Better off Alone

Miss Aubrey and Dana where welcomed in by the butler who held the door open for them. "Such service!" Dana exclaimed.

Her and Dana walked up a huge staircase. "Each level of my house has it's own purpose. The fifth level and second level are used for dancing mostly. I have four dance floors!"

"Sweet! What are the other levels used for?"

"Well, the sixth level is all about luxury. A gourmet kitchen, a patio, a spa, a coffee bar and stairs to lead to the pool. Level four has my bedrooms and is has a lot of photos of me hang all over the walls. Level three has a small stage, living room, lounge areas. And this level has a conservatory and a room for dinning and a closet full of clothes."

"You're house is so big!"

"Yeah, I'm lucky. And my parents and grandparents pay for it all!"

Miss Aubrey and Dana walked to the second level of her house. "Shall we have a dance off?!" Dana joked as she ran on the huge dance floor.

"Oh! That's reminds me!" Miss Aubrey sounded mad. "My dance partner's stopping by to rehearse!"

"really? Cool! What's wrong with that?"

"EVERYTHING IS WRONG!"

"How come?"

"Angel totally made me very mad last Wednesday! He totally was flirting with this other, very ugly, very stupid looking, very uninteresting, boring as paper GIRL! Just like all of the other girls he flirts with."

"But I thought you and him were together!"

"No, we broke up a week prior to that for a reason even I can't remember. I think he made me mad then too! And apparently he assumes just because I'm not his girlfriend anymore that he has the right to flirt with stupid people! Again!"

"Again?"

"Oh, yes! He is a big flirt. All he needs to do is flash his gorgeous smile and the girls just become putty in his hands. It's sickening."

"So I figure he has a reputation for making you mad?"

"Yes. So ANNOYING! I'm not looking very forward to the rehearsal either. Just seeing him ten miles away makes me mad!"

"Just, don't let it bother you."

Just then, "BOO!"

"AHH!" Miss Aubrey and Dana jumped.

"Hey, ready to practice?" Angel asked in an upbeat tone.

"No Angel, go away! You freaky me out so bad. Why did you do that?"

"Because you look cute when you're scared," he smiled.

"Oh really?" Miss Aubrey raised her red eyebrow. "Ok, come on. Let's just get this done and over with."

Lu$h Crew (Which is the crew Aubrey and Angel are in) stepped on the dance floor and Miss Aubrey gave Dana a CD to put in a radio with five blank spots on it.

Dana put the CD inside of it, sat down, and the song Counting Stars began to play. Lu$h Crew danced to the pro routine and did pretty good despite all of Aubrey's funny looks she gave to Angel and Dana.

At the song's end, after the finishing move, Dana stood up and clapped for her favorite crew, "Bravo, bravo! My crew has done it yet again!"

Miss Aubrey just gave here a look and she shut up. Then Dana said, "What? Don't you like an applause?"

I love to hear a crowd yelling out loud and calling my name. I love to soak up the rays of spotlights, just not today. I'm mad! Miss Aubrey thought and said "Not today! Just stop cheering, DANA!"

"Why are you mad at me now? I thought you were mad at him? How many people are you mad at? Are you just mad at the universe?"

"You're mad at me? What did I do this time? You were mad a me last week and this week? Dónde está tu Corazon, (where is your heart) Aubrey? And who's the girl watching us?"

"You need to call me Miss Aubrey, because it's the least you can do for me. Today is not a day to please you by answering all of your questions!" Miss Aubrey was extremely upset. She could have pushed him out the window and into the flowers! She hated it when he spoke in Spanish. She didn't understand any of it. Then in a normal voice, she said "Oh and that's my cousin, Dana."

"Um…hi" Dana waved unsure what else to do. Miss Aubrey just looked at her. "Oh, do you two need a moment. I can leave so you can figure stuff out."

"Fine, go!" was the only answer she got. She left the tense atmosphere and now she was out in a lounge area.

Once the door was shut…

"You need to be a nicer dance partner to me!"

"Why are you so mad at me?"

"Oh gee, maybe, just MAYBE it has to do something with the fact there was once a girl who went shopping with her dance partner and it was fine and then he started flirting with an ugly girl and she got soooo mad. She felt crushed! Oh and HOW WAS YOUR DATE WITH THAT JENNY!?" She heard her tell Angel her name.

"Ok, ok…first of all, I never flirted with her, I told her she had a cool necklace, second of all, my arm was around you before I told her that and before you pushed it off! We never went on a date, I don't even remember what she looked like." Even though they weren't dating at the time, he still would put his arm around her.

"Oh sure! At least my face is more memorable to you!"

"It is when it's constantly in mine, yelling at me."

"What about ALL of those other girls?"

"What girls?"

"Brittany, Tiffany, Selene, Alisha, Amber, Alexandria, Helen, Maria, Justine, Emilia…"

"Who the hell are half these girls?"

"All the ones you flirt with!"

"Whoa, whoa, hang on here. I don't flirt with them, they flirt with me! Big difference. And Emilia? The only one she flirts with is Bodie. "

"Yeah, like whatever. Oh, next time you go to 70's Fever, that little store you like going to, I'm not coming with!"

"But I was going to look at some stuff there in a few days!"

"Oh, then take Jennifer on a date."

"No, I don't like her!"

Outside of the room, Dana could here everything because they were yelling so loud. Cousins, you gotta love 'em!, she thought as she put in her earphones. She liked listening to music, she also liked to dance. In this situation, much more than listening to them shout. She listened to the song Scream and Shout and thought, I heard enough of screaming and shouting for one day, next song. She them listened to her fave song, What's my Name.

From behind the door…

"Oh whatever. You know…I think." Miss Aubrey didn't really think about what she was saying. "We're done, Lu$h is no more!" Miss Aubrey shouted.

"Huh?"

"Like, Lu$h Crew is a history! A memory, just like an old fashion trend…done and forgotten about!"

"Really, come on let's think about this before you run off!"

"No. Quit following me, we're not dating and we're not Lu$h Crew anymore!" Miss Aubrey walked out of the room and slammed the door in Angel's face.

Dana was reading Fashion Magazine on the lounge chair. She took her earphones out as Aubrey arrived. "So, did you two…"

"ARRRRGGGG!"

I'll take that as a no, Dana thought. She was going to ask Aubrey if they settled their argument. She set down Aubrey's magazine because she didn't want Miss Aubrey to got mad at her for that, too!

Miss Aubrey ran up the stairs to her room, taking them two at a time. Angel just looked confused and left. Dana shook her head and stood up, "Yep! Like my mom says! Just minus the nice part!" She whispered.