A love of dancing

Chapter two

First Dance

(just so ya know i have no idea what ballroom dancing looks like b/c i've never done it so this is whatever dance this is and i just call it ballroom dancin')

Because everyone else was happy with their partner or at least willing to say so, they quickly joined hands. Jimmy and Cindy however were standing away from each other and neither were going to move. Cindy had her arms crossed facing to the side. Jimmy was facing her with his head slightly turned up in dissaproval.

"Big hair and big mouth!" The teacher announced "Don't make me come over there!"

"C'mon Cidny. I don't wanna fail. Just give me your hand." He reached out for her hand and like a reaction she slapped it away even though she didn't mean to. "Ow!"

"I don't want to be your partener!" Cindy said turning toward him.

"It's not like I want to be yours! I'd rather be paired with Nick and that's sayin' something!" He yelled back

"Well if you wouldn't have been so shy to ask Betty then maybe I wouldn't be here yelling at you like this you coward!" In an instat, she felt someone's hands push her forward strongly.

"I told you not to make me come over here!" The teacher yelled

Cindy fell into Jimmy and as a reflex he held his arms out to catch her. He did catch her and he was now a few inches from her face. He stumbled a little from the shock and weight. He was so tempted to give in to the magnetic pull that seemed to be between them and he thought she was too because her arms had somehow gotten wrapped around his neck. Cindy just sat there for a breif moment then broke the silence.

"Get off my foot!" She yelled

"Oops...sorry." He whispered as he let go of her. Jimmy backed up a little and smiled. He looked away then at the ground. When he looked up he saw Cindy staring at him with a questioning look on her face. Her mouth opened as if she was going to say something but just as she did, the bell rang to dismiss them. Cindy left in a hurry.

Jimmy stood still for a moment before Sheen and Carl came up behind him. Sheen slapped him on the back.

"Man! Do I feel sorry for you getting paired with Cindy! Thank god I got my babe Libby. She knows how to dance." Sheen said before leaving.

"Oh c'mon Jimmy, it can't be that bad. It'll get better." Carl said waiting for Jimmy to walk beside them.

Cindy was sitting in her room on her bed in the middle of the night. She kept smiling then shaking it off but no matter how much she tried to stop it, the smile kept coming back across her face. She was also unable to get that image of Jimmy's face a few inches away from hers out of her head. Every time she thought of it she grinned.

Over at Jimmy's he was talking to Gaudard.

"Oh boy. Could Cindy actually...no. It couldn't happen. Could I? I mean could I actually...no. Now way! It isn't possible." Jimmy saw Gaudard's screen flash words. It said :Just Ask Her: "No! No way am I talking to her after that!" Gaudard's screen then flashed :What About The Dancing?:

Just then Jimmy's mouth dropped to the floor. He didn't even think about dancing with her tomarrow at school. How was he going to be able to do that?

The next day, all either of them could think of was the gym class. Jimmy stared at the clock tuning out anything and everything but the ticking on the second hand. He had gym next and he had about another minute before it would happen...the moment he'd been dreading and hoping would come. He glanced over at Cindy who was also staring at the clock. He quickly turned away when she looked his way.

The bell rang...

When Jimmy got to the gym, most of the people were already with their partners. There was one face he didn't see though...Cindy's. Cindy wasn't there. He saw her just a few minutes ago. Cindy was never late and the class was about to start. She'd dissapeared.

Jimmy was relieved but really upset at the same time. How could she not show? Jimmy walked up to Sheen and Libby.

"Libby? Where's Cindy?"

"Why do you care?"

"She is my partener. If she doesn't show then...then..." Jimmy couldn't think of a good reason. Libby raised an eyebrow. "Don't give me that look!"

"Okay everyone get with your partners!" The gym teacher yelled. He noticed Jimmy on the side without Cindy. "Big hair! Where's big mouth?!"

"I don't know. She didn't show."

"Chill Nerdtron, I'm here!" She said walking in the door.

"Big mouth! You're late!" The gym teacher announced "You and your partner up here on stage! They will demonstrate the dancing without any instruction!"

"Great..." Jimmy said under his breath. He didn't want to dance in front of everyone esspecially in an akward postion like this. "Cindy...why are you late?"

"None of your buisness. You know I blame you."

"Blame me? For you being late?"

"Yes." She put her hand on his shoulder then her other hand in his. Then she felt him slowly put his other hand on her side. When he did this, she felt a warm sensation flow through her body. "It's your fault because I said it is so don't ask questions."

"You're just so..so.." They started slowly side stepping in rithem to the music then slowly starting to spin around a little. He looked into her eyes and saw something a little more than he ever did before. "...beautiful."

"What?" Her eyes widen in shock and her mouth hung open. Thank god hey were whispering and no one else could hear them. "What did you say?"

"Nothing! Ignore what I just said. Oh wait I didn't say anything. Ha ha." He said quickly. He could feel himself turning red because his cheeks were starting to heat up. He looked away.

"No did you just call me beautiful?" She questioned looking at him still with shock. "Answer me. Please, Jimmy."

"Did you just say please?"

"Don't change the subject."

"I wasn't."

"You were too!" Cindy snapped back. "Now answer me!" They didn't even notice the music was getting faster. Without even realizing it, they were spinning along with it while arguing. As if they'd practised the dance themselves they looked amazing. At the very end Jimmy moved his hand up to her back to support her as he dipped her down.

"Okay so I did. I called you beautiful." Jimmy finaly admitted. He lowered himself to her but paused just about two inches from her lips...