Me: Hey people! Let me just say that this is my first time writing a Step Up fanfiction so please don't be harsh. Well, I hope you enjoy the first chapter!
Narrator's P.O.V.
It was like every other day in the House of Pirates. People dancing, laughing, fooling around. That was, until the Santiago twins got a call.
"Hello? Yes, yes, this is the Santiago twins. Who's this? Mel? Is that you? How've you been doing Lil' M?"
"Did you just say 'lil' M'? Hand me the phone!" The brothers started arguing about who should have the phone. Every Pirate had stopped what they were doing and watched as the twins fight for the phone.
"You know what? I'll just go see you guys now. Give me the address," the person on the other line spoke after a while of being passed around. The twins happily told the person the address and hung up.
"Um...so...are you gonna tell us what all that was about?" Luke asked while raising an eyebrow with his arm around Natalie's waist.
"Well...we have a friend..." one of them started.
"That's gonna be here any second!" the other finished. Right after he said that, the brothers bolted right out of the warehouse. The rest of the Pirates stared at their friends. Then, after five seconds, they heard laughter and footsteps. Curiously, they waited for the Santiago twins to come back into the house. They came back as expected, but what was unexpected was that they brought back a tall, slim brunette. She had curly hair that came all the way down to her waist. The girl had large, brown eyes that seemed to be sparkling with amusement and wonder. She was wearing a white tank top with shorts that look like they were cut from jeans and purple headphones dangling from her neck. The newcomer had a bag that was slung over her shoulder and wore a bright smile. The girl definitely caught all the Pirates' attention. Especially a certain curly-haired kid.
"Everyone, we'd like you to meet our friend, Mel!" the twins said excitedly.
"Hi! The name's Melody but you can call me 'Mel' or my stage name 'Lil' M'," The brunette said with a grin.
"Hey! Name's Luke, leader of the Pirates. This is Natalie, my girlfriend. Welcome to our place," Luke said with a smile.
"Nice to meet 'cha" Natalie said while shaking her hand. "So, do you dance?"
Mel shook her head. "I dance, but I'm not good like the Santiago twins. Those guys got some sick moves."
"What she means is, she's a DJ," the twins interrupted as they each threw an arm around the girl.
"I'm not that good at that either," Mel said with a laugh.
"Are you deaf?! You got the sickest beats ever!" The girl blushed and punched the twins in the arm.
"Hey, I'm Robert Alexander the Third, but you can call me 'Moose'," the curly-haired kid said with a grin. The new girl raised her eyebrow at him, but decided not to question. Moose held out his fist so Mel fist bumped him, like anything other person would do. "No, no, you do it like this. Come on, blow it up!" Mel looked at him while he showed her how it works. The twins introduced everyone in the crew to the brunette in a matter of seconds.
"So how old are you?" Jacob asked.
"Twenty-one. Why?"
"No reason. Then that makes you the youngest of us all."
"Really? You guys that old?" Mel blurted out but then used her hand to cover her mouth. "No offense," she added quickly. The crew laughed and brushed it off. "Um...let me just say this beforehand. I have a bad memory so please don't take it personally if I get your name wrong," she said sheepishly. The crew burst out in laughter before going back to what they were doing, leaving Moose and the Santiago twins to show her around. That was, until the Santiago twins remembered they had things to do. "Oh, so now you have more important things than lil' ole me? Well fine! I'll just have Moose to show me around," Mel said with a huff and linked arms with Moose, who was looking at her in amusement.
"Oh come on! You know that's not the case!"
"Oh señorita please don't ignore us!"
Mel let out a grin and ruffled their hair. "I'm just messing' with ya! Now go do whatever you guys have to do. I'll be fine with Moose, as long as he doesn't rape me. You're not a rapist are you?" She asked while Moose feigned horror.
"Of course not! I can't believe you would even think that! I'm hurt!" Moose mocked while putting a hand over his heart.
Mel laughed, "I like you. I think we'll be great friends!"
"Well I like you too! Come on, I'll show you around!"
"About time! Let's get going!" Moose showed her around basically every room in the warehouse except for one.
"Now this is, what I think, the most awesomest room in this whole house!" Moose exclaimed.
"I beg to differ. I'm pretty sure the stereo room is the coolest room."
"Yeah, no. This room is definitely better. Now close your eyes." Mel raised an eyebrow at him. "You really like doing that right?"
"Whatever do you mean?" Mel asked innocently.
"Whatever just close your eyes. I promise I won't let you bump into anything." Mel sighed and closed her eyes while Moose guided her, right into a wall. "Starting now," he quickly added as he covered her eyes from behind and led her into a room before she had the chance to punch him in the gut. He let go of his hands, "You can open your eyes now."
Mel opened her eyes and saw tons and tons of shoes. All placed nicely on shelves. "Holy shit this is amazing!" she yelled with excitement as she looked at the shoes. She picked one particular one and stares at it in wonder. That was, until Moose snatched it away.
He shakes his finger at her, "In this house, you have to earn your shoes."
"Are you going around copying me?" a voice piped up from behind him. Mel looked over his shoulder to see Luke leaning on one of the pillars with a smirk.
"Hey Luke! Can you get me a better tour guide? This one just walked me straight into a wall."
Luke laughed as he walked towards them. "And I thought you could do better than last time," he joked while Moose shot him a playful glare.
"Oh shut up. Like you can do better than this!" Moose said cockily as he gestured to himself.
"Oh, but I can," Luke countered. "Owned!"
Mel giggled at the sight of the two. "You guys are really good friends right?"
"Nope!" Luke said and Mel raised an eyebrow.
"We're best buddies!" Moose exclaimed like a kid and gave Luke a giant bear hug. Luke and Mel just laughed at his childish actions. Suddenly, a loud boom was heard from the floor below them.
"Uh...what was that?" Mel asked warily.
"Oh that? Just the club. Happens every time," Luke explained.
"You turned this warehouse into a club?!"
"Yeah..."
"That's awesome! I wanna go downstairs!" Mel said excitedly. Moose and Luke led her down to the club that was crowded with people. The music was booming loudly and people covered the dance floor.
Please don't stop the music, music, music, music, music.
Please don't stop the music, music, music, music, music.
Please don't stop the music, music, music, music, music.
Please don't stop the music, music, music, music, music.
"Man, this is so cool!" Mel screamed over the music while the two boys smiled at her. She immediately recognized the song and started singing and dancing to it. Moose grinned at her and pulled her to the dance floor.
It's getting late.
I'm making my way over to my favorite place.
I gotta get my body moving,
Shake the stress away.
I wasn't looking for nobody when you looked my way.
Possible candidate, yeah.
Who would knew that you'd be up in here looking like you do.
You makin' staying over here impossible.
Baby, Imma say your aura is incredible.
If you don't have to go, don't.
Moose turned her around to face him and stood there as if waiting for something to happen. Mel raised an eyebrow at him.
"Don't tell me you don't know how this works," Moose said.
"Enlighten me."
"You get a hot girl and get her to dance around you to make you look cool," he explained.
"Oh. So I'm supposed to make you look cool now?" she asked as she threw her arms around his neck. Moose nodded with a grin, happy that she gets what he said. Mel started walking around him with a smirk and one hand on his neck. People around them started to give them some space.
Do you know what just started?
I just came here to party,
But now we're rockin on the dance floor actin' naughty.
Your hands around my waist.
Just let the music play.
We're hand in hand, chest to chest, and now we're face to face.
Then, Mel turned around so her back was leaning on Moose's chest and started to shake her hips to the music with a seductive smile on her face. She placed a hand on Moose's head to keep him in place while the other moved his hands so that they were on her hips.
I wanna take you away.
Let's escape into the music, DJ let it play.
I just can't refuse it.
Like the way you do this.
Keep on rockin' to it.
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the music.
Moose drew her closer with a grin as Mel looked up at his face. Their faces were so near that their lips were almost touching as they swayed to the music.
I wanna take you away.
Let's escape into the music, DJ let it play.
I just can't refuse it.
Like the way you do this.
Keep on rockin' to it.
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the music.
Just when Moose was about to capture her lips, he was stopped by Mel as she distanced herself from him, leaving him hanging with a disappointed look.
"You really didn't think I'd let you get me that easily right?" she said with a smirk before disappearing into the crowd. Moose wore a pout as he watched her slip into the crowd and out of his sight.
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Song used: Please Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna