Father Figure

1 | Dance Your Heart Out...and Eat It, Too.

I was so passionate about this. I had worked so hard on it too. The date was November 26th, 2018 and I had just gotten back from Thanksgiving break, so let me catch you up. In October, I became obsessed with the band and my passion grew stronger over time. That's not the passion I was talking about, though. My biggest passion was dancing. When I was dancing, it felt as if nothing could stop me. I have always put performances on in my school cafeteria, so around early November I decided to make a dance routine to Why don't We's song, Hooked. I practiced every chance I got, and even introduced Why Don't We to my cousin at Thanksgiving. And that's where I am now, it's almost lunchtime which means almost time to perform. The dismissal bell rang and I rushed to the Cafeteria to prepare. I was so excited, I almost passed out.

"Athena!" I heard as I turned around. Standing in front of me was my crush and I turned as red as a tomato. Jack Benson was talking to me. I don't know if it was the curly red hair, the freckles, or the dimples that did this, but I totally wasn't paying attention until--

"Hey, are you okay? You're going on in a few, just wishing you good luck."

"Oh, yeah I'm good," I manage to get out. "I'm just so excited that I can't concentrate. Thanks, I gotta go." I run up to the front of the room and got in my place until I heard the music start to play

~Time Skip~

I came to a finish and I heard the cheers of the fellow 9th graders. I run up to my friends, who I soon realize had been recording me.

"A, that was amazing!" Jessica yelled. I guess I was pretty amazing.

"Why are you holding your phone?" I asked.

"Duh, because how are your idols going to see you dancing to their song if we don't post the video on every social media platform?" Sofi stated, as if I had known that they were filming all along. Wow, what if they actually saw it? That would be amazing! I would freak out. *Scoff* In my dreams. I sat down and quickly scarfed a chocolate muffin, just to turn my head and see Gia talking to Jack. Gia is a not-so friend of mine. She was okay, I guess. She was bfs with Amber, so I had to hang out with her sometimes. Not to mention the fact that we sit at the same math table. To put it quickly, there is a love line. I like Jack, Jack likes Gia, Gia likes Malcolm, Malcolm likes Katy, and I don't know who the fuck Katy likes. So yeah, it is very complicated.

~Time skip~

It was a week from when my friends took that video and still no sign of Why Don't We's reply. Oh well, I guess deep down, I knew they weren't going to see it. Just as that thought left my head, my phone buzzed. Probably my mom or TikTok(follow me @ deletus.your.fetus). It was a twitter notification. I pulled up the screen and I could not believe my eyes.