Express You, Express Us Book 1: Dance

Chapter 1 Queen of The Battlefield

I gaze in amazement as I watched this girl dance. Every move was with the utmost precision and confidence, to say I was speechless was an understatement. The way she moved her body and pulled off every move gracefully no matter how hard it was. She was in complete sync with the music, no, the music was her and she was the music, at this moment, the two were no longer just separate things, they were one. The girl stopped and looked at her opponent waiting for their combat, but it didn't make any sense, just five minutes into this battle and the guy didn't stand a chance, it ended before it could begin. A smirk tugged at my lips, I was elated to find someone like this, her dance was so strikingly unique, a dance that no one else could ever master. Her dance left her bare, she hid nothing with her dance, you could tell the kind of person she was through it, dance must've been how she communicated to people, how she expressed herself when she had no one to hear her out, when she felt trapped. I could tell, I was the same way, I expressed myself through my dance, every spin was her throwing away any insecurity she has ever had, every flip was her building her confidence, her building her safe haven.

"Ryan, this girl's got mad skills, almost as good as yours." Zico said mouth ajar.

"I've noticed, Zico." I reply.

"Pssh, I could beat that girl without breaking a sweat." Raven huffed like a child.

"Why don't you go and try?" I asked him, knowing that he would go and try to beat this girl.

"Hmph, then I will." Raven said and stormed up to the dance floor stopping the boy before he could walk off and starting to dance.

"He's going to lose." Nathan stated without batting an eye.

"Of course he will. Raven has skill but this girl has soul, and that's something Raven will never be able to beat..... unless he obtains it." I informed with a smirk. How will this girl react now?

I watch as Raven started to dance his wild but controlled style of dance as STFD by TeZATalks played on the big speakers. How will she react? What emotion will she put in her dance? What I didn't expect, was for the girl to start off with a move that with her frame he definitely shouldn't be able to pull off. This girl truly had "mad skills" she was, dare I say it, think it or utter it, amazing. Raven was being pushed back, that was a first, only one of us could do that. This girl, she's making Raven sync with her, she's using him like if they were dancing a duet, she's making Raven follow her lead, did she just switch to Latin in a hip hop song? It's done, Raven lost just as I predicted.

"That was nuts! Who uses Latin in a hip hop song?!" Nathan asked incredulously.

"Exactly! She even made Raven follow her lead, it was complete utter defeat!" Zico exclaimed exasperatedly in utter disbelief.

"Hm, she's way better than Raven." Dillan mumbled out pointing out the obvious.

"I want to battle he- Ah!" Zico's declaration was suddenly cut off by an all too familiar rhythm.

"POLICE!!!" was the shout coming from some of the residents of the building we were currently in and everyone scattered.

This was always the most ridiculous thing I see whenever I come to any of these places, it always sent me into awe how fast these people could scatter. Did someone just.... okay then. I wasn't necessarily running, I was just walking calmly, not like the police could lock me up for years just because I attended an underground battle, it was the 21st century for Pete's sake, get a life and stop ruining ours, just saying.

"Ryan.... the girl that was dancing got caught." Dillan then informed.

I looked back and sure enough the dancer was getting dragged away by a female cop. Oh, she bit her..... The cop put her into the Boston crab hold... She's screaming and begging for mercy..... She's willingly following the cop now..... They must know each other.

"Let's go." I say turning around and walking away.

"But-" Zico was cut off.

"The pip squeak." Raven finished.

"I'm pretty sure we'll meet her again, I know it." I told them while exiting the building.

~~Funky Punky Love~~

What did I do wrong? All I did was dance, geez. Is that such a crime? I can't help it, I live to dance. That dark red haired guy was a great dancer though, he's a dancer that is more offensive than defensive, but he was a wonderful dancer. Just from his dance, I could tell the kind of person he is, if he met Daunte a storm world start.

"Ya! Are you listening to me? Zen, this is the 20th time you've done this! Are you sitting on your ears? Do you not know what out of bounds mean? Just for this you have to help out with the shop!" Reanne screamed.

"What? No, I don't want to! I have a competition coming up!" I exclaimed disbelievingly rising to my feet.

"Are you raising your voice at me? Need I remind you who ditched someone right before the customer rush and you dare to act oppressive in front of me?" Reanne asked standing up and glaring at me.

"I-I'm sorry, I-I was in th-the wrong..." I apologized my eyes starting to sweat.

"It's okay, Zen, but we worked out a schedule for the days that you can go and dance and I just wish that you would use it." Reanne then said softening her tone and wiping my tears.

"Hn, I'll go by the schedule as best I can.... Have you eaten?" I asked inquisitively.

Seeing her shake her head in a negative motion brought a deep frown upon my lips. Reanne was always like this, she always forgets to eat and always works, damn workaholic. Without a word, I went into the kitchen and pulled out some food that I did earlier today and put it in the frying pan to heat up. After it was done, I put the food in a plate and set it on the table and then pushed Reanne into the chair.

"Eat. Every. Single. Drop. Of. IT." I said menacingly not failing to notice the sweat that started to form on Reanne's head.

"But I have this big case that I-" Reanne abruptly stopped when she saw how I looked at her.

"Pardon?" I questioned.

"Nothing." she squeaked.

"And drink water and go straight to bed after." I added and headed upstairs to my bedroom, "I'm going sleep." I informed her.

When I entered my room I closed the door and flopped down on my bed. I reached in my back pocket and took out my phone and checked the messages.

"Zen, we need you to dance tonight, at 12, the usual place." was the message that came through minutes after turning on my phone.

Looks like I'm going to have to sneak out again tonight. I got up and changed my clothes into a pair of black long jeans and a black vest with the words 'I am not perfect but I am limited edition' one of my best friends, Daunte Andrews bought it for me. It brought back so many memories. I then went back on my bed and cover myself with my soft baby blue blanket I had gotten as a gift from Keith.

First step of sneaking out, plan your guardians actions before anything else. Reanne habitually comes to check on me to make sure I'm sleeping properly, because when I was younger and even some times now, I would have panic attacks. Just as I predicted, Reanne had opened the door and checked on me.

"Sleep tight Zen." she whispered and then closed the door.

Step 1 accomplished. Step 2 wait for thirty minutes to make sure the cost is clear, while waiting, prepare a dummy to substitute your body. I followed the steps accordingly and within the next thirty minutes I was putting on my black and blue zip up hoodie with my black Nike high tops and jumping from the window.

While I was walking I met up with this group of differently coloured heads, I recognized the dark red haired one, he was the one that I had battled earlier. Leading the group was a brunette about my height, probably about three centimeters taller than me, but his eyes were a deep chocolate brown. I hadn't realized I had stopped until the brunette came up to me to ask if I was okay.

"Mesmerizing." was all that I could utter as I stared deep into the boy's eyes being pulled in and he too stared deeply back into my eyes.