Moose and Asha: A Dancing Love Story

Chapter 1 - The House of Pirates

Asha's POV

So I'm walking around the NYU campus looking for Luke but I can't find him. Great. Now I have no one to show me around. Then I spot him. I start walking to Luke, not taking my eye off him. I bump into a curly haired guy and a girl.

"Sorry." I say, distracted. He's just staring at me with his mouth slightly open. I start walking away, to find Luke.

"It's okay." I hear him say.

Moose's POV

Woah, that girl was beautiful. "Hang on. I'll be right back." I tell my best friend, Camille.

"What? Okay. Well, hurry." She says. I think she's annoyed. I start following the girl and then someone bumps me. Wow, I really need to watch where I'm going. I get pushed into the middle of a circle. I see the girl stop and watch. Someone in a black and gold jacket turns around and starts street dancing. When he stops people start cheering for me. "What, me?" I ask pointing to my chest. They want me to dance. Ok. I start dancing and the guy looks shocked. I jump up on a table and continue dancing. Then the other guy jumps on the table and starts dancing so I jump off. When he's done I start dancing again and bubbles appear so I start popping them. Then I accidentally hit something and helium balloons are released into the sky. There's at least 200.

Asha's POV

I see the man who owns the balloons calling three of the cops who are standing nearby. "NYP! Get this guy!" He says pointing to Moose. Oh no. He's gonna get arrested. I run up to him.

"Hurry." I say, grabbing his arm. He looks at me. "They're after you!" I say and I pull him. We start running.

Moose's POV

We start running. Woah, I can't believe she's saving me. Oh no. What about Camille? Oh, it's ok. She'll understand. We keep running and we get to a crowded area and the girl is running straight to a hot dog stand. There's no way to get through here. But she just keeps running towards it. "What are you doing?" I ask, stopping. She doesn't answer but keeps running. "Woah, what are you doing?".

"Jump now. Fear later." She says then she jumps through the hot dog stand. "Woah." I say, shocked. I weave my way through the crowd and follow her. We get to a fence and she stops. She runs in and I go after her. "Ah. My ribcage." I say, bending over. "I feel like I just threw up in my mouth." I say. "Where are you going?" I ask. She keeps walking. "Yo. How did you just do that back there? I mean, you were like freaking flying. You were like a ninja." I say, gobsmacked.

"Asha." She says, putting her hand out.

"No. It's like this. Blow it up." I say and I show her my hand shake. She starts walking away from me. I follow her.

"I'm Robert Alexander III. Just, since you asked." I trail off at the end. "You can call me Moose." I finish.

"You know, I haven't seen you around." She says.

"I just started at NYU. I'm actually an engineering major." I say.

"I'm starting there too. You're going to be dancing too, right?" She asks.

"No, no, no. I mean, dancing was cool in high school, but it's time for me to face the real world." I tell her.

"You really have no idea what you did back there do you?" She asks. "You're BFAB."

"What's a BFAB?" I ask, laughing a bit.

"You were born from a boombox. That's what my brother calls people like you. Look, some people learn to dance. Others are born to. And you're in New York City. It's the dance centre of the world. Check this." She says, handing me a poster. I look at it. It says 'World Jam'. "It's the biggest battle of the world. There's never been this kind of prize money. Those guys in the park, they're gearing up for this. You're good enough. You should be in this." She says, handing me the poster. I examine it. She takes the cover off of something big. I see that it's a car. A light blue american muscle.