peaches & honey

cola ashton. eighteen. dance major at nyada. enthusiastic plant mom. ask me about turtles.

[alwayscola]

oliver-ellis​:

“Holy shit.” he thought as the bouncer gave Ollie the okay to enter the bar. Freshly 18, Oliver didn’t think he’d be able to get away with pulling a fast one on the bouncer. He started to sweat as the doorman gave him the up-and-down and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he nodded toward the door. “Come to think of it, I guess security wouldn’t be too tight for a bar filled with theatre kids. What’s the worst that could happen? We all break into an argument over whether Idina really deserved the Tony over Kristin?” He laughed as he turned to the person to his right. “Alright…now the most important decision: what song should I sing tonight?” 

Cola looked over at her friend as he started talking. “Shhh!” She hissed playfully. “Don’t even joke about that unless you’re trying to start a fight.” Her mouth hung open as he asked what to sing.....had he not picked out a song before he came here? “Well, what have you been rehearsing lately?”

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iamcam​:

“Feel like it’s a little unfair to call it a competition when I’m around, y’know,” Cameron joked, a lazy grin on his face as he sipped on a margarita. “Everyone knows I’m the slickest rapper NYADA has ever seen. I’ve got bars, son. And I’m gunna get free drinks at this bar, son. Cheer for me when I win, okay? Make some good noise.”

“Do you think you’re going to win?” Nicola asked. She was competing, but she knew she didn’t have a chance of beating out the rest of the competition. She was only a freshman, at the beginning of her studies. She couldn’t help the laugh that left her mouth as he called himself NYADA’s slickest rapper and made a bad (but admittedly amusing) bar pun. “Make some noise? I think I can do that.”

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clara-bell​:

“I can’t believe I was convinced to come tonight,” Clara said, walking into Callbacks. Tonight had been the closing night of her newest play, Crosswalks, and rumor had it that producers from Playwrights Horizon had been in the audience. Clara was on cloud nine, which was the only reason she could be so readily manipulated into humiliating herself. “I’m a writer, I don’t go on stage. I’m going to need a drink.” 

“Wait, are you competing tonight? What are you going to do?” The ballerina asked curiously. She wasn’t sure if Clara was just here to watch, but based off her talking about how she doesn’t go on stage, it seemed like she was participating. “How did closing night for your show go, anyways?”

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leorankin​:

“Man, I’m so ready to win this.” Leo said, turning to his companion conspiratorially. “Not that I come here so much, or at all, but it’s a pride thing. What’s our strategy tonight?”

“I’m sure you’ll do great! You do have some steep competition, though. I think....Cam’s rapping? I can’t tell if he’s serious about that or not.” Cola chuckled a little bit. “Our strategy?”

[alwayscola]

do you have a crush?

Not at the moment.

[alwayscola]

do you have any nicknames?

I do...my full name is Nicola but most people just call me Cola...When I was little, there was a girl named Nicole in my baton studio and everyone called her Nikki and me Cola, and it just kind of stuck. I like it, though, it’s different.

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what would your heaven look like?

Well, God will give us work to do that we genuinely enjoy....so I guess it wouldn’t be too different for me than what I’m doing right now....Except that there is no pain in heaven, so ballet won’t even hurt anymore! But I also think my heaven will have a lot more turtles....I haven’t seen any since I got here.

[alwayscola]

do you have any bad habits?

I buy way too many plants. I’ve only been here a couple months and I think I already need a bigger apartment. But I also talk to myself a lot.

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do you have a mantra that you live by?

My grandma always says that you need to create your own path and walk it with joy, and I think that’s really good advice to tell yourself every day. I’m not really sure that’s a mantra, but I do repeat it to myself a lot

[wonderlandofresources]

↳ Bailey De Young as Lauren Cooper in Faking It - Know Thy Selfie. Please do not steal, edit or put into gif hunts. Thanks.

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[thedancefeed-deactivated2021102]

Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.

Rumi (via thedancefeed)

[justprincesssarcasm]

"Game change."

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