"I'll tell you a secret, sometimes even I don't understand some of the words Ms. Tara uses," David told him. "But I'm learning. Anyway, uhm, let me see. I was born here in NYC, grew up pretty normally til my parents divorced when I was 14. So it's just me and my mom now, and I think we're both better off for it. It was my mom who enrolled me in gymnastics and dance when I was 6, she kept telling me to keep at it. I started at the JKO School when I was...15, I think. And I'm auditioning for ABT's Studio Company in the fall, and sometimes thinking about it makes me want to throw up." He shrugged, looking back out at the water. "The bigger the dream, the bigger the chance to fail, I've found. But at the same time, all the more reason to try."
"But anyway," he said, turning back to look at Jayden. "Tell me about you."