CONGRATULATIONS roban05 (pt.2)! Yes! One of the Deaf dancers was Nyle DiMarco! And he won!

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"What about this?" Jack asked Saturday morning, holding up a sports statue.

Sue glared at him. "Maybe if we were designing a mancave, not a family home."

He shrugged, looking at it. "I guess. You're the one that wanted to go home accessory shopping on Thanksgiving weekend, when all that is on my brain is food, and football."

Sue chuckled. "I don't think a man's brain can hold any other thoughts other than those."

"Yes we can!" Jack said, defending himself.

"Then what else?"

"Well, work for one, loving you for another." He softly said with a smile.

Sue smiled back, walking close to him. "Nice save." With that, she turned to look at more home items. "What about this?" She asked, holding up something more elegant.

Jack frowned at her. "Nah, that's too girly."

"You said you wanted a woman's touch!" She complained.

"Yeah, something that reminds me of you, not of women in general!"

Sunny woofed, getting her say in the matter as well. The couple looked at her.

"You have an opinion now, too?" Jack asked her. She dog-smiled, her tongue hanging out of her mouth.

Sue frowned, going back to the task at hand, thinking. She then walked to another shelf, and picked up something and showed it to him.

"PERFECT." He signed. "Now we're getting somewhere!"

Sue smiled and nodded, moving on to the next object to find. They happily argued about just about every piece each picked up all morning long.

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"It's starting to look amazing!" Maddy exclaimed as the small group was halfway finished with decorating the tree.

Mya nodded. "I'm going to get some more hot chocolate. There's nothing like a sugar rush first thing in the morning!"

Maddy smiled. "It is Christmastime!"

"I'll help you." Josh said, following Mya into the kitchen.

Mya smiled as they hid in the kitchen. "She's really enjoying this."

Josh nodded. "Yeah. And I'm happy I get to spend time with you, too."

"ME TOO."

"Don't start signing at me," He said, smiling.

"Sorry, it's a really, really, bad habit." She said as they slowly walked closer to each other.

"I can see that." He replied. By this time, they were touching.

"So?"

"So what?" Josh asked, frowning and cocking his head to the side.

"So, are you going to kiss me?" Mya replied, a glow in her eyes.

He smiled. "I thought you'd never ask." With that, he complied to her request.

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"Hey, Howie, all packed up?" Sue asked as she and Jack walked into her house. They had just dropped off the things they had purchased at their house, but now Sue needed to get her dance things. Jack would drop her off, and Mya would drive her home.

Howie nodded. "Yeah. Waiting on a taxi now."

"We will miss you!" Sue said, walking towards him to hug him.

"Aw, I'll miss you too." He said after they let go. "Especially you!" He said to Sunny.

"She'll really miss you. You were her main food source!" Sue said.

Howie knelt down to give Sunny a hug, then looked up. "It sounds like my ride's here."

Sue nodded. "Goodbye, good luck, see you soon, on the big screen!"

He nervously nodded. "Thanks, and I'll be back! I can't leave my favorite city, and best friends for too long!" He said as he picked up his bags, and walked out of the door.

"I hate to say it, but I think I'll miss him." Jack said when the door closed.

Sue smiled at him. "You will. I know it."

"I say good riddance. I never liked that man, and I don't know what you saw in him either." Carla said walking into the front hallway. She was obviously hiding from saying goodbye.

"You two just sort-of got on the wrong foot. He's really a nice man." Sue said, seeing the latter half of what her Mom said.

Jack touched her shoulder. "Shouldn't we get you to dance practice?"

"Oh!" She exclaimed, remembering. "Yes!" She then jogged upstairs to grab her things. About a minute later, she was back. "Ready!"

Jack nodded. "See you later Carla!" He said as he waved as they walked out the door.

"Have a good day!" Carla called, happy she had the house all to herself.

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"Hey, how was your morning?" Sue asked Mya as she walked into the studio to find Mya was already there. "I would've thought you couldn't bear to take yourself away!"

Mya smiled widely through her mask. "It was hard, yes. But I think this is a bit more important, don't you?"

Sue nodded. "YOU THINK WHAT?" She signed, just in case the people that were watching Francesca were watching them as well. They wanted to make sure they were flying under the radar, as low as they possibly could.

Mya shook her head. "DON'T KNOW. SEE NOTHING NOT-YET.

"PATIENT." Sue replied, then sat down on the bench to put on her ballet slippers. Once done, she looked at Mya again.

"I'm going to dance over on this side here, you can practice over there." Mya said, pointing to the other side of the room. "That way my vibrations won't goof you up, and we won't hit into each other."

Sue nodded, going over to her side of the room.

The two of them practiced for about an hour, then Francesca walked into the room. "Hey, guys." She solemnly said, a sheet of paper in hand.

"What's up?" Mya asked, walking over to shut off her music.

"This just came." She replied, holding up a sheet of paper when the two women came closer. They read the words to themselves. It said;

'Tonight, your office, 11PM. Don't come, you die.'

"It looks like the same printer and paper." Mya said, analyzing it from afar. "I'll call it in, and we'll have forensics process this sheet. Maybe they're finally made a mistake."

"What should I do?" She worriedly asked.

"We all are going to be here, and I mean all of us, tonight. We will make sure it's safe before you go in."

"And what if it's not, and I don't go in?"

"We will protect you, I promise." Mya reassured.

Francesca worriedly nodded as Mya got on the phone.

"Hey, it's me. We might have a break." She said into her phone.