Just to Dance
Chapter 2
There she sat on her bed, staring at the letter, tears streaming down her cheeks. That one sentence felt like a stab to the heart every time she read.
" We are sorry to in form you that even though your talent was acceptable, your weight exceeds our limit by 12 pounds."
Yugi and the others had tried to console her hours ago, but she was still locked in her bedroom.
" I'm too fat…?" Tea thought to herself as she finally put the letter back into it's envelope. She put it on the nightstand beside her and stared down at the small pooch that was her stomach.
Her mind was instantly flooded with images of her and her friends consuming pizza and Doritos just a week earlier, and the cupcake she had for her breakfast.
" Ugh… I need to think about something else…" She said as she flipped on her small television. She flipped it to "Friends" , her favorite show. That made her feel a little better.
" But you can't leave Ross!!! He's your lobster!!!!" Phoebe shouted at Rachael from across the room.
" What??!!!" Rachael shouted back.
" You know!! How lobsters always stay together for life! That's why you see old lobster couples walking in the tank , holding claws!"
That was one of Tea's favorite lines, but she hadn't paid attention to a single word. She couldn't help but stare at Lisa Kudrow's lean frame.
She turned to the next channel. Law& Order was on the air.
" Jack, if we go through with this, who knows what the consequences could be!"
" For one second could you stop thinking like a defense attorney and more like an Assistant District Attorney?!"
The tall woman in the suit sickened her stomach also. " She probably weighs 85 pounds…" She said as she flipped the channel once again. None of this was helping her at all.
" So Bob, tell us about this new diet!" Another blonde, bone-thin woman said brightly.
Tea was on the verge of pressing the channel button when the tall man beside her said:
" The Atkins diet has worked wonders for some many people, Margaret, you wouldn't believe! The most common explanations were that in just three months, they lost over twenty pounds!!!"
" That's incredible! But what do the viewers at home have to do?" Margaret asked with a very cheesy look on her face.
" It's actually very simple! Just take out almost all of the carbs in your diet and eat all the protein and veggies you want! You don't even have to exercise! I don't think I've heard a better deal!" Bob said.
That one commercial filled Tea's heart with so much hope, she nearly exploded!
" This is it! Watch out Domino Ballet! I will be back! And better than ever!!!!"