"Excuse us, we were wondering if you two wanted to dance?"
Jill and Susan looked over at Nancy, they felt a little weird about leaving Nancy alone at the table, but they really wanted to dance with these guys. Nancy could see the struggle the girls were having and decided to bail them out.
"Something wrong with you guy's legs?"
"No, but.."
"Listen my legs may not work, but yours do, besides their cute. Go dance, I'll be fine."
"Thanks."
Nancy smiled and watched as her friends went out on the dance floor and began to move. They were pretty good, and Nancy could see that they were extremely happy. She caught herself feeling a little jealous and angry that she was left to sit there, but shook it all away.
'Come on Nancy, you're here to have a good time, and so are they. So you can't dance, you'll still have fun.'
She decided to take her mind off the dancing she would head over to the snack table and get a soda and a piece of cake. Just as she popped the can of Diet Coke, the DJ's CD stopped as he kicked on his micro-phone.
"Alright guys grab that girl and hold her close while we slow it down a little. This Next one has a special dedicated to the hero of tonight game. Nancy Halliwell this is dedicated to you."
Just before the CD started Chad came up behind Nancy tapping her on the shoulder.
"May I have this dance?"
"Thank Chad but I don't think…"
With out being able to finish her sentence Chad lifted Nancy out of her chair.
"What are you doing?"
"I asked them to play this song for you so I could ask you to dance."
"That's nice, but you know I can't."
"You can't, but we can."
Chad sat himself down in Nancy's chair wrapping Nancy's arms around his neck he motioned to his friends and they cleared a path for them to get through. Nancy looked around and felt totally embarrassed.
"This feels a little weird."
"Why? Don't you want to dance with me?"
"Sure, but is this really a dance?"
"Just put your head on my shoulder and listen, please for me."
Nancy closed her eyes and placed her head on Chad's shoulder. Closing her eyes made it feel less strange because she couldn't see the other people who were watching them. Nancy's ears finally caught wind of the song that was being played.
Did you ever know that you're my hero, and everything I wish I could be If I could fly higher then an eagle for you are the wind beneath my wings.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed, but I've got it all here in my heart, I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it, I would be nothing without you.
Did you ever know that you're my hero, and everything I wish I could be If I could fly higher then an eagle for you are the wind beneath my wings.
Unbeknownst to Nancy standing outside the window was Prue, Piper and Phoebe. They watched as Nancy wrapped her arms tighter around Chad's neck and smiled a ever so small smile.
"Look at her Prue, she looks so happy."
"I know, I just hope he doesn't hurt her. I mean he is much older then her."
"Part of growing up is getting your heart broke. We'll deal with it if and when it happens. Right now be happy with the fact that you made the right decision. Now come on we need to get home."
"Just a little while longer."
"Prue Piper's right. Nancy will be leaving here in less then an hour, if she sees us do you know how embarrassed she'll be. It will undo everything we've just started to repair. Come on she'll be just fine."
Reluctantly Prue walked away from the window and this time they did actually head home. Back inside, as the song continued Nancy could feel a tear running down her cheek. She was enjoying the moment and as quickly as it began it was over. Nancy lifted her head off Chad's shoulder as he rolled them off the dance floor and over to a table over in the corner. Nancy expected him to stand up and her back into her chair but instead he placed his thumb on her cheek and wiped away the few tears that were falling from her eyes.
"I didn't do this because I felt sorry for you, or because I felt like you needed help. I did this because I generally care about you, and respect you. I wanted to be with you if only for a moment."
"But why? I mean I'm only 13 and your.."
"I know how old you are, and I know my age, but when I look at you I don't see a 13 year old girl. I see a beautiful, smart, and caring person who I really want to get to know better. We'll take it from there."
"Aren't you afraid of what others will say?"
"If someone has a problem with me spending time with you, that's their problem. I'm comfortable with who I am, and I'm comfortable with who I choose to be with, and right now, that's you."
"We can take this slow?"
"We can take this at your pace, but may I ask you something."
"Sure."
"Would you mind if I kissed you?"
"Um…I don't…."
"You can say no, it's alright I understand."
"No…I mean yes you can kiss me."
Chad leaned forward placing a soft and gentle almost innocent kiss on Nancy's lips. When they parted they locked eyes with one another. Chad noticed tears falling from Nancy's eyes.
"Are you alright? I didn't mean to make you cry."
"No I'm fine."
"But your crying."
"I know, it's just silly."
"No it isn't. Tell me."
"I can't. You'll laugh."
"Sure you can. I promise if I laugh, I'll let you roll over my foot in front of everyone."
"It's just that I've never really…um…been kissed before."
"Oh…wow….I'm sorry."
"Sorry? No, I'm glad, because now no matter how old I get I'll always remember my first real kiss. It will always be a great memory."
They chuckled with each other and gave each other one more huge.
"Now listen, I'm not heavy, but I'm not a feather either so how about giving me back my chair."
"Well if you insist."
Chad stood up out of Nancy's chair and put Nancy back down. He didn't want to admit it but his legs had started to fall asleep just a little, but to him it was worth it. Just as Nancy got put back down another song started to play, a fast upbeat one this time.
"Chad?"
"Yea?"
"You want to dance some more?"
"Um…I don't…"
"You don't have to."
"No it's not that, it's just that I'm not so good at this fast stuff."
"Well neither am I."
Chad looked into Nancy's sincere eyes and realized that what he had said was probably the stupidest things he could have said. He tried to come up with something else to say, but Nancy saved him.
"Listen it cool. If you don't mind me rolling over your toes once in a while, why don't we give it a try."
"Alright, but don't laugh at me."
"Can't make any promises, but I'll try."
They made their way back out to the dance floor where they danced, and rolled the rest of the night away with their friends. They wanted to make it last, the night would be over soon enough and they would have to be on their way home.
Sure enough the hands on the clock clicked by faster then their heart could be beat. At 11:20 they headed out the door.
"We won't be missing much, the dance is over in a half an hour anyway."
"True, and hey we get to beat the fight out of the parking lot."
"Let's not lie, none of us want to leave."
They had to laugh, Jill was right they were having to much fun to want to leave. None the less they went to the van and started to file inside. They helped Nancy as much as possible, but they didn't exactly know how the ramp worked, or how the fasteners locked her chair into place. Nancy talked them through some of it, like how to bring the ramp back up, and lock it into place.
Chad dropped Jill and Susan off first since they lived closest to the school, then following Nancy's instructions headed to the Manor. Chad knew they would be cutting it close getting Nancy home on time, but he didn't want to speed.
"Nancy you better call your Mom and tell her we might be a minute or two late. The van's low on gas we'll need to stop."
Nancy pulled out Prue's cell phone and tried to turn it on, but to her surprise the battery was dead.
"Well I got good news and bad news. The bad news is the battery's dead."
"What's the good news?"
"I don't think I'll get in trouble for being late, since I couldn't call."
Chad debated speeding, but he didn't want to drive down her street speeding, that wouldn't look good either. They finally made it into the drive way and were surprised when the didn't see Prue waiting outside for them.
"Maybe my watch is wrong."
"It's not. It's almost 12:10, I'm going to be in trouble."