Chapter 18: Being Perfect

Hey guys, I have written my 17th chapter yesterday, but I haven't had made a chapter in what? I know that I haven't made a new chapter in two weeks, so I'm making at least six chapters this week. Oh and please read some of my other one-shots and my other story "Never Will Be. "I also cannot believe that this is my 18th chapter! Eighteen chapters of this story! I also know that many of the people who had reviewed need me to change some chapters up a bit, so I'm gonna change some of my bad chapters to better ones that I hope you all would love. So today, I will start with my reviews since I usually do that at the end, but I'm really proud of all the reviews guys! I love them all! :D

fantasychild9: I'm sorry I always post my chapters when you are doing homework. I happen to do that to all my friends when I'm calling them. I just can't seem to know when people are doing their homework! I'm sorry I did a little Terra and Raven bonding though they always fight around, so let's let them have a little friendship together, maybe.

SecretCodeLyokan: I know! They always fight over BB. He must be fed up by now. He is just too little to get around. There's only one Beast Boy peoples! Poor Beast Boy… like every girl says, "I want Beast Boy! Lemme have him!" They are such burdens, and I know that.

Tara woke up the next morning to hear the birds sing softly as she hummed her favorite tune. She had remembered that today was her first day to ballet class at three. But she forgot to ask Madame Rouge about who's going to teach her!

Oh well, she can just ask Kori to help her.

Wait, maybe Jenn.

"Tara, you forgot your ballet leotard!" her mom called after her.

"But the bus is here," complained Tara.

"I am holding them sweetie," said her mother.

"Thanks Mom."

"You're welcome, now go on the bus! You are late!"

"Oh, see you later then!" yelled Tara. "Katrina, your ass is poking in my face!" screamed Tara as she walked through the middle of the aisle on the bus.

"Well you keep your bitch friends away from me!"

"I hate you," and Tara made a face at Katrina.

"What is the wrong with Kat?" asked Kori. Kori had called Katrina a cat since she always had made a cat face everywhere she was, and it was shorter to say.

"Katrina is stupid head butter."

"She is not butter, but she does have a head, and I do not get the it."

"You are so naïve Kori, but you are pretty cool to hang out with."

"Yay, am I a nice person?"

"You are always a nice person, but don't ask those kinds of questions."

"Sorry," Kori apologized.

"It's okay."

*At school*

"Rachel, it is time for the first period! We are the late!"

"I am already in my seat Kori!"

"Oh, I am not the late?"

"Yeah, you are not late! You were one of the earliest for the first time since third grade. You were usually really late back then."

"I am not dreaming?"

"Hello Kori! I am pinching you, are you awake yet?"

"Yes I am, and thank you Raven!"

"No problem."

"Okay class, open your books to page 23, and read it out loud," the teacher said.

"The chemical formulas in a compound cannot separate unless it is a mixture. Mixtures are basically compounds that can separate. You will read more about it in Lesson 5. In a compound, all the substances are combined to make a new one such as hydrogen and oxygen form into H2O. H2O is a type of substance made by two elements otherwise known as water. Is this actually math Mr. Blood?" the students asked in unison.

"Um, yes, in fact it is!" he answered.

"Are you sure?" asked Jenn.

"Yes, we all know that chemical formulas use mathematical practices with it such as adding, subtracting, and multiplying."

"It sounds like science," mumbled Rachel.

"You are right," said Kori.

"Science uses chemical formulas, and math is just a foundation of it."

"I know like what is the answer of H + O? That's easy! Even I can do it! The answer is H2O!"

"I really want it to be break time now!"

"Same as I."

At ballet class… (Kori's POV)

"Hey Kori, can you teach me to do ballet?"

"Yeah, it is pretty easy. Rachel calls it a 'piece of cake.'"

"I want to learn how to do a coupe."

"What about a relevee?"

"I do not know what that is."

"It is fairly simple. Just stand on your tippy toes."

"Oh, that is super easy."

"A coupe is when you point one of your feet onto the other side's ankle."

"Is it like this?"

"You are mastering well Tara!"

"Thanks, this is actually pretty fun! Teach me more."

"Follow me, and I will show you how I did my chasse."

"What is a sashe?"

"Not a sashe, a chasse. If you have ever done gymnastics, they might've done some chasses in the classes. To do a chasse is to jump high into the air sideways, and land lightly to keep doing more turns of it."

"Is it like this?"

"You are not supposed to start facing in front of you Tara."

"Oh, do I face to the side?"

"Yes, and it is basically skipping to the side, and that is why it looked so easy."

"Okay, I skip to the side."

"You are doing it correctly, but you are crossing your legs behind and in front of the other leg. Do not do that. Just step closely to the other foot to jump high into the air for more balance."

"The balancing is hard."

"No it is not, try again."

"I tried and tried, but I keep falling down."

"Get used to it, because on every warmup, we start with chasses, coupe walks, and then passe walks. If you want to join, you must know all your steps and postures."

"Now you're talking like Madame Rouge."

"Am I? I am sorry. Her talking has influenced me to talk more like her. I do sound weird, do I?"

"Yes you do, but I still want to join ballet."

"I said that you must know all your steps and posture. Every ballet dancer knows that. You know, when I started ballet when I was in kindergarten, I never knew that I would be perfect. I was just so… messed up! My ballet teacher always told me to look into the clouds, and keep trying. I kept trying my pointe, which I never got correctly until I was in eighth grade! But you must try. Do not give up hope."

"Thank you, but I always try, but I do give up hope! That's why I always fail whenever I try to dance! That's why I hate starting over again! I just wanted to finish right when I just started!"

"Yes, you are correct. Nobody likes to try, but they sacrifice themselves to be as perfect as they can. You know, nobody's perfect. I used to think, 'How come everyone is perfect, but not me?' Everyone has their own weaknesses. Madame Rouge is super impatient on everything we do. She just wants us to catch up. But we all think that she has to slow down. Nobody can learn from her is she's like the speed of light!"

"You are right! We all need to work on something!"

"Thank you, now please do a chasse."

"Like this?"

"You are correct."