My second Shake It Up! story. :) Please review!

Girls's dresses:

Rocky- Long, candy red, high neck, jersey temptation

Cece- Long, forest green, open back, lace up front, slit in skirt that starts at the top of the thigh

Tinka- Short, aqua, open back, two piece, sequins, fringe on the bottom, gold sequin border

Dina- Cocktail, plum, off the shoulder, by Atria

Cece's P.O.V.

"Why do you have a corsage?" I questioned as soon as the door to the Blue's apartment opened. "I thought you were going solo to give all the ladies a chance to dance with you."

Ty rolled his eyes but stepped aside so I could enter. "Turns out, I only won't one girl dancing with me tonight," he replied as I walked into the room. Ty was wearing a classic black tux with a gold untied tie. He attempted to tie the tie but let out a huff. "Can you please help me tie this thing?"

I chuckled a little at his annoyed tone. "You wear a tie almost every day. How do you not know how to tie one?" I asked, stepping closer to him so I could tie it.

"Rocky usually ties them for me but she's apparently too busy to help her brother out!" He yelled the last part, looking in the direction of Rocky's room.

Rocky hurridly entered the living room, putting a diamond stud earring into her left ear. "Hey! No judging! I want Logan to feel bad for dumping me on the first day of senior year so I have to look gorgeous," she defended herself as I finished with Ty's tie.

"Well I am leaving so if you want a ride to the 'Back to School' dance, you better hurry," Ty exclaimed while walking out the door.

I glanced at Rocky who was touching up her lipstick. Rolling my eyes, I grabbed her arm and drug her out the door. "Come on. You already look fantastic."

After arriving at Ty's car in record speed, in heels no less, the car pulled out of the parking lot and onto the busy highway.

"So Cece," Ty asked me from the driver's seat. "Why don't you have a date? No one asked you, huh?"

I let out a gasp. "Not that it's any of your business but Nick Garvier, Xavier Wilson, Sam Duncan, and Quinton Bridge asked me. I just didn't feel like going with any of them," I declared from the backseat.

Rocky, from the passenger's seat, and Ty gave me the 'really' look. "Come on, Cece. Since when does Cecilia Jones not want to go to a dance with a football player? Not to mention, Xavier is the captain of the football team," Rocky asked, a little suspicious.

"To be honest, I don't know why," I said with full honesty. "I guess I was tired of going with jocks. And besides, Rocky doesn't have a date so I can hang out with her tonight." I then noticed that we were driving the opposite way that we should be. "Ty, this isn't the way to school. Where are we going?"

"To pick up my date," he declared casually, turning off the highway.

After a few minutes of driving, we reached an apartment building. "Rocky move to the back so my date can sit up here with me," Ty demanded as he exited the car and entered the building.

Rocky got out of the car and opened the back door. She took a closer look at the apartment building in front of her. "Cece. This is Tinka's apartment," she exclaimed, climbing in next to me.

"Oh my gosh! Ty is the secret date that she was so nervous about!" I exclaimed just as enthusiastically. "Do you know what this means?!"

Rocky shut the door as a worried look appeared on her face. "I could be related to a Hessenheffer one day," she replied, shuddering at the thought. Don't get me wrong, Tinka was one of our best and closest friends but the Hessenheffers were weird. Really weird. Tinka gave Deuce a bag of goat pee for his birthday. According to her, it would bring him prosperity and happiness.

Turns out, we were right. A minute later Ty returned with Tinka on his arm. The ride to school was mostly silent and a little awkward. I was relieved when car was put in park and we could exit. Rocky and I did so in a hasty fashion.

Once inside, Rocky went strait to the bathroom to fix her make up. I chuckled to myself for the second time that night. She was clearly trying to win him back. I walked past the photo taking place and through the double doors into the gym.

Glancing around, I noticed Deuce and Dina getting some punch from a nearby table. "Hey guys!" I greeted, walking up to them.

"Yo Cece," Deuce replied. He glanced over her figure. "I see the dress I hooked you up with fits perfectly." Dina elbowed him which made him spill some of his punch. "Ow," he winced. "I mean you look nice."

I smiled at the long-time couple. "Yep! Tell your cousin thank you for me," I replied, glancing down at my dress.

Dina smiled widely at me. "So who's ya date?" she asked as Deuce put an arm around her. "I heard Xavier Wilson asked ya."

I sighed, a little annoyed. Had I really gotten this kind of reputation? "He did but I turned him down," I replied. "And before you ask, no. I'm not here with Sam, Quinton, or Nick either. I'm dateless tonight."

Deuce and Dina stared at me with blank expressions before bursting into laughter. I crossed my arms and watched them clutch their stomachs in pain from laughing so hard. So enough, both noticed that I wasn't laughing.

"Wait," Deuce started. "Are ya serious? Ya really don't have a date tonight?"

I nodded. The couple before me glanced at each other before turning their eyes back to me. "Look," I sighed, hanging my arms. "I don't know why I didn't feel like coming with someone but I just didn't. Besides, Rocky's here alone to. We can hang out."

Deuce and Dina looked over my shoulder, amused expressions appearing on their faces. "I'm not so sure she's gonna want ta," Dina replied, turning me around.

I immediately noticed the reason why the couple looked so amused. Rocky was at the far side of the gym making out with Logan. "I guess that brake up didn't last long," I sighed, not very surprised. Before I turned back to face Deuce and Dina, my eyes caught on a person entering from the door. I froze. I had never thought that I would be in the same country again, let alone room, with the man that had just entered. Gunther.

Deuce must have noticed me staring. "Didn't I tell you that Gunther was back?" he smirked. "Must've slipped my mind. Hey Gunther!"

Gunther looked toward us and smiled. He made his way over and stopped in front of us. "Hello Deuce and Dina," he greeted, still smiling. He turned to me and his expression became one of aw. "Wow, Cece. You look amazing."

I still couldn't believe that he was here. Truth be told, I had had a pretty big crush on him when he left for the old country. It seems as though my crush never stopped. "Thanks," I managed to reply, trying to look as normal as possible. "You look good too."

One hour later...

"They did go on that date five years ago," I pointed out to the man across from me. Gunther and I had spent the night catching up, critiquing the clothes of the other students, and even danced with Logan and Rocky. Now we were standing by one of the tables watching Ty and Tinka act all coupl-y at the punch table.

Gunther took a sip of his punch before replying. "If they do end up together, I'm taking partial credit cause they wouldn't have gone on that date if it wasn't for me."

I giggled at his comment. 'That's weird. I usually only giggle when I flirt. WAIT! I'm flirting!,' I thought. Quickly getting the thought out of my head, I replied. "Since it took them five years after their date, I don't think they were effected by it."

Gunther chuckled. "I suppose you're right," he agreed. The music changed to another slow song and Gunther set his cup down. He held out his hand and looked expectantly at me. "May I have this dance?"

Butterflies rushed into my stomach and I suddenly became nervous. When we had danced with Logan and Rocky, it was to a fast paced song. 'Why is Gunther making me feel like this?' I wondered. "S-sure," I replied nervously, placing my hand in his.

The next morning...

I set down the spatula that I was using to make eggs for Rocky, Ty, and I before hurrying to the door. I opened it to see Gunther and Tinka on the other side. Memories from the night before flooded back. Talking with him, slow dancing with him, talking some more, and then him offering to drive me home afterward. Emotions soon followed the memories. Nervousness, happiness, confusion, and peacefulness.

"Good morning, Hessenheffers!" I greeted, ignoring my internal chaos. I motioned for them to come in before heading back to the stove.

Ty stood from his place at the table. "Hi Tinka," he said with a cheeky smile as my mom entered from the hallway.

The Hessenheffers entered, closed the door, and entered the kitchen/dining room area. "Ty, Tinka has something to tell you," Gunther declared, giving Tinka a pointed look.

Tinka sighed but looked to Ty. "Ty, I should've told you this last night but I was afraid. The only reason Gunther came back was to get me. Our parents have retired so full leadership of our country rests with Gunther. He has been able to rule by himself for these past few years because my mother would still council him. Now I must return to take her place because there is a law that forbids a king to rule without the council of a woman. I'm so sorry."

Ty looked utterly shocked. Rocky and Mom looked shocked too, for that matter. I probably looked even more shocked. I wasn't really surprised that Tinka had to go back to the old country but that Gunther was a king. I knew that they were royalty but I had never really comprehended what that meant. I turned the stove off so I could pay more attention to the conversation.

"You're leaving?" Ty asked, stepping towards her. "But we just got together."

My mom chose this time to intervene. "Surely there has to be someone else who can do it," she reasoned to Gunther.

"Well," Gunther began, pulling out a piece of old paper from his pocket. "Only the previous king can decide who is allowed to council his successor. My father's list was Tinka, our deceased cousin Olha, and our deceased little sister Haggia."

"Who's the fourth person?" Rocky questioned. Everyone, including myself, stared questioningly at her. She motioned to the paper Gunther was holding. "I can see through the paper. There is four names written on it."

"Yes but the fourth is not a possibility," he replied, glancing a me. I got a weird feeling when he looked at me, nervousness and a little confusion.

"The fourth person on father's list is Cece," Tinka blurted out, causing Rocky to spit her orange juice all over the kitchen table.

"Cece?!" Rocky exclaimed.

"Me?!" I declared just as loudly as my best friend.

"Tinka! I told you not to get her involved in this!" Gunther scolded his sister.

"Wait. How is my daughter qualified to council the king of a foreign land?" my mom questioned.

Gunther sighed. "A few years ago some of the dancers from Shake It Up! Chicago took a trip to our land. Cece saved my father's life by noticing that one of the servants put something funny looking in his drink. It turned out to be poison."

Everyone's attention now turned to me. "How could you not tell us that you saved a king's life?" Ty asked.

I shrugged. "To be honest, I forgot that that happened."

"Well our father never forgot," Tinka declared. Everyone was silent for a moment before she spoke again. "I'm sorry Ty but I don't have a choice. It will be so hard to leave but I have to go back to the old country with Gunther. I don't want to but I have to. And we leave tonight."

Ty grabbed Tinka into a hug and the two started whispering to each other. I couldn't bare to see my friends like this. I was the only one who could do something.

"I'll go. I'll take Tinka's place."