09/09/2020
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๐A (TAYLOR SWIFT) DANCE STORY ๐
๐ตPart 2๐ต
๐ถ Sheila's ๐ถ
I choked. What?! I coughed and spluttered and Yvonne quickly reached for a glass of water and I gulped it down. By now, everyone's eyes were on me as I took down the last mouthful. "Sheila honey, are you alright?" I heard Mom's worried voice call over the table. The hell I'm not, Mom, I wanted to scream. I don't wanna go to Boulder for cruds sakes! Ugh! "I'm fine" I mumbled. Oh no, I am so not fine. I'm terrible! "I'm sorry the news had to come now, kids. It was supposed to be a surprise from your mother and I." Dad said, a hint of worry in his voice. "The hell it is, Dad!" Darrell snapped. "What kinda surprise is this, huh? Just when we are getting used to this place, boom! We've gotta leave." "Darrell, don't be rude to your father." Mom said, a warning tone in her voice. Darrell scoffed. "Just when I was finally getting to Natasha's good side. I would've had the whole cheer squad chasing after me like hot fudge! I can't even get to go to prom. Ugh!" Kirk said, throwing his hands in the air. Typical Kirk. Always the ladies' man. "Now now, boys. Don't be like that. Your father means well. Besides, Boulder is not so bad, Darrell. You can get settled in over there." Mom said. "Ya think?" Darrell mumbled. Mom shot him a warning glare. "And Kirk" she continued, "There'll be lots of cute girls in Boulder. You can always find one" "But I don't want Boulder girls, Mom! I want my school cheer squad girls. Ugh." Kirk groaned. "But boys..." Dad began and soon, all I could hear was arguing and angry voices and pleads and tantrums. My head was beginning to hurt because of all the noise. I mumbled a 'thank you' to Mom, even though I know she wouldn't hear me, took a few cookies off the cookie tray and left the table. I'm sure no one noticed me leave and I didn't care. I took the stairs to my room with the cookies in my pocket. I locked the door to avoid disturbances. I needed to think things over and process what I'd just heard. Boulder?!
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I didn't know when I fell asleep but I was woken up by a soft knock on my door. I rubbed my eyes and blinked. "Who is it?" I called out in a sleepy tone. "It's Dad" came a reply. "Hold on" I mumbled and ambled my way to the door, unlocked it and went back to my bed and sat. I rubbed sleep off my eyes as Dad came in with something in his hand. "Hey, kiddo" he said, smiling. "Brought you these" he said, stretching the plate of cookies towards me. I took it and mumbled a 'thank you.' "No one noticed you leaving the table except me." He said in a soft voice. "Yeah, just... needed to process what I just heard, that's all" I replied munching on a cookie. Delicious. "I knocked before but no one answered. Figured you were asleep" "Yeah. Didn't even know when I slept off" I replied. There was an awkward silence. Then, Dad said. "I know you don't want to move to Boulder and you don't want to leave your friends and school and everything. It's just..." He sighed. It was then I really looked at my Dad. Like really. He had little silver streaks in his dark curly hair. He was starting to have little bags under his eyes and wrinkles on his forehead. He was still as handsome as ever at 50 but something was... different. My dad was getting...old. The once bright light that used to be in his caramel-brown eyes had diminished. In it's place was a perpetual worried look. That explained why he sometimes sat out most of our training. He just didn't have the body for it anymore. He had a great form even for a 50 years old but he just couldn't do it anymore. It was weighing him down. "I just..." but he didn't complete his sentence as I wrapped him in a big hug. This was the same man who had always held my hands and had taught me my first steps. He was always there for me and I think it was time I do the same. After all, all he ever wanted was the best for all of us and if he thought that moving to Boulder was the best, I support him. Fully. I would miss everything, but my family comes first. "It's okay, Dad. I understand. I'm ok with us moving. If that's what is best, then I support you" I said, releasing him from the hug. I saw a smile on his face and his eyes glistened. "Thank you so much, Sheila. This means so much to me." I smiled. "It's ok, Dad." Dad blinked back tears and ruffled my hair. I laughed. "Cut it out, Dad!" I giggled. " Umm, Sheila? Can you go help me check on Yvonne? She locked her door and I think I heard her crying in there. She'll listen to you." Dad asked. "Sure thing, Dad." "Thank you. I'll be downstairs if you need me" he said and left. I breathed out heavily and plopped down on my bed, looking at the ceiling. I would miss this all but...
It's time to start packing. Boulder, here we come!
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Boulder here she comes!
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