Chapter 34

Taking a deep breath, Bria bounced in place twice before she bounded over to him, "Let's try that again, shall we?" she smiled, turning on her charm. They had been told time and time again not only by family but also by friends that she was "beautiful". If she only tried, she could have anyone she wanted. She never believed them, so she doubted her flirting abilities.

"What dancing the same song all over again?" Andrew asked.

"I'm going to get that song stuck in my head," Rachel muttered, "Oh I can see it now. I go home and singing in a different language everyone's going to wonder what the hell happened to me."

"Well at least you know the translation so you can sing it in English," Matt commented.

"I'm sure Raph is going to wonder," Rachel nodded.

"…You guys didn't go as far as a simple kiss haven't you?" Matt asked.

"…If you're talking French kissing, no we haven't." Rachel replied.

"For the love of…" Matt threw her hands up.

Brianna rolled her eyes, "You guys are hopeless…no, this new song," she jabbed her thumb toward the stereo where Diskotek was starting to play, "I haven't memorized the words so I can't sing it. But it has a good enough beat to dance to."

"I doubt that anyone knows the words seeing how there's no lyrics to sing with," Rachel murmured as she stood up from her spot and Matt dragged her to the dance floor.

Andrew made sure to stay away from the dance floor as the two girls spun and occasionally split off and did their own individual dance moves before racing back to each other and doing some complicated movements. Spin, dance, spin, dance, and split. His eyes wandered from the two ex-lovers to the girl that he swore he wasn't falling for.

That he was falling for.

Bria danced around a bit, but watching Matt and Rachel she felt a bit lonely. She sighed silently and bit her lip. As the song neared it's end, she twirled over and hit the replay button. She danced more, and then she risked going over to Andy. She held out her hand, "Dance with me," she pleaded softly.

Andrew watched her hold her hand out and risked a look at Rachel and Matt who had stopped dancing, watching him with good eyes. He sighed before taking the hand and pulled himself up. He bit his lip before he nervously lead her to the dance floor and carefully spun her before smiling and getting into the dance, but not too much, fearful and nervous.

Brianna's smile started out soft, but as they kept going she started to beam at him. She didn't even head Matt and Rachel whispering to each other which at first were amused, but then got serious. She was totally focused on the song and keeping beat, and the man leading her through it.

Matt and Rachel had moved off of the dance floor to watch them dance and the duo had shared amused comments about the two dancers before Rachel turned the conversation to a more serious turn. "Leo isn't going to like this," She whispered to Matt.

"I thought she wasn't taken," Matt whispered back.

"I know it seems like that, but she's oblivious as I am," Rachel watched the dancers for a long while and looked at Matt, "He saw them kissing."

"I know," Matt said softly, "But that's all we know. We don't know how he feels about her."

"You don't," Rachel nodded, "I do. He likes her, but now Andy does too."

"Are you scared that it's going to turn out to be a fight?" Matt asked.

"Scared of a fight? No. That's too expected. Leo's going to murder him, that's what I'm afraid of," Rachel shook her head, "I'm also worried about the fact that he actually agreed that you two are part of the Aka Ryuu."

"That is a problem," Matt agreed, "If people find out we're doing two things, alliances we made down to the enemies are going to shuffle. For better of for worse…"

"I'm going for worse," Rachel frowned.

"So what do we do?" Matt asked as she sat down on the floor opening a bag of chips as a new song came on and Andrew and Bria were dancing to that.

Rachel just watched them for a long while before turning to Matt, "I don't know. We still have our day jobs, but people know them. Everyone in the underground knows them. Since the Foot break in, I know people know that I'm still alive. The bounty had to go up."

"Raph?" Matt cracked open a soda and handed it to Rachel before cracking a can for herself.

Rachel swallowed, "What about him?"

"Does he know? That he's part of two groups?"

"No. I plan on not telling him. I don't want him anywhere near the Informers or the Aka Ryuu. The minute he's involved all of his brothers are."

"Would they mind?"

"For god's sake Matt, yes they would mind," Rachel groaned as she started playing with the metal opener, breaking it off. "I don't know… we're in so much trouble already with the Foot attacking us."

Matt sighed, "Maybe next time, you should try to control Kimiko to a good reasonable level."

"Lynx's reawaken."

"Oh goody, we get a crazy fighter, a gentle lover, and a slut," Matt threw his hands up and glared at her, "Don't you dare create a fourth."

"Trust me Matt, I think three is all my mind can handle," Rachel smirked, "Anyway…"

"The foot, the bounty hunters, and the gangs. Raph is going to notice."

Matt glanced at her, "I'm sure he knows about the Aka Ryuu."

"That ain't a secret and neither is me being an Informer," Rachel took another drink.

"So, I don't see the problem," Matt watched her, "……You didn't tell anyone about the bounty…"

"Nope."

"And you didn't tell them that you used to be the most wanted?"

"Not that either."

Matt stared at her, "You're screwed."

"Figures," Rachel smiled as she turned to attention on to the dancers.

"No I mean literally screwed," Matt stared, "Girl, you're dragging everyone into trouble. Karai has to know about the bounty and the wanted list."

"She's going to use it against me, I know," Rachel said smoothly.

"You need a gun."

Rachel stared at Matt, "I need a gun, martial arts, and some damn good street smarts to get me out of this mess, but the problem is, is the main fact that if I start carrying a gun……there are a lot of people that are going to freak. Namely my sensei and my boyfriend," Rachel took another drink.

"Well at least carry a fucking stick," Matt growled, "Or a metal pole."

"That's not a bad idea," Rachel looked at Matt, "Carrying a metal pole around, interesting. I should give that idea to Donny, he keeps breaking his sticks."

"You're not taking this seriously," Matt stared.

"Nope," Rachel grinned.

"Try a pocket knife. I always have one," Bria sighed as she called to them. Her attention had been caught the moment guns had been mentioned. She scowled to herself, her face half pouting. She had been so focused on Andy… 'What a way to ruin the moment…' all of her personalities said together with a groan.

"Ignore them," Andrew smiled as he gently twirled her.

Brianna couldn't help but smile back, "That's actually easier said than done. I've never been good at ignoring anybody. Even when I don't want to listen, I eavesdrop. That's why my hearing is so sensitive, because I'm always listening."

"Then focus on me." Andrew grinned as he brought her close to him and did a spin for the hell of it. He laughed and shook his head amused. "Come on, just dance and forget them."

"That I can do," Bria laughed as she fell again into the rhythm. She was happy that he had relaxed and was flowing as effortlessly as she was. "I never thought I would meet my match when it came to dancing," she whispered to him.

"I took classes and taught Matt. Matt taught Rae," Andrew shook his head, "I was going to be a dancer, but medicine seemed to be more of my forte."

"I thought about it…I was even a part of Drill Team back at my old school. But my parents shot that hope down," she snorted, "I love dancing so much, more than singing. I owned few CDs but knew my way around the internet, and made up my own dance moves for a lot of songs…" She sighed.

"Matt and Rae used to sing. In fact, they used to go to karaoke and sing duets and singles, contests…" Andrew laughed, "I don't sing."

"I was in Choir…though I experimented with taping myself to attempt to know what I sounded to others. I sounded better as I listened in Real Life that Record," she rolled her eyes, "Why didn't you sing?"

"I'm tone deaf." Andrew admitted.

Bria laughed at that, "Makes sense," she nodded.