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Without another word, I went on But I couldn’t get those words out of ht love you Just like that he’d said it Even with an ‘I think I ht’ before those tords, shouldn’t there be soain, this wasn’t a et a reaction out of

What orse was how I felt happy After this s, I was sure I wasn’t meant to be with anyone But I wanted to be I could accept that ether on irl anymore

“Theo,” I said, not looking at hiain”

“And why should I do that?”

“Because you think you rinned “And I’ll be one step closer to being a better me” I took off

“Felicity!” He chased after hed

I want to be better

1:04 pm

“Again, Felicity I need you to get up higher Greg, you need to speed up You were half a second late Christina, you look lost, which is odd because you’re doing fine Dwight, lift Melrose higher on the turn” Walt shouted instructions as we danced on stage

I was dripping sweat, and ood way I re, and I hadn’t even realized I had , spins, and lifts, but the ju—my body felt so er

“Five uys Catch your breath, then we run on froroup of dancers

I wanted to fall to the ground and just stay there However, the only choice I had was to stretch, staring out at the empty seats in the audience One, because the other dancers didn’t like me They didn’t say it, but they kept their distance I could live with that Two, because if I fell to the floor, there was no way I could get back up Walt had gone through everything on the first day Seeing all the seats had made me sick and nervous I didn’t know if I could do this

Breathe Felicity, you got this You are new to dancing—

“You’ve got to be kidding me!”

We all turned to find Violet, as holding on to her cane, her leg in a brace, glowering at us She had cut her hair shorter and dyed it lighter too