Vive la danse!
Chapter 2
By Mythical Dreamer
Over the weekend, Anzu had a rather hard time with her mother. The worst thing happened after her mother developed the photographs. "Look at this, this is totally improper!" shouted this domineering matriarch as she pointed to a photo of Anzu and Ryou dressed up and smiling together. "What's wrong with it?" asked Anzu, hoping her mother would not start her "You're so fat" rants. Truth to tell, Anzu had weighed around 120 lbs, but more food, along with regular exercise along with her training to be a dancer, had bulked her up to almost 130 lbs. But still, she was 5'5'', and at least, according to her doctor, Anzu did not need to lose weight. Then again, Ryou was about 125-130 lbs, so maybe she did…
Her thoughts were interrupted when her biznatch- err-mother said: "This will ruin your future. What if you get a husband and he sees you like this. Then, he'll leave you and you won't be able to explain!" Anzu could find serious flaws in this argument: 1st, she was pretty young in this picture, and if the guy had doubts, Kodak had the time and date of the picture printed at the side. 2nd, she would never ever be dependant on some man. 3rd, if Anzu ever found a seemingly perfect guy that was jealous of her past relationships, well, she would dump him. However, when Anzu tried to voice her opinion, it did not work, because her mother kept on blabbing about the paparazzi that would be out to get her daughter and keep her from a perfect future with a good man. Obviously, her mother was insane or acting the part.
No matter what Anzu said though, she could not dissuade her mother from throwing away the photographs. Knowing that it would be futile to search through the trash for them, Anzu executed Operation Photosave. When her mother showered, Anzu transferred the not yet deleted photo from the digital camera into the computer and saved multiple copies of it. She also saved the photos on a disk.
Thankfully, her mother did not notice anything. Therefore, all Anzu had to do was ponder her situation with Ryou. She knew he liked her, but how long what it last? They were teenagers after all. Though Ryou was not flightly, Anzu wondered if she had scared him away with her 'kiss'- now, he might not like her anymore. Anzu sighed, and wondered if there was some divine force that would help her through this time…