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The three friends met that day in Samantha’s place. They were eating chips on the table in the restaurant. Drinks were also on the table.
“Malia, You must have heard” Samantha chipped in breaking the silence as the sound of the crispy chips came out of her mouth.
“Heard what?” Malia asked
“You haven’t heard? You don’t have a phone or what? You should go online and check things out” Elle chipped in. Malia hissed and turned to Samantha.
“As you were saying? Before this raccoon interrupted” Malia chuckled
“Hey, Who are you calling a raccoon! I’m so gonna kill you!” Elle said hitting her playfully.
“Sorry. Sorry” Malia laughed.
“Samantha , Just explain to her. Okay” Elle laughed. Samantha giggled.
“Okay. As I was trying to say,
Huh… Malia, Delaney Williams is back” Samantha said.
“Dela? Who’s––What? Delaney? When did she come back?” Malia asked shocked
“The day before yesterday. She hasn’t changed though…A lot of her pictures were posted yesterday” Samantha added.
“I wish her all the best” Malia simply said.
Everyone knew Delaney. Just like Mickey Brown, She “was and is still” a ballerina. She’s a successful one too.
Then, Malia and Dela learnt and practiced in the same ballet class. However, was far better than her. Dela always took the second place every day and time. It made her jealous and didn’t notice when envy crept into her heart. She became Malia’s rival. No one was surprised about this. Dela h@tëd Malia and always made her miserable.
Sometimes, She would take the other ballet singers belongings and put them into Malia’s bag to the extent of her being nicknamed a thief.
Delaney always cooked up lies about Malia too which others couldn’t help but believe. However, Malia was strong. She didn’t let those things get in her way as far her friends were with her. That was what made her going in life and her dreams too.
Just like Malia, Dela was also very rich. Her father was the owner of an exporting and importing business while her mum was a renowned surgeon.
Dela had everything going well for her except ballet. In their class, They were just 25. 18 girls and 7 boys.
Malia would always take the first place amongst the girls while Dela was still stuck on her second place as usual ofcouse.
Dela became so extremely mad when a guy from their ballet class started crushing on Malia .
He was the best and most handsome amongst the boys. Infact, He was the one taking the first place in the boys ballet class. His name was Ricardo.
Dela had been crushing on Ricardo ever since her eyes met him. So, Imagine how she felt when Ricardo declared her love for Malia.
At first, Malia was reluctant but having seen his nice and good behavior(so as she thought) including her friends advice, She gave him a try and she wasn’t disappointed.
Later, They started dating.
One Day, Their Ballet Teacher told them of the upcoming “WORLD BEST BALLET” and of course, It would be holding in U.S.A and after winning the dance. They would stay there for 3 years trying to reach their achievable goals and come back to Korea after everything. All they needed was the best amongst them. A male and a Female. It was obvious. It would be Ricardo and Malia of course.
It was that night, when Malia met her So-called Number 1 fan who was none other than Brad. Due to jealously, Dela followed and stalked Malia.
Seeing both of Malia and Brad together that night as love birds, She took pictures of them and sent it to Ricardo.
Ricardo was shocked and heart broken. Malia couldn’t explain herself any longer. She was torn apart. Finally, They broke up. It was really hard for Malia . Since she had never had her heart broken like that, She cried a river.
As if, that wasn’t enough, Delaney wooed Ricardo and finally won his heart. In a matter of weeks, They were dating and that was the Day, They realized Malia’s weight.
“Hey.. Malia, What’s this? You’ve gained 2kg? How? Did you eat something you couldn’t have eaten?” Her teacher, Mrs Allen asked.
“Huh.. No Ma, I haven’t” Malia had to lie. She remembered that night when she ate those things from Brad but she decided to hide it.
“Are you sure this scale is working just fine?” Mrs Allen wondered. She asked for two more scales but it kept showing the same result, +2kg!. To make things worst,Next week was the D-DAY! “World Best Ballet”
Suddenly, Delaney came in with Ricardo all over her.
“Mrs Allen… No need to stress your self” Delaney smiled coming in.
“How? What do you mean?” Mrs Allen asked curiously turning to her.
“Ricardo sweetheart. Tell her please” Dela said acting all pretty and innocent.
Ricardo smiled, pecked her lips and came closer to Mrs Allen.
He showed her the pictures of Malia eating those things(bought by Brad) which Delaney camerad herself that night.
“What? Malia? What’s this?” Mrs Allen yelled in annoyance.
“Ma, Please I can explain” Malia begged.
“You lied to me?!” Mrs Allen growled.
“I’m sorry, I swear… I’m not going to ever let that happen again!” Malia cried trying to move closer to her.
To their greatest suprise, Mrs Allen slapped her heavily.
Malia groaned in pain as her face moved to the other side. She held her affected cheek as more tears flowed.
“There’s no need. It’s not gonna happen again” Mrs Allen snapped.
“Wh… What dooo yo….. you…me…. mean?” Malia stammered with flowing tears.
“You’ve broken a rule? Eating? If you wanna eat.. Get out of ballet!! There is nothing we can do anymore, Malia. You’ve been disqualified! Go home!”
“No Teacher… Please, I’m begging. Give me a chance. I’m gonna try please. I won’t fail you I promise. Should I lose the 2kg. I’m gonna do it so please, Help me!” Malia said still crying.
She held Mrs Allen dress but the woman pushed her and she fell down roughly on the cold hard floor.
“Now everyone listen…Delaney Williams and Ricardo Bills is gonna be going for our “World Best Ballet” in U.S.A!” Mrs Allen smiled. The others began to applaud which sounded very loud.
“Thank you Ma’am! I’m grateful!” Delaney giggled.
“Same with me Teacher. I really appreciate! Thanks for giving my girlfriend a chance” Ricardo smiled.
“You deserve it. Congratulations!” Mrs Allen smiled giving both of them a handshake.
Meanwhile, Malia was on the floor crying. She kept her knee on the floor. Even when the others left, They didn’t notice her all alone weeping on her knees which were hurting.
Her friends eventually came. “Oh God! What are you doing here?” Samantha cried immediately after seeing her dejectedly.
“Stand up, Please… Malia , Don’t do this to yourself” Elle also cried trying to pull her but Malia was adamant. She wouldn’t budge.
“You probably heard right?” Her weak voice asked. They started crying loudly together as they sat down on the floor.
“Guess what, I’m gonna lose this 2kg and come back here to show them” Malia whispered as tears continued flowing.
TBC
