Prologue
Pain is a relative thing. There is pain when one is physically hurt, and there is pain when one must relearn to do something they've done all their life. However, the pain of losing a friendship is the worst pain a person can endure.
The Academy for Performing Arts was owned and operated by Nancy and Leslie Patterson. Their daughter, Alexandria Marie Elouise Prang Patterson, Alex for short, was very talented. By a young age, she could be performing advanced level dance techniques, knew how to play at least eight instruments, and could sing at extreme ranges with excellent tone. Alex's life was busy, but a bit boring to her standards.
Alex is a leader at this school. Being a dorm leader's advisor, she plans on being promoted to dorm leader next year. Alex's future will be more difficult than she expects. Certain happenings will make her schedule not only exciting, but full of drama, romance, and new friends that change her life forever.
The Academy for Performing Arts, students ended up calling it The Academy, was a big school with many different programs. It acted like a regular school, teaching grades 9-12, but instead of supporting sports like most schools, it supported the arts. Most kids who attended The Academy went on to great things like Julliard and Broadway. One odd thing about The Academy is that no one is straight, If you were straight when you were accepted, you ended up being bi by the end of your first year.
Alex was always in the lead, whether it be first chair in orchestra, drum major for the marching band, lead part in the musical or play, soloist in the choir, or lead dancer. She still found herself sad sometimes… she lacked something more important than the lead role… true friendship and love.