Baby Steps

Ok, so Mrs. James wanted some us to post our stories on the blog so that is what I am doing, my story is really long, so I am sorry.

Baby Step’s
The first game of Kat’s high school career came and she was almost more nervous about their “warm-up” dance than for the game. They didn’t have a routine, but she was scared that she was going to be the only on the field standing around not dancing. A couple of the upper classmen came up to her and told her that she was to lead everyone out on the field, she felt like she was going to be sick. The music went on and everyone waited. Kat finally went out and she began to just move to the rhythm. She was so excited; of course she wasn’t as good as the rest of the s, but she could at least keep up with the beat. All fears about dancing were gone, she knew there was still room for improvement, but she would deal with that later. Right now she was going to enjoy herself and win a game!
Kat McMillan was an amazing athlete. She could play any sport and play it as if she had been playing it her whole life. She was even good enough for the boys to let her play with them. They would actually fight for who got her on their team. She loved being a tomboy, she didn’t have to worry about what she wore or anything and no one seemed to care. The only thing she couldn’t do was dance.
Dancing for her was like playing basketball with a football. It not only looked wrong but also was impossible. Her friends at school had been trying to teach her for years, but were unsuccessful. In middle school she didn’t care about not being able to dance because there were not a lot of dances, but now that she is in high school she really wants to learn. She is afraid that she is going to go to a dance and make a fool out of herself and get the whole school body laughing at her.
She went to a couple of dances at the beginning of her freshman year. The first dance she didn’t really dance, but she got an idea of what it looked like. So, the next dance she went to she actually danced. It was a site to see. She realized that dancing is much harder than it looks and truly takes some skill. She really wanted to get into a dance class to learn to move a little, but since she was so busy with her sports she didn’t have any time. She didn’t necessarily care what the other kids called her, but being as competitive as she is she had a real drive to learn how to dance.
Soccer season came and she forgot about wanting to dance and began to focus on her favorite sport. She really wanted to make the varsity soccer team and to start. She knew she was going to have to work hard for it and that she would not just be handed a spot on the team. When tryouts came she was so nervous, that she knew she was not playing her best. Susie would go home after tryouts and sulk and think of all that she did wrong during the tryouts. She would think, “why did I pass right into the pressure instead of into space,” or “why did I let that get past me?” She would get mad at herself and couldn’t think of what she needed to do. She would even remember that while she was playing she would think, “ok, I need to pass it here and then make this run,” but for some reason she did not do that. At the end of the tryouts she was so afraid that she had failed, that when the coaches were saying who was on varsity, she almost didn’t listen fearing she would be disappointed. She was glad that she did listen because she heard the coaches say Kat McMillan and she jumped up and screamed. Her hard work had paid off.
She thought that anything she faced now she could handle. Until her teammates told her what they do to get themselves pumped up before a game. They said they dance to the latest songs before they start their warm-up. Susie thought her life was over. She could not dance and they all knew that. Her team told her they already had a plan on how to teach her to dance. Kat was grateful for their effort, but said they were just wasting their time. The team did not give up so easily, they had her practicing every weekend and the older s had her over and would help her with some extra practice.
Kat McMillan took baby steps in learning how to dance. She first watched to see how it should look. She then tried it, but hit a few speed bumps and was unsuccessful. After that Kat kept practicing and got help from teammates and soon was dancing just like everyone else. This reminded me of babies first learning to walk. They would first watch, then they would experiment and try it on their own, and then they would usually get a little help from their parents. Then pretty soon they would be running all over the place and impossible to catch. All it took was patients and a few baby steps.