Oh my. This is WAY TOO LATE. Yes, I know I said I'd update on Friday, sigh. Dance practice came up and everything just went downhill. Not to mention I had a MAJOR writer's block this entire week and I've been bombarded with essays. Darn you English. But anyways, enjoy! Vivian's skating was inspired by Ice Princess and The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold. New favorite skaters: Jackie Dorsey and Casey Carlyle. Oh and Nikki Fletcher is incredible too. You go Jumping Shrimp! Does anyone even know what I'm rambling about? Those movies make me wanna write more about Vivian's skating. (:

Your life plays out on the shadows of the wall,

You turn on the light to erase it all,

You wonder what it's like to not feel worthless,

So open all the blinds and all the curtains.

CHAPTER SIX

Outside the Amphitrite Rink, the moon shone benevolently casting moonbeams gleaming into the trees of the island. Birds rustled softly in the branches of the trees and glass wall of the skating rink was covered with a shining silver metal sheet. Silence rang through the island and the soft cooing of birds and the whispers of the wind danced through the island. Under the tiny gap of the double doors of the ice rink, a glowing sliver of golden light gleamed brightly, the only evidence of Vivian Dresden's skating party.

"Get this party started on a Saturday night, everybody's waiting for me to arrive," Vivian sang out the lyrics as she swirled around the ice with a laughing smile on her face. Her silver skating dress sparkled and shimmered in the rink's lights as she freestyle-skated with Dannie as they sang along to the music. Her gleaming dark waves flew out around her face in loose spiral curls and silver bangle bracelets jingled on her wrists adding a bit of glitz to her sparkling outfit.

Girls in shining dresses mingled around the rink and the sound of carefree laughter filled the rink. Vivian could see Tammie chatting with the rest of the J.K. Rowlings in the bleachers of the rink. Bright colorful lights flashed around the room giving the rink a more glitzy club-esque party look. It had been Vivian's idea to fix up the rink's lights and Tammie had executed the plan perfectly. Dannie, Suzanne, Lily and Siena – the rest of the skaters in Vivian's class – skimmed on the ice gracefully, talking to other girls from different Alpha Houses and flirting with the Brazille Boys who had somehow managed to find a skates and stood in the center of the rink.

The rest of Vivian's roommates had arrived a few minutes ago and they had spread out around the room chatting with other alpha girls. Summer was off talking to Gwen, a girl with an Alpha Track in poetry from the Michelle Obama House while Reid was talking to a group of other artsy girls. Ali and Alice had joined Vivian and the rest of the skaters in center ice as they laughed and chat-flirted with the Brazille Boys.

Music blasted through the rink, lights flashed and the ice gleamed enticingly. Not only had Tammie managed to hack and sabotage all the security cameras, she had hooked up and put together the coolest sound system that Vivian had ever seen. Vivian was definitely adding Tammie to her list of party planners. That girl did wonders with technology.

"Whoa! Hey Mel, watch this!" Dingo shouted out as he jumped in the air in an attempt to try out one of Dannie's jumps. He twisted mid-air and landed wobbling on a single skate. Lily and Rachel giggled before continuing to try to teach Dingo how to land an axel properly. Ali stood besides them, laughing.

"Your arms are flying everywhere," laughed Rachel.

"And jump higher!" added Lily.

"Oh yeah, Dingo?" Mel challenged. He jumped up and attempted to mimic a move that Vivian had just done a few feet away and made a grand gesture of twisting and turning.

"You guys look so – " Ali dissolved into giggles.

"Watch!" Rachel glided forward, pushed off the ice, completed a few rotations and landed solidly and turned back to Ali and Lily.

"I'll teach you how to skate," she offered as Ali glided forward, eagerly joining her. Vivian smiled, her party was definitely a success. Not only was it a mini-showcase for the skater girls, it was fun.

Taz had somehow been sucked into a circle of girls giggling and flirting around him while Vivian skated besides Dannie. She longed to join the girls and flirt with Taz but she knew that keeping her distance would just increase chances of being different, to make her not just another girl to Taz.

Other girls lingered on the ice, hovering carefully and gliding on the ice with caution. No one wanted to fall on their butts in front of the BBs. Most of the Michelle Obamas, including Rebecca and Sabrina, had claimed the spot near the wooden bars at the northern end of rink. Rebecca had already put on skates and was desperately trying to land a double axel before Vivian challenged her to skate. A wicked smile crept up on Vivian's glossy lips as she watched Rebecca's attempts to land the jump. Vivian herself could do those simple jumps since she was five.

Vivian's eyes suddenly narrowed as Sabrina glided over to the group around Taz and immediately placed her hot-pink polished fingers on his arm. Oh no, she didn't! She watched intently as Sabrina batted her eyelashes, and swayed her hips before waltzing off and gliding back towards the Michelle Obamas. What was that all about?

"Be right back, Dannie," Vivian put on a bit of speed and shot towards the Michelle Obamas like a bullet before screeching to a stop right in front of Rebecca, spraying ice straight into Rebecca's face.

"Oops," smirked Vivian, "Didn't mean to stop so soon."

"Oh look, it's the ice b*tch," sneered Sabrina before Rebecca could open her mouth, "Where's the rest of your posse?"

"Around," Vivian shrugged carelessly, before adding in an extra snub to Sabrina, "After all, I don't need an entourage to follow me around to give me confidence."

"You're just another girl who thinks she's all that, aren't you?" spat Rebecca. "You're just like those drama divas – spoiled, bratty and thinking that you're a freaking princess!"

Vivian rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah? Like you're anything better. Always shaking your butt and hopping around thinking that you're actually dancing. Not everyone is worshipping your ass here, you know. Jenny already knows what a wanna-be you are from your dance today in class."

Rebecca's face flushed a deep shade of red to match her hair. "You're such a – "

"Vivian!" Dannie's screech echoed through the rink, interrupting whatever insult Rebecca was going to call Vivian. "Let's show Miss Rebecca over there how us skaters skate!"

Vivian smiled brightly. She turned away from Sabrina and Rebecca without a second glance and sped towards Dannie before spinning straight into a routine she had choreograph five minutes before the party started. Tammie jumped up from the bleachers and ran towards the stereo to cue up Vivian's music. Slicing each skate through the ice, propelling herself forward, Vivian glided around the rink at maximum speed. Her old coach, Natalyia, had pushed Vivian to her limits, making her do multiple laps around the rink per day. Something that had boosted Vivian's skating abilities and taken her to the top in all her competitions.

I look around and see,

All the possibilities,

You know it's fun to be me,

Vivian grinned as she took in the attention that focused on her as she glided around the rink before stepping into a lyrical combo set that she had choreographed with Meggie last year during SummerSkate, a summer skating program in Northern California. Taz's blue eyes had turned away from the girls surrounding him and she could feel his eyes focused on her as she held out an arm in front of her and glided backwards, carving delicate S-shaped trails in the smooth ice. She had danced to this song once at Jamie's 13th birthday party and had literally laughed and danced wildly the entire time. Running through the fun and wild night she channeled her inner party girl and skated just like another girl having fun freestyling in the middle of a frozen pond. Leaving the tricky jumps for later she sliced a leg through the ice propelling her forward and pulled her other leg up high in the air into a fluid arabesque.

Never fit the crowd,

Nothing gets me down,

Never scared to d-d-d-dream.

Her glossy lips, coated with Nars Greek Holiday, formed the words to the song as she sang along with it. Digressing from her usual skating style, she had thrown in a few jazzy moves and balletic themes into this skating program, making it more…dancey. It was a mood piece, like a set that Vivian would skate for fun on the pond next to her grandparent's house in Wisconsin. Something that fit her mood, something to have fun with. Extending her arms out, she smiled as she glided fluidly before pulling her arms up over her head and bringing them in as she leapt up into a double Lutz. Lifting a leg and bending it and leaning back into a sitting position, she extended the bent leg and tilted down, lifting the leg up and extending her arms in a diagonal tilt while gliding backwards.

I've got a buzz in me,

That no one ever sees,

It's in the attitude,

(yeah)

Her dark waves flew out behind her and she drew her arms in tighter and spinning around and around like a top until her figure became a whirling blur and she raised her arms up gradually in a super tight pencil turn. Throwing in her signature style and attitude into the skate she sped forward holding her arms out and crossing each skate over her other before turning again leaping up and opening her legs in a 180 degree split. She landed from her jump and twirled into a spin. Holding her arms up over her head she arched her back and spun lower and lower. Coming out of her spin, she crossed her arms in front of her chest, jumped up and completed three full tight rotations before landing solidly on a single skate.

I am gonna find a way,

No matter what they say,

I do what I gotta do.

Holding out her arms at her side, she skipped, glided, floated and turned on the ice. Holding out her arms into an L shape she crossed her skates and whirled faster and faster. Recovering from her spin, she pulled back and glided backwards, carving the delicates patterns in the ice. Snapping her head in a move similar to the one she had done earlier that day in the dance studio, Vivian glided into a new combo set, pulling moves from an old program that she had choreographed with Jamie a while back. Loving the slicing whoosh of her skates on ice, she glided backwards on a single skate with the other lifted up before leaping up into a triple axel and landing it perfectly.

If I had my way,

I would make new rules, that sounds cool,

People say I'm crazy,

But they don't understand who I am.

For once, Vivian didn't imagine a memory or dig up some emotions from the past. She skated like she was living in the moment, like she was a girl skating for the heck of it at a party. Gliding on one skate and skimming with a textbook-perfect spread-eagle, Vivian leaped into double Lutz before landing cleanly and spinning tightly and striking her finishing pose.

Applause filled the rink as Vivian grinned and glided off center ice to stand between Ali and Dannie.

"Let's see if Miss Wannabe Dancer can show that up," whispered Ali with a slight smile. "That was the first time I saw you skate, Viv."

"Come on, Rebecca!" Vivian called out, "Show us how good you can skate," Vivian flashed Rebecca her sweetest, fakest and brightest smile as eager girls pushed Rebecca into the center of the rink. Rebecca slowly skated into the center of the ice and paused hesitantly before pulling on her confident façade that Vivian saw right through. Rebecca was scared, and Vivian knew it. She was caught just where Vivian wanted her, in the middle of everyone's attention while Vivian waited for her to fail. It was the perfect plan from the start, it was a way for Vivian to score her status as Alpha Party Girl and to establish her ranking as Top Alpha Skater and to humiliate Rebecca in front of the entire academy. Karolyn would have been proud of her devious plan. Ever since Vivian was little, it was Karolyn who first taught her how to curl her own hair, how to apply mascara like a pro, how to handle the power-plays between alpha females and how to hold her own in a showdown with another girl.

Tammie cued up Rebecca's music and she began to skate. Vivian analyzed each of Rebecca's movements and came to the conclusion that she had basically stolen the simplest moves from the Olympics and figure-skating movies and the level of skating Rebecca was currently at – Vivian had skated better than that when she was six. She watched as Rebecca jumped into a double axel and landed wobbling on a single skate before hastily putting the other skate down to steady herself. She could see Rebecca's cheeks heating up with embarrassment to match the shade of her hair before it formed into a hardened face of determination.

She's attempting a double Lutz. Vivian realized with widening eyes. There was no way Rebecca would manage that. It had taken Vivian herself at least a year to land that jump perfectly. Sheer determination and dancing experience would do nothing for Rebecca. Rebecca leapt up in the air, turned one rotation before falling down hard on her right leg with a scream.

"Ohmygawd, that was the stupidest thing I've ever seen," Suzanne stared at Rebecca with stunned eyes as Sabrina and the rest of the Michelle Obamas rushed forward to help Rebecca up, who had tears streaming down her cheeks.

"She…tried a triple Lutz and she never skated before," Vivian shook her head. If Rebecca had broken her leg, that wouldn't be a surprise.

"Is she mental?" demanded Dannie.

"Or retarded," shrugged Lily while Siena nodded in agreement.

"That girl definitely knows nothing about skating," Siena declared. All five alpha skaters stared at Rebecca who staggered over to the bleachers with tears while whispers broke out among the other girls at the party.

"Who's up for some freeze-tag!" shouted Dingo in an attempt to break the tension. "It's freezing in here!"

Laughter bubbled around the rink as girls eagerly volunteered. "I'll be IT," yelled out Taz who had joined the game eagerly. Vivian scanned the rink as Ali immediately joined the other freeze-tag players. Darwin and Sydney were nowhere to be seen but Mel, Dingo and Taz were all for the game with enthusiasm.

"Come on!" Vivian yanked Dannie and Alice towards the group while Taz began shout-counting down with his hands over his eyes. This was a perfect opportunity to mess with the Brazille boys. Anyways, Taz definitely seemed like fun. Mel, Dingo and the rest of the girls spread out through the rink as Taz kept counting in the center of the rink. Vivian spotted Summer hovering on the ice besides the poet-chick, Gwen while Alice and Danne stayed besides her. She had no idea where Reid was but anyways, she didn't seem like the type to be playing freeze-tag in the center of a skating rink. The rest of her fellow skaters – Suzanne, Lily, and Siena – had all spread out through the rink and waited as Taz counted. A plan formed in her mind as she kept her dark eyes focused on Taz.

"Nineteen! Eighteen! Seventeen!" Taz shouted out while keeping his hands over his closed eyes.

Vivian broke away from Alice and Dannie and skated right up to Taz before circling around him, laughing softly.

"Fourteen," whispered Vivian in his ear before shooting away rapidly and watching his reaction. A small smile crept up on her face. Freeze-tag was her game, a game that the Colorado Springs Skating Center girls played on a daily basis. Not to mention, they were in the center of a skating rink – her territory.

"Eleven! Ten! Nine! Eight!" Taz kept counting while Suzanne zoomed over to Vivian before whispering into her ear.

"Flirting with him already? No prob, I've got dibs on Mel, though," Suzanne smiled.

"Three, two," Vivian skated back up to Taz and circled him slowly, waiting for him to open his eyes.

"One!" Taz's blue eyes flew open and his arm shot out, just missing Vivian who winked at him slyly and began skating backwards with her eyes focused on his.

"Catch me if you can!" Vivian sang out as she spun away from Taz and shot towards the other end of the rink, throwing a double axel in just for the heck of it.

This was going to be fun.

X-X-X

Reid looked up as the redheaded dancer girl, Rebecca collapsed into the bleachers right next to her. She had seen everything, from Vivian's incredible skating to Rebecca's horrific fall on the ice. She might have disagreed with Vivian's revenge plan but she wasn't about get into a fight with Vivian too, who knows what Vivian might do to her?

"Um, are you okay?" Reid asked tentatively, half-hoping that Rebecca wouldn't bite her head off for talking to her.

"I-I-I-I," Rebecca stuttered, "I think there's something wrong with my leg," she sob-confessed. Reid's brown eyes widened, that wasn't good.

"Do you want me to help you to the infirmary?" Reid asked uncertainly. She wasn't going to be labeled a traitor by the rest of the Taylor Swifts if she helped Rebecca out, right? But she couldn't just leave Rebecca to suffer by herself. Even Rebecca's own bunkmates had disappeared into the game of freeze-tag that was taking place on the ice. Reid could see Vivian's dark hair flying as she sped away from Taz, laughing. Alice, Ali and Summer had jumped into the game with enthusiasm, leaving Reid by herself. Anyways, there was no way Reid would set a foot onto the ice. She was clumsy, period. Reid plus "ice" equaled "disaster", she didn't need to be a Alpha Mathematician to figure that equation out.

"No, it's ok," Rebecca shook her head. Reid didn't know why Vivian had gotten so mad at her, Rebecca seemed like a nice girl. Maybe Vivian's temper just got in the way.

"I'll get you some ice for your ankle," offered Reid as she stood up. She made her way over to the drinks table where she wrapped up a handful of ice in some napkins. Weaving back through the bleachers filled with chatting alphas, Reid handed over the ice to Rebecca.

"Thanks," sniffed Rebecca, wiping another tear away. She took the ice gratefully and placed it carefully on her swelling and bruised ankle.

"Is your leg okay?" asked Reid.

"I can't put any weight on it," Rebecca shook her head. "I can barely even walk!" she cried.

"You can't walk?" Reid's eyes widened.

"Barely! I'm never going to be able to dance again! I hate her!" cried Rebecca bitterly before dissolving into another bout of tears. Reid sat there with nothing to say. What could she say? Oh, I'm so sorry that one of my friends just challenged you to skate and you broke you leg? No way. So she said the only thing she could think of.

"Fruit punch?" Reid blurted out, "There's some over there at the drinks table."

"Okay," Rebecca smiled a small smile.

Shaking her head at her own awkwardness, Reid headed back over to the drinks table – this time to get a cup of fruit punch for Rebecca. What was I thinking? She thought to herself. She was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she didn't noticed herself walking right into someone until she crashed right into the person.

"Ohmygod, I'm so sorry!" cried Reid as she stumbled backwards. She looked up at the girl she had bumped into and froze. Oh god. She didn't just bump into another alpha girl, she had literally crashed right into Darwin Brazille himself.

"I-I didn't see you there, really I didn't and I'm so sorry, and I'm just clumsy and oh my god I can't believe I just crashed into you like that, are you okay, I'm so sorry and I just – " Reid rambled on in her nervousness.

"Whoa, Reid," Darwin laughed as he steadied Reid, "It's ok, seriously, you don't have to apologize so much."

Reid flushed. "It's just I ramble a lot when I'm nervous and I'm really so sorry and oh my god am I rambling again?"

Darwin laughed, revealing his iMac white teeth and Reid found herself admiring how his brown hair gleamed in the skating rink's lights and the chiseled shape of his jaw. Shoving back the thought that her crush-alerts were in fire-engine red mode, she asked, "How come you're not playing freeze-tag like the rest of your brothers?"

"I'm not really a skating guy," Darwin shrugged.

"Me neither," admitted Reid shyly. Talking to Darwin was a lot easier than she expected, she would usually stutter and blushed the entire time when she talked to other boys back at her old school.

"So what are you doing here?" he asked.

"Getting punch," Reid held up the red plastic cup before realizing it was empty, "for Rebecca," she clarified, "The girl who fell."

"That's really nice of you," Darwin smiled back, "But I meant, why are you at a skating party if you don't skate, and no offense but you don't seem like a party girl type."

"Oh, that," Reid blushed, "My roommate was throwing the party so I guess I just got convinced into coming."

"You're one of Vivian Dresden's roommates then, right?" he asked.

Reid nodded, "Taylor Swift house,"

"Yeah, she came up to me and Taz at lunch today and invited us," Darwin explained, gesturing to the dark-haired skater in question who was currently leaping into the air and performing a complicated jump that Reid had no clue what it was called.

"Cool," he grinned. "So you're into art, right?"

"Yeah!" Reid's eyes lit up, talking about art was something that she could do.

"Hey want to meet me by the lake this afternoon? I want to show you the spot I picked for Hazel's watercolor project," Darwin smiled his adorable smile at Reid.

Oh my god is he asking me out?

"U-uh, sure! Yeah, I'll be there!" Reid stammered out. "The lake, right? Yeah, I'll go."

Darwin grinned, "See you tomorrow!"

Reid watched as he gave her that adorable smile and walked off to find his other brother, Sydney.

"Oooh girl," a voice came from next to Reid, "Darwin Brazille, huh?"

Reid spun around to face Ashley Bell, the blonde from her painting class who was smiling at her.

"Hey Ashley," Reid gave Ashley wary smile. After all, she wasn't really allowed to be talking to a Brazille boy, but then again, none of them were really allowed to even be at this party. "Having fun?"

"Oooh yes! You're roomie really does have a talent for throwing parties, huh?" Ashley nodded towards Vivian.

"Um, yeah. She's a party girl," Reid shrugged.

"Cool," smiled Ashley. "So how come you're not on the ice with her?" She tilted her chin towards the ice where the wild game of freeze tag was still raging.

"I'm not skating person," admitted Reid. "What about you?"

"Didn't really feel like falling on my butt in front of everyone,"

Reid nodded. She could understand what Ashley meant. After all, she was never much of a physical person, always failing the Physical Fitness tests at school and couldn't even run a mile under fourteen minutes. Dancing, acting, skating or playing sports were never things that Reid were good at. Drawing and painting however, where things that she could do.

"Reid!" a shout came from the ice. Vivian Dresden breezed by the crowd and stopped in front of Reid and Ashley.

"Come on, skate!" Vivian dangled a pair of skates in front of Reid with a bright smile.

"Vivian, I can't skate," protested Reid.

"It's not that hard," Vivian insisted, "I won't let you fall, pinky-promise." She stuck out her pinky like a little girl and pouted.

Reid eyed her hesitantly. The old Reid, the girl who never partied, the girl who never stayed up late, the girl who never broke the rules was shaking her head vehemently. The new Reid, the girl who applied to Alpha Academy, the girl who snuck out to an illegal party with her roommates, the girl who talked to a Brazille boy was jumping up and down and screaming "Yes!"

She cast a glance towards Summer who was gliding uncertainly on the ice besides Alice who was smiling and towards Ali who was currently learning how to do an toe loop with one of Vivian's skating friends…..Dannie?

"Come on! Everyone's on the ice and I'm not leaving you to just sit here like a loser," Vivian tapped her foot impatiently.

"What happened to freeze-tag?" asked Reid, stalling for time.

"A skating party is stupid unless all my friends are having fun," Vivian declared. "And you're just sitting here! Come ON! I'll teach you how to skate."

"Ok," Reid conceded finally and laced up the skates that Vivian had offered.

Vivian smiled brightly. Pulling Reid up to her feet and dragging her over to the rink, Vivian paused.

"Take off the skate guards," she instructed, "And just step on the ice, careful."

Reid placed a skate on the ice and other one while holding on to Vivian's arm. Vivian pushed off slowly, dragging Reid with her, gliding smoothly and confidently across the ice.

"Hold out your arms and balance," Vivian cautiously let go of Reid.

Reid held out her arms carefully and slid forward a few feet while Vivian circled her. A smile lit up her face, she was skating!

"Ahhh!" cried Reid as she felt herself begin to wobble and slip. Vivian's hand instantly shot out and grabbed her arm pulling Reid back up before she could fall.

"I promised that you won't fall," Vivian smiled angelically at Reid.

Grabbing Reid's arm, Vivian began to skate backwards – still pulling Reid along until they were in the center of the ice.

"Reid!" called out another voice. Summer glided up to them, wobbling slightly on the skates with Alice right behind her.

"Yay! We can all skate!" Alice cried enthusiastically.

"Looklooklook look!" Ali cried as she jumped up in the air, twisted halfway and landing with a slight wobble on a single skate.

"I did an axel! Well, kind of," Ali laughed as the rest of the girls joined in.

Reid laughed giddily. It was all so surreal. She was at Alpha Academy, at a skating party! And she was skating! Laughing with the four new girls she called her friends, Reid never felt more at home. That feeling of belonging that she had felt during her painting class intensified as she met Summer's bright smile, Alice's grin, Ali's laugh and Vivian's sparkling eyes.

X-X-X

Reid Dame leaned back in her pillows as darkness wrapped around the Taylor Swift house like dark velvet blanket dotted with sparkling stars. Tammie had wired the cameras to turn back on at exactly 2 am in the morning so Vivian, Tammie and Dannie had declared the official ending of the skating party sometime around 1 before kicking everyone off with the warning that the cameras would turn back on at exactly 2 in the morning.

Each girl had jumped into bed as soon as possible, faking their peaceful slumber as the cameras finally blinked on as the red digits on Reid's alarm clock blinked and shifted to 2:00. Her eyes wandered towards the rest of the girls. She glanced at the two girls around her. Summer's long blonde straight hair fanned out on the white pillow as she slept peacefully and Alice was curled up on her side with her face burrowed deep into her own pillow as she snored softly. Reid had survived her very first day at Alpha Academy. She had succeeded in her classes, partied with the coolest girls she had ever met, talked to the cutest guy she had ever seen and had ice-skated for the first time in her life. New Reid was finally making an appearance in her life and taking control of the wheel for once. She smiled and made a wish, staring up at the star-studded ceiling.

I wish that I'll stay friends with all of these girls forever and to try and be the best at Alpha Academy.

X-X-X

Wrapped comfortably in her own sheets, Vivian Dresden traced the patterns of her gold embroidery on her pillow. She knew that her party was a success, and that she had successfully humiliated Rebecca. Everything had happened to plan – but a small twinge of guilt still lingered. But really, it wasn't her fault that Rebecca attempted a crazy jump….right? She had already written out her latest letter in her purple notebook. Writing the letters somehow made her feel like she really was talking to her friends, Meggie, Jamie and Andie. She still missed them like crazy, knowing that no matter how many parties she threw, how many triples she jumped – skating by herself here at Alpha Academy just wasn't the same as skating along with Meggie towards their goal of the Olympics. Throwing the parties here just wasn't the same as crashing a senior party at the high school with Jamie. Flirting with Taz just wasn't the same as gossiping about boys with Andie. Swallowing back another wave of homesickness, Vivian ran through the note she had written.

Dear Andie,

Ohmuhgod girl! You don't know how much I freaking MISSED YOU! So the party tonight was INCREDIBLE and Taz, oh my god don't even get me started. That dancer girl, Rebecca, fell – can you believe she attempted a double Lutz just out of nowhere? Well she did. Remember how we spent AGES landing that at SummerSkate. Well, Meggie got it way faster…but I still landed my triple axel before her! (: Skating isn't the same without you guys, I miss you guys so much it's not even funny. Remember that combo me and Jamie made back at Lake Placid? Well, I borrow some moves and jumps from there. OHMUHGOD you're competition is coming up! Regionals! I can't believe I'm missing that! Oh god. At least I'm still training here though. You better bring back some medals! Tell Meggie and Jamie that I expect you to split up the gold, silver and bronze! Doesn't matter who gets what, as long as it's you three that scores the top three. And Isabelle Rivers is going to be there! Tell Meggie to give her a good ass-kicking for me, will you? Is she still doing the classic mind games? The classic, "oh you're never good enough so why bother" tactic? It's still way to early in the season for mind games. Tell Miss Isabelle to butt out and just go away! Anyways, Olympics are still right in my path! We're going to the Olympics guys, in just a few years. I'll soon be competing with you guys for the gold so get ready! Miss you and love you guys so MUCH.

Your one and only BSBF,

Vivian

P.S. BSBF = Best Skating Buddy Forever. My new term. Hugs!

There's a will, there's a way,

Sometimes words just can't explain,

This is real, I'm afraid,

I guess this time there's just no hidin', fightin',

You make me restless.

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Question 1: Name the two songs posted at the beginning and ending of the chapter. I'll give you a hint, they're both from the same movie. *winks*

Question 2: What's the name of Summer's younger brother?

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-The Lovely Psyche