Breathing Blue

"𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝?"

There seemed to be no warmth in his hand; like it had been completely drained in a mere matter of seconds, as he stopped my shaking one from signing on that dotted line. His goal had been successful, at least for a fraction of a second before I practically shook his hand off of my own. Rule number 1) No Fear. I quickly squiggled down the rest of my name before sliding back the piece of paper to Seargeant Whitman; who now looked as if he had just nailed the final nail into my own coffin himself. Grabbing my duffle off the floor next to my chair I turned to glance at him one last time to even see if he was sorry, there seemed to be only a second of remorse before his normal stoney persona had returned once more, but I could see the pity in his eyes, and for some reason that almost had me running back to tear that piece of paper out of his hand. Rule number 2) Never look back again- it's less painful that way....

Ever since Junior Year of highschool this was all that Ellie Hastings, had been dreaming of. Tired of being the shy, reserved, overlooked, outcast, bookworm, her whole life there had to be something more she craved to change her life to no longer be overlooked. But was stepping in the spotlight something that she really wanted?

Rule No 1. Show No Fear
Rule No 2. Never Look Back Again
Rule No 3. Never let them see your weakness and Never give up even if you're laying broken on that floor
Rule No 4. Fake a smile just to piss them off