Never too soon
Oh reckless abandon,
Like no one's watching you

A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh

Just stay there
Cause I'll be comin' over
While our bloods still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop to surrender

(Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap)

Chapter 28: Crashing Waves of Emotion

BPOV

On the way back to the OWA campus, I found my excitement growing. It was the week of my first showcase at Ocean Walk Academy. I couldn't really say whether I was nervous or excited; I thought that it was a mixture of both. I couldn't help but wonder how many people would come to the show. Rosalie had told me that almost a thousand people came once. Needless to say, that had made me a little nervous. That meant one thousand people that I wanted to impress at once; one thousand people who would be judging me.

I tried not to think about it when the bus pulled up to campus. I just wanted to use the rest of today to relax and be with Edward. Edward.

After his interview was done we all headed back towards the hotel to celebrate. As I said before, I didn't think that I'd ever seen these three boys so happy. They were almost glowing, they looked so happy. Rosalie and Alice told me that they would be like this for a few days so I better get used to it.

I stepped out of the bus and took in a deep breath. It's good to be back, I thought. Not that I didn't enjoy being at the game all weekend, I just missed being able to go to the studio whenever I wanted. I realized that needed dance in my life; it was like oxygen to me and if I didn't have it I would die.

Rosalie and Alice came off the bus right after me and we all grabbed our bags and headed to our dorms.

"So what do you guys want to do now that we're back?" Alice asked.

"Actually, I think I am going to drop my things off at our room then head down to the studio," I said.

Alice rolled her eyes. "You're addicted to dancing, Bella," she said.

I smiled and shook my head in her direction because she was completely right.

Once we got to the dorm, I raced to my room to change into some more comfortable clothes to dance in. I wasn't in the dorm for five minutes before I was running back out of it with my dance bag on my arm.

"Bye Alice!" I called.

I made my way across campus faster than I think I ever had. Just knowing that I was finally going to be dancing for the first time in a few days made me happy.

I walked into the studio and immediately felt at home. This was where I was meant to be at all times. I felt the most comfortable here, seeing the way that the sun reflected off of the mirrors and how it made a cool pattern on the floor. The whole ambience of the dance room just gave me a secure feeling, like no one was judging me here. Which was true because no one really cared if you messed up a move in the dance room; they'd just help you if you did.

We all wanted to look good and be good, so why not help each other?

I let my bag down on the floor and didn't even bother putting any shoes on. I grabbed my iPod and plugged it into the speaker system. I hit shuffle, not wanting to know what song was going to come on. I walked over to the middle of floor and listened to the opening of the song.

I didn't think about the moves I was doing. I didn't think about the showcase this weekend. I didn't think about anything other than dancing.

I was in the process of doing a couple of shinay turns when I ran into someone's chest. Startled, I looked up at the person I collided with and blushed when I saw that Edward was the person I had run into.

"Whoa, slow down there," he said steadying me.

I laughed and looked down at the floor. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Well, I went to your room only to find that you weren't there. Alice told me that you had come here as soon as you got back," he said.

I blushed even harder and buried my face in his chest. "That's embarrassing," I mumbled.

"How is that embarrassing?" Edward asked. "You're a dancer, it's what you do."

"Well, I know that," I said sarcastically.

Edward laughed and pulled my face up so I was looking at him. His stare was so intense that I almost forgot how to breathe, no matter how cliché that sounded. Before I knew what was happening, his lips captured mine and kissed me sweetly. I smiled into the kiss and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer. It only lasted a couple of minutes but it was still worth it.

"What was that for?" I asked.

"For being amazing," he said.

I felt the blush rise to my cheeks at his comment but then I brushed it off.

"Come on," he said pulling me out of the studio with my stuff. Once we were outside, Edward started to pull me in the direction of the beach.

"Where are we going?" I asked him.

He just shook his head and smiled. "No can do," he answered.

I rolled my eyes and continued following him in the direction of the beach. He surprised me by going to the jetty* and walking all the way down to the end of it.

This jetty went very far out into the water and, to tell you the truth, it kind of freaked me out. So when Edward stopped at the very end I looked at him with a questioning expression on my face.

"Okay. What now 'Mr. I have a plan'?" I asked him.

He took my hand and pulled me so that I was standing in front of him while holding onto the railing in front of me. "Look how big the waves are today," he whispered in my ear.

I looked out at the water when he said this and saw that there was a big swell of water coming our way and it looked like it would crash right over top of our heads. I finally understood why he had brought me here.

"Edward, no," I said, trying to get away, "I do not want to get wet right now." I looked around me to see if there was anything I could get behind to stay dry and of course there was nothing at all.

"Oh, come on Bella. Have some fun!" Edward said enthusiastically.

I was preparing to push him away and run but that didn't happen because, at that moment, the wave I had seen was over our heads and we were both soaking wet. I turned around to face Edward and saw that he had a wide smile on his face and once he saw my expression it turned into laughter.

"Do you think this is funny?" I asked.

He shook his head 'yes' and tried his hardest not to laugh.

"Well, let me tell you this is not-" I was cut off by another wave crashing over our heads. This only caused Edward to laugh harder. I got out of his arms and started to run away from him – in a playful way of course.

I got all the way down onto the sand before Edward caught me again. Since we both were already soaking wet we didn't really care if we got anymore sand or water on us.

"You're a jerk," I said turning to scold him sarcastically.

"Yeah," he answered, "but I'm your jerk."

**OWA**

I surprised myself the next morning when I woke up not feeling tired. Usually, when I first woke up I just wanted to go straight back to sleep. But not today. I was ready to get back to dancing.

I made my way to the dance room in record time. And since I had left so early I was the first student there.

"Hello, Bella," Adara said to me as I entered.

"Hey," I answered.

"How was the game?" she asked. "I'm guessing we won since everyone was in high spirits yesterday?"

"Yes, we did," I answered proudly.

She nodded. "Well, since you're the only one here right now, did you want to practice one of the dances?" she asked me.

I nodded and we got to work. Even though I had only had a few days off, I was still really stiff and tired.

Everyone else came into the studio a few minutes later looking ready to go. And Adara and Mr. Molona didn't even give a chance to say hi before they put us to work. We were about half way through a dance when Mr. Molona yelled for us to stop.

"Guys! You all have to the dance down really well and that's good, but now I need to see some emotion. Even if the dance is light hearted there still needs to be that in your dancing," Mr. Molona said. "So this time, I need to see it!" He started the music again and we all got into our starting positions.

We actually got through the whole dance this time and I thought that meant Mr. Molona felt good about our performance. But when I looked up, the obviously wasn't the case.

"Did anyone hear what I said?" he asked walking up to us. "Emotion, emotion, emotion! I want to see it in your dancing this time!" He started the music again and I tiredly went back to my beginning spot.

This was the opening dance for the showcase so it had to be really good. I wasn't really sure what Mr. Molona meant by emotion for this dance. He had explained what this dance was about – a guy wanting a girl but she had no interest – but how to you portray that? Yes, you do it with your body but how do you show the emotion in your face? This is all so confusing.

We were now at all the part where Edward had to flip me over his shoulder and I had to land on the ground gracefully. I still wasn't too crazy about this stunt but it had to be done. Before I knew it, I was being lifted into the air and kicking my legs to flip over Edwards shoulder. And – thank God – I landed safely. When the song ended, I just wanted to fall to the floor and sleep.

"That was way better people!" Mr. Molona said happily. "Now let's do the next dance!"

Everybody groaned in unison and Mr. Molona spoke out at that. "Come on now guys. You shouldn't be complaining. We have to be rehearsing constantly all this week because the showcase is Friday. That give us less than five days to make sure you all have these dances! So, come on! This will be fun!"

Everybody groaned again and I knew this was going to be a long week.


*A jetty is rocks that go out into any kind of body of water. In this case, they were going into the ocean. The purpose of them is to protect a certain area of water from beach erosion, ect…

So, um, hey! Long time no see, right? There is no way I can say how sorry I am for how late this is. I KNEW that was going to happen when school started but, hey, I don't control the time.

But they good/bad news is that there are only TWO CHAPTERS LEFT! Maybe one. I don't know yet.

Since the showcase is in the next chapter(YAY!) I thought I would give you a little peak at the songs being used.

The first song of the showcase is so much fun. I wanted something upbeat that would get the feel for the showcase going. Song #1: Follow Me Down - 3OH!3

Now, the song I chose for Edward and Bella's first partner dance is one of my favorite songs of all time. It only has two verses in the whole song but those two verses have SO much depth and meaning in them I had to put it somewhere in the story. Song #2: Flames – VAST

This is the dance Bella choreographed! I discovered this song from a dance recital (Ironic, I know!) and I fell in love with it. I love the sound of the violins and how it goes fast to slow but still sounds nice. Song #3: Any Other World – MIKA

Sighs…Second Edward and Bella dance! This song is definitely one to listen to. And, I found it reading another fanfiction…Haha. Just listen to it, it's awesome. Song #4: Secret – Maroon 5

So, this song is the name of this story. Yep, I decided to be cliché. #5 All The Right Moves – One Republic

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-Selbe

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