SP: Tala! Disclaimer! Now!

Tala: Fine, StrangePerson doesn't own BeyBlade. And why did you have to come back?

SP: Just to annoy you. On with the fic!

Chapter 11 A/N: { } means I'm butting in.

"Hurry up, Becca! I want FOOD!" Tyson yelled, three SECONDS after she went into our room.

"There. I'm out. Are you happy now?" she asked, her silky blackish-blue hair down and wavy, and she was wearing a long, elegant, blood red gown.

Everyone sat there speechless. Except Tala, who was bursting at the seams at seeing his friend in a dress.

"You're...in a...DRESS!" Tala choked out between laughs. "Never thought I'd live to see the day."

"I look silly, don't I?" she blushed. Finally someone other than me was blushing.

"No, you look gorgeous." I hugged her and she giggled. {OMG! She GIGGLED!}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

At the dinner party, I saw that Becca was right. Mariah was there, and she was hanging off of Michael. Freedom! Ahem...er...yeah.

"Tyson, I'm glad that this is free. Ten years worth of my salary probably wouldn't pay for that!" Becca exaggerated.

"Hey, I'm a growing boy," Tyson said through a mouthful of lasagna.

"Technically, you're not. You're sixteen!" Max laughed through a mouthful of pizza. "Me, other hand, I'm just going to admit that I eat too much."

"Yes, you two stuff your faces while Kai sits there and starves himself," reprimanded Becca, shaking a finger at Kai. "In other words, Kai, you need to eat something."

Kai rolled his eyes, but started to eat a garden salad.

"Ugh! A salad! Eat a burger and NOT care about your health for once!" Becca screamed, making several people stare. "You need higher sugar intake!"

She grabbed his coffee and put ten of those little packets of sugar in it. Kai watched in horror. Max was eyeing the sugar, licking his lips. Tyson and I, on the other hand, were laughing so hard that we could barely breathe. When Becca was done with the sugar, she sat the coffee/sugar in front of Kai.

"Drink that," she ordered, glaring daggers at Kai.

"Yes, ma'am," he stuttered in response and took a sip. He spit it out and ran to the bathroom.

"Ha ha!" Becca called after him.

"Did you poison Kai or something, rookie?" Michael said, walking over with Mariah clinging to him.

"I'm no rookie, and I don't poison family," she paused, "or at least not my cousin. I might poison my father, but that's a different story."

"In other words, leave her alone, Michael," Kate said, coming to sit by Tala. Tala was smiling as she walked over.

"Don't pay any mind to his stupid nicknames. She's one of our most experienced. That's why he calls her that," Emily explained, coming out of nowhere.

"No one asked you, dimwit," Michael sneered.

"See? Exact opposites of what we are," Emily said.

A slow song started to play, and Mariah dragged Michael onto the ballroom floor. Tala and Kate looked at each other and started waltzing. Kenny was grabbed by Emily and pulled on the floor. {hee hee} Max shrugged and started to dance with an invisible partner until a girl in a blue dress came and asked him. {Once more, hee hee} Tyson continued to eat. Typical. Becca took Kai's arm and led him to a girl in a midnight black dress and introduced them. Kai and she started to dance as well, and Becca came back over.

"Do you want to dance?" I asked Becca nervously.

"Why not? Watching Tyson is not fun," she smiled and took my hand.

Mariah – 15