Chapter 2 Beauty in Everything

AN: So I've decided since I have this story finished, I would update it every Tuesday and Friday.

xoxo let me know what you think.

^November 3rd 2016^

"Okay ladies, we need to run through that again, it was alright but I know you can do better, don't worry about the other girls, focus on your steps.. and a one, two, three..." Blanche counted off as the cast practiced.

The performance was Swan Lake, with Pearl naturally playing Odette. They danced the transformation scene beautifully, if only a little out of sync but they would work that out, they still had nearly five weeks until the performance. But scouts from dance colleges all over the country would be in the crowd to pick out the special ones who they believed would make it.

Just as pearl moved to do a simple arabesque she felt a throbbing pain on her right inner thigh, dropping to her left legs knee she scrunched up her face in pain and griped the thigh tightly.

"Pearl!?" Blanche shouted from below the stage, rushing to her daughters aid, but stopping short when she saw her daughter hold up a hand to signal not to.

"It-" she choked out, "its fine..." she spoke softly, obviously still in pain, but holding it in-taking a deep breath and beginning to stand again.

She felt two arms grip her from behind, her eyes cracked open to see her mother standing in front of her, arms spread, ready to catch her if she fell again. Then she turned to find two thin arms pulling her up, the shows Odil, and her very good friend, and cousin, Sky.

"Pearl sweetheart what happened?" Her mother asked as sky helped her backstage to sit down.

"I uh, I think it's a muscle knot... I can uhm, I can feel it, here" she said pointing to the small protuberance on her inner thigh.

The older woman nodded and reached to feel it but pearl pulled away. Blanches face contorted quickly with hurt before she brushed it off. "And you're sure that's all it is?"

Pearl looked up at her mothers worried gaze and nodded, "yea I'm just... I'm just gonna go find rose and she'll help me work it out..." Pearl mumbled standing with her weight on her left side, and shuffled off in hopes of locating her girlfriend.


She limped slightly as she searched the backstage for Rose. Finally she turned the corner to wardrobe and saw the pink haired girl standing talking with a janitor/stage hand, Greg, she thought his name was. Rose was smiling and holding his arm with one hand as she played with his unusually long brown hair. Pearl just stared, looking blankly as she saw the woman she loved with all her heart openly flirt with another person, and a man at that.

She felt as though her heart had been pulled from her chest and crushed to dust right in front of her, not to mention her leg was still throbbing and all she wanted, despite the betrayal she was feeling toward her girlfriend, was a massage.

Greg noticed her then, and coughed into his fist, simultaneously pulling away from Rose.

Rose spun around and looked pearl in the eye, "Pearl, darling, I thought you were at practice?" She said, not knowing how much Pearl had seen.

"Ha! 'I thought you were at practice' that's all you have to say right now?!" She yelled.

"Pearl this is not what it looks like, this is Greg, he's just my friend, you know I love you!" Rose said, taking timid steps closer to the blonde.

For every step Rose took closer to her, Pearl took a step backwards, until she felt another sharp pain shoot from her thigh and gripped it harshly, moaning quietly.

"Pearl?" Rose called as she moved to her more quickly now. "Are you alright?" She asked, showing genuine concern for the dancer.

"You know what..." Pearl mumbled, "just forget I even came to find you..."

Rose looked concerned as she helped Pearl to stand back up, "do you have a knot? What me to work it out?" She asked, but Pearl just shook her head.

"Come on my Pearl, let me help you. I know you're mad but you're just misunderstanding the situation, I couldn't cheat on you my love..." Roses big wide eyes gazed right into her heart and she just couldn't stay mad. Pearl smiled and nodded, letting Rose lead her away to massage out the knot.


Pearl, with her arm wrapping around Roses extremely tall shoulder, limped into the dressing room, and let herself get settled onto the bench.

Rose Quartz was a very large woman, easily twice the size of pearl all around. She stood at least 6'6" and nearly 250 lbs, still though, she carried herself with more grace than anyone pearl knew.

Rose lifted her leg onto the bench and pulled it into her lap, starting to gently massage her thigh.

"I know you're upset, but honestly I was just talking to him." Rose said not meeting Pearl's eye.

"I believe you." Pearl said softly, letting her head lull to the side. Her head was spinning and she just felt so tired she could fall asleep right here.

"I wouldn't ever hurt you Pearl. You are..." Rose continued, talking as pearl fell asleep leaning against her shoulder at an awkward angle.

When the older girl looked back to Pearl after not getting a response she noticed that the strawberry blonde was leaning forward onto her shoulder fast asleep. She chuckled softly, pulling pearl into her lap and wrapping her arms under her knees and around her waist. She stood and took slow quiet steps to find the headmistress.


Blanche sat in the front row of the seats watching Sky and Jasper, who played Prince Siengfried, practice the ball room scene.

She stood as soon as she saw Rose walking out the stage entrance with her sleeping daughter wrapped in her arms.

"Is she ok!?" Blanche called quietly signaling for the music to be cut.

"Oh yes, she just seemed exhausted so I figured I'd carry her to your car and let you take her home." Rose said with a soft smile. Blanche nodded, telling Jasper she was in charge before grabbing her purse and leading Rose to her big white car.


Blanche pulled into her driveway, parked the car and shut it off.

She walked to the backseat where her daughter was asleep, pulling the door open and unbuckling the small girl.

"Pearl..." she whispered gripping her shoulders gently. When she got no response she picked the girl up who was easily half her size, small like her father, and carried her up to her bed; tucking her under the blankets and closing the door on the way out.

AN: Hope everyone liked it, reviews are more than welcome 3