Kate waved me over to where she sat, but as I took a step to head over a girl purposely set her legs in front of me and I tripped, falling face flat to the floor and the people in the hall chuckled loudly. I couldn’t get up from where I was, not because of the pain of crashing to the floor, but the embarrassment I felt deep inside and no one had come to save me from falling, there was always a man in movies who would rush in and hold the lady, but this was not a movie, this was reality. “Hey, Ivana are you alright?” Kate rushed over to my side and for a moment I wanted to keep quiet, but I knew I shouldn’t make Kate worried so I nodded even if my head felt sore. “I will help you up. Kate did and I looked over at the corner of the room where Robin and the other’s sat, Robin was staring at me with his hands folded across his chest. ‘Asshole’ I cursed him in my head. He should have come and caught me. I sighed, I was forgetting he knew nothing about love, but he does watch movies, do

I couldn’t stop smiling as I watched Ivana dance with the new choreography teacher. Her every shout makes it so funny, but deep down I was happy, happy that she was spotted by that lady.I shook my head, she was truly clueless, she lost her steps each time, Ava would always hold her up and the reactions on Ivana’s face was so cute. I can’t wait to tell her how badly she has done.The practice ended and I watched her hold her waist and her step changed as she leaned to Kate before walking out, this must be tough.Director Donald and the two female choreography teachers walked out of the hall, followed by the others. I quickly got up when I saw the girl who had set her foot for Ivana to trip and get up to leave.I purposely set my foot and she tripped and fell and this time her forehead hit the hard surface. “Who was that?!” She shouted as she turned around holding her sore forehead, but she became silent when she saw me.“Does it hurt?” I asked indifferently, I was not going to pretend

I returned home and stood by the pillar in the balcony on the second floor close to my room and Ivana’s as I watched the horizon with distant eyes. I looked down at the glass of whiskey I held in my hands. I haven’t opened it yet and haven’t taken a sip of it. I despise alcohol. I have seen how it makes a person who takes it in excess behave. I have seen how my mother behaved after taking this.But I am considering it right now, to take a sip. Just like my mother, it could drown away my sadness and make me happy again. It could relieve me from all the pain I feel down there in my heart.Perhaps after taking a large gulp of this whiskey I would no longer remember the pain I had felt in the past and this aching heart I feel now will stop. I have asked myself multiple times why I let the things that happened to my parents affect me so much, I have tried to pass that test, to stop myself from hiding in the past entanglement, I have tried to associate with people, maybe I may overcome al

"I'm fine mom.” I flashed a smile to make her believe I was really fine, I wouldn’t want to bother my mother.“If you say so.” My mother said after hesitation, I know she doesn’t quite believe in it, but since she didn’t stay with me for those long years, there was no way she could tell I was lying from my poker face.She turned to Ivana and looked her all over. “Why do you look so pale Ivana, did Robin maltreat you while I was away?” She asked Ivana and I scoffed behind them.“Mom, I am not a stepmother or something like that,” I told her as I rolled her luggage into the living room.“You can tell me the truth Ivana, did he treat you badly while I was away?” My mother asked her and I glanced over Ivana.“No he didn’t,” She said softly, but I know she was trying to keep the times I treated her badly from my mother, I smiled where I was, I know I wouldn’t want to treat her badly anymore. “We had a practice yesterday and my whole body aches, that must be the reason.” Ivana finished.MY

I paced around the sitting room after Mrs Jane called Robin up. I was a bit uneasy since I noticed the look on Mrs Jane’s face when she said she wanted to speak with Robin.I glanced at the wall clock, it was over 30 minutes and they were still upstairs and talking. I heard Robin’s voice and I turned to look upstairs. I wondered what was going on. I could also hear a light sob, that was when I knew something was wrong so I slowly walked upstairs.I wasn’t meant to eavesdrop, but I heard no choice, not when I saw Mrs Jane in tears and Robin in the same expression I saw him when Hinn Carlos had said those words to him.I hide behind the pillar close to the stairs as I heard Mrs Jane tell Robin to forgive his father, tears brimmed in my eyes as I heard all the things Mrs Jane said and also what Robin said about his father, but what made me shocked was when Mrs Jane told Robin that she slept with his father against his father’s will.I clasped my hands to my lips as my tears rolled down a