Chapter 6

Llegaste a mi como un sol

Despejando el cielo gris

Y tu luz alumbro

Donde nadie pudo entrar,

Donde había oscuridad

Ahora estas tu

On the dance floor, I froze. My brain started to come up with any excuse to avoid the humiliation I was about to face. I cannot dance. I have two left feet. I am a clutz. There is no way I am making it out of here gracefully. I take a look around. The dance floor was outside surrounded by speakers blasting the salsa music. There were couples everywhere dancing, hips swaying, in tune with the rhythm, something I cannot do. I look over to Lucas, who has the biggest smile on his face. "You dance salsa?" I ask him.

"I love it. My stepdad is Puerto Rican and taught me everything I know. At family parties, I was captivated by the way he moved, so I begged him to teach me. I don't dance as much as I used to, but I love it," Lucas takes my hand and puts his other hand on my waist, "Now are you ready to dance?"

"More like am I ready to die from embarrassment," I muttered under my breath.

Lucas laughed, "I doubt you're that bad. I'll lead and you just follow."

Todo es perfecto en verdad,

Nada tengo que inventar

Eres vida, eres mas

De lo que siempre soñé

Necesito de tu fe

Para entender

"Now you always start with your right foot. Because I'm leading, I step forward and you step back, alright? And afterward, you step forwards with your left foot as I step back, makes sense?" I nodded not really understanding what he was saying but enjoying being this close to him. He starts dancing- stepping with his right foot forwards and I stepped back and then doing the opposite with my left foot. I smiled when I realized I was getting the hang of it. This is pretty easy.

Como me cambio de piel

Y como vuelvo a nacer

Como le puedo explicar al corazón

Que no hay peligro al creer en este amor

"Now that you have the footing down, you can work on your hips. You're so stiff! Relax, Riles," he commented.

The blush on my face reddens because I was embarrassed by the fact that Lucas called me stiff. Lucas placed both his hands on my waist. I bet my whole face is red at this point. "I hope this is okay," Lucas asked.

"Yeah it's fine," I said in a soft voice, God I need to grow a pair.

"Now with every step you just want to make sure you hips are moving with the rhythm like this," Lucas keeps his hands on my waist as we start to move our feet. Lucas, using his hands, sway my hips side to side to the rhythm of the song. Feeling his hands on my hips as I'm swaying them causes me to giggle. This is so weird for me. Lucas seems to be enjoying himself, though. His grin is wider than usual as he moves me forwards in back with the music.

"When was the last time you went dancing?" I asked him.

"Too long," he responded.

"Well that's too bad, you are an amazing dancer."

Como se puede romper

El miedo eterno a caer

Como le puedo enseсar a la razón

Que equivocarse es humano

Y es necesario el dolor

Ven ayúdame a aprender como me cambio de piel

We continued to dance and as the song came to its finish, Lucas spins and dips me at the end. His face is so close; I can feel him catching his breath. I am looking into his gorgeous emerald eyes and he's looking into mine. I don't know how long we stayed like this, but I could stay like this forever. Finally, he set me upright and he led me off the dance floor. "Thanks for dancing with me. This just reminded me how much I love to dance."

"No problem," I smile at him.

"We should probably get going."

The walk to the car was quiet as the music started to fade in the background. After today I feel as though I understand Lucas a bit more. There is so much more to him than I would have expected. He opened to door for me and I slid into his car. When he got into the driver's seat I said, "Thank you for lunch and the dancing. I can now say I know the basics of salsa."

"I wouldn't go that far," he chuckled as I glared at him, "but thank you for being so open minded. There aren't many people like that."

"What do you mean?"

He sighs, "Nothing," he smiles at me, "Ready to shoot your first scene?"

I noticed that he dropped the subject, but let it slide, "Yeah. I'm excited."

He chuckles at me and starts to make his way back to the studio.

We got to set ten minutes early. Lucas helped me find the ladies makeup and hair rooms and he took off to get his own makeup done. Being the first one in the room, the makeup artist starts to do my makeup and the wardrobe person goes to find my clothes for the scene that's about to be shot. The butterflies in my stomach returned and my palms were getting sweaty. I hope the makeup artist doesn't notice. I start reciting my lines in my head, when Maya walked into the room, "Fancy seeing you here."

I giggle, "I guess you came to do your makeup too?"

"Of course, I can't go out there looking less than fabulous."

I laugh, "Of course."

She takes the seat next to mine, while another makeup artist works starts working on her makeup.

"So, how are you feeling?"

"To be honest? I'm a nervous wreck," I laughed nervously.

Maya puts her hand out for me to hold and she squeezes it. "Don't worry, you'll do great. If it helps I'll be watching you for moral support," she said with a great big smile on her face.

"Thanks," I responded quietly. At this point I'm just trying to run through the scene in my head, making sure I have everything down.

There was a comfortable silence between us as the two ladies continued to do our makeup. Because I finished first and my scene was to be shot first I was rushed to wardrobe. "Well I'll see you out there," Maya said as I walked out.

After I got dressed and got my hair done, I headed towards the school set. I am surprised I didn't get lost, this place is HUGE! As I am approaching the set I see Lucas on the phone. When he sees me walking towards him, he quickly finished his conversation and hangs up the phone. That's the second or third time he does that. What is he hiding?

"Who was that?" I asked, pointing to his phone.

"Oh no one important," quickly he changed the subject, "So are you excited for our scene?"

"More nervous than excited," I responded before hearing PLACES! Places is the actor's cue to get into place.

Lucas looks over at me with a huge grin on his face, "Showtime. Don't worry you'll do great." He gives me a quick hug and then walked to his place on set. With that simple act, my heart started beating faster. I roll my eyes at myself, I need to get it together. He is just a boy.

My first scene was very simple. Probably an introductory scene for the character. This is the first time the audience is meeting her. All I have to do is be a badass, walk up to Lucas (or should I say Peyton) and ask him out to the movies. Something I wouldn't be able to do in real life, but I guess that's why I'm acting.

AND ACTION! The tapes are rolling now. My character doesn't really enter until much later in the scene, but I'm still in the background. I concentrate on my outfit. I would totally wear something like this. I'm wearing a Guns N Roses tank top, with a leather jacket, black skinny jeans, and low-top black Chuck Taylors. Too bad I could never pull this look off, I'm not as badass as Rowan.

Oh, Farkle and Zay are walking away from Lucas this is my cue. Zay is another actor on set. He plays Sabrina and Peyton's guide to the magical world of the gods. He disguises himself as a human but really he's part sheep. Or goat. I'm not really sure. Anyways, I haven't met Zay yet, but I hope to be introduced soon.

I walk over to Peyton's locker as the rocker chick I am. "Hi. I'm—"

Peyton looks right at me, "Rowan," his eyes widen when he realized he cut me off, "I-I-I know because we have AP Biology together not because I stalk you or anything," he said quickly.

I chuckled, "Nice to know you've noticed me. Well, I was just wondering if you wanted to go the movies with me tonight."

Peyton starts stammering, "Well um I've never actually been on a date. And I have to ask my dad and—"

"I'm just going to take all of this as a yes. I'll see you at 7. Don't be late." I winked at him before I walked off.

The scene went on after I got off but that's it. I did my bit. And it all came naturally. That was easy.

"CUT! GOOD JOB EVERYONE. LET'S DO IT ONE MORE TIME." someone shouted. Wait, for what? I thought I was done. I walk over to Lucas obviously with a confused look on my face because he answered my question as I walked up to him, "We shoot a couple of times just to make sure we capture every moment."

"I guess that makes sense. How'd I do?" I asked nervously.

"Perfect. You were a natural out there," He smiled at me.

"So were you. I actually believe there that you were a shy guy who couldn't talk to girls," I giggled.

"That's why, my dear, it's called acting." He replied. PLACES! "Well, here we go again. Break a leg!" He said walking off.

After three takes of the same scene over again, they finally gave us a well-deserved, ten-minute break. I walked over to Maya, who had been watching the scene from the side. "You did a great job!"

"Thanks, everything came out better than I expected."

"Nervous for no reason. You are a natural!" Maya exclaimed at me

"So, what do we do during ten-minute breaks?"

"Dive into the snack bar," She said giggling. "Also we just relax. After a while everything gets tiring. People start messing up and that's when the real fun kicks in."

"People messing up is fun?" I asked. I don't want to be made fun of. No way.

"Well, have you ever seen bloopers?" Maya asked me.

"Yeah." Actually, I see bloopers all the time. They are the best things ever.

"The messing up is like bloopers, but in real life. Some are funny, some aren't, it just depends on the situation."

"Oh." I grabbed a muffin so I could shut up, I didn't want to say something stupid. I look around for Lucas when I see him with a perky brunette. Huh, I haven't seen her on set before, weird.

I start to walk over to Lucas when Maya pulled my arm, "No you don't."

"Why? I just want to talk to Lucas about our next scene." Which isn't true, but she doesn't need to know that now does she?

"Missy can be—no she is a bitch. You don't want to go over there."

"Maya it's fine I can handle myself." I shook my arm away from her. I started walking towards Lucas again. Once Lucas saw me, his eyes widen. Uh-oh, maybe I should have listened to Maya. Well too late to turn back now.

"Hey Lucas, I wanted to talk to you about our next scene."

"Who's this?" the girl who I now know goes by Missy asked.

"Uhm Missy this is Riley, my co-star. Riley this is Missy—" Lucas started.

"I'm Missy," she puts her hand out, "Lucas's girlfriend."

A/N: And there you have it. The shoe has finally dropped. It would just be too easy if Lucas had no flaws. Let me know what you think! I read every review and take into consideration what you guys have to say. Thanks for reading!