story of a dancer

Chapter 1

Story of a dancer
"8 weeks till the solo addition for Clara in the Nutcracker. I can't believe it, I need to start working on my solo, like now. Not like my mom or dad will even notice I'm not home." I say to myself, all they care about is going to Faith's art show tonight and Mike's theater performance tomorrow. They could care less about me they've never even seen me dance before other than a jump here and a plie there nothing more than that.
"I can't believe we get to audition to be Clara this year!" Siana said to me.
"Yeah, like you two are going to get the part. You should know by now that all of our teachers adore me, anyways see you on the other side of the stage," said Cassie, and sadly she was right. All the teachers do adore her, but I don't. she's been mean to me ever since we started dance. I say we because we started together, she was the reason I started we were best friends, but as soon as I even became the slightest bit better than her at ballet she kicked me to the sidelines and has hated me ever since.
"Come on, you can't let her get to you don't let her ruin this moment for us," Siana said to me
"Your right," I replied
"I know, now come on we don't want to be late for class," She said happily to me. As we walk to class I can feel Cassie's glare on my back as we walk towards the front of the bar to start warm-ups and stretch. Ms.Val (well she likes us to call her Coach Val so we do), after warm-ups she had a talk with us.
"As most of you saw there will be Nutcracker auditions once again this year in 8 weeks, this year you guys even get to audition for Clara." We all got excited and started talking to our friends for a minute.
"As I was saying if you want to be Clara you guys will have to work harder then ever. There will be people from colleges watching you during the show, so I will not let anyone who's unprepared audition." She said looking at me. I love Coach Val, I really do I wouldn't be where I am today without her. Coach Val gave us a really inspiring speech when she saw some of the other girl's faces.
"You don't take anything for granted, you don't assume that you have tomorrow. Everything we do in life is a choice and those choices dictate the kind of life you're going to lead, And as soon as you understand that, you start to take ownership of your life." As Coach Val said these words I wanted to cry so I started to.
"May I be excused please?" I asked her with tears in my eyes.
"Of course, Luna" She replied. I ran out of the room and sat in a corner right outside quietly crying, when I hear footsteps coming towards me I suck it up and stand up. It's Coach Val.