dancergirl by Carol M. Tanzman

Author:Carol M. Tanzman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: 2011-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

By 6:00, I’m sick of playing cop. I don’t care who’s drinking what or where they’re snacking on chips. The little kids, at least, are gone. They were the hardest to police. They’re not allowed to run around by themselves, so I had to spend the past two hours escorting them back and forth to the lobby and bathrooms.

Exhausted, I slink into the seat next to Blake. “Why wasn’t I born rich?”

He looks up from Ethan Frome. Apparently, every eleventh-grade English teacher in the state assigned the book during the month of December—the plot nothing but a series of depressing events. I’ve got twenty pages to slog through, too, when I get home.

“Not rich, starlet. Just famous.”

“Don’t start. I didn’t ask Lynette to put my picture on the poster—”

A chill runs down my back. It’s the same sensation of being watched that I’ve felt so many times before.

“What is it?” Blake asks.

Eva’s boyfriend is at the edge of the auditorium, video cam era screwed onto a tripod. “What’s Cisco doing here?”

Blake shrugs. “My guess is he’s watching rehearsal so he’ll know how to shoot the actual performance. For the DVD sales to the parents.”

“Except the camera isn’t focused on the stage. It’s focused on me. Us.”

I’ve had it. Like a jack-in-the-box, I pop up. I’m going to talk to Cisco once and for all—

Before I can take a step, however, Blake pulls me back down. “Don’t get so upset, Ali. Cisco’s adding backstage stuff this year. You know, like the extras in a real DVD, so Lynette can sell even more copies. I overheard her talking about money trouble—”

“I don’t care what she’s in. I don’t want to be photographed, or videotaped, without being asked. I’m sick of it.”

“You might be, but I don’t think you should say anything at the moment.”

I turn to face Blake. “Why not?”

“Dude’s got a wicked temper. I heard him and Eva behind the studio one day. My dad, a champion brawler from way back, wouldn’t have come close to winning that one. Don’t know why she stays with him.”

“What were they fighting about?”

Blake shrugs. “The usual. She accused him of hooking up with someone. Or maybe he accused her—I’m not sure. I hear enough of that crap at home, so I left quick. The dude’s bad news. Don’t get him riled up right now, ’k?”

I sink low into the cushioned seat. “It’s not just him. Lynette didn’t even ask if she could use that photo on the poster. I’m really pissed—”

Blake laughs. “You’re not the only one.”

I look to where his eyes are focused. “Did Samantha say something to you?”

“Whatever.”

“Oh, come on. Now that you and she have the duet, you can’t dish? What did she say about me, Blake?”

He remains stubbornly silent. Samantha has finally stopped stretching in the center of the aisle. That meant that for the past two hours everyone had to squeeze around her. She catches my look and stalks over.

“What are you staring at, dancergirl?” She shifts her gaze to Blake.

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