Chapter 8: Break it

Oh, he was in for it. Calling her a classical ballerina! She glared. »What makes you think I'm a 'classicall ballerina'?« He leaned towards her like he had in the rain, speaking with the exact same mocking tone. »Hmm, let me think...maybe it's the bun, no wait the leotard, yes definetelly the leotard. I bet you can do pretty little jumps to pretty classic music in it. To bad there's no classic music in here, you have nothing to show.« Her eyes narrowed. »So you think I can't dance?!« He crossed his arms. »No, but I'm pretty sure I'm better than you, especially in here.« A spark ignited in her eyes, everyone in the room was staring at them intenselly. »Oh, so you think you can out dance me?« She asked, stepping closer to him, giving him a glare as her eyes burned into his. He smirked at her. »I could break you any time, ballerina.« She smirked back. »I dare you to try.« His eyes glinted as he leaned closer to her. All whispers in the room died down, everyone's eyes on them. »Why not?« He said, a smirk already on his face, as though he'd already won. »How 'bout right now?« He asked. She smirked back, pulling down her leotard to reveal an ornage sports bra top with a swirling white pattern in the front, letting her leotard work as tights, her hand shot up to her hair, pulling it swiftly out of the bun and letting it fall across her back and shoulders in a messy way, it looked like she was born in here, in this style. »Bring it on.« She challenged. The DJ was apparently following their exchange as the song dynamite started to play, the people around them giving them some space. Lila slowly started to move to the instrumental intro, her smirk widening as his eyes followed her every sway, his mouth gaping open. She spun towards him when he didn't immediatelly start moving, closing his mouth with one finger. »Wouldn't want to catch a fly.« She said, her eyes half lidded, a smile on her lips as she pushed away from him. He snapped out of his trance, a smirk growing on his lips as he tapped his leg to the drums, his arms crossed as he watched her. And then the lyrics started and they both moved on instinct. By the time the chorus started they were already in eachother's hair, moving closer together, challenging one another. The chorus started and she swung into his space, before pushing away from him, throwing her hands into the air and diping back, winking at him, before pushing herself up. He moved closer, as the chorus went on: »Saying AYO, baby let's go.« And before the words ended he caught her hand and pulled her to his chest, her eyes widening. He winked at her before dipping her and throwing her into the air slightly, before pushing her backwards with his chest, his arms ghosting over hers. She caught his game and in a second they were moving together through the whole chorus. The second it was over they pushed away from eachother and he took the lead. »I came to move move move move. Get out the way of me and my crew crew crew crew, I'm in the club so I'm gonna do do do do, just what I came here to do do do do, yeah yeah 'cause it goes on and on and on. And it goes on and on and on yeah!« She stepped into his space the second the chorus started, teasing until he grabbed her and they moved together. Lila wasn't going to let him lead again, before the chorus was over, at the last line of it, she pushed him away in a classical move. »Like it's dynamite!« She knew this song and she knew what she was doing. »I'm gonna take it all I, I'm gonna be the last one standing, Higher overall I, I'm gonna be the last one landing 'cause I, I, I Believe it, and I, I, I, I just want it all, I just want it all, I'm gonna put my hands in the air, hands in the air, Put your hands in the air!« She took over the lead, always pushing him to the side of the dance floor, taking it all for herself. As the chorus came back she threw her hands and head back again, smilling at him slyly. By now they were completely in sinch. He moved towards her, pulling her closer as they moved through the chorus. »I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, Saying ay-oh, gotta let go. I wanna celebrate and live my life, Saying ay-oh, baby let's go. 'Cause we gon rock this club, We gon' go all night, We gon' light it up, Like it's dynamite, 'Cause I told you once, Now I told you twice, We gon' light it up;« As the verse played, they were barely inches apart and Lila snapped out of a dancing haze and pushed away from him, leaning toward him with her hands on her hips, singing the last verse. »Like it's dynamite.«

They finished apart, him leaning away, his hands crossed on his chest and her leaning towards him, her hands on her hips. Their gazes locked, smirks playing on their lips. They stayed in the same position, until the DJ shouted across the speakers, snapping them both out of their trance as they straightened and stepped away from eachother. »Ladies and breakers! You all just witnesed the dance off of the day.« Lila kept her hands on her hips as he kept his crossed across his chest. »Now it's hard to choose a winner and because the honor goes to me, I'll have to give today's crown to...« He let a drum roll play as Lila and Marco eyed eachother from the corners of their eyes. »The dancing queen!« The DJ shouted and everyone who'd previously gone quiet cheered for her. Lila rolled her eyes, one hand falling from her hip in a lazy gesture. »Thanks guys, but I just came to let off some steam and move. If you'll excuse me, I need to be somewhere.« And with that she shot Marco one last glance, before walking off the dance floor and picking up her bag, slipping out the door.

She giggled as she quickly changed, saying goodbye to Selena, before walking out of the studio into the fresh air. She felt so giddy as she giggled again. She hadn't danced breakdance or hip hop even longer than ballet, but she always loved the two styles. They felt more free than ballet ever did.

Aiistra peeked out of her coat, a sly smile on her lips. »Sooo...That was fun.« She said with a giggle. Lila nodded. »I hadn't felt that alive in ages.« Aiistra giggled. »You did dance pretty well, especially with Marco in the chorus.« Lila stopped in her tracks, her eyes narrowing into the distance. »What are you getting at Aiistra?« The kwami just giggled before diving back into Lila's coat.

As soon as Lila came home she took a shower and started doing her homework. By the time she was finished her aunt had gotten home from work and they had dinner. »So? Did you do anything fun today?« Her aunt asked. Lila smiled brightly, the adrenaline from the dance off had already died down, but the freestyle dancing had cleaned all her stress from the past week and she felt fresh. »Oh, I had a nice day. I made a new friend at school and I went to check out the new dance studio. The studios are really nice and the equipment is fancy too. I think I'll really enjoy dancing there.« Her eyes glinted as she thought back to the dance off. Sophie smiled. »That's great. I knew you'd like it.« They finished dinner with some smalltalk, before Lila cleaned the dishes and went back to her room. She threw herself onto her bed and sighed. Aiistra flew up to her, landing on her stomach. »How did you like the studio?« Lila smiled, giving Aiistra a caramel and petting her. »It was great, it's all really nice. I just hope Marco won't bother me if I ever see him.« Aiistra hummed as she nodded. »The break troup was nice though. Have you thought about joining them? You used to dance freestyle a lot.« Lila looked out the window as she thought about it. »I don't know Aiistra, I just don't want my dancing styles to mix again. I'll think about it, but I have to go brush my teeth now.« Lila walked out of the room and Aiistra looked after her sadly, she sighed as Lila dissapeared. Aiistra knew why Lila didn't want to join any other dances than ballet.

I had already been with Lila for a while. I remember a year ago Lila wanted to audition for a ballet. She'd been so happy and left me in her bag, on a seat in the audience so that I could see her. Lila'd had a breakdance practice the day before. I remember that she'd already skipped some practices for other styles, she'd been concentrating on ballet so she could do well at the audition. I remember watching her walk on stage, everything went perfectly. And then the upbeat part of the song came up.

Lila accidentally mixed some of her hip hop into her ballet. She tried to cover it and finished everything up to the end perfectly. I'd been with Lila for a year then and I knew when she was on the verge of crying. That was one of those times as Lila waited silently for the judges review. I remember that they were really mean about her mistake, even when she tried to explain it. In the end Lila ran off the stage, grabbed her bag and ran out of the teather. I remember how she ran home and hid in her closet. I remember petting the girl's hair as she cried, trying to calm her. I whispered recouraging things, that this wasn't her only or last chance. I still remember how at the end of the day Lila called the studio and signed out of all other dance styles except ballet. I remeber that she told me she wasn't going to dance other styles again, that she was focusing on ballet. I hadn't known what to say at the time. She loved all the styles she danced. I'd seen over the past year that she missed them, that she needed them to stay balanced. Ballet was too controled for her at times. She couldn't dance away her stress with it. I knew that she knew she wanted to dance freestyle again. I just have to hope that this Marco can pull her back.

Lila looked at herself in the mirror. She felt tired, but not in a bad way. More in a way that she could peacfully throw herself into bed and instantly fall asleep. She felt fresh and delighted. But most of all she felt confussed. She didn't like to think back to that day. The day she decided that she needed to focus on ballet. The audition had been a wake up call. She couldn't dance so many styles if she wanted to get anywhere in ballet. She needed to concentrate on that. She coudln't let herself get pulled back into other styles. She only thought she needed them because she hadn't danced them for so long. Though she'd felt like she needed them. When she was dancing with Marco. When her hair wasn't perfectly tamed and she wasn't bounded to tehnique. Lila shook her head. Thinking about it any more will only make her more confussed. I just need to forget about it, she decided, it was just a onee time deal, a mistake. And with that she walked back into her room. Lying down next to a sleeping Aiistra and closing her eyes, losing herself in a dream.

A.N:

I know I know, I'm the best. Updating so soon. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter. Something new is revealed from Lila's past two years!

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Dream on!

Timisa