All right, it was the day of the unusual social reunion, yes, the 'students dance'. In front of the mirror, Izzy prepared himself before heading to his school that day. He liked the school, but not when he had to come back at evening and party like it was supposed to.

Sitting in a chair against a wall of the gym where it was all settled and a shining ball hanging of the roof, drinking a sweet drink that he was not sure of what is was he spotted his childhood friends, dancing. His eyes didn't know where to look first, but he visualized a big brown hair. Unmistakable. Tai was waving at him so he returned the greeting, he left at the table beside him that red drink, ¿who made that stuff?. Shifting his eyes to another place he has spotted her, oh yes, his classmate responsible of all of this, ¿who brings the idea of making one of those American parties in Japan?, the answer?: Mimi Tachikawa.

That friend of his has been for a while overseas in New York City and had come back this year, bringing this kind of ideas that everyone likes. Everyone, except him of course, and everyone that is not into dances, loud music and that kind of social convention. But nevertheless, there he was, he didn't even know If he was dressed right, with his jeans, white shirt and vest, and he was not going to compare to Tai and Matt. He let out a sigh while he tried to listen to his own thoughts, although the music was slow now.

Just when he was thinking about going home, someone waved in a short distance capturing his attention of her smile… a known smile. Mimi was watching at the couples dance on the dance floor and moving her feet herself at the rhythm of the music. ¿Why wasn't she dancing? There was enough boys for her to choose, Izzy was sure of that at least one of them wanted a dance with her. But she kept the gaze in the couples before her. After a while she came to him and sat beside him.

"why are you not dancing?" she asked. Now that the music was not so loud, at least he was able to speak to her.

"Even If the music is slow, I am not very good, Mimi". That was the truth, it results that he's incredibly uncoordinated in the act of dance. "Why are you not dancing?", his curiosity wouldn't leave him alone for even a minute… "There's a lot of boys there".

"I know… but I don't know them!, I don't feel like dancing with them".

Izzy didn't understand what he was listening, he always see Mimi as someone who can get everything If she wishes for it, she made possible this whole party for crying out loud. When he took a glance of the girl sitting beside him she was watching with a serious face at the couples who were still dancing slowly. There was certainly few times when he saw a straight face on this girl. Her eyelashes were so long and pretty… ¿the music was making this effect on him? ¿making him observe at his friend like this?, ¿or is it maybe because he didn't see her for so long that now she's drawing his attention?. Never an answer clear for those questions.

"Izzy, ¿do you want to dance with me?... the slow music won't leave yet", Mimi smiled at him with those eyes, and God help him to find words in his head to answer her soon, but before he knew the strawberry haired girl was standing in front of him extending her hand to him, and thereupon, he took it. ¿Why? ¿Did he really wanted to dance with her?. A voice in his head told him that he already said before that he was really uncoordinated ¿right?, but it was a reflection, he trusted her, she is his dear friend, ¿what could go wrong? ¿that she laught at him?... He don't mind, he always liked her laugh anyways. And there he was, his right hand in her left hand, and his other hand in her waist.

"Are you nervous?". ¿Why would she ask that? ¿he was making a strange face? ¿was he sweating? ¿shaking?.

"We will only swing like this… ¿see? We're dancing!" she said softly.

Izzy was concentrated in following Mimi in the dance, but it was going unexpectedly well… ¿why would she organize this kind of party? ¿did she regretted having returned? ¿did she missed America that much?.

"I'm glad I'm back, Izzy", she giggled as she placed her head in his shoulder. He just felt her soft hair in his face and her warmth, he missed her!, she was in his same class now and until this year that she came back, he did not realized how much he missed her energy, clothes, voice, laugh, that I-can-do-anything-if-I-want-to attitude that somehow it make sense, but of course, his logic wouldn't let him see that clear.

"Izzy" he heard her say… "my feet hurt". That was a comment of Mimi that is not weird at all, she's been dancing for a while now, even before when it wasn't with him, she was with having fun with the entire school and classmates. Besides that same comment is classic of her, he heard that a lot when they were children, but he had changed, she is still a little spoiled and everything, that can't be helped… but she is collected, says the right things to say, is mature, more of a grown up lady.

When he realized Mimi was staring at him with a curious face… the song was over and he still was holding her by hand and waist, when Izzy realized this, his eyes widen and instantly let go of her and Mimi finally laughed, he laughed too, he couldn't help it.

At the end Mimi just touched his shoulder and thanked him for dancing with her. He just sited and continued observing her on the sly while drinking some water. ¿How could this girl be so simple and nevertheless surprise him with unexpected words and actions everytime? ¿could it be that her being far away let him realize how much he missed her and love her?. Heck, ¿why was she different of all of his friends?. Questions and more questions without an answer, girls are always like this though, confusing him, but never taking him out of his own mind, but ¿Mimi?... he was blowing his mind. Perhaps it was always like this all along, even when she was overseas, and he didn't notice, and now that she is back, he can't ignore her.

Theories, hypothesis, ideas, it was useless try to figure out something that is so natural as that girl, she looks strong but he knows, because he knows her, that she is also fragile and sensitive, but he definitely not know what are her thoughts.

But who knows, maybe logic is not necessary in this case, maybe he has to stop opening his mind a little, and open his eyes, or perhaps his heart.

He had the whole year before him to find out about feelings and sensations, and he knew when she turned around that moment at the beginning of the year and said lively that they're in the same class, that this year was going to be interesting, because she is interesting herself, and nothing is making him curious right now than Mimi Tachikawa.