I was a ball of nerves when I woke up on the day of my final auditions. Everything I’ve worked for was going to be decided today if I was good enough to join Elizabeth’s dance company. I know she has told me endless times that I made her team the moment I set foot inside a dance studio but knowing that I’ve made it on my own. No, thanks to no one or the face of my mother.
Acceptance has always been one of my biggest failures and I had many setbacks where people didn’t approve of me but today all of that is about to change.
Ruby and Janelle were wide awake when I was ready to head out to the dance studio. They knew I had auditions even though we barely spoke. “Does Travis know about your auditions?” Janelle asked.
I nodded, having nothing to say. “Has he tried to talk to you or say an
