Yo it's author here. I finally added the second teaser and fixed all the errors in the first one. I'd also like to appologize for the original author's note this thing had. God damn I regret being fourteen. Happy reading ^^
"One two three," I whisper to myself, the rhythm of ten thousand hours of practice drilled into my head. "One two three" as I tie the ribbons around my legs. "One two three," as I stretch out, and prepare myself. "One two three," as I clench my teeth and rise up onto my toes.
"One two three," I'm dancing, and there is no music. I know the routine too well to need it. I see ten thousand carbon copies of myself flash through the corners of my eyes. My hair wraps around me as I spin.
"One two three," I abandon my routine, and dance for the simple pleasure of dancing. A hand reaches to my head, and I un-clip my hair, letting it flow rivers around me. I step out of one turn and into another, never stopping. I'll be dizzy when I stop, and If I spin without stopping much longer it will hurt my feet, but I've stopped caring.
"One two three, One two three," I let my momentum of my movements carry me back towards the center of the room, and settle into an even pattern. For two beats each time, my eternity of clones in the mirror spiral past. For just one beat, I stop spinning and throw myself into the next turn.
"Step two three, step two three." I say the pattern out loud and let the monotony of repetition bring my mind slowly closer to reality. With one final turn I'm in the center of the studio once again. Then my body stops spinning, but the rest of the world doesn't. I collapse to the floor, and stare into the spiraling lights that are fixed into the spinning ceiling. My head hurts.
"One two three, one two three," I lock into the speed of the throbbing behind my eyes. The familiar rhythm slows the rotating world to a stop. The throbbing slows and then disappears completely, leaving me with only the beating of the words in my mind. "One two three."
"One two three," I whisper familiar words to myself as I try to assure that I am living. "One," breathe in; "two," feel my heartbeat, "three," breathe out. This simple rhythm keeps me alive, keeps my mind wide and awake. I know I'm finished if I fall asleep. It's much too cold and much too late to sit outside unmoving for that long. I need to keep the one two three, my simple three step waltz of life.
"One two three" I smile when the music starts in the building above me. It's classical, and I think it's a waltz. The three beat lines up with my repeated words. "One two three."
"One two three" I pull my scarf tighter as I watch the girl upstairs dance. The windows are small, but I can tell from glimpses that it's some kind of dance studio, and that there's a beautiful girl there.
"One two three," I think the music was lulling me to sleep, but I still can't be happy it stopped. It looks like the girl is still dancing though. She was probably just warming up before.
So that's that. Next one should be a proper chapter, so look forward to that at least. I'm gonna try to update at least semi-regularly.