Step By Step

Assigned Partners!!

Ms. Kayuya said today is a very special day. I don't know why. Anyways I woke up early, turned up the music in my bedroom. Good thing my room is sound-proof, or else my parents would be really annoyed.

The song played I Won't Go Home Without You, by Maroon 5. I used to like this song and I still listen to it. I headed to my bathroom, which is like the size of a normal living room. I have room for my bath tub; which is on the top-left corner of my bathroom, my toilet; which is almost next to the bath tub, my sink; which is on the other side of my bath tub and my 'Massage Your Body' Massaging chair is on the bottom-right of the bathroom. It helps me relax. My bathroom closet is by the left side of the bathroom. My hamper is in the top left of my bathroom. Then I have this big black giant thick pole in the middle that has a bunch of hangers to hang towels and clothes and other stuff. I just love the wallpaper in the bathroom, a grassy field, dark sky and glow-in-the-dark star stickers. I don't have to turn on the light because the big pole is a lamp so, I can just light it very dim. The whole bathroom floor is rug.

I went in the tub to shower. The song I chose began. I sang along to it. I memorized it so easily!

I finished showering. I grabbed my towel and dried off. As soon as I was dry, I went to my room and grabbed my clothes. I slipped on my red loose t-shirt that says, 'Girls Only Say Secrets In Public (G.O.S.S.I.P)' I like this shirt but I still disagree to the logo, and my stretchable peach Capri. I put on my slipper and went to the bathroom again to fix my hair into one full braid. I put on my favorite lip gloss and since I had time, I went to my computer. I checked my email and I found out that I won a trip to Spain. That means I won the contest. If I could only scream I would, but it's too soon. Of course, if I tell my mom, I couldn't go. She wouldn't let me. I knew my mom was and still is, overprotected. She really cares a lot about me.

Half an hour later, my face was glued to the computer. It was about time my parents woke up. I know because I can smell coffee. Sota stayed up real late and he'd probably wake up in the afternoon.

I hurried downstairs and mom said, "Kagome, good morning. How was your night?"

"It was great, what's for breakfast?" I asked. While dad was making coffee, Ruri, our cook, handed out my breakfast. "Thanks, Ruri." I call her Ru for short. I sat down on the kitchen table with my mom. We don't usually eat at the dinning room. That's only used for 'occasions' only.

I ate bagels with creamed cheese, eggs, bacon and fried rice. I drank hot chocolate milk so I can be warm inside. Just so you know, it's winter here and it's snowing.

After breakfast, I grabbed my dance bag and headed out the door. Then I realized that I forgot my sweater and I ran back to the house. Just when I was about to knock on the door, my mom handed me my favorite gray sweater. I started to walk and I put my hood on. I just walked until I got there. Sango was there already.

"Hey, Sango! You're early." I greeted.

"Kagome! Are you always this early?" she asked.

"Not really. Just today." I said. "Hey, I wonder what the surprise is. What do you think?"

"I don't know, maybe it's just a party or…or a vacation." Sango put her index finger on chin while she talked. "Maybe we should go in, it's getting cold."

"Good idea," I commented.

The bell rang. We went inside. On our way in, we saw four boys next door to Ms. Bryan's room. They were…dancing. Weird, I thought boys were supposed to hate dance class, but good thing they're break-dancing. I couldn't imagine them doing ballet. And if I did, I'd laugh my head off. Sango was looking at them really weird but they didn't notice us. Sango and I just walked on by.

Ms. Kayuya greeted us and said, "Hi girls, Kagome can you please close the windows, thank you."

"Ms. Kayuya, what's the surprise?" Sango asked.

She looked at us and said, "You'll have to wait girls. I can't ruin the surprise for the rest of them."

The other girls entered the room. Ms. Kayuya made an announcement: "Girls, I know you are wondering what the surprise is, and now, you don't have to wait any longer. The principal asked me if you guys want to compete with each other."

"You mean like a competition?" Ayame asked.

"Yes, like a competition. But it's a partner Dance Off."

"Meaning?" Ayame interrupted again.

Ms. Kayuya sighed, "Meaning, that you'll all be in partner form."

"Ms. Kayuya, can't we like partner each other up?" Ayame said.

"No, Ayame. The principal said to be a girl and a boy."

"Huh? Wait. I'll be partnered up with a boy!" I blurted out.

"You mean, WE!" Rin said.

"Right."

All their faces looked as if they're in Hollywood. I just sat there looking like well, BORED! I didn't pay attention to Ms. Kayuya. All I heard was Ms. Kayuya talking and I heard the part where she's going to introduce them. Oh, I can't wait. Just so you know that was sarcasm.

"Come in, boys," Ms. Kayuya said. Once they walked in, I recognized those faces. They were the boys who were break-dancing next door.

"Kohaku?" Sango shouted.

"Sis?" he shouted back.

"You know each other?" Someone said.

"Actually, he's my brother." Sango said. "Please, continue,"

"Guys, this is Ayame" She said pointing to her. She waved her hand softly.

"This is Rin." She said again pointing to her. She giggled.

"This is Sango." She said pointing to Sango. She just smiled.

"My favorite student, Kagome." I just looked at them. Not smiling, no hello, nothing. She went on with the other girls. I didn't really look at them because I don't care.

When she was done, she said, "Okay, now girls, this is Inuyasha," she pointed to the silver haired guy with dog-ears. "Miroku," she said pointing to the guy next to Inuyasha. "Koga," she said pointing to the guy with the long ponytail. "And Kohaku" pointing to the guy whose shorter than everybody else. "Okay, boys, pick your partner."

"Wait, wait…why do they get to pick?" I said.

"Kagome, you want to pick?"

"No, its okay, let them pick." I said blushing. How embarrassing!

"Okay, boy-"

"Wait! There are four of them and a lot of us." One girl behind me called out.

"Well, those of you who haven't been picked either will not perform or find another boy partner."

If I don't get picked, I'd rather not perform. It's hard to work with boys.

"As I was saying, boys pick your partners and talk to each other to get to know yourselves. Ready, Set, Go!"

This guy named Koga went straight to Ayame because they're both hyper. Kohaku looked for Rin because they're both short. Miroku went to Sango and they talked.

I prayed, please let Inuyasha partner up with someone but me. I said that about five times.

'Why is she quiet? I have to get to know her.' Inuyasha thought while he looked at me. Of course, I didn't know he was looking at me.

There he was, standing in front of me. I looked up. Why did he pick me out of all the girls?

"You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah," I said and looked away.

"Listen, you wanna be my partner?" Inuyasha asked.

"Sure, whatever. But promise me that whatever I tell you, you have to keep it a secret between us okay?"

"Sure, I promise." He said and I smiled.

He sat with me. I've never had a boy who sat with me, except for Sota and dad. I freak out when a boy I don't know or just met sits with me.

"Hello, are you okay?" I said. "Earth to Inuyasha." I waved my hand up and down his face. He keeps looking at me, smiling warmly. My smile turned into a freaked out, annoying look. "Are you just going to look at me, or you want to get to know me."

Finally, he snapped out of himself and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, so, what's your favorite color?"

"Lime." I said. "You?"

"Blood red." He said.

"What's your favorite type of music?" I asked.

"Hip hop," he said.

"So do I." I replied.

"Who lives with you?" he asked.

"My mom, dad, Sota, my puppy Sparky, Ruri and my servants." I covered my mouth and gasped. I wasn't supposed to say that!

"Wow, you have servants."

"No, I don't."

"But you just said,"

I covered his mouth and whispered, "Shut up."

"Why, are you rich?" he mumbled.

"I said, shut up!"

"Okay, I'll shut!"

I let him go.

"So, you're rich?" Inuyasha whispered.

"Yeah, I keep it a secret."

"Why?"

First, I looked if any one was looking then I leaned in closer, "Because, no one treats me as a regular teenage girl if I tell them. It wouldn't be the same." I whispered.

"Have you told your friends?"

"No, so far you're the only one who knows my secret." I cannot believe I just told a boy my deepest darkest secret! I repeat, A BOY!!!

"I would never ever tell anyone that I'm, you know." I whispered. "So, who lives with you?"

"Well, the only one who lives with me is my brother. My mom and dad divorced and now my mom died and I don't have a father."

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

"Don't be." He said. I never thought that a good looking guy would be so, poor! I feel bad for him. Snap out of it!

"So, um…where do you live now?"

"In an old alleyway,"

"What!" He seriously lives there!

"Chill, I'm kidding! I live in a house."

"Oh, okay." I thought he was serious!

"So, where do you live?"

"I live in a mini mansion because my parents can't afford the large ones."

He laughed softly, "So, do you have any hobby?"

"Yeah. I play with Sparky a lot and also, I love playing my guitar to him. I don't know why, but my mom forced me to play the piano. I hate it. Oh, I also love to dance."

"You have a guitar too? I have one at my house." Inuyasha laughed again and changed the subject. "Can I visit you sometime?"

"Of course, you have to!"

"Right, so um…where exactly do you live?"

"Oh, you can't miss it; it's that huge building in this street." I handed him a piece of paper with my address.

"So, you wanna practice later."

"When and where?" I asked.

"Here, after class."

"Sure, let's see what you got. Hey Inuyasha, I have one question to tell you."

"And that is?"

"Why do you have those dog ears?"

"Oh these?" he wiggled his ears. "Because, my mother, who's human, married a demon, that's my dad. And now, I'm half human from my mom and half demon from my dad, weird, huh?"

"No, not at all…...okay, a little." I said. "Oh, so you can like sense my annoyance and anger in me when Ms. Kayuya introduced us?"

"Yeah… why were you annoyed?"

"Because, I've never worked with a boy before. And Ms. K says that if I don't get picked, I'd rather not perform because boys are hard to work with."

"I'm not hard to work with, my mom said I'm good at understanding and she said that I catch up easily."

"Oh really, let's see about that!"

"To make you feel better, I didn't want to do this thing anyways."

"Guys, take your time, the contest is in about three months." Ms. Kayuya announced.

Yes! I have time to go to Spain and I have time to rehearse with Inuyasha! This is going to be sweet! Then, what do I do with the other ticket? That's when Inuyasha noticed my face.

"What's wrong?"

"What do you mean, I feel fine!"

"No, stop lying…no offense but you are a bad liar!"

"Okay, look. I won this contest and I got two tickets to Spain. There's this other thing, there's one ticket extra. I can't take Sota because mom said he can't go. Mom and dad don't want to go. If I take my friend, all of them had to go. Technically, I don't have anyone to go with."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"Well, is it okay for your brother?"

"He doesn't care about me."

"Is that a yes?"

"Definitely!" he said. "So, when is it?"

"In two weeks.

"Great.

It was almost twelve. Only ten more minutes until dismissal.

"What made you rich?"

"I don't know? I was just born like that, who exactly is your brother?"

"His name's Sesshomaru. He's bossy, careless and a nag."

"Oh,"

"Okay, class dismissed." Ms. Kayuya said.

All the girls who weren't chosen just talked and gossiped. Then they left.

"Kagome, aren't you going?" Ms. Kayuya said.

"Well, we're kinda practicing here." Inuyasha said. I just crossed my arms and looked away, pretending not to listen.

"See, I knew this would be a good idea!" Ms. Kayuya said. When she left, I said, "NOT!"

"Oh, come on, give it a try. It wouldn't hurt.' Inuyasha said.

"Fine…let's start with the basics."

We got to our positions. He stood on the other side and I stood 2 yards in front of him. Inuyasha gave me the sign and I started to run towards him. When I was like a foot from him, I jumped and he carried me up. He let me go and I fell into his arms. He's strong, very strong.

"Say, have you been working out?"

"Yep. Hey, you're kinda light yourself." Then he put me down.

"Hey, do you know how to do the tango?"

"Yeah, my mom and I used to practice every time. Now that she's gone, I can't really remember parts of it.

"I'll teach you."

"No thanks, I really don't want to be taught by you."

"Why not! You got a problem with that?"

"Yeah!" he said. "I can't stand it, me being taught by a girl."

"Oh yeah, how about your mom, she's a girl!!"

"She's different! She's older than you!"

"Fine, I won't teach you." If he doesn't want to be thought by me, then I won't teach him.This guy's got nerve

"I'm going home, wanna come along?" I said.

"If you want," he said.

"I'll take my limo," I got out my cell phone and dialed my limo driver.

"Limo is here in about ten minutes."

"So what do you want to do until then?"

"Want to listen to music?"

"Sure, just to keep boredom out."

We listened to my CD. Just so you know my CD has random songs. It played I'm With You by Avril Lavingne.

Fifteen minutes later, the limo arrived. Inuyasha packed up my stuff and I put on my sweater.

"You ready?" I asked.

"Yeah, you?"

I nodded.

My butler, Tatori got out an umbrella and led us to the limo. It was now raining.

"So, um…want me to give you a tour of the house."

"I'd love that." Inuyasha said.

I had to agree, it was pretty boring. I had to ask some questions.

"What's your favorite song?"

"I don't know, there's a lot."

"Me too, I have a lot."

Finally, we arrived at home.

"This is huge."

"Get used to it. You're going to be here a couple of times."

A dog barks in the front yard.

"Who's that? He said he's hungry."

I giggled and I said, "That's Sparky and I thought mom fed him already. And he's suppose to be inside! Poor Sparky! Hey, how'd you know what he said?"

"I told you, I'm part dog demon."

"Oh,"

We went inside to get Sparky's food. And let Sparky in, of course!

"Hey, honey! Oh, and who could this young man be?"

"Mom, this is Inuyasha. And you forgot to feed Sparky!" I said as I poured dog food in Sparky's dog dish.

"I'm sorry, honey."

"Mom, is it okay if I take Inuyasha on a tour of the house?"

"Of course, dear."

"Oh, and can you give this to Sparky, thank you, mom!" I gave her Sparky's dog dish. "Let's go!"

Lame, I know. I have no experience in writing whatsoever.

I hope you guys can make it better. review, por favor.

--Jay