Star-Aisha Boyd Period#2 final Draft

Star-Aisha Boyd
Creative Writing
Period #2

A Dance To Victory


He stretched his body leaving every muscle visible to the audience. He sided and
glided across the stage, while making everyone sit at the edge of his or her seats. He danced to the music as if the song was made just for him. He seemed to dance with
emotions letting his body do all the talking. The song ends and everyone jumps to
there feet applauding his wonderful abilities. James rushed off the stage with a smile
on his face. He was so excited, he has been working on his solo for months. Once he reached behind the stage, his friends who are also apart of the Elvin Elle’ dance group, applauded him for his great solo. They all began to tell him how good of a dancer he is and how his parents should be proud of him.

When James heard one of his friends say that he begin to sadden. James is a twenty-four years old man and is very handsome. He is about five feet eight inches tall, weighing hundred and eighty pounds. But when someone even mentions his parents, he becomes sadden. James never knew whom his father. He was always told as a child that his father died, but he believes people just told him that because they didn’t know who is father was. He was forced to move out of his mother’s house at the age of twelve because of her addiction to drugs. She always reminded him how much money he was costing her and how she could use that money to get high. James left because he couldn’t take anymore of the abuse and continued living with other family members.

James has always felt bad for his mother and she never even seemed to care about him. During all the hard times he had to face, James found his escape through dancing. Dancing to James was like therapy. He would dance every time he heard music. After talking with his friends, James thought about last year when he saw his mother and how she didn’t look to well. He promised himself the he would never give up on her and that he would do anything to help get her together. When the show finally ended James rushed over to his mother’s South Philly row house home to see how she was doing. Once he reached his mother house, James was hesitating. He wasn’t sure if he should go inside.



He was scared to see how she would look. He didn’t want to catch her looking worse then she have, but he finally gathered the strength to go inside. He slowly opens the door, while yelling for his mother. She quickly runs to the door wondering who was calling her. When she finally realized it was he, She started to frown. Ignoring his mother reaction, James extended his arms to give her a hug. She walks slowly towards him allowing him to hug her. James was so happy that she didn’t look worse.

“Hey momma”, James said, “what you been up to?”
She looked at him as if he was trying to be smart and says, “The sky”
Noticing her attitude toward him James say “ Hey have a seat.”
She sits down next to him, while not even attempting to look into his face. He begins to tell her what a great night he had and how all the people were appraising him. She quickly cuts him off and asks for five dollars so she can get a hit. James was so discussed, He couldn’t believe what his mother just asked him.

James frowned at her and says “all you care about is drugs. I will never give up on you even if I feel you have given up on yourself.”
He walks over to his mother and gently gives her a kiss on the check. Fighting back her words, James mother look straight into James eyes, a started to cry. James rubbed her back and walked out of the house.



On his way home, James received a call from his mom, Saying that she know she wasn’t there much when was a child but she need him. She said the she want to check herself in a rehab. And that her doctor told her last week, She have destroyed her about way to much and if she stop what she is doing now she might have five months left. James told her that he would do all that he could to make sure she is okay. A week later James mother was staying in a well-kept rehab in New York. He wanted his mother to get so far away from that life style that he moved her to New York. He continued his dancing career and was doing better than ever. James was at a video shoot for the song Unfaithful by singer Rihanna; when he received a call from the rehab his mother was staying in. He quickly rushed to the phone wondering was his mother okay.

The lady on the other end of the Phone apologized to him and said that his mom will not be making it out of rehab and that she died that morning. After getting off the Phone, James thought about all the good times they have recently had. He was proud to know that he never gave up on her and she didn’t give up on herself. He continued his dancing career and dedicates every dance to his mom. James no longer dances to music, he dances to victory.