Page 48 of Lyrical (Academy of Stardom 2)

Every now and then I catch her expression and it’s as though I’m physically beating her. She feels my anger like a punch to the gut. Well, she punched a fucking hole in my chest and ripped out my damn heart when she danced at Grim’s club, so now she can experience what it feels like to be fucking slayed.

So I keep going.

I’ve not danced like this for years. Three years to be precise.

And fuck does it feel good.

I might have learnt choreography these past few weeks, but I haven’t danced likethis.

It’s freeing.

All logical thought, all reason leaves me, and just like when I was a kid, I let it all out.

I purge my soul.

I feel.

I dance.

I move across the hardwood floor, until my veins are rushing with adrenaline and my muscles are screaming at me to stop. By the time I focus enough to be aware of my surroundings, all five kids are standing on their feet clapping and cheering, the song is long since finished and Pen… She’s gone.

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