Sighing, Rebecca got out of her car and shut the door. Looking up at the Dancing With The Stars studio where she would be spending then next how ever many weeks practicing with her pro, who she had yet to find out. Shifting her bag over her shoulder she sipped her water as she walked into the building and stopped at the reception desk. Once Rebecca gave her name, the woman smiled, told her what studio she was in as well as that her pro would be there waiting, and wished her luck.

Heading down the hallway, glancing at the framed photos on the walls of the past seasons and dances, she smiled softly. It was such an honor to be able to be on the show. This was the new start that she had needed. It had only been a month ago, Rebecca found her long time boyfriend in bed with her so called best friend. Apparently they had been going behind her back for a few months. She had kicked them out then and there, cut them from her life and tried her best to move on. Getting the envelope that held the invite to be on this wonderful show was like a door opening for her and leading her away from all the bad that had happened.

Reaching out and turning the door knob she took a deep breath and walked into the room. Shutting the door, Rebecca then turned around and caught sight of who her pro was. A smile came to her face and then set her bag down against the wall before moving towards him. His blue eyes captured hers instantly and for a moment she was lost. Startled at the feeling, she shook her head subtly and stepped up to him.

"Hi, I'm Rebecca Sorretino. But you can call me Becca if you want." She said holding her hand out with a small smile.

"Derek." He said, his voice smooth, giving her a sense of calm. Though instead of shaking her hand right away, he slid his arms around her and hugged her. "Hand shakes are for people who are going to be acquaintances. By the time we are halfway into this, we will be friends hopefully." He smiled, as he took a step back.

"I think so." She agreed with a laugh and nodded. "I've seen the show but of course nothing is like actually being here. How do we start?"

"Well for this first week we are going to be doing the Jive. It's very quick and up beat, going to take a lot of energy and practice to get all the steps down." Derek said as he did a quick little ten step example.

Nodding she watched his movements. "You make it look so easy with how you move like water." Rebecca said laughing softly. Derek laughed as well and motioned for her to where his bag was.

"They told me your shoe size and I got these for you to have for practice." He said as he pulled out a pair of nude colored dance shoes with two inch heels on them. "These are usually the type of shoes we wear for the show, but sometimes there will be taller heels or thinner heels. It all depends on what dance and costumes we have."

Taking them she sat down and took her shoes off and put on the dance shoes before standing up and moving around in them a little bit. "These feel comfortable and actually I feel sturdy and like I could do about anything in them."

"That's good. That's how they should be. Normally we would start by stretching but today we are just going to get a feel for things and see what areas we need to work on." Derek said as he walked with Becca to the middle of the room. "Have you had any dance training or anything to do with dance before this?"

"No I haven't at all. Just what I've seen on movies, watched on tv and weddings and such but that probably doesn't help much at all." She said grinning lightly as she laughed.

"Well that is good. At least you've been watching. Sometimes for people, watching helps them get it. Now, I'm going to do a few steps and you follow my lead okay?"

Nodding Becca watched as he slowly showed her a few of the main moves used in the Jive. After watching him for a few minutes repeat them he motioned for her to join him. Continuing to watch his feet, she started to move, doing her best to copy his movements. Though it was a bit harder then she thought, it felt right putting her full focus on this. It took a few run throughs before she had it down and was able to do it a bit faster. "This is actually quite fun to do!"

Derek nodded and started to show her a new combination of moves, this time though with him guiding her around. Taking her hand in his, he then started to tell her the footwork for this and the counting for the steps. "Now some of this may be hard but once you get it memorized it will be a lot easier." He said before guiding her through the movements. "Okay, again but this time, I'm going to let you count through it in your head and we will see how it comes to you."

Once she nodded, Rebecca started to move with him, the steps going through her head but tripped into him slightly. "It's okay. That's gonna happen. Lets just start again." Derek said in an understanding voice, guiding her back to the starting position.

Sighing slightly to focus her mind she nodded and then let him lead the way. Keeping her mind empty of all but the dance made it so much easier for her, and she was able to get it this time, though a little bit choppy to how it should be. In her mind though, she would always be choppy compared to her partner. Derek Hough was one of the best pros on the show in her opinion.

After a few more run throughs, Derek had her going through it at a pace that would be good to work with for the next few days before speeding it up the rest of the way.