The cold chill of the morning breeze blew against my face as I jogged across the sand, the sun was just starting to peak over the Miami buildings, a group of surfers bobbed up and down off the shore waiting for the perfect wave to roll in, a couple and their dog jogged past me going in the opposite direction, music filled my ears as my ipod played on shuffle to my usual morning workout routine. Reaching the third pier and my 3 mile mark, I turned around and started jogging back to my starting location, I slowed my pace down, taking out my ear buds and making my way a little further up the sand to where an older man sat on a stool painting, "good morning Allison" he said when I got closer, I smiled, "good morning Charles..." I walked around to stand behind him taking a glimpse at today's painting, "looks beautiful Charles, I'd say one of your best ones yet" I said taking a seat on the sand, untying my running shoes. I met Charles a little over a year ago, he was 74 years old, his wife had passed away 5 years ago so he took up the hobby of painting, he'd started coming down to the beach early every morning and just paint, he noticed me on my daily morning jog, and one time while I was getting ready to go for my swim afterwards he offered to watch my stuff so I wouldn't have to walk it all the way back up to my car. I had noticed his painting and we got to talking ever since then we became close friends, family in a sense.

Charles chuckled as he dipped his brush in a cup of water, "you say that about all my paintings" I giggled pulling off my socks, "that's because all of your paintings are beautiful" I stated standing up, he glanced up at me over his half-moon spectacles, "headed in?" he asked, I nodded "of course, you got my stuff?" I asked gesturing to my shoes, ipod, phone and keys, he laughed, "for a year now we've built this system, of course" he said shaking his head and turning back to his canvas, I laughed a little and pulled my tank top over my head and took off my shorts, I took off into a sprint towards the water, splashing through I dove into a crashing wave and made my way out to the far bouie.

"So today is the big day isn't it?" Charles asked while continuing to stroke his brush across the canvas, I rang out my hair combing my fingers through it, I nodded silently, "yep todays the day" I said, "you nervous?" he asked, I laughed and shook my head, "no, I don't know why but when it comes to dancing or performing in front of people, I don't get nervous if anything it does the complete opposite on me, it calms me" I said sitting back on my hands stretching my legs out in front of me gazing out over the water. I hadn't noticed that Charles had sat down his paint board and brush and was turned completely around looking at me, "doesn't sound like anything weird to me, dancing is who you are Allison, its your language you express your true self and meaning through dance, its a part of you" he said staring at me, I smiled, "thanks Charles, I just hope they see it" he let out a loud laugh, "anyone would be a complete idiot to not see and want you for the talent and passion you hold, you'll do great Allison I know you will, and I want to hear about it the moment you get back" he said pointing at me before turning back to his painting. I pulled my shorts on over my damp swimsuit and grabbed my keys, phone, and shirt, "you got it, first thing tomorrow morning I'll tell you everything" I said, he nodded, I glanced at the time, "crap! Alright Charles I'm out of here, I got to go get ready, see you tomorrow?" I asked, he smiled, "you know where to find me" he said happily, I leaned down and kissed him on the cheek before turning around and jogging across the sand towards the parking lot, "show em' what you got!" I heard Charles call after me making my smile grow big.

Today was one of the biggest days of my life and my career, I've been dancing since I was a little girl and I can truly say it is one of my true loves and passions in life, I'm 21 years old and moved here to Miami when I was 16 from a small town in Tennessee. I got a full dance scholarship to Florida state my senior year which is a rare thing to happen, after college I became a back up dancer for Asher Monroe for a year, did a few music videos here and there for some other artists, but nothing compared to what I was aiming for today. One of the country's hottest and biggest artists was looking for two and only two female backup dancers, he had four other main backup dancers that were all male, never had there been a female in any of his performances and today all of that was going to change, today I was going to be auditioning to be one of Austin Moon's female dancers, and as Charles put it, today was going to be my day to shine in the spotlight.

Its short I know but, the next one will be nice and long, I just wanted to give you guys a nice introduction to Ms Ally Dawson, I'm excited and nervous about this story because I have so many ideas and plans for it and I hope you all enjoy it as much as you enjoyed Two Worlds.

xoxo