Avenue B
Ch 1- Golden
"And a five-six-seven-hit! boom! Yes you got it Trey….Sam, watch your arms chica….steady and UP…Liana good chiquita…Belle lock it…tighter! Good girl…Luce stay on TOP of that beat chica! NOT before it on TOP! Ana! Ready and POP! See?" Maria Marquez said as she demonstrated to her advanced hip hop class.
"No 'Ria (a/n pronounced ree-ah) I'm NEVER gonna get that sequence!" a sweaty girl proclaimed, "Argh every single time I-"Hold it chica don't say it. You'll psych yourself out and do it worse" her instructor interrupted.
"But Ma-"No buts! The show is in a month! Focus all of you! You are a part of the Dance Company for a reason! All you need to do is focus! My six year old pays attention better then you all right now!"
"Mia be reasonable-"Hahaha Sam…just for that you will all have to do it again! So ready?" she interrupted
"Marquez!" a voice barked from the doorway
"Si?" the dancer said turning to face her co-worker/co-owner of Avenue B Dance Studio.
"Maya needs you" Ari replied, gently pushing the little girl in the room
"YES" Trey whispered from the back
"hahahaha not funny, Trey. Fine all of you get out…I'm on mommy duty" Maria sighed, turning to her daughter, "Hola mija"
"Mami!" the little girl squealed as she ran to her mother
Maya was the complete opposite of her mother. Maria was honey skinned with brown eyes, curly black brown hair; she is also HIV positive and intends to keep it that way (a/n as in not let it advance to AIDS). Her daughter on the other hand had shiny, golden blonde, ringlet-y hair and had green eyes. She was a miracle. Both of Maya's parents have HIV… she however was negative….a miracle.
"Mia?" Ari asked tentatively
"Yes Chica?"
"Can you please teach the Johnson- Jefferson tango/salsa class for me? jake's got reservations and-"Enough said" Maria interrupted, "I'll do it"
"Thank you soo much Mia!! O and get a company kid to stay…it's a life partner ceremony, two women. They're bringing one guy, his girlfriend, and two other single guys so you'll need another girl so the two extra guys can have partners" Ari continued
"Yeah no problem. Liana?" Maria said, looking at her last remaining student, "Stay and help?"
"Fine Mia, but only if you go over that last sequence with me again?" the teen begged
"Done and Thanks chica. Ari, I'll see ya tomorrow right?"
"Hells yes! Bye 'Ria, Maya, Liana!" the dancer shouted walking out the door
"Alright mija what do you need to tell me?" Maria said looking at her daughter
"¡Mamá¡conseguí una estrella en mi papel!" the little girl squealed
"Bueno para usted mile" Maria answered smiling, "Now you wanna get another don't cha? So go sit by the CD player and do your homework".
"k Mami."
"Good girl. Liana? We've got twenty minutes do you wanna go over that sequence?" Maria said, looking at her student.
"Sure Mia.- CRASH-"Fuck Cohen! Get that damned camera out of my face!" an all to familiar voice interrupted, accompanied by the crashing open of Avenue B's main entrance.
"Never mind. It looks like your lesson is early" the teen finished
"Roger give it back!!" a voice whined
Maria braced herself and faced the wall, as the door to the practice room opened.
A black woman walked in, pulling a guy with curly blonde hair in behind her.
"Hello? Maria? I'm Joanne and this is my friend Roger", the woman said to Maria's back, "the rest are-"Hush Pookie we're here-"just arriving""
"Nice to see you" the Latina whispered, turning to look them, her past, in the eye for the first time in six years.
"Holy shit….Mimi?" Joanne whispered
A/N it's short….but I had to end it there. sorry. My Spanish is off a site so if it's wrong. sorry. My writing style is different then some….so it's simple if you don't like it, don't read it
TRANSLATON:
¡¡Mamá¡conseguí una estrella en mi papel!
Bueno para usted mile
Mommy!! I got a star on my paper!
Good for you honey
R/R please…flames are not appreciated b/c any intelligent person is able to criticize civily...CONSTRUCTIVE critics are welcome