Dance your heart out

Chapter 7: Dinner?

{EMILY'S POV}

After I told Derek what happened, he freaked out.
"WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME YESTERDAY?" His voice is really angry
"Because of this. You freaking out over nothing. It's nothing Derek. It doesn't hurt"
"Nothing?! Emily that isn't nothing! I swear if I see his face I will.."
"Derek stop" I interrupted him. "It will only make it worse for you"
"But emily! I'm so stupid to not even go with you. I let you go there alone."
"Derek enough. It's done. Please just let it pass"
"who knew about that?"
"Just you and tristan"
"What I meant was. Did tristan knew who did that to you?"
"Yes. He saw me crying yesterday and he offered a ride home."
"HE KNEW??"
"Relax Derek"
"No! Take your shirt off. I'll take a picture"
"For what?"
"Just take it off"
"Not unless you tell me for what"
"Let me take a picture of it or I'll go there tomorrow and break his face"
"Fine!"
I took my shirt off and he took a picture of the bruise
"Alright. Go upstairs and rest. I know today is exhausting for you"
"Derek I'm not 8. Stop telling me what to do" i said then went upstairs

I took a quick shower before I go to bed. I was on my bed scrolling through my phone then someone texted me. It's Tristan.
"Hey did you tell him?"
"Yes I did. He freaked out. He took a picture of it"
"A picture? That's all he did? If I were him I'd go to the gym tomorrow and break the guys face"
"I told him not to cause its going to make everything worse for him"
"What is he going to do with a picture?"
"I don't know. He didn't tell me"
"Alright. Btw, what I said earlier. I didn't lie. The day I met you. I felt it. The feeling I never felt for a long time. I like you emily."
"Tristan, I want to focus on my studies first. I don't want to get into a relationship yet. If I do, I want it to be the one who I will spend the rest of my life with"
"I know. I'm not forcing you to like me back but I'll make sure I will be the one you're looking for"
"That would be a really long time tristan"
"I don't care emily. I will wait for you even if it means waiting for years."
"Alright I have to sleep. You need to sleep to tristan. We have rehearsals tomorrow"
"Alright goodnight emily"
"Goodnight tristan"

I put my phone down and thought of what will Derek do to that picture. It's probably nothing. He can't do anything about it. I hope he doesn't do anything bad to worsen the situation.

{DEREK'S POV}

I can't believe that I didn't knew about this sooner. I looked at the picture of Emily's bruise. I can't let anything like this happen ever again. I opened my laptop and transferred the picture to my laptop. I emailed the gym saying "is this the gym I'm entrusting my friends with? How could you let this kind of thing happen. This is a picture of my friend's bruise because of Lucas one of your trainer grabbed her so hard, TWICE. What kind of employees do you have? Do something about this or I will. I can shut this gym in a just seconds." I attached the picture and sent as anonymous. I knew this is the method that emily wants. Not violence.

The next morning

I sat there eating breakfast when emily came down.
"Good morning"
"Good morning, where's Mark?"
"He went early because he needed to go finish some errands"
"Alright. Uhmm hey Derek. What did you do to the picture you took?"
"Well at first, I looked at it for hours. Blamed myself for not knowing it sooner. Then I sent an email to the gym saying if they don't make a move, I will"
"That's good. Violence is not the answer to everything you know"
"I know emily"
We heard a beep outside and it was tristan. Emily texted him and went to the door.
"I still can't believe he knew first"
"I'm sorry Derek. I just don't want you to freak out like what you did last night"
After she said that, she went outside

At the studio

Before I went to our studio, I went to emily and Tristan's studio. I knocked and opened the door and saw them talking
"Hey" said emily
"Hey, I'm just checking if you arrived safely"
"I'm fine thanks" she said
"I can protect her you know" said tristan
"Well seems like you didn't protect her when you saw her at the gym" I walked closer to him
"I didn't know. Beside why are you blaming me for what you did" he said coming closer to
"Guys enough!" Emily tried to stop us but it didn't work
"I did? I'm not the one who didn't care why she was crying" I said
"I wasn't the one who let her go there alone" he grabbed my shirt then I grab his. Emily pulled us apart and stood between us
"ENOUGH! what the hell? It's just a fcking bruise! I didn't die! I have no broken bones! Don't freak out over nothing!" she said shouting and tearing up. I pulled her and wiped her tears. She pushed my hand away. "Derek you should leave now". I was in shock. Does she hate me?. I grabbed my things and went towards the door. Before I leave I saw tristan wiping her tears away then hugged her. He mouthed "I'm sorry" to her and kissed her forehead. I left the studio and walked towards our studio. Are they dating now? Does she like him?

{EMILY'S POV}

Derek left the studio and left me crying. Tristan comforted me and told me he was sorry about fighting with Derek. I don't know why I got angry with Derek but not tristan. Do I like him? I don't know yet. They are both special to me but I don't know who I really like.

"Hey you okay?" Tristan said while handing me a bottle of water
"I'm fine. I just don't like to see people fighting"
"You don't like people fighting and you don't like shouting. Got it?"
"Got what?"
"The things I have to avoid"
"You don't have to"
"I want to emily"
"So what's next in our routine?
"Well I'm thinking of doing a samba roll"
"Ohhh that's cool"
"You know that?"
"Yeah! And can I add a few steps to one part of the song? It's my jam so I like to contribute somehow"
"Yeah sure that would be great"
"But you have to move those hips" he laughed and we practiced our dance
We are almost done with the dance. We did some lifts in there which absolutely terrified me. The last part I just walk up the stage where I was at the beginning then I pose then tristan will kneel in front of me. The dance was awesome.
"Hey emily. Today is the costume consultation"
"For what?"
"Our dance. They will show us which costume won"
"I hope it's not too sexy. I ate too much the last few days"
"Don't worry. Your body is perfect"
We both laugh and someone knocked on our door. It's the design team. They handed us a copy of the costume and left. I opened the envelope and saw my costume.
"holy crap.. My body is not ready for this" I shouted
"Why?" I showed him my costume. It's color red and a skirt that is covered with feathers. The top was so revealing and I don't know if I can pull it off.
"That's not that bad" he said
"It is. Oh geez I have to go on a diet for the next 4 days"
"Stop it! You're perfect"
"Thanks tristan" I said blushing
" you're welcome. Now let's practice the whole dance then we'll go to the other studio to work on our blockings. Tomorrow they will shoot the footage they need to show before our dance" he said. I nodded and we dance the whole thing twice.
We went to the other studio to work on our blockings. That studio has a stairs on it just like the actual stage. Tristan opened the door and saw Derek and Maria doing their dance.
"Sorry I thought this studio wasn't booked" tristan said
"It's okay we are almost done now" Maria said. They finished their dance then the camera man went on a break.
"Are you guys going to practice? Can I see?" Maria asked
"Sure" tristan said
"Cmon Maria they need to practice" said Derek
"It's okay Derek I'm just going to watch then we'll go. You can go first if you want" said Maria. But Derek stayed to watch our dance

We did our dance and its was amazing. It a little sexy but who cares. We didn't kiss in the middle of the dance. Maria clapped her hands and so was Derek.
"They were amazing right?" Asked Maria
"Yeah" said Derek looking sad
"You okay Derek?" I asked
"Yeah I'm fine" he said
"Are you a professional dancer emily?" Maria asked
"No, oh gosh no. I just took ballet and jazz when I was 6 then watched Derek and Mark when we were at London. They showed me a few steps so I know a couple of moves" I said
"Wow you're good" she said
"Thanks" I said with a smile
"Told you, you're amazing" said tristan and hugged me from my side.
"Did they gave you the sketch of your costume yet?" She asked
"Yeah but I don't think I can pull it off" I said
"She's too insecure" said Tristan joking. I pushed him slightly with a smile.
"Can I see it?" Asked Derek. I took it out of my bag and gave it to him
"Wow" Maria said.
"Don't you thinks it's too revealing?" I asked
"No. Look this part they will cover it with skin coloured fabric so not much of your skin is exposed" she said. Derek didn't say anything, he just handed it back to me without saying anything.
"Let's go practice one more then we are done for the day?" Tristan said
"Let's go maria" Derek said
"Hey guys do you want to have dinner with us later?"she asked
"No it's okay. You two should have some time together" said Tristan.. Were they going out later? Like on a date?
"No it's just a friendly date just the four of us" she said.
"Yeah sure" tristan said. Derek looking confused
"Alright see you later" she said and they both left

{DEREK'S POV}

The doors closed behind us and I pulled Maria to the side
"What was that about? We didn't plan a dinner tonight" I said
"I know but now we have" she said with a smile
"Well why did you invite them to come?"
"So she will think that you asked me on a dinner like a date. I asked them so you can't refuse to go."
I was speechless
Our situation is so messed up