Emotion

Hey guys! I know you all are dying for a new chapter so here it is. I do have to tell you though that tomorrow I'm going to an all night skate so I'm going to try and post at least three chapters today to make up for it. My little cousin can't go unless I go and she really wants to go so guess what? I'm going lol. Plus I think it'll be fun, skating all night lol.

In this chapter I think Missy and Andie will have a conversation and Moose and Chase will have one as well. Blake will talk to Andie as well. She really can look up to Blake and I think Andie trusts him a little bit. I know Alex is going to be pissed at Chase for breaking up with Andie but Chase doesn't care at the moment. Um, what else is going to happen? Oh and it's been three weeks since the break up just because I don't think going day by day is that interesting so we're skipping ahead. So we know Andie has gotten worse and Chase has too.

A/N-This one is named after Destiny Child's "Emotion".

Disclaimer-Don't own Step Up 2, if I did I'd own Rob Hoffman.

It'd been three weeks. Three weeks since Chase and Andie had broken up and Moose feared that things were never going to be the same again. Andie was wasting away, literally. Moose was positive that she'd lost about twenty pounds in those three weeks and was still losing them. She avoided the crew at lunch by going to the park and refused to come to practice. Moose and Missy were the only ones she'd talk to and even then it had to be just them and her. Andie stopped getting rides from Moose and insisted that she'd take the bus because she needed to be alone. Her clothes hung off her now and her face seemed to start sinking into itself. She didn't give hugs anymore and they had not seen her smile since the morning before she and Chase broke up. Moose and Missy knew that her dancing was suffering as well because in class she was always off and she didn't seem to be able to move without wincing in pain. She looked so sick.

Chase wasn't doing much better. Granted he wasn't losing weight but he didn't talk anymore. He stared off into space through all his classes and his eyes followed Andie wherever she sent. Moose had tried to get him to talk to her but Chase had flat out refused. He claimed he didn't have feelings for Andie any more but they all knew he was lying. Practice was no longer fun, no one laughed and messed around anymore, they just danced. Chase couldn't help but notice that Andie was losing weight, but he couldn't even bring himself to say hi to her in the hallway. He was suffering because of his stupid ego and everyone but Chase could see it.

Blake couldn't believe this. How could his brother just throw something as wonderful as Andie away? Both of them were heart broken and Andie looked as if she was fading away. She use to light up a room when she entered but now she was just there. Blake didn't have the heart to say anything to her in dance class for being off but he did get on Taylor's case for laughing at Andie when she messed up during improvising. Sometimes during lunch she'd come and hide from Moose and Missy in the office next to his. And when she asked him to he'd tell them that he hadn't seen her all day. The only reason he did was because her eyes begged him to and Blake was slowly finding out that he couldn't say no to Andie.

Moose was frantic, his mind was always racing and trying to think how he could fix this. Chase and Andie needed to be fixed and at the moment he didn't have a clue as to how to do it. He was scared for Andie, she was disappearing right in front of them and wouldn't let them help her come back. It was like she wanted to waste away, no matter who it hurt. Moose and Missy did their best to try and run the crew without their leaders but it wasn't working. It just wasn't the same without Chase and Andie. Chase would come to practice but he was completely useless, he didn't move like he use to and he never seemed to be fully at practice, it was like his mind was somewhere else. Which it probably was. Andie just refused. She flat out refused to come to practice, she didn't want to be anywhere near Chase. Even in dance class she stayed as far away from him as possible. Moose was positive that he was going to have a permanent headache by the time all this was over, if they ever got it settled.

The school was buzzing with the news of the break up the very next day. Girls were surrounding Chase and Andie demanding to know what happened and boys were starting to become bolder and hit on Andie without shame. It made Chase angry but he never said anything, after all, Andie wasn't his anymore. Moose however had a big problem with it and had nearly gotten into fights more then once because some guy had something not right to Andie. The girls were back to flirting with Chase and Moose would watch Andie's eyes fill with anger and pain each time one of them would place a hand on his arm or flirt with him. The only guy that actually tried to get with Andie was Adam and she'd already gotten detention for dumping a plate of nachos over his head one day at lunch. But he didn't stop trying.

Right now Moose was sitting with Andie watching music videos. It was Friday and Moose hadn't decided if he was going to stay with Andie or go to the movies with Sophie. If Andie found out that he was supposed to go with Sophie then she'd kick him out the house and make him go. Her head was resting in his lap and Moose couldn't tell if she was asleep or not but she hadn't said anything since they got home from school. Even when she did talk it was just above a whisper and they all had to strain to her hear. Andie had also acquired the knack for being able to stare off into space for hours on end, until the point that she was scaring someone so bad that they touched her and brought her out of her daydream

"Hey Andie, you wanna order a pizza or something?" Moose asked.

"No, I'm not hungry." Andie said quietly.

Moose bit his lip. If he pressed her she'd snap at him and Moose really didn't think it was best that he got on Andie's nerves. She only talked to him and Missy and Moose didn't want to be kicked out of that club.

"You wanna take a walk?" Moose asked.

Andie rolled so that she could look up at him. As Moose looked down at her he couldn't help but notice how much her face had sunken. She looked as like a dead person walking. Her eyes were haunting now and Moose had a hard time looking her directly in them.

"Alright." She said quietly. "Let's go."

They stood and Andie followed Moose out of her house. She didn't really want to go for a walk, in fact she just wanted to be left alone. But she couldn't see herself hurting Moose and Missy like that. So she'd just suck it up and walk with him.

"How bout we go get some icecream?" Moose asked hopefully.

"Okay." Andie said nodding. "Icecream sounds good."

Moose smiled and moved to put his arm around Andie but she flinched away from him. He tried to keep the hurt from washing across his face but Andie saw it and felt bad for making him sad. Andie took hold of his arm and placed it across her shoulders. Moose looked surprised at her and Andie gave him a small smile.

Moose made Andie get an icecream cone and he noticed that she ate it all before they'd gotten back to her house.

"I thought you said you weren't hungry." He teased.

Andie shrugged at him before sitting on her porch. Moose sat next to her and bumped her shoulder gently. Andie smiled slightly before bumping him back. A blue Mercedes pulled up and Moose stood,

"That's my dad." He muttered. "Are you gonna be okay?"

"Moose, I'm not two." Andie said standing as well. "Of course I'm going to be alright."

Moose smiled at her and hugged her before she could push him away.

"See you tomorrow Andie." He called as he ran toward his car.

"See you."

Andie watched Moose's car pull away and waited until it had turned the corner before she stepped off her porch and headed down the street. She'd take the back way to the park, that way she knew no one would bother her. As she walked she thought about how much time had passed since she and Chase had broken up. Three freaking weeks! And she'd only managed to lose twenty pounds since then. That was pitiful.

"D?"

Andie's head snapped up and she came face to face with Missy.

"Hey Missy, what's up?" Andie asked quietly.

"Girl what are you doing out here?" Missy asked. "It's late and the sun setting, you should be home. Did Moose leave you alone?"

"Missy, I can take care of myself and no Moose did not leave me alone." Andie said. "I chopped him up into little pieces and stuffed him in the walls of the house."

Missy looked at Andie to see if she was joking. But her eyes held no laughter and she had not cracked a smile, not even a small one.

"Girl that's not funny." Missy said.

"I think it's hilarious." Andie replied.

"Then why ain't you laughing?" Missy asked grinning at her.

"Shut up." Andie moved around Missy and kept walking. She knew the girl was going to follow her. "What do you want Missy?"

"Just want to know how you're doing." Missy said shrugging.

"I'm just peachy." Andie replied.

"Andie, now's not the time for sarcasm." Missy said. "Girl seriously, how are you?"

"How do you think I am?" Andie asked. "Missy the boy that I thought I was falling in love with—Missy in love—left me for someone better."

Missy was surprised that Andie had just admitted she was falling in love with Chase. It was good to hear that because it was obvious Chase was in love with her. But these two retards couldn't see it. They could not see that they were crazy about each other.

"Andie you know that's not true." Missy said. "Chase left you to try and "save" you from Taylor."

"What is it with him and trying to "save" his girlfriends from Taylor!" Andie yelled. "It's not like we can't take care of ourselves!"

"Andie I know that." Missy said quietly.

"I'm—I'm sorry." Andie said sighing. "I didn't mean to snap at you."

"D it's okay." Missy said. "I know you're having a rough time."

"Yea well." Andie plopped down on the side of the curb.

"So are you going to start coming to practice?" Missy asked tentatively.

"No." Andie answered simply. "You guys are doing just fine without me."

"No we're not." Missy said. "Andie you should see us. Moose and I are trying to run the crew but it's not the same without you and Chase."

"Too bad." Andie replied. "I don't want to be anywhere near him."

"But D—."

"Missy, leave it." Andie snapped. "I'm not coming to practice, get over it. You guys can figure it out without me."

Andie left Missy sitting on the curb. She wasn't mad exactly, she was annoyed. They'd been asking her ever since the break up to come to practice, to give Chase another chance, to just talk to him. And Andie wasn't having it, he broke up with her, not the other way around. So why should she be the one to try and make up with him? Shouldn't he be the one groveling at her feet and begging her to take him back? Besides if he came and just talked to her and explained why exactly he'd left her then Andie just might be willing to take him back. But she had to take into consideration that she was fat and ugly and Chase was looking for someone better than.

Blake watched his little brother mope around the house. It was a sad sight, Chase was miserable, Andie was miserable and their crew was miserable. Blake was pretty sure that all Chase had to do was go to Andie and apologize and maybe grovel for a little bit before she'd take him back and they'd once again be a happy couple. Blake couldn't get the idea out of his head that there was more going on with Andie then she was letting on. She'd lost so much weight since the break up that she looked sick. Moose said she insisted she was fine but he didn't believe it.

"Chase why don't you just go and talk to her?" Blake asked when his brother flopped down next to him on the couch. "Just the two of you?"

"Because one: I don't like Andie like that anymore, two: she hates me, and three: she hates me." Chase said ticking the numbers off on his fingers.

"You're lying, you can not look me in the eyes and tell me you don't have feelings for Andie anymore." Blake said. "And she does not hate you, she might strongly dislike you but she does not hate you."

Chase snorted.

"Speak for yourself."

Moose had been sitting at his computer when his phone started ringing. He picked it up and smiled when he saw Sophie's name.

"Hey Soph what's up?"

She hesitated for a moment and Moose frowned slightly.

"Moose, I know what's wrong with Andie." She said slowly. "Can you meet me somewhere?"

"Yea, um how about I come pick you up and we can go to dinner or something?" Moose asked quickly.

"Okay." Sophie said quietly.

Moose raced down the stairs and after telling his parents where he was going, he scooped up the car keys and ran from the house. How did Sophie know what was wrong with Andie? Had Andie told her? Why would she tell Sophie and not him?

When Sophie got in the car she had her laptop with her. She opened the top and instantly began to type.

"Where are we going?" Moose asked pulling out of her drive way.

"Anywhere that's not here." Sophie replied.

Moose stopped a few blocks from his house.

"Is this good?" He asked.

Sophie looked up from her laptop and looked around before nodding.

"So how do you know what's wrong with Andie?" He asked.

"Because the same thing happen to me when I was with Chase." Sophie replied. "But I stopped, Andie hasn't."

"What happen?" Moose asked confused. "What did you stop? Hold on I'm confused."

"Moose, what do you know about bulimia?" Sophie asked.

"Uh—not much—isn't that when you make yourself throw up to lose weight?" Moose asked.

"Yep." Sophie nodded still typing away on her laptop.

"You think Andie has that?" Moose asked his eyes widening.

"I don't think." Sophie said. "I know she does."

"How can you be sure?" Moose asked.

Andie was stronger than that. Chase had said so, he said Andie was too strong to develop an eating disorder.

"Because I saw her purging the day before she and Chase broke up." Sophie replied.

She turned her laptop toward Moose and handed it to him.

"Read that." She said quietly. "It's sorta long but it explains everything."

Moose took the computer from her and began to read. It was a fairly long page but it explained all about bulimia and recognizing people who had it. As Moose read the only thing that ran through his mind was fear. Andie could die from this. Didn't she realize that? The biggest symptom she had was that she ate large amounts in one sitting and then wouldn't eat for the rest of the day. Before she stopped hanging out with them at lunch she use to do that. And Moose use to tease her that her stomach was a bottomless pit. He didn't know that she was throwing up it when no one was looking.

"We should call Chase." Moose said quietly once he finished reading.

"Moose, I'm not so sure about that." Sophie said quietly.

"I am, Chase may have broken his and Andie's heart but I know he still cares for her." Moose started up the car as Sophie took back her laptop.

"We're going now?" She asked confused.

"Yes now." Moose said as he pulled away from the curb.

Alright. Yes I know it's short but my fingers are really starting to hurt. But don't worry you'll get three chapters tonight I'm sure of it just because I'm going to an all night skate tomorrow night. Well it's about to get crazy because Moose knows what's wrong with Andie and he's heading to Chase's house right now.

A/N-I have a knack of being able to stare into space for hours on end and scaring people so I think Andie should too. Lol

Reviews keep my aching fingers typing chapters lol.

Danyi