It's Only a Dance Step

"Come on girl, move those hips!" Candice shouted above the music and I laughed.

Candice could never get enough of the hips, could she?

I shook my head and moved my hips some more, but she continued to shake her head.

"Damon, show her how its done!" She said with a smirk.

I froze a bit and Damon chuckled behind me. He gently placed his hands on my hips and pulled me close. I big my lip blushing slightly, and let him hold me. I relaxed easily under his touch and let him swing my hips.

"Ready?" He whispered in my ear. And I could bet my life that he held a smirk on his lips. Those lips I was close to kissing more than once.

I smirked as well and nodded. With that, he pulled me closer and moved both our hips together. He then twirled me around and dipped me, a move of his that I was beginning to enjoy. I laughed and let him lift and spin me around. Those around us cheered and clapped when the song was over. Both of us smiled and bowed before we continued to dance.

"Desera, wake up! I need more towels please!"

I groaned and rubbed my eyes. I sighed once I heard a familiar puking sound and got out of bed. Quickly, I grabbed more towels from the closet and headed toward the bathroom where Candice was bent over puking in the toilet and Henry behind her holding her hair. What a scene, I thought and bent down cleaning around the toilet where Candice missed.

"Maybe she will listen to me now huh?" I whispered to Henry.

"Ugh!" Came from Candice and I couldn't help but chuckle. Her hangover was going to be a killer.

"We cant say we didn't try to stop her." Henry replied. This was true. Henry and I did everything we could to try to stop her from drinking too much. But she was even more stubborn than I was, so, she didn't listen.

After Candice finished puking for the hundredth time, she weakly got up and went back to bed. Henry comforted her and gave her more aspirin. Meanwhile, I cleaned up the bathroom.

I told Henry that I would be in the shower but Id leave the bathroom door unlocked in case Candice decided to puke some more. He nodded and I hopped in the shower. Closing my eyes, I relaxed when I felt the hot water run down my back. Thankfully, Candice didn't puke the whole time I was taking my shower.

Stepping out of the shower, I dried and changed myself. I walked out of the bathroom and heard a gentle knock on the door. Frowning a bit, I looked at the clock and saw that it was only ten. Henry looked as confused as I did. It was probably just Chace, I thought.

Opening the door, I didn't see my three year dance partner, but Damon instead. "Damon..." I said softly.

"Good morning." He replied with a smile. "How is Candice?" He asked, peeking over my shoulder a bit.

Shaking my head and laughing softly I said, "Like anyone would be after drinking nonstop."

He chuckled and nodded. "I stopped by to see if you wanted to grab something to eat. Also because Mrs. and Mrs. Stevenler called me this morning telling me that practice is starting at one instead of three in the afternoon. You know, since we did have a performance yesterday, and that way we finish up sooner and have the rest of the day to relax."

"Oh..." I looked over at Henry to see what he thought.

"Yeah, you go. I'll look after Candice. Think she has calmed down quite a bit." He said with a smile and waved over at Damon. Damon smiled waving back and looked at me.

"Okay, want me to bring anything back?" I asked Henry.

"Nah. I'm okay. Have fun!" He smirked a bit and I rolled my eyes.

"Ill have my phone in case of anything."

"Just go!" He laughed and I grabbed my bag along with a sweater.

"Okay, lets go." I shut the door behind me and followed Damon to his car.

"How did you sleep?" He asked me.

"On and off. Candice allowed me to have ten minute naps the whole night." I replied and received a small chuckle from Damon. He walked over to the passenger side and opened the door for me.

"Thank you." I held back a blush and got in. "How about you? You sleep okay?" I asked him once he got in and started the car.

"Yeah. I slept just fine." He smiled. "Where to?"

"Um...I'm okay with whatever really." I replied, running a few ideas through my head.

He named a couple places and we finally decided on one. The ride over was quick and quiet. When I felt his car come to a stop, I opened the door getting out.

"I never said thank you." I mentioned to him once he reached my side of the car.

He gave me a puzzled look. "I'm not following..."

"Well, for watching over me yesterday. Even though I didn't drink." I replied quietly.

He took my hand slowly and smiled. "It really wasn't a problem. I didn't even view it as watching over you. I viewed it as being with my dance partner."

I blushed and couldn't help but smile up at him. He held onto my hand and lead the way into the fast food place that wed agreed on. We took our seats and were quick to order. Our conversation was light and funny until we received our food.

"So, what inspired you to dance?" He questioned me.

"No one in my family. I was into dance movies all my life. So I guess, any dancer who was on a dance movie were my inspirations." I said and took a bite of my food. Mm, delicious.

"What do your parents do?"

"My mother is a doctors assistant and my father is a manager of a couple small business." I looked up to meet his eyes and swallowed my food. "What about you? Who inspired you to become a dancer?"

He opened his mouth to reply but his cellphone stopped him. He answered it and his face fell a bit. "Okay...yeah, we understand. We will be there in a few." He hung up his phone and set his fork down. "I'm really sorry we have to cut this short. Mr. Stevenler just called me and said if we could meet him at the studio now, because they have this family issue they have to deal with later. So, they kind of want to move our practice up...I hope that's okay."

"Oh yeah. I was pretty much done anyway." I nodded and ordered something to go for Henry and Candice. Damon paid and in minutes we were out the door and driving back to my dorm.

"Ill meet you in the studio then? Have to go back to my apartment and change." Damon said as I got out of the car.

"Yep, sounds good." I said and waved as he drove off. I rushed into my dorm and placed Henry and Candice's food on a table. I gathered my workout clothes quickly and changed in the bathroom.

I put my hair in a ponytail and grabbed my dance bag ready to leave. "Ill see you two in a few hours."

"Alright, good luck!" Henry said softly, not wanting to wake a very sleepy Candice. I nodded and walked out.

It didn't take long to get to the studio and it seemed like Mr. and Mrs. Stevenler had been waiting for quiet a while. I hurried inside and set my things down.

"Wheres Damon." Mr. Stevenler asked.

"Hes-"

"Right here." Damon's voice came from behind me. "What are we working on?"

"Lots and LOTS of technique. So, Ballet. Desera, please stand in the position for your solo." Mrs. Stevenler instructed me. And Mr. Stevenler was already ordering Damon to work on his solo on the other side of the room.

Damon and I looked at each other once, a look of sadness from being away from each other passed us. Then we separated and focusing on our solos for the rest of practice.