And the dance begins!
Chapter 9: The Dance
As soon as they all got inside the gymnasium, they saw how they decoarated the entire gym with confetti, paper hearts, pink, red and white balloons, which made the boys seem a little surprised with how they do it. Sam said, "Can't believe they had to go through hours of work for that."
"Surprised that they couldn't do a dude that pretends to be cupid." Hawk said.
Travis laughs and said, "Yeah, well at least it's a good feeling."
"Hey, I'm about to go to the bathroom for a quick second." Jonah said.
As soon as Jonah makes his way to the bathroom, the rest of them met up with the others and they began talking and stuff. Noah looked at them and said, "Nice bow ties."
"Thanks." Jojo said.
"You guys going formal on us?" asked Marcus.
"Nah, we just went with the bow ties instead of that crappy vest my dad wanted me to wear for his prom."
"Your dad has a vest?" asked Chad.
"Yep. Look at it."
Jojo whips out his camera and sees the picture of his dad's white and black vest with a slogan that said, 'Future Mayor, Curren Prom Date'. Looking at it, the boys groaned in disgust and Cody asked, "He is never gonna quit yappin' about it, won't he?"
"It just rears over my head to the maximum level of craziness."
"I see."
"Hey, where's Jonah?" asked Mike.
"He went to the bathroom for something." Hawk said.
Meanwhile in the men's room, Jonah looked at himself in the mirror and without anyone watching, brushes his fringe of hair covering his right eye and covering it on his head, fully exposing his right eye. He sighed and said, "Just for one night."
As soon as he makes his way back to the gym, in comes Zeke and Zeke stared at him with a strange look. Jonah said, "Hey, Zeke."
Zeke gasped in surprise and asked, "Jonah? Is that you?"
"Kinda."
"I barely recognize you without your hair covering your right eye."
"Glad ya noticed. I'll be back to my normal look after this."
"That's good. Because I wouldn't recognize you without your fringed hair covering your eye."
Jonah laughs and said, "I agree. Meet ya later."
Jonah makes his way back to the auditorium and sees everyone else at the table just talking. He comes up and said, "I'm back."
"Whoa! Jonah, is that you?" asked Cody.
"Yes, it is."
"New hair?"
"Nope."
Jonah quickly re-covers his right eye and Cody then said, "That's the Jonah I know."
"My mom wanted me to just uncover my eye for one night, so I thought, why not?"
"You look kinda different." Frankie said.
"I know. It's kinda crazy when you think about it. I had my eye covered when I was about 11 and since then, I guess you could say my personal trademark."
"I don't doubt it."
"So, this is Diego's first time here. He just threw in what he wanted to wear, because he did not know how this works." Noah said.
"That's cool."
"Yeah, I'm not so sure how everyone was gonna dress, so I came with just jeans and a T-shirt. Not the best choice, but then again, I'm not into the whole formal chiz." Diego explains.
"True that."
Soon after, Misty and Caitlyn came over and Mike looks over and said, "Oh boy. Here comes Caitlyn and Miss Dressy-Dress."
Misty comes over and said, "Hello, boys."
"Hey, Misty." everyone said.
"What do you think about this dress? Does it take your breath away?"
"I don't know. I'll let ya know when I have it back." Misty said.
Misty scoffs and said, "Michael, Michael, Michael...don't hate me because I'm so beautiful."
"Who says I hate you because you're beautiful? Tacky...maybe."
"Hi, Jojo." Caitlyn said.
"Hey, Caitlyn."
Minutes later, the DJ starts playing a slow song and Caitlyn and Jojo were dancing together. As soon as they were dancing, Caitlyn asked, "So, having fun yet?"
"I'm starting to. You know, I've never really expected to dance with you before and for a long time, it seemed like there's something about this moment that makes it more beautiful or something like that. I'm not sure what it is, but it kinda...feels right." Jojo said.
"Well, this is my first time slow-dancing with you. As far as the other dances from where I live, it's kinda cool, but gets boring quickly."
"How so?"
"Some guys I danced with are just duds. Here, dancing with you, you seem different."
"I'm not like most duds."
Soon, Jonah was dancing with Evangeline and they just started talking. Evangeline noticed that she sees Jonah's right eye exposed. She said, "I've never seen your eyes before."
"What do you mean?" asked Jonah.
"I've seen your left one, but I've never seen the right one before."
"Well, it's how I am, because I never fully exposed my right eye. As I got older, my hair started growing and parts of my hair covered my right eye and it stayed like this when I was 11 or 12. I just thought that I might expose it just for this night."
"To be honest, I kinda like you with your hair covering your right eye."
"You do?"
"Of course. Regardless if it's covered or not, I can still recognize you."
Jonah smiled a little and then let your his hair and re-covered his right eye and Evageline smiled and said, "That's who I recognize."
Cyrus danced with Cassie and they seem like a great date and Cassie asked, "Have you ever asked anyone out to a dance like this before?"
"Never. If I had, some girls would reject me because I am what I am." Cyrus admitted.
"Maybe they just didn't know who you are."
"They couldn't give me a chance."
"Well, that's their problem, not yours. There's nothing wrong with you and any girl would totally dance with you, even if you are what you are."
Cyrus smiled and said, "Thanks."
Then, Hawk danced with Emily and asked, "You having fun?"
"I've having the best time." Emily answered.
"This is my first time in a valentine's day dance."
"It is?"
"I've never been to dances like this before."
"You haven't?"
"No. The only valentine's day gift me and my brothers have were just being beaten by our stepdad."
"That's horrible."
"Yeah, I know."
"Well, where is he now?"
"Since he lost custody of us to the McDodds, he was convicted and was sentenced to death by lethal injection."
"That must be horrifying."
"Actually, it was a good feeling for me. At one point, I did feel sorry for him, but the other part felt happy that the judge made that decision and we never worried about our stepdad harming us anymore."
"Well, I bet life after him was good for you."
"It has been."
Sam danced with Kirsten and they began talking and she was the first onto notice Jonah's right eye uncovered. Kirsten asked Sam, "Did you see a change in Jonah?"
"Yeah, he uncovered his hair from his right eye just to look presentable to his date." Sam replied.
"He looks kinda cute, though."
"But he likes it the way it is."
"So do I. But anyways, I'm having so much fun with you."
"It's been the most fun I ever had before."
"Have you had dates before?"
"Never."
"What? You're kidding."
"Nah. We never got anywhere around girls in Whenville, because they would torture us and say mean things to us."
"That's horrible. They just don't know you."
"That might be it."
"But, that's their problem. Not yours. I'm not like those other girls."
Sam smiled and said, "Hope you're right."
Then, Travis was dancing with Danielle and she seemed like they were both having fun and Danielle asked, "Having fun?"
"Yeah. Are you?" asked Travis.
"Me too. Thanks for sending me that card and candy today."
"You're welcome. Thanks for sending me one."
"No problem."
"This is your first time?"
"Yeah."
"Mine too."
"Guess we both have a lot of things in common."
"I think we do."
Travis smiled as the rest of the Mosley boys and Jojo were dancing with their dates and seems like the valentine's day dance might be the best thing that ever happened to them, even if it's their first time and they've never been that much more happier before.
Looks like the Mosley's are having fun. Next chapter, we'll focus a little more on Diego. Think Diego will find someone to dance with? Best option-stick around to find out!
