Shake Things Up| Aphmau Dance AU

6.

-Party-

"I already regret my decision of going to this stupid party," Zane complains, standing in the middle of a crowd of adults who are hopping up and down.

"Baby brother, it's not that bad! You just have to loosen up!" Garroth responds in a cheerful tone.

Zane rolls his eyes and pushes through a bunch of people, finding a staircase to sit on. He takes a deep breath and exhales. Garroth is always telling him to get out there more and try to have fun and he knows Garroth is right. Zane believes that if he gets out more....he might be known or have some kind of importance.

The room is too crowded.

Zane removes his mask to breath easier; he knows nobody can see him right now.

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     Aphmau, Katelyn, and Kawaii Chan enter the house where the party is held and hear music blasting from one of the rooms.

     "Eek! I'm not used to parties like this.," Aphmau squeals.

     Katelyn laughs at this reaction. She's been to a few parties when she was in college, but that was mostly for dancing purposes. She would get in whatever dance fight she could and she would earn a nice amount of cash too.

     "Aphmau it's fine! As long as you're not challenging me to a dance battle or anything," Katelyn teases.

     Aphmau and Kawaii Chan both laugh in response. Kawaii Chan looks over and sees a table filled with sweets!

     "Mmm! Sorry! Kawaii Chan is gonna go!" Kawaii Chan says before running off to the table.

     Katelyn and Aphmau look at each other before shrugging. Once they look away, they notice a well-dressed woman in front of them.

     "Hi! It's Melissa! Thanks for coming to my party!" Melissa greets with a bright smile.

Katelyn squints her eyes and then smiles.

"I'm Katelyn, this is Aphmau. You're the one from the dance competition right?" Katelyn asks.

Melissa nods, somewhat flattered that she was actually remembered from that.

"Yeah! You were super professional yet very relaxed and fun!" Aphmau compliments.

"Aww thanks!" Melissa says, blushing.

Abruptly, another woman with bright orange or ginger hair appears.

"Aphmau! It's nice seeing you!" She says in a friendly tone.

"Lucinda! It's nice seeing you too!" Aphmau replies with excitement.

Lucinda smirks as she looks at Katelyn.
"Oh... I guess I didn't see you there!" Lucinda teases with a small laugh.

"Whatever!" Katelyn responds angrily.

"You know, I never understood why you hate me so much," Lucinda mentions, now leaning on a wall.

"Because-"

"Alright you two! Can we please get along?" Melissa cuts in, stopping those two from having an angry cat fight or something.

"Oh... sorry Mel.." Lucinda apologizes, walking over and putting her arm around Melissa.

"Hm.. It's alright. Let's just have fun, okay?" Melissa asks, kissing Lucinda's cheek.

Lucinda blushes a bit and smiles.

"Drinks on me?" Lucinda asks.

"Hehe.. everything here is free!" Melissa jokes.