Chapter 12
Max could hear the music coming from upstairs through her ceiling. They were not messing around tonight. She smiled. This was going to be a good night. She could feel it. She finished getting ready, she wasn't going in anything much different than what she normally wore. She was still wearing jeans and a tank top, but this one had more embellishments on it, and she was also wearing more jewelry than she ordinarily would and some makeup, which she ordinarily never wore. Although part of this was in consideration of the bet she made a few weeks ago that she may have to pay up on tonight. Although either way she thought she would still win in her mind, she thought with a grin.
Max, MJ and Chris left her apartment and made their way to the elevator.
"Hey guys wait up!"
Max turned around and saw Kay and Liv walking down the hall.
"You ready for your bet with the boys?" Liv asked with a grin.
"I have my supplies right here," Max said holding up the change of clothes and her itouch.
"Where are you going to leave it?" Kay asked.
"In Nick's apartment, that is the furthest from Caleb and Ethan's apartment which is where most of the nonsense will be going on."
"What bet?" MJ asked as they got on the elevator.
"You remember the OK Go video with the treadmills? I bet the boys they couldn't learn it in 2 weeks. If they do then I will bellydance for them tonight," Max said with a grin. Ever since Kyle and Ethan had found out that she used to bellydance regularly they, and Nick and Caleb, had been trying to convince her for a show. So 2 weeks ago she made them a deal, a dance for a dance. "If they successfully complete the choreography from the video then I will perform one song for everyone. I figure either way I win though, I don't really mind doing it and I either get to see them complete the dance, which would be awesome, or I get to watch them fall all over each other, which is also awesome!" Max laughed.
"So you needed a change of clothes?" Kay asked.
"Yeah the deal is for a performance, if my full on costumes weren't such a pain to get into I would have brought one of them but they are just getting black yoga plants, a black top, and a hip scarf."
"I heard they set up a screen behind the treadmills so the video can play behind them so you can see that they got it right," Liv said smiling.
Just then the elevator doors opened overwhelming them with the music blaring.
"Come on let's get some drinks!" Liv shouted and pushed through the crowd to the makeshift bar.
Anders was on the elevator with Varric, Merrill, Fenris, Aveline, and Isabela. Sebastian had flatly refused to come, no matter how much Max insisted that it would be fun. Isabela was practically vibrating with excitement, she was looking forward to a night of drinking and debauchery. She was looking forward to trying a drink called a red headed slut that Max had told her about. Although she was disappointed to hear that it didn't come with an actual red head so she said she would bring Aveline, her own red head! They could hear the din of the music before the elevator doors opened.
As the elevator doors opened they were slammed by the music. Max told Anders that the instrument was called and electric guitar. As they made their way to the apartment that seemed to house the most people the music got louder. They walked into the room and there was a video playing on one of the walls and it seemed to feature people playing the music. In front of it were, was that 8, of what they called treadmills set up. That seemed kind of odd.
(Hey!) Get, get, get, get, get over it!
About two thirds of the people there raised their hands with the Hey!. Just then Anders saw someone grab Isabela's arm.
"Isabela, you like whiskey right? Of course you do! Well, I would like to introduce you to my friend Jack," Max said holding up a cup. She wasn't slurring but she had definitely had been drinking already. Her faced was flushed. It added a little color to her cheeks and it was actually attractive. She was wearing a tank top that was different from her normal ones, this one had some kind of strange bead sewn to it to make it sparkle. And it showed more of her cleavage than she usually did.
"Who's Jack?" Merrill asked.
"Jack Daniels, we don't hang out that often, but when we do it's always good times! Ain't it just a bitch? What a pain...Well it's all a crying shame. What left to do but complain? Better find someone to blame. (Hey!) Get, get, get, get, get over it!" Max sang along with the song.
Kyle walked up with Ethan and 2 other guys, "Are you ready Max?"
"I'm ready if you are, but frankly I don't think you boys will be able to handle it!" Max replied standing up straight, smirking. "Aren't you such a catch? What a prize! Got a body like a battle axe... Love that perfect frown, honest eyes...We ought to buy you a Cadillac. (Hey!) Get, get, get, get, get over it!" Max finished singing in Kyle's face.
"Ready for what? May I ask," asked Varric.
"You may sir dwarf. These fine young gentlemen and I have a little wager for this evening. They have to perform a dance for everyone and if they are successful then I will return the favor."
"Ohh, what kind of dances?" Isabela asked provocatively.
"Well, we be using the treadmills and Max here will be bellydancing!" one of the 2 guys Anders didn't know answered.
"Bellydancing?" Isabela asked raising any eyebrow, "Sounds interesting." She turned looking Max up and down.
"Ohh it is," the same guy replied.
"It is actually an ancient style of dance that men were never supposed to even see. It was something women did in the Harem to entertain themselves," Max said.
"Why is that?" Anders asked, intrigued.
"Because they can't handle it," Max replied flirtatiously.
Anders was just about to reply that he could handle it when the music stopped "Where are the boys? It's time to put up or shut up!" Liv was hollering from where the treadmills were.
"Let's go gentlemen. Watch carefully Max! You're next,"
"Whatever," Max said flippantly.
As the guys got into position on the treadmills and proceeded to go through the whole song with the video playing behind them. It was actually pretty impressive and Max seemed highly entertained by the whole thing. The whole crowd did actually. There were quite a few times that people would cheer and Max shouted "Woohoo!" more than once. Kyle even was singing along and doing the little extra moves the singer had. Max was laughing hysterically when it was all over.
"I don't think I have ever seen anyone so happy to lose a bet in my life, sweet thing," Isabela said with a grin.
"I was never all that worried about losing, I figured it would be great either way! Either they would pull it off and it would be awesome, or they would fail and it would be hilarious! They only had 2 weeks to learn the whole thing," Max replied.
"Alright Max! Time to pay the piper!" Ethan shouted as a new song started.
"Let me go change and I will be right back!" she said heading for the door.
While she was gone they folded the treadmills and moved them against the wall and brought in a few more chairs. Anders was in the kitchen talking to Varric, Isabela, and Aveline when Max returned. She was wearing some very formfitting black pants and a black top that was similar in style to the bathing suit she had worn on the boat. Around her hips was a large blue scarf that had gold coins hanging from the edges that jingled when she walked. All of the seats in the living room were already full so they were forced to stay in the kitchen. There was only a counter in between the living room and the kitchen so Anders just leaned forward putting his arms on the counter. Aveline and Isabela were on either side of him. Just then he noticed that Varric had managed to get a seat up front. He had no idea how the dwarf did it, he was just in the kitchen a second ago!
Author's Note: Sorry this chapter is so short, but I thought this was the best place to break for the next chapter.
The song the the boys dance to it Ok Go 'Here it goes again' If you have never seen the video then I definitely recommend checking it out on you tube, it is great! The other song in this chapter, that Max is singing, is also an Ok Go song 'Get over it'. I put it in there because I thought that it would be a way that the boys would try to get everyone hyped up for their performance, with more Ok Go songs. Also, it is a great song!
Thanks for reading!
