I don't own anyone...blah, blah. Only the plot is mine, AND a few characters. Mainly the characters you don't know. It's obvious who is original, and who isn't. The rest belongs to Marvel.



Alison tugged at her shiny shirt, only managing to cover the top of her belly button, where a fake diamond stud was stuck. She didn't have the guts to get anything but her ears pierced, but she prayed one day she could.

Alison glanced around to see her peers dancing below. The stage was about five feet tall, so that she was once again the center of attention. She did enjoy it, but didn't want to come off as cocky.

"Ms. Blaire, we're ready for you!" came an unseen voice, and Alison was immediately hustled toward a curtain, and she could see lights shining flashing around, and the crowd was silent. Alison looked behind her, and saw her backup dancers, both of them beaming and looking prepared for the world. Alison tried to mimic them by smiling.

The curtains swung away at top speed, the cue for Alison and the dancers to walk seductively onto the stage, and so they did. They swayed their hips to the beat that had started. As Alison smiled, hummed, and dancing slowly, she saw that there was a live band set up, and that the beat was coming from a drummer who was partially hidden behind his drum set. The guitarist was strumming very lightly, so barely that he wasn't heard.

A loud bang sounded, a signal for the trio of dancers to stop. Then, the band began to play, and Alison danced professionally, moving by herself. After eight beats of music, the Mexican dancer followed suit as Alison did the same dance over again. The Asian performer continued the trend after another set of eight beats, and finally, after hopping twice, Alison stepped forward, swaying to the music, and sang to the roaring gym. The duo dancers continued the now simpler choreography.

"Please understand that I'm cool as I am. I don't need hugs, I don't need kisses, I don't need a man. You say you're different, but I don't believe. Cause heartache seems to love finding me. And my emotions have hurt from the fall. See, I've been played, I have my scars. And I've been burned, I don't want this at all."

The crowd was already going crazy at the first verse, and Alison truly smiled for the first time during her performance. She danced backwards, and fell into step with the other girls, doing the main chorus choreography for the song.

"Do you really care for me. Do you really wanna love me. Cause I've heard that line before and, babe. You ain't about to work your game on me. I see your eyes and I don't see a thing. I don't feel the sparks that love should bring. Maybe I'm jaded, but I'm happy this way."

The trio started a small sixteen beat dance break, ending it with spinning around, kneeling down to the floor, and they began to crawl along the black stage.

"It's said a woman shouldn't walk away from love. That life's too precious and too quick to shy away from. And yet you play your game for you. A man's gotta do, what a man has to."

Alison stood up abruptly, and began swinging her arms around, moving her legs to the beat. She could hear her dancers behind her.

"You say you know me and that you see. Exactly what I need from life. And I'll never find that happiness in me."

The chorus to the song was sang again, complete with the main choreography to the song. The three girls quickly moved close together, and then began to snap their fingers to the tiny drum beating. The music got very low, and the group of three swayed their hips, snapping in unison, and Alison sang aloud the bridge of the song.

"Maybe in time I'll learn to love and then I'll do just fine. But till that time, I'm on my own and I'll be alright. But for now, when I'm crying. When you see the light in my eyes are dying. And you try to ask me for a chance today. I'm gonna say."

"Don't ask me to stay." Alison said the last line with the best edge she could, then she moved her shoulders from side to side quickly, leaning to the left, then she leaned to the right, snapping her fingers and swinging her arms. She spun, letting her back face the viewers, and her blonde curls slap her face. She spun back around, her face set with forged fury. She began to move everything below her waists. Her legs followed her feet as they made rhythmic circles on the ground. Her upper torso stayed in place, though her head snapped from side to side, and her arms were waving around.

The circular motion stopped, and she began the difficult part of the song, where she had to move around and do the choreography she copied from her famous idol: Britney. Alison leaned down, moving about, and stood, turning right, her left arm stuff in front of her. She pulled forward, and moved her shoulders up and down as she walked forward. She spun around some more, and completed the breakdown after a few more complex moves. Her dancers continued dancing as Alison sucked in her air, and let it out as a sharp falsetto note.

The young girl blinked several times as she hit the high note. She was more focused on the sudden light show that was going on. The crowd was now cheering louder than ever, and dancing to the music, and lights were coming from around her, putting on spectacular light effects inside the gym.

Alison dropped the note, and the lights returned to normal as she and the dancers performed the chorus twice more before striking unique poses.





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