Ballerina in the dark【Mia】
Ballerina in the dark I can hear the crowd clamoring in excited tones. The show seems to start in an hour, but I can't do my usual exercise. I just look at the sequins on my costume and wait for the time to pass. Breanna stares at me with a dubious look on her face and talks to me "Amelia, You always have something in your mind". Amelia answers, "I don't", about to say so, Breanna says "It's okay. You are the best dancer and I’m always the second" and Breanna goes out into the corridor for a drink of water. Stretching out my legs, I move my toes one by one. Each time I do, my red, swollen little toe and broken fingernail hurt. I hate myself for wearing glamorous outfits and smiling awkwardly as if my worries are nothing on the stage. When I was three years old, my mother took me to my first ballet studio. I just spread my legs out to the side and competed for that angle with the next girl whose name I didn't even know. When I came to, 15 ...
