Chapter 44: A Standing Ovation (Nina)
My tears are already rising, blurring everything.
The dressing room mirror smears into a wash of light and color. The bulbs around the frame halo into soft rings, and my own reflection — the white tutu, the painted face, the pinned hair — swims like I'm looking at myself from underwater. I bite my...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 A Terrible Birthday Party (Nina)
2. Chapter 2 The Man with the Broken Unicorn (Nina)
3. Chapter 3 Perfect Practice (Nina)
4. Chapter 4 All She Has Is Jessie (Nina)
5. Chapter 5 Kane and Jessie (Nina)
6. Chapter 6 At Least She Still Has Jessie (Nina)
7. Chapter 7 The Kiss (Nina)
8. Chapter 8 That Voice (Nina)
9. Chapter 9 You're a Real Piece of Work (Kane)
10. Chapter 10 The Third Meeting (Nina)
11. Chapter 11 Thank You, Kane (Kane)
12. Chapter 12 The YAGP Preliminaries (Nina)
13. Chapter 13 The Awards (Nina)
14. Chapter 14 Forgive Me, Nina (Nina)
15. Chapter 15 I Really Love You, So Much (Nina)
16. Chapter 16 Kane, She’s Jessie’s Girlfriend (Kane)
17. Chapter 17 I’m Afraid of Losing You (Nina)
18. Chapter 18 Sorry to Disappoint You (Nina)
19. Chapter 19 Dinner at the Collins House (Nina)
20. Chapter 20 The Broken Promise (Nina)
21. Chapter 21 Stay Away From Me (Nina)
22. Chapter 22 Numb From Heartbreak (Kane)
23. Chapter 23 I Want Her Off That Stage (Nina)
24. Chapter 24 Followed (Nina)
25. Chapter 25 Kane's Presence (Nina)
26. Chapter 26 Injured, Can’t Dance (Nina)
27. Chapter 27 I’m Here (Nina)
28. Chapter 28 Jessie's Company (Nina)
29. Chapter 29 Jessie, Please Leave (Nina)
30. Chapter 30 She Only Has Herself (Nina)
31. Chapter 31 Not His Business (Kane)
32. Chapter 32: Uncontrolled Attraction (Nina)
33. Chapter 33 Kane's Cooking (Nina)
34. Chapter 34 Ambiguous Fluttering (Nina)
35. Chapter 35 Kane and Jessie (Nina)
36. Chapter 36 Linda's Dream Shattered (Nina)
37. Chapter 37 Heartache for Another Man (Nina)
38. Chapter 38 Kane and Rachel (Nina)
39. Chapter 39 No Expectations, No Disappointment (Nina)
40. Chapter 40 Jessie Breaks His Promise (Nina)
41. Chapter 41 Cheating (Jessie)
42. Chapter 42 The One I Love Is Only Nina (Jessie/Nina)
43. Chapter 43 Linda's Scheme (Nina)
44. Chapter 44: A Standing Ovation (Nina)
45. Chapter 45: We Break Up (Nina)
46. Chapter 46 The Spring Festival Gala Dinner (Nina)
47. Chapter 47: I Broke Up with Jessie (Nina)
48. Chapter 48 Why Did Kane Come Back with Her? (Nina)
49. Chapter 49 No Boyfriend, But Still a Best Friend (Nina)
50. Chapter 50 William Falls in Love (Nina)
51. Chapter 51 They Broke Up, It Has Nothing to Do with Me (Kane)
52. Chapter 52 Don’t Touch Me (Nina)
53. Chapter 53: She Didn’t Love You That Much After All (Jessie)
54. Chapter 54 Linda Is Martha's Daughter (Jessie)
55. Chapter 55 Keeping It Hidden (Nina)
56. Chapter 56 I Just Wanted to See You (Nina)
57. Chapter 57 Dad's Gift (Nina)
58. Chapter 58 Is Rachel Married? (Nina)
59. Chapter 59 Misunderstanding (Nina)
60. Chapter 60 Can't Let Nina Know (Nina)
61. Chapter 61 You Can't Threaten Me (Nina/Jessie)
62. Chapter 62: Is He Crazy? (Nina)
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