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Vika

“LAST NIGHT, THE ballroom was ablaze with our first night of competition. Who will be the first couple to go home tonight?” Matt says over the opening credits. “But first, we would like to ask the judges which dance they would like to see again. Benny, what dance would you like to see tonight?”

The camera pans to moy mysh. “Well, Matt, there were many delightful numbers last night. But we have decided that we would love to see Tony and Viktoria’s maam’bo one more time,” Benny says.

Vroom, vroom. On cue, Tony rides his black custom Harley Davidson motorcycle onto the dance floor as his hit song, “Chicks, Chicks, Chicks” plays in the background.

Chicks, Chicks, Chicks,

at O’Farrell Brothers in the city by the bay

Chicks, Chicks, Chicks,

at A Touch of Class in the state of hay

Chicks, Chicks, Chicks

at the Brass Flamingo in the Florida Cay

He whistles at me and I pose on the side of the stage looking like an eighties vixen, dressed all crazy in a fluorescent pink and green lycra stretch dress with my hair singed pink and my bangs teased a mile high. Tony climbs off the bike and we start dancing our mambo. The crowd goes crazy.

I’m fucking brilliant for thinking up this act.

Tony beats on my ass like it’s his drum. I swivel my hips around him, and we do some saucy body rolls. A few side by side basic movements, a few more—and he totally keeps up with me. Which, believe me, is not easy to do.

We go for the finish and he drops to his knees then lies on his back. Shaking like a martini, I strut over him and give him a sexy view.

The audience gives us a standing ovation. We jump to our feet with Tony pumping his fist in victory.

“How did that mambo feel, Tony?” Matt asks.

“First can I get a hell yeah?” Tony asks the audience.

The audience goes mad and starts screaming and some girl even throws her panties on stage.

“Dude, it felt totally amazing. To dance to “Chicks, Chicks, Chicks” was an unbelievable high. And Vika is so smoking hot, don’t you think?” Tony asks the audience.

I receive roaring applause and do three fast chaîné turns to show off.

“What about you, Viktoria, how did the mambo feel for you?” Matt asks.

I give Tony a big bear hug. “It was so wonderful to show new way to interpret one of my favorite songs. I’ve always been big Möxie Cörps fan, and it was fabulous to dance together with Tony to “Chicks, Chicks, Chicks.”

“Thank you, Tony and Viktoria. Coming up, see who will live to dance another week and which couple will be the first to be eliminated from the competition.”

We saunter off the stage. When we get out of the camera’s view, Tony pins me against the wall and kisses me.

“Vika.” He licks my face. “I’m so crazy about you.”

I shove him off me. Oh Lord. I did not want to get paired with a man who would fall in love with me.

Safely back in the score room, Jenny gives me a dirty look. I blow her a kiss, the bitch. Luckily for me, she and Tim will probably be the first couple eliminated.

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“WE ARE BACKSTAGE live at the Dancing under the Stars set with the female professional dancers,” says Maria Hernandez, reporter for Access Hollywood. “Ladies, tell me about this season?”