Dance with Me

Justin’s POV

I stood in front of the mirror watching Andrew explain everything to the students trying out.

I had gotten here before the students. I wanted to remain anonymous, knowing that there were girls my age trying out; I don’t think it would be smart to tell them just yet. Regardless, I still wanted to see the auditions.

Luckily, Tony and Stacey had this room behind the studio. Apparently the mirrors are connected but, they can’t see us, we can see them. Perfect for trying to remain unknown.

I scanned over the students only for my eyes to land on a girl in the back of the classroom. She was dressed as if she was going to try-out, but she wasn’t. She sat in the back of the classroom with her Ipod in her ears.

“Who’s that?” I questioned.

Stacey and Tony stood next to me. “Oh you mean Natalie” Stacey said. I simply nodded my head. I guess her name’s Natalie, but I don’t know her so….

Stacey then looked at the names on her clip-board. “I don’t see her name, on the list” Stacey then looked up at Tony with a worried expression on her face.

“She’s not trying out?” she questioned. Her voice was dripping with worry.

Tony simply shrugged as he continued to watch the dancers. “I guess not”

“But don’t you think this would be good for her because of…..” I saw Stacey give me a side glance out of the corner of my eyes.

“You can’t force her to try-out. Regardless of whether it’s good for her or not, she’s the one who has to dance” he explained.

I furrowed my brows together as I listened. Why couldn’t she audition and what was so important about her auditioning? If she was that good wouldn’t she have auditioned? I’m sure she’s good but if she was as good as Stacey is she would have auditioned like everyone else.

I shrugged it off as Andrew began playing Daddy’s Home by Usher. I couldn’t help but laugh and shake my head. He would pick Usher wouldn’t he?

“Not dancing to Baby today?” Stacey questioned as she nudged me.

I guess you could say that Stacey was a cool person. She was more laid-back than Tony. I may not have known Tony but I could tell that he was more on the serious side than Stacey was. They may work together but they were completely different.

I shook my head and smiled. “Nah it would be too obvious”

“If you say so”

I went back to watching Andrew break down the steps. He went over them three times then restarted the music. The students started repeating the steps that he showed them. Some of them easily got it; others got some parts but not all of it. From the parts that everyone could do, I could tell that they could all dance.

“See anyone you like?” Stacey asked. She was already checking names off of the clipboard. Tough crowd.

I scanned over the crowd again, and my eyes landed on a girl straight dark brown hair. She wore black short shorts and a purple spaghetti strap tank top. She easily did the steps and she knew it. She was good.

“What about her?” I questioned while pointing at me.

Stacey glanced up before looking back down at her clipboard. “Annabelle Blake”

“She’s one of the best in the class” Tony said with confidence. I guess I made a good choice.

I saw Stacey roll her eyes out of the corner of my eye. “The other isn’t trying out” she mumbled under her breath. I don’t think that I was supposed to hear that but I did.

I couldn’t help but look back at Natalie. She was watching the class go over the routine and watch them learn new steps. I could see her mouth moving. She was counting the steps, I guess to help her memorize the steps.

But why was she memorizing the steps if she wasn’t auditioning?

-X-

After about an hour, the audition was over. Being completely honest, I didn’t watch the entire time. After I picked everyone that I thought should get a call back I sat down in a chair in the back of the room. I had picked about twenty-one people, eleven girls and ten boys.

Everyone had basically left already. I had to stay until the last person left, that way no one would know that it was me.

“We’ll be right back” Tony said. I nodded as they walked out of the room. They were going to talk about my decisions and Andrew’s decision to make the final choices.

I groaned and leaned back in my chair, I had never been more tired of doing nothing then I was now.

I looked up and noticed that Natalie was the only person still in the studio. She was still listening to her Ipod and sitting in the same spot. Her eyes were closed and she had her head leaning against the back wall. Did she notice that everyone had left?

She opened her eyes and stood up. She took her Ipod out of her ears.

Finally I get to leave.

Instead of picking up her things and leaving she walked over to the Ipod dock in the corner of the room. He bent down and put her Ipod in.

I furrowed my brows together. Is she about to do what I think she’s about to do?

Suddenly Keri Hilson’s Get your money up, filled the room. She stood up and stood in front of the mirror. She stretched a little bit before pulling her hair up in a pony tail. I stood up and walked over to stand in front of her. This I had to see.

She backed up from the mirror a little bit and took a deep breath.

Keyshia Cole’s part started playing and she started dancing. She did a few easy steps I guess to get herself started.

She then smirked and looked at the mirror where I was standing. She then started doing quick fast steps. There was a mixture of locking, and popping in her routine.

My eyes went wide as I watched her dance. She was good, she was amazing.

I continued to watch her dance in awe. Her dances were slightly feminine but they could also be done by a guy. I couldn’t believe that she didn’t audition.

I heard the door open behind me but I continued to watched Natalie dance.

“I see you have a favorite” I heard Stacey say from behind me.

“She’s really good” I said as I watched her start gliding.

“I could have told you that” Tony said now standing next to me.

I smirked and turned to face him. “Do you think that you could get her to do the audition routine?” I questioned.

Tony chuckled and smirked. “If that’s what you want”