Jessica 's POV
It's time to rise and shine. I have a feeling today is going to be good.
"Yo, Jess! You're ready?"
"Be there in a sec!"
That was my sister. She's in the same dance crew as me. The Wolves. We're all a pack. Me, my sister, her boyfriend, and some other peeps. We don't have that much of dance crews, not more than twenty. We have been in Miami for three years, preparing for this. The Grand Miami Dance-off where dancers all across the country can come and show their dances off. This is kind of a rare occasion, they only make it three years once. This year, we're determined to win.
The Wolves is not just some kind of misfits hanging out, dancing around, we're serious. We wants to be professional dancers. And The Grand Dance-off is our target.
I'm going to show you guys around first. My sister, Amber, is one the best dancers in the group. She always do lead. And her boyfriend, Luke, is just as good as she is. He's kind of our leader. The alpha wolf. And Amber is his mate. Ew I just realized it came out wrong, gross.
At the corner, curling with his headphones and laptop, is Kris, our deejay. His remixes are one of the best ones in the world. Though, it's not yet to be confirmed. He's kind of like my best friend. Not my best friend as in, bestie-but-I-have-a-crush-on-him kind, just a normal one. Besides he has a crush on Luke's step-sister, Lilliana Vasquez. Luke's parents split when he was seven then his father married a Hispanic woman. That's where he got his step-sis. They're not really related so he don't really care about her, though, he can be protective sometimes. He love his sis, he just don't want to admit it.
Lilliana is a couple of years younger than me so I don't really consider her as friend. I mean, I like her and all but my free time is always me time. I don't have time for nobody else. We do a couple of rehearses, everyday then I'll go home earlier than them and have the rest of the day to myself. In our routine, I dance solo so it doesn't really clash with any of the dancers. I just have to make sure my timing is right. The others didn't bother anyways.
I live with my sister in a moderate apartment. Not really big, but, just right for the both of us. Until Luke propose and she will live with him. I know Luke love her and want her to be his bride one day. He told me that when I was sick. He said he will take care of her like he's taking care of me and I will be his sister forever.
I'm kind of more like the mystery touch in this crew. I always wear hoodie, and shades and boys clothing to create an illusion where they will think Mystery is a guy. That's my stage name. Mystery. I kind of like it. Well, enough with the chatting, more with the dancing.
As always, I just wait at my spot, right next to Kris who is obviously wired in. He's not the best hacker in town but he's okay. I often help them with this kind of stuff since uh, hacking is kind of my free-time activity. I'm not really good but I'm okay. I learn this from my brother back home, Freddie. He is a big time nerd. "You want to hang out at Pepper's today?"
Pepper is the rich girl in our crew. They always hang out at her place since her parents are never home. She has this big mansion, it's very awesome. The crew always hang at her game room. I went there twice and it is freaking sick. It's cool. "Maybe. Will you?"
"Nah, they're going to send me a club where The Mob hangs out. Ricky's… something like that. It's a Latin club, I guess,"
"Doing some sleuthing again?" Luke always do this kind of thing. He sends Kris on missions to spy on the other teams to know how they're doing. We don't steal their moves or routines we're doing it better. If we know they create a new one, we make a newer one. As you can see, Luke is very competitive.
"Okay, first of all, no one says sleuthing anymore. Spying. I'm spying on them,"
"Sleuthing, spying, it's all the same my man. Mind if I go with you? Amber said she'll be home late. You know what that means,"
"You're so sick, Jess, gross!"
"Whatever. So, can I come?"
"Maybe? Heh, of course you can,"
"Thanks, man. I'm getting bored with Nintendo lately,"
"Staying up late again? You need to get a boyfriend, Jess. Well, Luke said our big opponent is The Mob. They are smoking. Their DJ, Penelope is one of the best DJs in Miami. I am a fan of her work," when he speaks, I see little tinge of pink in his cheek. So I touch it.
"Jess, what's up with you?"
"I see you blush so I touch it to feel whether it is warm or not. It is,"
"You're creepy. I just like her works. I mean, she's awesome, who wouldn't like her? Besides, she's kind of pretty," he scoots a little further from her, a bit scared because of her weirdness. "Kind of? See this is why you don't have a girlfriend,"
"Says a girl playing Nintendo every Friday night,"
"I, can get one if I want to. But I don't want one. But you, you're a dude. You should not, never, ever call a girl, kind of pretty kind of hot kind of cute. They'll hate you for that,"
"Oh well, thanks for the info. So, be ready before nine, we go grab some pizza first, then Ricky's at ten,"
"Why pizza?"
"I love pizza," oh Kris. What would I ever do without you.
