players that they were on the varsity team. They've been there all 4 years, keeping their respective numbers.

Nikolai being a wide receiver, has the number 11, whilst Aleksei, a running back, has the number 22.

    Nikolai and Aleksei's friendship rivaled that of mine with Lionel and Rosie. They were inseparable.

    I sometimes wish Nikolai is a terrible person, but he's far from it. He stands up for the kids no one gives a second thought about, and will help anyone in need. He doesn't care about society's standards, along with Aleksei. You can be white, black, blue, gay, lesbian, transgender...anything, and they won't look at you any differently. Both of them will welcome anyone with open arms, and because of this, they have befriended almost the entire school.

  Unfortunately for me, Nikolai's kindness only made me fall harder.
    I quickly look away before either one of them can spot me staring. I'd rather not give away the fact that I have a crush on Nikolai.

While they were walking to their seats, Lionel leaned over to me and said with a smirk, "Good thing you closed your mouth. I was worried for a second that you were about to drool."

Glaring, I swatted him with my folder and said, "Shut up you dingus."
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After school was over, I had no hesitation in bolting out of the classroom. Lionel and Rosie already knew that I wanted to get to the dance studio as quick as possible, so I didn't bother talking to them.
I rushed through the school doors, down the steps, and to my car in the parking lot. I hastened my pace until I reached my beloved car. It was a used 2015 Silver Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. We'd had the doors and top removed. It took me forever to save up for this car, but as soon as I had laid eyes upon it, I knew it had to be mine.

As I slung myself inside, I get everything ready when I heard Nikolai and Aleksei with their group of friends. They were surrounding Nikolai's Imperial Blue 2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS.

Shaking my head, I quickly reversed and sped out of the parking lot. I'd been told I was a reckless driver, but if it meant I could get to dance class faster, I didn't care what people said.
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When I got to the studio, Roxanne was already waiting for me, and told me to get ready so I could run and stretch.
After I had finished my stretching, Roxanne told me we were going to work on the piece we'd be working on. This would be our third practice going over it, but she told me we were almost finished with it.

The piece we've been working on is very graceful and fluid, while also having aspects of masculinity. To the untrained eye, some of the moves may look easy.

However, if you've been dancing a long time, you realize how much strength and body control you must have.

The dance didn't take long to learn completely since Roxanne and I have been doing contemporary dance for years. We practiced in front of the mirror several times to become perfectly in sync.

When we matched one another perfectly, the dance came together more beautifully than it had originally.

I'm glad that I have dance to lighten my burdens and rid me of my worries.

Hope you enjoyed loves!😊❤️

Written: 11/13/18