I DON'T OWN SHAKE IT UP OR ANYTHING RELATED.
-It's a text message when words are in (-) like this is.-
Summary: Shake It Up Chicago's set was relocated to the 3rd floor of the building as an upgrade, but when disaster strikes will it be the final bow of the show…and a dancer?
Rocky's POV
"And we're out!" Gary shouts as we move from our positions. Since Gary, Cece, and I helped out with the Miss Cutie Queen event we got an "upgrade" Basically we moved to another studio with a larger dance floor. "Hey, I'm hungry." Cece ran over stretching out the word 'hungry', "I wanna go toooooooo…uh I got nothing." She said. "Cece, you never have anything." I replied.
She pretended to be offended, "I do to!" I raised my eyebrows incredulously. "When?"
"The time when, when…yeah I got nothing." She gave in reluctantly after a moment of thinking.
"Exactly."
"Okay fine, but I'm still hungry and now it's cold. I thought Gary said the AC wouldn't be back on until next Saturday." She complained while crossing her arms.
"I'll get my mom to cook something, because the Olive Pit is waaay out of option." I said remembering past experiences there. The food was good, but that's when it was actual food. Not bugs. Ew.
"Ok that solves that problem, but it's still cold."
"Cece your standing in front of an open window." Cece laughed sheepishly, "I knew that." She said punching my arm playfully. I stared at her with a doubtful expression.
"What?"
"Nothing." I said leading the way out.
-Yo Rock-
I woke after my phone vibrated, looking at the time and seeing it was 1am I knew it was Cece.
-Cece it's a skool nit end 1 n da morning wat-
-how ya no its me-
-ur da only 1 tht txts dis time nd caller ID-
-o I thot mi fone was smart, man I feel stupid I tried 2 teach it tricks-
-grrr Cece wat do u want-
-k,k I just wanted 2 tell ya sumtin-
Whatever it was has to wait, I'm tired and get EXTREMELY annoyed when she did this. When I'm sleeping, I don't want to be disturbed for any reason. If the building's burning down then carry my sleeping body outside.
Cece's POV
I laid there waiting for her to text back before I realized I had done it again. Dang, Rocky always gets mad when I take forever to get to the point especially at night. Oh well, there's always morning…
When I woke for school and saw I was late I knew it was part 1 of Rocky being mad. Part 1) Early morning abandonment. It wasn't anything to horrible and I didn't mind being late, I'm pretty sure mom does though... and my teachers. Usually the whole thing is over by part 5 so I think I'm good. When I go to class Rocky was sitting next to the new girl, who I can't stand. The feeling was mutual on her part so there weren't any awkward confrontations between us. I sat in the corner as far from her as possible, probably Rocky's point. It worked. It wasn't a typical class until I was caught with gum…again. After class we had P.E., but Rocky was walking with the new girl still. I sneaked up behind Rocky to scare her and possibly get her away from the newbie, but before I said anything I overheard Rocky say,"She does it all the time. Sometime she's not even the last person I'd want to see." I didn't wait to hear the response, but I knew I surely got away from that school pretty fast.
Rocky's POV
As soon as I said it I heard someone run out the door from behind us, and the brief flash of red hair I saw, I knew it was Cece. I instantly felt guilty for making her that upset. I hadn't meant for her to hear that, and I honestly didn't really mean what I said. I'm just one of those people who say things out of anger. In the locker room, I didn't change. It would be a first for me since I'm the 'goody two shoes' but I had to text Cece. I pulled out my phone and flipped the screen up...
-Cece?-
-so i havnt bn 4gtn-
-of course not cece u no i just get mad nite-
-nd me being away frm u prevents it durin da day-
-cece-
-we hav practice 4 da show 2day-
-c ya ther-
-fine-
I felt really bad Cece wasn't at school for the rest of the day.
"Hey,hey" I said as I climbed through the window from the fire escape into Cece's place. "Straw." she replied though not optimistic, but it was something.
"Cece look-" I started wanting to explain to her that I hadn't really meant it, but she cut me off.
"Rocky don't, I did it to myself." The guilt inside of me skyrocketed.
"But-"
"Come on we're gonna be late." She said heading out the door before I could continue my protest. I sighed and silently followed out behind her.
When we got on set, it was breezy. The windows were open again, and there's a lot of them.
"I'm gonna go practice some flips and roundoffs over there." Cece said running off to an empty spot next to the stage. I nodded in response though she didn't see. It was after she left when I realized that she still hadn't told me yet what she meant to tell me last night. I shrugged it off, I could ask her later when she was in better spirits. I went to my mirror to fix my hair a little bit. I saw Cece start into a roundoff when I froze. She was too close to the window. I. Should. Have. Known. But I didn't, and that's what changed it all.
"Cece!" I screamed, running towards her, drawing everyone's attention.
Cece's POV
"I'm gonna go practice some flips and roundoffs over there." I said over my shoulder as I ran off to an empty spot next to the stage. I had to put a lot of focusing into stunts like these. Focus that I wouldn't have to spend on what Rocky said earlier. I had started my roundoff when I briefly saw Rocky freeze. Fudge, I should have known I was too close to the window. I knew it was there and that it was open. I just didn't add the two together. But I'm too late, I'm going too fast to stop myself.
The last thing I see is Rocky, running, screaming, crying, knowing she might be the last thing I ever see, before my back slams into the base of the window, and I flip over and out. Falling faster and faster down the side of the 3 story building while people scream as they watch me take my final bow, and thud against the cement...
I've been absent for so long it's inexcusable. I'm sorry! I'm going through all the chapters and updating because I keep cringing whenever I reread them. I have no idea how y'all tolerated reading this, lol. Thanks for doing so though. My grammar pretty much sucked then since I was 12 and it's only been a few years but hopefully the rewritten versions will be better. Enjoy!