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“Look it up,” I instructed as I delivered her breakfast in front of her

She started typing on her phone and whispered the definition for a safety score out loud “I feel tricked That was a trick question”

“It was not Now eat up and then put on the shoes I want to see you dance”

“Today?”

“I’ today So yes”

I cut into my omelet and took a bite Victory always tasted sweet

24

Natalia

I stared at the satin laces dangling fro me to wear them Sam had schemed me into this and I wasn’t happy

He was in the studio waiting fora ballerina would do My Goddess unifor where it always did Didn’t he know I hadn’t been a ballerina for a long time?

I dug through ht pink wrap skirt I quickly put thean to pull the pointe shoes froled I didn’t know if I could go through with this

I sat on the edge of the bed What if it didn’t feel right? What if I injured ain? What if this was a setback? This could end all of the plans I had made to audition With a new injury, I would ruin the chance I did have

“Natalia, where are you?” Sam called from the room next to mine

“Hold on,” I replied

I had to do this Not only because I had to pay up for the bet I had lost, but because I had been putting it off way too long My fear had eaten away at ive some of that back to me