All she could do now was sit in the corner of the dressing room and wait for the dance to be over. She was powerless when it came to Sierra. Nothing she said or did would change anything in less than five minutes.

There was a soft knock on the door. "Lena? Are you okay?"

Lena sniffled and looked up. Standing in the door way was Kelsey, the last person she ever expected to be checking up on her. "Like you care." She hugged her knees and looked down ahead of her at the cold floor.

"Sierra took your ballet shoes. I know." Kelsey took a few steps forward. "I know where they are... if you want them."

"It doesn't matter now, does it." Lena snapped back. "Sierra took my ballet shoes and even though you know where they are, we don't have time to go get them. The show is starting in literally two minutes. There's no time."

Kelsey took off her own ballet shoes and held them out to Lena. "Take mine. I'll take the blame for missing the dance. Besides, I'm just in the back and I don't have a special part like you."

Lena took the ballet shoes from her and stood up. She looked at the worn down, pink fabric in her hands and then back up at Kelsey. "I can't. I don't want you getting in trouble." Lena has always been too nice.

"Take them and go out there and shine. I'm sort of starting to realize that Sierra isn't the best influence. I don't think she treats you the way you should be treated. Go out there and prove her wrong." Kelsey pushed the shoes back at Lena, giving her a small smile. "I'll watch from the wings."

This was the first time anyone from her dance studio had reached out to her like that. It was definitely a pleasant surprise. Lena took the shoes and joined the other girls in the wings backstage. Lucky for Lena, Sierra was on the other side.

"What kind of shit was that, Kelsey?! I thought I could trust you!" Sierra was whisper-screaming at her supposed friend.

"Hey, leave her alone." Lena stepped in between the two girls. For once in her whole life, she finally felt strong enough to stand up to Sierra. "She finally realized that being a nasty bitch to people wasn't the way to get through life. You must lead an awfully miserable life." Lena took Kelsey by the wrist and pulled her away from Sierra. She wasn't going to let Kelsey's easily mold-able mind be crafted into a duplicate of Sierra's own.
***

After the show, Lena just wanted to get out of there. She knew no one had come to see her tonight. All her family was coming to tomorrow's show. She packed up her bag as quickly as she possible could and dragged her heavy dance bag up the stairs and into the lobby full of people. She pushed her way through the crowd and outside. She looked around at everyone outside, wondering if anyone she knew had came to the show to see someone else. Her eyes met up with a pair of very familiar blue ones.

"Hey there." He walked over to her, a cigarette in between his fingers. The smoke swirled above their heads.

"What are you doing here?" She wondered aloud, taking the cigarette from him and dropping it on the concrete, stomping it out.

"I wanted to see you dance. Is that a crime?" He smirked.

She rolled her eyes at him and pushed him away from her. "I'll see you later, Andy." She wasn't about to let him get into her mind again. She needed to focus on Jake, even though she was pretty sure he would never take her back again.

She left Andy behind, walking out to the parking lot alone, carrying her overweight bag. Standing out by the side of the bus stop station, she spotted a familiar head of black hair.

"Jake?" She walked up behind him.

He turned around and smiled at first, but then forced the smile away. He was trying to show that he was mad at her, even though he knew he could never be mad at those ocean eyes.

"Yeah... Hey." He said, looking down.

She walked around in front of him. "What are you doing here?"

He shrugged. "I wanted to see you dance. And I hoped I would catch you after the show. I just wanted to see you."

"Are you waiting for a ride?" She asked, watching a few cars pass by.

He nodded. "Yeah, my mom said she's on her way."

Lena dropped her bag onto the ground with a thump. "Tell her not to worry. I'll take you home." She smiled when he looked up at her.

"I'll grab your bag." He offered.

As they walked back to her car, hand in hand, Lena began to think that maybe moving to LA with Jake and the boys wouldn't be as bad as she thought. If she could keep her mind focused on Jake, everything would be alright.

Notes

So I finally got around to updating this. I know you guys were all dying to know what happened next haha

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-Bvb_infinite_lover
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-ColouringLion
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