Alyssa

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The man shook his head no. "I teach ballet. I see too much ballet. What else do you have?" Alex frowned and paused. "I have something modern, but it doesn't really fit the musical" The man, who Alex now knew as a teacher, waved his hand in acceptance. Alex went ahead and prepared herself mentally for the dance. It wasn't what she had been rehearsing in her head. On top of this, she hadn't performed this second dance in years.
          
          The choreography came like muscle memory, however. She didn't mess up nearly as much as she thought she would. She was able to move her feet across the stage in a way she felt comfortable with, considering she was in ballet flats. She wavered her arms across the airs and then pop-and-locked her way into a hip-hop style dance. She was able to display her capabilities in regards to dancing, and what she brought to the table in regards to the musical.
          
          "Alright. We've seen enough. Thank you"
          
          Alex felt her heart drop to her stomach. She didn't even get to make it all the way through her routine before she was cut short. This didn't feel right. "I'm sorry, I could do a different routine if you'd like"
          
          "No, we've seen plenty. Thank you" He replied without looking up from his papers, marking something down. He was older and had salt and pepper hair. Alex nodded and walked off stage, grasping her hands together in anxiety. When she made it back to her room, all she could do was scream into her pillow. What did she do wrong? She definitely wasn't getting a call-back.
          
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The man bit his lip, making him look very small. "I don't remember a lot. Like, I don't remember why I was breaking into the hotel" Alex lead the conversation towards what happened, truly looking for more information. "Well I don't remember either. I also fell." He faltered back into his seat.
          
          Alex frowned. She knew this wasn't true by the look on his face. She figured he was lying because of the setting they were currently in. "Right. What do you remember?"
          
          "I remembered you loved me" Alex sparked up at that comment. "Tell me more"
          
          "Well, we used to live together, before the accident, I mean."
          
          "I left the theatre?"
          
          "Well, yeah. That little shack above the broken down theatre? It wasn't safe" He glared as he spoke, shocking Alex. The attic above the theatre was genuinely a beautiful place. Had it gone to ruins? What did he even mean. "I don't understand."
          
          "Well, it's not like Benji's dad was a construction worker. He made it by hand, and it's old as fuck, Alex." It DID make sense. There were a lot of parts of the theatre that were unstable. Parts that Benji had to re-solidify the structures of. Benji wasn't a professional, either. Alex highly doubted the theatre could pass inspections. Maybe this was why she moved in with the man in front of her?
          
          "And we were dating?" She naively asked out, leading Everette to nod. "For three years" He said with hope in his voice. Alex gave her own nod back in confirmation. She stopped and looked into the mans eyes. They were beautiful, she could almost lost in thought for a moment while she stared at him. "And why... exactly did we come to be?"
          
          The man repositioned his body to look more inviting, open, and unguarded. The grey jumpsuits didn't help. "We met at one of these events. You were doing a tour, and we met. We fell in love." Alex nodded as he spoke, to give him the recognition that she was listening.
           towards Alex. "I think you know why."
          
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The air was thick, and the vibe was tense. Nobody knew what to say, but she hoped they were all on the same page about what the memory detailed. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out, she thought. It's not like it hadn't been in the news in the past, either. She was a notable figure by that point. When she posted about it on social media, news stations got their hands on them quick and ran with the story.
          
          "Well, I can give you another IV, but I obviously can't do PICC lines at your elbows. Could I have your hand?" Oliver finally stated. "I could do my own IV if I really wanted to." She shot back, glaring at him. There was a silent grudge she felt brewing in the depth of her chest, harboring resentment she barely even remembered.
          
          "How about we don't do that and pretend we did? Let me see your hands." Alex frowned and handed her sore right arm to Oliver. "You know, you really shouldn't be on morphine"
          
          "You know, I really really should. I have a head injury. and it's not like I'm drug seeking or whatever" Alex waved her free hand about, rolling her eyes in the process. "I'm injured. It's different. I'll be off the meds the second my prescription runs out."
          
          "Right. It's just, I might know a bit more about this then you do.." Alex flinched as the needle went into her hand without warning, almost recoiling her hand backwards. "Thanks for the advice, but you really aren't my doctor." Alex pulled her hand back after Oliver taped the IV in place. "You just play one on TV it seems."
          
          "I became a nurse practitioner when I was in college! It's not like I learned by shooting up. Stop being dramatic." Oliver rolled his eyes and put his hands on his knees. "No offense."
          
          "None taken." Oliver's eyes searched through her green orbs, looking for some sort of an answer in her gaze. "What happened, anyway? It was just the dream? Nothing else?"
          
          "I'm fine, doc. Thanks for the psych questions. I don't need help."
          
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Hi! I'm Alyssa, I'm 22, and I'm from New Mexico! I learned to write when I was a young teenager, and I've grown a lot since then. I'd like to think that my work is reflective of who I am as a person, and the struggles I've had to overcome in my life. Not everything I write in a one-by-one comparison, but instead, an expression of what I've been through. I write a mix of original works and fanfiction, and I intend on publishing my first novel 'Lost And Found' In 2025! Official book covers and backings are being worked on and I'm so thankful to be able to share this with the world!

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The sounds of footsteps walking outside of her room caught Alexandria Gray off guard. Normally, when she woke up, it was to her... her... well, she couldn't exactly remember it. When she lived at home, she used to wake up to the sounds of screaming and shouting from her parents. That wasn't happening today.
          
          Today had started like any other. Alexandria woke up, she got ready for community college, and she prepared to work at the theatre. What she hadn't expected, however, was how her day had ended.
          
          Recently, she couldn't exactly remember that. From what she's been told, Alex was caught trying to break into the Star Haven hotels. Amnesia, the nurses had all said. It wasn't like she remembered much. Alexandria was a 20 year old girl stuck in a position she didn't quite understand. She was hooked up to monitors and dawned in a white patients gown sitting in the hospital bed.
          
          The beeping of the monitors rang clearly, slowly starting to get on Alex's nerves. She could deal with a lot, but her head was in a lot of pain. She didn't know why she was in pain to begin with if she was hooked up to so many bags and IVs. She took a deep breath in and exhaled, stopping to think about how she got here.
          
          The last thing she REALLY remembers was smacking her head upon the tile floors. Her vision was blurry, but she remembered the way the tiles sparkled. They reflected her mirrored face against them as she started to black out. That's why it stuck out in her head. The next thing she knew, she woke up in the infirmary at the hotel.
          
          It was an elegant place, really. Hundreds of thousands of meters of pure perfection, a one way stop for all your needs delegated into one complex; a luxurious neighborhood for the elite. You could stay there at the hotel, but it was nothing compared to living in-house there.
          
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She turned her body back towards the plank and set a foot on it. It held. She slowly walked her way across towards the other side. It was at a slight incline so she made sure to keep her balance across the bar. When she looked down, she could see an alleyway with a couple people meandering around, and two large trash bins. She made it across, and looked out towards the sky as her boyfriend made his way across the rotted plank of wood.
          
          It was April and the sky was a mix of a light pink and a baby blue, and they blended together as if an artist had painted the scene just for her to experience for just a moment. The clouds in the sky appeared to Alexandria as if they were plucked out of a graphic novel and placed where they are now. It was a picture perfect morning for their plans.
          
          "Hurry up!" She called out, before beginning to pick up her pace again. They were only three buildings away from the hotel when Alexandria tripped and fell over herself with a loud 'Umph!' sound. Everette stopped to look towards her, only offering a groan of annoyance. "You're slowing us down." 
          
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