Emi sped through people on her scooter, rushing to the museum. She checked her pink watch. The digital numbers showed 9:20. Looking up, she saw the museum, then---

Rage smacked right into Emi on his own scooter. Looking up dazed, she saw Rage laughing.

"Well Emi, I guess we were overexcited to find each other" he said, laughing some more. Emi smiled and got up. Rage flicked her hat. "Nice hat." he said. Emi smiled.

"Well, a nice person gave it to me. OH!" she yelped, remembering why she was late. She bowed down. "I'm so sorry Rage! Walt was making breakfast and left a mess while I was asleep and I couldn't leave it..." she tried to explain. Rage laughed.

"No big deal. Besides, they aren't letting anyone near the museum right now. I guess a few jerks have been stealing artifacts or vandalizing the equipment during the night. I was going to ask if you wanna practice in the parking garage for my apartment." he asked. Emi nodded. He smiled, flicked his own scooter around and rode ff, followed by Emi.

After 10 minutes, they arrived at Rage's apartment building, went around the side and rode the elevator up 8 flights. Emi looked around. She was familiar with this area, she lived here when she was around 5, but still visited old family friends.

"Daydreaming Ems?" he asked. Emi blushed when Rage called her by her old nickname. He laughed again at her blush.

"That's not fair, I don't have a nickname for you...Spikes" she smiled, gently making fun of his hair. Rage stopped laughing, but was still smiling. He placed a hand on her head and gently ruffled her hair. She smiled and looked around at the empty floor. "Why here?" she asked.

Rage shrugged. "Privacy, and we can be as loud as we want. The 2 floors below us and the other floors above it are empty. We can practice all we want." Emi smiled at Rage as he suddenly ran to a corner, crouched, then cheered.

"What's up?" she asked. Rage jogged back. He had a stereo in his hands.

"No one stole it" he grinned, wiping some dust off of the top. "Shall we start practicing?"

After getting chalk, and drawing makeshift dance stages, Emi and Rage practiced routines on random songs, some not even on machines, but on the radio. Switching sides and getting the steps right wasn't a big thing for them anymore with slower songs. The song practiced the most was Bumble Bee, since it was Emi's favorite. Now and then they would practice the Paranoia songs, but not a lot, since there weren't good routines to make for that particular line of songs.

They practiced every day for 3 weeks, often visiting Ecks in the 'Burger Bar' and watching others play, while practicing in the parking garage. Sometimes when they were recognized, Emi and Rage were placed on the stage by cheers and they would show off some routines.

Rage and Walt saw each other nearly everyday, since Rage would drive Emi home in his souped up moped, which he drove rather dangerously., to her apartment Emi made a late lunch for the three of them and Rage would help Walt with 'advise' on 'certain topics that Emi wasn't allowed to hear'. Usually, they were about girls and how to get them to notice you. Before each talk, Walt always turned red, but the blush faded as male hormones kicked in as we all knew they would (hey, a summer with Rage? Anything could happen and will...)