HER BEST MOVE

JANE

    Ever since Jane was little, she had always loved to dance, sing, play football and design beautiful dresses on paper.
She had her glitter book where she drew beautiful dresses and sprinkle glitter all over it.
Jane's parents were against Jane enrolling in a dance school when she was still in High School. She was saddened because her father wanted her to be a lawyer.
'So you are still into this rubbish of enrolling in a dance school ' her father Jack, picked up a form Jane had filled in for a dance school. He fling it 'I don't ever want to see this again ' , he pointed at the form and walked out.
Jane's brothers Mike and  Anthony who had been spying since on her laughed at her after her dad walked out. Jane was the last child.
Mike wanted to be a professional footballer and Anthony wanted to be a medical doctor 
'You must become a lawyer ' , her father snarled as he walked away ' One day you would thank me for this'
Jane was bitter, she began to cry and her brothers teased her  'How I wish I didn't exist on this planet '
"Don't say such words dear", her mother intervened , comforting her , she wiped the tears off her daughter's face.
"Jane,  you know how much your dad and I love you so much, we want the best for you, the is why we don't want you to go to dance school, you can still go to law school and still become a very good dancer ".
Jane placed her head on her mom, Jeniffer's shoulder  "Mom,  I love you and dad very much, but the truth is that, I can't go to law school, I would not be able to cope there.  I even have more passion for fashion designing than Law "
"Baby,  you know how much I hate to see you sad. Just be a good girl, and obey your dad" , Jeniffer collected the form from her " Forget about this dance school "
Jane's eyes were filled with tears, the dance school she so much admired, the best dance school in the city.  She must go there one day,  but first of all, she would put a smile on her parents faces by going to a Law school.
Her dad was a professional footballer, he earned much from his job, he was even the captain of a team, Mike wanted to be like his dad.
Jane behaved like a tomboy since she grew up around her naughty brothers and her mom who wasn't always there for her, but was always there when she needed her the most.
Jane was just thirteen then, she dropped the form for the dance school into the waste bin and walked out of the house to visit her best friend, John.
John was her childhood friend, even if he was a boy. Jane didn't like being surrounded by girls because they were always into gossips and backbiting and she didn't want to join the crew.

Jane rang the bell, John's mom opened the door ...
...."Oh, hi Jane , John is in his room" , Yvonne directed  "Thanks MA, good afternoon " she greeted, walking into the house. She headed for John's room while Yvonne went back to what she was doing .
"Oh.. hi Jane, didn't see you there", John said adjusting himself on his bed as he pulled the strings of his guitar.
Jane sat beside him, their eyes met "John, you still play the guitar?"
"Of course, I bought her last week.... " he smiled "isn't she beautiful? "
"Wow. That's interesting.... And yes she's beautiful " she smiled back at him "when you told me you loved to play guitar but you had none, I thought........ "
Jane was distracted by the song John played on his guitar, the song was filled with a lot of emotions. When John played a faster song, Jane couldn't help it but to stand up and dance.
"So you still attend dance lessons after school hours? "
Jane nodded "But my Dad doesn't know about it, only my Mom "
John brought out his camera
"What are you doing? " Jane asked him.
"I want to take photos of you. Is it wrong to take pictures of my best friend "
"No", Jane smiled and playfully snatched the camera off his hands "But first , let me take pictures of a cool guitar "
Jane took some pictures and laughed. John ran towards her to see the photos. John has made funny poses. Jane went through his past photos in the camera and was surprised to see that his camera contained most photos of a particular girl.
"Who is this? ", she asked showing him a photo of the girl in his camera,  a bit of jealousy in her voice.
"A girl"
"Hmm...John, I thought best friends don't keep secrets.. You know...we share secrets, I know she's a girl, a pretty one too" Jane said jokingly
"A friend", he snatched the camera back from Jane.  Jane changed the topic "John, please could you lend me some cash? "
"what for? " John asked surprisingly
"please John, I really need to get some cash to pay for the dance lessons. It isn't free you know "
"why don't you just ask your dad? "
"He would kill me if he found out I have been going for a dance lessons after school hours behind his back "
"okay" John agreed
"Thanks so much buddy, you are the best " Jane threw her hands all over him, giving him a warm hug "what can I ever do without you " she said.... Hugging him tightly.
Yvonne opened the door and met them hugging, she had brought a tray containing cookies and two glass of milk.
John immediately let go of Jane at the sight of his mom.
"I just brought you two cookies and milk " she said and left.
"I guess we shouldn't do that again " John said after his mom left.
"Why? It was only a hug"
"Yes but......"
"We are friends and the hug meant nothing, besides we used to hug each other when we were little... " she reached for the cookies... "...and....is not like I kissed you " she said teasingly .
"Exactly. But now our bodies are undergoing changes and I don't want my mom to think anything funny "
"you ain't got to worry ",Jane grinned at him "It was only a hug" , she dunk a cookie into the glass of milk and ate it. John joined her.