I continued sitting at the table with Tom and Louis while Twitty and
Allison got up to dance to some rap music. I wasn't much into the rap
stuff, but I figured I could dance to it if I tried. All I'd have to do is
rub my butt up on somebody or grind into them, or do both while sandwiched
between them, and do it to some kind of rhythm. I was good with picking up
rhythms. I just sat there through a few songs, as Louis and Tom talked, and
I looked for Ren among the people.
She was there, on the dance floor with Jason, grinding on him provocatively. Damn, I loved how she moved. I hoped I wasn't drooling as I watched her, but I couldn't stop watching her in order to check to see if I was. She looked like she was having so much fun. I wished I could be out there with her, and I wished it was me there holding her waist with her pushing up against me. Not only was I intrigued by her perfection and seemingly perpetual happiness, I was very interested in her body as well. She was so pretty, especially tonight.
"Stop staring at my sister." Louis said and glared at me. "I'm trying to think of a way to make her spill something on herself, and you're distracting me."
I groaned, and didn't deny that I was looking at her. I got up and stretched, "Tom, let's go dance. I need to practice with someone."
"For what?" Louis asked, as Tom and I walked past him, "Ren's never gonna dance with you."
I turned back, "If you say another thing like that I'm going to regret ever liking you at all."
"Tawny, I'm sorry." He apologized immediately, "It's just that she's my sister, and well...it makes me feel pretty bad...I would feel bad if it were anyone, but it being my sister makes it worse..."
"Louis, I feel bad for what I've done to you all this time, and I'm sorry. I can't help it."
He shooed me away with his hand, "Just go. Go and dance with Tom."
Tom grabbed my wrist and pulled me out to the edge of the dance floor, where he proceeded to wave his arms in the air, far from being with the music. He looked sort of like a squid or something. I couldn't help but laugh at him, and stand there while he danced around me. People looked at us, and I continued to laugh, while Tom seemed to not notice.
After the song was over, I stopped him from moving and said, "Tom, it's been fun, but I'm not dancing with you again...or...standing while you dance around me. I felt like the hat in a Mexican Hat dance to rap music."
He shrugged, and didn't seem hurt, "That's alright. I just wanted to see if I could dance."
"You can't." I smiled.
"I know this now, and I am happy." He went and sat back down, beginning to commune with Louis again, as I suspected he would.
I too went and sat back in my seat, where I sipped my tea, which was mostly water now because my ice had melted. It tasted better now than it did before.
"I wish Beans were here..." Louis sighed.
We sat through a few more songs, and about an hour had passed. Ren was still dancing as hard as she could with Jason, and Louis and Tom were discussing ways to set up a catapult with napkins and candles, which made no sense to me. I was getting bored, and tired of watching Ren, so I scanned the people for Twitty and Allison instead. I found them jumping up on each other, and lost interest in them quickly.
"Louis, let's go dance." I said, suddenly.
"I wanted to dance to a slow song...if they ever play one."
"I don't wanna dance to a slow song with you, so come dance now, and find someone else to dance to a slow song with. I bet there's someone here that'll dance with you."
"Fine." He said and got up.
He was much better than Tom, but my eyes kept wandering from him to Ren, who had neared us. Sweat made her face and shoulders shinier under the dim lights. She was tiring. I looked on as she said something to Jason that I couldn't hear because of the music, then she pulled him to a table with her and they sat down to rest, I assumed. I continued to dance with Louis through a few more songs, glancing at Ren to see if she was ever looking at me. She wasn't, at least not when I looked at her. She wasn't far from us, she was at a table where she could see me if she looked straight in front of her. Whenever I looked, she was doing something with Jason, from straightening his collar of his shirt to cuddling with him.
When Louis and I sat back down, the DJ actually played some techno music, and I got up to go and dance alone. I figured I'd show off a little, and I thought that Ren might see me and see that I was being social. Damn, what I would've done for some glow sticks. People actually stopped dancing themselves to watch me. I figured that I looked stupid or that I was doing good. Dancing in this fashion was hard to do in formalwear. I was too absorbed in my dancing to stop though, formalwear or no formalwear.
The song faded out and ended, then I sat on the floor to breathe some. People clapped and cheered. I nodded to acknowledge their existence. The DJ announced to give a round of applause to me before playing another song, and the people clapped more. A rap song played soon after, and everyone began dancing again, I got up for fear of being stomped on, and Twitty greeted me back at our table. We high fived, but he was rigorously drinking from a cup and only mumbled.
I laughed, and grabbed up my cup that still had a little melted ice in it. I drank it, then Louis grinned at me. I raised en eyebrow, and sat my empty cup down.
"You kick ass, Tawny, and even if you don't like me cus you're in love with my sister, you still kick ass."
"Thanks." I bent down and hugged him.
As I let go he said, "By the way, my sis was watching you dance, very closely."
"Don't go around filling me with false hope." I said, and smiled. I hated false hope, but it happened once in a while. "I'm glad you're not all mad at me still."
"I'm still mad." He said and turned away from me.
I looked at Twitty, and he shrugged, then put his arm around Allison, whispering things in her ear that I didn't particularly want to know about. Tom had wandered off somewhere, and I now took it upon myself to hunt for Ren, but to no avail this time. She wasn't at the table she was at, and I couldn't find her dancing. I couldn't find Jason either, but I didn't really care about him, other than I thought she might be nearby. I sat down by Louis, and elbowed him, "Do you know what time it is?"
He pulled up his sleeve and looked at his watch, "It's almost 10. I have only two hours remaining to come up with a plan."
"Thanks." The time had gone by really fast. The King and Queen were supposed to be announced at 10. I knew that Ren was a nominee, and that Jason wasn't because he didn't even go to our school. I couldn't rightly remember who else was nominated, and I figured I should run to the bathroom before they said who won. I had drank a lot after all. "Louis, watch my purse." I dropped the little black bag in front of him, and went down the hall to the bathroom.
She was there, on the dance floor with Jason, grinding on him provocatively. Damn, I loved how she moved. I hoped I wasn't drooling as I watched her, but I couldn't stop watching her in order to check to see if I was. She looked like she was having so much fun. I wished I could be out there with her, and I wished it was me there holding her waist with her pushing up against me. Not only was I intrigued by her perfection and seemingly perpetual happiness, I was very interested in her body as well. She was so pretty, especially tonight.
"Stop staring at my sister." Louis said and glared at me. "I'm trying to think of a way to make her spill something on herself, and you're distracting me."
I groaned, and didn't deny that I was looking at her. I got up and stretched, "Tom, let's go dance. I need to practice with someone."
"For what?" Louis asked, as Tom and I walked past him, "Ren's never gonna dance with you."
I turned back, "If you say another thing like that I'm going to regret ever liking you at all."
"Tawny, I'm sorry." He apologized immediately, "It's just that she's my sister, and well...it makes me feel pretty bad...I would feel bad if it were anyone, but it being my sister makes it worse..."
"Louis, I feel bad for what I've done to you all this time, and I'm sorry. I can't help it."
He shooed me away with his hand, "Just go. Go and dance with Tom."
Tom grabbed my wrist and pulled me out to the edge of the dance floor, where he proceeded to wave his arms in the air, far from being with the music. He looked sort of like a squid or something. I couldn't help but laugh at him, and stand there while he danced around me. People looked at us, and I continued to laugh, while Tom seemed to not notice.
After the song was over, I stopped him from moving and said, "Tom, it's been fun, but I'm not dancing with you again...or...standing while you dance around me. I felt like the hat in a Mexican Hat dance to rap music."
He shrugged, and didn't seem hurt, "That's alright. I just wanted to see if I could dance."
"You can't." I smiled.
"I know this now, and I am happy." He went and sat back down, beginning to commune with Louis again, as I suspected he would.
I too went and sat back in my seat, where I sipped my tea, which was mostly water now because my ice had melted. It tasted better now than it did before.
"I wish Beans were here..." Louis sighed.
We sat through a few more songs, and about an hour had passed. Ren was still dancing as hard as she could with Jason, and Louis and Tom were discussing ways to set up a catapult with napkins and candles, which made no sense to me. I was getting bored, and tired of watching Ren, so I scanned the people for Twitty and Allison instead. I found them jumping up on each other, and lost interest in them quickly.
"Louis, let's go dance." I said, suddenly.
"I wanted to dance to a slow song...if they ever play one."
"I don't wanna dance to a slow song with you, so come dance now, and find someone else to dance to a slow song with. I bet there's someone here that'll dance with you."
"Fine." He said and got up.
He was much better than Tom, but my eyes kept wandering from him to Ren, who had neared us. Sweat made her face and shoulders shinier under the dim lights. She was tiring. I looked on as she said something to Jason that I couldn't hear because of the music, then she pulled him to a table with her and they sat down to rest, I assumed. I continued to dance with Louis through a few more songs, glancing at Ren to see if she was ever looking at me. She wasn't, at least not when I looked at her. She wasn't far from us, she was at a table where she could see me if she looked straight in front of her. Whenever I looked, she was doing something with Jason, from straightening his collar of his shirt to cuddling with him.
When Louis and I sat back down, the DJ actually played some techno music, and I got up to go and dance alone. I figured I'd show off a little, and I thought that Ren might see me and see that I was being social. Damn, what I would've done for some glow sticks. People actually stopped dancing themselves to watch me. I figured that I looked stupid or that I was doing good. Dancing in this fashion was hard to do in formalwear. I was too absorbed in my dancing to stop though, formalwear or no formalwear.
The song faded out and ended, then I sat on the floor to breathe some. People clapped and cheered. I nodded to acknowledge their existence. The DJ announced to give a round of applause to me before playing another song, and the people clapped more. A rap song played soon after, and everyone began dancing again, I got up for fear of being stomped on, and Twitty greeted me back at our table. We high fived, but he was rigorously drinking from a cup and only mumbled.
I laughed, and grabbed up my cup that still had a little melted ice in it. I drank it, then Louis grinned at me. I raised en eyebrow, and sat my empty cup down.
"You kick ass, Tawny, and even if you don't like me cus you're in love with my sister, you still kick ass."
"Thanks." I bent down and hugged him.
As I let go he said, "By the way, my sis was watching you dance, very closely."
"Don't go around filling me with false hope." I said, and smiled. I hated false hope, but it happened once in a while. "I'm glad you're not all mad at me still."
"I'm still mad." He said and turned away from me.
I looked at Twitty, and he shrugged, then put his arm around Allison, whispering things in her ear that I didn't particularly want to know about. Tom had wandered off somewhere, and I now took it upon myself to hunt for Ren, but to no avail this time. She wasn't at the table she was at, and I couldn't find her dancing. I couldn't find Jason either, but I didn't really care about him, other than I thought she might be nearby. I sat down by Louis, and elbowed him, "Do you know what time it is?"
He pulled up his sleeve and looked at his watch, "It's almost 10. I have only two hours remaining to come up with a plan."
"Thanks." The time had gone by really fast. The King and Queen were supposed to be announced at 10. I knew that Ren was a nominee, and that Jason wasn't because he didn't even go to our school. I couldn't rightly remember who else was nominated, and I figured I should run to the bathroom before they said who won. I had drank a lot after all. "Louis, watch my purse." I dropped the little black bag in front of him, and went down the hall to the bathroom.