Eric Finished his Cyr performance and marked it on the board. 7 out of the 19 performances where ready.
"I'm going to check on Ell!" Eric announced as he made his way back to the room. Before he went in he took a look around. Hana has finished her performance on the floor, now she just had to perfect in on a ball. Rachel made her way to Hana, and Ryan was stretching near the EXIT. As Eric opened the door to the room he made sure it was silent. If it made a noise he would have to oil it, but it was silent. He walked into the room and found Ell still on her bed.
"Ell?" He said as he made his way to her and gently poked her cheek.
" I'm up." A smile spread across Eric's face when he heard Ell reply. He slightly bent over and placed a kiss on her slightly parted lips. He could feel her tremble a bit.
"You had me really worried you know." Ell didn't reply.
"Can you move?" Eric sat back up and placed his hand under Ell's back.
"I donno." She replied, gently being pushed up by Eric. Once she was up enough for her to be considered sitting she payed her body against Eric's.
"Your just exhausted." He said as he layed Ell back down and stood.
"I have to practice my parts. I'm responsible for 3 of the 19 performances." Ell pushes herself up with what little strength she had but had failed to ever sit up. Eric made his way back over to her and tucked her in again.
"I'll help you practice them tomorrow. For now...Let's talk about something fun." The topic they ended up picking was the time they met. Eric found Ell balling in the corner of the practice room. He approached her with an Ice cream cone In his hand.
...
" Why are you crying?" Eric asked her.
"I don't wanna be here," her voice was rasp.
"Not in this place or country. Not in this world." Her hands covered her ears and she bag an to slowly rock herself back and forth. Eric sat next to her and listened to her whisper.
"I don't wanna be here." Over and over again. He lifted up her head with one hand and rubbed the Ice cream on her face. She stopped talking and wiped her face as clean as she could get it.
"Why would you do that?" Tears formed in her eyes again.
" I want you to be here. I like watching you dance around."
"Really?" Ell looked at him and a smile found it's way onto Ell's face. Eric looked into her eyes, each a piercing gold. He nodded and licked some of the missed Ice cream from Ell's cheek.
"You also owe me some Ice cream."
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Each character was given up. None are related. The fist given up by their family was Ryan. Ryan and Rachel where like the older siblings of the group. The boys were 7, 5, and 3 when they were taken and the girls were 6, 4, and 3 . The oldest to youngest order being Ryan, Rachel, Haru, Hana, Eric, And Ell. Eric being older then Ell by a week. They used to cry everyday, having to lean back breaking dances, but they soon learned they didn't have a choice.
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