Helena watched him go, and flopped down on the couch, frustrated. Why couldn't she do anything right? For God's sake, her own boyfriend preferred drugs over her!
A sigh escaped her as she thought of the days they'd been discussing getting engaged. It had all changed so fast. She turned on the T.V., and flipped through the channels.
Soaps, soaps, soaps, P.S., I Love You, soaps, soaps, Trainspotting, Requiem For A Dream, news, soaps ...
With a groan, she flicked the T.V. off. It was soaps, or romance and drug movies. Goddamn it, why did what had once seemed good now seem bad to her?
She checked her watch, and realised the dance studio she went to would be just about empty now. Scribbling a note to Gerard telling her where she was and asking him to pick her up, she stuck it to the T.V., and hurried to her room. She emerged a few minutes later with a bag holding her gear.
Helena had been doing ballet since she was seven, and all the years of it had payed off. She could practice now for the recital she had coming up in a few days.
Gerard had taken their car, so she raced through the streets for fifteen minutes before arriving at her studio. Most people ignored her, giving her more privacy to practice, and it wan't long before she was twirling around the floor, all previous worries forgotten.