Born From A Boom Box (Step Up 3)

Chapter 7

BFABB 7:

"Turn that music off! Lexi is sleeping!" Someone yells causing me to jerk awake. I jump off my bed and fall on the floor. I bite my tongue from screaming and grab my ankle. That's a great way to wake up. I look down at my ankle to see it wrapped in a white gauze. It better not be broken. I grip my bed to pull myself up. I stand on my good leg and hop out of my room. Where is everyone? I hop on my good foot and head for the living room.

"Woah, Woah, Woah! What do you think you are doing?" I voice comes behind me.

I look over my shoulder to see who it is, but my knee gets knocked out from underneath me. I let out a small scream as the upper part of my body falls backwards. I close my eyes bracing myself for the hard floor. I land on two strong arms.

"You didn't actually think I would let you fall, did you?" The person asks. I open my eyes to see Jason holding me in his arms.

"I can walk." I say stubbornly crossing my arms.

"You mean hop." Jason corrects me. "Everyone is worried about you. Moose is worried the most." Jason carries me through the warehouse to the living room.

"Lexi!" Natalie runs over to me. "You idiot! Why didn't you tell us you hurt your ankle?"

"I was focused on winning." I shrug.

Natalie hugs me. "Moose is driving everyone crazy."

"Why?" I ask confused.

"All he was doing was worrying." The twins say. "Why wouldn't she tell us? Do you think it's broken? She needs to let it heal." They impersonate Moose. He was worried about me?

"Is it broken?" I ask.

"No, you just twisted it. The swelling should go down in a few days." Luke says handing me a bag of ice.

"Uh. Jason?" I stare up at him.

"Oh right." Jason sets me down on the couch. He props my foot on a pillow and sets the ice on my ankle. Geez, that's cold! "Stay off your ankle." Jason warns me.

"Yes, dad." I chuckle leaning back.

"Lexi!" Moose yells walking in the room.

"Moose!" I yell back just for the fun of it.

"Luke!" Natalie joins in.

"Natalie!" Luke laughs.

"Brother!" The twins say at the same time.

"Ticks!" Jason screams at them.

"Jason!" They scream back.

"Jacob!" Anala speaks up.

"Anala!" Jacob replies.

"Vladd!" I say so he doesn't feel left out.

"Lexi!" Vladd does in a robot voice.

I burst out laughing. "Well, that was fun!" I manage to say.

"We are a weird bunch of people." Jason walks over to the xbox 360. He hands me a microphone.

"What are you doing?" I ask as Jason hands Moose a xbox guitar controller.

"Rock band." He turns on the projector and turns up the volume.

"I call drums!" Jacob runs over to the drums and grabs the drumsticks.

"I'll sing, but you have to sing with me." I grin at Jason. Jason and I start to really get into the song. I'm dancing on the couch as much as I can without moving my ankle.

"Hit me with your best shot." Jason and I sing together. "Why don't you hit me with your best shot?" Jason crouches down next to me. "Hit me with your best shot, fire away." I pretend to punch him.

"Hey guys look at this." Luke calls out. Jacob puts the volume on mute and walks over to Luke in his chair. I wrap my arms around Jason's neck. Moose stands next to Jason and picks me up instead. I let go of Jason and pull myself closer to Moose. He carries me behind Luke's chair so we can see the laptop screen.

"Dude. Our dance routines have been leaked." One of the Ticks say pissed off. On the laptop is a video of us dancing.

" How could this happen?" I ask gripping tighter on to Moose.

"Does everyone still have their CDs?" Luke asks looking at all of us. My cd is in my bedroom. We all nod our heads.

"I bet it was the Samurai's." Jacob concludes.

"I can't believe this." I whisper sadly. "All our hard work for this to happen." I lay my head between Moose's head and shoulder. Moose pulls me closer to him.

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