Chapter 17: What's Ballet?

Rachel walked through the hallways with her books engulfed in her arms.

"I can't believe I played the flute like that," she mumbled to herself. 'I did terribly. Ms. Giseke doesn't know what a flute player actually is,' she thought.

"Rach, I think you need to talk to HER," said Gar from behind Rachel. He pointed to Tara.

"Why?"

"She wants me to teach her piano, and I refused," he answered. "Also, you're pretty good at piano, so I thought you might wanna help her." Then, Gar nudged Rachel towards Tara.

"Hello," greeted Tara

"Hi, what do you want?" asked Rachel sharply.

"I was wondering if I could learn to play the piano," said Tara.

"Why do you want to play the piano?"

"Because—"

"Don't start a sentence with because."

"I'm sorry, I wanted to learn piano because it sounds beautiful, and I've always wanted to learn to play piano since I was two, but my parents were poor."

"I'm so sad to hear that from you," said Rachel sarcastically. "You should've joined ballet instead of band."

"Ballet, I've never heard of it before. How do you spell it?"

"B-A-L-L-E-T," answered Rachel.

"It sounds different of how it sounds. May I try to do ballet?"

"Oh, this is going to take forever. Oh yah! You should do ballet."

Five hours later…

"Kori is excellent at ballet!" exclaimed Rachel. "Watch her do her pointe."

"Welcome Rachel and Tara!" Madame Rouge greeted. (A/N She still gets her name since ballet came from France)

"You mustn't yell at my face like that Madame Rouge!" screamed Rachel.

"But you both were interrupting Miss. Anders do her pointe."

"Madame Rouge, I was wondering if I could join ballet," said Tara.

"Do you have the talent? You need to take a test to approve that you are elegant at your studies in ballet. Can you do a pirouette?"

"I haven't tried ballet at all yet, except maybe I've done twirling around maybe."

"That is called a pirouette. Please show me how to do it."

"Um… like this?" Tara did a quick jump spin in the air.

"Perfect, but you didn't put your legs tight together. I guess you could join, but you must follow all the rules and remember all your steps in ballet. Finally, you can have a chance to be a great ballet dancer."

"Do I have to be elegant?"

"Yes, if you do not be elegant, no one will notice you. To be liked is better to be disliked. Remember that. You must be elegant, but you must not think."

"How do I become elegant if I cannot think?"

"Flow with the music. Pretend the music is you."

"How do you pretend that the music is you?"

"You are a curious one," Madame Rouge remarked. "You must figure that question on your own. Also, you need a new ballet dress to go with you or else you cannot look beautiful."

"Are you sure?"

"To be liked is better to be disliked."

"Rachel, I need help."

"What?"

"I have to go shopping for a new pair of ballet clothes."

"Sure, but you cannot be like Kori, okay?"

"I do not prance at pink clothes."

"I trust you, but do not buy too many. You do not shop a lot, do you?"

"What's with the constant buts? I also do not shop that much, so I choose my clothes pretty fast."

"What about these?" asked Rachel; she held up a black leotard with a see-through skirt with sparkles on it.

"It's perfect. Just what I needed!" exclaimed Tara. "Oh, and I found a pair of black ballet flats near the cashier place thingy."

"Let's go grab them," said Rachel nimbly. "I want to get outta here fast!"

"I wanna get outta here too!" called Tara.

Hey guys! I just did a little friendship on Rachel and Tara. I'm sorry about the ballet. That was the only think I could think of…

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fantasychild9: The flute is crazy hard! It took me forever! What do you mean it's easy?! Sorry, but the flute is HARD. It took me weeks to finally get a clear sound out of it. Keep reviewing and I love it!

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