The Dancer

~Chapter 1~

Why? Why do I dance? I dance because I love it, because there's this bomb ticking inside me and without it I'd explode. I dance to keep me sane to escape from everything and everyone, to keep me from giving into that fear,that pain, that anxiety to keep me from just ending it. I don't dance because I want to I dance because I need to.

When people look at me they see 'Betty Cooper the perfect girl next door' 'the goody too shoes' but that's not the case.

With one look at you people think they have you all figured out they think they know who you are, what your life is like, whether your a nerd or a jock a artist or a musician but they don't. I've always been the perfect girl, perfect grades, perfect family, perfect life but that's just what people see I put up walls and I don't open them for anyone they're there for a reason to keep people away, to keep people out.

I get bullied a lot for my 'perfect' life but I'm used to it by now every single form of bullying, punishment, pain I've felt it all.

People think words don't effect people but they're wrong sometime that 'whore' is more painful that a punch leaving you in pain for a month. Maybe that 'fatty' is more painful than hearing your arm snap. Maybe that 'go kill yourself' is more painful than the countless nights your left laying on your bed wishing you were dead as your father touches you.

Every word that's said to me is just like any scar I get from my so called 'parents'. Because here's the thing nobody's perfect.

I woke up in excruciating pain all over my body rethinking everything that my 'father' did to me last night. I unwillingly crawl out of bed and go in the shower.Once I'm out of the shower I cover all my bruises in make up and text my only friend Toni.

Betty~ Hey are we still on for tonight?

Toni~Yeah totally.Are you ok anything happen yesterday?

Betty~I'll get through it I always do.

Toni~I'm here for you B I love you.

Betty~I know I love you too.

Toni knew what my home life was like and she was always there for me she was also the only person who knew I danced.Thats actually how we became friends she found me in the gym and helped me with some choreography and ever since then we have been best friends.

The issue with us being friends is she's a southside serpent and they all hate me because I have the 'perfect life' ugh what bullshit sometimes she had to bully me at school for them but I knew she never meant it because later she would come crying to me hugging me telling me how sorry she was I knew it was because of the serpents. They let her be friends with me but they still tortured me and she couldn't do anything to help me. The Serpents was also run by my mortal enemy Jughead Jones my very own high school bully.

I went downstairs to get breakfast but my mother stopped me as I reached the fridge.

"You're gaining weight Elizabeth, you don't need any breakfast." She huffed.

I just scoffed and walked towards the fruit bowl to grab a apple when my dad shoved me into a wall pinning me against it.

"You heard her now go to school slut." with that I sped walked to the door grabbing my bag and walking outside I turned around to see both of my parents smiling and waving from the bright red door it was so fake everyone thought they were wonderful but I could see right through them.

When I got to school I went straight to my locker and opened it to a bunch of notes 'Go die' 'slut' 'whore' the usual I put them in the trash and got out my chemistry books and closed my locker.

I started to walk away when Jughead hit my books out of my hands and they fell to the floor and shoved me into the lockers.

"Oh no little miss perfect dropped her books."he laughed and then walked away I bent down to get my books I gathered them all apart from one I got up and found Toni holding it infront of me.

"Don't listen to him B come on I'll walk you to chemistry." we walked together earning stares from everyone to be fair it was an unexpected friendship but I hated the attention we got in public.

Once she left I went into Chemistry and sat at the back of the class and opened my book writing and drawing trying to figure out some choreography I was in my own little world and i was fine until "Ms Cooper."was yelled at me I looked up to see everyone staring at me. Shit.

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