The Player's charm

Chapter 13 - Celebration

The rest of the week flew by and next thing I knew, it was already time for the competition. 4 2 crew walked in and we immediately noticed that the dance floor was wet, like puddles of water wet.

"Bro, why's the floor wet?" Dinno asked Brandon.

All of us were stunned and confused but Brandon turned and took us to the back to speak.

"Okay, the floor is wet. It's fine, don't let that throw you off. Our routine might be a bit harder now but it's not impossible, just be careful and watch your step. I don't want anyone getting hurt tonight." Brandon said as a motivational speech.

We warmed up and stood around waiting for our turn to dance. I was nervous. This was my first performance and my friends were in the crowd; Mason, Rachel and Justin were here. I could not mess up. This whole routine depended on me and I could not mess up. I could not mess up.

Brandon noticed that I was nervous and pulled me aside.

"Just breathe, you practiced this a million times, you'll be great and no matter what happens, you are good." Brandon said and then the MC called us onto the floor.

4 2 crew vs JC crew

JC crew went first and their routine was also attacking, mostly attacking me but they slipped a lot, just as unprepared of the floor conditions as we were.

We stepped onto the floor, I could feel my heartbeat in my feet. The puddles were just sitting on the floor and made our feet feel heavy but it created a nice effect. We went into a circle and screamed "4 2" before going into our places.

The music started and we stepped out landing every move and moment with no one falling. The dancers obviously made mistakes and slipped or missed a count but not too big to make it noticeable at first glimpse.

We won the battle, qualifying for the next round and JC crew were mad. Taking their angry out on us after losing but Brandon pulled us back and security stepped in.

We left the floor and walked towards the parking area.

"4 2 crew!" Brandon screamed. "Congratulations tonight, you guys absolutely killed it." Brandon continued and the dancers started screaming and dancing.

He then pulled me into a hug and spoke again "but tonight really goes to our new blood, Kelly Rosen!" And the dancers started cheering again and then everyone joined the hug.

Rachel ran over to me and pulled me into a hug as well, jumping up and down.

"You killed it. You were so great. Oh my word, no one is going to mess with you after that performance. You absolutely killed it, I'm so proud of you." She said pulling me into a hug again.

After the competition, 4 2 crew went to Ravens club to celebrate with Mason, Justin and Rachel joining along with some of the dancers friends as well. We got ourself a table as usual and as usual, it was filled with drinks.

All of us drinking and celebrating at the table was predictable but the unusual part was Mason sitting alone at the bar.

I walked over to him, curious to know what was going on with his behaviour.

I placing my hand on his shoulder, fairly leaning on him while speaking "What you drinking?"

"Sprite."

"Sprite?" I blurred out. "Why you drinking sprite?"

"I'm driving, remember?"

"You've driven drunk before and you were perfectly fine." I said, probably not the smartest thing to say but I was not thinking at the time.