“Yeah, like I said, had a little set back in dance last summer. No biggie.”
"Oh ok...Can at least...give you a hand?* He asks, concern on his face.
"No, no I'm okay, just need to walk it off." I force a smile and hold the door open
"Oh ok..." Max decides to drop it as he walks outside behind her.
“So how was martial arts?”
"Fine, nothing much to learn since Mr. Kilo is out..."
I pause, "is he normally out?"
"Yeah, he recently had a daughter so I guess it's normal...."
"oh well that's exciting!" I slowly lose my limp the more we walk, "I uh was hurt during a performance last year. My partner dropped me."
"That sucks... What type of dance was it?"
"ballet...I twisted my ankle and fractured my knee cap. I know it sounds crazy, but I feel like he dropped me on purpose."
"Did you two have a grudge or something? Like he didn't want to partner with you?"
“I don’t know…he was always a little stuck up, but it never seemed like he would do something like that. But he completely just didn’t even try to catch me, he just moved away.”
"That's horrible... Did the instructors say anything?"
“They made me push through the pain and finish the show.”
"WHAT?!? That's sick, really sick. Did your parents chew them out?"
I stared at him, I guess I didn’t realise how bad the situation was. “No…”
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