Three Years Later
Three years ago, Katie was forced to separate from the love of her life when the revolution succeeded in Cuba and Batista fled the country. Katie's life was changed from her Cuban experience. Javier had introduced her to his culture. During her education with him, Katie learned to open her heart and mind and in doing so she discovered and found herself. For the first time, she was honest to herself and she learned about passion and love. Although she had lost Javier due to circumstances, she returned to the United States and focused on her other loves, dance and culture. Katie pursued these interests with an unnatural drive as if running away from reality.
When Katie returned to the United States, she got notice that she was admitted to Radcliff. She looked forward to the distraction and the new environment, for the next few years she devoted every waking moment to her study of Journalism and Dance. Between her studies and dance practice, Katie hardly ever had a moment to think of anything else. However, somehow she was also able to squeeze in learning Spanish, which she became moderately fluent in by her third year. As Journalism major, Katie kept on top of current events; her specialty was in culture and politics. This was Katie's way of keeping up with Javier subconsciously, although she convinced herself she was able to let it go and move forward in her life. In the matter of Dancing, Katie became an accomplished dancer by her own right although she never found another partner that compared to Javier, so she danced mainly as a soloist or parts of troupes. Katie made a name for herself in the dancing world with her knowledge and ability in Latin and Cuban native dancing. When she returned to the States, she took all she learned from Javier and her experience and integrated into her own style.
Javier, on the other hand, was not as privileged as Katie. When Katie left, Javier's heart was broken, but she gave him hope and meaning. Javier now knew that he did make a difference, that his family depended on him and he worked to help make ends meet. Even after the revolution Javier had to continue supporting his family. Carlos his brother spent many a day in the pub disenchanted with the results of the revolution and the lack of freedom the revolution brought. Javier being the rock of the family adapted with the times and still stuck to not talking about politics. However, not all was bad, with the revolution came social reforms such as education and health care. Javier was able to go to school and even became an active member of the university Dance Club. Education was a great opportunity to Javier, although he had to work even harder, since he had to go to school during the day and work at night. However, all this did not break Javier's determination.
Although Katie and Javier were separated, neither had forgotten the other. In the fleeting free minutes during the day and the seconds before sleep overtook each of them, they thought about the other and in their dreams they met and dreamt of being together. Keeping true to their word, Javier kept a part of Katie in Cuba and Katie took a part of Javier with her. Although each pined for the other, they lived in the present and focused on what needed to be done.
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Three years ago, Katie was forced to separate from the love of her life when the revolution succeeded in Cuba and Batista fled the country. Katie's life was changed from her Cuban experience. Javier had introduced her to his culture. During her education with him, Katie learned to open her heart and mind and in doing so she discovered and found herself. For the first time, she was honest to herself and she learned about passion and love. Although she had lost Javier due to circumstances, she returned to the United States and focused on her other loves, dance and culture. Katie pursued these interests with an unnatural drive as if running away from reality.
When Katie returned to the United States, she got notice that she was admitted to Radcliff. She looked forward to the distraction and the new environment, for the next few years she devoted every waking moment to her study of Journalism and Dance. Between her studies and dance practice, Katie hardly ever had a moment to think of anything else. However, somehow she was also able to squeeze in learning Spanish, which she became moderately fluent in by her third year. As Journalism major, Katie kept on top of current events; her specialty was in culture and politics. This was Katie's way of keeping up with Javier subconsciously, although she convinced herself she was able to let it go and move forward in her life. In the matter of Dancing, Katie became an accomplished dancer by her own right although she never found another partner that compared to Javier, so she danced mainly as a soloist or parts of troupes. Katie made a name for herself in the dancing world with her knowledge and ability in Latin and Cuban native dancing. When she returned to the States, she took all she learned from Javier and her experience and integrated into her own style.
Javier, on the other hand, was not as privileged as Katie. When Katie left, Javier's heart was broken, but she gave him hope and meaning. Javier now knew that he did make a difference, that his family depended on him and he worked to help make ends meet. Even after the revolution Javier had to continue supporting his family. Carlos his brother spent many a day in the pub disenchanted with the results of the revolution and the lack of freedom the revolution brought. Javier being the rock of the family adapted with the times and still stuck to not talking about politics. However, not all was bad, with the revolution came social reforms such as education and health care. Javier was able to go to school and even became an active member of the university Dance Club. Education was a great opportunity to Javier, although he had to work even harder, since he had to go to school during the day and work at night. However, all this did not break Javier's determination.
Although Katie and Javier were separated, neither had forgotten the other. In the fleeting free minutes during the day and the seconds before sleep overtook each of them, they thought about the other and in their dreams they met and dreamt of being together. Keeping true to their word, Javier kept a part of Katie in Cuba and Katie took a part of Javier with her. Although each pined for the other, they lived in the present and focused on what needed to be done.
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