Chapter 3
"Mom, can I go to the movies on Friday with Eric and Sara?" I asked during dinner that night. "Sure, When do rehearsals for the ballet?" she asked. "Next Monday, can I go up stairs, I really need to work on my pirouettes" I lied; I just wanted to get out of the room so I wouldn't have to talk about the ballet. "Your pirouettes are fine honey, but if you really want to work on them" she said. "Good night mom" I said, then I ran out of the kitchen before she could say anything back. When I got upstairs, I picked up the phone and dialed Sara's number. "Hello" she said loudly. "Hey Sara, it's me let me get Eric on the phone too" I said, I clicked over and dialed Eric's number, before he could answer I clicked back over. "Hello" he said. "Hey" we both said at the same time. "Oh hey guys, did you ask about the movies on Friday?" he said. "Yeah, I'm in, what about you Sara?" I asked. "Yeah, I can go" she said. "Cool, I'm in too" Eric replied. We spent the next hour talking about different things. When we finally hung up, I went straight to bed.
The next morning I woke up and took my shower, put my hair in a bun. Put on my leotard and warm-up pants and my dance slides. I went down stairs grabbed my bag and went out the door without saying anything to my mom. I met up with Sara and Eric at the corner of my street. "Hey, we still on for the movies tonight" Eric said. "Yeah, what time is your mom picking us up?" I said. Eric's mom was picking all of us up. Sara was coming to my house after school to get ready with me. "At 6:30, so be ready, I hate having to wait for you guys" he said. When we got to school we went to our first class, Advanced Ballet 4. We all sat down on the floor and started stretching. Sara and me put on our pointe shoes and started to do our stretches. I was partnered with Eric; while we were practicing our lifts the guy's ballet teacher came in and told us that he has chosen who will play Romeo, in the ballet. It was Eric.
"Come on Abi, Eric will be here soon" Sara said looking at her watch. "Ok, I'm ready" just as I said it, the doorbell rang. "Bye mom, see you later" I yelled as I went out the door. When we got to the mall, we went to the food court to get dinner. I got a hamburger, fries, and a Dr. Pepper. Sara started to imitate my mom when I brought the food back to our table. "Abi, honey you shouldn't be eating that you need to watch your weight for the ballet" she said in a high voice. We all laughed. After dinner we walked around the mall, we still had an hour till the movie started. While we were walking around, a guy came up to us. "Hi, I'm Ethan" he said shyly. "Hi, I'm Abi, that's Sara, and Eric" I replied. "My friend's dared me to come over here" he said. "Well tell them to come over and talk to us" I told him. He called his friends over and they introduced themselves. "Where do you guys go to school?" Ethan asked. "We go to a performing arts school, were dancers" Sara said. " Really that's cool" one of the guys said. We all talked and sat together at the movies after Ethan asked me for my phone number. He told me he'd call me at 10:30. I couldn't wait to get home.
"Mom, can I go to the movies on Friday with Eric and Sara?" I asked during dinner that night. "Sure, When do rehearsals for the ballet?" she asked. "Next Monday, can I go up stairs, I really need to work on my pirouettes" I lied; I just wanted to get out of the room so I wouldn't have to talk about the ballet. "Your pirouettes are fine honey, but if you really want to work on them" she said. "Good night mom" I said, then I ran out of the kitchen before she could say anything back. When I got upstairs, I picked up the phone and dialed Sara's number. "Hello" she said loudly. "Hey Sara, it's me let me get Eric on the phone too" I said, I clicked over and dialed Eric's number, before he could answer I clicked back over. "Hello" he said. "Hey" we both said at the same time. "Oh hey guys, did you ask about the movies on Friday?" he said. "Yeah, I'm in, what about you Sara?" I asked. "Yeah, I can go" she said. "Cool, I'm in too" Eric replied. We spent the next hour talking about different things. When we finally hung up, I went straight to bed.
The next morning I woke up and took my shower, put my hair in a bun. Put on my leotard and warm-up pants and my dance slides. I went down stairs grabbed my bag and went out the door without saying anything to my mom. I met up with Sara and Eric at the corner of my street. "Hey, we still on for the movies tonight" Eric said. "Yeah, what time is your mom picking us up?" I said. Eric's mom was picking all of us up. Sara was coming to my house after school to get ready with me. "At 6:30, so be ready, I hate having to wait for you guys" he said. When we got to school we went to our first class, Advanced Ballet 4. We all sat down on the floor and started stretching. Sara and me put on our pointe shoes and started to do our stretches. I was partnered with Eric; while we were practicing our lifts the guy's ballet teacher came in and told us that he has chosen who will play Romeo, in the ballet. It was Eric.
"Come on Abi, Eric will be here soon" Sara said looking at her watch. "Ok, I'm ready" just as I said it, the doorbell rang. "Bye mom, see you later" I yelled as I went out the door. When we got to the mall, we went to the food court to get dinner. I got a hamburger, fries, and a Dr. Pepper. Sara started to imitate my mom when I brought the food back to our table. "Abi, honey you shouldn't be eating that you need to watch your weight for the ballet" she said in a high voice. We all laughed. After dinner we walked around the mall, we still had an hour till the movie started. While we were walking around, a guy came up to us. "Hi, I'm Ethan" he said shyly. "Hi, I'm Abi, that's Sara, and Eric" I replied. "My friend's dared me to come over here" he said. "Well tell them to come over and talk to us" I told him. He called his friends over and they introduced themselves. "Where do you guys go to school?" Ethan asked. "We go to a performing arts school, were dancers" Sara said. " Really that's cool" one of the guys said. We all talked and sat together at the movies after Ethan asked me for my phone number. He told me he'd call me at 10:30. I couldn't wait to get home.
