There's Always A First Time
Question of the chapter - who do you think you can relate to more, Janet or Kiara?
As in who's personality matches yours?
Janet's P. O. V
I open my room door slightly and peep into the hallway.
No one.
I quietly tip toe outside and look down the stairway.
No one here as well.
I lift my feet up slowly and place them on the floor, looking around all the time.
I slowly climb down the steps, trying to make no noise at all. I peep into the hall and then the kitchen to find no one there as well. I release a breath of relief.
Thank god no one's awake just yet.
Obviously no one's going to be awake Janet? It's 6:00 am in the morning. Even Aunt wakes up by 6:30.
Still, precaution is better than cure.
I swing the door open to see Diane's car standing across the road, just like she had told me.
Diane had texted me last night, asking me about the dance schedule. I was almost done with it, but I was done with it in my head.
I couldn't quite record it for them because the routine is a ballroom routine, which requires two people, in my case, a boy.
Now, I had one person who knew my secret, and he also happened to be a boy, but it's sad that he's a jackass. So I, obviously, can't ask him to help. I explained this to Diane and she came up with this solution.
So here I am, sneaking out of my house so early in the morning.
I shut the door gently behind me before making my way over to Diane's car and getting in.
She looks at me and narrows her eye brows, her eyes moving from my head to my legs.
"I haven't called you for a morning jog, just so you know," she says in a serious expression but her eyes give her amusement away.
I rolled my eyes at her."I know that. But I needed an excuse in case someone in my house would be awake and I needed it to look authentic. So, that's why the outfit Besides, I should be able to dance in this."
"Well, that's nice and a full proof plan. Only thing missing is an excuse you need to come up with for wearing your home slippers for a jog," Diane said as she cranked up the car with an amused smile and I gape at her. I slowly turn my head and look down at my feet. There they were, my pink home slippers.
I ran a hand down my face and sulk into the seat out of embarrassment.
So much for not getting caught.
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"Hey guys!" I greet the team of girls, sitting on the grass and waiting for me. Their sleepy and droopy eyes look at me and open wide, smiles forming on their faces.
They get up and walk over to me, nothing slow about their pace, before jumping and hugging me.
They move back and I look at them one by one, matching their smiles with one of my own.
Grace, Bianca,Amelia-
"Where's Mia?" I ask them and they all exchange a look with each other. Then they look at me and jerk their head in the direction of the nearby jogging park. I look over to where they pointed to find Mia there, leaning on one leg, twirling a strand of her streaked hair on her finger, laughing and talking to a guy. The guy's back is turned to us and so I can't see his face.
His dark brown hair is flying in the slight breeze that's flowing past us. A few people who are actually using that path for jogging are making their way around them but not before scrunching up their noses in irritation.
"Mia!" I yell and her attention snaps to me. Her face brightens up a little more and she waves frantically at me. The guy turns around and I swear, I felt my jaw touch the floor.
To say he's gorgeous would be an insult to the features God has gifted him. His eyes are so blue, they look good even at this distance. Strong jawline, rusty but hot features. This guy is an eye candy. He smiles at everyone before his gaze stops at me and he smirks. I'm slightly taken aback by his weird reaction to me but I don't pay so much heed to him since I'm distracted by his boot-beauty.
He whispers something to Mia and she giggles before nodding. She's making her way to us, a little bounce in her steps and that guys waves at all of us, his gaze lingering on me before he dashes off in another direction.
I hear all the girls beside me, sigh in content.
So, I'm not the only one affected, now am I?
"Are you guys done?" Diane's voice breaks us from out reverie and we all turn to her, guilty smiles on all our faces. She's always been the no nonsense kind of a person and I respect her alot for that.
I clear my throat before stepping ahead and walking to her. I stood beside her, my hands on my hips.
"Let's get started."
"Well, so it is happening. We're doing dancing practice in the fricking park!" Bianca exclaims and the rest of us chuckle. We catch the attention of the few people who were on their round. They look at us in suspicion before dashing away, rather quickly.
"Great! Now people are going to think we've come straight out of rehab, doing ballroom dance, in the park, with black hoodies on. Just amazing," Grace speaks up this time and I smirk.
See, that why I don't want to reveal my identity.
They were not so famous and there were not many people in the park right now, but they couldn't take the risk of someone identifying them, hence the outfits.
All this, because of my Secret.
I feel kind off guilty now.
"Guys, enough with the fuss," Samantha said and I decided to add my smart philosophical bit.
"Yeah, it's okay, you know. There's always a first time."
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"That's it, just drop me here."
Diane stops the car like I say, one lane away from my house. I turn to her and bend over the console to give her a goodbye hug.
"I'll see you later?"
She nodded before adding,"Yeah, you will, preferably where I won't have to climb up pipes."
I chuckled before getting out of the car. I stood on the sidewalk and waved at her as she drived off in another direction. I sighed and made my way home.
Today's practice went pretty well and we finished quickly enough.
Thank god I got through this without getting caught.
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Now, I really need to stop jinxing my luck.
"Janet, what are you doing in jogging clothes?"
I had clicked open the door very silently and peeked inside to see its was clear. I walked in, looking around. Just when I crossed the kitchen, this voice came. My eyes go wide and my body stills. I shut my eyes momentorily and bite my lip before turning to her slowly. I'm left startled and surprised. Well, startled because the voice had caught me off guard and surprised because it belonged to a girl who never wakes up so early.
And out of all days, today she decided she wants to sleep less.
"Uh-yeah. I thought of you-know slimming down a bit," I say to a suspicious Kiara. Her hair is still a nest on her head, her loose one direction t-shirt and sponge Bob pants not helping her case.
But what worries me is her reaction. Her eyes should be narrowed and she's supposed to be suspicious about me. Instead, she has this slightly evil, slightly sarcastic gleam in her eyes, like she can see through me.
"Slimming down? When did you start worrying about your figure?" she asks me and I shrug.
"I don't know, I just thought of trying to look better. You also keep telling me, it's senior year and all that. It's also refreshing, you should try it," I say, trying to sound casual when my blood is rushing throughout my entire body, ready for fight or flight. My toes curling in anticipation and my brain praying rapidly that she has no idea.
"No thanks. I don't do morning jogs," she says and turns to ransack the cabinets on the wall.
I nod and try to divert the topic."Why are you awake? Why are you're hands floury?"
She glances at me and then at her hands before shrugging."I decided I wanted to try making breakfast, if it isn't obvious."
Well done Janet. I think you might as well discard your brain. How stupid of you! Obviously she's cooking!
"That's new," I comment and she turns with a boxes of indegrients in her hands.
"Well, you jogging is also new. Besides, there's always a first time, right?"
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A/N - looks like a filler chapter, but take my word, it's not :D
It's longer too and I wanted to make it longer but I decided to cut through it.
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