I skipped down the wide marble staircase. I walked down into the hall. I looked into different rooms. Since it was pretty early, so there were no classes running. I started searching into different rooms opening doors and peeking in.

I'm probably not allowed to do this, but I'm curious! I'm in one of the famous dance centres where the big name dancers often come out of.

I find a long hallway. It is covered ever centimetre of the wall with awards, plaques and picture of trophies with dancers, teams and trainers. It's packed down. However the windows light up the room brilliantly.

In the centre of this long hall is a pretty couch. I sit down on it. It's a couch for two. I sigh sinking into the soft cushions. I really like this bright quiet hall, shiny clean.

Finally I pull myself out of the hall of the many awards and start going through other halls. My phone beeped. Sophia had texted me asking me if I wanted to meet her at breakfast at a breakfast place on the bottom floor called "calli brunch". I agreed and went on a mission to find this "Calli brunch" restaurant.

Ya it took me awhile. But eventually I reached it where Sophia waited.

"Hey! Did you get lost haha you took a while" Sophia said with a giggle.

"Ya its big!" I said "let's get breakfast"

After buying a healthy breakfast we found a spot to sit. Sophia started filling me out on how the competition works.

We are moving to a separate building, parent free. There are 8 other dancers different than us. The age range is 13-16. We will sleep in Small rooms, in groups of two which they will assign us. Phones are only allowed in the rooms. Not allowed out. On each weekend parents will be invited to come watch us perform what we had worked on all week. On one week we will do a group routine then trios then duets and lastly solos. They have extra dancers to group up with us in the trios.

"How do you know so much about it!?" I ask her.

"Oh me and autumn spent hours talking on the phone with directors and looking on the websites." Sophia replied.

"Oh no I have to verse autumn too?" I asked feeling even more weighed down.

Sophia's eyebrows tightened and for the first time all day she dropped her smile. "No she was invited, but she had to be replaced... Cause of some difficulties in her agenda."

"Oh... Sorry." I said feeling as if I had insulted her somehow.

"Oh its fine. Obviously I was disappointed she couldn't make it, but oh well. There be other chances for her." She said with a small Smile.

"Ya" I agreed. I finished eating. I dumped my garbage and put the tray on top of the garbage.

"So do you have a private lesson today too?" I asked Sophia.

"Ya at 9.30 to 12.00. You do too?" She asked.

"Ya same time!" I said. "Do you think it's gonna be hard?"

Sophia shrugged. "Well maybe we should go get ready?"

"Ya let's go." I replied. Together we hunted around till we found our rooms.

Back in my room, I put on dance wear, stretched a bit and put on makeup and did my hair.

"Are you ready for your private Maddie?" Mom asked.

"Yep" I said touching my nose onto my straight knees.

"Did you have breakfast?"

"Yep"

"You did?"

"Yep"

"When you left earlier?"

"Yep"

"Did you see Sophia?"

"Yep"

"Did you guys talk?"

"Yep"

"Maddie stop saying yep!"

"Hahahaha sorry I didn't notice!" I said standing up stretching my arms.

"Well have fun sweetie! And do good! I love you" mom said "I have to go. Make sure you get there on time, understand?"

"Yep"

"Maddie-"

"Ahahaha sorry!" I giggled as mom sighed and left closing the door behind her.

I finished stretching and texted Sophia to come out so we could find our privates together.

I have a feeling we will get pretty close by the end of the competition. I hope she can help me with my dancing!

I leave the room to go find Sophia. She comes out of her room wearing an eye catching dancewear on her thin muscular body. Her abs are soooo clear. I touched my own abs wishing they stuck out like that!

She looks up from her phone. "Oh good your here! Ready?"

"Yep" I said with a giggle.

She gives me a confused look but doesn't ask so we walk down the hall to go find our rooms side by side.

After a couple of times getting lost, we find the hall. Her room is two down from mine.

"Good luck Maddie!" She says

"Thanks! You too" I reply

She nods and takes a deep breath and then goes into her room.

I walk to my number and go in. No one is there yet so I settle down and stretch.

I firm looking thin woman comes in.

"Hello Maddie. I'm Anya. I'll test and teach you today. This is probably the only time we will see each other so don't bother trying to remember my name. Let's begin!"