Harper

Okay, so the girls at this audition are super hard-core. Like, really hard-core. I mean, I know dancers are some of the toughest people out there. You have to be to put your body and mind through everything it takes to be successful at dance. But seriously, these girls are taking it to another level.

They’re all wearing expensive dance clothes and eating these energy Shot Blok things, and then they start jumping around and doing complicated-looking stretches. It’s honestly making me a little nervous. I mean, these girls have been training and practicing since they were, like, five. And yeah, I know a lot of them aren’t really my competition. Most of them are here for other dance programs, not choreography like me. But still.

I turn off my phone, shove my earbuds into my ears, find a quiet corner of the hotel lobby, and start my warm-up.