Secrets Within The Shadows~A L.T. Vampire Love Story (On Hold)

Chapter 2~Transparent

60 reads on the first chapter already! Wow you guys are awesome! This chapter is a really long dance sequence for my fellow dancers. in the future there will only be slight mentions of dance so don't worry it won't be a theme. It's a very important chapter for a new character!

Anna's POV

"5...6...7...8"

The wooden floor creaked with each step I took. It was a rusty worn out wood, but it worked perfectly for lyrical. I felt it dip beneath my shoes and rise with each leap. It felt so familiar. My feet danced across every little crevice in the floor's intricate design. My mind and soul were somewhere else. The music was blaring but I didn't hear anything. It was just me and the wooden floors.

The mirrors were something else. Lining the front wall in a row. They stretched from the floor to the ceiling, covered in little hand prints from the previous class of toddlers. I tried not to look at them, just to close my eyes and feel the pattern of the combination. But then my teacher would yell at me over the music to look at myself in the mirror.

But I didn't want to look at myself in the mirror. I didn't want to look at the long brown haired girl that had just messed up her technique. That girl was broken. And I wished that girl wasn't me. I focused on the deep blue eyes staring back at me as I tried to spot during my pirouettes. Instead my eyes shifted towards the reflection of my pointed feet beginning the next set of eight counts.

"Look up or you'll fall!"

I snapped my head back up. The blonde ombré of my hair whipping me in the face. Somehow I came back to reality and the music became clear. I was behind by 6 counts. My feet began to sickle as I rushed to catch up with the tempo. Finally the music ended but I was still finishing the choreography.

My legs gave out when I realized the song was long over. I wanted to cry. I wanted to just break down without a care in the world and cry. No one could relate to the emotional obstacle courses I had been struggling to over come. No one.

There was a silence before I felt the warmth of my teacher's hand press onto my shoulder. My mother used to do that. It made me want to cry more. My mother and father were both gone. I had no one.

"Anna...Is it the accident?"

The accident. That's what everyone had been calling it. An accident, an unfortunate event, a mishap. At least that's what they told me. I try to push the memories out of my thoughts, but they kept swarming back in rendering all of my efforts useless.

It felt like it had happened yesterday. Just yesterday there were policemen at my door, telling me my parents had been killed in a car crash down town. They were just coming home from an impromptu shopping trip.

A single tear slipped down my face leaving a cold trail a shade darker than my own tan skin. I watched it fall to the floor beneath me, crawl into the gaps of the wood, and disappear. I quickly brought my hand to my face and wiped away the cold trail.

I was stronger than this, this did not define me, and I would get through this. I wasn't going to be that girl who locked herself away from everyone. The girl people would talk about at school because she took the easy way out. I am bent, not broken, and I can be fixed.

I stood on shaky legs and did my best to regulate my breathing. My reflection mirrored my actions as I made my way to my starting position. I couldn't stop those two words from slipping out.

"I'm fine."

It couldn't have been more of a lie. In this situation 'fine' was like saying 'it wasn't me' or 'I didn't do it' when everyone knew you did. It was like they could read right through you. Like you were transparent.

"Why don't you take the rest of tonight off. Go home and relax."

"Yeah, I guess."

I fought the tears pushing at the back of my eyes, walking over to my bag and gathering my things. My hand rummaged through one of the pockets until I found my earbuds. i scrolled through my favorites playlist and tapped "18" by One Direction. At least I knew they were here for me.

I made my way past the waiting room and towards the door. I tried to ignore the 'her parents died in that car crash' whispers and the looks of sympathy, but I had gotten used to them anyway.

I peered out the raindrop streaked window lining the door's upper half. I had heard the rain during practice, but it had stopped and left the streets a city version of the morning dew. My hand wrapped around the cold door handle as I turned my arm and stepped out into the night

not looking back.

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A/N

I finally updated!

Sorry guys I've been so busy with school and all that but yeah...

I'm thinking about making an update schedule but idk yet.

If you read my little note in the beginning you know that this is the only chapter based on dance and that it will only be mentioned, I REPEAT DANCE IS NOT THE THEME OF THE STORY!!!

Anyway! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, Louis and the guys will be in chapter 3 and every chapter to come!

Lastly I want your feedback! Let me know in the comments what I should do in future chapters, any suggestions pieces of advice, or just a comment saying you like it! I love those!

Alright I'm gonna go to bed because I'm tired.

BYEEE

-Cailey✌️🌙