Chapter 9: Facing the Facts

CeeJay’s P.O.V.

I walked up in the gym and immediately regretted it. Now this fool better not be doing what I think he is. I looked at the place my crew usually sits but I only saw Cassie. “Cass, what’s going on?” I asked her as we looked around the gym.

“I don’t know. He told the rest of the girls to stand over there,” she shrugged. I’m really getting annoyed of Coach Graham.

“He so did not!” I heard Nicki laughed extremely loud while talking to Nae.

“I think he did!” Cassie yelled and Nicki flicked her off.

“I swear you like getting on Nicki’s nerves,” I laughed at Cassie.

“Hell yeah I do. It gives me something to do,” she shrugged.

“What ever happened between y’all? Didn’t you guys use to be best friends?” I asked. It seems like every time I ask this question, she shuts me down.

“We were never friends,” she shut me down once again. I’m gonna find out what more happened between them cause believe it or not, Cassie isn’t mean to people. She’s only mean to Nicki and now Meyshia for obvious reasons. I knew the basic reasons why they aren’t friends but she never went in dept.

Drake’s P.O.V.

I knew the girls were going to kill me for what I was about to do today. Nicki was trying to get me to tell her but I had to make today fair. Plus I think she’s going to hate me after this but she’ll get over it. “Good morning girls,” I smiled at them. They all scrunched up their face from how nice I was being. I looked over at Nicki and winked. I told her I would try to be nicer.

“I bet you all are wondering why we have a bunch of weight lifting material around the gym,” Shad said as they all said yes.

“Today we paired you up with a partner and you guys are going to be lifting weights the entire time. We paired you up with who you are most like. Dancing is so much more than just dancing. In order to dance on this team, you have to be a team. In order to be a team, you have to trust each other and we’re starting on that today,” Mere explained. I locked eyes with Nicki and she gave me a knowing look. I knew she would catch on soon enough.

“Okay so we have Maxine and Carlynda, Zhaleh and Carmelina, Blakelynn and Jaznae, Onika and Cassandra, Bethonia and Cenedra. . ,” Shad read off name after name. When I looked up, I noticed Nicki shooting me a death glare.

“Okay so go to your assigned place in the gym and just sit there until we come over and teach you how to work the machine,” Mere said as they all scattered off.

“You know Nicki and Cassie might kill each other right?” Shad looked at me. He thought I was crazy for putting them together but maybe doing this will help them see past whatever issues they have with each other and move on.

“I know,” I shook my head as I walked over to them.

Nicki’s P.O.V.

I hated him for doing his. I knew he was hiding something but something like this? I glanced over at Cassie who sat down with a huff. Drake walked over to us and looked nervous. “So I bet you two know why I put you together,” he chuckled.

“What makes you think she’s anywhere near my level?” Cassie rolled her eyes.

“Bitch you wish you could get on my level,” I snapped.

“For the circumstance of this situation, I will let that curse word slide but don’t let it happen again,” he looked at me.

“Of course Coach Graham,” I blinked a couple times and tried to look innocent. He licked his lips unknowingly and eyed me up and down. Good thing Cassie was looking off the other way because he was practically eye raping me. “Aubrey!” I hissed in a whisper so Cassie wouldn’t hear. He snapped out of his trance and chuckled. I playfully rolled my eyes as Cassie looked back at us.

“What are we doing here?” She asked him.

“Well one of you is going to lay on the bench while the other one will be holding up the weight bar. You will have to support her the entire way. Neither of you should let go of this bar,” he looked in between us.

“Yeah, she’s definitely going to be the one lying down because I don’t trust her,” she looked at me in disgust.

“And you think I trust you?” I looked at her like she was crazy.

“Maybe this was a bad idea,” Drake mumbled.

“You think!?” We both snapped at him.

“Just don’t hurt each other or you will be immediately off the team,” he threatened before walking away. I laid down first because I knew she was going to be stubborn about it.

“If you drop this one me, I will personally kill you,” I snapped my eyes to her.

“Now why would I want to do that?” She smiled sarcastically as she got behind me to hold the weight. She held it down to me and I latched on as she supported me throughout the way. I was personally shocked because I would have thought she would have dropped it by now.

“Thanks I guess,” I mumbled as we switched places.

“Whatever,” she dismissed me and we lifted the weight in silence.

Cassie’s P.O.V.

I was glad she decided to shut up because she was really getting on my nerves. I know I said I didn’t trust her but I trust her at least with this. I personally know she wouldn’t hurt me this way. She would hurt me mentally and sometimes physically but not damaging me. I was relieved when Coach Graham blew his whistle and told us to huddle up.

“Great practice today girls. Chaslyn can you meet me in my office after practice. We’ll see the rest of you tomorrow,” he dismissed us and Chaslyn followed him to his office. I guess she was getting cut. I told my girls that I’ll meet them by my car and started walking over to Nicki. She was about to say something to me but I held up my hand.

“I’m not here to talk to you fake ass Barbie,” I shut her down.

“Who you calling a-,” she started but I cut her off.

“I don’t have time for this. I need to have a moment alone with Blake,” I shooed her away.

 “Anything you have to say to my cousin, you can say to me,” she stood her ground. I looked at Blake who hadn’t uttered a word.

“Nicki, it’s cool,” she assured her. Nicki nodded and walked off with Nae.

“I just wanted to say thanks for getting me back on the team. Not many people would have done that for me and you barely know me so it means a lot,” I said sincerely. She smiled as she listen to me talk.

“It’s cool. I’m just that type of person who can’t let one of the best dancers walk out like that. I want to be on the best dance team that this school can have and in order to do that, we need the best dancers that this school has,” she explained.

“Well thanks again and even though Nicki and I aren’t cool doesn’t mean we can’t be,” I smiled at her.

“Thanks Cassie,” she returned the smile before walking off to Nicki. I grabbed my dance bag and was about to walk out when I felt a grip on my elbow.

“Lemme talk to you for a minute,” his voice filled my ear.  I turned around and looked at Shad. I was so over talking to him.

“No Shad you can’t. I’m very busy and I actually have places I need to be,” I lied and tried to walk off but he pulled on my elbow again.

“Come on Cass, just give me five minutes,” he pleaded. I weighed out my options and thought if I hear him out, I could finally tell him to leave me alone for good.

“You have four,” I sighed as we walked to his office.

Drake’s P.O.V.

“I’m sorry,” I said to Chaslyn as she walked out the door. We had to cut someone and it just got harder every time. There was a knock on the door a few moments later. I smirked as I told her to come in. Nicki dropped her dance bag on the door and locked it. I leaned back as she came and sat on my lap.

“I should hate you right now,” she pouted.

“But you don’t” I mumbled as I kissed on her neck.

“You paired me with the one person I have issues with,” she sighed and I pulled away from her neck.

“Why don’t you like her? She seems really nice,” I looked at her. She shifted her eyes and opened her mouth to say something but then closed it. It seems like she was thinking of a lie to tell.

“She is, she’s nice to everyone but me,” she finally replied. I could tell she didn’t want to speak on the subject anymore so I decided to change it.

“My birthday is coming up,” I smiled at her.

“Really? I would not have known considering that you told me a million times last week,” she giggled. I pulled her so that she was straddling me.

“Well you gotta give me something good,” I kissed on her neck again.

“Mmm, what do you want?” She closed her eyes and let my lips relax her.

“You,” I whispered in her ear and I felt her shudder under me. I pulled back so I could look at her and she finally opened her eyes. We stared at each other for a while as my hands rubbed up and down her thighs. I thought she was going to get nervous and stop talking but she surprised me by slowly grinding against me. My hands found their way to her waist as she leaned in by my ear.

“How do you want me?” She said with her voice full of lust. It just crossed my mind that I never asked her if she was a virgin. I mean when she’s dancing, she appears to be a virgin but when she’s with me, her actions show that she’s not.

“I have a question,” I pulled her back so she could look at me.

“Shoot,” she smiled as she leaned back a bit and fully sat up straight.

“Are you a virgin?” I felt her immediately tense up and her eyes shifted away from me. I could tell that she was experiencing a million of emotions at once from that simple question. “You don’t have to tell me,” I told her as she looked at me again.

“No, I think you have a right to know. My last boyfriend was my everything for the longest time and I wanted to give him my virginity. I was planning to give it to him one night but I caught him cheating on me. We started to argue and he tried to rape me but when he hit me, he knocked me out so I guess he gave up. I woke up and found him screwing some girl in front of me but he had taped me up so I couldn’t move. It was the worst experience of my life. Some guy broke the door down and beat him up but I was so in shock that I didn’t even notice. Yes he tried to rape me but no he didn’t. So yes I am a virgin,” she explained and I immediately wanted to kill the guy that did that to her.

“I want to kill him,” I mumbled but she rubbed the sides of my face making me relax.

“Doesn’t matter. It’s over and I’m here with you,” she whispered before kissing me. I kissed her back as I pulled her even closer. Learning everything that she’s been through has made me see her in a new light. She’s even stronger than I thought and it just made me fall for her even more. It seemed like at that moment, all the air was knocked out of me as we pulled away. I rubbed my thumb across her cheek and she smiled making my thumb sink into her dimple. I think I love her.

Chapter 8: Take Care of You

Drake

I walked into the gym and went by Shad and Mere. I looked around and saw the girls sitting by the bleachers. “Tasmine, Christina, Shreya, and Brooklyn can you please leave the gym. I’m sorry but we have to cut you,” I told them as they left. We have twenty girls left and only twelve spots. I saw that Casandra showed up so I guess Shad talked to her.

“Today I have a couple of friends here to judge your dancing. They’ll tell me who they like and one of you guys are leaving by the end of this week,” I explained to them. I looked at Nicki but she refused to look up from her nails as if they were the most important thing in the world. I sighed as my friends arrived. I asked a couple of old high school friends to help them. They sat back as the girls dance in sync. My eyes were trained on Nicki as she danced. I could tell she added more pain to her dance but that’s what made her better than everyone else.

“Who’s the girl in the pink shirt?” Curtis asked me.

“That’s Onika,” I smiled slightly as I watched her.

“She’s good,” Noah nodded his head.

“So who are your top dancers?” I looked at them.

“Nicki, Cassie, Blake, Jaznae, CeeJay, and Carrington,” Jay spoke on behalf of all of them. I nodded in agreement. Glad to know they had similar opinions to mine.

Shad

I sighed as practice was finally over. I walked over to Blake since she was by herself. “So I’ll see you tonight?” I asked hopefully.

“Yeah,” she nodded with a smile. I was on my way to my office when I past Cassie.

“A word please,” I said to her as I continued my walk. She came in a few moments later.

“What do you want Shad?” She had her hair in a high bun and it looked as if she’s been crying.

“Are you okay?” I stood in front of her.

“If that’s why you called me in here then I can leave,” she snapped.

“Look I’m sorry for what I said and how I handled that situation,” I apologized. She just nodded her head while looking off at a distance. “Come on Cass, you know you wanna forgive me,” I smirked at her. Before I found out Cassie had a crush on me, we were really close friends. I pushed her away because I didn’t feel the same way. I regret that now because I lost a great friend in the process. She locked eyes with me and her face remained straight. She looked as if she’s lost all emotion in her.

“Goodbye Shad,” she said just above a whisper and walked out of my office. I can’t believe I managed to hurt her. She was an important factor in my life and I also pushed her away because I didn’t want to hurt her.

“Cassie wait!” I rushed to catch her arm and spun her around. “Tell me what I have to do to fix this,” I pleaded. I needed my best friend back and I was willing to do anything at this point.

“You know exactly what you have to do,” she mumbled and pulled away from me. She walked out of my office and left the gym. I know exactly what I have to do?

Nicki

“Ow! Nicki stop!” Blake whined as I plucked her eyebrows.

“Suck it up you big baby. It’s not every day you go out on a date,” I smirked as I filled in her eyebrows.

“It is so not a date,” she mumbled.

“It is so a date!” Nae yelled from the bed.

“Nae! Get up and help me do her hair,” I told her. She put her magazine down and walked over to us.

“So does Cassie know that you’re going on a date with Shad?” Nae asked.

“I’m doing this for her. If anything, she should be thanking me,” she crossed her arms.

“Hold up, you what!? You helped her come back onto the team!?” I was beyond pissed.

“Nicki, I have a heart and I couldn’t live with myself for not helping someone when I knew that I could,” she explained.

“I still don’t see why you helped her. She’s nothing but a bitch,” I mumbled.

“A bitch that used to be your friend,” Nae mumbled back.

“Shut up,” I shot her a look and continued doing Blake’s hair.

“Wait! You guys used to be friends!? Oww!” She groaned.

“See that’s what you get for moving. Now stay put,” I said to her.

“When did you guys used to be friends?” She asked.

“I’ll tell you another time,” I promised in hopes to change the topic.

“So how awkward was practice today? Coach Graham stared at you the entire time,” Nae smirked at me.

“He can stare wherever he wants to stare. I hope you noticed that I didn’t return the stare.” I made my point clear.

“You know you like him. Why don’t you just give him another chance?” Blake looked at me through the mirror.

“I don’t like seeing two sides of him. I only liked one side. He doesn’t know what he wants and until he does, I won’t be around,” I shrugged. Just as I put the last curl in her hair, the doorbell rung. “Nae can you get that?” I asked her. She nodded and went downstairs. “Nervous?” I looked at Blake.

“Extremely.” She smiled lightly.

“Don’t be.” I put a little bit of hairspray on her hair and then I was done. “You look gorgeous Blake.” I smiled as she looked at herself in the mirror.

“Wow.” She stared at herself in shock. I made her hair look like loose curls and we dressed down the outfit a bit with the jacket and boots.

Blake

I passed Nae in the hallway and smiled. “You look absolutely stunning.” She smiled as she took in my appearance.

“Thank you.” I hugged her before going downstairs and to meet Shad.

“After you.” He opened the door and we left.

~~~

“You know Cassie likes you right?” I asked him.

“Nah she don’t.” He shrugged it off.

“You know she does but I guess you’re scared to admit it,” I smirked at him.

“Even if she does, nothing’s gonna happen.” He shook his head.

“Why? You guys would be cute together,” I questioned him.

“Aren’t I on a date with you?” He raised an eyebrow at me.

“We both know this isn’t a date. I heard you talking to him so what do you want?” I sat back and crossed my arms. I was waiting for him to bring this up all night.

“You heard that? How did you even know that was him?” He looked at me a little shocked. I guess he didn’t think that I would figure it out.

“I know his voice. Well if you talk to him again, tell him that I said ‘fuck you’.” I stood up and left. I went home after a very unpleasant evening. I sighed as I opened the door and went to my room.

“How’d it go?” Nae asked as sat on my bed.

“It went okay,” I lied. I plopped down on the bed as Nae scooted closer to me.

“Sit up,” she commanded and I did as I was told. She took out some of the hidden bobby pins that were in my hair. “I hope that he knows if he ever hurts you then I’m coming for his balls,” she threatened. We laughed at the thought.

“Won’t be necessary,” I mumbled as she pulled my hair into a ponytail.

“Come on, Nicki went out so let’s stay up and watch movies just like old times,” she suggested. I nodded as we went to pick the movies out.

Nicki

I stuck my hands in my jacket after knocking on his door. He opened it and smiled. “I’m glad you came,” he said as he let me in.

“Mhmm,” I mumbled as I looked around his house. It seemed really nice.

“Can we talk?” He looked at me as I avoided his gaze. If I look into his eyes then I would be falling for him again and be sucked right back in.

“Isn’t that why I’m here?” I snapped my eyes towards him briefly.

“Nic come on. Stop giving me the cold shoulder,” he pleaded and walked over to me. He toward my figure and looked down at me.

“You know I’ve been screwed over, lied to, and cheated on but never have I had a guy treat me like shit and a queen at the same time,” I shook my head.

“Stop comparing me to your ex. I’m not like him. I don’t want to hurt you and I want to try to be nicer when were in the gym. I want to learn how to love and I want to explore these feelings with you.” He lifted my chin.

“How do I know that you won’t hurt me like those in my past have?” I was slowly giving in.

“Easy, those people were too dumb to see your potential.” He wiped my tears.

“Do you?” I asked.

“Do I what?” He scrunched up his eyebrows.

“Do you see potential in me?” I searched his eyes.

“Onika I see more than just potential.” He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.

Drake

I moved closer to her wanting to close the gap in between us. My lips brushed hers softly as I kissed her. She gasps when my lips touched hers but kissed me back. I held her gently as I tried to take away all the pain she ever felt. She’s one of the strongest women I ever met. She’s been so strong trying to save everyone else when she truly needs someone to save her. She brought her hand to my chest and pushed me away. “I need to go.” She jumped up and headed to the door.

“Nicki can we talk about this?” I grabbed her arm.

“Drake this is your career on the line. You could go to jail. Do what’s best for you and let me go.” She meant it in more ways than one.

“What about what’s best for you?” I pulled her towards me.

“Aubrey stop.” She tried to pull away but I wouldn’t let her.

“Stop pushing me away.” I pulled her closer.

“This is wrong!” She snapped.

“Then why does this feel so right? Let me take away your pain. Fall for me and I promise I’ll always be here for you. Let me take care of you,” I whispered against her lips. She took in a deep breath before I connected our lips. I wrapped my arms around her waist as she locked her arms around my neck. I pulled away and rested my forehead onto hers. “I got you okay?” I looked into her eyes.

“Okay,” she sighed. I kissed her again and for the first time, I deepened the kiss. I wanted her to know how serious I was. She kissed me back as my arms traveled down to her ass. I gripped it hard and she moaned into my mouth. I’ve been wanting to do that again for a while. I slowly pulled back and stared at her. “I trust you Aubrey,” she whispered to me. A smile worked its way onto my lips as I pulled her towards me.

“Come on let’s get you home.” I pulled her close and I drove her to her house.

“Call me when you get home.” She told me.

“Of course.” I promised and kissed her softly.

“Goodnight Aubrey.” She blushed as I pulled away from her.

 

            “Goodnight Onika.” I smiled at her one last time and made my way home.

Chapter 7: More Than A Crush

Nicki

I walked into practice for the first time in two weeks and I sat with my crew. It felt good to have time off. Even thought I haven’t seen Aubrey since that night, we’ve been texting nonstop. I’m really falling for him. “I wonder what we’re doing today,” Blake mumbled.

“Probably run,” Nae rolled her eyes at the thought. Cassie walked in with her crew a few minutes later and she didn’t say a word to me. She didn’t even give me an eye roll.

“What’s up with her?” Carmel asked as we looked over at her. I shrugged it off because if her being hurt means I can have one less problem in my life then so be it. Shad walked in with Coach Chimere and looked at Cassie. He looked as if he had something to say but he kept his mouth close. Aubrey walked in as he glanced at all of us. His eyes locked with mine for a second before he spoke up.

“Today we’ll be doing more conditioning and we’re also going to be cutting two girls today. You guys can stretch and then go to the track.” He blew his whistle and walked away. His behavior seemed kinda off to me but I just thought nothing of it. After we ran for a while, we went back inside to learn a new dance move. Of course I nailed it while other people struggled.

“Cassie! Keep up!” Shad yelled at her. She stopped trying all together and flicked him off.

“My office now!” He stated and walked away pissed. She slowly followed behind him with a sigh.

“Good job Blakelynn and Jaznae. Nice Da-Xia,” Aubrey went on with compliments but he straight up ignored me once again. I was getting so sick of him and his bipolar ways. “Onika, you’re getting sloppy on the pop motion,” he told me in a monotone voice. I rolled my eyes and sat on the floor.

“Nic what are you doing?” Blake asked me while dancing.

“I’m sick of this. If he wants to treat me like shit then I won’t do shit,” I huffed as he walked back over to me.

“Did I just hear you say shit twice? Two-hundred pushups ladies.” He blew his whistle. I was beyond my breaking point right about now.

Cassie

I walked in and sat down in front of his desk. “What the hell was that out there!?” He yelled at me. If there’s one thing I hate the most is when people yell at me and Shad knows that.

“I couldn’t do the dance so I stopped,” I shrugged.

“That’s bullshit and you know it. I’ve seen you dance better than that every day since I’ve met you. That’s why I made you captain last year. I saw in your heart that you love dance more than anything in this world. Now I just don’t know if you have that same passion to be captain.” He calmed down a bit but looked at me as if he was disappointed.

“Then give it to Onika. You’re probably fucking her too,” I snapped.

“So that’s what this is about? Cause I fucked Meyshia?” He got up and stood in front of my seat.

“You didn’t even have the courtesy to stop when I walked in. You fucking came with me standing right there!” I yelled at him.

“I tried to pull her off of me but-,” he started to say but I stopped him.

“No I don’t wanna hear shit you have to say!” I got up.

“Are you mad because I fucked Meyshia or are you mad because I won’t fuck you?” He got closer to me. I pushed him as hard as I could and he stumbled back a bit.

“Go to hell!” I flicked him off and stormed out of his office. I grabbed my bag and was about to leave.

“If you walk out that door, don’t bother coming back,” I heard Shad say from behind me. I sucked up the tears that wanted to fall and walked out of the door, never looking back.

Drake

Everyone stood in shock as Cassie walked out without a second thought. I looked at Shad and Mere who looked just as shocked. Sure he said don’t come back but he was bluffing, no one thought she would actually leave. “Everyone get back in positions!” I yelled and blew my whistle. After practice, there was a light knock on my door. “Come in,” I said while looking through some of the girl’s background information.

“Can I talk to you for a minute Coach Graham?” Her soft voice filled the room. I looked up and nodded. She walked in and placed her dance bag on the ground. She sat down and stared at me.

“Why are you staring at me?” I asked her.

“I’m trying to figure you out. It’s almost as if you’re two different people and I’m not sure which one is the real you. It’s like I don’t know anything about you,” she stated in a monotone voice, similar to the one I gave her during practice.

“You know me Nic. I’m just different during practice,” I told her but she shook her head.

“No Coach I don’t know you.” She grabbed her bag and got up.

“I told you to call me Aubrey.” I moved closer to her and grabbed her hand.

“That’s just it. You treat me like shit during practice but like I’m a queen outside of practice.” She tried to pull her hand away from me but I tightened my grip.

“You mean something to me and I have feelings for you. I want to see where this takes us.” I pulled her closer to me by her waist. She just stared at me while I slowly moved in to kiss her but she placed her hands at my chest and pushed me away.

“No Aubrey! We are not doing this. I’ve had a crush on you since I saw you. You carried yourself in a confident way that was sexy. My crush has only grown since then. It’s grown to the point where it’s not even a crush, it’s more than that. I really like you so it’s going to kill me to say this. This, us, whatever you want to call it, has to stop. We can’t keep doing this. You have your career you need to think about and I have mine. I’m only seventeen and if anything happened between us, you could go to jail. Does that not bother you!? We need to forget anything ever happened between us.” She had tears in her eyes.

“You don’t mean that. Nicki you know we can’t just throw what we’re trying to build.” I shook my head at the thought.

“We have to Aubrey! We had great moments but that’s all they are. Memories that will be replaced by new ones. Let me move on and be happy.” She cried as I pulled her into a hug.

“Onika please just think about this.” I had tears in my eyes but I refused to let them fall. Even though we haven’t known each other that long, she’s been on my mind daily. I fell for her and I wanted to make her mine but now she doesn’t even want to be with me.

“I’m sorry Aubrey.” She stood on her tiptoes and held my face in her hands. She connected our lips and kissed me. I stood there trying to savor the kiss but she pulled away. Even though it was just a peck, it held so much passion in it. She grabbed her bag and quickly left out of the room. I balled up my fist mad at myself for letting a good girl go. She made me feel something I haven’t felt since my mom died.

“DAMN!” I yelled and punched the wall. I left a hole and my fist was bleeding but it didn’t amount to the pain I felt when she walked out that door.

Blake

I stayed after to wait for Nicki but I needed to talk to Shad first. I walked to his office and knocked. “Yeah?” I heard him say so I opened the door. He looked up at me and smiled slightly.

“Hi.” I smiled as he stood up and walked over to me.

“Hey Blake. What brings you by?” He asked as he stopped a few step in front of me.

“Um I actually came to talk about Cassie,” I sighed.

“Oh what about her?” His whole demeanor changed.

“I think you should let her back on the team.” I looked at him.

“And why would I do that?” He glanced over at me.

“You should do that because everyone deserves a second chance. She’s an amazing dancer and she’s a leader. Let’s face it, Cassie and Nicki are the dance team,” I explained.

“Why do you care so much? She’s never said a word to you in your life.” He looked at me strangely.

“I care because I know talent when I see it and you can’t just let someone like her walk out.” I tried to get him to see where I was coming from. He stepped closer to me and smirked a little.

 “I’ll let her back on the team if you do me a favor,” he said.

“Done, what’s the favor?” I asked. If he wants me to stay late to clean the gym then I will never try to help others again.

“I want you to go on a date with me.” He stared at me as my mouth literally dropped. He wants me to what?

“Wait what?” I scrunched up my eyebrows as he chuckled slightly.

“I want to get to know you better and I want you to get to know me better.” He took my hands in his. I weighed out my options. I wasn’t attracted to him on any level but I really wanted Cassie to come back so we could have a strong dance team and I guess a date with him wouldn’t be so bad. It’s just one date right? I moved my fingers and laced them through his.

“I would love to.” I smiled at him.