Dream Or Nightmare ?

CHAPTER 1

Out of the ordinary , one phrase that describes me , my family, my life . My Mum , she owns a cafe mostly filled with elderly people . My Dad , is ... Wait for it ... An accountant and my foster brother Jay well , he's something he's always in trouble , no I mean big trouble not just annoying I mean out far too late , clubbing , robbing and one time he even got caught by the police for possessing stolen goods . But here I can get away from all that here at Madame Christiane academy of dance . I love ballet , when I'm dancing nothing else matters .

Purposefully , I strode towards my dorms door and swung open the old oak door to find a cloud of hairspray and the vivid outline of my roommate Ella sitting on her bed repairing her smudged eyeliner . " Hey Mo , you go' in to the party tonight ?" She questioned, "yeah sure " I answered , Ella loves dancing just as much as I do . We've both been dancing since kindergarten . Slowly , I walked over to the full size mirror in the corner of my room and looked at the blue eyed brunette wearing baby pink pointe shoes ( as I'd just came back from my pointe lesson ) staring back at me my reflection stood still . Suddenly, the vibration of my mobile in my left jacket pocket caught my attention . I ignored it .

Before very long I found myself sneaking out after curfew in my new candy striped dress ( not something I've ever done before ) . Then soon walking down the nicest drive way I'd ever seen . Hurriedly , Ella hobbled to the door and pressed the buzzer . Soon, a boy from my English class answered the door , " Hey Ella , Hey Mo." He said chirpily , "I could hear the music half way up the street!" Ella stated , "Yeah a neighbour just complained" he answered. "what neighbour ?" I questioned, " just jay from across the road " , he replied . "Spook!" Me and Ella chorused . " come on in " he blabbed .

Shyly , we squeezed past the crowd of partying teens and hobbled over to the dance floor . I recognised lots of kids from my school , I think I even seen Mr Jenkins . Not long after we started to dance , There was another ring of the doorbell and another, and another and then another , but this time it was the police ... They came in and turned off the music and told us all to go home they said a neighbour had complained , so that's just what we did .

The next day I woke to the spring sunlight streaming through my purple velvet curtains . To find my roommates slept in bed now empty . In a struggle of laziness I rolled off of my bed and looked at my alarm clock in despair , 8:55 am ... Aarrrgghhhhh I'm going to be late for class , quickly I brushed my dark brown hair , took off my old tattered zebra stripped pyjamas , pulled on my leotard and threw my bag over my shoulder . Then on my way to class fearfully , I checked my watch again just as the bell rang , "phew " I thought out loud . " Hey Mo " I heard a enthusiastic voice call , I turned round to find a happy looking Andy with unbrushed chocolate coloured hair ( the same colour as his eyes ) . " hi Andy " I answered , " I'm almost late " he confirmed , "yeah me too" I replied . " ok bye " he said , " bye " I answered . Hastily, I rushed to class , then pulled on my pointe shoes " late , I see " Mrs Celine stated " sorry Madame " I said truthfully because , I was sorry . " detention ! " she announced " we'll see how sorry you are there " she muttered , under her breath . Embarrassed by my actions , I went bright red in the face , I started to dance . Then forgot about everything . Not long after the music started It stopped I got called to Madame Christiane's office , all I could think of was last nights party . As I was walking down the hall way I passed the infants classroom , I seen Ella's little sister Eva she's sooooo cute , sometimes I wish I had her instead of Jay . Finally I got there dreading what she might say I knocked on the door , little did I know this trip to Madame Christiane's office would change my life forever . "Enter" she answered , " you wanted to see me ?" I said wondering if there had been a mistake , "yes , your mother called me about an hour ago telling me that your brother Jay well, he's gone missing I'm so sorry "she told me I was to go back to my family and quit dance school until they a have the money to pay for my scholarship . I was devastated .

Before very long I found myself packing my clothes into cardboard boxes , the last thing I packed was a picture album of me , Andy , josh and Ella ( my best friends) , how was I going to tell them ? . They would be just as disappointed as I was . I walked over to the full size mirror once more to see the exact same reflection as the last time except from the lost look in her tear stained face . I asked her what now , and for someone that has always known what's next , that is the most scary question of all time . I was living my dream the last time I'd seen my reflection but now it has all came crashing to an end ,

Soon I would be back home working in my Mums cafe to save up for scholarship money , all the way back to the start . Anyway I had to get back home my family needed me now more than ever , I thought about Mum about how bad she'd feel about Jay running off . Jay used to be my best friend when we were kids we'd always play together , it wasn't till five years ago we found out he wasn't my blood brother he was my foster brother I was nine , he was thirteen after that he changed now I'm fourteen and he's eighteen as he says " incase you haven't noticed Mo , I'm eighteen now I can do what ever I like!"

And I never dared argue about it .

Authors note : 10 reads and I'll post the next chapter

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CHAPTER 2