Octachel III - Charlotte Adams

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At last! The big moment that I've been waiting for the whole year is finally here! We've practiced until we fell from tiredness and our feet hurt. There would be nothing that could ruin it!

"Why is Ms. Charlotte smiling like that to the mirror?" Someone whispered behind me.

"Beats me, but if she keeps smiling like that, she'd start looking like the Joker... And that ain't pretty..." I sighed and turned to face two of my students, Aria and Rebecca, who were staring at me, as if something was wrong with me. I put on what the girls believe to be a less creepy smile and placed a hand on each shoulder.

"Why you girls aren't dress already?" I questioned them, though I was trying very hard not to scream at them for not being ready. The curtain lifts in less than half an hour and they weren't ready!"

"My Mom is convincing my Dad that I still have to wear a pink skirt" Aria replied, rolling her eyes. I wanted to strangle her parents for being so neglecting with their daughter. Don't they see that tonight is my- I mean, her big night? There would be important people tonight at the audience! Their daughter could become a star!

"I'm escaping my Mom... She wants to add more glitter to my face..." Rebecca explained, blushing. Aria looked thoughtful before dragging her away from me. I sighed, shaking my head. Did none of these girls understood that this could be the night? I trained them really hard for them to throw everything for nothing. I had the policy of never meeting their parents, unless the kid had talent. If not, why bother lying about how great their kid can reach for the stars?

"Ms. Charlotte? Curtain up in fifteen minutes" Someone warned me. I immediately went to put order around the girls... and some boys, can't forget about them.

"Alright, listen up!!" I clapped my hands to get their complete attention and noticed that only Aria wasn't fully dress as the other ones "Girls, boys, we practice a lot during the year for this night... The big night!" I emphasized, noticing how everyone was watching me "Now, you all have to go out there and give us the best you can do!" I encouraged them. Nods were watched around and I was wondering if maybe they were shocked or something.

But they are my dancers. They are the best and they won't disappoint me.

~oOo~

Two hours later, I'm still here, watching my students perform their solos with their parents and friends and some lost talent hunt as audience. The theatre is packed and everyone had applaud at the end of every performance. Everything was becoming to perfection! All i had to wait now, was to meet the talent agent and tell me that my students were amazing and that he or she wanted to represent one and I'll be able to train him or her personally-

"The next student performing will be Ms. Aria Foreseen, 10 years-old" The announcer said through the speakers. Immediately, some posters and signs were raised in the air, evidently showing support to the young dancer. I rolled my eyes at how un classy and common this people were behaving. No doubts they were her parents...

Aria went on stage, dancing at the music that I had chosen for her. She didn't miss a step or a move, but her dancing was slow, sloppy and, frankly... she was dancing as she had the most boring task ever! Her eyes were down and almost close in boredom and her movements were kind of forced. I was mortified by the show she was giving!

"OK! You know what? Stop the music!" Aria ordered from stage, crossing her arms. I froze in my place, while the people around me murmured and whispered. I such wanted to hide and die, this girl was gonna make me lose everything! Suddenly, she walked to the edge of the curtain and brought back a speaker with a mp3 player.

Yeah, I~~
Will take your side~~
You make me feel like
I've been waiting my whole life~~
And I could die~~
To find that simple
Kind of love
You can't deny~~

The second the music went through the speakers, Aria began to get loose around the stage. She let her hair down and took off her pink skirt, only to reveal a black one underneath, and added a leather jacket to her ensemble. Suddenly, she had forgotten about and tossed my perfect choreography to the crap and started to improvise! I seriously wanted to die!

I glanced around me and saw that the parents and audience were clapping along with the music rhythm, some even smiling and enjoying the show. But, there was one pair that was standing tall and proud, clapping and dancing in their seats. Next to them, there was a blonde teenage boy that looked like if he wanted to be swallow by the Earth because of embarrassment.

The woman was wearing some kind of ivory silk blouse with a black pencil skirt. Her skin was almost pale and filled with freckles. Her hair was kind of loose in a braid, with some red curls framing her face. She was smiling and having fun along with the music. What little decorum!

The man she was dancing with was slightly taller than her and, even maybe a little skinner than her, thought it was kind of hard to distinguish since he was wearing a suit with no tie, but he was wearing some light blue shirt. His hair was short and blonde and he looked like the dancing he was doing with the woman was kind of forced, because he was blushing slightly.

In the mean time, Aria had been dancing all over the stage, gathering people and forcing them to get loose. Some will comply, while others took the hard way to do so, but for the end of the song, everyone was having fun (or, at least, they were pretending to do so). When the song ended, the kids were laughing and hugging between each other.

I couldn't tolerate it any longer.

"Aria Foreseen!!" I screamed at her, getting up from my seat and attracting everyone's attention to me "In all my years teaching ballet, I have never seen such-"

"Talent!!" the red-headed woman that was dancing before rushed to Aria's side and hugged her tight against her "Oh, our baby has talent!" She looked behind her to the man, who smirked and wrapped an arm around her as well.

"You rocked it up there, Ari"

"Thanks, Daddy" Aria blushed at the praise, while I was getting fired up in anger.

"Talent?? Talent!!" I repeated, not believing my ears "Your daughter has destroyed a masterpiece for no apparent reason-"

"It was their anniversary..." Aria justified herself, almost hiding in her mother.

"I don't care if the Pope was coming to see you and he wanted you to take your shoes, you'd never do that again, understood??" I told her. The woman grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her away from me before jabbing a finger on my chest.

"She'll never do it again, because she won't be dancing in your company again! C'mon, guys..." she turned around and walked away with Aria and the man, arms wrapped around each other "Still wanna see if that art academy still will accept your solicitude?"

"Oh, I have the perfect panting for that!" I heard Aria celebrate.

Thank God those are out my hair!

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Hello, peeps!!

First, I wanna dedicate this chapter to HadesIsMyHomeboy because, well... Asked for Octachel! I had this chapter bagged for a long time and I'm happy to finally release it, because I just love the plot and the music and stuff...

BTW, I'm no fan of making branch free publicity, but I got inspired by the 2015 Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 advertising campaign, with the ballerinas with black tutus and leather/varsity jackets and lose hair of every color, music and everything! Besides, the song is very Octachel, don't you think?

Anyway, stay tune for new chapters of every story! Tell me what you what next!!

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