Dance Lessons

Rigelli was angry at a boy for calling her a girl.

"Say it, SAY it!" she screamed.

"What did I miss?" C.J asked.

"The kid with a desperate expression took the mickey out of Rigelli," Greta explained.

"He called her a girl?" CJ asked, "Poor guy."

"But, but, you ARE a girl," the boy blurted out.

"THAT DOES IT!" Rigelli blurted out, but Mr Boyd caught her.

"That's the seventh time I've caught you wrestling this month, Rigelli," he said. He said about calling her parents, but Rigelli wasn't bothered.

That night, Rigelli's parents, Rob and Deb Rigelli enrolled her in dance school. While there, she met four other girls.

"Nice boots!" one said.

"The better to kick you with, bumhead!" Rigelli threatened.

"Her name's not "Bumhead," it's Ashley, just like mine," another said.

"And mine," a third said.

"You know, you bumheads remind me of someone," Rigelli considered.

"Ooooooooh, Scandalous!" they all said.

Rigelli was about to hurt them, but the teacher, who was a male called Monsieur Darkssage, introduced her to Mickey, who he called "Mychael." They danced beautifully together.

At the end of the lesson, Mr Darkssage said that they were all doing a special performance the following Monday, which Rigelli and Mickey's teacher talked about the next day also. Rigelli didn't want to be laughed at, however, so she handed in her tutu. However, during what was left of her performance, she was remorseful, so she and Mickey danced. It was a success. Mr Darkssage explained that he, too, had a tough side and that he had to sacrifice it for his friends' sake. All in all, it was, in Miss Ropey's words, "thought provoking."

The End.