The Love I Have For You

Alex~

,”Babe can you please come with me it’s going to be amazing I promise you’ll like what they have”.

I spin around and smile at my wife as I see her brown eyes shining I notice she’s been begging me as in sending little hints she wants me to come and now that todays the day she’s finally asking.

I walk up and hug her waist then say,” babe all you had to do was ask instead of sending hints I may not like ballet but I’ll go”.

She kisses me on the lips and I deepen it I just don’t like ballet for a whole different reason I’m not willing to get into.

We stop kissing and my wife says,”okay I’ll go get ready thanks babe I really love you”.

I nod smiling and watch as she walks off I smile because she’s so in love with ballet she’s been to every show no matter where but hey that’s my wife I love her.

I go get dressed after showering then watch as my wife walks out the closet dressed in a black dress hair pinned up making me drool.

I smirk and say,” so you must not want to go to the show because what you’re wearing makes me wanna eat you up”.

She giggles blushing and says,” well we don’t have time let’s go”.

I nod she killed the mood but this is her day so we lock the house up and go get in the car heading towards the ballet show that’s with the biggest most famous some unknown ballerinas.

On the way there my wife says,” oh my I can’t wait I was gonna go with Kelly but the baby fell sick”.

I nod and we pull up it’s packed with cars and limos, I park and we head inside.

My wife pulls my hand and I shake my head smiling at her eagerness as we walk through the crowds.

We find our seats and the show is about to start, they darken the lights and some music comes on my wife squeals quietly gripping my hand then I see ballerinas come out.

Alina~

I yawn waking up to the sound of my alarm and get up stretching, I go check on my daughter Alexandria who’s 8 years old to see she’s still sleeping which is rare but a good thing since she’s usually a early bird.

I walk to my kitchen and make a cup of coffee then head to my dance studio and once there I hurry to finish my coffee and set the cup down.

I say,” Alexa turn music on low in the dance studio”.

Next thing I know I hear low music on and I begin stretching after I’m warmed up I begin doing my routine I start in 1st position then jump and spin dropping to the ground lightly then bridge flipping and spin going fast then slow myself down, I do a grand jete and don’t land it right so I start the whole thing over.

I finally get it just as I hear my daughter calling my name, I know she’ll find me so I run the routine one more time and I’m impressed how it came out but I want to spice it up so I add one more final move, I push my luck doing a fouetté.

I do it one more time and see I’m a little shaky but that’s okay I’ll practice it before tonight I just have to land that last move.

My daughter opens the dance studio cup of tea in her hand and says,” mom I was calling you”.

I nod and say,” sorry honey I’m just trying to get this routine right”.

She smiles looking like her dad who well isn’t in the picture besides he’s a married man.

My daughter says,” mom cmon I wanna see”.

For a 8 year old she sure has sass which she gets from me I see she’s still in her pajamas meaning she didn’t even want to dress up yet that’s one thing she loves is fashion and ballet.

I say,” okay fine but you give me your opinion and honest opinions only”.

She squeals running to my phone pressing restart the stands in the mirror next to me smiling.

I smile and start doing the routine but I watch my daughter as she does it too see she doesn’t go to ballet school or even a class she’s been copying me since a little girl and she’s good.

I speed a spin up to see her do the same then I end it with my final move she doesn’t know about and when I do it she gasps.

I stop and say,” sooo”.

She comes and hugs me then starts doing her thing where she plays with my hair she has been doing this forever.

My daughter says,” mom that was amazing but I think I was better”.

I raise a brow and say,” cmon and do you remember the mommy daughter duo we made let’s do it and also I have a prize for you today let’s go make breakfast what do you want”.

I watch her eyes light up we’ve been practicing this dance for a year and she’s way better than she was so we do the routine and I watch how she goes all out and know my prize is something she’s going to love I pick up my coffee mug on the way out and we find our way to the kitchen.

On the way there my daughter says,” how about banana pancakes and I think we killed the routine”.

I smile and say,” fine with me you can cut while I mix and yes we did but you did amazing I’m so proud of you”.

She nods happy to help her hair bouncing with its curls everywhere reminding me of her dads crazy curly hair ugh get it together Alina he’s married and left you.

I sigh and once we make breakfast my daughter says,” mom can I come to the show”.

I say,” yea but I’ll have Abigail take you home as soon as I’m done because you young lady have school tomorrow”.

I watch her eat her breakfast and she stands up then says,” okay but can I also pick out your stuff pretty please mom”.

I nod and she squeals pushing her chair in and grabbing the plate tossing it in the sink I smile I’ve done such a great job she’s such a good girl.

I finish eating and go take a shower as I can hear my daughter throwing things around in my closet.

I come out towel wrapped around my body and I begin to put on some special ballet foot cream and I look at my feet smiling because I have nice feet and most ballerinas don’t, now I won’t say I haven’t worked myself until my toes bleed.

My daughter comes out and says,” well here I’m sure you’ll like it”.

I say,” I know I’ll like it what’s not to like when my famous fashionista picked it out”.

She giggles and I look at the time to see we need to leave I have to be on stage for practice in 2 hours so I hurry to get ready packing my performance clothes.

I say” how about you go get your hair stuff and I’ll do it then go get ready while I send a few emails”.

I watch her curly hair bounce as she walks towards me and hugs me then runs out I shake my head she’s such a funny goofy girl.

She comes back with the hair stuff and I manage to do her hair with a little complaint from her about the brush.

Once done I say” okay you can go get ready”.

She runs out of my room and I go email my employees that I’ll be taking the new company placement out here and a mandatory meeting is set.

I’m a ballerina and own a law firm one of the biggest actually, but I have a love for ballet and I’m great at it.

I make sure I have everything then walk out to see my adorable daughter running all dressed up she’s such a big girl.

My daughter says,” look mom I found my purse I was looking for”.

I nod and say,” okay good now cmon do you have everything”.

She nods and we leave the house heading towards the show.

We get there and one of my friends Carly says,” hurry they are about to start rehearsal and Alex girl looking pretty”.

I roll my eyes and groan at that nickname she gave my daughter reminding me of her father but hey no complaints he’s married.

I say,” okay you got her here’s my bag I need to go now”.

She waves me off grabbing the bag off my arm and pushing me towards the backstage, I run there and see everyone in line to do their performance.

The ballet master sees me and says,” since you were almost late you go first Alina”.

I nod gulping while I can feel the stares, see in the beginning at Juilliard I used to be nervous getting called out that is until I came to the conclusion that it isn’t bad to be called out it helps build your confidence.

I slip my shoes off since I didn’t have time to put my pointe ballet shoes on so I’ll have to work harder to do my spins and jumps, as I step forward the music begins to play I do my routine just as practiced this morning and when it comes to me adding the last move I hesitate but do it anyway.

Once I end the ballet master is glaring she says,” Alina what was that yes it’s nice and all but hesitation isn’t so either get it together or your cut”.

I sigh and say,” okay I’ll run it one more time please”.

She nods and says,” okay from the top show me that you have a love for this actually because I’m sure there is someone else who wanted this solo”.

I nod and smile tightly the music comes on again and I breath in as I think about why I love ballet and start dancing I think of my daughters father he’s the main reason I still do this.

At the end I do the move and don’t hesitate this time and when the music cuts off I hear clapping and woohoos but I don’t feel any of that I touch my face and feel the wet warm tears and notice I’m crying.

The ballet master says,” okay GREAT JOB Alina YOU SHOWED YOUR LOVE FOR THE ART”.

I smile nodding and some of the ballerinas come hug me, I see the guy who has held me down at my worst Timothy my best friend walk towards me and I know this isn’t going to go well.

Timothy says,” Alina you okay”.

I nod and say,” yea tough as nails”.

Timothy looks at me sympathetically and says,” yea and nails break sometimes what was all that about”.

I sigh and say,” I’d rather not talk about it”.

I see him glare and he says,” yea well I do you need to get your head out of your ass and get real we both know it was him and what he did”.

I nod he is right so I say,” you’re right I’m sorry Tim Tim”.

He chuckles and I make my best puppy dog face and he looks away knowing he can’t deny it.

I say,” alright you’re right but I’m sorry okay I still love him”.

Timothy nods and the ballet master says,” okay the pas de duex between Alina and Timothy now up”.

I smirk at Timothy because we have been at this dirty flirty duet I mean what more can I do he’s my gay best friend.

Tim pulls my hand and we both start in 3rd position then we spin and I fall into his arms and he throws me back and I do a flip and then spin after I do a split leap into the air.

I watch as Timothy comes up and catches me spinning me around on his shoulders he then does the hard move a swan lake and I proceed to do the same and we go on to do a spin to slow ourselves down then end in fifth position.

Practice goes on for a while and I talk to the Ballet master about my prize and then I have to go change since the shows about to start, I go find my daughter to see she’s sleep in the dressing room I kiss her forehead then get ready.

Once done the show starts and of course I go first doing my solo, I walk out on stage and the lights shine bright.