Let the Pain Begin
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The life of a dancer. It's brutal. There are upsides that make you scream with joy, and downsides that make you wish you had never been born. Its painful. Its tough. But I doubt any dancer would rather do anything else.
Ophelia Patterson is a dancer, and exceptionally good for her young age of 14. She has a whole family at Step II Dance Center. She loves what she does, and her friends agree.
Ophelia battles balancing her dancing with her schoolwork, and staying on top of everything.
Dive into this wonderful year, as they experience pain, happiness and joy.
I created this story about my life, and the characters are real people, I have given them different names for the sake of the story. I've made some stuff up, a lot of the details are not exactly true. I have tried to make personalities and appearances as true as possible, but a lot of other details, such as family, will be entirely made up. The name of some of the business's, such as Step II Dance Center, and The Burg, are real places that exist in real life. Thank you for reading!
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