Luna followed her dance partner back in to the club. He led her to the middle of the floor, and began to move. The song had a fast pace requiring more dance moves than Luna had up her sleeve, but the man just took her hand and twirled her around followed by several other guiding moves. Luna breathed a deep sigh of relief knowing that this man was dancing enough for the both of them. Out of the corner of her eye, Luna spotted Bella dancing with yet another partner. 'That girl has more energy than a race horse,' Luna thought to herself. Bella looked up and then looked at Luna's current partner. She gave a not-so-subtle wink to Luna. Luna scoffed at her friend, a little louder than she intended to.

"What? You don't like my moves?" the man asked with a playful smile. Luna's face turned a deep shade of red.

"Oh! No, you're dance moves are great. I was just clearing my throat!" Luna said. 'Oh yeah that was smooth,' she thought sarcastically. But the man just smiled. It was about that time that the song ended, and another slow one came on.

"Well, thanks for the dance. It was really nice of you to ask me," Luna said, hoping to slip away.

"Wait a second," the man said gently grabbing her arm to prevent her from leaving. "Just one more dance? I promise I won't bite," he said with a silly grin slapped on his face. He held out his arms as an invitation. Luna struggled with the civil wars occurring in her mind. One side was screaming 'retreat, before you get hurt,' while the other was saying 'you're strong, keep going!' She looked in to his pleading, dark eyes, and then walked in to his waiting outstretched arms. He slid his hands around her waist as she locked her fingers together around his neck. She could feel a buzzing heat between them as their hips swayed with the music. Luna then realized that she didn't even know this guy's name, so she asked him.

"It's Criss," he responded eyes closed as they sway from side to side together. "How about you? Wait let me guess," he said opening his eyes. "Close your eyes," Luna reluctantly agreed. "Now," he said his smooth voice down to a barely acknowledgeable whisper. He pulled apart from Luna and picked up her hand. He put it against his own.

"Now, I need you to picture your name," Luna melted under the command. "Okay, now picture your name running through your body from your head to your palm. He used his other hand to gently trace a finger down her smooth arm. Luna obeyed following the warm path his skin had left while picturing her name soaring under her skin. She felt Criss moving closer, until his hot breath tickled her ear. He pushed a strand of hair behind her ear and then whispered: "Luna".

Luna's eyes shot open with a gasp. She pulled her head hastily away from Criss (who now sported a cocky but gentle smile). Her heart was beating heavily in her chest, and she looked him up and down. He was perfect. So did the only thing she knew how to. She turned away, and she ran. [A/N I so wanted to make this a cliffhanger, but the chapter's too short ha-ha.

She sprinted out the doorway of the club and turned on the sidewalk near the busy street. It had begun to rain, causing Luna's long red hair to become frizzy, and her makeup to run. Criss chased after her wondering what he'd done wrong. He finally caught up with her when she'd needed to stop before crossing the street. He slowed his pace and approached her with caution. Her face was crumpled in her hands, but he couldn't tell if she was crying because of the pouring rain. He set his hand on her shoulder, and she looked up startled.

"Oh, god," she whispered to herself, while trying to reshape the puddle she'd become back in to a human. "I'm so sorry if I embarrassed you in there by storming out, but I don't have the energy to plead for forgiveness right now," Luna said rubbing tears away from her red eyes. Criss studied her for a moment, trying to understand where she was coming from.

"I could care less about being embarrassed. I came to see if you were okay. What did I do wrong?" Criss asked while taking her hand in his own.

Luna laughed a little to herself. "You didn't do anything wrong," she said to him, and then added "that's just the problem," to herself.

Criss tried to keep her eyes focused on his, but they kept darting away as though afraid eye contact would expose her soul. "Well, if I didn't do anything wrong, then why'd you run out?" He asked her in a calm voice.

Luna took her hand away from his, and looked towards the city lights on her left. Her jaw was clenched in an attempt to hold back tears. "I'm sorry Criss, but I've just had a somewhat tough past with relationships, and I'm not really looking to get in to one," she responded without turning back to face him. Pulling those words out of her mouth hurt her heart to the point where the tears had returned, and she didn't want to show him any more weakness. Criss watched her and put his hand on her back to comfort her.

"Okay, I understand...Well, if it's okay with you Luna, could we be friends? I won't do anything that you don't want me to," Criss pleaded.

Luna finally connected her eyes to his. "Yeah, I think that'd be good," she said with a smile. Criss let out a sigh of happiness and returned her smile.

"Can I give you some friendly advice?"

"Ha-ha sure..."

He held out his hand and watched raindrops splash on his palm. "Standing here in the rain is crazy," He laughed. Luna looked up at the sky. She and Milo used to play together in the rain. She looked back down at Criss' chiseled features.

"You know what? You're right," She said, and with that, they left.

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