Rhodenderon's Dancing Lily (Bada Lee)

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A slow beat welcomed me once I entered the room. It is a small studio with 12-15 people inside. There, someone is dancing to Destiny Rogers' song "Tomboy," which gained popularity when a famous K-pop idol used it for her video on YouTube.

My mama said marry a rich man (a song that can be heard in the background).

She swayed her right hand to the right with the same movement as her hips. When the next line came, she placed her hands on her head and then turned around.

People started cheering while she continued dancing, and I was looking at her every move. I must admit, her dancing skills are way better than mine. Her movements are fluid, yet there's a sharpness to them. It seems easy when she dances, but I know that I'll have a hard time doing it. Now, I don't regret using my savings for my lessons here.

While studying her every move, I don't know if I was mistaken, but I saw her looking at me. I then heard the other people in the room clap as the last beat could be heard and the girl posed. There, I saw her physique.

She's tall, around 5'8 to 5'9. I think her hair was in a bun, and a cap just covered it. She's wearing a black and white cropped jacket with black cargo pants. I looked at her shoes and thought they were black at first, but then realized that they had a hint of light blue on the bottom when she moved to the side. She just doesn't dance well, her fashion taste is also good.

I was looking at her shoes when I realized that she was walking towards me. When I looked up, I saw her up close.

Dang, she's really tall.

And beautiful.

"You're the new girl?", I heard her ask.

She's intimidating. I swallowed the lump in my throat first before talking. "Yes", I answered.

She nodded her head and looked at me from head to toe. I was following her eyes, and so I also looked at myself. I'm dressed quite decently today. I wore comfy black pants and a black shirt. Since I'm expecting to be dancing today and I hate it when my hair goes in my face, I put it in a ponytail.

"Good girl, huh?"

"What?", I asked when I didn't catch what she said. She just shrugged and then extended her hand.

"I'm Azalea Spencer, welcome to Gods Got Grooves", I took her hand and shook it lightly.

Besides the name of this crew, I must admit that this is the best crew that we have in our city.

"Thank you, I'm Nari Salcedo", I introduced myself while looking at the people surrounding us now.

"Nori? Like the seaweeds?", someone asked, and I just smiled.

Same old jokes.

"No, it's Nari. With an A, not an O", I explained.

The other people laughed, and I did too. I just stopped when I realized that I was still shaking Azalea's hand. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was still shaking your hand", paghingi ko ng paumanhin at saka binitawan ang kamay niya.

Tumango lamang siya at saka pumunta sa isang sulok. Agad naman akong nilapitan ng iba at saka nagsimulang ipakilala ang isa't isa. Ako naman ay sinusubukang sagutin ang mga tanong nila habang pasimpleng pinapanood ang ginagawa ng babaeng kanina lang ay sumasayaw sa gitna.

"Oh, it seems like Zaza piqued your interest", someone commented and I felt the heat from my body moving to my cheeks.

"Ano, ang galing niya kasi kanina", pagpapaliwanag ko naman.