Heads up- Music used (or rather listen to music, so should have warned last chapter, but had to make more important announcements) Just listen if you wish- will have titles and artists at end of chapter. A few more chapters with music similar to this one in the future. On we go.

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In the morning Kick enjoyed what he woke up to. On the arm chair his sister was sleeping soundly with a fluffy pink blanket. Although, curled up on a pillow and him, was Kendall, who was under the same throw blanket as him. He smiled, as he moved a few strands of her hair. He laid his head back down on his own pillow, just enjoying the moment, his eyes closing again.

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Since Kick had finished all of his assignments, except for his woodshop one, and studied quite a bit in the later part of the morning into the noon, the group thought it be okay to go to the gym to do some self-defense training, plus Kick really wanted and needed a break, which Kendall thought he deserved for his hard work he been doing. Nicolette, Loraina, and the twins even tagged along to see how this training would go. When Gunther and Jackie heard how far Kick was with his work they were shocked, which made Gunther have hope for his finals. Especially since he finished his few missing assignments. Although, Jackie helped him with those.

When it came to the training, Mouth and Brianna enjoyed teasing Kick and Gunther silently, since Kendall was getting back into the swing with things, her flexibility showing proof with that. Jackie, who was naturally flexible, was even able to get into a few new positions now because of this training and stretching. Nicolette and Loraina were impressed. The boys mentally couldn't handle it, which is why Brianna and Mouth kept teasing them about it. As the girls started to reach their limits with the training, the group figured it best to call it a day.

"You guys are pretty good." Nicolette complimented.

"Yeah, although, I wish I had that kind of flexibility off the bat." Loraina giggled. "You girls could use that surely." She added as they walked out of the private weight training room. The girls flushed.

"Thanks." Jackie smiled. Something caught Kendall's attention, causing her to check into it. She walked into the room, Jackie noticing. "Something up Kends?" The others noticing that the two were behind them.

"I didn't know they had a dance room." Kendall looked around, the room huge and spacious.

"We said the gym was huge, constantly remodeling and adding new stuff due to its members." Mouth reminded. "They probably have a few dance rooms."

"This is impressive." Kendall was amazed.

"Impressive my ass, this place is huge and phenomenal, we need to get the teacher to have a few outside dance classes here." Loraina loved the room.

"Tell me about it." Nicolette agreed.

"This gym probably wouldn't mind working with the school, so I'm sure that could certainly be arranged." Gunther commented.

"No wonder this place is awesome." Loraina said.

"Told ya." Kick stated.

"Although I didn't know you guys still did the dance thing?" Mouth glanced.

"Are you kidding?" Loraina folded her arms. "Of course we do." She told him. "Dance is fun and like the best thing."

"Plus why wouldn't we still do it?" Nicolette asked. "It's our class and club. It's an amazing activity, fun and great stress reliever." She gave him a look. "Honestly." She laughed.

"I think my boyfriend here just forgets." Brianna also gave him a look, as he nervously laughed.

"Admittedly though, Kends here probably has the best of moves here." Loraina spoke.

"Me?" She flushed. "Jackie can dance too, if I remember correctly." As she tried to throw the attention off her.

"Hey, we may have tied back then, but you have definitely gotten better." Jackie commented. "Also let's face it, I don't have some of your moves." She teased, which Kendall's faced reddened.

"And what moves are those?" Brianna quirked an eyebrow.

"Well I seem to remember a certain challenge where a certain someone in this room thought he could beat those moves." Nicolette brought up, her expression turning devious. Kendall immediately turning scarlet. 'AHH! I did do that!' She screamed in her head. Jackie noticing her friend's embarrassment, giggling a bit at it. Kick rolled his eyes.

"Really Nicolette?" He folded his arms.

"What did you not say you could beat Kendall at dancing, or does the dare devil still not want to lose?" She slyly questioned. Kendall felt she might die of embarrassment. Jackie tried to hold back her snickers.

"Nicolette…" Kick tried to counter, letting out a breath.

"Aww, he's still afraid to lose." Loraina teased. "That's funny, although to be fair, you weren't going to win that challenge anyway." She smirked. He gave her a look.

"Ah…guys, this was….that was a long time ago…" Kendall tried to calm herself down. "We don't need to…" She wanted to calm this situation down.

"Well you were the one that said he couldn't win to your hips." Jackie came in, winking at her, Kendall screaming in her head, as her face went red again. She thought she might pass out. 'I can't believe I said that!?' She yelled at herself. Brianna and the others laughing.

"It's the point we have different dance styles." Kick tried to explain.

"Oh excuses, excuses." Nicolette waved him off.

"Personally I kinda want to see this." Mouth said.

"Yeah me too." Brianna added.

"Yeah and there were bets on this." Mouth mentioned.

"Hey that's right." Eli agreed.

"What?!" Kendall squeaked.

"Oh chill honey, we all know you got this and are going to show up this boy." Nicolette had a confident look aimed at her.

"So, you two doing this?" Loraina asked. Kick rolled his eyes. Jackie glanced at Kendall.

"I don't…" Kick started.

"I knew it, you don't want to lose." Nicolette pointed. "You don't want to challenge her."

"That is not it." Kick countered.

"Then why don't you finish this challenge, that you started Kick." Loraina raised an eyebrow. He glanced away. Kendall let out a breath.

"I mean…we don't have to… necessarily…" Kendall tried to say.

"See." Kick pointed out.

"Coward." Nicolette smirked. He gave her a look.

"You're just afraid to lose." Loraina reiterated.

"I think I mentioned losing isn't in my will house or vocabulary." He retorted.

"Then this challenge should proceed." Nicolette encouraged. "Come on Kends, you can definitely show him up." She smiled at her.

"I mean, at the party it would have been a bit more fitting, but it might be a little, awkward here…" Kendall thought about it. "There…I mean… there's no reason for a dance off…"

"Oh there's always a reason to dance." Loraina stated. "Plus we're in a dance room, so there should be no awkwardness." She added. "And if you need added people, Nicolette, myself and the others can step in if necessary to give some added fun." She laughed. "Soo?" She quirked an eyebrow. Jackie looking at her again. She let out another breath.

"I guess I'm in then…" Kendall agreed as she got out her phone. Brianna and the others glanced at Kick.

"You going to wimp out or…" Nicolette aimed. He rolled his eyes again.

"No I am not." He told her. "Although, I do remember saying that I win this." He walked forward. He looked at Kendall. "Sure you want to do this?" He asked. "Cause I won't lose." He stated. She silently swallowed, her cheeks reddening a bit, but gained some confidence when it came to this area.

"Just keep up Kick." She spoke, plugging in her phone to one of the hook ups, so it could play the music. "Anything in particular you want to dance to?" She questioned, as she scrolled through her music.

"Don't go easy on him Kends." Loraina commented. "Show this boy your moves."

"Fine, this one should be in your round house Kick." She placed the song on. "It follows your style." She mentioned. "So you go first."

"Strip, nice choice." Nicolette complimented. Brianna laughed. 'Good luck bro, the lyrics are so fitting.' She thought. He gave her an annoyed look.

"Let's do this." He nodded, trying to the follow the first verse, which he had to admit was pretty distracting. But he followed the beat pretty well, with the pops and twists he did. She watched as he tried to keep up with the song. She didn't deny he had skill, but his timing could use work as it wasn't completely there. She would show him, though, when the rap part came, she came in her pops and locks more on point, plus Kick definitely noticed her hips helped her. The fact she could move slowly then fast like it was nothing, her body moving in sync as she finished the song. Kick gulped, which caused Brianna to bust up.

"I think Kendall won that round." Nicolette chimed.

"Styles or not Kick, she out danced your ass." Loraina added.

"This…this is just round one." Kick tried to argue. "And we're just getting started."

"Then you better keep up Kick, because your tempo is lagging." Kendall commented. He glanced at her, then smirked.

"Is that right?" He asked.

"Yep, but let's see if you can take on this beat." She put on another song.

"This is a good song." Eli said.

"Eh, Hotel is not my favorite." Loraina replied. Kick started with some basic pops, now trying to use his body with the flow of the beat. He was spinning and twisting, which got the others to actually be impressed that he was getting into this. Kendall was just watching as he moved letting him have the song, seeing as he seemed to be having fun, plus she knew how to counter. He used the space well and was able to keep up with the song well enough. When he flipped, she had to laugh, knowing he was showing off now.

"What didn't want to dance to that song?" He dared to challenge.

"Watch yourself Kick." Nicolette came in. "You're about to be shown up now."

"Dude, Kick was on fire with that." Eli commented.

"Even I have to admit that's going to be hard to be beat." Gunther admitted as he thought Kick did really well. Kendall raised an eyebrow.

"Don't be so sure." She responded. Kick kept his smirk.

"That so?" He was getting over confident. "So you think you can outdo that?" She had a small smirk.

"Yes." She simply said. "You're not bad, but your tempo is still lagging a bit." She reiterated. He chuckled rolling his eyes. "And, unlike me…" She started. "You can't ride a beat." She had a small smirk. Jackie smiling as she knew what she was referencing. Nicolette and Loraina looked at each other, with curiosity, while Brianna was getting giddy about this. Kendall put the song on.

"Oh huh uh…" Nicolette eyes grew.

"This is ride by…" Loraina also was surprised.

Kick instantly gulped as the lyrics started to play. Brianna laughing at him. The girls cheering on Kendall, because she knew how to move and use her flexibility to its finest. She was on point with the song as she slid across the floor, was in the splits a few times, popping, locking and moving to the beat. 'You good Kick?' Brianna teased, knowing her brother also just lost. 'Shut it Bri…' He really couldn't think of any other response knowing that her, Mouth and Gunther were laughing at him. Plus they were going to tease him for a while for this. Not that he could keep his eyes off Kendall. As the songs verses continued to only make it worse for him. He watched as she knew how to move her hips perfectly with the beat, he thought he might pass out. If anything the reason she also might win this was seduction, which she had in the bag. She used the space well, her body flowed and she knew how to move. When it came to the bridge of the song he loved it when she twirled and circled her hips as she moved them up and down. She definitely knew how to dance. Brianna laughed at him as the song began to end, because there was no way he could beat that. Loraina, Nicolette and Jackie instantly cheering when she was done, the twins unsure of what the heck they just watched as they told Kendall what a great job she just did.

"You just lost." Brianna quietly spoke, which was loud enough for Kick to hear, as he was by her now, arms folded trying to calm down. Gunther chuckling at his reaction.

"You good?" Gunther asked just as quietly.

"If Jackie danced like that would you be?" Kick gave him a look. Gunther bit his cheek and glanced away. "Yeah that's what I thought." He quipped.

"Better go deal with yourself then." Brianna told him with a look. Mouth still snickering. Kick just rolled his eyes again. Nicolette and Loraina looked over at Kick.

"Don't you have something to say Kick?" Nicolette had a smirk.

"Yeah, I think you owe Kends something." Loraina added.

"Not that it was ever a competition really." Nicolette laughed.

"Actually Kick's not a bad dancer." Kendall came in, smiling. Jackie glanced at her. "Plus it was kinda fun what just happened." She admitted. "If anything, work on tempo you will be just fine." She glanced at him. Nicolette rolled her eyes. Kick chuckled.

"Glad you had fun." Kick smiled at Kendall. She blushed.

"Still she did win." Nicolette said. "Soo…." Kick let out a sigh.

"Fine, I admit defeat." He threw his arms up. "But only at dance and only to Kendall got it." Brianna, Gunther and Mouth started to bust up, even Jackie giggled. Kendall blushed more.

"Get this on recording!" Nicolette exclaimed.

"Say it again!" Loraina got her phone out.

"Guys." Jackie and Kendall laughed. Kick rolled his eyes.

"You guys are ridiculous." He told them.

"Say it Kick Buttowski! Say it!" Nicolette and Loraina reiterated.

"You will never live this down." Brianna snickered at her brother.

"Tell me about it." Kick stated.

"And you'll never forget this, especially since Kick was staring at just you." Jackie whispered. Kendall blushed harder, glancing at her, Jackie winking. Kendall's heart increasing again.

To be continued…

Thank you for reading. Please keep safe.

Songs referenced for you to listen to-

Strip- Chris brown

Hotel- Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown

Ride- Ciara ft. Ludacris