Gaze: On with the story! I'm actually surprised by the demand in this story. Thank you all who reviewed, I just can't say who you are because they just posted that NOW it is illegal (flinching). THANK YOU! And yes, I will do tango. Just not now in this chap!
Killer Dancer
Chapter 4
All day have been hell as the blonde seemed to avoid Hilary. It was the last block for the day and Hilary had summed up her courage to come and talk to the crazy blonde. Slowly, she approached Sam, who dug inside her overly-decorated locker for her usual make-up bag for some perking up. There, she pulled out a long make-up bag and carefully stuffed her textbooks from the last class.
"Are you mad at me?" Hilary gazed at Samantha worriedly. She hugged her binder tighter as she saw the blonde stiffen angrily. 'I'm toast,' the brunette quickly thought, heaving a long sigh.
Infuriated, Samantha slammed her locker close and flashed a smile, "No, how'd you notice?"
Hilary felt herself heat up, blood boiling inside her. This is all Kai's fault! He shouldn't have held her like that…even if it was a dance. The blonde picked up her things and finally snapped, "I didn't like the way you were with him. The way he held you, just made my blood run hot!"
"I'm sorry about that," she mumbled, sending an apologetic look. Deep inside her, she screamed of joy…for an unknown reason. It just made her feel bubbly inside then suddenly felt the tingle on her cheeks. Oh not now! The umpteenth time! Of all the time in the world, not just now! Hilary blushed. She spun her heel around the other way, her back at Samantha as she briskly hid her face with the binder that she held. "A-are you coming Sam?" Hilary asked.
No answer. Samantha was eerily quiet. 'What could she be thinking now?' Hilary looked over her shoulder and found Sam beaming, a definitely bad sign.
"A party!" Samantha exclaimed.
"…huh?" Hilary cocked her head.
"Dummy. A party, just your friends and some of my own, your birthday is coming soon, right?"
"Yeah-" Hilary tried to object. She was planning to skip her 15th birthday…she just didn't feel like celebrating it. Especially when half the school made fun of her after that lovely incident with a certain someone's toe…they never really had let that episode down. The episode that happened over five months ago!
"We could invite…Shane, Adriana, Ray, Mariah, and Tyson and hmm…a lot more people at your house," the blonde suddenly took charge as she bit her nail.
"I—" the school bell rung as she was about to protest. Then she groaned, "Time for class."
"Dance class," Sam corrected Hilary.
Hilary came into the gymnasium first and as for Samantha; she headed to the washroom to perk-up. There Hilary found Kai dressed differently. He wore a collared dress shirt with short sleeves and tucked out, making it reach up to his mid thigh. Kai wore grey pants, which were baggy and long. He wore black boots that looked the same as his blue ones. His hands were placed in pockets and leaned against the wall of the gymnasium. Kai had the face paint off and wore red studs on his ears.
Hilary had seen a picture of him like that, except in his school uniform back in Whitney Prep School before he moved back in the city. Tyson managed to steal it earlier when he wanted to humiliate the almighty Kai without his blue sharkfins…which didn't work. Before he could sell the picture to thousands of girls on EBay, Hilary stole the picture and until today Hilary was never caught…
Trotting with a sunny smile, she waved hi. Opening his eyes, he had his normal expression and smirked as if to say hello.
"Another dance class, I wonder what dance we will do next," Hilary looked up the ceiling in thought, biting a corner of her lip.
'Cute,' he thought.
"I just hope it's the one that we're not good at."
"We were good?" Hilary looked down at his eyes in shock.
"Seems like it," he smirked, closing his eyes.
'Arrogant,' Hilary frowned.
"Hey Kai!" Samantha yelled as a greeting. Kai cocked his head to look behind Hilary. Samantha is the blonde in a very short pink skirt, and a white polo shirt, waving at him with her blue eyes glimmering.
Glaring at Samantha Kai snapped, "Great. Excuse me, while I go away."
Hilary looked at him, confused, "Hey, don't ditch me!"
"Sorry. I just can't stand her," Kai muttered as he walked away from her.
'Who could?' Hilary thought furiously. She turned forcing a sympathetic look at Samantha. The blonde planted her hands on her hips.
"Well excuse me! How rude! Why did he leave?" Samantha asked.
"I have no idea why Samantha," Hilary said with a hint of sarcasm.
"He won't be that way once he's MY boyfriend," Samantha mumbled. "And my dance partner."
Hilary pretended not to hear. The class soon began, Hiro once again in a Hawaiian shirt. It was blue with pictures of different colours of fish. "From last class, we've touched on the basics in square dancing, but like I said, it's only the introduction. Today we're doing one of the dances required."
Adriana raised her hand, "What dance is that?"
"The Merengue," Hiro smiled.
"…what," Samantha said. "Like Lemon Meringue Pie…?" The class burst into laughter as she spoke. 'Dumb blonde,' Kai thought snickering along with Ray.
"Oh no," Hilary whispered. 'I know that dance…OH NO!'
"Hey Kai, isn't that the dance you and-" Ray was cut off by a hand over his mouth from Mariah.
"Hiro," the Russian hissed under his breath. The others hissed and booed as they slowly realized of how stupid this dance was going to be. Ray groaned while Mariah just smiled and hugged her Ray.
"Now stop, and find a spot in the gym with your assigned partner. And we'll start how to do the first three basic steps. Now say hello to my partner."
Just then, a woman about twenty walked into the stage next Hiro and bowed respectively to the class. She had red long flowing hair and pale blue crystalline eyes. Her skin was white as snow as she gracefully walked backward in black ballet flats and black cotton dress and introduced herself.
"Good afternoon everyone," she spoke with a strange accent. She confidently stood with her chin up as she continued, "My name is Crystal and I am new to the staff. I will be assisting Mr Granger here in teaching you to becoming incredible dancers."
"Like that'll happen," Kai whispered in a dull voice. "Don't count on it, Cryse…" 'What are you doing here anyway?'
"No Kai, I think it is possible," the red head smirked. Then her eyes wandered to the girl next to him. Gasping, Hilary noticed Crystal's breathing stop and her muscles stiffen. Am I that ugly? Hilary thought to herself as Crystal's icy blue eyes burn through her skin.
"…as I was saying…get with your partners," Hiro cut in, placing a hand on Crystal's shoulder. After a while, the class got into work and found their spots. Samantha and Russell were in the dead center of the dance floor, while Kai and Hilary stood at the very, far back, away from the front where they can be seen really well.
"That woman…the way she stared at me, what could that have meant?"
"Ignore her. Maybe she hadn't seen an ugly person for a while," Kai droned with a goofy grin.
"Ugly? Well look at you, two-toned half-wit!" Hilary fumed, pointing her index finger at him.
Hilary was worried about this dance. It had more contact than square-dancing, she didn't know if she could bare it. All of a sudden, he placed his right hand high on her waist and extended his left hand to chest height. His elbow bent and palm rose. The brunette went breathless and blushed like the ripest cherry.
Kai grasped Hilary's right hand loosely as Hilary placed her hand on his shoulder. He slightly bent his legs and a shoulder width apart.
"Hold your partner close to you boys," Hiro called onto the class.
Glaring at Hiro, Kai pulled her close and actually liked it…
'Oh god help me! No, no, no! It can't be real! Samantha is going to kill me!'
"Boys put your left foot forward and girls put your right foot out. Ladies are complimenting their partner's move, mirroring that if the man slides left, the lady slides to her right."
Kai placed his left foot forward, his back still. At the same time, Hilary slowly put her right foot out. Hilary kept her leg straight out and her left knee slightly bent. Her leg thigh touched his which made her look down. Slowly he and Hilary returned back to their original position.
'AAIIIIIEEEE!' she screeched in her mind.
"Good job you two!" Crystal clapped her hands. "Good start!"
'She was watching us!'
'Oh joy, praise,' he rolled his eyes as Crystal kept cheering for them.
Hiro just smiled, "Let's do the Side Basic Movement."
After Hiro explained this simple movement, everyone did it.
Kai placed his weight on his right leg and stepped to his left. Hilary followed mirroring his steps. He then rolled his left foot flat on the floor then with the inside edge of his foot he stepped his right foot in, dragging the step into a close, back to the original position. Hilary in unison placed her weight on her right foot and dragged her left foot into a close.
"Umph!" Samantha cried as she fell directly to the ground on her bottom.
"Ow!" Russell cried. He held his shin in pain.
Hilary turned her glance to her right and Kai to his left.
Hiro jumped down from the platform and rushed over to Samantha. He reached out his hand and pulled her up, "What happened?"
Before Samantha could answer, Hiro rushed to Russell and helped him up.
"She kicked me, it hurts," Russell yelled holding onto his shin.
"I didn't know how to do the steps. I'm sorry Russell," Samantha knelt down beside Russell.
Hiro said to them both, "Russell can't dance very well as it is so-"
"I get a new partner!" Samantha beamed then laughed nervously, "-I mean like that's the other choice."
"Samantha," Hilary said quietly.
Kai shifted his gaze to his partner's eyes. 'Samantha must be up to something. I don't like how this is going turn out.' He closed his eyes. Hiro warily eyed each pair from Ray and Mariah to finally the last two, Kai and Hilary.
"Kai and Hilary, you two will be separating for only this class," Hiro said with apologetic look.
Hilary kept the 'I'm-okay-with-that' look while Samantha jumped up in joy. Hilary took one last glance at Kai who still held her waist; his eyes were hidden behind his silvery bangs. Hilary reached for his shoulder and patted it. "Good luck Kai," she smiled.
"Just go," he spat.
Hilary slipped away from Kai's grasp ran to the stage. Hilary set herself on the stage, sitting next to Crystal. Hiro got back on the class and began telling the steps.
"Don't you feel bad for your partner?"
"No, why?" Hilary turned her head to Crystal. She was relieved that Crystal didn't look so stunned anymore.
"Poor guy, he's totally screwing up with HER as his partner. He is barelydance with her!" Crystal laughed quietly. The two-toned haired boy stepped his right foot forward and held Samantha loosely. Samantha stuck her left leg out and with Kai holding her loosely, she fell on her butt. Kai smirked devilishly. He didn't reach out his hand to help her up. Samantha sprang to her feet, blushing madly whilst Crystal almost burst into hysterics.
Hilary watched them closely and pursed her lips in thought. 'Hey, she's right. I wonder what's wrong.'
Kai looked up to her and winked but Hilary scowled at him as if to stop. He closed his eyes and shook his head no. Then the brunette felt steam come out of her ears, 'KAI!' she fumed in her head. Crystal looked over both of them and giggled, 'I can't believe what I'm seeing…'
'She's alive…'
End of chappie…
Gaze: O.O Ohhhh…that was terrible! I'm so sorry! Please read and review or flame me! This chapter had been revised…