Chapter 26. It's longer than most. But not "long". I really do feel bad for Vince. He was my dance partner, but then he couldn't dance, and I blew him off for Keifer… haha…
After storming and cursing Cesar in my head, I arrived at practice hall, just on time for my lesson.
Tony came up to me, Vince following. "You have a visitor. He's been waiting for you."
"Hey Sabrina!" He seemed happy as usual.
"Hey, Vince." I was still cooling off, but that was no reason to snap at him, so I tried to control myself.
"Hey, how's dancing going?"
"It's so easy!" I tried to be carefree like him.
"That must mean you're good." he challenged.
"The best!" I accepted the challenge.
"I guess we'll have to test that!" he said. "You wanna dance?"
"Only if you want to be dominated."
"Lets just see how good you really are." he grinned.
We danced a competitive waltz, still staying smooth on our feet.
"You're better that I thought…" he huffed, out of breath.
"You know it!" I winked.
"Okay, here's a prize for such awesome dancing." he handed me a small, wooden box.
Knowing Vince, I was going to be pranked.
He watched me.
Man, I had to open it. I wearily opened it, and in it was a large amount of worms. "EEK!" I shouted, dropping the worms and backing up. I felt my anger building up again. "VINCE! YOU LITTLE BRAT!" I shouted.
"Whoops! Someone's getting angry! Time to skedaddle!" and he ran off.
I stormed back to my room and indulged into a long soak in the tub and a nice romance novel. I was completely calm by the time I went to bed.
Just as I crawled into my pink, silky sheets, there was a knock on my door. "Come in!" I shouted, hoping it would be Luciano, coming to give me a good-night kiss.
Vince walked in looking nervous. He had a blue string in his hand, and one tied to his finger. He handed it to me.
I sat in bed, looking at it. "What is this?"
"In my kingdom, a blue string represents partnership. Would you like to be my dance partner?"
I felt bad looking at his face. "I'm sorry… I don't want to…"
His expression sunk. "Oh… okay…" he sighed. "BUT I WON'T GIVE UP!" he shouted angrily.
"That's the spirit!" I shouted encouragingly. I guess.
He walked out, with a major confidence boost.
