Hello guys, sorry for my late updates on this one and fast ones on the other one. Once I finish 'Ambitions of a woman' which will be soon -hopefully- I'll put my full attention on this one.

Chapter 4:

It was a day before the feast held in honour of Beetle becoming the new Chief Hermetic Scribe and they had just informed him that there will be dancing. He was lost since he had always been so lost in work and adventures with Septimus and Jenna that he never had time for these kind of pleasures. Beetle sat in middle of the boxes that he had packed to move into his new apartment and watched his mother bang at the roof and shout at the Heap family to keep it quiet which they never seemed to care about.

He found the solution and ran to the door, telling his mother to not wait for him. Beetle knocked several times before Silas finally opened the door.

"Yes?" he was still laughing from the game they were playing.

"Can you call Jenna for a minute?" he asked in the least hasty way possible and Silas called Jenna to the door. She came out happily and Silas went back in.

"Hey, Beetle. What's up?" she leaned against the wall as Beetle explained his problem to her and how he needed to learn dancing until the next day. "I think we can manage." Jenna answered thoughtfully and jerked her head to spot Sarah in middle of the game. "Mom, I'm going out for a while." she called and led him to one of the back streets of the Wizard Tower.

Beetle glanced around with embarrassment as Jenna took his hand. He went red at her touch but she didn't seem to feel any different. "You must know that I'm terrible at this." he confessed but Jenna shrugged it off with laughter.

"I was the worst student ever when it came to dancing but look at me now." she twirled gracefully. "I'm a champion, so just follow me." she placed his right hand on her shoulder and his left behind her waist. "Okay, this is the basic. Now let's do it."

Jenna was practically dragging Beetle from side to side since he was as stiff as a stick. She tried explaining it to him but it only resulted in her having her foot crushed. She didn't say anything for Beetle already looked uncomfortable.

When he apologized for the hundredth time for stepping on her foot, she took her shoes off and ordered Beetle to do so as well. Their dancing was becoming less violent over time with Jenna's foot being safe. "Beetle, who are you going to dance with?" asked Jenna with curiosity.

He shrugged as he swayed her around the alley. "It's not really important. They'll pick someone for me since I couldn't ask the girl I wanted and whomever it is, it won't matter." he answered coolly but tried to convey his wish to have Jenna accompany him through his eyes. "You really are good at this." he complimented her light steps.

"Take thousand and thousands of classes and you'll be as good as me." Jenna smiled which made her eyes shine. "But I liked the acknowledgement." she wanted to know who the girl was that Beetle was talking about but felt suddenly shy to ask. He listened to her instruction and extended his arm to have her go back and forth while twirling. Every time she twirled back into his arm, Beetle gulped and felt the weather getting hotter.

It was almost dark that Beetle had finally understood the steps procedure. They were now dancing like they had practiced all their lives and he actually was enjoying it so much that he didn't realize how much his feet hurt. Jenna circled her hands around his neck and he lifted her and whirled her around so fast that she held onto his neck for her dear life while laughing. He was getting used to it so he landed her on the ground and they danced like they were in an actual ball.

In a swift motion to conclude the dancing, Beetle let Jenna spin and land diagonally on his right arm. Jenna blushed for the first time at the closeness and attempted to stand back up but Beetle didn't let her with a huge grin on his face. "There's something I wanted to ask you." he decided to be brave. "Will you come with me to the feast tomorrow?" he asked quickly to not let his courage leave him.

Jenna tightened her right hand's grip on his shoulder for balance. "I thought that you had someone in mind." she knew all of the sudden from his eyes that it was her but wanted to tease him a bit for not telling her sooner and making her doubt. "Why should I come?" she put her left foot that was in the air on the ground but Beetle didn't seem to have any thoughts as to let her go without a straight answer.

He smiled at her which she returned with a raise of her eyebrow. He knew what she wanted to hear and opened his mouths to say it but by a sudden urge to return her teasing, he spoke different words. "To teach me how to dance."

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