The Dancer and the Painter

meant I spent half the time doodling in my notebook, but whatever. Lu

ogram on Nickelodeon

tor

h a small platform that led to two other sets of stairs where people did back flips and tricks off them, and th

ndom person approached me with h

green that went brighter towards the top,

these criteria of expressing myself or being out there

a

r standing alongside him, playing in sync with musica

ocked my locker and reached down to

ne back handsprings. His eyes were a deep shade of brown, his complexion was tanned, and his features

h.

, tilting his head at me, much

I am

ear a trumpet blow a clear high E as he placed a hand on my waist, and our other hands were held together at a distance away f

scraggly-haired lad remar

would I be

to our presen

o music had filled the corridor; everyone else was dancing as well, so

ree times, making me chuckle softly, and I return to his h

His laid-back demeanor reminded me of nature, and m

veryone as such

ide-eyed by the spectacle in front of her; the lad releases go of m

rdo, Eduardo, Sydney,

decent dancer," Edua

Mary Anne said as she grabbed

o some people. We found our way to the busy, noisy, and colorful cafeteria as Eduardo began walking away from

tside on the quad;

a window-filled corridor, more art hal

s or pavement, and there were steps up to a huge platform where other students a

already there, snorting at something a boy said. There were three girls and one other boy besides Eduardo, and the gi

. Zen, Sarah, Octavia,

see the blue veins on his arm from a distance, but that didn't stop him from smiling

had a fuckboy haircut if he was here,

had black hair in a side French braid and brown eyes beneath her black-rimmed glasses. Sh

he was arguing with Kim, who had wavy dirty blonde hair that reached the nape of her neck and was tied back with a brigh

tavia said, rolling her eyes b

d, "this would be fant

eer?" sno

the head and groane

on?" Mary A

want to take it," Sarah said, without looking up from her sketch

pays extremely we

me as Bill Gates does every year. I'

renowned YouTuber?

sneered, picking at her fries. "I'm as

ee time thing," I shook my head, "but I have f

he's not as good as he seems. The bad breakup betwee

ate him?"

to get his paws on little Ms. Bitch in this sc

l," Eduardo remarked a

tdoors. She wasn't tall, maybe 5'4, but she was stunning. Her hair looked similar to mine but less nappy a

en mumble

to see Octavia slap Zen again in the back of his head. "I

uh

has a 'hotness' scale," Kim

he scale of hotness," Zen said, ruff

ed our table, Zen fixed his stare on her. Her eyes glittered over Octavia's, who was scowling

that all

g pushed herself at him and charmed him with her seemingly melodiou

ah said as she stroked her han

apologized for

ant to tell us about Oct? " Eduardo soun

Octavia said, "and I

d it's not like everyone in a Canadian high school discusses sex, but as I grew

ome in the guest room only to discover a naked Jack and Lydia in bed the f

t us since Octavia's hold on the apple was tighteni

icularly when Jack attempted to win Octavia back," Sarah rolled her eyes beneath h

d see the apple turning into apple juice in th

, your new to town?" Eduardo cautiously

, so yep, I'm new," I nodded, dr

nce did y

around two

l I moved in eighth grade," Sarah

cated to the wo

er an irritated look before continuin

hin resting on her clasped hands,

the voice department," Kim said

liam Stiles, the sex god, as your ins

claimed, her

piece of the rice in front of her, which I recognized

nd usually conducts individual less

h the divisions of our school?" Eduar

gged, "I didn't read

rah, who appeared to know ev

wn. We have a strong affinity for the arts, and there are several arts and the categories into which they may be classified. The major categories are danc

ncing,"

s in two styles of dance: break dancing and ballroom dancing, but h

modern dancer, but

haven't seen you anywher

to seem frightened since I didn't want to be treated d

school. It's introduction day, and they'll begin selecting the best dancer

team since ninth grade,"

Can we speak about Mr. Stiles some

Zen

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