I'm Not In Love

Chapter Two

"No Kate, it's the left leg first, damn it! ", Dave ,with his bass voice broke into our concentration, the man was in his thirties, tall and he looked really fit for a dancer. He had tattoos in his forearms and neck, all done in Letterings,and drawings of some sort. The way he had his haircut in a bad boy  style, and his demeanor at the moment was making it hard for us not to feel intimidated. " and Ralph did mom force you here, show me some spirit man! ",he yelled once again, like a soldier commanding his army, and we all knew that we had better get our heads in the game or the man would actually lose it. "Now we'll do it again, and y'all are gonna perfect it, okay?".

    "yes sir! "

"Good",he said and returned to the big shelve standing by the wall and restarted the music. It was a good music.

    This time, to Dave's satisfaction we moved, turned and rhymed together in unison as he had taught us. Looking ourselves in the wall-wall mirror and I could feel the vibes coming together. It was what we did and love, we knew the perks of dancing, we knew the latest steps and freestyles, local and foreign ones. We got to a point where the beat banged and everyone stopped, and it continued in a different tune and only I did some reverse steps to that for like ten seconds, gradually the beat increased, took it initial pace and the rest joined in, instantly we reconnect, dancing to the

bursting beat together. Dave felt that and whooped aloud.

     I smiled at that, it was like I was having the fun of my life, just moving to a music. This was what we strive for daily, me and my dance team,dancing was already a part of us. It was almost like oxygen. There was no better death than taking it away from us. We followed the beat rhythmically until it came to an end and we jolted to a stop and it was beautiful.

     We were in a big and white,air conditioned room. And trust me, even with the air-condition at its best, the place reeked of sweats.

     Dave stow,was practically clapping his hands, he brushed off an imaginary tear and sniffed. " That was beautiful!.y'all were on fire, and Katherine got even better " ,he ranted, and to think this was the man that was literally yelling about five minutes ago, he looked sweet praising us, "And it turns out mom didn't force Ralph to practice afterall ". He said this and everyone laughed, after practicing for hours, it always made our passion all worth it when he praised us.

Everyone oozed out air profusely and suck it back in immediately, but we were all laughing happily. Zak was on the floor breathing heavily, and Kate was leaning onto daniel for support .we have danced for two hours and five minutes without stopping, with Dave yelling "again!", and pointing out our mistakes, he didn't allow imperfection and we were used to that.

     I was leaning on the wall, me and Steven, the eldest amongst us,we were sharing the same bottle of water and relieving stress .

    Our dance studio, was big enough to occupy all seven of my dance team. PREXUS was really popular in Florida. It shared it's dancers in team and it has a teacher assigned to each team. This was my team, team Luke, all seven of us and I was the leader.

    "where is my reverse goddess, Hey Anna! ",Dave called out to me,  waving one hand as he crossed the room to me. He patted my shoulder jokingly and I  let it roll off , " you are something, kiddo. You are something big ,like way big with that talent "

   I took that as a joke and could only smile at that,  "oh you flatter Dave. "

      "I taught her well, y'know" ,tunner said from behind Zak. And everyone laughed.

    "Good work y'all. It's nice working with you. " Dave told us "you guys ready for  your video shoot? ".

       "yes! " -we echoed

"you best be"

        I was done relieving stress and I felt better now. Stephen returned the bottle of water to me and I held it, looking at it like I could still use some more of it.

      I remember meeting everyone here. It has been three years of creating dancing memories and even more memories. I saw Stephen for the first time, around February three years ago, Dave brought him, and for a guy he was really introverted, didn't speak more of two sentences and that was pretty much it. He was the eldest, twenty-one,and the guy could really dance.

     As for Katherine, Daniel and tunner, they were actually my high-school friends, I brought them to PREXUS, and Dave wouldn't let them go, because according to him, he saw raw talent that he needed to shape up. Zak and Ralph were these goofy, and funny guys that were originally waiters . We met when we went out for a show at a wedding in New York and they thought it best to speak to Dave. Three days after that, they showed up in the studio and were asked to do a freestyle. It turned out they weren't only funny guys, but also good dancers.

      As for me, I joined PREXUS when I was sixteen. Trev, the president of the dancing school was actually the one that discovered me. I was dared by Kate and tunner to go downtown and give a good dance show. I was nervous at first, but it was dance! Goddamn it was. I wasn't a bit shy, I just did my thing and. even earned a few bucks,and some thousand likes on i********:. I didn't even know that someone as Trev Smith was watching me, that after the show he gave me his card, and would really love it if I came to the school. Mom was really proud of me, she acted as if I had become a celeb overnight. And summer wouldn't stop reposting the video, tagging me as her sister.

     Joining PREXUS was actually a life changer, I could do my thing without distractions, and I could build my talent and learn more. Plus, I could have these wonderful people in my life .I love it here, memories i'ld love to keep had happened here. Like, when Daniel had asked Kate to be his girlfriend. It was a very beautiful moment that got me all thinking about my love life. Or like when the guys threw a party in here, for me,kate,turner and Daniel to congratulate our graduation from high school this year. I was awe struck,and emotion filled. We had Zak's birthday here too. It was just so amazing.

     I was cut out of trance when Zak shouted. " okay, let's do a quick one, Anna. I'll record". He pulled out his phone from his backpack. He always did this, well most times, he would record me doing a freestyle to a song and post it on our YouTube and i********: page. Without exaggerating,it was always a hit.

     Go Anna! -they shouted.

And my head was practically swelling. They did this stuff too but they'ld rather I did it.

    "okay Dave  ,if you will ", I drank a mouthful of the water in my hand and put it in my bag, motioned for the music while Zak recorded.

       The music was about to start, when the studio door flinched open and everyone turned to look...