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DISCLAMIER~I do not own anything from the movie Center Stage

Dancing Love

The first time I saw that movie I fell head over heels for him. I'm Libby Callaway and he is Cooper Neilson. I saw him in the movie of the ballet that he was in. He is so cute, he has brown hair and deep eyes of a sapphire blue, he is 5' 9" and is thin but not bony with the smile to melt all your fears ; the perfect guy, the man of my dreams. Of course I would NEVER be able to meet him, as if he would like me or anything.

My mom called,

"Libby! Libby, are you finished packing yet?"

I called back "Yes ma'am!"

"Okay, we are leaving in 10 minutes so come downstairs soon!"

"I'll be right down! I just have to finish something really quick!"

I am SOOO excited about going to New York! My dad has some business up there and my sister lives there too. (She is a costume designer for some really big companies!) It'd be so cool to . . .

"LIBBY!!!!"

"I'm coming Mom! Gee whiz"

As I was saying it would be so cool to meet Cooper, maybe I could show him some of my dancing. I have been dancing now for 13 years, ever since I was 7. I'm 20 now, I headed downstairs and my mom asked me,

"Have you put your bags in the car yet?"

I replied "Yeah"

"Okay then miss prissy pants!" said my dad as he walked in the door.

"Ha ha very funny!" I said to him as I turned around and went back upstairs. I went into my room and got my backpack (Which I take everywhere with me) and stuffed my Discman and CD's in overtop of my toe shoes, that I had forgotten to take out after my last ballet lesson. "Oh well" I said to myself "I'll just have to take them with me." I ran back downstairs and out to the car. Dad was finishing putting the last bags into the trunk and Mom was already sitting in the car. She motioned me to get in.

As we drove to the airport, I started thinking about Cooper. Then suddenly,

" Oh my gosh!" I yelled.


Dad slammed hard on the brakes and him and mom both yelled, "What!!!"

"Oh nothing." I replied and I got a talk all the rest of the way to the airport about screaming in the car. But It was worth it, I just realized that Cooper was going to be in New York while I was there. I had read in my ballet magazine that he was there doing a few performances here and there waiting for the right part for him. As my dad parked the car I still couldn't get it out of my head. We just barely made to the flight on time because dad got lost, TWICE!!

Once we made it to New York, (We were ahead of schedule and made it in at 1:00) I was so excited as if Lucas would just be standing there, waiting for me . . . SNAP OUT OF IT LIBBY!!!!!!! As if he would. Then I saw my sister and completely forgot aboutCooper. I hadn't seen Kelsey in a year, a WHOLE year!! She is 22 and very independent. As we left the airport I spotted a newspaper with the headlines, "An ABA workshop performance by Cooper Neilson" (ABA is American Ballet Academy) on it. I was definitely going to see that and Cooper was directing! I was so excited!. It'd be so cool to see a ABA workshop. So I begged Dad to buy me the paper and we hopped into Kelsey's car and drove off toward her apartment. Of course I read the paper on the way there. There would be nothing to make me wait, motion sickness or not.

"Oh my gosh!" I thought as I read, "that is so cool." The paper said that Cooper was incorporating a completely new style to the workshop, which was to be last on the program.

Performing in Stars and Stripes will be

Jody Sawyer as the ballerina, Charlie

Sims as the dance instructor and Eric Jones as the renegade...

I read on.

After the workshop all directors and dancers will

Be allowed to mingle among the crowd….

" Ahhhhhh! Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh!" I thought (I had learned my lesson earlier about screaming in the car). I had to go see it now!!! Cooper was going to be in the crowd where I could meet him! Oh my gosh! My heart pounded at the thought and then,

"Dad!" I said a bit too loud.

" Yes honey" my Dad replied looking annoyed (Kelsey was driving).

" We have to... I mean can we please go see this?!"

"What is it?" my mom asked.

"It's a ABA workshop." I said as calmly as possible when I was maybe going to meet Cooper Neilson.

"We'll think about it." my dad replied.

" Thank you so much!!"

Kelsey turned and looked at me with a secret smile and looked at me until Mom screamed at her to pay attention to the road. I wondered what she had up her sleeve, but I turned back to the newspaper and didn't give it another thought. I read on and it continued to say that the parts were so new that even Jody Sawyer was having trouble with it and was the only person in the company that I kind of knew the part. Then I realized that if Jody got hurt and couldn't dance the show would have to be canceled. That would be horrible.

"We're here!" Kelsey said interrupting my thoughts. I looked through the car windows up at the dingy apartment building. We got out of the car and Dad started to get out the bags but Kelsey said,

" Dad if you and Mom stayed here it would be really crowded and so I have taken the liberty of getting you and Mom a room at the hotel right up the street and I want Lib to stay here with me if that's alright with you."

"Oh that'll be great honey it probably will be more comfortable anyway." "That's great! You have reservations at the front desk under Callaway." "Okay honey" Dad said then to me, "Libby you'll be fine won't you?"

"Yes sir."

"And don't stay out too late!" Mom said

"Yes ma'am"

" Okay then, we'll be off, bye honey." Dad said and jumped back into the car with Mom being just able to get my bag out of the car, slam the trunk, and leap back in the front seat before dad sped off. I turned to Kelsey and said

" I don't think Dad had much of a problem with staying at a hotel alone with mom."


"Ha Ha" She said dryly and then, "Follow me I'll show you around."

"Okay!" I replied and we headed up to her apartment. We went up to the third floor and Kelsey unlocked room number 309. She said

"I also have room 310, that's my studio"

"That's cool" I replied as I walked in and set my bag down. Kelsey turned and said,

"Come on I want to show you my office." I followed her in to the adjoining apartment. It was her bedroom/office so it was rather cluttered. As I looked around I gasped I had never seen so many bolts of fabric and sequins in one place. I turned to Kelsey and said,

"This is way cool girl, can I be the new Vice President?"

"I'll think about it." she said laughingly. "But come over here I have something else to show you."

"Okay." I said as I followed her over to a closet. She pulled out an outfit and I did a double take. "Oh my gosh! Is that... it can't be! But is it?" I looked a Kelsey wonderingly. It was the same outfit that I had seen Jody Sawyer wearing in the advertisement for the workshop.

"Yep this is Jody's outfit for Stars and Stripes."

"You mean you.... you designed their costumes!" I said unbelieving.

" Yes I did, I only have Jody's outfit here because it got ripped accidentally and I couldn't fix it there."

"Is that why you were smiling at me in the car when I was so excited about the workshop? Have you ever seen Cooper Neilson dance?

"Slow down!" Kel said laughing, "Yes that was why I was smiling in the car, and yes I have seen Cooper dance." I couldn't believe it! My own sister had seen Cooper Neilson dance!

"Is Cooper as good of a dancer as he seemed in the ballet movies?" I asked

"I don't know what movies you are talking about but he is VERY good, he is so good that he has been recognized as 'the most advanced male dancer in the world.'"

"That is so cool. Oh and also…"

I was cut off by the telephone, RING! RING! Kel ran to get it and I sat lost in thought looking at the dress that Jody Sawyer would be wearing at the performance in 5 days.

Kel came back and said, "Now Lib, that was Jonathan the production manager and there has been ANOTHER thing that Kathleen Donahugh wants to be changed in one if the costumes, she is in another workshop, I need to run up to ABA for a minute to see if I can fix it, do you mind coming with me since I know....."

This time she never got to finish HER sentence as I interrupted.

"Of course I'll come! Will Cooper be there? Will I get to meet him? Oh my gosh, I look horrible, where's my backpack!!!"

Kel started laughing and then said, "Calm down Lib, we are just going to be there for about 10 or 15 minutes it's not a big deal, I just need to call Mom and Dad to tell them where you are going to be. We will be leaving in about 5 minutes."

"5 minutes AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I replied and ran to get my backpack as Kel called Mom and Dad.

Five minutes later we were in Kel's car driving to ABA I was so hyped! Once we got there we went in and the woman at the front desk recognized Kel and told her that Jonathan was teaching a class in Studio 1, but we could go on in. I was so excited to be able to see a class! As we entered Jonathan was directing some of them in a few difficult jumps, but as soon as he saw Kel he stopped and smiled as he walked over to meet us.

"Hey Kel!!" he said enthusiastically as he hugged her, the class turned to stare and a whispering rose. Kel said, "Jonathan, this is my sister Libby, she is an aspiring ballet dancer who has foolishly dedicated her time for the past 13 years to ballet, but who knows she might even be here next year." I blushed as I shook his hand and he said, "Hey who knows you could be the next Cooper Neilson!! As a girl of course" I laughed and then from behind us I heard someone say, "Jonathan, sweetie, is that horrible seamstress here yet?" I saw Jonathan wince and then turned and watched as Jonathan walked over and kissed Kathleen Donahugh. I knew her right away, she had performed in one ballet with Cooper and was an excellent dancer. It has just never hit me that the Kathleen Donahugh that was in the workshop was the same one who was in the ballet with Cooper! I turned to Kel and she whispered in my ear, " That's Kathleen Donahugh, she and Jonathan are dating, that's why you heard the whispers when he hugged me." I looked back at the couple and Kathleen looked straight at me and asked, "Who is this? Is she one of your new students?" Jonathan looked up at me and said to her, "Kathleen I would like you to meet Libby Callaway, she's not a student at ABA yet but might be soon! She seems really dedicated" Kathleen shook my hand and then asked, "How long have you been dancing Libby?" I replied "13 years." she seemed to sniff at the time as if it wasn't long at all. I then realized that I really didn't like her!! Kathleen then turned her attention to Kel and said, "Kelsey, I would like to show you the problem with the red dress but I can't find it because Jonathan has put it up somewhere, JONATHAN!!!!!!!!" Jonathan replied to this outburst by saying very calmly, "Follow me Kathleen and I'll show you where it is." but Kathleen sniffed again and left the room as if to say she followed no one. Jonathan gave a wry smile to Kel and followed Kathleen out the door saying back to the class, "Class dismissed, see you tomorrow at the theater, 11 o clock sharp."

The whole class left hurriedly except for one group of girls who walked over toward us, but at the same time Kel asked me,

"Lib, would you like to come with us?" but before I could answer one of the girls said, "Hey Kel! Sup girlie I didn't know you had a sister our age!"

"Well I do!" Kel replied

One of the girls turned to me and asked, "Hey Libby would you like to hang with us for the rest of the afternoon? We don't have any more classes today and by the way, I'm Jill Fabian the leader of this gang of girls. So do you wanna hang?"

I looked at Kel to see if it was okay an she nodded and then I turned back to Jill and said, "Sure that'd be cool but call me Lib."

"Okay then come on."