SEDUCTIVE {JOHN SHELBY}

chapter II

Florence and the rest of the girls stood with Lily in a room with large mirrors. As excitement rushed through her veins, her nerves outside her body. Lily was a gorgeous woman, her body was muscular yet lean. Her voice strong and held authority.

"Okey ladies!" Lily begun. "Practice starts now, I will go over the routine and you shall follow. Get into positions!" She clapped her hands before facing the mirrors. She nodded towards a man that was seated by the piano and next to him was a gramophone. Soon sensual tones filled the room and Lily started to move. 

"Follow me and we shall warm up." Lily said and everyone did as they were told. They did a simple routine and Lily added some stretching before the music was quiet again. She faced the girls and Florence frowned as she could hear Amelia and another girl giggle as Lily tried to speak. Lilly glared at the girls and the look on her face made them stop.

"Anything you want to share ladies?" Lily spoke as she crossed her arms over her chest. Both girls shook their heads and Lily raised a perfectly shaped brow. "Then I expect you to be quiet." She said before looking around the room.

"Lets begin." Lily said and an excited smile spread on her lips and Florence only looked at Rita before swallowing hard.

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More than four hours later they were done with three routines. Sweat was covering their bodies and their limbs was aching. Florence wiped her forehead unladylike and breathed heavily. No matter how tired she was, she loved the feeling. Just letting her body move to the music almost made chills run down her back. 

"Ladies, now I hope you are keeping up." Lily spoke and Rita let out a deep huff. "We are not done for the day." She said and many jaws dropped to the floor.

"What?" Amelia exclaimed loudly.

"You will have forty minutes lunch and then you will be back here to preform one of these routines in groups of four." Lily spoke. "You shall be back at two o'clock sharp." She said and everyone gathered their things quickly. Florence got one of her large shirts over her body.

"I know a pub just right across the street if you want to go together?" Rita spoke and Florence nodded. 

"They have chairs right? I need like two minutes.." Florence said with a huff and Rita chuckled. All the girls left the room and were soon walking across the large hall again. Florence let her eye wander over to the main stage. Her eyes sparkling like the stars and a smile was prominent on her lips. Soon her eyes met with Madam who watched her intently. Florence looked away almost embarrassed for dreamingly stare at the stage. What she didn't see was the smile on Madams lips.

"Fuck yes, I was moments from breaking." Rita exhaled after taking a blow of her cigarette. Florence saw the other girls taking puffs of their cigarettes as well as almost everyone walked over tot he pub across the street. 

As they walked inside the pub, dark wood was dominant and a few stalls were occupied by men, whistles filled Florence ears. 

"Look at that, audition day!" One man yelled and the cheers got louder. She frowned slightly as she saw Amelia beam with joy by the attention she was given. She hadn't even bothered to cover her body, still dressed in her tight clothing. The attention they were given made Florence thankful she had gotten her shirt on. She looked at Rita and both of them rolled their eyes.

"Two salads." Rita spoke as Florence looked around. Florence never liked attention off the stage, then she wanted to blend in the masses of people. However on stage she took her place, she almost demanded the eyes to be on her. She cut more than one piece of the cake on stage.

Her eyes soon found the eyes of a man further down the pub. He wore a light grey suit. A light pink flower on his chest and the dark mustache on his lip made his lips look even thinner and pressed together. Florence didn't like the feeling that spread across her body as they eyes met and especially not when the man smirked at her. The man beside him wore a light beige suit and he stared at the girls as well.

"Let's take a seat." Rita spoke and motioned Florence for the closest empty booth.

"It's amazing how some people are willingly embarrassing themselves." Rita spoke and looked at Amelia who flirted with a man by the bar. Florence rolled her eyes when Amelia loudly spoke about her being the next main act at the club. 

"Like anyone of us would get the main act." Florence said and Rita spoke. "Before I even got here I heard that it takes years to be the main act." She added and Rita nodded. Their salad was soon placed before them and glasses of water. Florence quickly emptied her glass and let out a sigh. "I've waited to do that since we walked inside the club." She admitted and Rita chuckled.

"What if some people knew manners." Amelias spat as she walked past them and Florence clenched her jaw. 

"Looking for someone to teach you?" Florence spat back and Rita almost chocked on her food. Amelia only snorted before walking over to some other girls and they immediately started to chat. 

"Do you see those men in the back?" Florence asked Rita who looked behind Florence and nodded. "They are creeps." She added.

"You know about Sabini?" Rita asked and Florence frowned.

"No he just keep staring at me. Whose Sabini?" Florence asked and Rita shook her head, chewing her food as she took out a cigarette.

"You know Eden Club?" Rita asked. "The jazz club?"

"Yes, it it that Sabini?" Florence asked and Rita nodded as she blew out some smoke from her nostrils. 

"Yep, he's nothing good. Probably is here to check out the competition." Rita said. "Nothing good comes with people that's involved with Peaky Blinders." She continued and Florence frowned.

"Peaky Blinders?" Florence asked a little loud and Rita hushed her. "What kind of an boyband is that?" She asked with a lower voice and Rita couldn't help but to chuckle.

"If only they were a boyband babe." Rita said. "You never get messed up with the Peaky Blinders hun." She continued.

"We'll if you don't have a wish to die." She continued after a while and Florence bit her lip.

"Enough about sharp boybands, where ya from darling if you haven't heard of the Peaky Blinders?" Rita spoke with a wink.

"A little place called Grimsby. Got here a few months ago." Florence said and Rita frowned which made Florence chuckle. "Not the high life city." She added.

"Not in the slightest." Rita said and they chuckled. Soon they walked back to the club and before they left Florence looked at the back of the room and Sabini was still watching her. 

As they walked back Alfred asked them to take a seat before walking back to the doors. Florence saw Alfred take a look at his watch before locking the door. A few girls was missing yet Amelia and her group of friends was on time.

"Ladies, good to see you on time!" Lily spoke as Alfred took a seat next to Madam. "Hope you still remember the routines because now you will preform. We will get straight into it." Lily continued and the sound of banging was heard. All the dancers looked at the entrance and saw some girls standing there, desperately wanting to get inside.

"As I told you, two o'clock sharp." Lily said and Florence swallowed. "First group up is Rita, Elizabeth, Belle and Anastasia."

"Good luck!" Florence whispered to her new bold friend and Rita only gave her a smirk and a wink as she removed her shirt and headed towards the stage.

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We are still early in the story so be patient, the peaky boys WILL join sooner then you think ;)