"At the Dance"
Chapter Nine
Elias, Sonic, and Sally were walking to Mina's house. It was the big night; Dance Night. Sally and Sonic were just fine, but Elias was practically walking on pins and needles. Halfway there, he turned around and tried to go home. Luckily they caught him by his elbows and dragged him the rest of the way there.
"You'll see Elias," Sally reassured him. "This'll be the best thing you've ever done. Trust me!"
"Without a doubt Elias, this dance will be way past cool!" Sonic said. "I mean, come on, you're going with Mina, and you, like, totally dig her, right?"
Elias stopped dead. He didn't think anyone besides Tails had seen through him. "How'd you know?"
"Well, duh, you stare at her all the time," Sally said. "Do you think Tails was the only one who noticed? And besides, I knew from the time you realized how you felt about her."
Elias glared at his sister, but he stayed silent. They had reached Mina's house and his voice box seemed to have escaped his throat. Sally, amused by her brother's nervousness, had to give him a gentle push up the steps of the porch to get him to ring the doorbell.
Terry answered. She was flabbergasted to see the prince and princess on the doorstep, and Sir Sonic the hedgehog right behind them. She bowed her head, but Sally laughed a little and asked her to rise.
"I . . . . We . . . . . I'm here to pick up Mina," Elias stammered out. Sonic had to run down the block for a few moments because he was laughing so hard.
Terry, at a loss for words, turned inside to get her daughter. A couple of minutes later, they could hear her lecturing Mina about keeping the royal family waiting. Not too long afterwards, Mina appeared.
Even Sonic was aghast to see how gorgeous Mina looked right at that moment. She was wearing a backless, sleeveless dress that was the color of the gloves she always wore and stopped just above her ankles, showing her high- heeled shoes. Her waist-length purple hair was pulled back into an elegant bun except for a couple of long strands hanging down by her ears. She also had on light blue eye shadow and was wearing very light pink lipstick. She looked like she'd gone all-out for the dance.
Mina giggled a bit when she looked at the boys, turned to Sally, and said, "Princess Sally, could you be so kind as to wipe your brother's chin? I think he's drooling."
This comment sent Sally roaring with laughter and snapped the guys out of their trances. Elias, who was looking quite embarrassed, gave Mina the evil eye. She got the message and came outside, closing the door behind her. Elias, who seemed to have gotten over his fear, offered Mina his arm, which she gladly took. Sonic did the same thing with Sally, and they then headed to the school.
* * *
"Ah really think Ah look chubby in this dress," said Bunnie.
"I assure you Mon Cheri, you look nothing of zee sort," Antoine said.
He, Bunnie, Tails, and Tails's date, a girl from his class named Talina (A/n: Where could that have come from? lol) were waiting for Sonic, Sally, Elias, and Mina to arrive. They were all beyond ready to spring the plan on Mina and Elias. Even Talina, whom Tails had told the plan, was eager to help. She had a thing about playing matchmaker. That was how she'd gotten Tails to ask her to the dance.
"When are they gonna get here?" Talina asked impatiently.
"Knowing Sonic, they'll be here in about a minute," Tails answered. Sure enough, as soon as the words were out of his mouth, they walked into the dance. "There they are! Time for phase one!"
They walked over to them casually and said hey. After some talk, plus the introduction of Talina, they spread out, leaving Elias, Mina, Bunnie, and Antoine standing by the door.
A fast song began to play. Antoine asked his girlfriend to dance with him, and she accepted. Once they were on the dance floor, Bunnie asked, "Do ya think he'll take the hint?"
"We can only hope so," Antoine answered.
Luckily, Elias had taken the hint. "Mina, would you like to dance with me?"
Mina smiled. "Why, yes Prince Elias."
She took his hand and they went out onto the dance floor. There were three fast dance numbers in a row, and they danced each one. Rotor, who playing DJ (A/n: Wow. They didn't miss a trick, did they?), saw that they were feeling caught up in the music and decided to try springing a slow song on them. He did make the switch, but unfortunately, Elias and Mina decided to take a break from dancing and get a small drink. Rotor looked around for Tails and saw him giving the "wait for it" signal. (They had worked out a system of signals for this.)
Sally and Sonic were over by the refreshment table too, so they decided to try and subtly give them a hint about each other's feelings.
But unfortunately, as we all know, subtlety is not Sonic's strong suit.
"Hiya!" Mina said breathlessly as they came over to punchbowl. "This is so much fun! I'm really glad that we came."
"So am I," Elias agreed. He had completely forgotten his fear and was now thoroughly enjoying himself.
"You two sure looked good together out there," Sally said.
"Yeah, you looked like a real couple. Ya know, made for each other," Sonic said. Sally stamped on his foot.
"Made for each other?" Mina asked, amused.
"A real couple?" Elias repeated, blushing.
"Heh, don't mind Sonic," Sally said quickly. "He's been saying that to Tails and Talina also."
"No I haven't," Sonic blurted out. Sally stamped on his foot again.
"Yeah, you did," Sally said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, yeah, that's (ouch) right," Sonic muttered as Sally pressed her heel onto his sore foot.
"Whatever," Mina said. "Oh, listen, they've started to play another song! It's one of my favorites too! Come on Prince Elias!"
"Like I've got a choice?" Elias remarked as Mina dragged him onto the dance floor again.
Sally glared at Sonic. "Great work Sonic," she said sarcastically. "That was really subtle." Sonic, who was now in agony because of his foot, didn't respond.
It was four hours later. Elias and Mina had been approached by each of the Freedom Fighters in turn, each of them trying to get them to hook up and none of them seeming to succeed.
The dance was coming to an end. Mina was determined to dance the last song that Rotor was playing, fast or slow. (They had only danced fast numbers.) Elias, who didn't know about school dances, agreed.
Rotor was about ready to give up on the plan, but when he saw Mina pull Elias onto the dance floor for the final dance, he knew that this was his last shot. He pulled out a slow song and began to play it.
Elias began to get nervous again when he heard the slow song playing, but he knew that Mina wouldn't let him leave the dance floor and he wanted to dance a slow dance with her anyway, so he didn't try to escape. Mina was feeling a little nervous about the slow dance too, although she couldn't name why. But as soon as they began to dance to the song, they both relaxed. It felt so . . . right to dance together this way. They swayed slowly together on the dance floor, enjoying the song and each other. It seemed so natural that they didn't even realize that several people had moved away from them to watch them dance.
On the sidelines, the Freedom Fighters were standing together in shock.
"I'm seeing it, but I'm not believing it," Sonic said.
"Wow! I guess that means that we actually did something right," Tails said.
"Ah guess that we can call it a night," Bunnie said.
She was right. It was almost midnight and the dance was over. Rotor stopped the music and Elias and Mina reluctantly pulled apart. It was then that they realized that everyone had been watching them. A couple of kids were snickering and whispering to each other and, too bad for them, Mina caught this out of the corner of her eye.
"DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? IF YOU HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, PRINCE ELIAS AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD STOP STARING AND WHISPERING!!! CLEAR YOUR ASSES OUTTA HERE!!!!"
Everyone backed off. A few people ran. Mina calmed back down and realized what she'd just done. She looked guiltily at Elias, but he looked amused at the whole thing.
"Well, shall I escort you home?" he asked.
"Um, sure," Mina answered, feeling heartily embarrassed. And the two walked out of the dance and headed for Mina's house.
The others had seen the whole thing and were feeling a bit shell shocked at Mina's explosion.
It was Talina that spoke first. "That went well."
Chapter Nine
Elias, Sonic, and Sally were walking to Mina's house. It was the big night; Dance Night. Sally and Sonic were just fine, but Elias was practically walking on pins and needles. Halfway there, he turned around and tried to go home. Luckily they caught him by his elbows and dragged him the rest of the way there.
"You'll see Elias," Sally reassured him. "This'll be the best thing you've ever done. Trust me!"
"Without a doubt Elias, this dance will be way past cool!" Sonic said. "I mean, come on, you're going with Mina, and you, like, totally dig her, right?"
Elias stopped dead. He didn't think anyone besides Tails had seen through him. "How'd you know?"
"Well, duh, you stare at her all the time," Sally said. "Do you think Tails was the only one who noticed? And besides, I knew from the time you realized how you felt about her."
Elias glared at his sister, but he stayed silent. They had reached Mina's house and his voice box seemed to have escaped his throat. Sally, amused by her brother's nervousness, had to give him a gentle push up the steps of the porch to get him to ring the doorbell.
Terry answered. She was flabbergasted to see the prince and princess on the doorstep, and Sir Sonic the hedgehog right behind them. She bowed her head, but Sally laughed a little and asked her to rise.
"I . . . . We . . . . . I'm here to pick up Mina," Elias stammered out. Sonic had to run down the block for a few moments because he was laughing so hard.
Terry, at a loss for words, turned inside to get her daughter. A couple of minutes later, they could hear her lecturing Mina about keeping the royal family waiting. Not too long afterwards, Mina appeared.
Even Sonic was aghast to see how gorgeous Mina looked right at that moment. She was wearing a backless, sleeveless dress that was the color of the gloves she always wore and stopped just above her ankles, showing her high- heeled shoes. Her waist-length purple hair was pulled back into an elegant bun except for a couple of long strands hanging down by her ears. She also had on light blue eye shadow and was wearing very light pink lipstick. She looked like she'd gone all-out for the dance.
Mina giggled a bit when she looked at the boys, turned to Sally, and said, "Princess Sally, could you be so kind as to wipe your brother's chin? I think he's drooling."
This comment sent Sally roaring with laughter and snapped the guys out of their trances. Elias, who was looking quite embarrassed, gave Mina the evil eye. She got the message and came outside, closing the door behind her. Elias, who seemed to have gotten over his fear, offered Mina his arm, which she gladly took. Sonic did the same thing with Sally, and they then headed to the school.
* * *
"Ah really think Ah look chubby in this dress," said Bunnie.
"I assure you Mon Cheri, you look nothing of zee sort," Antoine said.
He, Bunnie, Tails, and Tails's date, a girl from his class named Talina (A/n: Where could that have come from? lol) were waiting for Sonic, Sally, Elias, and Mina to arrive. They were all beyond ready to spring the plan on Mina and Elias. Even Talina, whom Tails had told the plan, was eager to help. She had a thing about playing matchmaker. That was how she'd gotten Tails to ask her to the dance.
"When are they gonna get here?" Talina asked impatiently.
"Knowing Sonic, they'll be here in about a minute," Tails answered. Sure enough, as soon as the words were out of his mouth, they walked into the dance. "There they are! Time for phase one!"
They walked over to them casually and said hey. After some talk, plus the introduction of Talina, they spread out, leaving Elias, Mina, Bunnie, and Antoine standing by the door.
A fast song began to play. Antoine asked his girlfriend to dance with him, and she accepted. Once they were on the dance floor, Bunnie asked, "Do ya think he'll take the hint?"
"We can only hope so," Antoine answered.
Luckily, Elias had taken the hint. "Mina, would you like to dance with me?"
Mina smiled. "Why, yes Prince Elias."
She took his hand and they went out onto the dance floor. There were three fast dance numbers in a row, and they danced each one. Rotor, who playing DJ (A/n: Wow. They didn't miss a trick, did they?), saw that they were feeling caught up in the music and decided to try springing a slow song on them. He did make the switch, but unfortunately, Elias and Mina decided to take a break from dancing and get a small drink. Rotor looked around for Tails and saw him giving the "wait for it" signal. (They had worked out a system of signals for this.)
Sally and Sonic were over by the refreshment table too, so they decided to try and subtly give them a hint about each other's feelings.
But unfortunately, as we all know, subtlety is not Sonic's strong suit.
"Hiya!" Mina said breathlessly as they came over to punchbowl. "This is so much fun! I'm really glad that we came."
"So am I," Elias agreed. He had completely forgotten his fear and was now thoroughly enjoying himself.
"You two sure looked good together out there," Sally said.
"Yeah, you looked like a real couple. Ya know, made for each other," Sonic said. Sally stamped on his foot.
"Made for each other?" Mina asked, amused.
"A real couple?" Elias repeated, blushing.
"Heh, don't mind Sonic," Sally said quickly. "He's been saying that to Tails and Talina also."
"No I haven't," Sonic blurted out. Sally stamped on his foot again.
"Yeah, you did," Sally said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, yeah, that's (ouch) right," Sonic muttered as Sally pressed her heel onto his sore foot.
"Whatever," Mina said. "Oh, listen, they've started to play another song! It's one of my favorites too! Come on Prince Elias!"
"Like I've got a choice?" Elias remarked as Mina dragged him onto the dance floor again.
Sally glared at Sonic. "Great work Sonic," she said sarcastically. "That was really subtle." Sonic, who was now in agony because of his foot, didn't respond.
It was four hours later. Elias and Mina had been approached by each of the Freedom Fighters in turn, each of them trying to get them to hook up and none of them seeming to succeed.
The dance was coming to an end. Mina was determined to dance the last song that Rotor was playing, fast or slow. (They had only danced fast numbers.) Elias, who didn't know about school dances, agreed.
Rotor was about ready to give up on the plan, but when he saw Mina pull Elias onto the dance floor for the final dance, he knew that this was his last shot. He pulled out a slow song and began to play it.
Elias began to get nervous again when he heard the slow song playing, but he knew that Mina wouldn't let him leave the dance floor and he wanted to dance a slow dance with her anyway, so he didn't try to escape. Mina was feeling a little nervous about the slow dance too, although she couldn't name why. But as soon as they began to dance to the song, they both relaxed. It felt so . . . right to dance together this way. They swayed slowly together on the dance floor, enjoying the song and each other. It seemed so natural that they didn't even realize that several people had moved away from them to watch them dance.
On the sidelines, the Freedom Fighters were standing together in shock.
"I'm seeing it, but I'm not believing it," Sonic said.
"Wow! I guess that means that we actually did something right," Tails said.
"Ah guess that we can call it a night," Bunnie said.
She was right. It was almost midnight and the dance was over. Rotor stopped the music and Elias and Mina reluctantly pulled apart. It was then that they realized that everyone had been watching them. A couple of kids were snickering and whispering to each other and, too bad for them, Mina caught this out of the corner of her eye.
"DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? IF YOU HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, PRINCE ELIAS AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD STOP STARING AND WHISPERING!!! CLEAR YOUR ASSES OUTTA HERE!!!!"
Everyone backed off. A few people ran. Mina calmed back down and realized what she'd just done. She looked guiltily at Elias, but he looked amused at the whole thing.
"Well, shall I escort you home?" he asked.
"Um, sure," Mina answered, feeling heartily embarrassed. And the two walked out of the dance and headed for Mina's house.
The others had seen the whole thing and were feeling a bit shell shocked at Mina's explosion.
It was Talina that spoke first. "That went well."