If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?
-- Lily Tomlin
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Danny:……I shall force myself to say nothing.
Arcane: I really don't see why people think we're so good together.
Danny:….Arc….Shut-up.
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She hated dances.
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Wanda: Who doesn't?
Kitty: Me!
Wanda: Gee, there's a shocker.
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Danny nervously brushed her dress flat. It was a dark blue one with small straps. She hated it. Even if it was pretty. It wasn't her.
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Danny: Darn tootin'.
Jean: You are country.
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And she hated the stares she was getting. She never liked being the center of attention.
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Pietro: One of the many things that set her apart.
Lance: Hey! Don't mess with Dann! She's cool.
Todd: Cool enough to be Brotherhood, yo?
Lance:….Okay, maybe not that cool.
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No guy would ever ask her to dance. As far as they cared, she was a mutie. Nobody dances with muties.
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Arcane: Dances With Muties. With Danielle Nesmond as Danny Lightfoot.
Danny: Ahehhehhehhehheh.
Beck: *rolls eyes*
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She sat forlornly on the chair, watching everyone else. She was the only girl that went stag.
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Ray: Or Doe.
Rahne: Oh deer.
Roberto: I haven't the hart to chide you two.
Sam: They're just hoofing it.
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A tune struck up from the DJ again and someone tapped her on the shoulder.
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Tabitha: Gee, I wonder who THAT could be.
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She turned to see who it was and gasped.
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Amara: Dramatically.
Jubes: GASP!
Magneto: *confused*
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Arcane. The mutant gunslinger. A man she had admired for so long.
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Danny: *snurk*
Arcane: *slightly annoyed*
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"What are you doing here?" She hissed, looking towards the other members of her team. They were too engrossed in their own activities to see them. They did not approve of him. And that was mincing the words.
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Kurt: Vhat kind of acteevitees iz zat?
Scott: Dancing, of course!
Dexroth:….So innocent.
Doggy: Woof.
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"Asking you to this dance."
With a flick of the wrist he pulled out a beautiful red flower.
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Kitty: Flowers…..*sigh*
Rogue: Pretty flowers.
Jean: Un hunh.
Ray: Bye girls.
Fred: Where'd they go?
Roberto: The place where every guy gives them flowers.
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He pulled her towards the dance floor. She realized with shock at the song that played, how it fitted them.
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Arcane:….No…..
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Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye
She buried her head against his chest. He was wearing chrome- Black hat, white dress-shirt, black vest and black pants.
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Danny: The HORROR!
Arcane: Our reputations as powerful aloof mutants are ruined!
Dexroth: They weren't there in the first place.
Danny:…oh…..
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And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd've had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have chanced it all
He lifted her chin and looked into her eyes.
"Danielle."
"Yes?"
"I never…got time to tell you…"
"Yes?"
"I love you."
He bent down and kissed her. And for a moment, the rest of the world slipped away.
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Rogue: The world slipped away? What have they been into?
Evan: Maybe it was Kitty's cookies. We're sending an entire batch of them along with Danny's cookies to Rouge77.
Rogue: I'm not 77!! How dare you mess up my age?!
Evan: Eeep.
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"HEY! GET AWAY FROM HER!" Scott came running towards them. Arcane broke the kiss. He looked into her eyes fleetingly and then turned to run.
"Arcane."
He turned back to look at her.
"I love you too."
He smiled at that and ran away, with the rest of the X-men running through
the crowd towards him.
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd've had to miss the dance
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Arcane: There goes red eye again.
Scott: Do you want to start something?
Danny:…Do I need to sic a zoo on you people to make you guys civil?
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Arcane escaped easily.
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd have had to miss the dance
"Goodbye," she whispered to the crowd, holding the red flower.
"Till we meet again."
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Danny: That was so…so…
Piotr: Romantic?
John: Luverly?
Remy: Err….Romantic?
Arcane: So ready for a lawsuit.
Dexroth: OH come off it.
Juju: It is known you like each other. Rub Juju's head. With luck you realize it.
Danny: We do not.
Arcane: You can't prove anything.
Beck:….alright. Fine. You don't like each other.
Arcane: HAH! Come on, Danny, we'll go out to a movie to celebrate our triumph over the authoress. Coming?
Danny: Your treat?
Arcane: Of course.
Danny: Okay. *they leave*
Beck: Hah. Who's victory was that?
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Danny and Arcane are my characters, and I have them in a chapter…because. I couldn't resist.