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Chapter 29
A couple of weeks later
It's Saturday evening, I'm spending the weekend with Duncan, as usual. This evening they've got to do a show at some kind of club. It's rather unusual. I asked if it's a nightclub, but that's not it. I'm not sure what it is then. Their band and a female singer are coming. And of course I'm going with them.
We just had dinner, they have to perform in 2 hours. Everybody's there already, except for Helena, the singer.
"I hope Helena will be here soon," Johnny says a bit angry. It's his golden rule: always arrive on time.
"Relax, we don't have to practice, just warm our voices a bit," Lee says to him. Johnny gives him an angry look and goes outside to call Helena.
We go to have a drink at the bar. I've already had a couple of beers and order a new one. I see Sy looking at me critically.
"What? It's Saturday night, let me have a good drink! I don't have to do anything, I'll be watching you guys from the crowd," I say to him.
"You're right," he shrugs. Johnny comes rushing in.
"Helena can't come. She's had a car accident, she's in hospital," he says out of breath.
"Get out! You're serious?" Lee calls out. Dunk hits him on his upper arm.
"Of course he's serious. How is she? Will she be all right?" he asks Johnny.
"Yeah, how is she?" Ant asks.
"They don't know much yet. But it's not life threatening," Johnny says. We all sigh relieved.
"Uhm, so we have to perform tonight?" Sy asks.
"Yeah," Johnny nods.
"Than we can't do 'Too close', without a female singer," Ant says.
"Yeah. If we would have had our dancers tonight, one of them could have playbacked that part," Johnny nods.
"All we need is a girl who knows the lyrics," Sy says.
"Oh, too bad we can't do that song," Lee says disappointed, "we didn't bring any girls of our crew."
Sy and Ant are both looking at me. I wonder what they're looking at.
"Hey, you're a girl!" Lee calls out.
"Yeah, duh! Is this the first time you notice that I'm a girl?" I grin.
"And you know all the lyrics by heart," Dunk says to me.
"Yes," I nod. "Oh, no! You're not saying that I�" I call out.
"You could do it! You've seen us doing that song lots of times," Sy says.
"Yeah, you can playback everything, you don't have to sing! Only we sing," Ant says.
"Oh no! I really can't do it! I've never performed before!" I call out.
"Yes you have! You've announced them once, and you've been on stage a couple of times at the end of a performance," Johnny says to me.
"You don't have to do anything special. Just playback the few lines, and dance a bit with us," Lee grins.
"You've danced with them before, that's nowthing new," Sy grins and points at Dunk and Lee.
"But that wasn't on stage," I protest.
"But everybody was looking anyway," Lee says naughty.
"Come on. You know the lyrics, and you're a great dancer," Dunk says to me, and looks at me very sweet.
I feel adrenaline raging through my veins. All the noise from the music and the people is blocked out of my head, I hear a pounding silence. I look at the stage. It seems to grow, it's really huge in my eyes. And I feel really small. I look at the guys, they're all looking at me expectantly. Lee's talking to me, but I don't hear anything. I look at the stage again. Should I do it? What if I fall on my face? What if I forget the lines? What if the crowd doesn't like me? I look at Dunk. His eyes are begging me. But on the other hand, if I do it, and all goes well, than I'll be sooo proud of myself. Dunk puts his arms around me. I slowly return to the present.
"You don't have to do it if you don't want to," he whispers. I look deep into his eyes, reading them.
"But you would like me to do it," I whisper back. He only smiles, looking into my eyes.
"You won't forget the lines. And if you do, than you dance with us, with your back to the crowd, they won't notice it. And you won't fall. I've never seen you fall when you're dancing, not even if you're totally drunk," he whispers.
"You were reading my mind," I smile. I take a last look at the stage. It seems a lot smaller than a minute ago. That's because I feel safe, here in Dunk's arms. But I can be in Dunk's arms on stage too. And Lee, Sy and Ant will also be there. The attention won't be focused on me. I look back in Dunk's eyes. I've made my decision, I'll do it. I see a tiny smile appear on his face.
"Okay, I'll do it," I say out loud. Dunk's smiling broadly now and gives me a kiss. The others start cheering and clapping their hands.
"Than we have to practice. We have 90 minutes," Sy says looking at the clock. Suddenly adrenaline's raging in my blood again.
"Hehe, it's good you already had some beers, than you'll be less nervous," Lee grins.
"Less nervous? Than I don't want to think of how nervous I'd have been sober," I say.
"You're nervous? For what?" Ant laughs.
"Pfff, we finally got you nervous for something. I've never seen you nervous before," Sy laughs.
"She's terrible when she's nervous," Lee calls out.
"Oi," Dunk and I both call out and hit Lee.
Watch your mouth Lee," Ant laughs. Lee's rubbing his arm painfully.
"Let's go," I jump up and pull Dunk with me. The others are following us.
It's fun to practise with the guys. I know all the lines I have to playback, I've heard the song a thousand times. And the guys are all dancing with me one by one. I'm almost forgetting my nerves, we're having a lot of fun. The dancing is getting dirtier and dirtier along the practising.
"Fifteen minutes to go," Johnny announces.
"'Too close' is the third song, so you won't have to wait long," he says to me.
"That's good, than you don't have much time to get nervous again," Dunk smiles at me. I go to the toilets one last time. It's really stupid I'm nervous for something that will take only a couple of minutes. I go back to the guys. They all wish me good luck, and say something encouraging.
"You'll be the star of the evening," Dunk whispers in my ear and he gives me a deep kiss. They start the first song. I'm waiting next to the stage, where I can see them. Johnny's with me.
"When do I have to go on stage? When the second song's finished? Or later?" I ask him nervous.
"Try to relax a bit. One of them will get you, don't worry," he smiles.
I take a deep breath. They're doing the second song now. Wow, they're really energetic tonight. I can't see the crowd from here. But that's good, I guess.
"Don't think of the crowd, just concentrate on the lads," Johnny says. "Good luck."
"May I introduce to you: the lovely Iris!" I hear Lee calling. Dunk's coming to me and takes my hand. He gives me a big smile. I walk on stage with him. I have a small microphone attached to my head, which is turned off.
The first line starts:
Baby when we're grinding�
Sy comes to me and starts dancing with me.
Oh you're dancing real close
He presses his body close to mine.
You're making it hard for me
He looks down meaningful. I follow his look and grin at him. I push him away and go to dance with Lee.
You're dancing like you're naked
He follows my bodyline with his hand: my side, my waist, my hips, down to my legs.
Oh it's almost like we're sexing
He puts his arm around me and pulls me tight to his chest, we do some dirty dancing, I look into his eyes.
I know you can tell I'm excited
I push him away from me. Now comes my line:
Step back you're dancing kind of close
I stretch my arm to hold a short distance between Lee and me, I have my palm raised at him.
I feel a little pull coming through on you
I close my hand and point slightly down. Dunk, Sy and Ant now dance around me, I go from one to another, dancing close to them and than pushing them away.
You know what I want to do
Sy puts his arms around my waist and pulls me towards him. I turn my head away just in time, so his kiss lands on my cheek. Lee takes my hand and pulls me away from Sy.
Baby us dancing so close
I dance close to him, he pretends he wants to get away from me.
The way that you shake it on me
I shake my hips for him.
Makes me want you so bad sexually
He puts his hand on my ass. Oh, my line again:
Step back�
I quickly remove his hand from my ass and push him away.
Now girl I know you felt it
I go to Dunk and put my arm around his neck, dancing with him.
You know what I want to do
He looks deep into my eyes. He takes my hand and gives a soft kiss on it. I grin at him and go to Ant.
Oh how I like it. I try but I can't fight it
Ant and I are doing some real dirty dancing now, moving real sexy.
I love when you shake it like that
Oh, now my line:
I see that you like it like that
I look real tempting at Ant.
I love when you shake it like that
He puts his hands on my hips.
I see that you like it like that
I put my hand on his chest and slowly move it down to his belly. He winks at me.
Pfff� that was my last line. Dunk takes me away from Ant. He puts his hand at my waist. It always gives me a special, safe feeling when he does that.
Oh how I like it
I almost automatically put my arms around him, my hands on his delicious ass.
You're making it hard for me
'Oh-oh, he can't get a hard one on stage' I suddenly realise. It has happened before when we were dancing real close. I don't feel anything yet, so I quickly take my hands away from his ass. I blow a kiss at him and go back to dance with Sy. He's grinning naughty at me.
I get so excited
He puts his hands low at my waist, just below my shirt. He has his hand on my naked skin.
I try but I can't fight it
I quickly push his hands away, but instead he puts them on my ass.
Oh you're dancing real close
I turn away from him. Dunk grabs me and gives me a light kiss.
The song's over so I dance away from the guys. Lee grabs my arm to prevent me from going away, dancing in front of me. I wink at him and he lets go off me. I grin at the other guys and disappear from the stage.
