Dance Vigilantes
Chapter 37: The Start of Forbidden Love
May 27th, 2016. Friday, 07:30 PM
Lakeview Highschool
Steph's POV
Earlier today was our general practice for Jump! dance competition and I can't believe I'm saying this, but dancing had been a lot harder than training and being a vigilante. Seriously, all the movement, bending, and making your legs reach out to places you never thought possible in your body feels like being shoved in a mixer and stretched like taffy. But I'm sure that we'll be more than ready to take on Dancemania, especially that bitch Kaylee.
That name just makes me seethe in anger, unlike her sister Rihanna and to a sort of weird extent, Coco, who's acting weird around Danny, which I'm not liking. Tomorrow, I'll take Kaylee down on a major competition, as the girls had put it.
For tonight however, we get to witness a play that I'm already bored to fuck already
"Steph! Wake up and show some goddamn respect for the play!" Dad whisper shouted
"Wha? Who? Where?" I mumbled as I adjusted my eyes and see. I scowl as I saw that the play ain't over yet
"I can't help it dad. You know I don't bloody like these kinds of things" I mumbled. Tonight was Kalani's play for Romeo and Juliet. Everyone, including Chloe, Josh, Brad, Sam, SD, Lauren, Lizzie, Talia and the rest of the girls from the studio are here. They were seated together with their moms and I went to support Kalani as well, as did the twins and dad. Mum was out patrolling with the rest.
Kalani was indeed beautiful, with all her fair skinned glory and the french bun really did frame her face very well. I took a look over at SD and she looked like she was going all bi with Kalani, which I don't blame her.
Wait, why the fuck am I saying that?
"Pardon her dad. Steph's just secretly picturing herself as juliet" Anne Mari sniggered from dad's other side.
"Oh please! As if I'd wear a long gown and style my hair like that. Plus, the whole old english wording is fucking annoying" I said matter of factly
"Says the girl who said she doesn't like dancing and wearing indecent clothing" Danny said back to me which made dad chuckle and Anne Marie laugh loud. I would have flipped them off but I already owed too much for the swear jar, that I was officially broke
"Quiet kids! I can't hear the play over your banter. The kissing part is about to start" Kira shushed as she looked sternly at us but started to focus on the play.
"Yes kids, pipe down so I can see my son - what the? You people!" Someone said in front of us. The woman with long, flowing blonde hair was all too familiar. Especially with her over lipsticked lips and scowl.
"Jeannie….." We heard Kira seeth besides us. Three other heads also turned behind us to reveal a scowling Coco, a smiling Rihanna, and of course, the devil herself, Kaylee, who was trying to suck my soul with her state. As if she's gonna find something! The other moms and girls looked on and the girls gave disapproving looks and eyerolls. The others from our team were just confused as to who the Quinns are. Dad shook his head and put his head on his hand
"Hi girls!" Rihanna said with a wave and smile
"Hi Danny! AM…" Coco waived over excitedly to Danny but spat the last part like venom when it reached Anne Marie
"Coco…" Anne Marie scowled and I could have sworn I heard a faint bitch somewhere along there
"Lizewski…." Kaylee coldly said to me
"Quinn….." I replied as coldly as hers. We kept our glares locked on each other. As if I'd be intimidated by a bloody brat
"Ugh! If you're all here to gloat on us about how you'll defeat us tomorrow for Jump!, save it because we'll make sure to beat you all on one of the big 5. The only good thing this night is that bitch Mindy not being here" Jeannie scoffed
"His husband is here you know?" Dad said back to her
"And don't forget her kids" I spat along
"As much as we want to do that now Jeannie, I'm here for my daughter" Kira bit back to chuckled and leered in on Kira
"I see even washed up celebrities can still find jobs. Even if it's just for a school play. I bet she's just an extra. Unlike my son who's in this play and in a main role" Jeannie said
"Yeah! Bro's -" Kaylee started but was cut off by SD, who was besides me.
"Keep it down! Me and the rest of these people are fucking watching! The kiss in the balcony is about to start!" I look over my bestfriend and said thank you to her, which she nodded.
Everyone quieted down and looked on as the stage is now in the form of a forest with a sort of castle tower with a balcony. At the balcony, was Kalani, who was now in a sort of nightgown and had her hair let down. Below the balcony, where Kalani was looking, was a teenage boy with short, beach blonde hair and wearing a blue three piece suit like how you imagine in storybooks. The scene unfolds with more boring old english lines and then "Romeo" grabbing a ladder and placing it on the balcony. He then proceeded to climb up to "Juliet"
"Oh here it is! Kalani's about to Kiss Romeo" I heard Kira said in an excited tone
"Here it is girls! Your brother is about to kiss Juliet" Jeannie said in a similarly excited tone. Then her and Kira looked at each other with shocked and disgusted expressions. The realization suddenly hit me as well and got my mouth open
"That's your son?!" Kira said
"Your daughter's playing Juliet?!" Jeannie shouted and everyone close to them shushed them all
"Wow...you weren't kidding that the Quinns were this crazy" SD chuckled besides me
"Oh, you should come to the competition to see how crazy they really are" I chuckled back. My thoughts went to the possible chaos that might unfold any minute. If Kalani is Juliet, and Jeannie's son is romeo and the next scene is the kiss
Oh bloody hell…
Kalani's POV
I try to keep my composure as focused as possible but deep inside, I was a nervous wreck. The kissing scene is one of the most critical scenes in the play, maybe even the most iconic of all. Sure, I find guys cute and all but I have never kissed one! Tyler's gonna be my first kiss and it's in front of a lot of people! How can you not be nervous?!
Worst of all, Tyler's mom is Jeannie Quinn and the simple math of Jeannie+Mom+me kissing Tyler will equal disaster wherever I go
Yet, one part of me is happy that I'll get to kiss Tyler. I've been hanging out with him for quite sometime now and he's really sweet and a big gentleman, truly unlike her mom. Being with him made me have dancing butterflies all over. Tyler was about done with the second to the last line and is about to go on the last line before the kiss. That got me riled up more than before now
"I must go and live, or stay and die. But first fair maiden, thy haveth one last gift before a cometh towards the night" Tyler delivered
"Oh Romeo! Romeo! Tis sad that you must leave but tho am sure that thy will return into thine arms. Twat gift has tho giveth me?" I said in the most clear way as I can. Silence followed then Tyler started to lean towards me and I close my eyes, calming myself of the nervousness I was feeling. I don't know if it's my imagination but I'm pretty sure I feel two set of eyes boring deep into me. I don't need to look to tell that's my mom and Jeannie
"Hey...relax Kalani. Just ignore my mom. Just imagine that it's only two of us in this stage and no one else" Tyler gently whispered. I faintly smiled as to not ruin the realism of the play and then I felt much better. He really knows what to say at the right time. Then there it was. The warm, soft thing that was pushed against my lips.
It was so magical. So ethereal and so….full of joy. This is a kiss I'd never forget for sure
DM DM DM DM
When the play was over after several hours, Ms. Darbus congratulated us all with her eccentric cheering and congratulations along with her usual banters with theater.
"Everyone did amazing! Spectacular! The show was fantastic everyone! Bravo! I would also give a nod to our main stars: Tyler and Kalani for bringing Romeo and Juliet to near realistic. Brava! To the both of you!" Ms. Darbus cheered on as the rest of the cast and crew cheered along with her. I felt a few pats on my back to see Kamryn smiling wide
"You got them good Juliet!" Kamryn said
"Thanks Kam. You too." I said, smiling
"Oh don't look now but I think this play ain't about over just yet" Kamryn said back as she slyly looked behind me. I raise her an eyebrow and turn around behind me to see who she was looking at. It turned out to be Tyler, who readjusted his hair to its usual, messy beach blonde style. For some reason, his hazel eyes really draw me in and make me so soft on the inside.
"Hey uh...nice work out there Kalani" Tyler said a bit shyly.
"You too Tyler. You were so good at acting! You'd make a fine actor if you try" I said sincerely at him, which made him blush. It was kind of cute to see too.
"Yeah uh...listen, about the kissing scene? I hope you didn't find it awkward. Show is a show right?" Tyler said a bit nervously.
"You know what? I just remembered to get something from the other side of the stage. I'll leave you two alone" Kamryn said. She winked at me before she came running off on the other side of the stage. I did not get why she acted that way just know. Then again, Kamryn can be the weirdo type sometimes. I look at Tyler and shrugged laughed at him to kind of indicate Kamryn just now and to get back to the conversation.
"Well Tyler,if you mean about the kiss being awkward and a kind of turn off for me then-" I started to explain but then a collection of girly screams and hollers grew louder and closer. The door to the backstage ooened and in came every single one of the girls. They came rushing and hugging me and ringing my ears with cheers and laughter.
"You were so good Kalani!"
"Good work there!"
"You were so gorgeous there!"
"How did you not consider acting back then?!"
"Can you autograph my bow?!"
Their chaos is just messy yet lovable sometimes. I can't help but join in on the laughter
"Alright alright settle down guys. Kalani did pretty good as Juliet but let's not forget where she did best. That kissing scene!" Nia squealed and the others followed suit. I tense up and laugh nervously this time. Do they seriously not see Tyler aka Romeo standing besides me?!
"Oh I bet you just enjoyed that kiss! How did it feel? Soft? Romantic? Sweet?" Kendall continued on
"Wet? Sloberry?" Brynn added which got a glare from me
"Guys! If you look in my near right!" I shouted at them, pointing towards a blushing Tyler and heavily at that.
"Oh….guess we got carried away at that huh?" Kelly laughed nervously as Tyler mumbled in an embarrassed manner, obviously not knowing what to do in this kind of situation. It was kind of cute to see though.
"So this is Tyler. Nice to finally meet Kalani's play boyfriend" Nia greeted to Tyler
"Nice to finally meet you guys. Last time I saw you all was on TV" Tyler replied like the shy boy he is
"You guys sure he ain't Kalani's actual boyfriend?" kenize said, smirking and that got me tensed up even more. Looking at Tyler, so did he
"Oh s-shut up Ziegler!" I shouted at the 12 year old but it only got her laughing
"Oh there she is! My beautiful Juliet!" It was mom, along with my step dad David and my brothers, Jax and Jett. The latter was clinging to mom like a sloth as usual. Mom hugged me tight and I did the same to her along with David, and my brothers.
"Great job there honey! I never did understand why your mother didn't put you in an acting gig back then" David said as she looked at mom
"You know, that's a pretty good question. Even for me. When we get the chance, you should do auditions!" Mom said excitedly as I smile wide on their comments.
"You were slaying there sis! You and Romeo were so cool! Especially where you both die!" jax said with a wide smile and I laugh it off but in my mind, I wonder if the last part he said was a good or bad thing.
"And well well, so you're Tyler….quite handsome, I can give you that. You don't resemble like her too" Mom said as she looked over at Tyler.
"Uhhh thank you I guess. You're Kira right? Nice to meet you at last" Tyler said as he offers his hand to my mom. Mom in turn, reaches and shakes it but her eyes had caution and suspicion in them. I had a bad feeling about that. Nia scoots over near me and moved her face near my left ear.
"She knew Tyler because….well, Jeannie was seated near us. She kind of freaked out during the kissing scene too. You know that she's his mom?" Nia whispered and I tense up and grew nervous. Out of all the traits of my mom, her temper's the most known of all because it was just that bad. If she was seated near Jeannie while watching her son kiss me….oh god.
"TYLER?! TYLER!"
"Oh god not her…" Kendall moaned and rolled her eyes. All of us knew very well who that frantic shouting belongs.
"There you are! Time to go home!" Jeannie shouted as she entered backstage and rushed to grab Tyler by the arm
"M-mom! What the hell?! Calm down!" Tyler said as he tries to let go of Jeannie
"I said time to go Tyler! We have places to be and your sisters want to go home already!" Jeannie replies, irritated
"Oh yeah, sure. Plans. It's definitely not because of us and Kalani kissing Tyler on stage" Kenzie shouts over. I agree so bad with Kenzie at that but as much as I wanted to say that, I didn't want to be a bad impression for Tyler and besides, my family is here! The last thing we need is Jax and Jett being badly influenced by their big sister.
Jeannie then turned back and glared back at our little ball of fury and glared. Kenzie must have regretted what she said based on her shocked expression
"Listen here you little shit...I don't get told on! Especially little brats like you!"
"Yet you got pretty owned by Mindy at some point in our last competition. Just get out of here will you?!" mom shouted
"Mom please, not another scene!" Tyler begged his mom as he let his hand free from jeannie's grasp.
"Mom! Not now!" I begged
"You know what? Let\s save the trashtalk for tomorrow, where I'll be sure to all take you down!" Come on Tyler!" Jeannie said loudly as she stormed off backstage, leaving Tyler embarrassed and avoiding eye contact to us.
"Damn it! Um...I'm really sorry if my mom is acting that way. I really am. I'll try to talk to her about this. I got to go. See you some time and nice to meet you all" Tyler said as he followed his mom but not before facing me and mouthing call me and I'm sorry as he got out. I then smile and chuckle at what he did and everyone got their eyes on me suddenly
"Well….his husband must be in a lot of shit compared to me" David said to light up the mood, which it worked except for mom, who was glaring at her
"Jeannie is a mean as ever. What a bitch" Kelly said
"Hey, at least Tyler's pretty nice. Now i know where Rihanna gets it from" Sarah added
"And I'm pretty sure someone here is starting to be smitten towards him" Nia said as she looked at me slyly and got all the girls going "ooohhhh" at me
"Oh shut up all of you!" I shout and laugh. It was the universal reaction for everything awkward and funny. At least for me
Lakeview Highschool Parking Lot
Steph's POV
The rest of us have already gone. Some to rest and catch up on homework and some to get some action at night. Mum also said that I can follow through with them after the play and join in with dad, much to the displeasure of the twins, especially Anne marie
"Okay, time to go home kids! Everyone in!" Dad said as he got in our SUV.
"Got it dad!" I reply as I take shotgun seat in the SUV.
"Why don't I get to be shotgun?" Anne Marie whines as she pouts at me
"The one who's older always get the seat. Rule of life my dear sister!" I slyly reply to her
"Oh fuck off!" Anne Marie said with a scowl
"Anne Marie! You know what to put on the jar when we get home!" Dad said to a now appalled Anne Marie. Me however, had a laugh at her shitty circumstance
"Should have kept that potty mouth shut! Hey, where's Danny?" I said as I peered around in the back seat
"Huh? I thought he was just beside me earlier" Anne Marie said, equally clueless
"He might have just went to the bathroom or went to a vending machine nearby" Dad said without worry. If we were normal kids, it would give us a reason to worry. Of course, being the children of Kick Ass and Hit Girl, normal is not in our vocabulary.
"I'll go look for him. I'll be quick" I said as I got off the car and went out
"Hey! I'm coming too!" Anne Marie said from behind me as I heard the back door close and she ran towards my right.
"Be quick kids!" Dad yells
"We will!" we shouted together.
"Steph? What if...Danny got in trouble?" Anne Marie said with slight worry.
"Don't worry. I'm sure he's fine. He's good at his training just as you are" I assure my sister
"Haha. You're right about that!"
"Damn straight!"
DM DM DM DM
We went inside the open hallway that we saw having a vending machine in the middle and sure enough, there we see Danny with a soda in his hand
Only, he's not alone
"What is she doing here?! And why is she and Danny holding hands?!" Anne Marie hissed. I was a bit shocked and as well but not as hot tempered as Anne Marie is. Right in front of Danny was Coco Quinn, who looked a little…..giddy and had both hands clasped in Danny's free hand. Danny in turn, is blushing and has a faint smile on his smile. A smile that was kind of suspicious
"Danny! What are you still doing here? What are you doing here too?" I asked the two kids. Coco seemed to have been startled by seeing me but scowled at me and glared at Anne Marie shortly after. My sister in turn, glared back at the small blonde.
"Oh! Sorry if I stopped. I grabbed a drink and Coco came and wanted a drink too but a hard time with her bill being rejected so I helped her!" Danny said cheerily
"Yeah! I w-was just grabbing a drink and Danny helped me get one. That's all! Nothing else!" Coco smugly said
"But we talked after about some fun stuff and you even asked if I wanted to-ow!" Danny began to say but Coco elbowed her while she kept scowling at our direction. I can't help but feel that something's up. She's been hanging out with Danny for a while lately. To close too
"Hey! Watch it with that bloody elbow!" I warned Coco who got shaken up with my threat
"No one elbows Danny hard but me!" Anne Marie added. Coc then faces her and smirks
"And what are you gonna do? Rip my head off my neck" Coco laughed as Anne Marie growls in irritation
"Trust me Coco, she might do that just" I chuckle at her. It may be metaphorical for Cooc but Anne Marie can do it literally. Bloodless if it was me.
"Coco! Again with the hanging out with the Lizewski boy?!"
"Oh bloody hell…." I breathed. In came Kaylee with Rihanna in tow. As soon as Rihanna saw us, she had worry plastered in her faces, aware of what's gonna go down while Kaylee had her usual bitch face plastered in that head of hers
"Hi guys…" Rihanna greets shyly and we did the same.
"Ugh...just when I was just flushing your faces out of my head, here you guys again!" Kaylee scoffed
"Shame that you didn't do the same with your own bloody face" I scoffed back at her. Kaylee then growled and went closer until our faces were inches apart. She glared deep in my eyes and I glared back, not breaking eye contact and not giving in even one blink.
"Listen Stephanie! You got lucky last competition. I'll make sure that it was just luck for you that time. The rest from here on out? I will destroy you…" Kaylee glowered
"Really now? You're threatening the wrong girl Kaylee. Believe me." I replied back
"Is that right? Why? Because you have a tough mom with you?" Kaylee chuckled
"I don't need my mum to do what I can do to you if you don't shut the fuck up!"
"Steph, knock it off now" Danny said besides me.
"Kaylee please…" Rihanna's voice aired around us. We kept eye contact for a few seconds until Kaylee back up and huffed a breathed
"See you at Jump then. Break a leg….literally!" Kaylee said as she grabbed Coco and went their way with Rihanna following worriedly in tone but not before she turned around and said a quick sorry
I can feel the twins stare right through me, a silent question if I was okay.
"Is Coco in trouble with you?" Danny asked. He really cares about that brat lately
"Depends. Was she mean to you?" I asked him
"Well..no. She's nice with me and gives me food from time to time" Danny replied. Anne Marie then mocked vomited as a response
"That girl's really nice to you huh? Then no, she ain't in trouble" I say back
"But Kaylee is right?" Anne Marie said as she looks at me with a mix of worry and determination
"You're damn fucking right she is….."