The Circus Acrobats show was in town and Claire had a pair of tickets to the show. She asked Aaron to go along to the show with her.

‘The acrobats are doing free circus skills workshops this weekend,’ she said. ‘We can try to get some ideas from the show, and then learn how to do them at the workshops.’

Aaron couldn’t wait to see the Circus Acrobats flying through the air on a trapeze. Claire was excited about seeing the show too. This time they were going to be watching the performers in a different way. This circus visit was a chance to get ideas for some new dance steps they could do together.

The show was wonderful. Claire liked the balancing acts. Some performers climbed up on each other’s shoulders and stood up, and the acrobats were amazing to watch.

During the show a boy with spiky red hair turned around in his seat and said, ‘Mr Jay is in the audience. Look.’ He pointed across to the other side of the circus tent. Then the boy faced the front again.

‘Who was that?’ asked Claire.

‘I don’t know,’ said Aaron. He looked over to where the boy had pointed. ‘But he’s right. There’s Mr Jay and he’s clapping loudly.’

After the show they went over to see Mr Jay.

‘Hey, you two,’ said Mr Jay. ‘I didn’t know you were dating.’

‘Oh no, we’re not dating,’ said Aaron, quickly.

Claire went red and shook her head. ‘Oh no, that’s not why we’re here. We’d like to use some acrobatics for our Romeo and Juliet dance,’ said Claire. ‘We can learn some new moves at the circus skills workshops.’ She crossed her fingers. What if Mr Jay said no?

‘I want to do some trapeze moves too,’ said Aaron. ‘Would that be all right?’

Mr Jay seemed really pleased with their ideas. ‘That sounds amazing!’ he said. ‘Go for it! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.’

Claire let out a big sigh of relief. They had lots of work to do, but now at least she and Aaron would be working as a team.