My eyes open from my new, peaceful dream. I turn over to see Jonathan Tickle laying next to me. His blue eyes are opened as well. "Good morning, beautiful. Did you sleep well?" he asks all sweet like. "Yes I did. Thanks to you," I say. We check the clock. It close to time for class. We change in front of each other. I put on my pink tights and black leotard. John puts on his black jazz pants and white tee shirt. He helps me put up my hair.

We rush into the dance classroom. The whole class is already there. "Sorry, alarm clock didn't go off," we apologize. Miss Raine is standing in the front of the group. "Well, this is a new year. Last year we had a accident. One of our third years died. You didn't know him, so it doesn't effect you," Miss Raine starts off saying.

"I knew Sammy. I came over to the farm and he and Kat were there. I only met him twice, but he was a good friend," I say remembering when I met Sammy. "Who are you?" she asks me. "I'm Lily-," I start to say. "You're Lily Webster, Tara's younger sister," Miss Raine says. I nod. I knew my parents didn't want me to do this. "Miss Webster, Mister Tickle, you're wanted in my office," Miss Raine requests.

We go to her office. "Tara and Ben complained that you two are sharing a room. I know that you two are sharing. They said they heard screaming and then you two in bed together," she tells us. John and I look down. "I'm sorry, I was having one of my famous nightmares," I explain the screaming. "Yeah, I woke to it. I went in bed with her to calm her. My mum would do that with me when I had nightmares," John explains the being in bed together.

Miss Raine gets up from her desk. "The other reason I called you in here is for pas de deux. You two are too advanced for first year of that. I want you to be partners for third year pas de deux," Miss Raine instructs us. We look at each other. Partnering each other in front of older dancers. "Okay," we say in unison.

We head back to class. Standing in the front is Saskia, an old dancer who broke Tara's back last year. "Nice for you two to join us," she says to us. "Sorry, we made it to Miss Raine's office on the first day before lunch," John says with a laugh. Everyone laughs at John's joke.

After ballet class, we head off to lunch. Taylor, Todd, Nicole, and Ryan walk up to. "What happened to you two today?" Todd asks. John takes my hand again. "We are taking an advanced partnering class," John tells them. We all buy a burger and sit down at a close table. We enjoy talking with each other.

Tara and Ben stand behind Taylor and Nicole. "May we take our siblings away from you," they say together. We get up and follow them to their table. "Yes?" I ask them. Kat runs up to the table. Everyone is here.

"We want you to know that we saw you," Tara starts saying. "Remember my nightmares?" I ask her as a reminder. She nods her head, ashamed. The group looks at me confused. "Nightmares?" Christian asks for the group. "I have nightmares about the orphanage and America," I tell them. "What?" Ben asks. John shakes his head. "She was an orphan from the United States," John explains.

He takes my hand and wraps the other one around me. I put my head on his shoulder. Ben looks irritated by this. Tara looks uncomfortable. "Does this bother you? She's my girlfriend, I have the right to support her," John stands up for us. Aw, he called me his girlfriend, I think.

After lunch we have pas de deux. Everyone looks so much older than us. Miss Raine stands in the front of them. We stand in the doorway. "I can't do this, I'm too nervous," I tell John. He takes me hand. "Don't worry, we are good, together," he says the right words. His lips make their way to mine.

"Mister Tickle, Miss Webster, nice for you new dancers to join us," Miss Raine says. All look at us. Tara and Ben are in the front. "Sorry, she got nervous," John explains. Someone coughs. We enter the room.

The group meets up after classes. Taylor and Todd are holding hands. "What happened? Are you two dating?" I ask so excited. Taylor nods, blushing. "We are pas de deux partners. I asked her out during class," Todd fills us in. "Way to go dude!" John say to him.

An older kid takes my arm. He looks familiar, like from my home town. "May we talk?" he asks. I nod, let go of John's hand, follow the older dancer.

"What are you doing in my dream place?" I ask him in a strict voice. He is the son of the man who killed my brother.

*Flashback*

I was only five when my brother died. I was crying at the pier by the ocean. I was going through a hard time. A boy with blond hair and hazel eyes sat next to me.

He put his arm around me. "Who are you?" I asked him. "I'm Isaac, my dad killed your twin. Also, almost killed you," he introduces himself. I tried to get away, but his grip was too strong.

He pushed me to the ground. "Help! Help!" I screamed. I was away from the orphanage, so I didn't know anyone around.

Police sirens came from behind us. A couple police officers stood behind us with guns. "Drop the orphan," one officer commanded. Isaac pulled out a knife and held it to my neck. "Any sudden movement and I'll slice her throat open," Isaac threatened.

I was stuck in a bad situation. A third officer shot something at Isaac. He fell to the ground, cursing. One office handcuffed him. Isaac and I went to the back of the cop car. When I got back to the orphanage, the nuns yelled at me. I was happy to be alive. I was almost killed that day.

*End of Flashback*

"I just got out of prison. California hasn't been the same without you. I went to the orphanage when I got out. They said you were sent to Australia. I saw your records. I went to your house with your new family. They told me you were away. In your room I saw you love dance. I knew you would be here," he explains.

Fear jolts through my body. His hand strokes my face. I stay like a rock. "I want you dead. I know you Lily Skirmish. You ruined my life!" Isaac screams. He pulls out his knife. The knife lightly scrapes my cheek. It goes to my neck. It hurts, but I don't move.

"Young man, what are you doing?" Miss Raine yells at Isaac. She stands on the stairwell. Another teacher, Zack, grabs Isaac's arm. Zack pushes Isaac to the ground, putting a foot on his on.

I fall to the ground. Tears running down my cheeks. John runs to my side. "Are you okay?" he asks. His hand goes to my cheek. I shake my head. I suddenly feel dizzy. I fall the rest down. Blacking out.

I wake up later in my room. John is laying next to me, with his arms around me. "John?" I ask. He smiles at me. He gets out of bed. He picks up a tray of food. He sits down on my bed again. "I got you dinner," he lets me know. It's a plate of Chinese food.

He explains what happened while I eat my food. I look at my hands, cheeks, and neck in the mirror. It looks like I got stitches. "I'm sorry I never told you about Isaac. His dad killed my brother, he almost killed me," I cry. He holds me close.

John goes in and kisses me. I kiss back. He makes me feel better. "Lily, I love you," John tells me. "I love you, too," I say to him. We continue kissing.