Forget||Chloe Lukasiak

one

'she dreamed of paradise, every time she closed her eyes'

I can't seem the stop the tears that flow from my eyes. I bite down on my lip to try and stop my uncontrollable crying, immediately tasting the metallic taste of blood. The alarm clock on my bedside table reads 4;43am, so far; another sleepless night. another night spent missing my old life and how my life used to be.
I curl myself up into a ball, and push all my thoughts out of my head. And try to think of how things were back then, a time when I danced alongside my best friends and didn't have a care in the world. It feels like a lifetime ago.

beep,beep
I groggily rub my eyes and check the time,7;31.Great, three hours sleep, well at least it was an improvement from yesterday's two hours. "Morning chlo!", my roommate Megan chirps, already dressed in ballet tights and leotard, fixing her hair into the perfect bun. "Mmmhhh," I reply, swinging my feet onto the cold wooden floor of our dorm. "are you alright?" She asks, noticing the dark bags that had taken residence beneath my eyes. "Yeah I guess, no sleep again," I groan in reply, whilst changing into my ballet leotard and scraping my hair back. "Again?" She sighs, "you really should see a doctor about that... anyway see you in ballet!"
She leaves swiftly closes the door behind her. I pin my hair back and check my flection in the mirror. since attending the New York school of performing arts, the most prestigious performing arts school in the whole of the country, things had gotten much thougher. And I have a feeling that my natural "ballerinas body" wasn't quite enough anymore. I make a quick mental note to skip lunch today, grab my duffel bag and leave for my first class.

I slide down into a split beside my best friend, Paige whilst we wait for ballet class to begin. When I auditioned for the school last semester, Paige and I had both managed to receive scholarships. We left Pittsburgh together, and tried to forget the scars that the 'Abby lee dance company' and 'DanceMoms' had left us with. "Gather round!" my dance teacher, Miss Isabella, shrieks, "I have an announcement!" She's glowing from head to toe, with a grin like the Cheshire Cat. "It is my honour to welcome, to our ballet program, Miss Madison Ziegler". My stomach drops to the floor as I hear the name of the girl I'd spent the last few years trying so hard to forget.
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Authors note: hey guys! So this is my first proper fanfic, I'm kinda new at this ;) please read and vote, thanks
Ohhh and by the way this story is going to get way better!
-Emma Xxx