Studio Lights

first date -james

Asking Sharna to be my girlfriend was purely terrifying. I really thought she would say no. Instead, she said yes, which completely caught me off guard. She was so lost in the moment and it was beautiful. To make everything a little bit sweeter, we got our best score of the season! Sharna didn't leave my side for the rest of the night. I only have one question. How did all of this happen? I came on Dancing with the Stars to have a bit of fun and maybe make some new friends. I never intended to be in a relationship or meet Norway. This experience has been more than I ever thought it would be.

Now, I have two things to focus on. Planning a date for Sharna and learning next week's dance. One doesn't seem to hold precedence over the other, they both seem equally important. Right now though, I have rehearsal. The first one since Most Memorable Year. I have to say, I am nervous. What if things are awkward between us? What if we can't focus on dancing, which leads us to be eliminated? I don't have time to think about the what ifs, though. I can't really see how our relationship could affect our dance chemistry, in my mind, this could only make it stronger. I'll just have to wait and see.

"Shar? I'm here." I say as I walk into the studio. Usually, Sharna is up and beginning to choreograph by the time I get to the rehearsal space. The lights are 0n and Sharna's dance bag is sitting in the corner, but she's not in the room. I'm not too worried though, she'll show up eventually. There's no way she would skip a rehearsal.

I was right. Sharna shows up a few minutes after I enter the studio. "Sorry, I was getting our music. Finally." She seems a bit peeved about something, it probably has to do with the music issue. I know it bothers her when we don't get our music on time and she can't get a jump start on the actual dance.   

"So...what style do we have this week?" I ask her, partly because I'm genuinely curious, and partly because I hate to see Sharna even the slightest bit upset.

She gives me a gentle smile, "It's Latin Night, and we have the rumba." I admit, things are a little bit awkward right now, but we'll get over it. I bet we will be laughing like we usually do within an hour. We both simply need time to adjust after Most Memorable Year, because, lets be honest, a lot changed that night.

I quickly think of a way to lighten the mood in the room, "The rumba. Alright. Do we need Ricardo to make his triumphant return?" I do my favorite Paso Doble pose, which makes her laugh slightly.

"I think James will do just fine this week." she replies in her perfect Australian accent. Now, let's get to dancing." she presses play on the music and I immediately become engrossed in the song. It's beautiful. Like Sharna.

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"What do I wear?" I keep nervously whispering to myself. I've been on plenty of dates before, but I'm more anxious for this one than any of the others. It's Sharna, that's why my nerves are going insane. I don't want to mess this up. Correction, I /can't/ mess this up.

The only reason I was actually able to choose an outfit is because if I didn't, I would have been late. Which is probably worse than wearing a bad outfit. I walk up to Sharna's apartment and I hear music playing softly on the other side of the door. Norway must be doing her schoolwork. Sharna has told me that she has trouble focusing without music. I gently knock on the door. Norway opens it and pulls me into the apartment by my wrist. "What's up with you?" I sarcastically ask her.

"Listen up." She says sternly, but with a touch of humor laced in her voice. "You break my mom's heart, I break you. Got it?" She let's go of my wrist as Sharna walks into the room. She looks stunning. Absolutely perfect.

"I'd never hurt her, Norway." I whisper before taking Sharna's hand. She kisses Norway's head and hugs her before we leave. We're on our way to our first date. Crazy, right?

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short chapter oops

story time!

so my mom and i were at target earlier shopping for a birthday party that we're going to on sunday. we found this one outfit and we were going to get it, then my mom found one that both of us liked better. she asked me to put back the first outfit and i walked the wrong way. my mom rolled her eyes and said, "sometimes i wonder about you." two seconds later we were turning around and she ran right into a display and almost knocked it over. i choked on my starbucks and once i could actually talk again i screamed, "KARMA!!" i got weird looks but it was totally worth it

then we were looking for travel stuff for the vacation i'm going on and there were these college kids getting stuff for their dorms and one of them was looking at shampoo and said, "i like this flavor." iTS CALLED A SCENT *sighs*

lastly:

qotd: favorite song?
aotd: thunder by imagine dragons