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August 11, 2017I took a deep breath. Breathe in, breathe out. The thin paper with my speech was clutched tight in my shaky hands. I breathed in again, but I was still shaking.You can’t do this. You can’t do this. You can’t do this. My brain yelled at me. I whimpered and fell back against the wall.“Ollie? Are you okay?” My mom pushed open the curtain. My mother was a plump woman with a sweet, blue-eyed gaze and peachy, blemish-free skin. She gave me a worried sm...
Capella Goodwin“Capella, what are you doing?” Tabitha’s voice rang through the auditorium.“Practicing.” I said plainly. “Pells, you’re gonna get hurt if you practice that much. Take a break.”I paused mid-plié. “I can’t stop. I have songs to choreograph for.”Tabitha sighed. “Fine. at least do your math homework before you get to class.” As I felt my face burn with blush, she turned and walked away. She always knew I never did my math homework.As I sat down to do my math, the door to...
“Next up! Quinn Parry!” I tensed as I walked up to the mic. It was tryouts for a role in a show called Second Chances, a fantasy romance about two elves from rivalry clans who then fall in love, but then one of them gets captured during a picnic together, and they break up. Then, when he escaped, Elm, the female, asks for a second chance. That is where the title comes from. Elanoar, my best friend, gave me a thum...
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