Dancing on Achilles Heels BxB (Staten Krown)

10

Santana

"What was that?" Tip Toe asks.

Tip Toe is the type of guy that got excited about anything so I really didn't take him any mind. We get off the stage. We feel like we did OK, but honestly, I can't even remember.

"I dunno, we kind of—freestyled," I state.

"You didn't use the choreography you made....at all?" Rosa asks.

I notice the dance team gathering around us. Ana is standing in the background. She just stares at me. She crosses her arms. It makes me nervous as hell. No one in the audience clapped. Not a single sound came from the audience when we got off stage. Then there was Cornelius. The dance coach is sitting in his chair with his eyes squinting looking at Desta and me.

"Was it that bad?" Desta asks.

"Bad?" Tip Toe asks, "I pronounce ballet with a T. I'm bad. You guys were...you were..."

He stops. He just stops talking mid-sentence and just stares off. The others look around not quite sure how to finish off what Tip Toe is trying to say. The weird moment in between Desta and I look at each other. It probably wasn't best that we freestyled but we got out there and we just did it. We just were like —fuck it. It wasn't planned. It just happened.

Everything changed.

"There are no words for what happened out there," Cornelius states.

"It was beautiful. You two were more in sync than anything I'd ever seen," Rosa explains, "Two souls but one body...moving effortlessly."

Rosa's face is really serious when she says that. It's almost...worried. No. It couldn't be. She wasn't worried about anything. I quickly leave Desta's side and stand by Rosa. I put my arm over her. I pull her close a little bit.

"Why's everybody so serious? I thought we bombed out there..."

"No," Cornelius stated, "No you didn't."

Everyone is acting so weird. I look over at Desta. He seems confused as well. Tip Toe starts starting asking random questions about how we did this move or that move, but the truth is I didn't have any answers for him and neither did Desta. We were standing there and the only one that speaks is Prince who seems to run backstage. Tip Toe is still trying to ask me this question or that question. I watch in the distance as Prince is talking to Desta. I'm not sure what they are talking about but for some reason, it has all my attention to the point that I'm ignoring Tip Toe.

"Did you hear me?"

"Not now Tip Toe."

"I'm not Tip Toe. I'm your girlfriend," Rosa states.

I turn at that moment and see Rosa standing there. I feel like shit when I realize Tip Toe isn't the one talking at the moment, but it's her. Rosa crosses her arms.

"Babe...I'm sorry I didn't hear you."

"Too busy vibing with your dance partner," Rosa asks.

She says it kind of loud and it sounds kind of awkward. I walk over to Rosa and lean in, "What's the problem? You wanted me to vibe with him. I thought it was a good idea. I thought it was good for us to get on the same page so the dance was better."

"I thought you were going to..." she starts and leans in because Tip Toe is still close by, "Kiss him at some point of this..."

I laugh at the thought, "Nu-uh..."

"I'm serious."

"Holy shit. It looked like that in front of everyone?"

She turns away. It's clear why Rosa was acting so funny right now. I'm so confused on what we did out there. It was almost like I blacked out during the dance. It's almost like I completely forgot what I was doing out there.