“We don’t have all the time in the world to practice Clara. We have to join the others soon...quit playing around and let’s get to work..”Josh said pissed off at Chloe’s silly attempts to seduce him. Girls like this were the ones he hated associating with the most. Like the lady in front of him.. shameless, wearing thick makeup and very skimpy wear. She had been putting on joggers when he entered, he wondered when she switched them for a skirt that looked short enough to be an underwear.Hearing his obvious attempt to irk her by pretending to forget her name, Chloe’s eyes squinted. “My name is Chloe Love, not Clara,” She said and moved even closer to him. A girl’s got to try. You don’t get a good chance like this every day. For once, Corey’s arrangement benefited her and Chloe planned to make the most of this opportunity. But this guy was different from the type of men she was used to. He was the difficult type and she knew she had to take it easy on him. “Too bad though..”, she mut
When Lola opened the door, she was surprised to see the manly figure standing outside with some bags in his hands. He had a playful smile on his face as he stared back at her. “It’s good to see you again, Lola.” “James?”, Lola called out as she stared at the familiar face in surprise.“Are you surprised to see me?”, James asked, his lips curling up by the side.“No.. oh yeah. Mum has been expecting you and Petra.” Lola answered a little absent-mindedly.” Are you here alone?”...“No. Mom will be right up. Forgot her phone in the car..”Lola glanced at his hands and regained her manners. “Oh, forgive me. Please come in.” She said and opened the door wide enough for him to pass through with the bags in his hand. James walked past her and just as the door was about to close, it was held back and Mrs Andrew’s round face came into view. “Hold up.. coming through!”Petra was plump and had a cheerful demeanor. “Oh, dear. Is that you Lola?. You look so big now, come here!.”, She smiled wide
Friday Evening, The Performance Day.Rosewood, New York.Rosewoods Dance Theater. All major dance agencies in and out of Rosewoods and all over New York were present. Every year, the hip-hop departments of many dance agencies came together to perform on stage as a form of truce. It was simply termed a “performance”.. but deep down, in the hearts of everyone present, they all knew it was a “competition”. It was no news that this was the debut stage for the top dancers in the industry. It was therefore a presentation of complicated routines, a show of talents and nerve-cracking creativity to show which agency has what it takes to be the undefeated king of hip hop. There were only two rules, one was for each dance group to be complete with not more or less than ten group members, and two was for a peaceful performance. There must be no incidence of fight between members of the dance groups as their respective agencies would be banned from any performances at the dance theater in the f
The event photographers were active and the Fame Hall group was still taking photographs. Lola’s nervousness continued to remain present. She needed a space that wasn’t crowded to calm down before the big performance. After the first round of group pictures was taken, Lola asked to be excused from the group to retire to the dressing room first and Corey reluctantly agreed. Aria did not want Lola to feel lonely and decided to go ahead with her friend after getting permission too. Together, the two girls walked away from the photo area and headed towards the theatre. Inside, Lola was taken aback by the crowd. It was her first time stepping into the theatre as she had always only viewed it from afar, on National TV every year.Aria on the other hand has been there once but as a spectator, not a dancer. The audience was already filling in the seats, waiting expectantly for the show to begin. The auditorium was huge but luckily Lola recognized some of the junior trainees from the agen
“Chloe said I have been seducing and forcing myself on you Josh. Is this true?”Josh looked at Chloe. What was the bitch up to this time? Chloe panicked as she met his gaze. She anxiously tried to keep an innocent face on. After all, she had a good reason to be scared. Thinking about how brazenly she had behaved with him when they were alone in the practice room yesterday, she broke out in a cold sweat, desperately hoping that Josh would cover up for her. Toria and Vivi stood in front of Chloe in a protective stance unaware of the turmoil rapidly building up behind.They knew that Chloe had spent some time alone with Josh yesterday, but what the girls didn’t know was that Chloe’s plan had failed .. woefully.Recalling their past experiences with how Chloe always got the guys she wanted, they naturally assumed that she got this one too. Therefore as they looked at Lola and Aria, their eyes glinted with smugness. How dare they try to involve Chloe’s man? Was Lola really that dumb? Let
“Fame Hall..It’s time!“ The stage manager appeared at the entrance of the dressing room. This time with two more people behind him.The group members were ready. They all clasped their hands together as Corey assumed the center of their circle. They had gotten rid of the thumb pins in the boots.. but Corey collected them for evidence. The group members stared at each other. With a wounded member, no one was expecting much from this performance.Corey on the other hand still gave a prep talk.“Well....this is it…what we all have been training for. This past month had been truly amazing….”Corey looked towards Lola and smiled at her. This was the first time the man ever smiled at her. Lola smiled back and gave a nod to show for him to go on.“So forget the circumstances.” Corey continued. “We are Fame Hall Dancers. We give it our all!.. Show 'em what we’ve got!.”Funnily some members still sniffled, but no one dared to cry and let the tears ruin their makeup. “Hands in!”, Corey called
“Wait!”, a soft voice suddenly shouted, making the retreating group halt in their footsteps.They turned back to see the injured girl trying to stand up. “Lola!. You can’t stress your injury!.”Aria who was beside Lola whispered and tried to stop her from moving.The group members who had been stopped from exiting the room stared at Lola in wonderment. Everybody was also confused. Why did Lola ask them to wait?“Please, can you move closer to me?”, Lola asked and pointed at a girl from the group. Corey was impatient already. He wanted to make the event manager fish out the culprits that targeted his group and Lola was delaying the whole process by letting these people stay back and interrupt them. “Is there a problem Lola?”, he asked.“No Corey, I just need to make a confirmation.”, Lola said. Her eyes were fixated on the girl.The BMT girl hesitated and she tensed up. She was the intruder from earlier. She remembered colliding into Lola and Aria but then.. she had changed her outfit
“Hey Jojo...” Lola drawled lazily as she picked up the phone. It’s been ringing nonstop and had succeeded in waking her up from her dreamless sleep. “Hi Lola!, how are you doing?”, Jojo’s cheerful voice beamed from the other side of the line. “Heard you got injured.. sorry about that.”“Yeah, I did.. it’s healing and I feel better now.. thanks for checking up on me,” Lola said.“You are welcome. Oh right...I forwarded the video from your performance last night to your chat. Check your inbox, you can save it up later.”“You did? Thanks, Jojo.. you are such a sweetheart.“Jojo chuckled as she said, “Have a great day and .. take care.”The call ended and Lola stretched yawning loudly. She picked up her phone once more to check the time. Hell!.. it was past eleven a.m.! Thank goodness they had three days off from work and weren't due at the agency until Tuesday.No longer sleepy, Lola forwarded the video to her mum and got up lazily from the bed. She limped towards the kitchen to fix a si