For some reason, I'm in a good mood to update another chapter after last time! :) It's time for the Luce's and Oblio's rehearsal! :D Enjoy~!

DCFan4ever: All will be revealed in due time, girl! ^_^

Anonymous: I'd be willing to do that, but the review you sent me didn't show all what you put (maybe it got deleted and you were in a rush?), meaning I don't know what will happen after they rehearse the dance. Hopefully in a new chapter, I'll do that. :)

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~Chapter Eight: Body Movin'~

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The golden sun started to hit the room of Luce, slowly lighting up the area. When it landed on Luce's face, she closed her eyes tighter, hoping to get the sun out of her dreaming state of mind. Much to her dismay, she groaned and got up, stretching like a cat and yawning to get herself awake. She took her glasses from her nightstand, and put them on, her vision becoming more clear than her unaided eyes. Looking at the time, it was only around six, ten minutes before the half-hour.

The brunette sighed, laying her head back on her pillow. She looked to her right to where her nightstand is and took a book from it. As she scan through it, she looked at her mother's poems that Oblio mentioned he read. In her guess, her mom's poetry is a hobby that she would consider doing if she hadn't done her dancing and acting. While she was pregnant with her brother Derek, maybe that was her free time doing something she loved other than dancing. She wished she could ask her about this before she left the earth.

Her mother was proud of her work, citing what she did in life and the miracles of great achievements that motivate her to take the pen and write it down in her own free will. There were all kinds of poems she created: haiku, sonnets, limericks, and so forth. Wanting to read more, but couldn't, her phone vibrated, making Luce sit up and look to see who was texting her. It was a number she didn't recognize, but when she read the text, she noticed the signature reminded her of the Korean she met yesterday.

She chuckled, shooting a text back to him. After sending it, she added Glitch's number to her contacts. Either Mo told him her number, or he just got sneaky and went through his partner's phone and found her number. She later shrugged off the idea, getting ready to prepare herself to finally rehearse with Oblio. The place he picked wasn't that far, but just as long it's in the city, it's acceptable.

She hurried to shower, which took about a half-hour, and found a comfortable outfit to wear for the weather of today. She put on the denim skinny jeans and blue and gold plaid combat boots. In her tank top, she decided to fix her hair before putting on her shirt so that it wouldn't leave wet stains on the top back of her shirt.

Brushing her hair carefully, Luce thought of what kind of songs she will be dancing to. There are a lot of songs that can make create moves without having to review them unless she's teaching someone as she did with Dare and Emilia. Finished with drying and brushing her hair, she put on her shirt and went to her phone since she heard another text possibly from Glitch.

From: Glitch

After your rehearsal, want to have lunch with Mo and the others? If you do, then be at The Groovy Smoothie at around twelve. :)

Luce smiled, respecting Glitch's offer. It'd be great to have a hangout right after her dance rehearsal with Oblio, so why not? She sent a text saying that she'll be there, heading down the stairs ready to see what today has in store for her. Once she noticed Claire watching the television, she went to her without distracting her.

"Hey, Claire? I need a favor." The blonde Italian looked at the brunette, her hazel eyes looking at Luce's brown ones. She gave her a look, motioning her to go on. Luce felt a bit of heat rising on her cheeks. "Um... remember that guy who was at my mom's grave that day?"

"Yes, what about him?" Claire asked. Her brain clicked, giving herself a big grin. "I knew I should have been nice to him; you're going on a date with him, aren't you? I figured you two were an item!" Luce immediately turned red, trying to breathe it out and cool herself off. She's not serious, is she?

"N-No," Luce stammered. "Actually, we are in a dance crew now, so I need you to take me to the Planks." Claire smiled nonetheless, and got up, turning off the television and getting her car ready. Her Ferrari started up without the need for the key to be inserted since it's the latest model. Luce checked the time on her phone, it being 10:30. It only takes them a car ride to get there in about five minutes, which is good for Luce especially.

The temperature feels rather cool for a summer's day, being at seventy-one degrees. Just because it's that way now, that doesn't mean it'll stay that way for the rest of the day. It was a good thing so that she doesn't have to worry about the heat making her sweat badly. What would really matter would be the moves she will have to learn or the ones she created and add them in for her choreography.

Finally, at the Planks, Claire picked a safe spot to drop her off, smiling as to say goodbye. Luce smiled back, now hoping to find Oblio so that they can get started on the dance routines. Since the Planks is basically an all-age theme park, who knows where Oblio can be at? At least Luce wasn't the type of person to fret about where a friend would be, although in this case, she doesn't have Oblio's number.

Hearing a faint sound of music, it caught her attention. Carefully, she went to the source of the beat, until she can find if it was Oblio or someone else practicing their moves. Luce felt like she was in a video game, having to find the location of a friend, sort of like a role-playing game that wouldn't bring a negative outcome for whatever she would do in the future. Her eyes found a medium-sized stereo at an abandoned bar, with a music device plugged in, which was why the sound was loud and can be heard too. She went closer and looked closer to see what song was playing, turning out to be "Let It Rock."

"So you've finally made it, huh?" Oblio said, causing Luce to turn herself around to face the speaker, surprised that he came without a sound like last time. Her eyes met his shoes, then rose up to see black tight pants with three metal plates on each side, and a tank top that says "Crash Symphony" with mesh added on the inside. Luce tried her best not to blush, noticing that he has nice strong arms that resulted in bulging biceps. "Are you okay? Your face is reddening."

Luce snapped out of her not-wanting-to-tell-someone thoughts and looked down to her left with her hand cupping her arm. It was funny that she didn't blush that much when she saw Angel with his "Show-Off" outfit, since the center of his abs and pecs were showing, yet for some reason, Oblio's arms attracted her attention. "Y-yeah, I'm fine. It's the temperature, that's all." The bluenette looked at the sky through his purple shades, gray clouds coming in to show off a gloomy picture.

"Seems we won't have much time. I was hoping to do more, but maybe next time," Oblio said, looking at Luce to see that she was feeling a bit better than she had. "Hopefully after this song, we can call it a day." Luce looked at the sky, nodding from his statement.

"You're right," she replied. "So... what song are we doing?"

"You've heard of 'Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)' by Beastie Boys?" he asked with a small smirk. Luce blinked, recognizing that song. She listened to it on her phone all the time, so it wasn't a big surprise there. She smiled back, putting her small purse down next to Oblio's stereo.

This should be interesting, Luce thought before speaking up. "Yeah, I have. You got the routine all gathered up?" Oblio nodded, heading to his stereo to find the song. At least his stereo allows him to go to the music he wants instead of having to unplug his phone and do that. Once the song started to play, that's when the routine will begin.

"It won't be easy, but you have the potential," the bluenette told her, rolling his shoulders to ease off the tenseness.

While the dance routine occurred, Oblio watched as Luce tried her best to score the upcoming moves. Taking it from the top was like a graded test since she was breaking down the moves so that they can add up together. So far, it wasn't too bad, but then again, there are moves that seem to be impossible, especially the one that is coming up right after she did the move "Sidekicks."

"Now this one's called 'Running Jack,'" Oblio said after Luce finished the two "Sidekicks." Using his arm and leg, they looked as if they were about to touch, but it was in a running form.

"Oh, damn," Luce spoke up, the move looking extremely difficult. Oblio heard her and noticed that she felt pressured that if she screws it up, he might scold her.

"Just try it," he told her calmly. Luce took a deep breath, then did it the same way as Oblio did it, but for some reason, it didn't feel right. When she did it, her arm was too high, making the beat off if her elbow didn't meet up with her knee. Oblio crossed his arms. "Tell you what: try to work on that at home, and if it feels right to you, then that means you got it."

"Thanks," Luce smiled, panting softly for air. Once she caught her breath, she continued with the upcoming moves that Oblio showed to her. She managed to do them well, so practice was over, due to thunder roaring and rain sprinkling. Oblio put his stereo in the compartment attached to his motorcycle, while Luce went inside the empty bar to protect herself from the rain and to let Glitch know that she'll be at Groovy Smoothie. Oblio noticed that she was busy, but just to be fair, he got his jacket that was similar to the one he had on some time ago, but it had a teal top part instead of yellow. "Um... is it cool if you can drop me off somewhere?" she asked when Oblio faced across from her.

"Sure," Oblio replied. "Where do you need to be?" Luce moved her head to see how bad the weather is, and right now, it was raining harder than ever. Luckily, Oblio's motorcycle was moved inside the bar before it got worse. She frowned, putting her phone in her purse and slinging it on her shoulder.

"Maybe we should wait? We'll end up soaked." Oblio chuckled, putting his jacket around Luce. She blinked, confused. "What are you...?"

"It's no problem," he replied with a small smile. "Use that to shield yourself from the rain, and I'll use my helmet." Luce put on the sleeves, which were long, but Oblio was right about it protecting her from the rain, while he headed to his motorcycle, removed his sunglasses to put on his helmet, and started the engine. He turned his head to look at Luce with the orange visor from the helmet. It signaled Luce to get on, so she did. "I recommend hanging on tight, especially for this kind of weather," he warned her.

Luce breathed through her nose, doing what she is told. Wrapping her arms around his waist, she began to speak. "The others want me to be at Groovy Smoothie around this time, so can you take me there?" Oblio slid down the visor from his helmet and nodded, revving up the engine and heading over to Luce's destination.

Something about the ride of a motorcycle made Luce feel a great rush. The air around her was cold and extravagant. The rain that pelted down on her shield, or in this case, Oblio's jacket, actually worked. She pitied the motorcyclist for having to take the price of being wet like last time. Luce can barely see where they're heading, due to the heavy rain and wind making her glasses sprinkled with water, but she can tell they're in town due to the multiple lights of vehicles and signs.

Through his helmet, Oblio carefully parked at Groovy Smoothie. Luce noticed he stopped, giving her the cue to hurry inside. She removed the jacket and offered it to him, but he stopped her, smiling lightly.

"Keep it for now," he told her. "You can give it to me when we meet again, that being tomorrow at Gridlocks; it's too far from here, but if your friends know where it is, then that's fine." Luce smiled and put on the jacket to protect her from the rain.

"Thanks again," she said calmly, walking to the front door of the restaurant. Before heading off, Oblio watched her heading into the restaurant, chuckling and heading back to where his motorcycle takes him. Luce opened the door to see a vividly bright and colorful place, completely opposite of outside. Instead of quiet, cold, and wet, it was crowded, but also dry and warm.

"There she is!" Angel replied, waving to Luce to get her response. The brunette heard her friend's voice, looking over to her right. With a smile, she headed over to where the Latino, Mo, Glitch, and Emilia are at. She took a seat beside Emilia and Angel and smiled at the fact that they are there. "It must have been rough outside," he told her, mentioning the jacket that isn't hers.

"For him being mysterious, he seems to be a gentleman, right, Diamond?" Emilia asked with a sweet smile. Luce chuckled, taking it off and placing it on her lap.

"I guess you can say that," Luce replied. "So, how's everyone?" Mo told Luce about how he was teaching Glitch how to do head spins, which was complicated for him, but they were managing since Glitch promised he'll make it for Mo. Angel explained that Aubrey was actually impressed with Angel's moves, especially with the songs she picked. Then Emilia told Luce how training with Bodie is fun, yet challenging, which really fits their athletic style.

Once the drinks and food were served, they went crazy to grab what they ordered, as if they hadn't eaten in a week. Luce smiled at their crazy motives and kept calm, since after all, she didn't order hers technically.

"Here, Luce," Angel said to the quiet brunette, giving Luce her favorite smoothie and meal. She grinned at him and drank, feeling refreshed from the past dancing. Next was her meal, a cheeseburger, and fries, a classic. She's not a big eater, but that doesn't mean she can't love food. Once she settled with her food being nearly finished with just a couple bites out of a burger and a few fries left out, she rubbed her stomach lightly, due to having a small stomach.

"Hey, Diamond, is it okay if I can have your fries?" Glitch asked. Luce chuckled and nodded, surprised that a young teen like him can have a stronger stomach than her. Mo took out his wallet and revealed a five-dollar bill and two one-dollar bills, paying for half of the food and drinks.

"We'll see y'all later then," Mo told the three, heading out with Glitch who waved them goodbye with his signature grin.

"You two ready to head off?" Emilia asked the last two.

"Si," Angel replied, taking out ten dollars to pay for the rest of the food, but Luce took out her wallet and offered it instead. Angel looked at her curiously.

"It's no trouble," she told him with a smile. "I think you should save up, don't you think?" Angel smiled at her response, putting his money back in his wallet.

"Gracias, Luce," he answered. Before they could head off, Luce put the money in the black little compartment and signed the receipt. While heading to Angel's car with Emilia to hang out for a while, she felt a bit dizzy and her stomach hurt, but she shrugged it off and continued on for the rest of the day. Maybe it's the dancing and eating she's been doing that's making her feel that way.

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~Chapter Nine coming soon...~

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I'm really excited for the next chapter, but since the Fourth of July is coming, I have to have a little bit of time off to spend time with my family up in my hometown, along with my mom getting surgery for having two hernias. All in all, everything's going to be all right. :) Back to chapter details; if you tried to attempt "Running Jack," then I hope you know how to do it, because it's hard as hell, so I'm giving Luce the same situation for those who don't know how to do it, myself included. :P Updates still coming. :)

Review down below, please! :D