I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Week 7

WEEK 7

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Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm
Cause once you're mine, once you're mine
There's no going back

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And I will stumble and fall
I'm still learning to love
Just starting to crawl

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It's America's Choice week, which means everything – and they really do mean everything – is in America's hands for the first of their dances.

"So, today we'll tell you the song and dance style that the audience voted on for you and then you'll need to open it up to find out a concept and costuming ideas. We'd like you to make a video asking for America's help with those things. Then we can go through and pick out one that you like." Sarah explains to them on Tuesday morning.

"Alright. What is our song and dance style?" Regina's mind is already working.

"You've got a tango to Katy Perry's Dark Horse." Sarah tells them.

"Cool." Emma grins. "I like that song."

"Good. Then I'll leave you two to get to work."

Emma's already got her phone out, set up to record.

"Hey, America!" Emma waves at the camera and Regina offers up a small wave of her own. "It's America's Choice Week, so that means that you guys get to call the shots for one of the dances that Regina and I do. So far, we know that you've picked for us to do a tango to Dark Horse by Katy Perry. But now we need some ideas for a concept."

Regina takes over then. "So we'd like your input on what concept and costumes you'd like to see. We'll look them over and pick a favorite."

They end the video and send it out and replies begin filtering in almost immediately. Emma wants to sit and watch them, but Regina is ready to get to work.

"We need to start work on our second dance, Emma. We'll deal with this in a little while."

Emma puts the phone down and stands up. "Okay. So we've got a tango. What else do we have?"

Regina looks down for a moment before she looks back up at Emma. "A rumba."

A rumba. Emma's eyes close for a minute. That's the dance that Regina had done with Robin. She shakes her head and smiles at Regina.

"Okay. So it's supposed to be pretty sexual right?" Emma asks, trying not to think about Robin's hands on Regina's body.

"It's supposed to be sensual." Regina corrects. "It's not about being raunchy, it's about the connection between people. Many people consider it to be very sexy, but at its heart, it's sensual. Intimate."

"Okay." Emma nods, moving closer to Regina. "I can do that."

Regina's eyes rake over her body before meeting her eyes again. "I know you can."

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If Emma thought practicing for the samba was bad, practicing for the rumba is worse. They're even closer and now Emma knows what it's like to actually be with Regina, so everything is just heightened. More than once, Emma thinks about saying screw it all and just throwing Regina to the floor, cameras be damned. But she refrains. Just barely.

Regina has her doing a deep split and a balancing extension in their rumba and they're both very difficult. They both require a huge amount of flexibility on Emma's part, but also a huge amount of trust in Regina, that she won't let her fall.