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JJ was in her room, packing her bag for this weekend, she had been able to avoid Sandy the night before but knew it was only a matter of time before she would have to tell her about dinner with Will and Cassie. She put her last outfit in the bag when she heard the knock on the door.

"Come in."

"I wasn't sure if you were awake." Sandy as she opened the door.

"Yes, I was just packing my bag for this weekend." As she sat down on the bed.

"So you are going to the competition?" Sandy asked seating next to her.

"Yes, Emily asked me to go yesterday."

She was waiting on the question she knew her mom want to ask.

"How did dinner go?"

"It was nice. We went to the diner and then the park."

"So nothing happened?"

"Mom I told you Will asked me to go because of Maddie no other reason."

"But you had fun?"

"I did. When we were at the park I showed Maddie how to make picture out of the clouds."

"I remember when you used to sit outside for hours looking at the clouds. Did she enjoy it?"

"She seemed to, every time she seen a new picture she would get excited. That's what I remember about dad, he would sit outside with me and let me point out all my pictures."

"His baby girl." Sandy told her with a smile.

"I love you but you are still worried."

"I have to admit I am but I also know that you will protect Maddie from getting hurt."

"Will and I have both told her we are only friends."

"But?"

"It was nice spending time with them yesterday."

Sandy could see it JJ's eyes, even if JJ didn't know if yet she was falling for Will and Maddie.

/

At the studio

JJ was watching the girls perform their group number, yesterday they had it down packed but today they were falling all over each other. She had no what was going on with them.

"Stop." She called out.

All five girls stopped and looked at her.

"I am not sure what is going on with all off you but I want all of you to stop what you are doing and take a ten minute break. When you come back I want your heads cleared and you ready to dance."

"Yes, Ms. JJ." As they went out the door.

Maddie stayed in the room with JJ, she looked up to the observation room before saying anything.

"Why is the dance messed up?" she asked.

"Sometimes when you dance so much, your mind goes other places."

"Maybe they need to have fun."

"I think that you are right." JJ smiling at the young girl.

/

When Nariah, Bailey, Mia, Shannon, Melissa, Hillary, and Aubrey walk back in the room. They all stood in their spots waiting on JJ to have them start again.

"I was going to have you start the dance again but Maddie reminded me that maybe you need to have a little fun."

"What do you mean?" Shannon asked.

"I mean that dance should always be fun and you all have been working really hard. Aubrey can you step forward."

"Yes, Ms. JJ" as she stepped in front of the other girls.

"I want you to show me the silliest dance you know."

"A silly dance?"

"Yes, a silly dance. I want everyone to watch and join in."

Aubrey stood there a minute before she remembered the dance her daddy had shown her a couple of months ago. She started doing the chicken dance.

"I know that one." Maddie joining in.

"Me too." Bailey

Soon all the girls were doing the dance and laughing.

/

Observation room.

The mothers watched as JJ gave the girls a break and come back in the room.

"What is she doing?" Ashley asked curious.

"Who knows." Jessica mumbled.

"She is helping them relax enough to do the dance right." Alex told Ashley.

Alex was still not speaking to Jessica and she was waiting for Jessica to say something out of line.

"Is Aubrey doing the chicken dance?" Garcia as she watched the girls.

"Yes, Aaron showed her how to do it." Beth shaking her head.

"Look who much fun they are having." Ashley smiling as she watched the other girls join Aubrey.

"I don't understand what this is teaching them. The group number is a mess and she is letting them act crazy." Jessica

"Maybe you should just watch and stop talking." Alex told her.

Jessica decided to push more of Alex's buttons.

"Ashley, guess who I seen at the park yesterday?"

"Who?"

"JJ, Will, and Maddie they seemed to be on a date."

"Do not start." Ashley warned.

"I can't remember the last time I heard about Will going on a date let alone having Maddie met them."

"First, Maddie had already met JJ. Second, it wasn't a date they were going out as friends." Alex replied.

"Seemed like a date to me, I think maybe you don't know as much as you think."

"Jessica, knock it off." Beth, shaking her head.

"Alex she is just trying to get a rise out of you." Penelope told her.

"I know." Alex told her.

"All I am saying is that they were holding hands and looked like they were having a great time." Jessica

/

Back in the studio.

"Okay who knows another silly dance?" JJ asked.

"I know the hokie pokie." Shannon told her.

"You should start it." JJ told her as Emily walked.

The girls started doing the dance as Emily walked over to JJ.

"Is this the new group dance?"

"I thought maybe it could be but the chicken dance was better."

"You letting them blow off steam."

"Yes, they were falling all over themselves I was waiting for one of them to get hurt."

"Did you talk to Will about Maddie going this weekend?"

"Yes, he said he wanted to talk to Alex about keeping an eye on her."

"There is a small competition going on I was hoping to get her compete."

"Do you think she will?"

"I am hoping with your help she will, it would be like her dancing in this room."

"I might be able to get her to do that but first Will has to agree."

"I thought maybe you could get him to agree." She told her with a smirk.

"You had to go there didn't you."

"I did. I want to hear all about it and class is almost over."

"How are their individual dances going?"

"They are all set, I will have them practice one more time tomorrow and then they are all yours."

"Okay, go get the moms and I will get them ready."

JJ watched as the girls were finishing up the hokie pokie.

/

Ten minutes later.

All the mothers were in the studio, Will had arrived as they were going into the studio so he had joined them.

"I hope that you all enjoyed doing the silly dances." JJ told the girls.

"It was fun." Hillary

"Good because dancing should be fun but tomorrow we have to get the group dance completely together for the competition on Saturday. I want all off you to go home and do your school work and then forget about dance for the night. "

"How come?" Aubrey asked.

"Your bodies and minds need to rest." She explained.

"But tomorrow I want you all ready to work hard. Does everyone understand?" Emily

"Yes, Ms. Emily."

"Okay, everyone is dismissed except for Maddie. Will, Alex I need to talk to you." Emily told them.

"Maybe you should let Maddie go."

"She will be okay and it will be her decision."

/

"What's going on?" Will asked as he and Alex walked towards JJ and Emily.

"Am I in trouble?" Maddie whispered.

"You are not in trouble. Can you practice the other dance Ms. JJ has been teaching you?"

"Okay." As she went to the middle of the studio.

Emily turned to Will and Alex.

"I know that JJ mentioned that we would like for Maddie to go this weekend. I was wondering if you had thought about it." Emily explained.

"I haven't had a chance to talk to Alex about it."

"If she wants to go I will keep her." Alex told him.

"JJ and I will help."

JJ didn't say anything, Will looked conflicted between letting Maddie go and her staying.

"And if you guys get this case solved then you will be able enjoy yourself at least one night." Alex added.

"There is something else." Emily

"Okay." Will looking at her.

"If I can get Maddie to agree I want to her to do small competition."

"Emily I didn't want to push her." Will started.

"I won't I promised you that a long time ago. She would be dancing in a room like this and if she doesn't want to do it then she won't."

"I know you wouldn't. Let me think about it and I will let you know tomorrow."

"Not a problem." Emily smiling.

"I am going to get Shannon and Melissa. Will let me know what you decide." Alex as she walked towards the door.

"I will. Thank you."

"I am going to go check on Nariah and then go to my office." Emily told them as went out of the room.

/

JJ and Will turned to look at Maddie.

"You were awful quiet." Will told her

"It should be your decisions and not everyone else's."

"Do you think she will compete?"

"Maybe, she would do really well. I think you are right for not pushing her."

"She has never been one place and me in another, even when she stays with Alex or Mom I end up staying there too."

"You have to be comfortable."

"That's why I was nervous yesterday when you brought it up, it's not that I didn't trust you because I do. It was my own fears about being away from her."

"It's okay, you have to do what you think is best for her."

"Can I ask what you are planning next?"

"I have no idea, I came home to find myself."

"What have you discovered?"

"That I enjoy teaching and I need to start looking for a place to live."

"You aren't planning on staying at your moms."

"No, I love her but living on my own for three years and moving back home is hard."

"I understand that." He looked over at Maddie, she looked like she was almost finished.

"After you get back, I was wondering if you would like to have dinner."

"Yeah, I had fun yesterday."

"I did to but I was thinking that maybe it could be just the two of us." As he looked back at her.

"I would like that." She smiled.

For the record Aubrey is Beth and Hotch's daughter, I went back through the story and didn't find that I had given her a name. Please let me know what you think.