Tina woke up with a smile on her face and the sound of Rachel running around in the kitchen. She knew that Puck was going to be coming over to practice and figured Rachel was cleaning the apartment again. Tina finally dragged herself out of bed and walked into the kitchen. Rachel was making herself some oatmeal and toast. Tina took a piece of toast as she leaned against the counter.
"For someone who doesn't like their partner very well, you seem to be going out of your way to clean the apartment." Tina snickered as she took a bite of toast.
"Cleanliness isn't a bad thing. I just don't want him to get the impression that we are slobs." Rachel stated as they heard a knock on the door. "He is twenty minutes early. Guess I don't have time to eat then."
"Oh ok well I will take that and go work on some homework. Have fun out here." Tina walked back into her room with the oatmeal and toast.
Rachel rolled her eyes and went to open the door. "Your early" She said to him as she opened the door.
"Your place is closer than I thought it would be to the dorms." Puck said as he walked in. "Nice place. I brought my guitar to help with the arrangement."
"Thanks. Let's get started. I want to run over the song a few times with my ipod then you can practice the sheet music and we can try it accopella." Rachel said.
"Sounds good but I have to be out of here by four. My roommate needs my help with his homework too. The dude can sing awesome but couldn't figure out how to play guitar to save his life." Puck said with a smile.
"We only have 4 hours? We really need to get started!"
Tina was sitting in her room. She had finished typing up her paper and English assignment. She had her math book lying in front of her but couldn't manage to open it. Tina had started thinking of Mike then. She really wanted to see him dance, like really dance. That's when she grabbed her computer and went to YouTube to find any videos of him performing. She found many but clicked on one at a performance he did at a rehearsal it looked like. She was completely amazed by his performance. She couldn't believe someone could dance like that. The thought of her wanting to see that in real life or even dance with him made her really miss him. She couldn't explain it but she thought she was falling for him. In high school, all of the boys seemed like idiots and Tina never really understood how they could act so childish and other girls find it attractive. Mike was different though. She could laugh and talk with him and most importantly, he could dance. As she was thinking all of this she opened her math book and started. There were only 30 problems, easy.
She was on problem 4 and already stumped. How was she ever going to get this done? She decided to take Mike up on his offer. She pulled the paper out of her bag and grabbed her phone.
2+2= She sent that to him hoping he would think it's funny.
Mike was just finishing up getting ready to go. He was heading to the school to work on some dancing routines he wanted his class to try next week when he heard his phone go off. He picked it up and saw the message say 2+2= and started to laugh. He sat on his couch and sent a reply. 4 now for a toughie 4+4=
He sat there and waited for a reply.
Tina started laughing out loud at his reply and sent back. 8 I think She hit send and just sat waiting for another tease or simple math problem. Instead her phone started to ring.
"Hello" She answered.
"Stuck already? How many problems did it take?" Mike asked with laughter in his voice.
"Well I finished 3 but I'm pretty sure they are wrong too." Tina answered.
"I'm on my way to the school to work on some stuff for class next week. How about you meet me up there and I can help with your math?" Mike asked.
"Sounds great! I will see you in 20." Tina said as she hung up and jumped up to get ready. She had thrown all of her stuff in her bag and opened her bedroom door as Puck and Rachel had their backs to her and was finishing the last part of their song. Tina looked in shock as they ended up facing each other and their faces were inches apart. Puck finally broke the silence. "That was uh really good. I think we nailed it."
"Yeah me too. I think we are good." Rachel spluttered out.
"I thought that was pretty fabulous myself." Tina added her opinion. They both turned to look at her and took a step back for each other at the same time.
"Oh hey Tina. Puck this is Tina, Tina this is Puck." Rachel introduced them.
"It's really nice to meet you." Puck said.
"You too. Rach I'm heading to the school. Mike is going to help me with my math." Tina said with a huge smile.
"What? That's great! Don't worry I won't wait up for you but don't forget about our movie day tomorrow!" Rachel was yelling at her as Tina was almost to the door.
"Rachel! It's not like that! I would never forget about movie day. See you later TONIGHT." Tina said as she closed the door.
Rachel turned back to look at Puck. "Sorry that's my roommate. She is an incredible dancer and attends Julliard. Mike is her advance dancing instructor and the two of them kind of have this weird friend/student/teacher/flirty thing going on."
"No worries. I should probably head out anyway to meet up with my roommate. I will see you first thing on Monday. We are going to knock everyone down with our song." Puck said while he was putting his guitar in his case. He started to walk towards the door while Rachel opened it.
"See you later" She said to him.
Puck leaned down and gave her a kiss on the cheek and then said, "See you later" as he walked out the door. Once the door was shut Rachel said to herself. "What was that?"
Puck stood in the hallway just outside her door. "What the hell was that Puckerman?" He asked himself as he started walking down the hallway.
Tina had just turned the down the hallway that their classroom was down and heard the music. As she walked into the room she saw Mike dancing like he was in the video only he was in sweats this time. He had stopped and Tina started to clap.
"You made it!" Mike said excitedly.
"I did. So what should we do first? Math or dance?" Tina asked
"Math, you always save dance for last." Mike said with a smile.
They both sat on the floor with their back against the wall while they worked on Tina's math. Tina would write out the problem and Mike would talk her through on how to fix it. By the time she got to the last two problems, she was able to figure them out on her own.
"Great now that the hard part is done." Mike said as he stood up. "Let's dance!" He held his hand out to help Tina off the floor. They both started dancing as he turned the ipod on. The speakers were blaring out Let's get it Started by the Black Eye Peas. Twenty minutes later, they were both dancing around and having a good time until the song changed. Dream a Little Dream of Me started to play and they both were just standing there looking at each other. Tina started to panic then.
"I uh should really be going. I don't want Rachel to panic because I'm out too late. I need to pick up some pizza on my way home anyway." Tina spluttered out.
"Yeah ok. I should walk you home though." Mike said realizing how intense the moment had been for him too.
"You really don't have too…" Tina started to say before Mike cut her off.
"I want to." He said picking up his stuff. "You ready"" He motioned to the door and they walked out.
They were walking down Tina's street. Tina had her pizza in hand.
"You really are a great dancer you know," Mike said to Tina
"I always thought I was pretty good but that really does mean a lot coming from you." Tina said as they reached her door. She turned to face him.
"After a few more solo practices, you could catch up to me. What do you have planned for tomorrow?" He asked.
"My roommate and I are having a movie marathon. It's a little ritual we have had for a few years now." Tina admitted blushing a little.
"Well have fun. I will see you first thing on Monday. Be ready to work. Bye T." Mike said then turned around and started walking down the street. Tina just starred after him with a huge smile.
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