Dancing Solo by Jake Maddox

Author:Jake Maddox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 9781434241429, 9781434279309, fiction, Stone Arch Books, Jake Maddox Girl Sports Stories, sports & recreation/general, girls & women, social issues/friendship, social issues/new experience, performing arts/dance
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Published: 2014-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

ASKING FOR HELP

Sarah pulled at her comforter on her bed nervously as she listened to the phone ring. Maybe she’d get lucky and Mandy wouldn’t answer. Maybe she was busy. Maybe she was still asleep.

Just then, the ringing stopped. “Hello?” Mandy answered.

Sarah cleared her throat and swallowed hard. “Um, hi, Mandy,” she said. “It’s Sarah.”

Mandy didn’t say anything for a long moment. Sarah had a sudden urge to hang up, but she made herself go on.

“So, um, I was just practicing the pirouette in my room,” she said.

“Oh, yeah?” Mandy replied. She sounded a little suspicious.

Sarah cleared her throat again. “Yeah,” she said. “It’s not going very well. In fact, I almost twisted my ankle.” She laughed nervously.

“Are you okay?” Mandy asked.

“Yes,” Sarah said. “It’s just . . . for some reason, I can’t quite get this step.” The words were hard to say.

“I know,” Mandy replied. “That’s why I offered to help. But you said no.”

Sarah felt her face get hot with embarrassment. All she wanted to do was hang up the phone and forget this conversation had ever happened.

“Yeah, um, I remember,” Sarah admitted quietly. “I’m really sorry. I need your help, okay?”

There. She’d said it. The words echoed in her ear. Sarah wondered what she would do if Mandy refused.

“So, why now?” Mandy asked, sounding a little mad. “I mean, you didn’t want me to help you yesterday. Now you want my help just because you almost injured yourself?”

“No, that’s not it at all!” Sarah insisted. “Well, maybe it’s part of the reason. But it’s not the whole reason.”

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