Note from the writer to the reader

Dangly ending can be so frustrating, but also so positively looking toward the future.

My story here ends with Chapter 54: Official, with the song, because it means so much to them, so much to me...

But there is more in the series... More than I covered... More that puzzles me...

When Tara is at the barre at the end of episode 13, she is wearing make-up and hair adornments. There is something in that make-up and hair styles that ages her, as if a few years have gone by since the Memorial opening. As she is also in dancing gear. I cannot help but think that these are clues... but clues to what?

Is she warming up before going on stage? Or is she warming down after a show? Surely she wouldn't be wearing full make up and jewellery if it were just normal practice. But then she has leg warmers, and her blue dance wear doesn't feel like traditional show costumes...

So could it be more than that?

Let me share a pondering thought with you:

If you were high on nerves, what would you do that would calm you most?

If you were Ben, you would swim in the cold sea.

If you were Abigail, you would punch that punch bag to smithereens

If you were Grace, you would plot and scheme.

If you were Kat, you would surround yourself with your friends.

If you were Christian, you would probably surf, or skate, or run, or ride, or spins some serious tricks.

But if you were Tara? What would you do?

If you were Tara, you would dance.

And what would be the one thing that would make her most nervous? I can't help but think this would have to be with what drives her even more than dance: relationships (even now I cannot help but hear this in Alicia Banit/ Kat's voice, with an elongated ''a''... relaaaaationship!)

Maybe it is just dancing. But the make up, the hair, the jewellery... I can't escape it, it reminds me of weddings... And what would make Tara need more escape into the routine and expression through dance than facing such serious commitment... Sure, this might be stretching things a lot... but hey, isn't that what dreaming is all about?

I will leave you with that thought, and with my many many thanks for reading my story. I do hope you enjoyed it! And keep riding that feeling!

x

Tara Louise Reed