The Forgotten Dance Department | a Sammy Lawrence x Reader story

~Chapter 3 | A new woman in the Family~

~time skip, 6 months ahead~

I've had a great time so far in the Animation Studio! I've made lots of new friends, but they all work on different departments. Obviously my very best friend was Sammy, who I grew a crush on during the time I worked here. Then there was Norman Polk, an old man around his 50s, who told me having a hard time finding a job somewhere since he was African-American. I'm not the one to be racist or discriminate, in fact, he's a real nice guy! He works with Sammy, as the projectionist. He comes by very often, mostly for the coffee- And than we have Jack Fain, he started here 1 month ago and had a hard time finding his place in the family. Since he was Sammy's right hand, I got to know him very soon and it clicked of course! Henry and Wally of course stayed my friends as well.

It was a wonderful Thursday evening and me, Sammy and Wally walked outside, ready to go home. Wally locked the back door and sighed. "Well, that's another day not died!" He says breathing in the fresh, slightly cold air. "Man, you can sure say that Franks.. you can sure say that.." Sammy says underneath his breath and I roll my eyes. "You two need to cheer up from that cold depressing life of yours! Good night gentlemen~!" I wave and Wally waves me good night. When I almost turned around the corner I heard quick footsteps, running, and out of breath huffing. "(Y-y/n)! Wait!" I turned around and saw it was Sammy. "Hmm? What is it Sammy?" I asked turning now fully towards him. "Why don't I walk you home? It sure is dark outside and New York is a big city and... I don't want anything bad happening to you..?" He stammers and I giggle. "Well, I'm a strong woman.. I can tie my own shoelaces and dance without falling.." I say, thinking dramatically. "...Buuuuut~ If you insist, I don't see why not Sammy!" I smile and I start walking towards the direction of my house. "H-hey! Wait up for me, you little rascal!" I hear him yell skipping over to me. "What did you just call me? A little 'rascal'?" I ask him turning my face towards him. "I'll show you, 'little rascal'!" I smirk and I take his hat, running away laughing, him chasing after me laughing as well, calling my name every now and then.
After a while, we reached my house and I stopped running. Completely out of breath, I leaned myself against the door, waiting for Sammy to reach me. Shortly he arrived and he pinned me against my door. I blushed hard at this point, our faces nearly touching each other. I feel him reach for his hat, which I still hold in my hand and he huffs. "Good gosh.. your face is even more beautiful up close.." He whispers and I smile, giving him a soft hum as response. I tilt up my arm, placing his hat back on his head and wish him 'goodnight'. He smiles and says the same, backing away a little. 'Good God, (y/n)! If you're waiting for the opportune moment.. JUST DO IT!!' I think and I lean towards him... Kissing him quickly on the cheek.

~one week later~

One week passed and everyone knew the rumor about Sammy and I being in a relationship. Even though it wasn't true, I didn't protest against anyone who asked if it was true. I only said 'Maybe' or 'You'll see soon enough'. I was in the rehearsal room with my group of dancers, practicing a very hard part of the dance we're supposed to do for the new animation. It was a clog dance, very famous folks dance in The Netherlands but it was so fun to do! I yell a few words any now and then at the dancers while the loud banging of the clogs echo through the room. It was so much fun seeing everyone laugh at this rather silly dance, but hey, these dance moves will be used in the newest Bendy Cartoons collection! After a few moments of practicing I figured this was enough for the day. "Alright ladies, that was great! Remember to keep practicing that hard part, it gets better by the moment! That was it for today, good evening!" I beam and they all say goodbye to each other while everyone was leaving the rehearsal room. I notice my good friend Norman sitting on one of the benches next to the wall and walk over to him. "Why did you decide to come her for the second time today?" I ask curiously. "The coffee up there wasn't very good. Is yours better?"He asks smiling. "If you have a small moment so I can change shoes, we'll get some good coffee." I chirp and he nods. With that I rush off to the changing room.

We were all chatting in the break room of the Animation Department. Well, my co-workers were- I was dancing the clog dance with Henry, who had NO CLUE what he was doing, making every other person in the room laugh a storm! Eventually Henry literally fell on his chair while he was totally out of breath. Everyone applauded and I bowed while Henry only twirled his hand into the air while catching his breath. "Gee, (y/n)! How on earth do you have the energy for this?" One of my co-workers asks. I just shrug while I take a sip of my coffee / tea. "I don't know. Dancing is just my passion and I'm happy to do it for the Joey Drew Studios!" I smile and then Jack jumped up. "I have it!" He said as everyone looked at him. "We only see the dances on our cartoons, right?" He asks and everyone nods, humming in response. "But wouldn't it be nice to see (y/n) and her dancers, dance for us? As some sort of company outing?" He suggests and everyone cheers, some placing a hand on my shoulder telling me I should do it. "Oh, I don't know- I'm not that kind of person that loves to show off things.." I say kinda nervous and Henry stops me. "Oh, please (y/n) don't act like that! Norman is the only person that can watch you during work because he's the projectionist! We hear the stories, we admire the thoughts of you twirling over the stage! Please, just once.. Even if it's only for one dance. You'd do us all a great pleasure!" He says, giving me a bit more confidence. "Yeah! The stories sound wonderful, but we wanna see it with our own eyes!" Another co-worker cheers. "You'll probably dance the stars out of the sky!" Yet, another one yells. "We believe in you, we ALL do!" Another one cheers, standing on his chair lifting his cup of coffee and everyone applauds. "Okay, I'll do it! But under one condition though..." I say grinning. Everyone becomes silent, looking straight at me in patience. "You're all gonna enjoy it or else..." And everyone laughs.

Just then, Joey comes into the room. "What are you all still doing here?? It's 5pm, we closed 30 minutes ago!" He says confused, seeing the three departments together in one room. "(Y/n) is going to give us a performance over a few weeks or months!" Jack cheers and Joey looks confused at me while I just shrug and smile at him. "Oh, mhm.. Okay, anyway- Jack, there's going to be a new employee tomorrow and since Sammy is busy tomorrow, you'll tour her." Joey says and Jack puts his thumb up. "Now, go home before I call the police." Joey jokes and everyone packs their stuff. I'll clean up, you guys go home now. Have a wonderful evening!" I wave everyone goodbye and they all wave back, saying their goodbyes. 

~1320 words~