Man, I swear EVERYTHING is moving. People are dancing, and talking. Others are eating off to the side in a connected restaurant, and I'm just taking in the scene.
Andre is somehow mixing and mashing everything up beautifully. The crowd is clearly enjoying his skills, which I have to say are impressive to see in person. He moves so fast and with such skill it's amazing. I certainly can't do anything like that.
I can do things as well as he can. The book was on top of NY Times Best sellers all summer. 13 weeks, and the pressure kept growing for the author to be revealed. I told the company no, so that is how it is going to stay. Forever. I don't want the press. I just want to be Robbie.
"Hey there!" Jade said, dancing around happily to the beat. She's my "date" tonight. If some weird guy (or girl) comes by, we'll just say "I'm with him/her." and hope it suffices.
"Not bad, Andre is good!" I said over the music.
"I know right!"
A moment passed.
"Dude, you want to come out and meet some people?"
I chanced a glance at the stunning blonde who had been eyeing my ALL NIGHT. And when I say that, I think she saw me walk in the door and hasn't stopped looking.
"What the heck, sure."
"Atta boy!" Jade yelled, handing me a glass of something clear.
I gave her my 'Seriously Jade?' look.
"It's just one drink Robbie. After all that's happened, you seriously cannot say no to one drink."
Thing is, she's right. My parents are apoplectic about me having a house of my own (that's bigger by the way), let alone moving out. Beck, Andre and Tori still are recovering from hearing the news from me about a month ago. Cat for whatever reason just let things simmer long after I told Jade, which needless to say shocked the others, not mentioning myself.
Add in a Car accident with mom going to the hospital with Lizzie, Jade spending a lot of free time with Cat, and working on a possible sequel to the book has made it an action packed summer.
I made my way over to the bar and nursed my drink, taking in the surroundings.
"Hey there!" A perky voice behind me said happily. Turning to see who it was, it was to the shock of nobody to see the blonde in front of me.
"Hi. I'm Robbie." I greeted, accompanying it with a smile.
She returned it with a smile of her own. "So Whatcha doing?"
"Just watching really, how about you?"
"Same thing."
"Really? Why would such a pretty girl like you be just watching?" I confidently said. Behind her, Jade glanced over her shoulder and took a couple of steps farther away.
"I don't know…" She said shyly, blushing.
"Well how about you go have some fun?" I suggested, gesturing to the throng of people dancing.
"Only if you come with me…" She trailed off, extending her hand.
I "reluctantly" took her hand and she led off to the dance floor.
The moment I stepped on I saw Andre point to me, smiling widely. The song quickly changed to something I know.
I instinctively joined in with her as the noise level rose rapidly.
"Stronger than yesterday, it's nothing but my way, my loneliness ain't killing me no more... I am stronger than yesterday now it's nothing but my way, my loneliness ain't killing me no more, now I am stronger than yesterday, Now it's nothing but my way, my loneliness ain't killing me no more, I am stronger"
I barely heard her laughter but did feel her hug me, smiling happily.
(A/N: C'mon…I can't NOT have a Cat POV in this situation…)
Cat POV
His hand's so…warm! It's like…his.
I'm trying not to think about everything that went down. But that's proving to be hard since I haven't seen him in a while, not his fault of course since I have been avoiding him. I've mostly hung out with Tori and Jade.
It's been fun, but I still miss him.
Beck's familiar smirk greeted me as I looked up at him.
"You're bouncy sweetie."
"I'm excited! This is going to be so much fun!" I said happily, walking into the club Andre was performing at tonight. I haven't seen him DJ so why not tonight?
"Time to bust out those moves girl." He smiled.
At some point Beck and I get separated and I end up near the dance floor when the song changes suddenly.
I KNOW this one! Stronger by Britney Spears!
I consider walking out there boldly before I reconsider, thinking how weird I would look, not to mention the weird guys.
"Here I go…Alright…Here I go…" sings out as I look out to the dance floor and freeze.
Oh my…
My breath catches as Robbie is flawlessly dancing with a gorgeous blonde girl.
I immediately feel furious, and I consider going out there and dragging him away from her, before I realize how crazy that is.
I am not jealous…
"Stronger than yesterday, it's nothing but my way, my loneliness ain't killing me no more... I am stronger than yesterday now it's nothing but my way, my loneliness ain't killing me no more, now I am stronger than yesterday, Now it's nothing but my way, my loneliness ain't killing me no more, I am stronger"
The song finishes and he is smiling down at the girl, who is hugging him and smiling.
"I am stronger than yesterday, now it's nothing but my way. My loneliness ain't killing me no more… I am stronger"