The Boyfriend Whisperer 2.0 by Linda Budzinski

Author:Linda Budzinski [Budzinski, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: school, friendship, social issues, dating, being a teen
ISBN: 9781948671750
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Published: 2019-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

Dewdrop? I blink as I study the list outside Ms. DuBois’s office. Danica Morris has been cast as the Snow Queen and Monique Brown as the Sugar Plum Fairy in our dance school’s annual performance of The Nutcracker. No surprises there. But me? The lead for the “Waltz of the Flowers”?

“Oh my gosh, Alicea!” Maggs tackles me from behind.

“Ow, ow, ow.” I clutch the back of my neck. It’s much better than the other night. It’s healing, thanks to Darius’s suggestion of continuing to ice it, but it definitely cannot withstand a Maggs Maloney tackle.

“Sorry,” Maggs says. “But, a solo! How amazing is that?”

It’s pretty freaking amazing. Each year, our studio performs a few pieces from the Nutcracker Suite at the Leesburg First Night Celebration, a huge New Year’s Eve event where local artists and musicians perform at shops and restaurants throughout town. At midnight, the activities end and everyone gathers on the courthouse lawn to light candles and ring in the New Year.

“You’re going to be fabulous. And you get to wear the Dewdrop tiara. I am so, so, so jealous.” Maggs is jumping up and down, so great is her enthusiasm for my role.

“Thanks. I guess.” My eyes remain trained on the list.

“What do you mean, ‘I guess’?”

“I don’t know. Dewdrop seems so … not me.” Dewdrop is a fairy. She’s light and airy and free. She flutters. I may perform a jete like a boss, but fluttering is not my specialty. Ms. DuBois is forever urging me to work on my vivacité.

“Are you crazy? Dewdrop is totally—”

“Ladies.” Ms. DuBois appears at Maggs’s side.

I straighten and smile and generally try to give the appearance of someone whose neck isn’t throbbing. Surely it will heal up over the next few weeks. I can fake it until then. Can’t I?

“Hello, Ms. DuBois.” Maggs squeezes my arm. “Great choice for Dewdrop. This girl’s going to kill it.”

Ms. DuBois offers a slight nod in my direction. “I have no doubt.” And with that, she disappears into her office.

“See?” Maggs says. “She thinks Dewdrop is you.”

“I don’t know. Maybe she—”

“Congrats.” Brie walks by, barely pausing to acknowledge us as she heads into the studio.

Maggs and I exchange a look. “What was that about?” she asks.

“No idea.” I walk to the door and peer through the window at Brie as she stretches in front of the mirror. “Do you think she wanted Dewdrop?” Brie has never been competitive about dance roles, but maybe she has tiara envy, too.

Maggs shakes her head. “I doubt it. She knows she’s not that good.”

“Maggs!”

She laughs. “Just saying. No offense to Brie. I’m not that good, either. She and I will make awesome flowers.”

I debate whether to go in and ask Brie what’s wrong, but before I can decide, Ms. DuBois emerges, clapping, from her office. “Let’s go, ladies. We have a lot of work to do and only five weeks to do it.”

I spend half the class trying not to show any signs of pain. Luckily, Ms. DuBois starts us off with a simple walk-through of the choreography, so the strain on my neck is minimal.

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