Reaching for Happiness

Chapter 1

*beep beep, beeep beeep, BEEP BEEP!*

I grabbed my alarm clock off my bedside table, and turned it off. Saturday morning, 7am. I yawned and kicked back my sheets. I was seeing Marvin again today, as well as starting my new dancing job! I was really looking forward to seeing Marvin. I hadn’t seen him since I moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. Now I was back in London, I could finally meet up with him.

I jumped out of bed. I had a shower, followed by breakfast. I scanned my wardrobe; mostly summer clothes from LA. It was October, and raining, so probably freezing. I pulled out some black jack wills joggers, an Abercrombie top and a body warmer. I tied up my hair and applied a little bit of mascara. I didn’t need to put on any other makeup, since I had a tan from LA and quite clear skin.

I pulled out an outfit for meeting Marvin after work, and grabbed some other stuff I needed. I threw them all into a bag, and set off to work in my little red mini.

When I got to the dance studio I was going to work at, I was greeted by my new boss, Ryan. He talked me through what I needed to do, and told me the abilities of the classes I was going to teach today. I taught my first class before lunch; just kids, so nothing hard.

At lunch, I got a meal from the canteen. I looked around for a spare seat, and found a space next on a table with some other dance teachers.

'Hi, do you mind if I sit here?' I asked.

'Not at all, take a seat' smiled one guy.

'I'm Chloe' I said, introducing myself. They all introduced themselves too; their names were Jake, Joe, Nikki, Hannah and Faye. I got chatting to them, and they were all really lovely. 

After lunch, I went back to the dance studio and got busy teaching my next class. This group was far more advanced, so we made up a long hard dance, and they all danced it full out. After that, another advanced class. I made up another dance with them, this one harder than the last. 

Halfway through the class, we stopped for a break. I sat on a bench and gulped down my water. There was a knock on the door; I walked over to it, to see Marvin squashing his nose on the glass panels in the door.

'MARV!' I screamed. I swung the door open, and leaped on him. I wrapped my legs around his waist and squeezed him tight.

'You alright Chloe?' he laughed, putting me down.

'Marv, you have no idea how much I've missed you!'

'I've missed you too' he smiled. 

'I thought we were meeting later, not now?'

'Well, I didn't have anything to do, and I missed you too much, so I decided to come and visit you. I didn't interrupt your class did I?'

'No, we stopped for a break. Marv, I don't finish for another half hour, so do you wanna come and wait in the studio?'

'Sure' he grinned. 

I lead Marvin into the studio to be greeted by shocked faces. A few girls looked weak at the knees. 

'Everyone, this is Marvin' I said. 

'We know he he is!' one girl laughed.

'He's going to be watching us for the last half hour. You don't mind, do you?' I asked. None of the dancers seemed to mind, so Marvin took a seat and we got back to work. I tripped and nearly fell over when we were practicing, which Marvin found more than amusing.

After the class had finished, I saw all of the dancers out, and gathered my things.

'Your a great dancer you know' Marvin smiled.