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The next morning Esme was standing at her locker, grabbing her sketchbook and pencil bag when she felt someone standing behind here.

"Oh, hey, Ricky." Esme greeted, smiling at the boy as she turned to face him.

"Hey. Do you happen to have a free period right now?" Ricky asked.

"I actually do, why?" Esme trailed off, raising an eyebrow.

"Can I show you something and you have to promise not to laugh at me?' Ricky asked, looking at the girl with pleading eyes that she couldn't say no to.

"Sure, lead the way." Esme agreed, closing her locker, making the boy smile as he led the girl towards the library.

The boy stepped forward, opening the door for the Ortiz girl, motioning her in first.

"Why thank you." Esme smiled, stepping into the library, waiting for the boy to enter.

"Uh, over here." Ricky coughed, leading the girl towards the corner of the library where no one was.

"So what'd you want to show me?" Esme asked.

"Right. I need you to be honest." Ricky said, stepping back making the girl nod, the boy let out a breath. "Six, seven."

Ricky began trying to do the moves for the musical causing the girl to chuckle lightly.

"You've been practicing?" Esme teased, placing her book doen on the bookshelf nearby.

"If you want, call it that." Ricky chuckled. "I still can't get the last part down."

"Here watch me." Esme said, stepping beside the boy, causing him to watch her. "Instead of having your fingers down you have to have them up. You know Jazz hands."

"Jazz hands got it." Ricky nodded, moving his hands up.

"So it's five, six, seven, eight." Esme called, doing the steps with ease before doing the final pose. "Jazz hands."

"You know the dance?" Ricky asked in disbelief.

"I grew up taking dance classes with my friends before focusing on fashion like my mom." Esme explained, causing the boy to nod. "It's basical second nature to me and I can pick up choreo just like that."

"Just like that?" Ricky asked, causing the girl to nod. "Do you think you could help me? You know with the dances for the show. I'm struggling as it is and it's only the first dance."

"Sure! I'm free most days and nights. Well except Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays." Esme spoke, causing the boy to raise an eyebrow. "I set those days aside to work on my fashion portfolio."

"How about Sunday?" Ricky asked.

"Sunday works." Esme nods, causing the boy to smile. "You can come over to my place, if that's okay with you."

"Sounds great. I guess I'll see you Sunday." Ricky spoke, sending the girl one last smile before disappearing behind the bookshelves.

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"He's coming to your house?!" Zay exclaimed, causing everyone near the group to turn and look at them, making the trio glance around. "Sorry."

"I told him I would help him with the dances for the show." Esme explained, grabbing her backpack from her locker, placing the strap over her arm before closing the door.

"So there's going to be a boy in your room." Lilly gasped, looping her arm through Esme's as Zay looped his arm through her other one.

"No, there's going to be a boy in my living room." Esme corrected the girl.

"Living room, bedroom. Same difference." Lilly waved the girl off, causing Esme to chuckle as she shook her head. "You're talking to a boy, Es. That sounded weirder, when I said it out loud."

"Totally weird." Zay agreed, sharing a look with the Reid girl, causing them both to nod.

"Guys will you calm down, it's not like I'm marrying the guy. I'm just helping him with stuff for the musical, that's it." Esme chuckled lightly, causing the duo on either side of her to share a look. "Stop that!"

"Stop what?" Zay asked, looking down at the girl. "We didn't do anything."

"That look you guys just gave each other, it's 'we're planning something' and I know because i'm usually a part of that look!" Esme pointed at the duo, stopping as she faced them, causing them to share another look.

"What look, there wasn't a look." Lilly and Zay spoke together.

"Would you look at the time, we're gonna be late for rehearsal." Lilly nervously chuckled, quickly making her way around the girl with Zay hot on her trail.

Esme let out a loud groan before she turned around to make her way towards the bunker when she walked right into someone.

"Oh, sorry." Esme apologized.

"It's totally fine." Ricky said, noticing the frustration on the girl's face. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah." Esme nodded, sending the boy a smile. 

"You heading to rehearsals?" Ricky asked, pointing towards the door a few feet behind him.

"I was actually on my way there before I ran into you." Esme chuckled.

"Oh, right!" Ricky spoke, quickly stepping out of the girl's way as he stepped beside her as they made the small walk to their destination.

Ricky quickly grabbed the door, causing the girl to send him a smile before she stepped inside with him right behind her.

The sound of the door caused the teens inside to look over, making Zay and Lilly share a smirk.

"E, come check this out." Zay called, waving the girl over with Lilly.

"Coming." Esme said, sending her friends a smile before she looked over at Ricky. "I'll talk to you later."

"Yeah." Ricky nodded, causing the girl to send him a smile before she joined her friends as the group surrounded the teacher.

"Here it is, people." Miss Jenn said, carefully holding up an old phone in the palm of her hands.

"Is that a garage door opener?" Seb asked, looking at the small electronic device confused.

"No Seb." Miss Jenn shook her head, looking at the boy as if he told her someone had died. "This is Gabriella's phone."

"Like from the film?" Lilly asked, gripping onto Zay's arm, causing the drama teacher to nod, making the teens gasp.

"I plan on creating a time-capsule display in our lobby. If they can have 40 sports-ball trophies, we deserve a little movie museum." Miss Jenn explained. "Okay, people, enough dazzle. Fetch your scripts, please."

"Is that really her phone?" Nini asked, approaching the drama teacher. "Hold it to your ear like a sea shell. You'll hear echoes of V-Hudge crushing the B flat on When There Was Me and You. Or you could let me disinfect it first."

Nini nodded, quickly pulling the phone away from her ear as she handed it back to the drama teacher.

"Esme." Miss Jenn called, making the girl perk up at the sound of her name. "I want you to take this phone to the dressing room as an inspiration and I want you to come up with the most V-Hudge chic design you can think of. You think you could do that?"
"You got it?" Esme smiled, carefully taking the box.

"Thank you, my dear."

As Esme made her way to the door she passed Ricky as he was talking to Big Red in the corner, causing the duo to lock eyes as the pair shared a smile before the girl made her way out the door.

Ricky glanced over at the door before turning back to his attention with Big Red, causing Nini to glance between the boy and the door. 

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