Hey everyone! I just watched Step Up for the first time all the way through (bad I know, considering I saw Step Up 2 before the first one!) I came up with this fic after, it's just a few ideas that were running loose in my head. The pairings for this are Nora/Tyler so far, but will feature Miles/Lucy and possible other characters which I'll think of at a later date. Let me know if you have any ideas for them/the story. I've kinda crossed this over with Step Up 2, seeing as Andie makes an appearance. At this point, she obviously doesn't go to MSA, is sorta Tyler's sister, and Chase, Moose etc don't exist. They might later on, if I really get going into this story. Depending on R&R's I might give you another chapter tonight or tomorrow, if you're good :D. This is my first Step Up fic, hasn't been beta-ed, to any mistakes are all my own.

This starts at the end of Brett and Nora's argument/break up.

I don't own Step Up, Step Up 2, or any of the characters associated with those two films. If I did, I'd own Channing and Rob, and be rolling around in all my money :P.

Enjoy.

In the corridor outside the recording studio…

"That loser's not going anywhere fast, and you know it!" Brett called after her. Nora turned round to face him, not really believing he'd just said that.

"That loser has more talent in his little toe than you do in your entire body." Nora replied.

With that, Nora spun on her heel and marched off, leaving a shell-shocked Brett in her wake. If he was going to be a complete ass, then she wasn't going to waste her time on him.

Tyler quickly hopped round the corner of the stairwell as he saw Nora turn and come toward him. Had she really just said that? She thought he was talented?

Just as Nora reached the end of the corridor, she turned right to go down the stair case to the second floor studio, when she ran into something solid. Looking up, she was met with a familiar pair of green eyes.

"Tyler, I'm sorry, didn't see you there" she mumbled apologetically.

"No worries. Look, about what you just said…" he tried to thank her, before being cut off…

"Not now, Tyler, please. I'm not in the mood for this." She said as she brushed past him and started to make her way down the stairs.

"I just wanted to say thanks" Tyler replied quickly.

Nora sighed. She really wasn't in the mood to be nice now. "You want to thank me? Then be at practice in 45 minutes." On that note, she carried on down the stairs, leaving Tyler wondering what he'd done wrong this time……

Nora reached the bottom of the stairs and took a left, deciding on going to get a coffee from the café over the road before getting ready to practice the routine with Tyler.

Opening the door and stepping out into the bright sunshine, she started to walk down the street to where the crossing was. Whilst walking, she began thinking about the argument she'd just had with her now ex-boyfriend.

'Ok, he ditched Miles and totally walked all over him, that hacked me off. He lied about why he really went to New York, that annoyed me too. So why am I most pissed off that he basically called Tyler a talent less loser?

Maybe because you're warming up to Tyler?'

Her conscience was starting to annoy her. She'd been having thoughts about dancing with him all morning, thoughts she couldn't seem to shake. When she danced with him she felt, well, different. Like she'd been woken up for the first time in so long. Dancing with Andrew had never been like this. 'Sure, he's a great dancer' she thought, 'but he's not Tyler.'

She shook her head, trying to get rid of the thoughts. She quickly crossed the road, and swung open the door of the café. She got her coffee and a muffin, and made her way back to MSA. Stopping, just as she pushed the heavy wooden doors open, she sighed and headed toward the empty studio.

'It's going to be a long afternoon.'



Waiting for Nora to appear, Tyler paced across the wooden floor. He'd purposely been early today, making an attempt to show her he really was serious about this. He still didn't quite understand what she'd meant by her comment to Brett earlier. Did she seriously think he had talent, or was she just saying it to get back at Brett?

Either way, he was determined to find out.

He looked up as he heard the double doors to the studio open. His face dropped when he realised the person entering wasn't Nora, but it then lit up again as he recognised the brunette as she walked over to him.

"Andie! What you doin' here?" He said, as they shared a hug.

"Good to see you too, bro. Mac gave me the DL on what you're doin' after school, thought I'd come check it out myself. This part of your service?" Andie asked, giving him the once-over with her eyes, confused about why he was dressed differently than he normally was.

Tyler looked down at his clothes. Today of all days, he'd chosen something different to wear than his usual baggy jeans and long-sleeved shirt. He had chosen a pair of khaki cargo shorts, a white tank top and a black button up shirt, only done up by one button. He was bare foot, and his baseball cap lay on a chair next to the wall.

"Yeah..sorta. This girl, Nora, needed a new dance partner for her showcase thing, so I stepped in, thought I could help." He said nervously awaiting Andie's reaction.

"Ever the gentlemen. Well, I always knew you could dance. What is it, hip-hop, street? " She asked.

"Uh..not really. It's kinda contemporary, little bit of hip-hop thrown in. It's good though, you should stay, see what we got."

"Nah, I gotta bail, Sarah's going out tonight, gotta keep an eye on the C-man. It's real good to see you though, you're hardly around anymore."

"Yeah, just been real busy with this…" Tyler started, before both he and Andie were alerted to someone coming in through the studio doors.

Nora walked swiftly toward the studio, hoping Tyler wasn't there, so she could have a few minutes to gather her thoughts. Just as she reached for the door, she heard people talking. She recognised Tyler's voice, but not the other person's. Intrigued as to who this girl was, she peeked in through the door, to see Tyler sharing a hug with a girl who must have been around 15 or 16. Her style was similar to Ty's. She was dressed in black cargo pants, multi-colored Nikes, a red strap top, blue cropped jacket and a blue baseball cap.

She watched them talk for a few minutes, and Nora pondered who she could be. 'His girlfriend? No, too young. His sister? Does he have any? A friend?'

Settling on the last option, she pushed open the doors to the studio and walked in.

"Tyler, you're early. Practice doesn't start for another 20 minutes." She said as her way of greeting him. She was still a bit suspicious of this girl in front of her, though.

"Well, I wanted to prove I'm serious about this. I know I've been off for a little while, but I'm 100 on it now." He replied, before glancing at Andie who had an amusing look of confusion on her face.

"Sorry, D, lemme introduce you. This is Nora, I'm her dance partner. Nora, this is my sister, Andie."

Nora relaxed a little. 'Well, what were you expecting? You knew she was too young to be his girlfriend' She turned her attention back to Tyler's sister, extending her hand for her to shake.

"Nice to meet you, Andie. I didn't know Tyler had a sister." Andie took her hand and shook it. Nora was pretty. She had chocolate brown curly hair, and big brown eyes. Looking out of the corner of her eye, she could see her brother staring at Nora, who in turn, was looking at Andie.

"Well, we're not biological or anything, but DNA's the only thing stoppin' us from being related. That said, I gotta roll, nice meeting ya though. Ty, say hi to Lena and co for me?" She walked forward and hugged him again.

"Sure thing, little one. Keep outta trouble now, kay?"

Andie rolled her eyes at him. "Me, trouble? Never!" She said sarcastically. "Catch ya later, bro." With that, she threw her bag over her shoulder, walked out of the studio, letting the doors swing shut behind her.

Tyler watched Andie leave, then turned to face Nora. "You ready?"

"You didn't tell me you had a sister. She seems nice." She replied.

"Yeah, she is. My foster parents fostered her for a little while before she found her guardian Sarah. She's a good kid." He looked a little spaced out as he remembered the times he'd spent with Andie and her mom when she was little.

"She reminds me of you. Obviously, you're not a girl, but you've got pretty similar personalities." Nora was sure that if Andie wasn't younger, they could practically be twins.

"I'm gonna take that as a compliment. Shall we do this?" Tyler asked.

"We shall." She replied, taking his hand which he had offered to her.



Practice went fairly smoothly, with Tyler only falling over a couple of times, both of which Nora laughed at him for. She was impressed. He was picking up her choreography well, and they'd dropped in a few of his suggestions, too. The routine was starting to look really good, at last.

6pm rolled around, and Nora realised they'd run late. She walked over to the chairs at the side of the room and began packing her stuff away. She remembered her mom was away tonight on a business trip, and wouldn't be back until around 4pm the next day. An idea sprung into her head, and she turned to face Tyler, who was on the floor putting his shoes back on.

"Hey Tyler, do you wanna get something to eat now?" She asked. 'Please say yes'. She loved spending time with him outside of dance practice, and she could really use a KFC bucket right about now.

He looked up from his shoes. "Umm, sure, what did you have in mind?" 'Whew, you can relax now girl, he said yes.'

"Er, KFC or something? I'm fed up of the stuff my mom cooks. I haven't eaten rubbish in a long time" She smiled at him.

He grinned back, finished tying his shoe and stood up, brushing off his pants. "KFC sounds good to me. Let's go, I'm starving."