"Jennifer, are you sure that you want to go, I mean you're only 16." My mom pleaded.
"Look mom, this is a dream come true, I'm gonna miss everything like my swimming career and friends, and my family of course! But I just can't pass this up."
"Well, we are all gonna miss you, especially your sisters" She sighed. I said all my good-byes then my mom and dad took me to the airport. As I sat on the plane I couldn't help but wonder if I should be doing this..leaving everything behind. All my hard work at swimming. My coach was so angry that he didn't want to even look at me. He said that I was wasting all that hard work and all my talent. But what no one seems to know that under all my swimming accomplishments, my real dream was to become a dancer. I never really told anyone for fear that they would laugh at me.
"Folks please buckle your seat belts for the landing." The intercom stated. About forty minutes later after I grabbed my million bags, I went and stood towards the middle of the airport so whoever was supposed to pick me up would find me.
" Miss Rhe?" I turned around to see Justin and Lance to my surprise.
"Oh my gosh! They sent you guys to pick me up?" I asked
"Yeah, is that a problem?" Justin questioned.
"Oh no of course not..I just thought that ya know since..Oh never mind..I'm glad you're here."
"So where are we going?" I asked while we were driving through the streets of Orlando. Justin had taken his jeep to come pick me up.
"Well, Madame we are taking you to your hotel. It's right on the beach, I hope you like it. It's called the Florida Beachfront Hotel." Lance stated matter-of-factly.
"Of course I'll like it, that's only one of the most prestigious hotels in Florida! I came here when I was younger and had a great time." I told them.
"Here we are. Your room is on the 28th floor. I hope you don't mind that you will be sharing it with another girl. Her name is Shelly, she is also one of our dancers.
"No, that sounds great." I said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well..they helped me carry my bags up there and introduced me to all the dancers and the rest of the guys were there as well.
"This is your roommate Shelly" JC announced.
"Hi" I said politely as I held out my hand.
"Yeah, Hi whatever" She sighed as she rolled her eyes at me and totally disregarded the fact that I was waiting for her to shake my hand. "You guys, are we going down to the pool or what?" she asked
As everyone started walking away, I headed inside my room to start packing since I was gonna be here for about 3 months. But Justin still stood in the doorway.
"You know most of the dancers are actually really nice," he said in an apologetic way.
"I guess I'll get used to her right?" I asked through smiles. I just couldn't get over that here I has having a conversation with one of the most sought after guys in the entire world.
" Yeah, eventually we all got used to her bitchiness." He said through laughs. " You know your welcome to join us for a swim downstairs." He offered.
" Umm..I dunno I have a lot unpacking to do."
"Oh come on, I'll wait for you if you want to get ready."
"OK, just let me find my suit." It took me about 5 minutes to track down the suit. It was my new navy blue string bikini. I put my sunglasses on, a little lip-gloss and walked out the door. "Ready?" I asked. I couldn't help but notice him look me up and down but I guess I was doing the same thing to him. Gosh what a nice tan he has! And talk about a six-pack! Compared to him I was pretty pale but oh well..how well can you get tanned in Georgia anyway.
" Gosh you're so skinny" he joked
"No I'm not, and look at you!" I joked back.
"OK yeah whatever" he said sarcastically When we came down to the pool, JC, Lance, Joey, and Chris were all in the pool swimming and playin around while the other girls were sunbathing in lounge chairs.
"Hey, Are you gonna be a party pooper like them are you gonna get in?" JC taunted Justin and me.
"Yeah your not afraid to get your hair wet are you Jen?" Chris yelled.
"I'll have you know that I swam everyday all year round for the last 5 years, and what's the point of me sunbathing anyway, I'm so pale that it won't do any good." I said as everyone laughed. Just then Justin grabbed me from behind and started running with me toward the pool. "Put me down!!" I screamed. It was too late; He jumped in the pool before I knew what hit me. "Hey!" I screamed after I swam to the surface.
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After lots of goofing around, we went to the hotel restaurant and got a bite to eat. Justin walked me to my room afterward and told me to meet them downstairs at 7:45 so we can get on the bus for the dance studio by eight.
"Well, uh goodnight. And I just want you to know that it means so much to me that you picked me to tour with you. "
" Hey, you were the best dancer there, and I'm really glad we picked you, unlike all the other girl dancers, you actually know how to have fun." We both laughed. "Well see ya tomorrow bright and early."
I walked into my room totally dreaming of the possibility that Justin and me could become more than friends. "Yeah right" I told myself. As soon as I walked in the room Shelly walked up and got in my face.
"Just so you know, stay away from Justin." She spat out.
"Why? It sure don't look like he's your man!" I yelled back
"Maybe not yet, but you just wait." She confidently said.
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