Ultra Violet Ch.1

Prologue:1

Ever since I was a little girl I’ve wanted to be a dancer. My mother used to take me for dance lessons and choreography classes. She was okay with me being interested in dancing then, but that’s only because she didn’t know I would take it this far. I am a senior now and I have my own dance club called “Ultra Violet.” I have had the club for four years now. It involves my four friends and me. Even though we had many obstacles to go through and problems to solve, we didn’t let them stop us. In fact, we went all the way.2

CHAPTER ONE3

“Hey girls! What’s up?” I said walking up to all of my friends. The sounds of lockers slamming shut and the kids laughing and talking gets me excited and ready for the day. We were all hanging out and chatting at Angela’s locker mostly because it’s right in the middle of everything. Angela and I look a lot alike. We both have blonde hair and blue eyes, both thin. The only difference in looks is that I am taller than her (I’m about 5 foot 7 and she’s only 5 foot 3) and my hair is longer. We also have a lot of personality traits in common. She and I are both equestrians and go riding together all the time. We love to ride because it gives us time to talk just between us. It’s real peaceful and something that keeps our friendship going strong. We can talk about anything with one another while we were out there on the trails without having to worry about any of the other girls gossiping or judging us in any way. We are also into the same music. Our favorite band is Rascal Flatts and we both wish to meet Faith Hill someday. Country music is usually our first pick, but being dancers, we sometimes we get in the mood for pop music, of course. Out of all my friends, Angela is the one I’m closest to.4

“Hey nothin’ much. Oh! Did you do your math homework?” Sabrena replies, freaking out because she didn’t do hers again. Sabrena is the real “boy-crazy” girl of the group. She’s real tall, real thin and has insanely long, gorgeous legs. Her original hair color was brown, but always dies it a little red to give it shimmer. Even though everyone thought she was beautiful, she always complained about how she looked. She can never look as good as she wants. She complains the most about her eyes, which I love. She, however, thinks they are too small, calling them “football eyes” and always tries to make them more noticeable by putting lots of eyeliner and eye shadow on. It always looks good of course, but I guess I’m old fashioned. I think that if a man truly loves and wants you, he won’t be looking at the make-up, but right past it into your eyes and deep into your soul.5

“Yeah but I need back by third period” I said as I dug into my bag and pulled it out of my notebook and handed it to her.6

“Ok thanks” Sabrena mumbled as she was folding the paper up and putting it into her packed purse. I don’t know how she fits so much stuff in that thing. I wouldn’t even be surprised if she pulled a rabbit out of it.7

“Ooo.” I said as Ralph Cameron walked by. My eyes were always glued to him.8

“Oh My God. He’s soo ugly! How can you like him? He never says anything and always has those damn headphones on.” Sabrena asked9

“So what? He is into music. I’ll bet he’s a great singer.” I stated, with my eyes never leaving him.10

“Yeah, I’ll bet he’s a great mass murderer someday too.” She said as we laughed.11

“Well you just don’t know him. He is probably a great person to hang with once you get to know him, and to me he is pretty damn good looking” I said.12

“You got serious issues, girl.” Michelle said. She never says too much. She is very nice and has a great sense of humor. Her family is all Puerto Rican, so she has some flaws in English but is very smart in everything else and is an amazing dancer. I always tell her how much I want her hair. It’s so long and silky and a beautiful shade of dark brown.13

Then Angela stepped into the conversation. “I think it’s cool. She’s not like you guys. She goes for a guy for who he is. Not how popular he is or what he looks like or how rich he is. That’s true love.” 14

“What are you? The freakin’ ‘Love Doctor’?” Sabrena said.15

We laughed again as the bell rang and we all went to our homerooms. I went to go sit but the announcements came on and I would’ve just had to stand up again for the pledge. So when that was over I finally got to sit down. Three more people got accepted into colleges. I sent in an application to the American Intercontinental University (AIU). It is all the way in California and I am in a tiny town in New York State. I still haven’t heard back from them. Moving to a city would quite the experience for me. I have never really been to a big city. I'm just a small farm girl used to seeing endless fields and cows not buildings and roads. Im not so sure I will like it but the shopping may be fun.16

I did get an exciting letter in the mail yesterday though. It was from MTV (music video television). They are holding a contest for dance teams across the country to become professional dancers for the music videos! However, there is a downfall. The auditions, like my college I want to go to, is all the way Hollywood, California. I do still plan on talking to my friends and see if we are able to go all the way to California just for the audition, and then call them back. I’m going to wait until lunch to tell the girls just so I know that they are all here.17

When lunch finally came I sat down with all my friends at our usual table and told them.18

“Hey girls, since I have all of you right here I have some really cool news.” I said with a big smile on my face. Everyone stopped talking and looked at me. “Cool. I didn’t know that you guys paid that much attention to me. Anyways, Remember how I sent an application into NSD for the dance competition?”19

“Oooo did we get in?!?!” Sabrena said all anxious.20

“Well, sort of.” I said21

“What do mean sort of?” said Tiffany eating her sub. She has like perfect health. Very athletic and pretty. She also has blonde hair but she has greenish eyes. She is amazing at volleyball and dancing. I think she could do anything she wanted. She has brains, looks, and talent.22

“Well they read the resume thing and they want us to have an audition, but its not just a regular audition. If we get in, we get to compete against other teams for our chance to be in real MTV videos and the winning team gets into the National School of Dance...for free! I told them that I would talk to you guys about it and then call them back. I think it would be cool to travel to California, but we are just going there for an audition. And if the audition doesn’t work out then what are we going to do?”23

“Oh my god that great!” Said Michelle all happy, “If we don’t get in then we can just stay in California and maybe apply to other collages. We can also just get like part time jobs and get an apartment.”24

“Oh that’s a good idea” Said Angela25

“We have to start saving enough money to travel there. We have until the end of this week for graduation. The competition is 4 weeks after graduation. So when do you want to leave? ” I asked26

“We will leave the Monday right after. That way it will give us enough time to pack and say our good-byes.” Said Sabrena.27

“Okay sounds good. Are we taking your car, Mindie, since its the biggest?” asked tiffany28

"Yeah, sure. Give us plenty of room. Just dont pack more than you need." I said looking straight at Sabrena. 29

“What?! I wont pack THAT much! I can’t wait. There are a lot of hot beach boys in California!” Sabrena said thinking about guys-as usual.30

“Oh wait! Mindie, did you tell your mom about this yet? You know she doesn’t like this whole dancing thing,” said Tiffany with a worried look on her face.31

“Um…no. But I will. I’m going to tell her tonight. Or at least try to” I said with a nervous kind of laugh.32

“Oh good luck. What if she says no?” Sabrena said, “Are you still going to go?”33

“Yeah of coarse! I don’t care what she says. I’m going. I’m not going to give up my life long dream just 'cause she thinks it stupid. I'm 18, i can do what i want. And I’m not going to give up on you guys either.”34

“You go girlfriend!” said Michelle trying to get us to laugh. 35

“I also got excepted AIU-The American Intercontinental University. But I’m am only going to go to that school if this doesn’t work out or if I can arrange night classes since its right down the road from NSD.”36

“Oh. Good idea. Should we start looking up apartments in California?” Asked Tiffany.37

“Yeah that would probably be a good idea. Look for ones right in the center of hollywood. Just don’t actually apply to live in them until we find out if we got in or not. Just keep some in mind if you find a good one.” I said sounding smart for once.38

“Okay” said tiffany. “I can look up some tonight on the computer.”39

“Okay. I’ll do the same.” I replied40

“Oooo I hope we get in. We can become famous and have guys all around waiting on us!” Sabrena said thinking about guys….again.41

Later that night at Dinner I finally decided to give my family the news. I knew it was going to be hard to do it but I had to. I couldn’t just leave with out telling them---that would be cool, but I cant. They would probably report me missing and then when they find me, they lock me up for the rest of my life so I can’t go to college.42

“Umm hey guys, I have some news.”43

“Okay what is it?” My Mom said just going on with what she was doing. She didn’t even look up at me. Too bad it wasn’t going to stay like that. 44

“Well, You all know how I applied to a couple different colleges right?”45

“Oooo! Are we finally getting rid of you? Did you get accepted into any of them?!” said my brother all happy.46

“Haha funny", i said sarcastically. "Yeah I did. Well I should say we did.”47

“What do you mean?” said my mom with a really confused look on her face.48

“Well, I applied to NSD-the National School of Dance-and Ultra Violet-Me and the girls-have an audition-“ Just then my mother cut me off.49

“Uh no. I don’t think so. You’re not going to go to any school of dance! That’s not an education. You aren’t going to make any money dancing! What happened to AIU?” My mother said with her voice rising as every word came out of her mouth.50

“Well I got accepted but I am only going to go if the audition doesn’t go well or if I can do it for night classes. And like I was saying before, we have the audition and we are going to California after graduation. If we win the audition we all get into NSD for free-no tuition, no room and board-all free. Also, if we win, we get to be in a music video on MTV.”51

"Wow! On MTV?!" My little brother got all excited when he heard that. Then he saw my mom give him an evil glare. "Yeah, I think I will go..umm..clean my room". He ran up the stairs.52

“Oh my god, Mindie! You are not going to go to college for dance. You are going to go to one were you use the knowledge in your brain!” said my mom yelling extremely loud. That saying happens to be one of her favorites. She always says it hoping that we will go to some collage that she wants us to.53

“No! I am going to follow my dreams not your dreams for me. Mother this is my choice! And this is my life! I’m sure as hell going to live it! Not you!” I said screaming possibly as loud as I could.54

“Damn it! I raised you better than this! Fine you know what? I don’t give a shit. You want to ruin your life go ahead. I’m going to bed. Good night everyone.” My mom got up from the table, leaving a full plate of food and went to bed and I ran up to my room. I do sort of feel bad for what I did but I need follow my dreams just like I told her. And I also feel bad for my dad…He has to sleep in the same room as her and listen to her complain.55

The next morning I got up around 10:00a.m. And went downstairs for some breakfast. My dad was already in the kitchen making some eggs. Actually, he’s my step-dad. I don’t know who my real dad is. All I know is that my mom says that he beat her and me when I was born, so she left him and got a restraining order.56

As I sat down to eat, my mother came downstairs.57

“Morning honey.” My dad said as she walked into the kitchen.58

“Morning.” She said with her voice still in a snobby tone.59

“Eggs?” my dad said offering her some.60

“I’ll fix my own breakfast, thanks,” she said as she started to put some toast in the toaster.61

We said nothing the whole time as we sat at the table---right across from each other. As I got done eating I grabbed my coat and was going to go out to the car to pick up the girls to go to the mall, but my mother had to just finally open her mouth.62

“Where the hell do you think your going?” she said still mad about last night.63

“To go get the girls. We have plans.” I said calmly.64

“Plans? What plans?” she asked65

“To go to the mall. Bye.” I replied walking out of the door as fast I could so I wouldn’t have to listen to her complain.66

I got into my car (I have a yelIow Nisan X-terra--Its been my dream car since it came out (like when I was 15). I saved my money since then and got one. As I pulled into Sabrena’s driveway I honked the horn. She walked out with a really short black mini skirt on and a black laced tank top with black high-healed sandals and her hair all put up.67

“We aren’t going to a beauty contest just the mall.” I said pulling out of the driveway.68

“Yeah but there are a lot of hot guys at the mall.” Sabrena said looking in the overhead mirror in the car.69

As we drove off, she asked the question. 70

“Did you tell your mom about the audition?” She asked looking in the mirror fixing her make-up.71

I started with a little chuckle, “Yeah and it um didn’t go too well. She was screaming up a storm. But I don’t care. I’m still going. She used her famous saying ‘ Use the knowledge in your brain’.”72

She laughed and just said “That’s great.”73

We pulled into Angela’s driveway and picked her up. Then Tiffany and last, Michelle. The first store we went into was Hot Topic. All five of us girls love the pants that they have at hot topic. We aren't gothic or anything. We just like the flares on the pants.74

“Oh my god, Mindie, look at these pants!” Angela said holding a pair of black and florescent pink pants with really, really wide bottoms.75

“Oooo! How much are they?” I said gazing at the pants like it was Clay Aiken standing in front of me. I am really obsessed with Clay Aiken. He is absolutely gorgeous. I get picked on for it all the time but I dont care. I’ve liked him since I was either 14 or 15.76

“$53.99. Really expensive!” she said looking at the tag.77

“Not too expensive for me. I need some good clothes for the ride to L.A. Grab two pairs of them.” I said. 78

“You’re lucky you have a job. Wait, why two pairs?” Angela said.79

“I wouldn’t really call it a job I just make clothes and sell them to different companies, and so you can have a pair,” I said looking at a perfect shirt that matched the pants. “And put these two shirts with them.”80

“But I don’t have the money.” She said as I piled the shirts on top of the pants that she was holding.81

“But I do. I’ll pay for them.”82

“But-“ She started to say83

“But nothing. I have the money and I want to spend it. And I will spend it on who I want. Ok?” I said with a half-laugh84

Laughing she just said, “Yes ma’am.”85

We all went separate ways looking at clothes in the store. Skyler-one of the hottest, most popular guys in the school-started talking to Tiffany.86

“Hey.” He said walking up to Tiffany87

“Oh my god hi!” she said almost freaking out88

“Hi” he said back. It was silent for a few seconds, which probably felt like an hour to her.89

“So….can’t wait to graduate.” Skyler said90

“Yeah! The girls and I are going to California for an audition to NSD after graduation.” Tiffany said excitedly.91

“What’s NSD?” He asked92

“National School of Dance. It’s a really big dancing college. We sent in out application and they called us back and said that they were really impressed with the application and wanted to see us dance in person and for us to come to an audition. Also, the audition is for MTV. They will pick the best dance team to be in a music video. Whoever wins get free admission into the college! So, we are going the monday after graduation.” She said93

In the background we heard his mom yell his name.94

“Wow! Thats really kewl. I'd like to see you guys dance sometime. Well um…I have to go but I was sort of wondering if maybe sometime you might like want to go out to dinner or something?” Skyler said nervously.95

“I’D LOVE TO! I mean yeah. Sure. When?” Tiffany’s face had turned bright red.96

“How about tomorrow?” He said97

“Great!” 98

“8:00 fine?” He asked99

“Yeah perfect.” 100

Just then Skyler’s mom like screamed across the store…again101

“Skyler! Lets go!” She said.102

“Okay I have to go before my mother comes over here and whacks me with one of those huge shopping bags.” He said laughing "And where a nice skirt or dress or something because the place is kinda fancy. See ya."103

“Ok. Bye.” She said with a chuckle.104

Tiffany ran over to the girls who had been watching the whole time from behind a clothes rack.105

“Oh my god Tiffany! You’re sooo lucky! See, now why cant Ralph be like that and come up to me?” I said all happy for her106

“'Cause Ralph is a freak and who gives a shit about Ralph. I wanna know how can YOU get a guy like that and not ME?” Sabrena said joking.107

“I don’t know. Oh my god I need to find some good clothes to wear for the date. I dont even own a skirt!” Tiffany said all panicky108

“Oh don’t worry. We’ll help.” Said Michelle109

“Of course we will. Sabrena and I are the fashion designers here, so I think we might just be able to help a little.” I said110

“Alright come on girls. We got to get this girl ready for a date!” Angela said all excited and ready to go.111

We spent almost three hours finding an outfit for tiffany to wear. She would think one was too short or too long, too tight or too loose, or just plain “not her.” But we finally found one. We got her a long black dress with silver sparkles in the shape of flowers on it that rised from the bottom of the dress up to about the knees or a little past. And the top slanted from one shoulder down to the other arm and silver/clear high-healed sandals. About 5:30 that night I got home. I walked into the door to my brother and my mother fighting. As usual he wanted to go hang out with his friends but he was grounded….again. 112

“Aww poor Mikey Wikey grounded.” I said laughing113

“Shut up, Mindie!” He said acting as if he was going to come and hurt me-- Some how. 114

I started walking up the stairs and my dad asked me what I got at the mall. And of course I had to show him…I mean...they were clothes. After that I took my bags up to my room and went downstairs to help make dinner.115

“Hey dad. Want some help?” I asked116

“Yeah sure sweetie, Cut up these carrots for me.” He said handing me a knife and a bag of carrots.117

“Eww carrots.” I said as I started cutting one. 118

When dinner was all ready and brought out to the table no one said a word. Then I broke the silence.119

“So how was work today, daddy?” I asked120

“Busy, thanks for asking.”121

My dad owns his own store. He fixes and builds bicycles. His store is really popular with BMX riders and teens.122

Then it went quiet again for a few more minutes. 123

“Mike, pass me the Ketchup.” I said124

“No. Get it your self.” He said being the little immature brat he is.125

“Mike quit being stupid and give me the ketchup.” 126

“No!”127

“Yes”128

“No!”129

“YES!”130

Then my mom finally said something:131

“Oh will you two just stop! Mike give her the goddamn ketchup!” she yelled132

He just sat there.133

“NOW!!” she screamed134

He jumped and finally gave me the ketchup.135

After dinner I went up stairs and did my homework for the rest of the night. And then went to bed.136