Everafter It Up

by Ms.A.Beckett

CeCe Jones and her feelings for Gunther are sent by a letter to an unknown place, will it have an effect?, As she tries to lead a normal life, her thoughts and love for him have never stopped, while her world around her continues its course forward and everyone changes their minds and feelings as they grow up.

–Broken Hearts and Remembers–

A new day in the life of CeCe Jones had begun, a month had passed since she sent the letter to Gunther, she had felt better after that, things had improved, the school year was almost over and unlike the previous years, CeCe had improved her grades and her mother was happier more than ever, she was showing her grades to everyone at the police station.

But even so, CeCe still felt a bit sad because she didn't get an answer from Gunther, could it be that Gunther didn't care what CeCe said? or... or... Gunther didn't feel the same as her?, but this wasn't the time, CeCe shook her head and decided to get those bad thoughts out of her head, CeCe glanced at a calendar that Deuce gifts her from Crusty's, realizing the prom was this Saturday, CeCe sighs, "I don't know if I'm really going to the prom, I don't have anyone to go with and I'm also lazy to invite someone" CeCe turned around and looked at her mural ofphotos and pulled out a photo that was stuffed inside the other photos, "The only time I ever had fun at a dance, despite the circumstances and how I got there, Gunther was a good date that night, that night was a Fun Hot Mess" CeCe finished fixing her hair, when she heard her dooropen.

"Let's go Mrs. Hessenheffer, we must go to school"

"I already told you not to call me Mrs. Hessenheffer, Rocky, I'm not even dating Gunther."

"Yet" Rocky pointed at CeCe as she smiled

"Rocky I sent him the letter a month ago and I haven't received any answer"

"Letters take time to arrive, CeCe, don't worry, I'm sure Gunther feels the same as you"

"Why are you so sure?"

Rocky got a little nervous, CeCe didn't have to know yet that Gunther likes her "It's an intuition"

CeCe frowned, "Okay, I hope your intuition doesn't fail"

"You know the prom is near, CeCe."

"I know, I just saw it on this calendar with a picture of Flynn eating a slice of pizza bigger than his face."

"Will you invite someone?" Rocky asked

"I don't think so, maybe I won't even go"

"What? Why won't you go?"

"I just don't feel like going, maybe I'll skip this year's prom and go with all my heart to next year's prom" CeCe smiles after giving her idea

"Or you just want to wait and hope for Gunther to come back"

CeCe gives a look that makes Rocky a little uncomfortable.

"Oh my god, we spend so much time here talking that we are going to be late for school, let's go CeCe" Rocky quickly left CeCe's room

CeCe picked up her backpack and quickly went after Rocky

CeCe and Rocky got to school "Just in time and i need to go to the bathroom" Rocky says as she goes to the bathroom

CeCe goes to her locker when Deuce appears behind CeCe "So, how's your hideously inappropriate crush for Gunther coming?" Deuce stood by CeCe's locker.

"Uh, really good. Really good. Yeah, I should be ready to kill myself any day now"

"What?"

"I'm kidding, Deuce"

Deuce smirks "Well you know how to handle this whole Gunther situation in your way, that's good"

"I've gotten better" CeCe replies with a smile

"I'm glad that all that moment of sadness has already disappeared" CeCe not responding

"It's already disappeared, right?"

"Well, I think so, although"

Before CeCe has finished speaking, Rocky appears and interrupts the conversation

"What are you guys talking about?"

"About CeCe and this whole situation, you know what situation" Deuce replies to Rocky

The bell rings, "Alright let's go to class" Rocky starts walking

"I'll catch up with you in a few seconds, I'll get some things out of my locker" CeCe turns around and looks inside her locker

"What did you want to tell me?" Deuce asked CeCe

"We'll talk about it later, okay?"

"Okay"

CeCe closes her locker, leaving Deuce a bit confused.

After finishing classes, Rocky, CeCe and Tinka headed to Shake It Up rehearsals, during rehearsals, CeCe saw Gary and Ty out of the corner of her eye talking and looking at her, CeCe didn't give it much importance, until rehearsals were over and Gary got everyone together to tell them something "Okay, this week's Spotlight Dance is going to be a solo and it's going to be for CeCe"

Everyone clapped and CeCe felt happy "So, that's why you two staring at me, I was starting to get uncomfortable with the fact that Ty will stare at me so hard"

Everyone started to leave after the announcement, CeCe was still very happy and excited, Rocky approached her "I'm so happy for you CeCe, you got a new Spotlight Dance" Rocky hugs CeCe

"Oh thanks Rocks, I'm so excited too, but I still don't know what dance I'm going to do and if it's very difficult?"

"Calm down CeCe, everything will be fine, I'm sure Rosero will have something incredible prepared for you"

CeCe went to get ready to go home when Tinka showed up, "I was at the buffet when it happened, but I heard you have the Spotlight Dance this week, congratulations CeCe" Tinkaspontaneously hugged CeCe

"Thanks Tink, wait you don't want to kill me for this?"

"No, those times are over, before I would have wanted to sabotage your presentation, but now I'm just happy for you"

CeCe smiled "Thanks Tink"

"Well, I have to go home now"

"Hey, wait Tink, have you, have you received any letters from Gunther?" CeCe got nervous again, she didn't want Tinka to start suspecting something.

"No, he hasn't sent me any letter, in fact he hasn't since you sent him your letter, whatever you told him, surely you left him very surprised"

"Oh, I see" CeCe's spirits began to drop.

"CeCe, my brother surely has something planned to send a new letter, don't worry" Tinka smiles and leaves

"Are you still thinking about the letter?" Rocky was listening to Tinka and CeCe's conversation. "Yeah, look I know I said it didn't matter if I got an answer from Gunther or not, but" "That has changed right?"

"I think so, something inside of me wants to know the Answer, wants to know, is it really worth it all" CeCe sits on a seat

Rocky is silent for a few minutes, thinking what to say next "CeCe, maybe and just maybe, Gunther likes you"

CeCe raised her head and looked at Rocky "Intuition, again?"

"Yes"

"Why do I keep thinking about this, I have a Spotlight Dance this Saturday, I must put all these thoughts aside at least for now and focus on the dance"

"That's right, CeCe" Rocky pats CeCe on the back "Where did you learn that?" "I saw Ty and Flynn do it"

"It feels weird, but cool at the same time" CeCe walked out of the studio and Rocky followed her.

CeCe and Rocky were walking on their way home when they stopped by Crusty's "Hey, do you want to go eat at Crusty's?" Rocky asked

"Of course, why not?, I'm starving, those mints don't take away hunger, as they say on their packaging"

CeCe and Rocky walk into Crusty's and see Ty and Flynn sitting at a table and they sat there too.

"Flynn, what are you doing here?" CeCe asked Flynn

"Mom, sent me to buy the dinner and I'm waiting for my order"

Rocky looked around the place and saw quite a few people.

"Is it me or is this place more crowded than before"

"And there are also more people without pizza at their tables" CeCe also looked at the place

"There aren't many employees tonight, it seems like most of them took one of their four mandatory vacation days tonight" Ty spoke as he tapped his fingers on the table.

"And where is Deuce?" CeCe asked

"I don't know, many people has been calling him all afternoon and Deuce isn't answering, he just disappeared off the map" Ty replied

"That's weird" Rocky said.

After a few minutes the waiters came out with pizzas for the months, thus relieving the tension that Crusty's had.

"Finally after 20 minutes, I can finally eat" Ty was about to eat the pizza, when CeCe took the pizza box and grabbed Flynn too

"We better go, we'll go eat this pizza with mom at the apartment"

CeCe and Flynn walked out of Crusty's and Ty and Rocky just laughed and ate the pizza.

After eating and then going to her room, it was 2 in the morning and CeCe couldn't sleep, when she got a text from Deuce, saying if she could see him on the stairs outside the building, CeCe thought about it for a few seconds and left her apartment without making any noise and went out to the stairs, it was making a cold wind and she looked at someone sitting with a stairs, CeCe saw a pair of headphones next to that person, she knew it was Deuce, but something strange had happened to him, CeCe grabbed her headphones and sat down next to Deuce.

"I was surprised that you would send me a text at this time, I thought that everyone else was on your list of priorities before me" CeCe didn't get any response for a few seconds.

"I wanted to talk to you, I felt that you were the ideal person to listen to me at this time"

CeCe looked a bit confused "What's going on Deuce?"

Deuce took a deep breath and said something that left CeCe surprised "Dina and I...Dina and I, we broke up"

"What?" CeCe just answered that

There was a silence for a few seconds, while CeCe processed that information.

"But how is that possible? What happened? You and Dina were so happy together and now it's all over, this means that my CeCe's Single No More service is a failure" CeCe was still in disbelief at Deuce and Dina's break up

"So many things happened, that in the end it all over"

"Did you do something wrong?, Deuce"

"I don't know, maybe"

"Maybe?, tell me Deuce, what happened?"

Deuce stood up and looked at CeCe.

"I really don't know, we have a big fight where she told me, this she felt that our relationship had become something without love, she feels that I no longer love her and that I no longer pay attention to her, there is no connection, it's like"

"It's like?"

Deuce took a few seconds and took a deep breath "It's like I've fallen in love with someone else"

"She told you that?" CeCe saw Deuce nod her head "And it's true?"

"Of course not, I love Dina and nobody else"

CeCe saw Deuce so determined to say that she loves Dina that she felt bad for Rocky

"So go for it, fight for it, do whatever you have to do to make yourself happy" CeCe got up and looked at Deuce and touched his shoulder

"Before that, could you give me a hug?" Deuce extended her arms to CeCe

"Fine" CeCe holds her arms out too "After 3 years of relationship and everything ended in this way, I guess you needed this, right Deuce?"

Deuce thinking a few seconds meantime he still hugs CeCe "CeCe and if I really should let go of Dina, because if you love somebody"

"Let them go" CeCe finished what Deuce was going to say "A little cheesy, but it's something you should think about, if you really want to continue without Dina, that will be the decision you make, after all, we are in the kinda same situation , only that at least you knew when to realize your

feelings and tell them and enjoy all these years with that person, I realized it late and maybe that person important to me will never come back, maybe it's dumb to keep waiting until Gunther comes back, maybe I should put all this behind me and forget about Gunther"

"Don't do it CeCe, don't give up, don't be like me who gave up at first" Deuce watched as CeCe opened her hands to give his headphones, "Thanks for listening CeCe, it's almost 2:30 now, better go to sleep, it's cold"

"Are you going home?" CeCe asked

"Well, I'll have to go in gently and slowly so my parents don't notice I'm gone"

"Hahaha me too, see you tomorrow Deuce"

Deuce waved goodbye and gone, CeCe started to go up to her apartment and enter it but suddenly the lights came on and it was her mom sitting on the couch "Oh, good early morning mom, what a surprise you're here" CeCe looked super nervous

"Where were you CeCe?"

"Before you want to do something to me and punish me forever, let me tell you that it's my fault for leaving at this hour, although I only went to the door of the building, but it was because Deuce needed to talk to someone, don't blame him" CeCe sighs

"I won't do anything to you CeCe, just because you were honest and because I saw Deuce walk out the door of the building a few minutes ago, but don't do it again okay?"

"Okay mom" CeCe without saying anything else went directly to her room, with her heart beating like crazy, she lay down on her bed until she fell asleep

The next day at school during lunch, CeCe saw Deuce sitting on the floor where his locker was, CeCe sat next to him.

"How you feel?" CeCe asked

"Much better, but I still have that pain in my chest though." Deuce rested his head on CeCe's shoulder "Why does it hurt so much?"

"That's love, Deuce, it hurts, more if you really loved that person, I feel that way sometimes, although I've learned to live with it, it still hurts, but part of life is moving on no matter what, the show must go on"

"I can't stay like this, right? I can't beg for others' understanding, I have to move on, even if it hurts that Dina and I are break up, I have to move on, even without her, even if it hurts" Deuce gets up from the floor and smiles "I have to go deliver an order to a teacher, come get up"

Deuce shakes CeCe's hand to get her up "You are very good at listening and giving advice CeCe, you should do something with that"

"You do remember I did it with Rocky, right?"

"Oh yeah that's true and I also remember what that led to"

CeCe walks over to her locker and opens it "Well, it was worth it" CeCe said with a small smile

"That's true" Deuce replied

"Go deliver your order, Deuce"

"Also true, see you later CeCe"

CeCe was doing her hair a bit when Rocky showed up.

"And how was your Nerdeunion?" CeCe asked as she laughed.

"That was a good combination of words, it was good, although it was a bit strange"

"More than normal?"

"CeCe" Rocky looked at CeCe

"Okay, why do you say it was a bit strange?"

"Because I think everyone wanted me to go to the prom with them"

"Why you believe that?"

"Everyone gave me these little notes, one says, You want to be the Gun of my Laser and take you to the Laser tag"

"Hahaha that's funny and how did you respond?" CeCe was still laughing "I make it clear that i already had a date for the prom" "You don't have a date for the prom"

"Not yet, where's Deuce?" Rocky looks from side to side "Oh no, no, no, no, not Deuce"

"I'm not asking Deuce go to the prom, he already has Dina" Rocky makes a noticeable fake smile

"Deuce is making one of his deliveries now and I don't think it's the right time for Deuce to go to the prom, you are very dangerous with all these your feelings towards Deuce, now more than he break up with Dina"

"What?" Rocky was surprised to hear that

CeCe froze for a few seconds "Oh well, it was a joke, hahaha, what a joke, right?"

Despite trying to save her mistake, Rocky didn't hear what CeCe said

"Deuce and Dina break up" Rocky said

"You're a dumb CeCe, a dumb, dumb" CeCe began to tap on her forehead "Look, Rocky, don't do anything, okay?, Deuce is still hurt and sad, and the last thing he probably wants is for you to go there and flirt with him, please promise me Rocky"

"Hahaha there is no need for me to promise anything CeCe, I will not do anything with Deuce, we are friends, hahaha" Rocky kept increasing his fake laugh

CeCe took a deep breath, closed her locker, and went to lunch.

"Hey wait" Rocky went after her

Classes ended and Rocky, CeCe and Tinka headed to Shake It Up rehearsals, CeCe obviously had all the pressure on her because she was going to do the Spotlight Dance, CeCe rehearsed intensely with the choreography that Rosero gave her, while Rocky and Tinka took a break and started talking

"Well I take it back, those brownies are delicious Tinka" Rocky said as she ate a piece of the brownie

"Are you going soft on me Blue?" Tinka smiled a little

"Maybe, just a little" Rocky also smiled touching Tinka's shoulder and they both started laughing

"Although they're nothing short of delicious like the ones Gunther used to make."

"Seriously Gunther, did make them more delicious?"

"As you could never imagine", there was a short silence until Tinka spoke again "Rocky I want you to tell me the truth about something, because I know CeCe won't"

"Sure" Rocky replied

"What's really going on between CeCe and this sudden interest in my brother?"

Rocky froze, she didn't know what to say, she looked away at small monitor next to them began to broadcast something, then without answering Tinka, Rocky turns around and looks at the monitor, but to make the moment more awkward, CeCe and Gunther's rehearsal for the Good Morning Chicago Dance began to air, they both watched the rehearsal, as CeCe and Gunther moved to the rhythm of Bring the Fire, Rocky and Tinka had never noticed how amazing that rehearsal was and how well CeCe and Gunther did, there was something different when the two of them danced together

Tinka shrugged "My stupid jealousy made them not dance in front of all of Chicago, I was afraid if this went well, Gunther was going to start dancing more with CeCe and leave me behind, I'm so sorry for left you guys locked in the dressing room, I wasn't thinking straight"

"Don't worry, I was afraid of the same thing, it seems that we are both stupid" Rocky and Tinka smiled and turned around and saw CeCe talking to Rosero, CeCe waved to them and they both returned the greeting

"Oh, memories, I never get tired of seeing this rehearsal, there are sparks, magic, fire in this choreography" said Ty who appeared from nowhere behind Tinka and Rocky

"Excuse me? I did this dance too, a few weeks ago" Rocky says to Ty

"Don't get me wrong sis, the dance you did with Mark, it was great, but nothing like this, you saw the chemistry that exists between them"

Rocky made an angry face "Oh I hear Gary calling you, why don't you go" Ty just left

Tinka just laughed at the whole thing and finished looking at the rehearsal

Rocky turned around and looked at Tinka "She's in love with Gunther"

Tinka sighs "I already suspected"

"That's it?, that's all?, I thought you were going to have a reaction, more, I don't know, angry, I was hoping you would break Gary's mirror"

Tinka started laughing "Oh, Rocky, I left behind all that my Mean Girl facet, you know, I've grown up and I've realized, that the only thing I did with that my attitude was to scare people away, but you know who were the only ones people who didn't away?, You, Deuce, Ty, Flynn and CeCe, I'm so happy that someone really loves my brother, as much as I love him and as long as it makes me happy brother, I'm happy too"

Rocky was surprised, by what Tinka said, even though Tinka had become her friend, she had never seen Tinka talk that way and all she did was hug Tinka, Tinka looked a little surprised but she also hugged to Rocky, CeCe appeared too and hugged Rocky and Tinka

"Why are we hugging?" CeCe asked

"It's always a good time for a hug... between friends" Tinka replied

"Oh yeah, I like this, oh a Brownie" CeCe took a brownie from Tinka and ate it, she savored it like never before, "Wow, this is amazing, it's delicious, did you Tink make them?"

"How did you know that?" Rocky asked

"I saw you two eating it while rehearsing hahaha" CeCe smiles as she continues to eat the Brownie "Oh oh oh geez eating this remind me something, that i clearly don't remember"

"Well it shouldn't be any homework, because I would know" Rocky said while smiling

"And what is CeCe?" Tinka asked the question

"I get it, i promise to Flynn to make brownies for him to sell at his school fair, can you show me how to do these brownies Tink, please?" CeCe took Tinka's hands as she looked at her

"Well I wouldn't say no to passing on to another generation, the Hessenheffer Special Recipe, okay, come to my place tomorrow after school"

"Great, Tink, do you want to come too Rocky?"

"Hmmm, learn something new? Of course I do, I always like to learn new things"

"So it's a plan, I'm so excited, I feel like dancing more" CeCe runs to the stage to continue rehearsing her dance, Rocky and Tinka do the same too

Back to Crusty's is Flynn sitting down doing his homework, helped by Deuce who is still depressed.

"So this is how it divides, well this world keeps surprising me" Flynn makes a little joke, but Deuce doesn't react "Hey Deuce, hey come on bud, you can't be sad forever, just because Dina broke up with you"

"How do you know that?"

"You told me two minutes ago"

"You still don't understand Flynn, you haven't been through this yet, it hurts a lot"

"I may go through this, but I'm not going to start crying like a baby, life has to be lived, you have to leave all these prejudices behind, you are the funniest boy I know Deuce, you have taught me a lot"

Deuce thinks a bit and sees Flynn "You're right Flynn, I must be myself again, I can find someone else, life doesn't end here, yes, yes, I'm going to that Harry Styles concert tomorrow, albeit alone, but I'm going to have fun "

"I can go?"

"No, you don't even like Harry Styles, it will also be weird to go with you, grow up a little more and I'll take you to your first concert, better let's keep doing your divisions"

"Oh, dammit"

"No bad words, Flynn"

"Sorry" Flynn shrugged and continued doing his homework now with Deuce more active helping him

After rehearsal, CeCe and Rocky came home, they were very tired after rehearsal.

"Hey, do you want to come in for dinner?" CeCe asked Rocky

"Will you order something?"

"No, Rocky, I'll cook a super fancy dinner" CeCe smirks

"I understand when you're sarcastic"

"Congratulations, now let's go in" CeCe and Rocky entered CeCe's apartment and CeCe threw herself on the couch "What do you want for dinner?"

"Maybe some Chinese food, what do you say?"

"Hmm, well that sounds good, I'll call to order"

Rocky heads to CeCe's room and sees a small envelope on CeCe's mural of photos

"Huh, that's new and it's not a picture, I wonder what it is" Rocky walks over and easily pulls out the small envelope which turns out to be an apology card.

"Hehehe, it has a funny cover of a cat falling down" Rocky opened the card and saw that it was from Gunther addressed to CeCe "Wow, this is interesting, Gunther sent CeCe an apology card, I'll see what it says"

"Dear CeCe on this card, although Tinka doesn't agree, I apologize on behalf of the Hessenheffer family for having committed the heinous act of leaving you and Rocky locked up, I didn't think things with my all senses and let myself be influenced by my sister , Tinka, I hope this card is

enough for you to forgive me and I hope that my friendship with you can go on and that nothing

changes, being honest I really would have liked to dance with you and that Chicago sees what an

amazing dancer you are, I hope you give me Another chance to dance with you, this time I won't

blow that chance, CeCelia Jones"

-Yours Truly: Gunther Hessenheffer-

Rocky finished reading the card and saw that CeCe was standing in the doorway watching Rocky read the card.

"Wow, I didn't know Gunther sent you an apology card for the incident on Good Morning Chicago."

"He didn't do the same to you?"

"No, but it doesn't matter though you know, Tinka apologized, I guess that's enough and did you give him another chance… to dance with you?" Rocky asked CeCe with a more serious tone.

CeCe took a few seconds to answer "No, but i want to"

"Tell me everything about that night of your birthday when Gunther took you out to a dinner, you've been avoiding the questions I asked you about that night, please tell me, pleeeeeaaaaaaseeeee" Rocky takes CeCe's hands and she repeats please over and over again

"Rocky, I guess it's about time you found out what really happened that night" CeCe sat next to Rocky and began to tell her story

–1 Year Ago–

CeCe was just finishing eating some of the cake after the party when there was a knock on the door and she went to open it

"I guess someone left something here" CeCe opened the door "Gunther?, what are you doing here?, Hey if you want your dog back, go with Deuce, he took it"

Gunther without saying anything took his hand from his back with a bouquet of flowers for CeCe "They are for you"

CeCe was shocked "Wow, really?, they are beautiful" CeCe went into a trance moment but she came back quickly, "Wait, this is a joke right?, Tinka is behind you and now she will surely come out with one of her jokes, hahaha come out Tinka, I'm smarter than you"

"CeCe, CeCe, CeCe, hey CeCe, calm down this is not a joke, okay?" Gunther grabs CeCe by the shoulders "I just wanted to give you this and well try to make amends for the fact that I broke your phone, don't worry about that too, I'll give you a new phone, I promise"

"Gunther..." CeCe only managed to say the name of that person that she had never seen like this before, Gunther Hessenheffer nervous?, that was new and CeCe was surprised by all this

"And maybe, I don't know, maybe you could... you know... maybe you could join me for dinner tonight, you know between friends, well, if I'm your friend" Gunther said with obvious nervousness

CeCe rarely thought before spoke, but this time she thought for a few seconds before replying to Gunther, he was acting weird, well, Gunther was always a bit weird, but now he was even more so, CeCe finally thought of what to say, maybe she was going to regret what she was going to say, but after this weird birthday, what else could happen?

"Of course you're my friend Gunther, I mean, we tease and play around and make jokes, but that's what friends do, right?" CeCe watched as Gunther smiled "I accept, I accept your invitation to dinner"

"Great, that's amazing, I promise you'll have a good time" Gunther showed a smile that CeCe had never seen before

"Just wait a second, I'm going to change my memorial outfit for my dinner outfit"

"Of course I'll wait" Gunther sat on a chair and took a deep breath and began to speak in a low voice "I didn't think she was going to accept, I have to do everything to give her an incredible moment" Gunther is overwhelmed with nervousness, he closes his eyes and take a deep breath "Okay Gunther, calm down, you have to calm down, it's not a big deal, you're just going out to dinner with the girl of your dreams, it's not a big deal, you have to stay cool, you're a Hessenheffer, what would Tinka say if she see you in this situation?, well she would probably be about to kill me and CeCe too, but that doesn't matter, you have to stay cool, be cool and make CeCe feel happy by your side, after all this isn't a date, right?" Gunther opened his eyes again and began to calm down little by little

"I'LL" Said a voice at the door that stopped talking when he saw Gunther, it was Flynn who had entered, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh Hi Flynn, I'm just passing through, what are you doing here?" Gunther got nervous.

"I live here" Flynn replied, "Wait a minute, Flowers" Flynn walked over to Gunther and sniffed him "Cologne, Oh, you're taking CeCe on a date"

"No no no, it's not a date, I'm just taking CeCe out for dinner for her birthday, as friends, that's all."

"Hmmm, that "as friends", doesn't convince me"

"Flynn I don't want people to misunderstand this, okay so please don't tell anyone please"

"I kind of like you Gunther, let's make a deal, you give me Star Rebellion 2: Zombies Counterattack and I'll do as if nothing happened here" Flynn smiles

"Are you blackmailing me?, also Star Rebellion 2 is for over 13 years"

"Well if you don't want to take my deal, i can go right now with Ty and tell him and Ty will tell Deuce and then Deuce will tell Dina and Dina talks to everyone so in a few minutes everyone will know about this and in a few minutes Rocky and Tinka will know too and well it's obvious that you don't want your sister to find out about this and neither would CeCe want Rocky to find out about this, right?"

"You have me on the ropes Flynn, I accept your deal, the Star Rebellion 2 package will arrive tomorrow, but you will not tell anyone about this, okay?"

Flynn smiles playfully "Once someone buys my silence, this mouth shuts on that secret forever" Flynn holds out his hand and Gunther gives him a handshake "Deal Closed,Gunther" Flynn gestures shutting his mouth

"I never thought it would be so hard to taking out CeCe on a date" Gunther said quietly.

"HA, I KNEW IT" Flynn yelled.

"What's going on here?" CeCe said as she left her room putting on her earrings

"Wow" Gunther said being captivated by what CeCe was wearing, a blue dress, with a small black vest with gold trim "She's beautiful" Gunther said it in his mind

"What are you doing here Flynn? You should be at your friend's house, finished your school project"

"I came back, because I forgot to Saturn, Mercury, Uranus and Mars"

"What?" Gunther said confused

"He's making a huge model of the solar system, you should see it, it's better than what I've ever done" CeCe replied to Gunther while Flynn went to her room for his things "And how do I look?" CeCe said with a bit of nervousness that increased as she waited for Gunther's answer.

Gunther kept looking at CeCe, he was stunned by how beautiful CeCe looked, he had never seen her like this before "You look amazing, very amazing, you are very beautiful"

CeCe gave a small smile "Thanks Gunther, I really appreciate it"

Flynn came out of his room with his things "Wow, these planets really weigh a lot, I really made them very realistic"

"Let me help you Flynn" Gunther grabbed the bag with the planets

"Thanks Gunther" CeCe and Flynn said in unison "Oh my god, we haven't done that for years" CeCe held her face "And it was really weird" Flynn just looked at CeCe

Gunther laughed and they all left the apartment and went down the stairs.

"Hey, CeCe, you did tell Mom you were having dinner with Gunther, right?" Flynn said as he winked at Gunther

"Yes, she told me that i should be back before ten, so don't worry"

CeCe, Gunther and Flynn arrived outside the building and Flynn got into his friend's car and drove off.

"So where will we go?" CeCe asked Gunther

Before Gunther can say anything, he hails a taxi and gets in, slightly confused, CeCe also gets in the taxi "Lincoln Park Please" Gunther said

"Wait, Lincoln Park? Seriously, it's one of the most expensive neighborhoods on the city, the restaurants there are very expensive, Rocky and I wanted to have dinner once in one of those restaurants and the only thing we could afford was a glass of water"

"CeCe, CeCe, don't worry, I have everything insured, Mother and Father made a reservation at The Syderal for tonight, but since they are in Las Vegas, they won't be able to go, so we will take that reservation"

"Gunther, but maybe I could put up some money for"

"CeCe calm down okay, I'll pay for everything, don't worry, it's your birthday just enjoy it, okay?" Gunther smiled

Gunther's smile filled CeCe with a strange feeling that she never felt before, maybe she, no, no, it can't be, the cab ride went quickly, while CeCe and Gunther talked about Gunther's mailman's funeral and the surprise party that Rocky prepared for CeCe, until they arrived at the restaurant

Gunther and CeCe enter The Syderal "Wow it's more elegant than the last time I came with Rocky"

"How long ago was that?" Gunther asked

"Almost 4 years ago, the good thing is that we drank the glass of water and it was good, really good actually, the bad thing is that they escorted us to the door to kindly ask us to leave, it was a wonderful experience" CeCe replied with a somewhat sarcastic smile

"I hope I can get over that wonderful experience"

CeCe stopped for a moment and looked at Gunther "You have it easy" CeCe smiled and walked into the table

CeCe and Gunther ordered their different meals, they talked about everything they could talk about, CeCe laughed like never before and had never felt like this before at a dinner party, she was starting to feel happy, she didn't care that the person she was with was Gunther Hessenheffer, Gunther had always been annoying with her, although he had his moments where he showed a different attitude towards CeCe and she liked those moments where that happened, like now, CeCe kept a smile throughout dinner that never felt fake, it It felt natural, because in reality she was really enjoying that moment with Gunther, as weird as it had been hours before with the funeral, CeCe now felt as if all those moments had been worth it to come to this.

"Hey, do you want us to take a picture, to save the moment, well if you want" Gunther asked

"Sure" Without thinking for a second, CeCe answered, although she herself didn't know why she answered so quickly and without thinking.

Gunther took the photo and smiled "It's perfect"

CeCe smiled and looked at Gunther "You really surprised me, Gunther Hessenheffer, you managed to get from the memorial to this lovely dinner, which I can't possibly afford again hahaha" CeCe laughed

"You know, it's the Hessenheffer Way"

"I guess there will also be a Hessenheffer Way when Tinka kills us if she finds out we're out for dinner" CeCe said

"You're right, Tinka is capable of doing that and if we don't tell her, neither to Rocky, I think it's better that no one knows about this"

"You're right, Gunther, people would misunderstand this, besides I think we have enough that many people still believe that I like you because of True Teen Life"

"Hmmm" Gunther stares at CeCe

"What's happening?"

"Oh CeCe, I love it when you play hard-to-get"

"Gunther!"

"Hahaha, I'm kidding, I would like this dinner to last forever, but we have to go, I don't want to have problems with your mother"

"It's true, she must have arrived from work, and she's probably waiting for me, let's go"

Gunther called the waiter for the bill and paid with his card, CeCe saw this and was very surprised and they both left The Syderal

"Hey CeCe, do you want to go somewhere else before you go home?"

"Well, other times I'd say no, but I already followed you to a mailman's funeral, so why not, where are we going?"

"You just follow me"

Gunther held CeCe's hand, CeCe felt strange to be holding hands with Gunther, they had done it a couple of times, when they danced, but this time it felt different, walking together through the streets CeCe had been spellbound by that simple action, if she had wanted to, she would have already let go of Gunther's hand, but she didn't want to do it, holding his hand somehow made her feel...safe.

CeCe and Gunther arrived at a small park that was practically empty.

"I knew you would bring me here" CeCe said

"Really?"

"Although not many believe it, I know you quite well Gunther Hessenheffer"

"I believe so"

"Do you want to sit down, CeCe?"

"Of course"

CeCe and Gunther sat on some swings and began to sway slowly.

"It was a crazy day, don't you think, Gunther?"

Gunther smiled slightly "Yes it was, I'm sorry I dragged you to my mailman's funeral"

"Don't worry, it was a curious activity, I hope that he is already in a better place, as you said, with the Big Goat in the Sky"

"Well, I like it that you at least consider as curious, spending time with me, we don't do it much"

CeCe looked up at the sky and then lowered her head to stare at Gunther "Maybe we should do it more, we have fun together don't you think?"

Gunther with a slightly nervous voice replied "Do you think so?"

"We're all grown up now, I think it's time we put all that dumb frenemy stuff in the past"

"I would like that, CeCe" Gunther was silent for a few seconds, looking at the moon rising little by little behind the buildings, he turned CeCe who was also looking at the moon, Gunther looked at his hands, closed his eyes and sighed "How long have we known each other, CeCe?"

"Maybe, it's almost 9 years now, I remember it a little blurry when Rocky and me, met you and Tinka, when we were still kids, in Miss Nancy's dance class"

"That's a lot of years, don't you think so?"

"Yes, although it doesn't feel like it's been so many years"

"Right" Gunther started to play with his fingers on his hand, showing signs of being nervous,

"Are you okay Gunther? I notice you a bit helpless, wow I've never say that word before"

"I'm fine CeCe" Gunther wasn't okay, he didn't want CeCe to see him like that, he didn't want CeCe to know that the reason he was nervous was her, but something inside Gunther's heart started to light up, when he saw that out of nowhere CeCe smiled to him, "CeCe, I want to tell you something"

"No, no, no, don't do it, don't do it, don't screw it up, don't screw it up" Gunther's mind was fighting with himself, but his foolish and lovesick heart ended up winning the battle

"CeCe"

CeCe turned around to stare at Gunther and that made Gunther more nervous.

"CeCe, I, I, I, I"

Or had Gunther's foolish and lovesick heart lost the battle?

"I, I li, I think we should go" Gunther smiled nervously

"You're right, it's almost 10 o'clock and my mom will kill me if I'm not home soon" Cece got up from the swing and stood in front of Gunther "Thanks for all this Gunther, now I'll be the one holding your hand running to find a taxi"

"You have my heart, and we'll never be worlds apart"

CeCe smiled mischievously and grabbed Gunther's hand as they ran across the park until they reached the street.

"But you'll still be my star, Baby, 'cause in the dark, You can't see shiny cars"

Gunther and CeCe took the taxi back to CeCe's apartment, on the way, both of them had talked all they had to talk about, there was only a silence accompanied with a song in the taxi "Umbrella by Rihanna", CeCe started to yawn a little and leaned his head on Gunther'sshoulder and started humming the song and Gunther started whistling to the beat of the song and they both achieved perfect timing, so much so that the taxi driver increased the volume of the song a little bit, "If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart, Because, When the sun shines, we shine together, Told you I'll be here forever" the song progressed more ,until reaching the chorus and CeCe could not resist anymore and began to sing the song, moving from one side to the other

"Said I'll always be your friend", "Come on Gunther, sing with me, I know you know the song"

Gunther watched as CeCe sang and he couldn't resist singing too and started singing, now CeCe Gunther are singing together "Now that it's raining more than ever, Know that we'll still have each other, You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, You can run into my arms, It's okay, don't be alarmed, Come into me, (There's no distance in between our love), So gon' and let the rain pour, I'll be all you need and more, Because, When the sun shines, we shine together, Told you I'll be here forever, Said I'll always be your friend, Took an oath, I'ma stick it out 'til the end, Now that it's raining more than ever, Know that we'll still have each other, You can stand under my umbrella, You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh"

CeCe and Gunther sang until the end of the song and just laughed when the song ended "Sorry to finish your little karaoke, but we reached your destination" the taxi driver said

"Oh sorry, here you are, thanks for putting up with us" CeCe paid the taxi driver and looked at Gunther "I have to pay something, don't you think so?" Gunther and CeCe got out of the taxi

"Hahaha, I never thought I'd sing in a taxi" CeCe kept laughing

"You have a nice voice" Gunther said, as he walked to the entrance of CeCe's building. "Hey thanks Gunther, you know it's a shame there was no dessert at The Syderal" "I can fix that" Gunther stopped "Tino's is still open, I'll go for dessert"

"Gunther isn't necessary do that"

"Dinner without dessert is not dinner" Gunther entered Tino's and CeCe sat on the chairs outside Tino's, Gunther came back after a few minutes

"Well, it's almost ten at night, so there was almost nothing, I'm sorry, I just brought some Little Cookies"

"Don't worry Gunther and thanks" CeCe received the cookies and smiled

"A Little Cookie for Another Little Cookie" Gunther said

They both got up and went upstairs while eating their cookies and arrived at the door of CeCe's apartment.

"Well we're here CeCe, I hope you had fun"

CeCe stared at Gunther "Thank you Gunther, I had a lot of fun, Thank you for making this my best birthday yet, i'm even talking about going to your mailman's funeral, I hope now his family go back comfortable to Tallahassee"

Gunther looked at CeCe that pretty red-haired girl, he had never seen her that way until the school dance, now he was in love with her, he saw CeCe with all her CeCe things, she was the girl of his dreams, Gunther grabbed CeCe's hands and slowly approached, CeCe certainly seemed to be under a spell, she had never seen Gunther in this way, to her he was just the annoying weird kid with the glitters, but now that she realized, Gunther was more than that. CeCe didn't object to Gunther's approach, but before their lips met

"Wait, wait, waaaaaaait a minute, you two almost kissed?" Rocky was very surprised

"Rocky, please let me finish the story"

CeCe's door open and they both jumped in fear, it was CeCe's mom.

"Finally you're here CeCe, come in I want to give you a big birthday hug" Georgia pushed CeCe into her apartment, CeCe could only say goodbye to Gunther with her hand

Gunther was starting to leave, when Georgia closes the door and calls Gunther

"Gunther wait, come here"

"Yes, Officer Jones?"

"I want to thank you for giving CeCe this gift in the form of dinner, I appreciate that you will not leave CeCe alone on her birthday, you know that i work almost all day and most of the time I don't have time for CeCe and Flynn, but I'm glad they have friends like you who care about them and don't make them feel lonely"

"Don't worry about it Officer Jones, it was a pleasure do that for CeCe, i had fun with CeCe"

"Thanks Gunther" Georgia entered her apartment and Gunther went downstairs, while he was still whistles Umbrella

–Back to the Present–

"And Rocky, that's how I had that dinner with Gunther"

"That was a nice story, I never really thought to see or be told about that side of Gunther and how you felt after that?"

"Confused, quite confused, but now I realize that I didn't face that confusion and just kept it to myself and pretended it never existed, I was there for about two weeks and then we went to Japan and I never saw him again, so i just throw away all that confusion because aargh, I'm so mad with Gunther" CeCe got up from her bed and started pacing from left to right "You can't just leave out like that, after inviting a cute girl to a nice dinner and leave her confused and after she saves your sister from being deported from Japan and then you leave without saying goodbye, that doesn't make sense"

Rocky just laughed at her friend's little tantrum "Wait, Gunther and Tinka said Sayonara Baybees when they left Japan, that counts as goodbye"

"Rocky, I deserved a better goodbye from Gunther, all these years being frenemies and now being in love with him, I deserve better because of our history, our background" CeCe sits back on her bed "I just wish he he would have said goodbye to me" CeCe put her head on Rocky's shoulder

"I guess he had his reasons for not saying goodbye to you" Rocky told CeCe as she stroked her hair

The Chinese food order arrived and CeCe and Rocky spent their time talking about various things, really they had not had a moment like this, so simple but beautiful for a while, Rocky left and CeCe saw how Flynn arrived home

"Where were you? I was about to go looking for you. It's late and where is Deuce?" CeCe asked Flynn

"I was a little late at Crusty's because Deuce started crying again because Dina broke up with him, I ran out of tissues so I had to wait until Ty went to buy some new ones and Deuce was still crying and boy he cry a lot."

CeCe giggled a little. "Hey little brother, do you want some Chinese food?"

"No thanks, I already ate too much pizza with Deuce tears for today"

"Oh well, I see" CeCe sits on the couch and Flynn comes back from the kitchen with two sodas and gives one to CeCe, CeCe thanks her and Flynn sits next to CeCe

"So how's life in the small world" Flynn smacks CeCe's head a little "and a little hollow of CeCe Jones"

"Well, I finally told Rocky about the dinner I had with Gunther, it was easier than I thought"

"So I was right, I told you to tell Rocky about dinner"

"I know Flynn, but maybe she would have reacted in a different way than her now, that she already knows how i feel about Gunther"

"You may be right, Rocky is quite unpredictable with her reactions" Flynn finished his soda and got up from the couch "Okay I'm going to sleep CeCe, seeing Deuce cry so much made me tired, I want to see him cry again, Goodnight" Flynn went to his room and CeCe watched the tv a little longer more

–Changing Minds and Decisions–

In Rocky's room, she was getting ready to go to bed when someone knocked on her window, she thought it was CeCe, but she was very surprised to see who was at the window.

"Tinka?, what are you doing here?

Tinka was on the stairs with a small plastic container, she raised her hands and said "Surprise"

"I don't get it"

"Well, since I saw that you liked my Brownies, I came home and saw that I had some left, so I brought it to you, here they are" Tinka gave the small plastic container to Rocky

Rocky lets out a small laugh "Oh thanks Tinka, you shouldn't have brought this far now, you could have waited until tomorrow"

"You better have them, before I eat them"

"Hmmm, do you want to come in?, I mean, since you're here, we can eat some"

"I'd like to, just give me a hand" Tinka grabbed Rocky's hand so she could enter Rocky's room

"Hey, you're already in your pajamas, were you about to sleep?" Tinka looked at Rocky

"Kinda"

"Sorry if I bother you, Rocky"

"Tinka, it's not big deal, after all my stomach has room for a few more brownies"

"Great" Tinka sat on a chair

Tinka and Rocky started eating the brownies

"Tell me the truth, Tinka, why did you come? It's not that I don't like you being here, but you're not the kind of person who appears out of nowhere"

Tinka stops eating her brownie "Well the thing is that i wanted to spend time with you, i was going to tell CeCe to come with me, but I saw that she was watching TV and well I didn't want to bother her"

Rocky looks a bit confused "Spend time with me?"

"Well, since Gunther gone to the Old Country and my parents spend most of their time out of city, doing their business, sometimes, sometimes i feel lonely"

"I didn't know that"

"I'm fine on my own, but sometimes just knitting something, cooking something, watching those TV shows or doing puppet shows, I don't feel like it fills the void inside of me"

There is a small silence between the two girls, Rocky leaves the small plastic container on his bed and slowly approaches Tinka and grabs her shoulders "Tinka, you know very well that you will always have me here, you are an incredible girl, you are talented, beautiful and funny, I know that our relationship was never good until a months ago, in the past I even said hurtful things to you, I would like your forgiveness for all that"

"It is not necessary that you ask for forgiveness, Rocky, because I already did" Tinka let out a big smile

"Your smile is so beautiful, I'm so jealous, by the way, what happened between you and Ty?"

Tinka spit her brownie out a bit when Rocky said that "What are you talking about?"

"Don't act like you don't know Tinka, I know something happened between you and my brother"

Tinka lets out an awkward laugh "Well if you put it that way" Rocky shot one of her infamous looks at Tinka, she got flustered "Now I get what CeCe meant by that look, stop looking at me like that okay, Ty and I dated okay"

"I knew it, I knew it, I'm always right and CeCe owes me $20 too."

"But we only dated for two weeks"

"What? Why? What's wrong with Ty?"

"Don't get me wrong Rocky, your brother is a great guy, but me and him, we were never going to work out, we tried, but there just weren't any sparks."

"Two weeks?, Huh That's a new record for Ty" Rocky let out a small mocking laugh "Well, I understand you, why waste time on something that you feel is not going to work, it's better to be friends, besides we all know that Ty is going to end up single forever"

"That was a bit harsh" Tinka started to yawn

"You're already sleepy, you better go home and sleep" Rocky shook Tinka's hand and took her to the window so she could get out

"Hey, it was good to spend this time with you, Rocky, it felt good"

"I also think the same and the brownies are delicious, Goodnight Tinka"

"Goodnight" Tinka put her hand on her forehead and made a farewell sign and went downstairs when suddenly

"Boo"

"Oh holy goats, CeCe, you scared me" Tinka cupped her chest

CeCe was sitting outside her window "Hahaha, why so mysterious?" CeCe wiggled her fingers several times.

"I just went to give Rocky the leftover brownies"

"And for me?" CeCe crossed her arms.

"There are no more, but tomorrow we will make many for you"

"That sounds better" CeCe winked at Tinka

"I'm leaving now, im" Tinka yawned again "sleepy"

"Fine, fine, go home now Tinka, goodnight" CeCe smiled in an awkward way

"Why I feel like you're judging me" Tinka started down the stairs slowly

"I don't" CeCe walked slowly into her apartment and slowly closed the window as she waved goodbye to Tinka

"Okay, see you tomorrow" Tinka watched as CeCe closed her curtains and took a deep breath "That was strange, I shouldn't have come tonight" Tinka went downstairs to go to her apartment

The next day at school, CeCe was a little early to be her, "Oh, here was the candy I bought two weeks ago and" CeCe took out a candy all melted "Well, buddy you had an amazing life next to my history book, an amazing romance" CeCe threw the candy in the trash when Rockyappeared directly to open her locker

"Hello?" CeCe approached Rocky

"Something strange happened to me last night"

"Are you talking about Tinka's Sneaking Night Visiting Service?" CeCe said it all in a rush that she was breathless for a few seconds.

"Yeah, wait how do you know?" Rocky asked CeCe

"Last night I found Tinka coming down the stairs from my window, we had a nice conversation about life, destiny, the future and other deep things"

"You asked for more Brownies, right?"

"Yup"

Rocky and CeCe went to sit

"Actually, I thought it was weird that Tinka appeared out of nowhere, that's not very Tinka Hessenheffer"

"Yeah, but it's Tink after all" CeCe said

Tinka appeared and approached the girls

"Hello Baybees" Tinka said almost dying of laughter

CeCe got up "It's not the same as Gunther" and she went to her locker

"Was it really that bad?" Tinka sat together with Rocky

Rocky put her hand on Tinka's shoulder "I think it was good"

"That's nice Rocky" Tinka replied

"I mean, Gunther did better but"

"Better stop there, Rocky, but I want to tell you something, if it bothered you to show up at your apartment last night and maybe cut your sleep time, I apologize for myself and all my family, in the Old Country we give a goat as a form of apology , but since I couldn't get a goat and Amazon doesn't ship goats, I'll give you this little goat keychain"

"Hey Tinka you don't have to apologize, I liked that you came to talk and well it was a good moment"

Tinka takes the little keychain out of her bag and gives it to Rocky.

"Aww look that little goat is so cute, this will look good with my keys, Thanks Tinka" Rocky gives Tinka an unexpected hug, Tinka freezes for a few seconds, when she too hugs Rocky back until the bell rings and Tinka releases Rocky's hug

"Okay, we should go to class, I'll see you there" Tinka leaves quickly

"Hey, the keychain is nice" CeCe appeared behind Rocky

"How long did you stay there?" Rocky asked her

"Enough to see the nice hug, let's go to class"

"Go ahead CeCe, I'll be right back" Rocky went to her locker to get some books when

Rocky took out some books when she heard a familiar voice next to her locker.

"Hey Rocky"

"Oh Hi Deuce" Rocky got a little flustered when she saw Deuce "How are you? Are you okay?"

"Huh?"

"Well, someone told me that Dina and you broke up"

"Oh someone told you" Deuce made a lifeless face

"I'm sorry Deuce, I shouldn't have"

"No, no, it's not your fault, it's all my fault, I mean, sooner or later you were going to find out" Deuce slid down to sit on the floor

Rocky saw that something fell out of Deuce's pocket and picked it up, and she saw that they were tickets for a Harry Styles concert that same afternoon, Rocky saw Deuce quite sad

because of what he was going on and she without thinking told him "You want to go to a concert?"

Deuce raised his head and saw Rocky holding the two concert tickets that he had

"I know you're sad that you broke up with Dina and that maybe it's wrong that I'm doing this, but at the same time, maybe having a little fun with a friend can, you know, lift your mood, if you want, of course, if you don't want to, I understand"

"Actually I wanted to invite you, but you got ahead hahaha" Deuce took the sadness out of his mind for a few minutes and smiled

"That is a yes?" Rocky held out her hand to him and Deuce grabbed him to get up.

"Yes" Deuce answered and Rocky gave him the tickets back.

"Great, meet me at 6 at the door of my building, oh geez, I'm late for class, see you later, Deuce" Rocky ran to her classroom

Deuce stood for a few seconds, assimilating everything that had happened "What am I doing?" Deuce said as his expression changed to one of confusion.

After classes ended, CeCe and Tinka were talking at the school gate waiting for Rocky until she noticed

"Whoa, finally you show up, Rocky, we were talking to Tink and we're going to Tink's apartment at 5:30 to make those delicious brownies"

Rocky froze for a few seconds, she had completely forgotten that she had to go with CeCe to Tinka's apartment, she was put in a Dilemma, but Rocky made her decision

"Sorry girls, I can't go, something happened suddenly with my mom"

"And what happened? Is she okay?" Tinka asked Rocky

"She's okay, but she asked me to go with her to go to Aurora, to visit a friend of her, since my dad won't be able to, because you know, Doctor things"

"That's a shame" CeCe said to Rocky

"Yeah, I'll get bored there, it's all so quiet and boring" Rocky said as she walked out of the school

"I thought you loved being with your mom?"

Rocky got nervous again when CeCe said that "Hmm, yes but I would have liked to be with you girls, but sometimes things are not what you plan it"

"What?" CeCe answered very confused "Anyway, I hope your trip goes well, I'm going to pick up Flynn from school, do you want to accompany me Tink?" Tinka nodded

Rocky said goodbye to Tinka and CeCe, but before leaving, Tinka grabbed her arm and said "I wish you had come" Tinka said that to Rocky with such a friendly smile that it made Rockyfeel Guilty for lying to her friends, but at the same time, she really wanted to spend time with Deuce, Rocky hurried off to her apartment to get ready for the concert.

Back at CeCe's apartment, CeCe and Flynn were back eating some ice cream "Tinka was a good person to invite us to these ice creams, what happened to her?" Flynn asked CeCe

"What are you talking about?"

"Tinka didn't used to be like that, she was more like quite mean, although she was always funny, just like your boyfriend"

"My boyfriend? Excuse me?" CeCe said as she let out a small smile

"Gunther" Flynn replied

"Excuse me but Gunther isn't my boyfriend, I haven't even seen him in over a year so you better finish your ice cream" CeCe told Flynn when the door was knocked and CeCe went to open it

"Hey little man, time to go" It was Ty who said that to Flynn and he went to his room

"Hey where are you going?" CeCe asked Ty

"I lost a bet with Flynn and so I have to do what he tells me"

CeCe started laughing "Hahaha, who loses a bet with a 12 year old kid?"

"Well, you did too" Ty replied to CeCe, as CeCe's smile faded from her face

Flynn came out of his room "Are you ready to fulfill all my dreams?" Flynn knocked Ty arms

"As long as your dreams are not more than $200, I will fulfill them"

"Hmmm, $200, that will be enough, for now" Flynn and Ty left the apartment when CeCe stopped them

"Hey Ty, if you two come back early, could you stay with Flynn? I'll be at Tinka's place making some brownies."

"Brownies? That sounds good, wait? Brownies, you didn't forget" Flynn gave CeCe a high-five.

"Not this time, if my brownies don't turn out well, I'll bring from Tinka" CeCe winked her eye

Ty and Flynn said goodbye to CeCe and left, while CeCe decided to rest a bit before going to Tinka.

An hour passed and CeCe arrived at Tinka's place and Tinka opened the door

"Hey you were a little late, CeCe"

"I just passed by that smoothie place that Deuce and Ty said they just opened and I wanted to buy it, do you want one?"

"Thanks" Tinka took the Smoothie and started to drink it "Hey, it's not bad at all, it feels like a summer breeze in a field, so are you ready to learn the Art of Making Brownies?"

"Well, whenever I try to learn something new that isn't a new dance move, it doesn't go well, but I promise you Tink, I'll give 100% to make this work"

"I like that tone of voice CeCe, come on let's go to the kitchen" Tinka walks towards the kitchen, but CeCe stops her "What's up CeCe?" Tinka turned around

"Let's finish the Smoothies first" Tinka laughs and they sit with CeCe to finish drinking the Smoothies

Rocky was sitting at Tino's waiting for Deuce, she was quite nervous, she was the last 10 minutes already drinking three cups of coffee when she saw Deuce come running

Deuce was a bit shaken and sat up to catch his breath "I'm, I'm, so, sorry for being late Rocky" Deuce spoke in an shaken voice

Rocky saw Deuce about to pass out and she asked for a glass of water and gave it to Deuce to catch his breath, "Thanks Rocky, I've never run like that, sorry for being late" Deuce stopped and saw how Rocky was dressed "Wow you look amazing"

When she said this, Rocky blushed and got very flustered only responding to Deuce with a "Thank you"

There was a short moment of kinda awkward silence, Rocky and Deuce didn't say anything and just looked at each other, when the waitress from Tino's come and Rocky paid her bill

Deuce looked at her watch "Oh jeez, we'll be late for the concert, come on" Deuce grabbed Rocky's hand and they both left to catch a taxi to get to the concert venue

Back at Tinka's apartment, CeCe and Tinka were making the Brownies.

"I must say CeCe that you surprised me, when you melted the mix, it was surprising"

"Well, they are talents, which I didn't even know I had" CeCe looked at her hands and then at the kitchen to wink it

"Well, the first part of the brownies are already baking, so we deserve a bit of a break, but there's always something to be on the alert for" Tinka point the oven with her eyes

A rather peculiar sound was heard in the background, it was like a typical pop song but sung in a strange language "What is that?" CeCe said

"It's just my ringtone, my phone is in my room, I'll go see, I'll be back"

Tinka went to her room and picked up her phone and saw that it was a video call from...

Gunther

Tinka was very surprised to see that Gunther was calling her, it was strange that he did that, because in the Old Country there was no Internet, Tinka dropped her phone due to her surprise

CeCe yelled at her from the kitchen "Answer the phone, Tinka"

Tinka quickly picked up her phone and climbed out her window to the emergency stairs and answered the call

"Hello Tinkabell" Gunther said with a big smile

"Gunther, is that really you?" Tinka was quite incredulous

"Of course it's me, Sister Twin, who else do you think would be more handsome than your dear brother?"

"Gunther, but what do you call me? Has the Internet finally arrived in the old country?"

"Yes" Gunther replied as he started walking

"Oh, finally I will be able to talk to you every day, we have to create an itinerary to put our schedules" Tinka kept talking until Gunther stopped her

"Tinka, I'm not in the old country"

"Wait, what?"

Gunther turned his face away from the camera and showed the landscape "Guess where I am?"

"Well, I only see cars and buildings, change the camera" Gunther changed the camera to the rear camera "Oh, it can't be, it's the Arc de Triomphe, you're in Paris"

"That's right, Tinkabell"

"But what are you doing in France, shouldn't you be in the old country? Oh, did grandfather and grandmother send you on a diplomatic mission?"

"Tinka, I'm here by myself, I'm on My European World Tour, Baybee"

"Wait Gunther, how long ago did you leave the old country?"

"Two weeks ago" Gunther replied as he sat down under a tree

"So you're on vacation"

"I'm not on vacation either, Tinka"

"Then?"

"Tinka, I'm going back to Chicago"

Tinka was silent for a few seconds, when she began to sprout tears from her eyes

"Tinka-bear, are you crying?"

"Of course I'm crying, silly, why do you think I wouldn't cry, you're finally coming back and I couldn't be happier, you're finally coming back" Tinka only cried more

"Hey, hey, hey Tinka-bear, stop crying, you don't have to cry, if you cry, I'm going to cry too" the twins began to cry for a few seconds

"What will happen to grandfather and grandmother? They called you to go to the old country" Tinka dried her tears

Gunther wiped his tears with the sleeves of his jacket "I talked to them, I explained the reasons why I want to go back to Chicago and they understood"

"So when will you be here?" Tinka asked Gunther

"Saturday morning"

"I'll pick you up at the airport, I'll be there waiting for you from Friday night"

"You don't have to do that, just come an hour early, okay?"

"Okay"

"Hey Tink, the brownies are ready, come to tastes them" CeCe yelled at Tinka from the kitchen "That voice is from" Gunther stopped before he finished what he was going to say.

"Yup, CeCe, that's right, I'm helping her make Brownies for Flynn, hahaha, there's a lot to tell you about, do you want to talk to CeCe?"

"With, with, with CeCe?" Gunther blushed and got very nervous "No, no, no, there's no reason to do that hehehe" Gunther started to laugh awkwardly

"Okay, I understand that you want to give her the big surprise, so do it on the night of the prom which is Saturday night"

"Surprise? Pfft what are you talking about?, I don't want to surprise CeCe"

"Hahaha, yes of course, your nervousness gives you away, I know what's going on between you and CeCe"

"You know what?" Gunther was getting more and more nervous.

"You know Gunther, I support you, surprise CeCe"

"Sister Twin, do you think that would be okay?"

"Absolutely, I like that you decided to come back" Tinka smiled with a very tender smile "I'm glad too, that, I'll talk to you more, when CeCe is gone" "Tink" CeCe yelled louder this time

"Okay, I'm leaving, your redhead it's calling me"

"Wait my redhead, what are you talking about?"

Before receiving the answer, Tinka hung up the call and Gunther sat there under the tree for a few more minutes.

Tinka headed to the kitchen and there she saw CeCe trying to get the Brownies out of the oven without mitts.

"Hey CeCe you better wear this mitts" Tinka handed CeCe some mitts

"Thanks Tink" CeCe put on the gloves but she saw Tinka sobbing a little, "Are you okay Tink? It's like you cried"

"I'm fine CeCe, just, just, I hit my finger on the door and it hurts hehehe"

"Oh Jeez, bring that finger" CeCe lifted the index finger of Tinka's hand "I don't see any injuries, you'll be fine, you'll survive hahaha"

They both laughed and CeCe took the Brownies out of the oven and put them on the table "Okay , moment of truth, would it have been worth it?" CeCe cut a small part of the Browniesfor her and Tinka and they took a bite, after a few seconds taste the Brownies

Tinka just raised her hand, "Give me that high five, CeCe Jones"

CeCe gave Tinka a high five "They're delicious CeCe, I've really taught you well, hehehe, I think too well"

"Hehehe, Thanks Tink, I couldn't do something so excellent without a good teacher"

"I wish Rocky had been here, CeCe"

"Uh oh, speaking of Rocky, I think we should send her a selfie with the brownies, to show her what she's missing" CeCe took out her phone "Okay Tink, strike a nice pose" CeCe took several selfies and sent one to Rocky "and sent"

"I'll put the rest of the Brownies in the oven and I'll also put some tea on so we can enjoy the brownies, what do you say CeCe?" Tinka took out a small tea kettle

"Good idea, I'll help you put the Brownies" CeCe carefully put the Brownies in the oven

An hour before all that, Rocky and Deuce arrived at the concert venue, everything was very crowded.

"Wow this place is very crowded" Rocky saw with a lot of astonishment Rocky saw Deuce a little distracted

"Hey Deuce, are you okay?"

Deuce jumped a little when Rocky touched his shoulder.

"Yes, yes, I'm fine, I'm just a little overwhelmed by so many people, we better go to our seats"

Rocky just smiled to reply to Deuce.

Deuce was still pretty nervous about being with Rocky right now, he knew maybe he was going too fast, he had broken up with Dina a few days ago, but when the concert started and song after song he saw Rocky's smile, she was having a lot of fun and it was with him, he simply let himself go, he left all his worries behind, in the blink of an eye, it was already night, when

Harry Styles said he would play one last song, Sign of Times, the crowd went crazy just like Rocky, who said it's one of her favorite songs, Deuce loved that song too, Rocky took Deuce's hands and asked him to sing with her, Deuce agreed, after all, what could go wrong?

Back at Tinka's apartment, she and CeCe were having tea and brownies, when Tinka saw something interesting on his phone

"Hey hey CeCe look someone is Livestreaming that singer of that band called Two Three Direction concert on Instagram"

"Harry Styles? and is One Direction, Tink" CeCe took Tinka's phone and looked at it, Sign of Times started playing "And we arrived at the best time, I love that song" CeCe put Tinka's cell phone on the table and they both watched the Livestream

It didn't take long, when CeCe started to sing parts of the song "Breaking through the atmosphere and things are pretty good from here, Remember everything will be alright, We can meet again somewhere, Somewhere far away from here" Tinka watched as CeCesang and she followed the rhythm "Just stop your crying, It's a sign of the times, We gotta get away from here, We gotta get away from here, Stop your crying, Baby, it'll be alright, They told me that the end is near, We gotta get away from here" they both sang

But something happened suddenly, something that left CeCe and Tinka very surprised, they saw how at the climax of the song, in front of them, are Deuce and Rocky kissing

At the concert, this happened suddenly, while the song went and went until it reached its climax, Deuce didn't stop looking at how Rocky was, her face, her mouth, her eyes, her hair, she was perfect, at the climax of the song, with the whole place singing, he grabbed Rocky by her cheeks and he slowly approached her and his mouth came down to give her a sweet and soft kiss

"We don't talk enough, We should open up, Before it's all too much, Will we ever learn?, We've been here before, It's just what we know, Stop your crying, baby It's a sign of the times"

CeCe and Tinka were frozen, they had seen it, they had seen how Deuce and Rocky kissed, they also saw how Rocky quickly ran away after the kiss, in the middle of a concert that was about to end, Deuce just stood there, seeing how Rocky ran away, the song was prophetic "We got to get away, We got to, we got to, away, We got to, we got to, away, We got to, we got to, away" said the song, while a quite dazed and confused Rocky quickly ran away from thevenue, the crowd it's clapped their hands at the end of concert, meanwhile Deuce said to himself "What have I done?"

In Tinka's apartment, the situation was not very different, both girls were still quite surprised, CeCe was the first one who recover herself after that moment

"Well, it seems that Rocky's trip to visit to Aurora was pretty crazy, don't you think?"

Tinka didn't say anything and CeCe just laughed awkwardly and drank her tea.

After a few seconds Tinka got up from the couch "I still can't believe that Rocky lied to us and went to go kiss out with... Deuce"

CeCe also gets up from the couch and grabs Tinka by her arm "Come on. Tinka calm down, yes, Rocky lied to us, but she has her reasons"

"What reasons? to kissing with... Deuce"

"Why are you so upset? Calm down, look, Rocky has her reasons, because she likes Deuce"

"Oh, she likes Deuce." Tinka suddenly sits on the couch.

"Hahaha, dumb, right? I mean, they've been friends for years, but that's the problem, I don't see them working as anything more than friends, some relationships are better left as just friends"

"But that doesn't apply to you and Gunther, right?" There is a small silence "I know, I know you're in love with my brother"

CeCe looked at Tinka "And what do you think?" CeCe let out a warm smile.

"It's just great, I mean you're a Love-Sick Kitten for Gunther" Tinka and CeCe laugh "Besides, you already did most of the work, the whole country knows that you like my brother twin, so it won't be that difficult"

CeCe's phone starts ringing and she picks it up and sees who's calling "It's Rocky"

"What do we do?" Tinka says with a bit of nervousness

"We'll act like we think she's still in Aurora, okay?"

"Gotcha" Tinka replied

CeCe then answered the call, "Hey, hey Rocky, how you doin'?"

"Hey CeCe, are you still at Tinka's apartment?" Rocky replied with a soft voice

"Yup"

"So, can I come? I'm back from Aurora and I want to taste those Brownies"

"Yes, of course, yes, I'll wait for you here, bye, bye" CeCe hung up the call and turned to look at Tinka

"And what happened?" Tinka asked CeCe

"She comes here"

"Holy Goats, what are we going to do? Tell her what we saw? Stay quiet? Intercept her in a small place so she can tell us why she kissed... Deuce."

CeCe looks confused at Tinka "What?, No, no, we'll just do what I told you, we'll pretend we didn't see what we saw"

"Okay, I'm going to prepare more tea"

Tinka went straight to the kitchen and and CeCe followed her into the kitchen

"I just hope Ty doesn't find out about this, because if he does, Deuce its over."

"You said Ty is with Flynn, right?" Tinka asked CeCe

"Yes"

"So it's highly unlikely that he would find out about this, he must not have even seen his phone, plus the stream was only seen by 5000 people and there's no way Ty would find out."

"Yes I hope so"

Back at the venue, the concert is over and people start to leave, Deuce starts looking everywhere for Rocky, but he can't find her, Deuce sits on a stool and presses his eyes

"I don't know why I did that, I knew I didn't have to go to the concert with Rocky, I did something bad and she ran away *sigh* I ruined our friendship, nothing will ever be the same"

Deuce without noticing his surroundings, was surprised how a lot of fog was on the street, sooner rather than later small amounts of snow began to fall that quickly became more and more aggressive "Oh great, this couldn't get worse" Deuce got up and started to walk looking for a bus or a taxi to go home, when suddenly a taxi stopped next to him and the window opened, Ty poked his head out of the taxi

"Hey get on you fool"

Deuce was starting to get really froze and got in the taxi with Ty and Flynn.

–Storms and Confessions–

On the other side, Rocky walked through the streets, in the middle of the snow storm as if she had no soul, instinctively she walked to Tinka's apartment

"Jeez, it's a snow storm out there, I hope Rocky caught a taxi" CeCe looks out the window as the doorbell rings and CeCe goes to answer it.

"Oh my god Rocky you're snowy and frozen" CeCe looks at Rocky

"Oh yeah, it started to snowy and I was walking and, and I didn't have an umbrella, so"

"But why didn't you call me?, I would have go looking for you"

Tinka came out of the kitchen and saw Rocky and quickly walked over to her

"Rocky, are you okay? you are froze" Tinka grabbed Rocky by her shoulders

"Come let's go to my room, I'll give you some of my clothes to change" Tinka took Rocky to her room

"Rocky doesn't look good, I think the kiss messed her up, she looks so lost" CeCe said in her mind

Tinka came out of her room "Something is not right with Rocky *sigh* must be the kiss with...Deuce"

"Yes, that must be it, I think I'd better take Rocky home"

"That's right, I'll call a taxi" Tinka picked up her phone and CeCe went to see Rocky

"Come on, it is better that we go, you were in the snow for a long time, let's go home, you will go to drink something hot and you will be in bed"

Tinka enters the room "Well, there's bad news, there is no taxi working, it seems that the snowstorm is getting worse, the streets are practically empty"

CeCe's cell phone started ringing "It's my mom, I have to answer"

CeCe left the room and Tinka and Rocky were left alone, there was a few seconds of silence, when Rocky spoke "This are nice clothes"

"Thanks, are you okay?" Tinka asked Rocky

Rocky got up and stood by the window of Tinka's room "Yes, I think so" more silence filled the room "It's starting to snow a lot" Rocky said

CeCe came back into the room "Tink my mom wants to talk to you" CeCe handed her phone to Tinka

CeCe walked up to Rocky at the window and talked to her "We can't go home like this, it's snowing hard and my mom talked to your mom and if Tinka agrees, we'll stay here tonight"

"Your mom repeating a lot that she's a cop, huh" Tinka handed CeCe her phone.

"And what do you say?" CeCe told Tinka

"Of course you can stay, it's always good to have someone else here in my apartment" Tinka smiled and Rocky approached her

"Thank you Tinka, for letting us stay tonight"

"It's, it's nothing, after all I couldn't let you girls go like this"

"I'll go to the kitchen to make some tea, do you want tea?" Rocky said in a soft voice

"Y, y, yes" Tinka said

"Me too, Rocky" CeCe said

Rocky came out of Tinka's room and CeCe turned around and talked to Tinka.

"We have to get Rocky to talk about the kiss with Deuce, only then can we help her"

"She has to say it? I mean, we can tell her that we saw it and we know that it happened."

"Tink, we can't tell Rocky, Hey Rocky we saw you on an Instagram Livestream kissing with Deuce, that would be weird, she has to say it, that's the way we can help her, you saw her, she's lost, it's like Deuce sucked her soul with that kiss"

"You're right, but not now, we should let her get more comfortable and then we can do that"

"Okay, okay" CeCe and Tinka left the room and went to the kitchen.

CeCe and Tinka watched as Rocky made cups of hot tea.

"That was quick" CeCe said as Rocky handed her a cup of tea

"I found hot water and it was easier to do"

"Thanks Rocky, let's go to the living room" Tinka said

There were several minutes where none of the girls spoke, Tinka just staring at her cup of tea, Rocky curled up on the couch and CeCe staring off into space as she sipped her tea.

"So, how was Aurora, Rocky?" Tinka asked Rocky.

"It was good" Rocky just answered and smiled

Silence continued to prevail in the room until CeCe couldn't stand this anymore

"I'm sick of this, why are we so quiet?, why can't we talk about something or at least get you to talk about it, is it really that hard?, we're friends not strangers, even when Tinka was our frenemy, we had better talks" CeCe stood up and yelled

"Talk about it?" Rocky was a bit nervous.

CeCe stared at her and walked over to Rocky.

"CeCe, wait" Tinka tried to stop CeCe

"We know you kissed Deuce"

"...Don't say it, hehehe" Tinka let out a small laugh nervously

"I said it, okay and I feel more liberated, now tell us how we can help you, Rocky, to make you feel better" CeCe kept yelling

"I think you shouldn't yell anymore" Tinka said

"How, how, how?" Rocky snuggled closer on the couch

"We saw an Instagram Livestream of the concert you went to, which wasn't in Aurora by the way and there we saw you kissing with Deuce and it was a huge surprise and how do you feel about that?" CeCe put her hand on Rocky's shoulder.

"Yes, tell us Rocky, how do you feel after kissing... Deuce?" Tinka sat next to Rocky

"I'm fine girls, I just shouldn't have lied to you, I should have told you I was going to that concert with Deuce and just that, I'm sorry"

"Are you really fine?" Tinka asked Rocky

"Yeah, Rocky, you look lost, overwhelmed, soulless, you're, you're like... me" CeCe looked thoughtful when she said that "Huh"

"I'm fine girls, really, just you know, I don't get out of the initial shock, hahaha, yes the shock" Rocky got up from the couch and started walking everywhere "The Shock, it was a very big shock, yes, I mean, years of a simple friendship and Boom, when you least imagine it you are already on top of him, kissing him, because a beautiful song was playing, that made me feel

beautiful, that happens every day, hahaha, yes every day" Rocky turned around to stop looking at CeCe and Tinka

"Rocky" Tinka got up and went to where Rocky is

"I'm lost" Rocky turned around and leaned on Tinka "I'm lost, I didn't know how to react, I just ran out and saw Deuce, god you two must have seen his face, he was just like me, he didn't move, he looked like a cardboard person, I don't know what to feel, I just want to clear my mind" Tinka took Rocky back to the sofa

"I, I need to rest, seriously, I really appreciate what you girls try to do, you are amazing, but, but now I need to clear my mind to think about this"

CeCe grabbed Rocky's left hand "We understand you and you know we'll be here for you, whenever you want to talk, right Tink"

Tinka grabbed Rocky's right hand "Yeah Rocky, always"

"Thank you girls, I love you"

Rocky, CeCe and Tinka hugged each other

"Now, where will I sleep?" Rocky asked Tinka

"Oh right, how about you go to my parents' room?"

"I think it's great"

"And you CeCe, you will go to Gunther's room"

"Oh that's interesting"

"I'll go to bed, I'm tired" Rocky got up from the couch "Goodnight" And Rocky went to her designated room to go to bed

CeCe and Tinka stayed a few more minutes talking in the living room until they both went to their rooms.

After midnight, Tinka went out for some water when she passed by her room and was surprised to see Rocky sitting on the edge of the window watching the snow fall and approached her

"Rocky, I thought you were sleeping"

"I tried but I couldn't, so many things go through my mind, that I can't concentrate on sleeping"

"There's something more to this, right? Something is eating you up inside after your kiss with Deuce, what is it?, You can tell me, I know I'm not CeCe, but you can tell me anyway."

Rocky took a few seconds before saying a word.

"You know, I, I, I didn't feel anything when I kissed Deuce, absolutely nothing."

"What are you talking about?"

"When I kissed him, it was like when you kiss the hand of a relative or when you accidentally kiss a stone, it was that feeling, a feeling of nothing and it's disappointing"

"It must have been" Tinka only limited herself to answer in a short way

"It's disappointing, because I expected something different, I expected that feeling of butterflies in the stomach, something that revolutionized my mind, I have never felt something like that, not even when I kissed Logan and well you know what happened with Logan"

"Rocky did you really love Deuce?"

"Now I don't know, I'm confused and the worst thing is that I ruin my friendship with Deuce, nothing will ever be the same" Rocky was silent for a few seconds when she spoke again in a low voice "What's wrong with me?, Is there something what I'm failing at, I'm the only one who can't hit the nail on the head to find someone with whom I really feel what is called love, you already had your little affair with Ty, CeCe and Gunther, well, they are probably predestined to be together , but I, I don't get anything"

Rocky lowered her head, but Tinka suddenly lifted her head from her cheeks and grabbed her hands.

"Rocky, there is nothing wrong with you, you are beautiful, intelligent, funny, talented, you are everything that someone can dream of, you just have not found that someone who makes you feel or maybe you have already found it, but you look the other way Ignoring all that, Rocky we are still very young, we have a lot of history to live, simply Deuce and you were not predestined to be more than friends and maybe it's better that way, sometimes it's better to maintain relationships as they are "

They both held hands for a few more seconds.

"Thanks Tinka, I needed to hear that, it only remains to fix things with Deuce and let it be what destiny wants"

Rocky and Tinka hugged each other, when Rocky released the hug, Tinka stared at her, she noticed that Rocky's eyes shone like diamonds in the night light, her hair shines really beautiful, Tinka felt something strange in her hands that ran all over his body when she let go of Rocky's hands

"Goodnight Tinka" Rocky got up and went to her room

Tinka sat there for a few seconds, static, until she said "Rocky, If you only know" Tinka after a few seconds got up and went to her room, she lay down on her bed and tried to sleep, but she just couldn't, suddenly her phone started ringing and she answered without looking who it was

"Hello"

"Don't wanna break your heart, wanna give your heart a break"

"What?" Tinka was very confused

"Hahaha I'm sorry Tinkabell, they've played that song like four times here at the airport"

"Where are you going now Gunther? Are you coming back to Chicago sooner than expected?" Tinka sat on her bed

"No, no, I'm going to New York and I'll be there until Saturday morning and then I'll come to Chicago, do you want me to bring you a souvenir from New York?"

"I would like that T-shirt that says I Love NY with a heart, they are very pretty"

"Okay, okay, and how are things over there?"

"It's actually changed quite a bit since you called me a few hours ago, I'll tell you later when you're here, but I'll tell you now that it's snowing like there's no tomorrow and Rocky and CeCe stayed here to sleep"

"Sister Twin I see you've gotten closer to CeCe and Rocky since I left, that's great, remember what I always told you"

"Yes, be friends with Rocky and CeCe"

"Exactly, you paved the way for us, now I will come and do my part and no more jokes and things we used to do, everything will be fine from now on"

"You're right Gunther"

"Is something wrong?, you don't spread your usual spark and encouragement Tinkabell"

"It's nothing brother, I'm just sleepy *Yawn*, you see I'm sleepy"

"Sure" Gunther looked at Tinka suspiciously "Well Tinka you should go to sleep if you're sleepy, I'll call you tomorrow, sweet dreams, Oh Perfect, they're repeating that song again "

"How is that song called?"

"I think it's called Give Your Heart a Break, why?"

"Maybe I heard it now and CeCe it's sleeping in your room"

"What?, Tinka wait" Tinka hung up the phone "CeCe it's doing what?, Huh, Tinka is acting weird, something is going on, I have a lot of things to catch up on when I get back to Chicago and well, tell my feelings to" Gunther proceeds to take a piece of paper out of his pocket "CeCe", Gunther sighed and lay down on the airport seats

CeCe was at the prom, drinking some punch, Rocky was talking to her, but she wasn't paying attention, she was looking away at Gunther and his date for the prom, Danielle, "'Cause even after all this time, I still wonder, why I can't move on, just the way you did so easily" theywere talking and laughing, CeCe couldn't believe he had invited her after all the embarrassment she put him through, she tried to turn Gunther into an ordinary, boring person, a prototype of a guy that all girls would love, but she hated "I like the way he is" CeCe whispered "Did you say something, CeCe?" Rocky said to CeCe "No nothing, Rocky", Rocky kept talking but CeCe kept focusing her gaze on the couple, "That we don't talk anymore, We don't talk anymore, We don't talk anymore, Like we used to do" the song that playedkept many dancing, "Tick Tock Tick Tock" an imaginary clock inside CeCe's brain started ticking as she saw Gunther and Danielle dance, Rocky touched her shoulder, she putting little focus on her friend, "What was all of it for?, Oh, we don't talk anymore, Like we used to do" heard her say that she was going to go to the bathroom, CeCe lonely, finished drinkingher punch and approached the crowd of people dancing "The way I did before, We don't talk anymore, oh, oh, Oh, it's such a shame" the song continued as CeCe walked towardsGunther and Danielle, CeCe took step after step and the sound of the clock "Tick Tock Tick Tock" was getting louder, CeCe stood in front of Gunther and Danielle, Danielle pointed at herand Gunther turned around, "Why should I have invited you, you and I are nothing, not even friends, so go away CeCe" "Now I can't get you out of my brain (whoa), Oh, it's such a shame, That we don't talk anymore" That last words made CeCe feel a sharp prick to herheart the "Tick Tock Tick Tock" increased as the surrounding clouded over CeCe...

CeCe woke up a little agitated, she looked around and saw that she was in Gunther's room, she realized that it had just been a bad dream, it had dawned, CeCe took her head and went back to bed, the door of the room was opened

"Hey come on get up, we have to go home and then to school" Rocky sat on the edge of the bed

"Rocky, do you think if you hadn't forced to invite to Gunther to the prom, he would have asked Danielle and now they would be a happy couple?"

Rocky looked confused at CeCe "What kind of question is that?"

"One of the dreams, I had that dream now, really weird, I was mad at Gunther for inviting Danielle and he told me to go away and and and I don't remember anything else"

"You have strange dreams CeCe, you better get ready, your mom will come pick us up in 10 minutes" Rocky left the room and CeCe lay down for a few more minutes

Rocky was in the living room fixing her boots, when she suddenly saw a hand with a cup, it was Tinka who had brought her a cup of coffee

"I hope that gets you back on track after all this" Tinka handed Rocky the cup of coffee

"Thanks Tinka" Rocky took a sip "It's delicious, it has a different touch, what is it?"

"A secret of the Hessenheffer family" Tinka smiled

"Face another day, huh, it will be hard to see Deuce in the face, for the first time I would not like to go to school"

"Wow, Deuce's kiss really changed you" CeCe appeared "You haven't told me how you thought about the kiss yet"

"I'll do it later CeCe"

Tinka watched to the two friends talked when the door was knocked

"Oh it must be my mom" CeCe jumped to open the door "Mom" CeCe hugged Georgia who entered Tinka's apartment

"Thanks for letting CeCe and Rocky stay last night, Tinka"

"It's nothing Officer Jones, it was good to have Rocky and CeCe here"

"Luckily the snow has stopped falling and the streets are passable now, so we have to go or else they'll be late for school" Georgia said

CeCe went to hug Tinka "Thanks Tink, by the way, I left you some brownies, see you at school" CeCe and her mom left the apartment

"Thank you Tinka, for letting us stay, for listening to me at midnight, haha, you're amazing" Rocky gave Tinka a quick hug and she left, closing the door

Tinka stood watching the door, then took a sip of her coffee and went to her room to get ready for school

"I hate that we have to go to school in this weather, Mom."

CeCe was complaining on the way to her apartment.

"I know honey, but they didn't suspend school, because it's not snowing anymore"

"Is it unfair or don't you think so Rocky?" CeCe turned around and saw a lost Rocky as she looked out the window of the car "Rocky, Hey Rocky"

Rocky came to herself "Uh-huh, you said?"

"Oh Rocky, we have to talk about this seriously"

–Talkings and Returns–

The path continued until they reached the building, everyone went up the stairs, Rocky went directly to her apartment but CeCe stopped her

"You saw the email they sent from the school, there will be no classes today, oh yes"

"That's great CeCe" Rocky said softly and went upstairs to his apartment

CeCe with a worried face saw her go upstairs and entered her apartment

"I see that finally you will not go to school"

"Yes, mom, are you going to work?"

"Yes, it's a snowy day, there are many people who get stuck in the snow or have their tongues stuck on a pole, someone has to save the day, see you tonight Sweetheart, you take good care of Flynn"

"See you later Captain" CeCe said and Georgia left the apartment, CeCe sat on the couch and watched Flynn walk out of her room

"Hey, finally you show up, how was the night with the Hessenheffer girl?"

"It was fun and by the way here ya go" CeCe handed Flynn a few plates full of Brownies "I promised you and i don't forget, your brownies for sale tomorrow"

"Sis you didn't forget them, thank you" Flynn gave CeCe a hug

"Tinka helped me make them"

"Well, I'm going to Crusty's to help Deuce fix one of his arcade machines."

"Deuce?, Let me accompany you I have to talk to him"

CeCe took one of her coats and climbed down from stairs with Flynn to go to Crusty's

CeCe and Flynn arrived at Crusty's and saw that it was closed.l

"This is the first time I've seen Crusty's closed, I always thought it would still be open even if a hurricane hit the city" CeCe said as she leaned against the door

"Lend me your phone CeCe, I'll call Deuce to open us up"

CeCe gave her phone to Flynn, Flynn called Deuce and after a few seconds, Deuce opened the door for Flynn and CeCe.

"About time amigo, I was freezing to death out here" Flynn said

"Oh CeCe came too" Deuce said as he walked down the stairs

"Actually I just came to drop off Flynn and also to talk to you" CeCe said with a slightly more serious voice that made Deuce stop

"With me?"

"We're just going to the kitchen okay Deuce, Hmmm Flynn, why don't you go ahead to the playroom, I have to talk to Deuce" CeCe continued with her serious tone, Flynn only stopped to see his sister and Deuce and went to the playroom

"Flynn?" Deuce spoke with obvious nervousness.

"Sorry bud, it's not my problem"

Flynn go for the playroom, leaving Deuce alone with an obviously serious CeCe.

"Deuce, let's go to the kitchen for a moment"

"But CeCe i" Deuce was getting more and more nervous

"Deuce" CeCe raised her voice and Deuce just lowered his head and went straight to the kitchen with CeCe right behind him, when they got to the kitchen CeCe closed the door and stood in front and close to Deuce

"Go talk to Rocky, I don't know what the hell you did to her, but I want my friend back, so go and fix what you need to fix with her"

"What are you talking about CeCe?"

"Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about, I know"

"Know what?" Deuce kept procrastinating, when he knew exactly what CeCe was referring to.

"I know you and Rocky kissed"

"Oh yeah that" Deuce tries to run away but CeCe stops him

"Deuce, Deuce, calm down, stop, don't be a coward" CeCe releases Deuce and she stands next to the door to block it

"It's not as easy as you think CeCe, I'm scared CeCe, my nerves are at the point of everything, last night I couldn't sleep, I did something wrong CeCe, I couldn't resist my impulses and I ended up pushing Rocky to do this, I hate myself and you're right, I'm a coward" Deuce went from euphoria to sadness in a few seconds and sat on a pile of flour that was in the kitchen, CeCe approached him and gave him a hug

"I didn't feel anything, CeCe"

"Huh?, what are you talking about?" CeCe let go the hug

"When I kissed Rocky, I didn't feel anything, just nothing, I thought that kiss was going to clarify my feelings for Rocky but it has left me very confused, do I really like Rocky?"

"That's why you should talk to her Deuce, Rocky is also very confused and needs that clarity that you can give her, you two need to clarify things and decide where you two are at this moment"

"I need time, I need time to work up the courage and talk to Rocky, I just can't do it right now, I'd freeze"

"I hope it's soon Deuce"

CeCe came out of the kitchen "Hey I could stay a moment, I have nothing to do and the rehearsals of the show are until the afternoon, I could help you to fix everything you need"

"You are very threatening when you get serious" Deuce was still sweating due to nervousness and fear

"So can I stay?"

"Okay, more hands to help, the easier we get through it all" Deuce headed straight for the game room with CeCe following behind him

CeCe, Flynn and Deuce spent the whole morning at Crusty's fixing different things, meanwhile, Rocky left her apartment and go to Tino's, looking for some peace, while she drinking coffee but then while she was sipping her coffee she saw a familiar person in front of her, that red bow on that blonde hair was indistinguishable, it was Tinka, Tinka was receiving a cup of

coffee when she approached the door, to leave, but Rocky decided to call her and then Tinka turned around and approached Rocky, they both smiled and Tinka sat down with Rocky

"What are you doing here?" Tinka asked Rocky

"I wanted to spend a moment in the peace of Tino's, my mind needs to clear to think about the situation I'm in, this place is quiet" Rocky was about to finish her words when the speakers start to sound in the background a song "Until they put music again, goodbye peace"

"Hehehe, Rocky, how can you not like Instant Crush? It's quite a calm and beautiful song"

"I like the song, but the peace even more, but what are you doing here?"

"A little time with you is all that I get, That's all we need because it's all we can take, One thing I never see the same when you're 'round"

"Oh well, I stopped by to buy some food from Crusty's but it was closed, so I came here and well I took the opportunity to buy coffee, for this cold weather" Tinka starts taking small sips of her coffee "And I found you here, By the way, where is CeCe?

"I don't know, I haven't seen her since this morning, I guess she's with Flynn somewhere" Rocky and Tinka took a few seconds in silence

"And we will never be alone again, 'Cause it doesn't happen every day, Kinda counted on you being a friend, Can I give it up or give it away?" Tinka murmured to the rhythm of the song

"Do you like that song a lot?, right Tinka?"

"Yes, lately I have listened to it a lot, in a certain part it reflects a part of me"

"I see, Tinka, thanks for listening to me last night, listening to my problems, I needed it, thanks, you're amazing"

"But I never really know where to go, So I chained myself to a friend, 'Cause I know it unlocks like a door"

Tinka looked at Rocky and just nodded her head and smiled slightly.

"No problem and i have this for you"

"What is?"

Tinka took a small wrapped gift out of her bag, Tinka put it on the table, Rocky looked at the gift for a few seconds and then picked it up, then Rocky started to unwrap the gift and her eyes lit up when she saw it. what was the gift, a small rose in a small dome

"One thousand lonely stars, Hiding in the cold, Take it, I don't wanna sing anymore"

"Tinka, you shouldn't have, it's beautiful, I love it"

"It's a gift that is given in my country to a friend for which you want to tell it that person that is an incredible friend… and that friend is… you, Rocky, that's all"

"Listened to your problems, now listen to mine, I didn't want to anymore, oh"

Rocky was smiling as he looked at the rose, the song's guitar riff and choruses played as Rocky gave Tinka a hug

"And we will never be alone again, 'Cause it doesn't happen every day, Kinda counted on you being a friend, Can I give it up or give it away?, Now I thought about what I wanna say, But I never really know where to go, So I chained myself to a friend, 'Cause I know it unlocks like a door"

"You're amazing Tinka"

Tinka smiled hearing that, it felt so comforting to hear that from Rocky's mouth

"Oh how dumb I am, I'm out of coffee, I'm going to go get some more" Rocky wanted to get up but then Tinka stopped her

"No, as your friend, I will go"

"That's it, you're even more amazing"

Tinka got up and went to ask for some more coffee and she turned to see Rocky still admiring the rose and then she smiles

"I don't understand, Don't get upset, I'm not with you, We're swimming around, It's all I do, When I'm with you"

Rocky, still admiring the rose, saw out of the corner of her eye how Tinka's cell phone was on the table and saw a message, Rocky quickly began to read the message, until she didn't realize that Tinka had already returned.

"What are you looking at on my phone, Miss Snoopy?"

Rocky slowly lowered the cell phone and gave it to Tinka.

"I'm so so sorry, I just, curiosity got the best of me, I was admiring the rose you gave me and your phone caught my attention"

"Don't worry Rocky, those things happen"

"But why didn't you tell me that Gunther is going back to Chicago?"

"How do you know that?"

"I saw the message that your parents sent you, I went up a little more and I saw that you told them that Gunther is coming back"

"Look Rocky, it wasn't my decision, it was Gunther's, he wants to show up and he asked me not to tell anyone, especially... CeCe, so please don't tell anyone else"

"Wow, how did we go from this, this rose, to this, to this talking about keeping secrets, but okay, I won't tell anyone, even though CeCe would like to know this."

"I think she can wait, not long until Saturday"

"You're right" Rocky looks at his phone and sees the time "Oh well, like a fairy tale, it's 12 and a few minutes and I have to go back to my reality"

"Me too, I'll go home to prepare something to eat and then go to rehearsals" Tinka got up from the table

"That's right, I should do that too"

Tinka and Rocky left Tino's

"It was good to be here with you, Tinka, it was really quite smooth and easy"

Tinka raised her palm, asking for a High Five that came from Rocky, then Tinka saw Rocky get back to her building and she stares a few seconds more

"So I chained myself to a friend, 'Cause I know it unlocks like a door"

The afternoon came, CeCe and Flynn were still at Crusty's helping Deuce fix some things

"Good, I think that's it" Deuce held up a small sheet seeing all the things to fix "I must say it was therapeutic" Deuce whispered

CeCe walked over to Deuce "Actually I'd like to stay but I have to go to rehearsals, in case you didn't know I have the Spotlight Dance this week."

"Thanks for telling me that CeCe, it's like the fourth time this week you've told me, good luck, I'm going to prepare some things so I can open this place"

"I thought it wouldn't open today"

"Well, my Uncle Frank insisted that it be open at least at night, although with the snow still falling a little, it's going to be a slow night."

"FLYNN LET'S GO" CeCe yelled

"Where we go?" Flynn came out of the playroom

"To the rehearsals, of course"

"I'm not going, I'll stay here, I'll see how time passes while I drink a smoothie" Flynn finishes talking to CeCe and extends his hand asking for money

"Fine, but stay here until I get back, okay?"

Flynn nodded his head and went to the playroom

"DEUCE COME HERE" CeCe yelled again

"Hey don't yell too much, I'm only a door away from you, what's going on?"

"Can you watch Flynn?, He doesn't want to go to rehearsals with me."

"Sure, sure, sure"

"Thanks Deuce, I'm leaving now, I'll be back for Flynn at 8 and don't forget, Rocky" CeCe went up the stairs and went to her apartment to look for Rocky, but before entering the building she saw Rocky leave and ran towards her

"Ready to go to rehearsal?"

Rocky smiles faintly "Where have you been all day?"

"Hmm well, over there with Flynn at Crusty's helping Deuce with a few things, sorry."

"Why you're sorry?, CeCe, just because I don't talk to Deuce doesn't mean you stop being friends with him, that's fine."

"You are also his friend"

*Sigh* "After what happened, I don't know if I'm really still his friend or whatever, maybe, it doesn't matter, let's go to rehearsals, I don't want to be late"

"But Rocky"

Before CeCe can say anything else, Rocky grabs her hand and leads her away

Rocky and CeCe made it to rehearsal just in time, as Gary was talking about the timing of each dance.

"Rocky we must talk about Deuce, you must fix things with him"

"We'll talk about it later, okay now go to rehearsal, Gary is calling you"

"Why do I feel like you're avoiding all of this?"

"I don't, we'll talk later, now go go go" Rocky pushed CeCe to the center of the stage

Gary looks at a somewhat confused CeCe "Well CeCe, show us what you've rehearsed so far, so that later Rosero can tell you what things you need to fix"

"Alright"

All the dancers settled around the stage, the lights dimmed, a melody came out around the stage, CeCe started dancing to "Leave Before You Love Me by the Jonas Brothers" while CeCe kept dancing, Rocky turned around and saw reaching Tinka, Rocky raised her hand and called her, Tinka approached Rocky and they both saw how CeCe finished dancing, after almost two minutes, CeCe finished dancing and the applause was not lacking, it had been perhaps her best dance in the program, while the other dancers moved away to different places, to start warming up before dancing, Gary went to talk to CeCe

"I must say you were amazing CeCe, I liked the moves"

"Thanks Gary, I've been rehearsing day and night hahaha"

"You showed me that I was right to choose you for the Spotlight Dance, I'll go talk to Rosero and then I'll call you"

CeCe turned around and saw Rocky and Tinka in front of them "That was kind of spooky"

"You were amazing CeCe, I'm so proud" Rocky spoke first

"I agree with what Rocky said, I liked the moves and the rest" Tinka said to CeCe

"Thanks for that girls, I've done my best and I can't wait for this to be over, I need a break"

"You deserve it, you have worked so hard these days, despite all the situations that have arisen" Rocky said

CeCe smiled and nodded.

"CeCe, you can come?" Gary came outside the backstage and called CeCe

"Well, they already call to the star"

CeCe walks right to the outside of backstage

Rocky quickly does a few warm-up moves, Tinka looks at her

"Why that enthusiasm?"

"I love that CeCe has her own moments, but I hope that next very own moment is mine, I want a Spotlight Dance."

"Not if I get it first, I have so many ideas for dance moves and outfits, it will be the best dance Chicago has ever seen in its life."

"Hahaha you're innocent Tinka, I'll get the Spotlight Dance first, you know what?, how about we make a bet, the first one to get a Spotlight Dance, should invite the other to a dinner at the restaurant she wants"

"That's a dumb bet, Rocky"

"Are you afraid of losing?"

Tinka raised her head and stared at Rocky "The Hessenheffers are never afraid, I accept the bet"

Rocky and Tinka shook their hands as a sign of validity of their bet

The rehearsals continued as normal, with CeCe taking the stage again to continue polishing her dance, in the end, the girls left the rehearsals with Tinka going directly to her house and saying goodbye to CeCe and Rocky

CeCe and Rocky walked a few steps, when they heard someone

"Hey CeCe, wait"

Rocky and CeCe turned around and were surprised to see James

"James, what are you doing here?" CeCe asked James.

"Well, I remembered that you worked here and I came to wait for you, then I tried to run to catch up with you, but I bumped with a blonde girl, who I think insulted me in a European language"

"Wait for me, why?"

"It's just that I wanted to invite you to the prom, I know things didn't go well between us after we broke up, but maybe we could give us another chance, not now, maybe in the future"

CeCe froze and froze when James told her that

"CeCe, CeCe, are you okay?" James walked over to CeCe to touch her shoulders.

Rocky, who was watching everything next to CeCe, came to her rescue.

"Give us a moment please, James" Rocky led CeCe to the nearby alley

"Hey CeCe, wake up CeCe"

"Why the heck is James here? Why the heck does he want to ask me to the prom? This doesn't make sense."

"I say you should accept his invitation, I'm not saying it should be something romantic, but maybe you can have fun with him, it looks like he still likes you"

"What are you talking about?, James never liked me, he was only attracted to me because he thought i was smart like him"

"Anyway, accept his invitation, at least to hang out, come on, you will surely have fun with him"

CeCe took a few seconds thinking

"I do not know"

"CeCe, you can't wait forever for Gunther"

CeCe took a deep breath and nodded her head and went to talk to James.

Rocky watched as CeCe went to talk to James, but then she looked at what she had done and her eyes widened.

"Oh my God, Gunther"

Rocky had completely forgotten that Gunther was about to return to Chicago, Rocky tried to chase CeCe, but due to the snow, there was snow residue and Rocky slipped and fell on a stack of cardboards, which soften her fall, already in the ground, Rocky said,"What have I done?, I completely forgot that Gunther is going back to Chicago in a few days and now I did this, Dumb Rocky, Dumb Rocky, Dumb Rocky" Rocky watched as CeCe came back from talkingto James, CeCe saw Rocky sitting on top of the stack of cartons and ran towards her

"Be careful CeCe, you're going to slip"

CeCe couldn't stop and fell on top of the stack of cardboard, next to Rocky, CeCe and Rocky just looked at each other and started laughing

Rocky got up first and helped CeCe up.

"And what did you say to James?"

"With all the doubts that I still have, i accept James's invitation, maybe i should give him another, another, you know"

"Or maybe you should think better of it, I mean, you have time to do it"

"Huh?, but the prom is on Saturday, besides you told me that I will accept James's invitation because i wasn't going to wait forever for Gunther"

"I know, I know, I know, I was wrong, I didn't think well, heck I'm tired from rehearsal"

"You're acting strange, Rocky, are you hiding something from me?"

"No no no no, there's nothing to hide, oh look what time it is, my phone says it's almost 8 o'clock, we should go"

"Seriously, Rocky, are you hiding something from me?"

"I already told you no okay, you know what, you want to talk about my situation with Deuce so much, well let's talk about Deuce, I think I said Deuce many times in the same sentence"

Rocky hid her nervousness at CeCe's insistence on knowing if there is a secret, but Rocky had promised Tinka not to tell anyone about Gunther's return.

Rocky and CeCe were walking home, the atmosphere was getting colder and colder, after all there was still snow on the streets, although it seemed that it was not going to snow anymore

"It's weird that it snows this time of year" Rocky said as she raised her head and looked at the sky

"Yeah" CeCe also looked at the sky but quickly lowered her head "Hey don't change the subject, you're avoiding talking about you and Deuce"

"Me and Deuce don't exist, I really don't, no, no, I'm confused, very confused, CeCe, my feelings for Deuce are very confused now, I kissed him, but I didn't feel anything"

"Maybe you rushed too much or your feelings for Deuce were just an illusion, haven't you thought about it?" CeCe stopped and looked at Rocky "You and Deuce need to talk, you need to, I'm serious, I don't want your friendship to come to an end, just for this, why spoiling so many years of friendship for a simple moment of confusion?"

"How do you know that? Nothing will ever be the same, CeCe, my friendship with Deuce is ruined, it's not just talking, that doesn't solve anything"

"It will, believe me, you should make things clear"

"Why are you so sure CeCe?"

"Because the same thing can happen to me too" CeCe leans against the wall

"You're talking about Gunther, right?"

"He knows how I feel about him, but I don't, and if he doesn't feel the same way as me when he returns one day, our friendship will be ruined, but if that happens, a talk can do magical things or so I think"

Rocky also leaned against the wall with CeCe "Believe me, the same thing won't happen with Gunther, maybe if you wait a little longer, you can find out everything"

CeCe turned her head and looked at Rocky suspiciously "You have to stop being cryptic, you know I'm not very good at those things, tell me clearly, what do you know about Gunther?"

"CeCe you should stop looking at me like that, you're a little scary, I don't know anything about Gunther, ok, I just, I just, look at the time, it's already past 8, you should have picked up Flynn minutes ago" Rocky did his best effort to hide her nervousness, although there was still some nervousness

CeCe muttered "You're right, time saves you again, come on, but talk to Deuce"

"I'll try" Rocky answered briefly and followed CeCe

Rocky and CeCe kept walking until they reached Crusty's, CeCe went in but she saw that Rocky wasn't with her, so she went back out and saw Rocky standing next to the door, CeCe took Rocky by the hand and stretched her out so that she will enter Crusty's "The first step for everything to be okay is to overcome your fears" CeCe said and Rocky ended up giving in toher friend's attempts to pull him in, already inside Crusty's, CeCe sees Flynn sitting at a table together with Ty and close to them

"Sorry I'm late Flynn, things happened"

"Don't worry, I was talking to Ty"

CeCe and Rocky looked at Ty

"Why weren't you at rehearsals today?" Rocky asked his brother

Ty in a relaxed manner replied "I asked for a day off and they gave it to me, I'll be at rehearsals tomorrow"

"Where's Deuce?" CeCe asked

"His shift is over and he left, he said he was tired" Ty replied to CeCe

"Well, I think we're all tired, so we should go, come on Flynn"

They were all leaving Crusty's with Rocky in the lead, when in the middle of the stairs, Rocky saw something that made her froze, Deuce was going down the stairs and also when he saw Rocky he froze in the middle of the stairs

CeCe seeing this, realized that if this continued, Ty would start to suspect and Deuce would be finished if Ty found out that she kissed Rocky,

then CeCe ran to where Rocky was and started talking "Oh hey Deuce, we're just leaving, have a Goodnight" CeCe grabbed Rocky's hand and led her down the remaining stairs out ofCrusty's, CeCe saw that Flynn and Ty stayed talking to Deuce

"Rocky what happened?"

"I don't know, I froze and so did Deuce, everything was weird"

"It's good that i acted quickly, if it had lasted a little longer, maybe Ty would have become suspicious"

"Ty, right, I had forgotten about him, he shouldn't find out about this, sometimes he doesn't measure his anger, I don't want to imagine what he would do to Deuce, if he finds out about the kiss"

"Don't worry, I don't think Deuce will ever tell and I won't either, so it's all safe for Deuce."

After a few seconds, Ty and Flynn walked out of Crusty's and they all walked to their apartments together.

-Paris, France-

Gunther was lying on one of the seats at the Paris airport, a little sleepy, he was waiting for his flight to New York, Gunther got up and went to get coffee to stay awake, coming back from buying coffee, he saw someone familiar in the distance, he opened his eyes wide to see if it wasn't a mirage due to drowsiness, but it seemed he wasn't wrong, it was Deuce, but why would Deuce be in Paris?, it's a question Gunther asked himself, Gunther yelled Deuce's name three times through the airport until Deuce turned around and Gunther came after him.

"Deucey, what are you doing here? Why aren't you in Chicago?"

"Deuce?, sorry but you're wrong" Deuce turned around and was very confused

"Seriously Deucey, you're going to receive me like this after these months that we haven't seen each other, this is disappointing"

Deuce turned around again to face Gunther "I'm sorry but you're making a mistake, but I know where you're going with this, I'm not Deuce, I'm Harrison his identical cousin"

"What?, hahaha, come on Deuce, that's a good joke, you don't have an identical cousin"

"As Thomas S. Monson would say: Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives"

After saying that sentence, Gunther was confused but at the same time now he was sure that person was not Deuce "Okay, you are definitely not Deucey"

"Now that I remember correctly, I've seen you before, but I don't know where" Harrison started snapping his fingers trying to remember where he had seen Gunther before, after a few seconds, Harrison stopped snapping his fingers "Yeah, now I remember I saw you at that birthday party of Deuce's friend, what was her name, the redhead, oh that's right, Ceece or was it Sissy?"

"CeCe" Gunther corrected Harrison.

"Yeah CeCe, I saw you sniffing around and staring at CeCe for minutes while she looked away."

"I didn't do that." Gunther tried to hide his obvious embarrassment at the fact that someone noticed what he was doing at CeCe's birthday party

"What are you doing here anyway? Deucey's identical cousin."

"Well, I'm traveling to Munich to study, I won a scholarship in Boston"

"Hey that's great, congratulations, Deuce should be more like that"

"So how are things between you and that girl, CeCe?"

"I don't know what are you talking about"

"Like I told you before, I noticed at her birthday party that you were staring at CeCe while she was looking away, you obviously have a crush on her."

Surprisingly Gunther quickly dropped before everything and said "Actually, I haven't seen her for over a year now"

"You've been out of Chicago, all this time?" Harrison asked as he sat down on a seat.

"Yes, I had family issues, which is why I had to go back to my Country, but now I'm making my surprise return so I can see CeCe and my friends and my sister again"

"From your tone of voice it sounds like you weren't planning on going back to Chicago, is that right?"

"You're right, I was never going to return to Chicago, but I didn't tell anyone, not even my sister, I was simply going to lose connection with everyone and eventually everyone would forget about me, my grandparents wanted me to in my country to learn the royal duties, so that I would eventually become the King of my country"

"Oh, so you are a prince"

"No more"

"What?"

"I abdicated of becoming King in favor of going back to Chicago"

"But why would you do that? It's literally becoming King of a Country, what changed your mind?, What changed everything?"

Gunther took out a small piece of paper from his pocket and showed it to Harrison "First because standing up a princess on a wedding and running away doesn't leave me in a good position and second, This"

Harrison took the paper from Gunther hand and read it for a few seconds and smiled "I understand, CeCe, it was CeCe who changed your mind, with this letter confessing her love for you"

"Believe me Harrison, before CeCe sent me this letter, I had really resigned myself to staying in my country, even though I didn't want to after all."

"Weren't you happy in your country?" Harrison asked Gunther

"I used to talk a lot about my country in Chicago, but now that I was there, I really changed my mind, in my country I talked a lot about Chicago, about the things that happened to me in Chicago, then I realized that I belong to Chicago, my life was made there, Bobchka may have gotten used to life in my country and can be happy there, heck even Grinkle got used to it and in a single week, but not me, I'm destined to do bigger things, not just sit or fall into a routine as life flashes before my eyes, I miss Chicago, I miss my sister, I miss my friends, I miss dancing on Shake It Up" Gunther took a few seconds to take a deep breath before finishing what he said "I miss CeCe, sorry for overloading you with so much, we don't even know each other well, just because you look the same as Deucey, I already got into the habit of overloading you with everything"

"Don't worry, I just have one question, who are Bobchka and Grinkle?"

"They are my cousins"

"Oh okay, Gunther look, Being Happy is more important than Anything Else"

"And who said that?"

"Me"

Gunther laughed a bit at what Harrison said.

"Gunther, if you feel happy to come home, then there should be no one to take that happiness away from you"

"Thanks Harrison, we may not know each other that well but you really are a good listener and I needed to get all of this out of me, you're just as good a listener as Deucey, only you say those interesting lines from books."

"Maybe Deuce should say TV lines, hahaha" Gunther and Harrison laughed

"Oh that's my cue, my flight is leaving, nice to meet you Gunther, Oh when you get to Chicago, give Deuce my greetings and Rocky too"

"I will" Gunther and Harrison shook hands and said goodbye

Gunther leaned back in the chairs and saw how he had 20 minutes left before his flight left for New York

–Back to Chicago Next Day–

CeCe was sleeping soundly when she heard her door open

"Hey sis, wake up, you have to help me take the brownies to school"

CeCe was still asleep, she listened to what Flynn was saying, but Flynn kept repeating the same thing and the same thing that made CeCe wake up

"Alright, alright, alright, I'm up now"

"Great CeCe" Flynn closed the door and CeCe got up and started to get ready

"Hey, hey, hey, hey" Rocky came through the window and saw Flynn eating cereal.

"Hey Rocky" Flynn greeted Rocky

"Where's CeCe?"

"She is in her room, she just woke up"

"Typical CeCe, I'm going to talk to her" Rocky entered CeCe's room and saw her brushing her hair "Good morning, Little Miss Mess"

"Good Morning Little Miss Perfect, I couldn't find a better thing to say"

"It's half an hour until school, why did you just wake up?" Rocky took CeCe's hairbrush and started brushing CeCe's hair

"I slept a little late last night, I was thinking about the Spotlight Dance tomorrow, I was also thinking that it was a mistake to accept James's invitation, but I can't do anything now, I don't want to look like a mean girl by rejecting the invitation from James after I accepted it, so I will go with him to the dance and that will be it, after that, nothing else will happen"

"I think it's a great idea, CeCe and here ya go" Rocky showed CeCe how she had brushed and combed her hair

"Hey thanks Rocky, I love it"

"It's not hard to brush and comb your hair to get your hairstyle, better hurry up I'll wait for you in the living room" Rocky left CeCe's room and went to the kitchen where Flynn was, "Hey, that's a lot of Brownies, Flynn"

"Yes, I know, I must take them to school, for today's sale"

"I can take one?"

"One dollar"

"Oh come on Flynn, I'm your sister's best friend, I'm your friend, Ty is your friend, Ty is my brother, isn't there a free trial for friends?"

"There is a discount for friends, 50 cents"

"Fine, take your 50 cents"

"Thank you for being the first sale of the day, I know you will bring good luck today"

Rocky picks up a brownie and starts to eat it "Oh my god, it was worth those 50 cents, they are delicious"

"I couldn't tell you, if it's my brownies or Tink's brownies" CeCe said as she put on her earrings

"Well, whoever these brownies are from, they are delicious" Rocky continued eating and enjoying the brownies

"Okay, I'll have a quick cup of tea and help you get all of this to school, Flynn."

"I can help" Rocky raised her hand

CeCe gave her a thumbs up and started drinking her tea.

After CeCe and Rocky take Flynn to school, they went to his school and there tensions arose, Deuce and Rocky looked at each other and quickly Deuce took a different path and walked away from Rocky, Rocky with a sad look, she took her things out of her locker and went to class, leaving CeCe quite worried about this thing

"Hey why that long face?" Tinka who had just arrived at school asked CeCe

"I'm worried about Rocky and Deuce, they exchanged glances, but quickly Deuce left and Rocky was sad, I don't know what we can do for them to be okay"

"Maybe they need a little push to talk and work things out, we can try it at lunch" Tinka said to CeCe

"Yes, that's a good idea, Tinka, we'll put it to the test at lunch"

Tinka looked at her phone and saw that it was already late to go to class "Oh goats, we have to go to class CeCe, run, run"

"Good, good, good" CeCe ran along with Tinka towards the classes

Before lunch CeCe and Tinka talked about the plan to get Rocky and Deuce to talk about their situation.

CeCe leaned against the wall and said "So what's the name of the plan?"

"Does the plan have to have a name?"

"Of course Tink, it's more sophisticated that way and it's also more likely to be a success"

"Okay, what's up, Plan to Talk"

"Huh, that's an interesting name, but I have a better one." CeCe raised her hand and motioned from left to right to say the name of the plan, "Plan to Conquering the Past, because we're conquering the past so that everything goes back to the way it is before"

"Actually you're right and it makes sense, good there CeCe, okay you know the plan, we wait until the two of them are at the table, then we'll talk to them so that eventually they talk again, it's an easy plan, CeCe"

CeCe gives a thumbs up and sees Rocky coming towards them to go to lunch.

"Girls, you don't know how hungry I am, let's go before someone takes our table again"

Tinka and CeCe followed Rocky to the cafeteria, after serving their food they sat at the table, they started to eat when CeCe saw Deuce looking for a place to sit.

"Hey Deuce, come here" CeCe raised her hand and called Deuce

Deuce with a noticeable nervousness approached CeCe's table and sat in the middle, with his face in front of Rocky's.

"Deuce, why were you looking for a place to sit?, You've been eating with us for a year now, isn't that right Rocky?" CeCe started with the plan

Rocky, quite nervous, simply said "Yes"

After that seconds passed where no one spoke and they were just eating, Tinka wanted to say something, but just couldn't find what to say, they were quite tense minutes, you could see the tension, CeCe couldn't contain herself anymore

"Okay, I can't stand this, I just can't, if you two aren't going to talk about what happened, maybe you shouldn't see friends anymore or talk to each other anymore"

CeCe walked out of the cafeteria and Rocky chased her

"I screwed it up, didn't I?" Deuce turned right and asked Tinka

Tinka took a breath, while she ate her lunch and replied "Yes"

"Hey Tinka, I was hoping for cheering up for me, not that you were so cold and"

"Sincere" Tinka cut Deuce off to finish his speaking "...Deuce, the thing is that what you did just ruined your friendship with Rocky, look how we were now, if you really want to recover what little is left of your friendship with Rocky, You must talk to her or else there will be no turning back" Tinka continued eating as Deuce did

Rocky found CeCe with her head stuck in a locker and was confused, "What are you doing with your head in that locker? It's not even yours."

"It's Gunther's locker" CeCe said

"Gunther's locker? Wow, nobody's using it and how did you manage to open it?"

"I found a way to, wait you're doing it again, you're changing the subject so you don't talk about Deuce."

"CeCe, I think it's better that you don't try to push this by force, Deuce and I are having a hard time, believe me I would like none of this to happen, I appreciate that you and Tinka want to solve this, but it's better let time solve this"

CeCe took her head out of the locker after hearing that "I hope that time will solve this, because I can't take it anymore, it's only been two days, but what is going to happen if this doesn't get resolved?, I don't want you guys friendship to end" CeCe takes a deep breath,closes the locker and goes to the cafeteria to finish lunch, leaving Rocky standing there thinking about what CeCe said

"Are you okay CeCe?" Tinka asked.

"Yeah, it was just a moment of getting everything out of me, but I'm fine now" CeCe smiled back at Tinka "Where's Deuce?"

"Well, he left after eating, because he said that he had to deliver some orders and that kid eats so fast"

"You didn't say something bad to him, right?"

"No, of course not, well maybe I told him that it was his fault that things were like this with Rocky, I mean that's the truth"

"Tink!" CeCe exclaimed and began to gently punch Tinka's arm.

"I'm right CeCe, it's Deuce's fault, he was the one who put his dirty lips on Rocky's sweet lips without thinking about the consequences"

"Sweet Lips?" CeCe stopped and looked confused.

"And now they're scared and confused and we can't do anything about it."

"Sweet Lips?" CeCe kept repeating that word

"Don't listen to those harmless words CeCe, i would like to help solve this, but it is something that they must solve"

The bell rang and Tinka got up and started walking towards the cafeteria exit.

"Sweet Lips?" CeCe kept repeating that word over and over again, Tinka came back and grabbed her hand and took her with her towards the classroom

–Cookies and Confusions–

After a super long day for CeCe, dealing with the Rocky and Deuce situation, bringing Flynn home from his Brownie sale, rehearsing for her Spotlight Dance tomorrow, CeCe was washed up and tired, she sat on the living room couch to rest a little before going to sleep, when the door opened, it was CeCe's mother who had come from work, just as tired as CeCe

"Long day Mom?"

"Yes honey, how was your day?"

"It was good, albeit tiring, Flynn and his brownie sale, that long boring math class, rehearsal for my Spotlight Dance tomorrow, trying to fix the Rocky and Deuce situation, among various things"

"What happened between Rocky and Deuce?"

"You know mom, typical things, kisses and mix-ups"

Georgia smiled and scooted closer to CeCe on the couch.

"Honey I'm amazed that you can handle all of this, I mean so many things you do for yourself and others and yet you still keep that smile, you've changed CeCe and for the better and that makes me happy, it's been months since we last I got a call from school to tell me about something wrong with your grades or not turning in your homework and look now, you improved your grades, you've been a better sister for Flynn, you're amazing" Georgia gives CeCe a big hug

"Maybe I'm growing up"

"Yes, but never stop being yourself, you are authentic, you are unique, it is you"

"Thanks Mom" CeCe returned the hug to her mom, after that, Georgia went to sleep, CeCe stayed a few more minutes in the living room, when she heard the door being knocked and she went to open

CeCe saw that was a woman with a package in her hand "Package for CeCelia Jones"

"For me?, it's almost 9 at night"

"Yeah, your package was left in the back of the truck and I didn't see it until I finished delivering the other packages, please sign here"

"Who is sending this package?" CeCe received the package still very confused

"It doesn't say it anywhere, see you later" the woman left quickly and CeCe was still very confused

CeCe opened the package and saw that there was a small package of chocolate chip cookies, they were CeCe's favorites cookies and inside the package there was a small note that said "From New York with Love for my LC"

Although the note was very nice, CeCe was still very confused, who could send her a package of cookies from New York?

"Or could it be him? No, no, it can't be possible, he's still in his country, or not?, I have to talk to Tink right now"

CeCe took the packet of cookies and went straight to her room to call Tinka.

Tinka was in her room texting Gunther about his return to Chicago and how he should keep everything a secret, when her phone rang and she saw it was CeCe.

"Hey CeCe, what's up"

"Gunther is in the country" CeCe got flustered when she called Tinka and went straight to the point

"What are you talking about?"

"Someone sent me a package of cookies from New York"

Tinka upon hearing this closed her eyes and laughed a little

"And there was a little note that said "For my LC"

"And what does that have to do with my brother?"

"LC stands for Little Cookie and Gunther is the only one who called me Little Cookie"

"CeCe you are overthinking things, Gunther is not in the country, okay, although I have a feeling that he may return"

"Once again with the feelings, first Rocky and now you, look, if you're keeping something from me about Gunther, tell me now"

"I'm not keeping anything from you about Gunther, CeCe, you better go to sleep, tomorrow is an important day, it's the prom and your spotlight dance"

"Well, you managed to distract me this time Tink, but next time it won't be the same, have a Goodnight and rest well" CeCe hung up the call and opened the bag of cookies and ate a cookie, CeCe loved the cookie and ate another one and leaned back on her bed, eating her cookie she smiled "This was definitely sent to me by Gunther, that means he's back or Tink is right and I'm overthinking things, but what if not?" CeCe got up from her bed and clutched her head, "Damn, Damn, Damn, why the hell did I accept James's invitation? I, I like Gunther and he's probably closer to coming back and I'm going to the dance with someone else, I'm a mess"

"Yes you are" Someone said

CeCe turned to the door of her room and saw Rocky

"I'm just kidding" Rocky smirked and walked over to CeCe "I just came to give your hair dryer that you left in the studio, why do you say you're a mess?"

"It's a strange thing, someone this package of cookies from New York and I think they're from Gunther and well I'm going to the dance with James and well"

Rocky looked at CeCe carefully and said, "CeCe follow what your heart tells you, believe me that's the best, also believe me that things will be cleared up soon"

Rocky gave CeCe a kiss on the forehead and said Goodnight and then went up to her apartment, CeCe lay on her bed again, a song that she danced in Shake It Up fluttered inside her mind, CeCe repeated a part of the song "Show me what's up out there, Breathing without air, Tell me our love has got a space in the stars, A space in the stars", CeCe gotready to sleep and prepare for a very busy day

After hanging up the call with CeCe, Tinka called Gunther.

"Hello, this is Gunther Hessenheffer speaking"

"You're bad at trying to keep secrets"

"I kept my feelings for CeCe for more than 3 years"

"Well now it seems that your madness of love is clouding your judgment"

Gunther chuckles a bit "What are you talking about Tinkabell?"

"You wanted to keep your return to Chicago a secret, now CeCe, she's suspecting that you're already in the country, you sent her a box of cookies from New York, you didn't send anything to me and you did to CeCe"

"Calm down Tinka, yes i did, but I didn't even put my name, why is she suspects it was me"

"She says the note you sent her said 'LC' which means 'Little Cookie' for her and I just found out you call her 'Little Cookie'"

"Yes, maybe it wasn't the best idea to send that note, but you have nothing else to hide, tomorrow I'll be back in Chicago and I'll take charge of everything, Thanks for Keeping the Secret Sister Twin"

"Wait, will you tell CeCe how you feel about her?"

"Tomorrow is the prom, right?"

"Yes"

"I'll try to do it tomorrow, I still don't know how, but I think it's about time, I'm very nervous Tinka, I've been eating a lot of hot dogs because of nervousness"

Tinka is now the one who chuckles a bit "Who would have thought that the person who would break your unbreakable trust would be CeCe Jones, CeCe Jones, it's funny how things change, but I think you will do well, don't forget who you are, You are Gunther Hessenheffer, A Hessenheffer and also don't forget who your wonderful, amazing, beautiful sister is."

"Thank you Tinkabell for giving me that encouragement and if this happens to you, I'll be there to give you encouragement too"

"That will never happen to me, Gunther"

"Never say never, I'll let you sleep, I have to sleep too, my flight leaves tomorrow at 8"

"Then I'll be at the airport waiting for you from 9"

"I'm really counting down the hours to see you again Tinka"

"Every hour closer, Goodnight Brother"

"Goodnight sister"

Tinka hung up the call and sighed, she went to her kitchen to have some tea, Tinka sat at her kitchen table looking at her phone for a couple of minutes thinking about something while she drinking her tea

"Maybe I should, but I don't know and if she doesn't want to" Tinka went into her contacts on her phone and searched for a number "But it doesn't cost anything to try" Tinka kept playing with her fingers on her phone, when she accidentally pressed her phone and called someone who promptly answered.

"Tinka, yes, is something wrong?"

"Ro, Ro, Rocky, I'm sorry for calling you so late"

"Don't worry, i was just flitting around with my phone, after coming up from CeCe's apartment, she's a little paranoid, because she thinks Gunther is in the country."

"Well, Gunther is in the country, he's in New York."

"Oh that's good, I feel even more bad that I snooped on your phone to find out Gunther was coming back."

"That's why I called you, I don't know, it depends if you have time, but it would be fine, I'd like you to accompany me to the airport to pick up Gunther"

"Oh well I have time tomorrow morning so, sure, why not it will be good to see Gunther's reaction to see me again, I'm not CeCe but who cares"

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow at 9 at the door of your building"

"Sure, it's a plan, Goodnight Tinka"

Rocky hung up the phone and Tinka put her phone down "Goodnight Rocky"

–Hellos and Not Goodbyes–

It was Saturday morning, surprisingly CeCe had gotten up early, there was something inside her that made her feel so restless, maybe it was nervousness about the prom or maybe it was the Spotlight Dance, either way it was going to be a busy day for CeCe, she had been avoiding James's texts since the last night, but due to James's insistence, she responded by saying that she was going to see him at the dance that he didn't need to come to her house or the studio to pick her up, CeCe had quickly felt that accepting James's invitation was a mistake, she no longer felt anything for him, what little she felt was gone, but CeCe did not want to hurt James, so even though she was close to cancel James, she didn't, it was only going to be a couple of hours and nothing more, CeCe saw her mother go to work, she saw her and began to think how her life would have changed, if in the end her mother and Jeremy had gotten married, CeCe sometimes felt guilty about that her mother and Jeremy didn't get married, it was something that CeCe wanted to apologize with her mother but she couldn't find a way to do it, CeCe didn't want to mention Jeremy either, her mother had already suffered a lot from the cancellation of the wedding and the fact that Jeremy had already moved out months ago, but CeCe admired her mother more than before, she just looked forward, no matter what happened with the wedding, she just one day, walked out of her room like nothing happened , went to work as if nothing had happened, with that typical smile, maybe her

mother was right, she was a superhero, CeCe smiled and looked at her apartment, her family had returned to what it was before so fast, only her, her mother and Flynn, in the end nothing changed, maybe that's how it was destined to happen

"Hey, Hey, Hey, Good Morning, Hey CeCe, what are you doing up so early?" Rocky came in and saw CeCe surprised

"First, Morning Rocky and Second, I have no idea what I'm doing waking up at 8 on a Saturday, it just happened."

"So, ready for today, Miss Jones, it will be a busy day and maybe full of surprises" Rocky sat with CeCe in the kitchen

"Maybe, but I feel quite restless and I don't know why, I mean, it's not the first time I've done a spotlight dance, it's not the first time I've gone to a dance, but today I have this strange feeling, i don't, I don't know , it's strange" CeCe smiled slightly

Rocky smiled too and grabbed CeCe's hand "Just don't stress, don't worry, take a deep breath and breathe again, everything will be fine, I promise you, believe me, today will be different"

"Thanks Rocky, I needed to hear that"

"You're welcome, I just came to see quickly, I have to go now"

"Are you leaving so fast? We were going to have breakfast with the leftover brownies"

"I would love to stay, but I have to go buy some things that my mom told me she i will buy, I want to go early so I can come back early"

"Okay, well it's your decision, you're going to miss my delicious breakfast"

"Well, it won't be a big loss, I'll see you later"

"What's happening?" Flynn came out of his room.

"It was just Rocky, come let's have breakfast" CeCe and Flynn went to the kitchen

Rocky went up to her apartment to get ready to go to the airport with Tinka, she took a few minutes to change her clothes and get ready, it was 9 o'clock and Rocky quickly went downstairs to find Tinka who was waiting for her at the corner of the building.

"Good morning Tinka"

"Good morning Rocky, I'm pretty nervous, last night I couldn't sleep thinking about finally seeing my brother again"

"That's why I'm going with you, so you can handle this situation better, don't worry, inhale and exhale, inhale and exhale" Rocky saw how Tinka followed her instructions "See, you'll calm down that way"

"Inhale and Exhale, it's easy, the nervousness disappears little by little, Rocky, we better go to the airport"

"You're right, but don't forget Tinka, Inhale and Exhale"

Tinka and Rocky went to the airport, where they spent about two hours waiting for Gunther's flight to arrive, talking about various things, until they heard something they were waiting to hear.

"Flight 7234 from New York has arrived, please keep your luggage safe and welcome to Chicago"

"Welcome to Chicago... that's something I've wanted to hear since I left" Gunther said as he walked to collect his luggage, Gunther picked up his luggage and closed his eyes, took a deep breath and smiled "I'm back Baybee" Gunther he opened his eyes and saw Tinka and Rocky sitting in the distance, Gunther was surprised to see Rocky with Tinka, Rocky turned around and looked directly at Gunther, Rocky took Tinka's shoulder and made her turn around to see to Gunther

Tinka got up slowly and walked slowly to then start running until she reached Gunther's arms who were waiting for her, with tears in the eyes of both Hessenheffer brothers, hugged each other

"Don't ever leave again, you heard, Never" Tinka crying said to Gunther

"I will never leave your side sister, I promise" Gunther was crying too

"I missed you so much, you can't imagine how much I did, I spent whole nights crying, I was devastated, I just couldn't live without you"

"My life was not the same without you Tinkabell, without your smile, without your energy driving me forward, the reason of what I am, it's you Tinkabell, you are amazing"

Gunther and Tinka didn't let go of their hug, Rocky came walking and was crying too

"That was touching guys"

"Oh you're crying Rocky" Tinka let go of Gunther's hug and went to hug Rocky

"It is that I had not seen such a sentimental and beautiful reunion, simply my emotions won me"

"Oh that's right Gunther, Rocky knew you were coming back"

Rocky got a little nervous "I'm sorry I was snooping on Tinka's phone and there I saw the message telling your parents that you were coming back, but I didn't tell CeCe" then Rockypaused for a few seconds "And how you have been?"

Gunther winked and gave Rocky a hug, Tinka was surprised as was Rocky.

"It's nice to see you again Rocky, Thanks for taking care of my sister"

"No problem"

"Too many welcomes, let's go home so you can eat something and catch up" Tinka said and picked up Gunther's luggage

Rocky stopped Gunther and Tinka "Actually maybe we could go to Crusty's first, I'll call the guys so you can see them again, I'm sure they'll be happy to see you again"

"That's a good idea, what do you say Tinkabell?" Gunther said

"I think it's perfect" Tinka smiled

"Then let's go there, oh yeah, it's good to be back" Gunther picked up his luggage

Rocky stopped "Wait Gunther, come on say it"

Gunther smiled "I'm Back Baybee"

Gunther, Tinka and Rocky laughed and left the airport to go to Crusty's

At Crusty's, Deuce was clearing tables alone before the open of Crusty's, when Ty and Flynn walked in

"Hey where's Rocky?" Ty said

Deuce got nervous "Why, why, why would I know where Rocky is, i mea, I mea, I mean, it's not like I know where Rocky is or that I've done something wrong with her, I, I don, I don't I know where she is, Ty you should know that you're his brother, not me, that I'm just his friend, you heard that, just his friend and nothing else" Deuce was a disaster at handling his nervousness

"You're weirder than usual" Flynn said

"Rocky sent me a text that said, come to Crusty's with Flynn but without CeCe, there's something I want you to see, it's important" Ty showed the message for Deuce to see "I wonder what would be that important"

"I don't know, bud" Deuce continued cleaning the tables, when after a few minutes Rocky came down the stairs

"Hey guys" Rocky said

Deuce tried to hide behind Ty and Flynn so Rocky wouldn't see him.

"What is so important for you to call us?"

"Watch this" Rocky extended her hands towards the stairs

"Hello I'm Tinka"

Flynn, Deuce and Ty looked at each other quite confused, Ty said "We already told you Tinka that it doesn't work without Gunth"

Ty didn't finish what he was going to say because he heard a very familiar voice from upstairs.

"And I'm Gunther"

Gunther came down the stairs to the surprise of the boys.

"And We Are the Hessenheffers"

Gunther and Tinka made their typical presentation to the surprise of the boys

Deuce started laughing "Hahaha look it's Gunth" before he finished speaking, Deuce passed out

"Gu, Gu, Gu, GUNTHER" Ty and Flynn yelled and went to hug Gunther

"I thought we were never going to see you again"

"I thought that too, but I'm back, and I missed you guys so much" The three hugged each other for a few seconds when they remembered that Deuce was still passed out

"I'll go get the water" Flynn said

Flynn came back with a pitcher of water and a glass and proceeded to pour Deuce a glass of water, Deuce quickly woke up

"Hey" Deuce groaned as he woke up and looked at Gunther again and passed out again.

"Oh dear, we're going to be like this forever, bring that pitcher of water Flynn" Tinka took the pitcher from Flynn

"Hey Tinka wait don't do it" Rocky and Ty tried to stop Tinka but she spilled the entire pitcher of water on Deuce

"Tinkabaybee!" Deuce complained again

"I already told you not to call me that!" Tinka walked away from Deuce and took the pitcher

"Before you pass out again, Hi Deucey." Gunther smiled and helped Deuce up.

"I can't believe it's your Gunther, here in the same place the two of us again, man, I missed you so much" Deuce hugged Gunther

"Aww that's so cute" Rocky said

"Hey Deucey it's time to stop hugging, friend, I gotta hug other people, oh great he passed out again" Gunther said

Everyone laughed when they realized that Deuce passed out again.

After Deuce fully recovered, they all sat down at a table and started eating pizza, Deuce got up from the table and stood up and started talking.

"It's great to have Gunther back here, these months without him, it made us realize how important he was in our lives, I wish CeCe was here too, by the way why isn't CeCe here?"

Tinka got up to answer Deuce "Gunther wants it to be a surprise for CeCe that he's back, it be until the dance tonight."

"Oh that's so romantic" Deuce said, when everyone stared at him, "What, a boy can't have a sentimental heart?"

"It's good that it's only until tonight, because everyone knows how is my sister, she's CeCe" UnSurpisable "Jones" Flynn said

Ty got up to speak too "Like Deuce said it, it's good to have you back here Gunther, you made it on time before my graduation which is in two weeks so go get yourself a present" Everyonelaughed and Ty continued "But seriously Gunther, maybe before we weren't the best of friends, but over time we realized that both you and your sister are incredible people, you have your touch, no matter what happens with you, you are always strong and nothing and nobody stop, you guys are admirable, so let's make this new beginning something memorable" Ty raised thesoda and said "A toast to Gunther and his return and good luck with his forbidden love for CeCe, Cheers"

Gunther smiled when he heard everything and got up to speak "Thank you guys, I really didn't expect this welcome and it's true I have a thing to resolve with CeCe, which seems to be that now

everyone knows what it is, but it doesn't matter, Thanks for take care of my sister, Thanks for everything Guys and Cheers for all of you"

After a few minutes, where everyone was eating and laughing, Rocky hears the door of Crusty's open and hears a voice

"Deuce, hey Deuce are you here? Is Flynn here?"

"Oh dear, it's CeCe, how did she know we were here?" Rocky said and everyone got up from the table

"Now what do I do?" Gunther was quite nervous.

"Come with me, let's go to the kitchen, there you will hide" Deuce and Gunther went to hide

"Ty, hide Gunther's bags in the playroom" Ty carried Gunther's bags after Rocky told him.

CeCe went downstairs, just in time for the bags and Gunther to be hidden, so that CeCe only saw Rocky, Tinks and Flynn talking at a table.

"Hey Rocky Roll, Tink, what are you doing here?"

"Nothing CeCe, we were just having some pizza with Flynn, right Flynn?" Rocky looked and asked Flynn

Flynn nodded.

"You said you came with Ty"

"Were you talking to me, CeCe?" Ty came out of the playroom, trying to hide as much as he could.

CeCe was confused by everything that was going on "What the hell is going on here?"

"Nothing CeCe, we were just eating some pizza and talking about stuff, like Ty was telling me what outfit he can wear to Shake It Up tonight and Rocky was telling me about… about…" Flynn was speechless and looked to Rocky for help

"Graduation gifts, you know Ty is going to graduate soon" Rocky came to save Flynn and put on a slightly fake smile.

Tinka smiled and said to CeCe "And I was just listening to what they were talking about"

CeCe stared at Rocky, Tinka, Ty and Flynn for a few seconds with an intense look, while they were getting nervous "Well, I guess this makes sense"

Flynn got up from the table "I think we're done talking about outfits and graduation gifts, guys, good talk good talk, it's about time we go sister" Flynn pushed CeCe up the stairs

"See you later CeCe" Tinka said

Flynn winked at everyone and left with a confused CeCe.

"Phew, that was close" Rocky released all the pressure that he had

"CeCe sometimes gets a little creepy with that look, I was seconds away from telling her everything that was really going on" Ty said

Tinka let out a small laugh "You're weak Ty"

Ty just ignored what Tinka said and got up "Gunther, Deuce get out, CeCe is gone"

Gunther opened the kitchen door "Give us a few more minutes"

Ty, Tinka and Rocky looked at each other quite confused.

While CeCe was at Crusty's basically questioning Rocky, Ty, Tinka and Flynn, Gunther and Deuce were hiding in the kitchen.

Deuce locked the door. "Well, let's hope CeCe leaves soon"

"I see that you have better organized this place, since the last time I was here"

"Well, my Uncle Frank doesn't want to get in trouble with the public health department, so we've already organized up this place."

"I see" Gunther looks from side to side "By the way, where is Dina?"

"Oh Dina, well, Gunther, Dina and I…"

Gunther notices that Deuce's spirits have dropped and approaches him.

"What's wrong Deucey?"

"Dina and I broke up"

"Wait, what?, are you serious Deucey?"

"Yes, it happened five days ago"

"But how?, Why?, When I left you seemed so happy together"

"Things happened, several things"

"What kind of things?, Deucey"

"Gunther, I ruined everything, first I thought I was in love with someone else and that's why I had problems with Dina, problems that led to us breaking up, now that I feel like I'm probably not in love with that person, I don't have anything anymore, Dina broke up with me and I ruined my friendship with that person, I am, I am, I am a mess"

Gunther touches Deuce's shoulder "You're not a mess, you were just blinded by your feelings, now tell me who is that other person you're in love with"

Deuce leaned on Gunther's shoulder "It's Rocky"

Gunther's eyes widened "What? Rocky?, the one we know, that Rocky? Rocky Blue"

Deuce nodded.

"Wow, I've missed a lot, but how did you get to this?"

Gunther heard Ty call out to him and Deuce, but Gunther told him to give him a few more minutes and locked the door again.

"How did this happen, Deucey? How?"

"I already had some residue of feelings for Rocky, but since months ago, I noticed that she was prettier and different every day, then something clicked and that's it, then I turned my thoughts to Rocky, I left Dina aside, I should not have done that, but now everything has changed, since I kissed Rocky, everything has changed"

"You kissed her?, You did cross that line too soon and how come you say something changed since you kissed her?"

"When I kissed Rocky, I didn't feel anything, my feelings for her are very confused and now our friendship is ruined and I can't find a way to fix it, I want to, I want to fix it, but I feel like nothing will ever be the same" Deuce lowers his head and leans against the wall and slides down to sit on the floor and Gunther did the same

"I'm not an expert on sentimental things and love, as you can see" Gunther gave Deuce a slight smile "But if there's one thing I can advise you on, it's to talk to Rocky, maybe you're right and nothing will ever be the same with Rocky, but by making things clear and telling her what you feel now, time will pass and they will be able to have something similar to what you two had before all this"

Deuce sighed and rested her head on Gunther's arm "I like that you're back Gunther, something about you has changed but for the better, Glitter Boy"

Gunther smiled and they stayed like that for a few seconds until they left the kitchen, Gunther headed towards the playroom where Ty was, but Deuce stopped for a few seconds and looked at Rocky who was sitting talking with Tinka, when she met Deuce's eyes and they were both looking at each other for a few seconds, Deuce smiled a little and Rocky smiled back and turned her gaze back to Tinka to continue talking with her, Deuce closed his eyes and went back to the kitchen to prepare some things before Crusty's opening.

Gunther walked into the Playroom and he found to Ty

"Ty, I'm sorry for leaving without saying anything, I know that was a very mean" Gunther said

"Don't worry dude, the important thing is that you're back and that's nice, I missed you a lot friend" Ty and Gunther gave each other a very strong hug that lasted for a few seconds, until Ty released him and spoke in a nervous way

"Let's not tell anyone that, I'm not a talker of feelings and cheesy moments like Deuce"

Gunther gave a thumbs up in approval and walked over to an arcade machine that Ty was quickly playing.

"Hey, that's new"

Ty turned around and saw Gunther "Yes, it's been here since last week, it's quite entertaining"

"So you're graduating in two weeks Ty, that's great"

"You think?" Ty turned around and continued playing

Gunther took a seat and sat next to Ty "It's for two player, let me try" Gunther put a coin and started playing against Ty "Is something bothering you Ty?"

"I'm thinking of leaving Shake It Up"

"Wow, why would you do that?, You're co-hosting the show with Gary for what?, 6-7 months?, It's a bit rushed."

"I simply want a change in my life, being in the same routine all this time has made me lose the course of my life"

"Let me understand you Ty, you say you want to leave Shake It Up but you also say you don't have a course in your life, that's kind of weird"

"That's how I feel right now, weird"

Gunther smiled "Let me give you a little advice, maybe I'm wrong, but you should stay on Shake It Up, at least one more season, while you're there, you can find the course of your life and you will get paid to do it, Whoops, I lost"

Tinka opened the door of the playroom "Gunther, we're leaving"

"Okay, I'm coming" Gunther got up from his seat "You're very good at playing this"

Ty turned around, "Maybe you should come on the show tonight, you'll see CeCe do her Spotlight Dance"

Gunther placed his hand on his chin and began to think "That would be an excellent idea, I want to see how much she has improved and well i could use a costume, great, I have 6 hours to create one, I haven't done one in a long time"

"Then I'll see you later G"

Gunther waved goodbye and opened the door, but before leaving he stopped and looked back at Ty "By the way, stop crying about my sister, if it didn't work, don't push it to work" Gunther winked at Ty and left the Playroom

Ty smiled until he started to laugh, he didn't know why he was laughing, it just came out and he couldn't contain it, Ty felt a little liberated after that, he saw the time on his phone and decided to play a bit more

"I must say that I loved this welcome, I did not expect it" Gunther said

Rocky smiled a little "I didn't expect you to come back, Glitter boy, it was quite improvised"

"By the way, Ty invited me on the show tonight, I'll be there, watching CeCe."

"And if CeCe finds you?" Tinka said

"Tinka is right, we will look for places where you can hide, I guess that will be enough" Rocky replied to Tinka

"Thank you, I am very excited to see CeCe dance, I have no doubt that she will do amazing"

"Well we should go now Gunther, there are many things we need to talk about at home" Tinka started to go up the stairs with Rocky with Gunther's suitcases

Gunther ran into the kitchen to say goodbye to Deuce and then went upstairs with the girls to leave Crusty's.

–Tulips and Sincerities–

Rocky then said goodbye to Gunther and Tinka and went up to CeCe's apartment to see what she was doing, upon entering she saw to CeCe sitting on her couch looking up and Rocky went and sat in the same way as CeCe.

"What are we supposed to be looking at?" Rocky said.

"The ceiling is a little faded, maybe it needs a little paint and I put on a mask for my skin and my face is practically frozen" There was a minute of silence until CeCe spoke again "By the way I'm smiling now, it's just that I can not do it"

Rocky turned around and looked at CeCe and she smiled too.

"I got my chance at the Spotlight Dance and I'm so nervous Rocky, I'm able to move out of the country and change my name to something dumb like Hetty Knight."

"Why are you nervous? You've never been nervous before"

"I don't know Rocks, I feel this strange pressure on me from my dancing tonight and I don't even know what that pressure is."

"Just be yourself, be CeCe Jones, the CeCe Jones I know and love, Bet on Yourself, you're amazing when you do that"

"You're right, I have to shine"

"CeCe, I'm sorry I pressured you into accepting James' invitation to the dance tonight."

CeCe sighed "I don't know what to do with him, if a certain person hadn't insisted that I accept his invitation, I would have one less problem"

"I already said sorry"

"I know Rocky, I know, I'm just playing with you, but I definitely have to think of something for don't to hurt James" CeCe lowered her head and looked at Rocky "Do you see something different in my face?"

"CeCe, first you have to wash your face and then we'll see if anything has changed"

"I should have known, I'll go wash up, I'll be right back" CeCe ran to the bathroom

Rocky started talking to herself quietly, "I'd really like to tell CeCe what's going on, but Gunther is hell-bent on everything being a surprise to CeCe and well I really feel like something has

changed with him, he's not the annoying glitter boy anymore, now he feels different, maybe Gunther after all is the one for CeCe" Rocky stopped talking instantly after hearing the bathroom door close

"What about now?" CeCe brought her face close to Rocky's and Rocky began to touch her "It feels a little softer, not as much as the Tinka mask I used"

"Yeah, maybe I should ask Tink for her recipe for that skin mask."

Rocky got up from the couch "Do you want to rehearse the steps of the spotlight dance a little?"

"Of course" CeCe got up from the couch and began to rehearse with Rocky

After more than an hour, CeCe and Rocky kept rehearsing until they fell exhausted and threw themselves on the couch, CeCe went to the kitchen for something to drink when suddenly the door was knocked.

"I'll go open it" Rocky went to open the door and saw a person with a bouquet of orange tulips "Wow, who sent this?"

"Delivery for CeCe Jones" Said the person who handed the bouquet to Rocky and Rocky signed for the delivery

CeCe came out of the kitchen and was surprised to see that bouquet of orange tulips "Wow, Rocky, I didn't know you had another secret admirer or did Deuce send it to you?" CeCe smiledand nudged Rocky's arm.

"Actually, they're for you." Rocky gave CeCe the little note.

CeCe began to read the little note "They reminded me of your beautiful hair, I hope you have luck in whatever comes to you, To My LC" CeCe remained expressionless and sat on the couch

"CeCe are you okay?"

"Yes, I just don't know if someone is messing with me and makes me think that he sent me this or if he really sent me this, it's stupid right, I just would like to know the truth"

Rocky sat next to CeCe and grabbed her hands "Soon you will know"

"I hope so" CeCe said

Rocky and CeCe rehearsed some more, until they both realized that the show was not far away and went to get ready to go.

Tinka and Gunther arrived at they apartment, Gunther was very excited to see his whole home again, Tinka opened the door and Gunther knelt in the doorway and said "I'm finally home, I didn't remember the room being so big"

"The house is glad to see you again, isn't it, house?" Tinka said

"Yes it is" Gunther replied changing his voice

"Mother and Father are very excited to see you, they will arrive tomorrow from Las Vegas"

"I thought they would arrive today"

"Yes it was, but a little problem happened, Father got a little obsessed with Elvis Presley impersonators and now he thinks he is the real Elvis Presley, so Mother took him to a rehabilitation center for those who believe they are Elvis"

"Father always had those problems with impersonators, remember when he thought he was Balki from that old tv series" Gunther said

"Wow, that was a weird week"

"I am happy to return home Tinkabell, these months away have made me think about several things"

"I more than anyone in this world is happy to see you Gunther" Tinka's voice broke at the end and she began to cry

Gunther quickly went to hug Tinka "Tinkabell what's wrong?"

"I was devastated when you left Gunther, I cried and cried every time, my life without you was nothing, I didn't know how to continue without you, it was a disaster, the only hope I had was that one day you would come back, but there were days in which that hope vanished"

Gunther started crying too "I remember the first day in the old country, I was so sad, I started crying all night, because I knew I wasn't going to see you, you weren't by my side, giving me the support I needed, i never felt comfortable there in the old country, never, without you I was nobody, I was a sad boy who had lost his shine"

"But now you're back here Gunther, I'm the happiest person in the world now, I feel like my heart has that beat again that it had been missing so much, I love you Gunther"

"I love you too Tinka"

The Hessenheffer twins sealed their brotherly love with a big hug, one of those hugs that only rarely happen in life, after that, they both let go

Gunther still a little crying said to Tinka "You didn't tell Father and Mother to i abdicated to the kingdom, right?"

"No, I didn't tell them anything"

"That's good, I'll tell them tomorrow, I hope Father and Mother are not upset"

"I hope so too" Tinka got up from the couch "I prepared some food, do you want to eat?"

"Sure, I missed your food"

"Great, I'll be right back in the kitchen", Gunther looked around his living room "As the Americans would say, Home Sweet Home"

While Tinka was preparing the food, Gunther went to his room, he entered his room and saw everything

"Wow, this place hasn't changed a bit since I left" Gunther went to his closet "Some of my clothes are still here, hey, even the jacket I was making before going to Japan is still here, I wonder if that's still here?"

Gunther closed his closet and started looking under his bed, but he couldn't find what he was looking for.

"Were you looking for this?"

Gunther came out from under his bed and saw Tinka holding a small trunk.

"Where did you find it?"

"Under your bed, when I was cleaning your room, I couldn't open it, because I couldn't find the key"

Tinka gave the small trunk to Gunther and Gunther took out a small key from one of his suitcases "I had the key"

"And what is there?" Tinka asked Gunther

"A couple of things" Gunther proceeded to open the small trunk

"Hey, these are pictures of us, of you with Deuce, with Ty, with Flynn, even with Rocky and she doesn't look happy"

Gunther kept taking photos of the small trunk, until he reached the bottom, Gunther delicately took several photos of him and CeCe.

"Hmmm it's 3,4,5 pictures of you and CeCe, that's too many of a girl you said you hated" Tinka started joking with Gunther

"Did you know I was going to tell CeCe how I felt about her in Japan?"

"Really?" Tinka said

"Yes, I was going to do it but in the end I couldn't, I was frustrated that I didn't do it, then I went to the old country and I thought that was it, you sent me letters, you told me that CeCe had dating with a few guys and I thought that she forgot me and that was cool, I mean, I thought something between me and CeCe was never going to work apart from True Teen Life, Gunther and CeCe as a couple hahathat would be so hilarious, but months later she sent me this letter and I was confused, very confused, she told me that she loves me, how did she get to that point, how?"

Tinka looked at a Gunther who was between confused and a little sad "I would also like to know how this happened, maybe it has something to do with the fact of CeCe's memory loss, CeCe changed since she regained her memory, but that It's my guess, but I'm not CeCe to be able to answer that question Twin-Brother, tonight you must tell CeCe how you feel about her, no more stretching, no more running away, you must do it"

Gunther threw himself on her bed "You're right, I have to, because I love her"

Tinka looked at Gunther "I still can't believe you fell in love with CeCe Jones, if our selves from 4 years ago knew this, they would be about to go with the Great Goat to Heaven, but after all, Times Change It Up"

"And we have changed" Gunther said and got up and went together with Tinka to eat the food that Tinka had prepared for Gunther

The afternoon passed its course until it was time to go to the show, CeCe was finalizing details before going to the show in her room

"I hope Deuce gets here soon" CeCe said

Flynn walked into CeCe's room "Hey sis, good luck at your dance tonight"

CeCe smiled "Thanks Flynn, will you see me tonight?"

"I will try"

"Are you okay with staying alone tonight, after Deuce leaves?, If you want I can't go to the prom and stay with you."

"No sis, go to the prom, besides I promised Mrs. Locassio to play Monopoly with her tonight, we will bet with real money, I have already prepared 50$, it will be fun"

"Well if you say so, but I'll be here as fast as I can, okay?"

"Just have fun" Flynn left the room

CeCe smiled "Sometimes I hate when he talks like my mom"

CeCe heard the door knock and listened to Flynn like she always does, CeCe picked up her things and walked out of the room and saw Deuce come through the door and Flynn went to his room.

"You're leaving now?" Deuce said

"Yeah, i'm leaving, you'll stay until 8, right?" CeCe said

"Well, actually, I was thinking of staying until you come back, I want to keep this job, until this kid is, how old?, 13?"

CeCe looked at Deuce confused "Aren't you going to the prom?"

Deuce sat on the couch and sighed "I wasn't planning on doing it, this situation with Rocky, my breakup with Dina, I feel like there's no point in going to the dance, I don't have anyone to go with and I don't feel like going either."

"And you weren't going to fix your situation with Rocky?"

"What situation?" Flynn said after leaving his room

"None" CeCe answered "I have to go, see you later Flynn, I'll be back as fast as I can, Deuce, think about it" CeCe said goodbye and left her apartment, then she left her building and saw Rocky sitting on the stairs of the entry

"Time to leave?" CeCe said

"You were a bit late" Rocky replied

"Well, it's that I waited for Deuce to take care of Flynn"

"Yeah, I saw it coming, so i"

CeCe looked at Rocky like she was judging her "You hid behind the bushes right?"

"Yes" Rocky's answer made CeCe laugh.

"Before I keep laughing anymore, we better go to the studio"

CeCe and Rocky walked towards the studio, on the other hand Gunther and Tinka also got ready to go to the studio, with Gunther trying to disguise himself to go unnoticed and especially hide from CeCe.

"And how do I look Tinkabell?" Gunther turned around and raised his arms for Tinka to see him better, Gunther's disguise costume wasn't really a disguise costume either, it was just Gunther in a black leather jacket, with small glitters details in the form of small bars on his arms, a cap, jeans and black glasses, Gunther wanted to go unnoticed and dress more normal

"You look simple and ordinary, generic" Tinka barely kept her discontent for Gunther's clothes "But I think it will work, remember that you should not walk in the dressing rooms and the corridors near the dressing rooms, that's where CeCe walks the most"

Gunther looked at his phone and saw that they were going, it was not long before the show and he pushed Tinka to hurry up, they both took a taxi to get there faster

"Now that you're staying here, you should think about how to get back to the show" Tinka said

"I would like to return to the show, but I think they do not have positions available"

"If I have the correct information, there is a position available, talk to Gary"

"What did you do Tinkabell?"

Tinka raised her hands "I didn't do anything, you just talk to Gary"

Soon Tinka and Gunther arrived at the studio and got out of the taxi.

And Gunter was surprised to see the new additions to the show "Wow, you weren't lying when you said that they had put up an electronic sign for the show and it's very big"

"And you haven't seen the new stage in person yet" Tinka grabbed Gunther by the arms and led him into the studio.

Tinka entered the studio first and made sure that CeCe was not there yet, after a few seconds of checking, she took Gunther directly to the new stage, Gunther seeing him was very surprised

"Wow, the photos don't do justice to how big and beautiful the stage is, I remember the old stage, it was smaller and this one is huge"

Tinka smiled "Now we can do more elaborate and crazy choreography without having to worry about the size of the stage, although I miss the old stage, it had warmth and charm"

Gunther kept looking at every corner of the new stage and went back to where Tinka was, when suddenly Gary came out of his dressing room walking quickly and giving a quick wave "Tinka, Gunther"

Gary kept walking until he stopped and turned around to see Gunther and Tinka laughing "Gunther?" Gary walked over to the Hessenheffer twins, "Gunther, you're here, you're back, it's nice" Gary and Gunther shook their hands "I'm glad you're back, I want to see you Wednesday at 5, for your audition" Gary walked away

Gunther and Tinka ran after Gary and stopped him.

"What are you talking about?" Gunther asked Gary

"Well, there is a position available, because someone resigned"

"You don't remember its name, right?" Tinka said to Gary

"No, but that doesn't matter, what matters is that we have a position available, I'm doing a new audition, you know I am also the producer of the show?, so I am the one who takes decisions, now if you'll excuse me, i think there are some problems with the sound and I have to go see it, because that's what a producer does" Gary left and Gunther couldn't hide his happiness.

"I told you, I told you there was a position available, Gunther, you're back on the show"

"You heard Gary, I still have to audition again to get back on the show"

"Oh come on Gunther, don't tell me you think you won't be able to get back on the show again?, obviously you will, you are a Hessenheffer after all, you will, Gunther, don't worry" Tinka and Gunther hugged but suddenly they heard the voices of CeCe and Rocky approaching, so Tinka and Gunther quickly walked away from the stage

"Sometimes I think there should be a Turtle Day" CeCe said

"CeCe you've been talking about it for three blocks and I don't think a Turtle Day is necessary, you know better get ready for the show, it starts in 20 minutes" Rocky took several things out of her bag and gave them to CeCe

Tinka appeared backstage and went to CeCe and Rocky "Hello girls/friends/former enemies"

"Hello Tinka" "Hello Tink" Rocky and CeCe waved

"Let me help you with your hair, CeCe." Tinka grabbed a brush and started brushing CeCe's hair.

"Thanks Tink, Tink you think there should be a Turtle Day"

"I think so, each animal deserves its day to be adored"

CeCe laughed and pointed at Rocky "I told ya Rocky"

Tinka finished brushing CeCe's hair and CeCe admired her for a few seconds "You're great Tink, I've never had hair so straight, I'll think about what hairstyle to do while I do my makeup"

"Hey Rocky, could you come talk about a little thing behind the stage" Tinka continually points to the stage "There's a thing behind the stage" Rocky was confused and Tinka just grabbed Rocky's hands and led her backstage

Rocky saw Gunther standing behind the stage "Oh, this was the thing"

"Yes, Rocky, what do we do with Gunther?"

"Yeah, what do we do with me, Rocky?"

"Gunther you said you were going to put on a disguise costume so CeCe wouldn't see you and this isn't a disguise costume, this is you with a hat and clothes that aren't a disguise costume" Rocky squealed a bit at the end

"Could you yell some more Rocky, because you weren't heard in New Zealand" Gunther yelled back at Rocky

"Calm down, calm down, okay, if you two keep yelling, CeCe will find out and she'll come see here" Tinka calmed things down a bit

"You're right Tinka, we'll get you a mask, ok, just wait here" Rocky said and went with Tinka in search of a mask

While Gunther waited, he saw several things on the new stage, among them a platform that seemed to take you directly to the stage from below, they spent several minutes of Gunther waiting and getting bored just looking at his phone, until finally, Rocky and Tinka returned

"Here you go, it's the best we could get" Tinka gave Gunther a mask

Gunther took the mask and gave it a strange look. "A Jabbawockeez mask?"

"Yes, there was one on a table, we don't know why it was there, but there it was" Rocky said

"Okay, I'll put it on, bye dark glasses, you were a very good companions" Gunther put on the mask "And how do I look?" Gunther asked Rocky and Tinka

"Put the hat on, so they can't notice your hair" Rocky said

"Done, you look good" Tinka gave a thumbs up in approval

"The show is going to start in less than 10 minutes, let's get ready, we're at the second dance" Rocky ran out

"Gunther, now you can walk free, but stay away from CeCe, I'll see you later" Tinka gave him a kiss on the forehead of the mask and ran away too

Gunther went backstage, but he froze when he saw CeCe in the distance who was being make up, Gunther wanted to get closer to her, but he knew it wasn't time yet, but even so he stayed a few more seconds watching her, it had been the first time in months seeing her in person, albeit from a distance and she was still as beautiful as when he left, so as not to raise CeCe's suspicion, Gunther found a way away from CeCe for now.

The show started minutes later, Gunther was watching from the back with a crowd of dancers, Tinka and Rocky danced at the second dance of the night and did well as usual, but it was time for the Spotlight Dance, Ty and Gary put a lot of emotion when they presenting to CeCe who was in the center of the stage, ready to dance, Gunther came a little closer to the stage, behind some dancers, he wanted to take photos and record a video of CeCe, but he couldn't find his phone, Gunther remembered that he left his phone behind the stage, so he went to look for it, when he got behind the stage, he saw that his phone was on the platform, so he went in to get it, but something happened and the door suddenly closed, Gunther didn't know how to get out, he could only hear how the music kept playing, he was missing CeCe's dance, "Leave Before You Love Me" it was the song that CeCe had chosen to dance to, Guntherknew that song, it became quite popular for a strange reason in his country, "I see you calling, I didn't wanna leave you like that" Gunther was moving to the rhythm of the song inthe small space, when his back was supported on something that seemed to be a button and the platform began to rise

"Oh no, no, no, no" Gunther got nervous, but he couldn't do anything but put on his mask and hat and go out to dance, when he went out on the platform, he saw how CeCe danced in front of him, he froze for a few seconds and saw several dancers, Ty, Gary, Rocky and Tinka looking towards the stage quite surprised, Gunther took a deep breath and did a backflip to land right where CeCe and start dancing along with her, CeCe was very confused with what was happening, but she continued, Gunther quickly fell into step with CeCe, "I'm so good at knowing Of when to leave the party behind" the song continued and CeCe realized something, but she seemed quite incredulous at that, it was Gunther that guy with that mask dancing next to her?, Suddenly Gunther took CeCe's hands and they began to dance, a marvelous spectacle, "Dancing on the edge, 'bout to take it too far, It's messing with my head, how I mess with your heart", came that moment of the song, where everything seemed to be clearer, Gunther got into position and CeCe saw him, everything connected they danced as if there was no tomorrow, as if they had danced together for life, in those moments, Gunther felt as if only he and CeCe existed in the world, the dance had put them in a small world , where only CeCe and Gunther existed, CeCe every time she approached that mysterious dancer, she felt a different sensation, a kind of electricity that ran through her entire body, Gunther moved away and approached to CeCe, without rehearsing, it was just magic, "Ay, ay, leave before you love me, Ay, ay, leave before you love me", the song was at its climax, Gunther grabbed CeCe's hands again and spun her around a couple of times, then pulled her toward him and he let go her and they continued dancing "I'm sorry, alone in the dark, I'm sorry, ayy, ayy, Leave Before You Love Me" was the last thing CeCe and

Gunther heard as they ended up together facing each other holding hands and everyone in the studio started clapping and cheering, they had seen something magical, but suddenly the lights went out, in those seconds, CeCe with her hand tried to remove the mask from that mysterious dancer

"Gunther?" CeCe said, but before CeCe took off Gunther's mask, Gunther ran off the stage, when the lights came back on, the mysterious dancer was gone, Tinka and Rocky came out behind the light switches, CeCe was confused in the middle of the stage, Ty and Gary came out on stage and said goodbye to the viewers and the show ended.

Gunther ran to the back exit of the studio he was shaken and took a few seconds to catch his breath "That was crazy but I loved it, I finally got to a real dance with CeCe, she's amazing at dancing, but I'm not that bad either" Gunther reacted sharply when he felt someone touch hisarm.

"Wow, wow, hey calm down G"

It was Ty who had tapped him on the shoulder.

Ty laughed "Wow you really love CeCe to get on stage in the middle of her dance to dance with her"

"It was an accident" Gunther said

"Yes of course an "accident", love is an accident, but I liked what I saw there, Gary told me that you will be here on Wednesday for the audition, I hope you make it, see you later G" Ty left and Gunther was watching towards the sky, he saw that the sky was yellow, there were sensations that it was going to rain

Rocky and Tinka appeared out of nowhere and went straight to Gunther, Rocky started yelling a little "You need some classes to be able to hide and go unnoticed, what you did there on the stage, it was not at all something that CeCe will not notice your presence"

"Now Rocky calm down" Gunther tried to calm Rocky

"Put you dancing out of nowhere with CeCe, that was dumb, I expected someone like Deuce or Ty to do that, but you, Gunther" Tinka said

"It was an accident, okay, when we were behind the stage, my phone was left there, so I wanted to take a picture of CeCe during her dance, so I went for my phone, I got stuck on that platform that takes you up on stage and I pressed a button by accident and then what you saw happened"

"I would yell at you just like Rocky did if it wasn't for the fact that the dance was an amazing" Tinka hugged Gunther "The steps, the moves, how you and CeCe connected, that magic on stage, right Rocky?"

"Yes, I must admit you did well Gunther" Rocky smiled "Give me a high five" Gunther and Rocky high-fived to Tinka's astonishment, but deep down Tinka felt happy and relieved that Gunther and Rocky are starting to get along better

"Tinkabell, Rocky I better go before more things happen" Gunther said

"It's the best, I'll see you at the dance, Gunther" Tinka said

Gunther gave them the mask and said goodbye to Rocky and Tinka and he left.

Rocky and Tinka entered the studio again and saw a CeCe running

"Where is the mysterious dancer?" CeCe said quite agitated

"We don't know, we also came looking for him and we just found his mask lying on the door" Rocky said and gave the mask to CeCe

CeCe sighed

"You were amazing CeCe" Rocky said and gave CeCe a hug

"The mysterious dancer doesn't matter, the one that shone on that stage was you, give me your hand CeCe" Tinka said

CeCe shook her hand with Tinka and Tinka took Rocky's hand too "CeCe you are an amazing person, you are sweet, cute, funny and a great friend and believe me when I tell you that soon everything will connect"

"Thank you Tink" CeCe sobbed a little "Come here, Girls hug" CeCe hugged Tinka and Rocky

"Now we must get ready for the dance, I'll go home to put on that pretty dress" Rocky said

"I'll be out here for a few moments, I'll catch up later"

Rocky and Tinka understood and left, CeCe went out through the back door

"I think I'm going crazy, but I'm sure the Mystery Dancer is Gunther, when I touched that hand, I could feel him, when we danced I felt happy I felt that warmth and fun that I felt when I danced with him long ago, the tulips, the cookies, seriously, if Gunther is back, why is he hiding from me?, where is he?" , CeCe sighed and tossed the mask into the doorway and went back into the studio.

"I'm here" Gunther came out behind a dumpster, he heard everything CeCe said and lifted his mask and left

CeCe, Rocky and Tinka left the studio and went back to their apartments, to get ready for the dance, CeCe arrived at her apartment and saw Deuce and Flynn having dinner in the kitchen and went to talk to them.

"Did you come back so early?" Flynn said

"Yes, the prom starts soon, so I came to change my clothes, what are you eating?"

"It's an old recipe for chicken vegetable soup from my family," Deuce said.

CeCe saw the soup and began to savor it.

Deuce saw her and laughed "I'll get you a bowl of soup"

Deuce brought CeCe a bowl of soup and she began to eat.

"So who was that person who got into dancing with you?" Flynn asked CeCe

"Oh yeah, I knew you'd see me dance on the show"

"I wasn't going to miss your dance sis"

"It was weird, I think it was Gunther"

Deuce choked when she heard that from CeCe.

Flynn started to get nervous "I highly doubt it's Gunther, I mean Gunther is in his mountain country of goats, hehehe, yes that is, goats"

CeCe glanced at Deuce and Flynn as she ate her soup. "Yeah, suuuuure."

CeCe finished eating her soup and went to change clothes for the prom, Deuce and Flynn noticed that CeCe was not near them.

"It's getting harder and harder, keeping it a secret from CeCe that Gunther is back" Deuce said.

"I don't know, I feel like CeCe already knows" Flynn said

After several minutes, CeCe left her room wearing a beautiful red dress, she had not used it since that day of the failed dance at Good Morning Chicago, her hair was curly and brought a lipstick of a not so intense red, but enough to be notorious

"Wow, CeCe, you looks so stunning" Flynn and Deuce said at the same time.

CeCe smiled and replied "Thank you guys, I take a long time, but I think it is good"

"It's more than good, it's amazing" Flynn said

Rocky entered the window also with a beautiful green dress, unlike CeCe, she had completely a straight hair, without any makeup and lipstick "Hey, Hey Wow Wow, you look amazing, CeCe"

"Hehehe, I know, thanks Rocky, you also look beautiful"

Rocky and CeCe kept talking about their dresses and how they looked, that Rocky had not noticed that Deuce was close to her, Rocky stopped looking at CeCe for a few seconds and she saw Flynn and Deuce speaking, Deuce also turned around and looked at Rocky, both looked at each other, CeCe stopped talking to Rocky

Deuce kept looking at Rocky and smiled "Hi Rocky" said Deuce with a shy voice

Rocky looked at Deuce and replied "Hi Deuce, how have you been?"

"I have been better" Deuce responded

Rocky and Deuce were frozen hiding their gaze from each other, Flynn approached CeCe and whispered "Do something, this is getting very uncomfortable"

CeCe approached Rocky and shake her a little grabbing her shoulders "We must leave or if we will not be late for the dance"

CeCe said goodbye to Deuce and Flynn and went practically pushing Rocky "God Rocky, that is not the way to fix things with people"

"What happened there?" Rocky said even a little stunned

"Deuce spoke to you and you spoke to him and everything was there, you two were about two minutes standing there seeing each other without doing anything, i told you several times that you must talk with him and fix the problems, but not in this way" CeCe sighed "You two must find the perfect moment" CeCe and Rocky lowered the stairs, Rocky realized that CeCe stopped half of the stairs, she saw CeCe with a lost look "CeCe, are you okay?" Rocky told CeCe and CeCe lift her head "Yes, i just forget to say something to Flynn and I'm going to tell him, you can be ahead of the prom, I reach you in a few minutes" CeCe under the stairs and stopped a taxi for Rocky , Rocky looked confused "I can wait for you"

"No, Rocky, better go and wait for me with Tink" CeCe caused Rocky to enter the taxi and CeCe told where the taxi driver should take to Rocky and the taxi left, CeCe looked at the taxi leave and began to walk towards the contrary of where the taxi went

Rocky arrived at school and got out of the taxi, she was still very confused by what had happened, but she thought it was only CeCe being CeCe and that she had forgotten as always tell Flynn something, but inside her there was a feeling that told her otherwise, Rocky entered school, she saw James sitting with a small bouquet of flowers and approached him,

when Rocky listened to a voice calling her from the school door, a family face, a blonde with a dress purple and that this time did not wear 16 layers, it was a simple dress to be Tinka's dress, Rocky quickly left her James course to go to Tinka

Tinka and Rocky met, both gave themselves quite aimed

"This time you don't wear that 16-layer dress"

"I didn't have time to do it, and my hips wouldn't bear it again, but where is CeCe so?" Tinka said

"She will came in a few minutes, she had to return to her apartment to tell Flynn something and Gunther?"

"He will come soon, he had problems in his suit, he is fixing it" Tinka smiled

"Well, we are here, alone, why not we are going to turn around?, to wait for others to arrive" Rocky said who opened her arms a little and Tinka grabbed one of her arms

"It seems to me a good idea" Tinka and Rocky went to see what things was happening

It had been more than half an hour and CeCe hadn't come to the dance, Tinka saw Rocky quite worried "CeCe isn't here yet"

"Yes and she begins to worry me"

"Maybe she took it back and she didn't want to come to the dance" said Tinka

"If she had, she would have called me, I'm going to call her" Tinka took out her phone and dialed CeCe, but CeCe didn't answer, this worried Rocky more, Rocky took a few seconds and decided to dial to someone that she hadn't dialed a long time ago, she put the phone to her ear and someone answered it, Rocky replied, "Hello, Deuce" Those words made Tinka quite confused, "Deuce, is CeCe there?, She said was going back to her apartment to say something to Flynn and she didn't come back where is she?" Tinka took Rocky's phone and spoke to Deuce "Use Flynn's phone tracker to find CeCe, she has that tracker too, Thanks Deuce" Tinka handed the phone back to Rocky and Tinka said "I hope we hear from CeCe soon, I'm worried too", Rocky looked at Tinka in a confused way but didn't give it much importance, now what mattered most to Rocky was to know where CeCe is

At CeCe's apartment, Deuce hung up the call "Hey Flynn, lend me your phone" Flynn handed his phone to Deuce

"What do you need it for?" Flynn said

"Rocky and Tinka called and said CeCe told them she was coming back here to talk to you but she didn't come and now they don't know where she is, I'll use your phone tracker to find out where she is."

Deuce used Flynn's phone for a few seconds and Flynn realized something.

"You don't know how to use the tracker, right?" Flynn said

"No" Deuce said and handed his phone back to Flynn

A few seconds passed "Gotcha, I found her"

Deuce was surprised "So fast?"

"Mom uses the police tracker, that's why it's fast"

"Let me see where she is," Deuce took Flynn's phone, "Huh, she's in a park a few blocks down the… the."

"The South, Deuce" Flynn said

"Right, well let me get the address, I'll go to CeCe, text Rocky with the address and tell her I'll meet her there"

Deuce walked out of the apartment leaving Flynn alone "CeCe went to that park again huh" Flynn said

Deuce arrived at the park and saw CeCe sitting on some swings in the distance and went there

"It's a rather peculiar place to be sitting on swings in a dress"

CeCe turned around "Deuce, how did you find me?"

"Let's just say I got a little help from a tracker"

"The Tracker, Right"

Deuce sat on a swing next to CeCe "Why are you here? Rocky is very worried about you."

"I came to think about some things, do you remember when a few days ago, when you asked me if those moments of sadness that I felt when I realized that I liked Gunther had disappeared?"

Deuce nodded.

"They didn't, I mean I'm better than before, but sometimes I just have these low moments that I just can't control, that's why I come here, here I feel liberated, I feel like all my bad thoughts disappear here"

"And how do you feel now?" Deuce asked CeCe

"I think I'm going crazy, I get those cookies, those tulips from someone mysterious, I dance with that mysterious person, who I think is Gunther, but if it's him, why is he hiding from me? If he's here, why just not it shows?" CeCe sighed and began to rock slowly on the swing.

"You know, it's not the first time I've come here, actually I have a little story that I've never told anyone, The night I saw Gunther for the last time, before he went back to his country" Deuce said

"Wait, stop, don't tell me about that, I just need to know something Deuce, Will he be at the dance tonight?"

Deuce was silent for a few seconds, head down, he was thinking of an answer to tell CeCe, the night had come, the lights of the park illuminated a decision that Duece dared to make and from his mouth came a simple answer "Maybe"

"That's all I need to know, I think I'm ready for whatever comes" CeCe said

CeCe and Deuce heard a voice in the distance calling CeCe, they both turned and saw that it was Rocky, who had arrived at the park with Tinka.

Rocky came running "CeCe where were you?" Rocky said

"I was here, you worried a lot Rocky"

"Of course I care, you're my best friend, hey, if you don't want to go to the dance, then I'm not going either, I know you've been going through low times and I should have cared more about you, you must think I'm a bad friend"

Rocky kept talking until CeCe stopped her "Rocky you're not a bad friend, you're the best friend anyone can have and don't worry, I want to go to the dance, I've cleared my head and I'm ready for anything"

"Are you sure?" Rocky asked

"Completely" CeCe replied

Rocky smiled and gave CeCe a hug, CeCe started walking towards the street to catch a taxi and go back to the dance.

Rocky looked at Deuce and smiled at him "Deuce, thanks for doing this for CeCe"

"No problem, that's what we're here for"

Rocky walked away and went to CeCe, Tinka for her part touched Deuce's shoulder and said "You surprised me that you found CeCe quickly, you did well Deuce"

"Does that mean I earned the high-five?" Deuce held his hand up expecting Tinka to high-five him, but Tinka looked at him and laughed.

"No Deuce, just the high-two" Tinka walked over to Deuce's hand and put down all three of her fingers and she held up her two fingers and bumped the high-two with Deuce "Are you coming with us?"

"No, I have to go back with Flynn, I still don't know if I'm going to the dance"

"I can't force you to do it Deuce, that's your decision, but I can tell you something, it's about time you fix things out with Rocky, Rocky is an amazing, smart and kind girl, she doesn't deserve to be going through all this, that's all I'm telling you Deuce" Tinka ran to catch up with CeCe and Rocky

Deuce watched as the girls left in a taxi for the dance, Deuce on his side, hurrying back with Flynn.

Deuce went back to CeCe's apartment and he was surprised to see Gunther and Ty there.

"This is some kind of meeting?" Deuce said.

Gunther got up from the couch "No, I just stopped here, before going to the dance, where were you?"

"I was talking with your CeCe, she is paranoid and sad, you should go talk to her as soon as possible"

"I'll do that, but" Gunther sighs "I'm so nervous, I don't know what I'm going to say to CeCe, I never thought I'd get to this point, when I went back to the Old Country, I was sure I was going to forget about CeCe, but It wasn't like that, you know, I almost got married in the Old Country."

Flynn, Ty and Deuce froze and were shocked to hear that.

"What you what?" Ty said

"It's a long story, but in short, my grandparents had a wedding arranged for me with a princess from a country near the Old Country, everything was ready, but from the moment I received that news , CeCe appeared in my mind, day after day, 24 hours a day, I couldn't get her out of my mind, she was always there, so I decided to cancel that arranged wedding, believe me it was more difficult than i expected and I escape"

"Did you escape?" Ty, Deuce and Flynn said at the same time.

"Yes" Gunther gave an awkward smile "It's something I didn't tell anyone, not even Tinka, but I escaped from the old country"

"Oh My Goats" Deuce brought his palm up to his face.

Flynn and Ty started laughing. "You just have to be yourself Gunther" Flynn said

Ty got up from the couch as well and leaned on Gunther's shoulders "The Little Man is right, this is not the Gunther Hessenheffer that I know, the Gunther Hessenheffer that I know would stand in front of CeCe and say Hello Baybee and then would find more than a thousand ways to try to get her attention and flirt with her, how long have you been talking about that you like CeCe, three years?, it's time "

"You're right, I should take all the courage to tell CeCe that I like her, that I love her and I'm going to do it now, I'm going to the dance" Gunther grabbed his jacket and left CeCe's apartment quickly, but after a few seconds he went back in "But one of you three has to come with me, to give me more confidence"

As Flynn and Ty looked at each other, Deuce began to think that it was also time to fix his problems with Rocky, Tinka was right when he told him that Rocky did not deserve this, she did not deserve him, Rocky is out of his league , he and she were never going to be together and it is something that he had already accepted, but it was not just accepting it, but telling Rocky how he feels and there Deuce replied to Gunther "I will go with you, after all, I I also have to fix something with Rocky"

Ty stared and walked over to Deuce "What do you have to fix with Rocky?"

Deuce froze when he heard those words from Ty, he didn't have to say that in front of Ty, Ty didn't know about the kiss, Deuce tried to persuade Ty, telling him different things, but his nervousness gave him away, even in a state of nervousness and total tension, he decided to tell the truth to Ty "I kissed Rocky"

There was total silence, Deuce didn't feel any reaction from Ty, until something ran through his body, he suddenly felt the neck of his shirt being grabbed, blinking for a few seconds and simply saw a fist going to his face, he didn't have time to dodge it and just closed his eyes fully waiting for that fist, but the fist didn't come, he timidly opened his eyes and saw how Ty's fist had been stopped by Gunther and Flynn with all his strength tried to push Ty away of him

Gunther and Flynn pulled Ty away from Deuce, Ty yelled at Deuce "Deuce, how could you do this, I thought you were my best friend, but you betray me, you kiss my sister, my sister", Deucewas still stunned by what had happened, Ty pushed Gunther and Flynn a little "I better go, I don't want to make a mistake that I'm going to regret, but Deuce, between you and me, there is

no longer anything" Ty went out the window and went upstairs to his apartment "Ty wait" Deuce shout to a Ty who had already left, Deuce sat on the couch and put his hand on his eyes as a sign of guilt "What have I done?"

CeCe, Rocky and Tinka were talking on the dance floor while drinking some punch, until CeCe saw James arrive in the distance.

CeCe rolled her eyes "Great my prom date is here"

Rocky touched CeCe's shoulder and smiled "Cheer up CeCe, you know what the plan is, dance with James, have some punch and then tell him things aren't going to work out and done with it"

CeCe turned around and saw Tinka and Rocky smiling at her and sighed "Okay, I'll do my best, I'll see you later"

"She doesn't look happy with this" Tinka said

"You're right, where is Gunther?"

"I don't know, I've sent he many messages and he doesn't answer me"

"I hope your brother hurry up"

CeCe went to James and smiled in a fake way.

"Finally I find you, I've been looking for you for minutes"

"Did you ever think of looking for me on a dance floor at a dance?"

James smiled nervously "Right, sorry, do you want to do something?"

"We're at a dance, we can drink some punch and dance"

"Sounds great" James started to walk but CeCe stopped and looked at James

"James wait" James turned and saw CeCe "I can't do this to you, I'm not a bad person, I can't lie to you and myself"

"What are you talking about CeCe?"

"This is not going to work James, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for making you think that inside of me I still had feelings for you, a lot has changed since the last time we went out 5 months ago" CeCe lowered her head

"What changed exactly?, why can't we try to try again?, we could make it work, I promise you it will work now, I still love you"

"James" CeCe raised her head and stared at James "I fell in love with someone else"

James's gaze changed completely, he went from having his eyes lit up and full of illusions to practically hearing his heart break.

"James, you're an amazing guy, any girl would want to go out with you, the right girl is out there, because I'm not that girl, I'm sorry"

"Don't worry, I was the fool who thought, that after all these months, you still had feelings for me, I hope that other person loves you as much as you do" James extended his hand looking for a handshake with CeCe, CeCe saw him and gave him a handshake "It was nice to meet you CeCe Jones" James smiled sheepishly and left

CeCe stood watching as James walked away.

"That was faster than I thought"

CeCe turned around and saw Rocky behind her.

"It was better that way, I couldn't keep lying to him and make him illusions about me, I'm not like that"

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, Rocky, I just have enough of this, I'm going home"

"Okay, I'll tell Tinka that we're leaving"

"No, no, no, stay here and enjoy the night, also keep Tink company"

"But CeCe"

CeCe grabbed Rocky's hands and looked at her "Please, we can't leave Tink alone here, do it for me"

Rocky looked at CeCe still quite doubtful but she ended up giving in to her request "Okay, but let me take a taxi for you and you should also call me when you get home"

"Alright Rocky" Rocky and CeCe went outside and Rocky made sure CeCe took a taxi straight to her house, once inside the taxi, CeCe took out her phone and showed the taxi driver "Could you take me here?" the taxi driver made a change of direction to the place where CeCe told him

Rocky went back into the school and walked a bit, when she finally saw Gunther standing next to his old locker and ran over to him.

Rocky tapped Gunther's arm "Where the hell have you been?, You are late, CeCe already left."

"What?, but you said you would keep her here until I arrived"

"I did my best Gunther, things happened and CeCe left, she was also a little sad, but why are you so late?"

"There was a problem in CeCe's apartment"

Rocky was confused "What problems?"

"Well, long story short, Ty almost hit Deuce."

"WHAT? BUT WHY? WHAT HAPPENED?" Rocky was screaming

"Ty found out that you and Deuce kissed, he got out of control and almost hit Deuce, luckily I was able to stop his fist"

"Oh I can't believe it" Rocky leaned against the lockers and slid down to sit on the floor "What have I done?"

"Rocky, it's not your fault"

"What are you saying Gunther?, obviously it's my fault, not only did I ruin my friendship with Deuce, now I've ruined Ty and Deuce's friendship, I'm a horrible person"

"You're not a horrible person Rocky, we all make mistakes" Gunther smiled and shook Rocky's hand to get her up, "Like me not telling CeCe my feelings for her"

"You can tell her now, she went back to her apartment, surprise her there" Rocky said

"Rocky, did you say CeCe was a little sad?"

"Yes, that's what I could notice"

"I think I know where she is" Gunther ran but Rocky yelled for stop to Gunther

–Loves and Feelings–

"Gunther" Gunther stopped and turned around to see Rocky "Go For Her" Rocky smiled and Gunther kept running

"Where is Gunther going?" Tinka said that she appeared out of nowhere behind Rocky

"He Goes For Her"

"Huh?"

Rocky shook her head and turned to Tinka "I mean, he's going for CeCe, finally he'll tell her everything he has to tell her."

Tinka turned her gaze towards the entrance of the school "I think it will be a night of saying everything you have to say and your time has come"

"What do you mean Tinka?"

Tinka took Rocky by the shoulders and turned her around to see Deuce walking through the school entrance "It's time for you to do it Rocky, it's time for you to fix things with Deuce"

"No, no, I can't, Tinka, how about we go for a walk or something, I just want to go" Rocky started to move, but Tinka grabbed her hands, Rocky looked up at Tinka

Tinka smiled at him and said "It's time Rocky, things can't be like this forever, the little friendship you still have with Deuce, you can save it now"

Rocky got close to Tinka and looked into her eyes "Will you be here when I get back?"

Tinka smiled "I'll be here when you get back, now go and be honest with Deuce" Tinka let go Rocky's hand and let her go

A shy and very indecisive Rocky slowly approached Deuce, Deuce noticed that Rocky was approaching him and froze, until Rocky came to where Deuce was, face to face after a long time, there was a silence for a few seconds, until that the two spoke at the same time

"Hello" Rocky and Deuce said at the same time

The silence continued for a few more seconds until Rocky "You know, I hate being like this, this quiet, everything so awkward, Deuce I'm sorry, I'm sorry for the kiss, I'm sorry for everything that happened since then, our friendship, that my brother almost hit you, I'm sorry" Rocky started towalk slowly outside and Deuce followed her

"Rocky you don't have to apologize, because I'm all to blame, I was the one who kissed you, I deserve everything that is happening, except that our friendship is ruined"

"And all for nothing, Deuce, I, I lied to myself, thinking that maybe we could be more than friends, but I was wrong" Rocky began to sob a little "When I kissed you, I didn't feel anything, I was so disappointed, i thought that everything was going to be different, that we could finally start something, but it was just an illusion, I just wanted you to know that"

"This is the destiny that has always been for us, to be friends, Rocky, that's our thing, it always has been, to be friends, because being honest, I didn't feel anything when I kissed you either, you're beautiful, intelligent and funny, believe me that I would love to be with you, but" Deuce couldn't continue and started to shed some tears, Rocky wrapped him in a warm hug and Deuce started to cry "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry Rocky"

"Deuce you don't have to continue, I already understood everything, it's better that way, it's better that we continue forward, Deuce don't cry, because if you keep crying, I will too" Rocky couldn't take it anymore and also started crying

Rocky and Deuce were holding each other for a few minutes until they let go and Deuce laughed "Hahaha sorry, I wet your dress a little"

"Don't worry, I'm sorry too, for getting your hair wet"

Deuce started to walk away from Rocky and Rocky noticed this and said "Are you leaving?"

"Yeah, I'd like to stay, but after all, I don't feel like dancing, maybe drink a punch" Deuce smiled "But no, I told Flynn I'd be back in a few minutes and I want to get there before CeCe's mom gets here"

"I get it Deuce, this was something we needed, it's like a new beginning for us"

"Yeah, I mean, I quit Crusty's, so it's a bigger new beginning for me."

"Wait, you're implying that your new beginning is bigger than mine, Martinez."

"Hahaha I don't"

"But you're right" Rocky was silent for a few seconds as if trying to process something "Wait what?, Did you quit Crusty's?"

"Hahaha, it took you a few seconds to process, but yeah, I did it this afternoon, I'll tell you why I did it later." Deuce took a deep breath and said, "So We Okay?"

Rocky looked at Deuce and smiled warmly "We Will Be"

Deuce said goodbye to Rocky and left

Deuce was walking towards the street, he was still a little distracted from everything that had happened, he didn't realize that someone was walking towards him and bumped into that person, Deuce said "I'm sorry" and raised his head and saw someone unexpected "Dina" Deuce said in a low tone

"Hello Deuce"

"Dina, how have you been?"

"I've been fine and you"

"I've also been good"

"Are you leaving the dance? I thought you were going to come with Rocky"

"Oh no, no, no, you're misunderstanding things"

Dina smiled slightly "Deuce that doesn't matter anymore, see you later Deuce"

"See you later Dina"

Deuce and Dina walked in opposite directions, with everything that had happened, both ex-lovers still have a little hurt from their breakup, but they walked with their heads held high looking to the future and closing a love that maybe one day they will unite again or maybe it was the end of all their love

Rocky entered the school again and went to look for Tinka, Rocky was looking for her for a few seconds, until she found her standing in the lockers, Tinka saw Rocky "Hey, you're back, how did it go?"

Rocky approached Tinka and Tinka saw that Rocky's eyes were still a little teary and somewhat red "Did you cry?, Did Deuce say something bad to you?, Because if is true, Martinez is going to know me for who I really am" Tinka wanted to walk but Rocky stopped her

"No Tinka, Deuce didn't do anything to me, but it was harder than I thought, we talked and then he started crying and I cried and everything fell apart and so on, but now we're good, I hope so"

"I understand, but the good thing is that it's over, now you can look forward and begin to heal your friendship with Deuce, which I know is very important to you"

"You're right" Rocky sighed and leaned against the lockers

"Do you want to line up to take the photo?, It's almost 8 o'clock and at this time, the line starts to get longer" Tinka said

"Will you take the picture too?"

"I guess so, I wanted to wait for Gunther, but he's going to be late with CeCe"

"You're right, I would have liked to see what Gunther was going to say to CeCe, but I think they deserve to do it alone"

Tinka and Rocky went to line up for the photo

Gunther had run to a park, he expected CeCe to be there, when he arrived at the park, Gunther was very tired, he took a breath and rested for a few seconds, Gunther raised his head and searched the entire park for CeCe, until something caught his attention, something that was easily identifiable for him, a beautiful redhair shone in the distance, sitting on the swings, swaying slowly, there she was, Gunther walked towards her, each step he took his heart beat more and more, he got nervous, but he kept walking towards the swings

CeCe had been in the park thinking in silence, she had lost track of time, something was bothering her and making her sad and it was Gunther again, those moments of sadness that she had at the beginning of her crush on Gunther were coming back, she didn't want that to come back, but at the same time maybe that was the destiny, she was locked in a loop, it seemed to be her own Groundhog Day, repeating the same thing over and over, but CeCe felt something suddenly, a sensation ran through her whole body , suddenly the world seemed to have lost its sound, CeCe slowly turned her head to the left, she didn't know why she did it, she didn't want to do it, her breathing increased more and more, every second she turned her head until it turned completely and there she saw it, she saw something she thought she'd never see again, there it was... Gunther

CeCe and Gunther didn't look away from each other, the world seemed to have stopped, there was not a single word, it seemed that neither of them had anything to say to each other

"Can i sit?" Gunther finally broke the silence

"Sure" CeCe answered quickly

Gunther sat on a swing next to CeCe, even so, there was a great silence, the minutes passed, both didn't speak, their gazes were diverted, CeCe looked at Gunther out of the corner of her eye, she looked him up and down, it was Gunther, she I couldn't believe that he was here, he hadn't changed much

"How did you find me?" CeCe quickly averted her gaze from Gunther after asking

Gunther nervously said "Rocky...Rocky told me that you leave the dance, sad, so I thought you could be here and you are here"

CeCe kept looking away from her from Gunther, she was very nervous "You know me very well, Gunther"

Gunther looked at the sky and with a smile said "I remember when I saw you here, we were 10 years old, you were sad because your fish, Mr. Goldy Goldy had gone with the Great Goat to heaven"

CeCe smiled hearing what Gunther was saying, CeCe was happy because Gunther remembered that.

"We were so young" CeCe said quietly

After a few seconds of silence, CeCe lowered her head and said "I remember I came here thinking when you gone, those words of Tinka echoed in my mind, I couldn't believe it, a part of me thought it was a joke and that in the end you were going to appear again, but the months passed and I realized that you were not going to come back, everything was over, it was painful and it seemed that I was the only one who remembered you, in my mind you were always, the others didn't seem to care that you had gone, it is as if you had never existed, were you just a dream?, an illusion?, I didn't know how to answer that and you left without saying goodbye, not a single word, not a note, not a recording, nothing, you disappeared"

Gunther hearing the last thing CeCe said, his heart felt some pangs, he was silent for a few seconds, until he just couldn't contain himself anymore "CeCe... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... I'm sorry, I'm sorry for having gone like this, without saying goodbye, without saying goodbye, but the thing is... I never knew how to say goodbye, I would not have had enough courage to say goodbye to you, I was afraid that no one would care that I was leaving, even though things got better, I wasn't completely sure of that, but I have always carried that feeling of regret and guilt for not having said goodbye to you, I was sad, I was devastated when I left Chicago, my heart was broken and ...and...I just wouldn't have known how to say goodbye"

"Gunther, I'm still mad at you for this and at the time I didn't know why I felt that way, I didn't know why I reacted that way, I was so confused, I just so mad"

"I understand CeCe and it makes all the sense in the world that you feel that way, I cared what others said about me going to leave, but the one that mattered to me the most was you, I don't ask you to forgive me, maybe you never do it and I deserve it, I just want you to know that I never wanted to leave like this, I was very scared and didn't know how to say goodbye, CeCe, you are very important to me"

"Gunther, this is not forgiven like a magic, it's not something that fast, it hurt me a lot that you did that, I didn't understand why you did that, but we can start to heal all this"

CeCe said and that word and just something inside her mind clicked and she was able to turn around and look at Gunther, a Gunther who was shedding some tears, CeCe smiled "You missed a lot, Gunther"

Gunther smiled back at CeCe, "A lot happened in my time of Departure, right?, the studio burned down, I knew I had to tell Gary to turn off his tanning machine, your mom almost got married, you had your 16th birthday, you were to France, you went out with some guys, you sang on the show, by the way I love your song, you had this weird dream of a future where you and Rocky were no longer friends and you were married to someone named Logan"

"Ew, just thinking about that horrible dream, I have bad chills and i feel disgusting, wait how do you know about that dream?"

"It seems that you told Tinka" Gunther laughed "It seems that Logan was not to anyone's liking, the only time Tinka mentioned him in the letters, she didn't say anything good about him"

"Yes, he was an idiot, it's good that he's gone"

Gunther just laughed at what CeCe said.

"And about Tinka, I'm glad that you, Tinka and Rocky are friends now"

"Yes, she is an amazing girl"

"And you also lost your memory"

"Why did you come back?" A more serious CeCe spoke up to Gunther's surprise, the conversation was getting nice, it was more like the old days of the two of them, but CeCe turned the conversation completely around with that question.

There was a silence in the conversation, the wind was blowing bringing fallen leaves dancing around CeCe and Gunther, Gunther thought about how to answer CeCe's question, but he didn't know how to do it.

"Was it a bad idea to go back?" Gunther said with a more serious tone than his usual way of speaking.

CeCe opened her eyes and quite desperate said "No, no, no, I don't mean that, I don't mean that it was a bad idea for you to come back, I just want to know, why are you here?, I want to know"

Gunther took a deep breath "In the old country I didn't feel happy, I was unhappy, every day that passed I didn't stop thinking about this place, in Chicago, in my life here, everything here was more fun, I missed talking to everyone, dancing in Shake It Up, fighting about dumb things with Rocky or with Deuce or with Ty and every day that passed I kept thinking about you, you, you are the person I can't get out of my mind, I must admit that the reason, that the reason why I so quickly decided to leave Chicago for was to escape my feelings for you"

CeCe lifted her head when she heard those last words from Gunther, she stared into space, trying to process what Gunther was saying.

"CeCe, I was resigned to staying in the old country forever, I was going to lose contact with Tinka and only then would I leave all this behind, until I received your letter" Gunther took out the letter that CeCe had sent her months ago, CeCe watched as Gunther grabbed the letter in his hands and proceeded to open it.

"When I read this letter, my whole world shone, the moments we spent together came to my mind and"

"Stop" CeCe said "Stop, there, I never thought we'd get to this point, I sent you the letter because, because, I really don't know why I did it, I've been confused, with all this since, since I got my memory back, I unlocked this for you, I had my doubts before and I tried to forget about it, I tried to go out with some boys, thinking that this way I would forget you and I did it for a while, but I lied to myself, I was lying, I'm a big liar" CeCe began to shed a few small tears "I have never felt like this before and that scared me, it still scares me, because I never thought I would feel this for you, my heart was broken when you left, I felt sad and helpless, but I didn't know why, I didn't know if it was simply the fact that we've known each other for almost 8 years and without thinking about it over time I began to worry about you, to think that you were always going to be there, but one day you disappeared, I realized late, that I had lost you, now I was just a girl left behind with a broken heart"

Gunther got up from the swing and felt how small drops fell on his head, then he raised his head up and saw how it started to rain, he looked at a CeCe releasing small tears that mixed with the raindrops, then he approached her and knelt down "The reason is you, the reason I came back is you, it was always like that, I was always clear about what I felt for you, since the dance, I tried to tell you several times, but I couldn't, for the first time I felt terrified, for the fact that you couldn't feel the same as me, you are my weakness, but now after all, I don't want to lose you again, I don't want to leave your side, I don't want to make you feel that way again"

Gunther took CeCe's hands, the rain was increasing its intensity, Gunther and CeCe were practically soaked, but they didn't care, they both stared at each other and Gunther said "I can say that I Like You, I Always Liked You , Cecelia Jones, You are the most beautiful person I have ever met, the most intelligent, the most intrepid, the craziest, the funniest and I can continue like this all night, because I Like You like nothing in this world"

Gunther was silent for a few seconds and just looking at CeCe, CeCe did not stop looking away from Gunther, at the moment she heard the word she always wanted to hear in her mind she began to pass a flash of memories with Gunther, she saw her Moments with Gunther passed before her eyes, she just kept quiet, with the rain pouring down at its fullest, CeCe inched closer to Gunther, close-up after close-up, she directed her sweet little lips to Gunther's lips to finally lock their lips together and thus closing their union, once the kiss was conceived, Gunther's tears welled up, the rain fell on them, but they did not care, because they were locked in their world, no matter what happened outside, After All, It Was Their Time.

The rain was pouring down, Gunther and CeCe were drenched, but they didn't care, their lips parted, they both stared at each other, their eyes never parted and they smiled.

"I'm glad you're back Gunther, I'm really glad" CeCe said without taking her eyes off Gunther

"Glad to see you again...Baybee" Gunther said and the last thing made CeCe laugh

CeCe looked with a big smile on her face that gradually turned into a face that is about to cry "I miss hearing that" and CeCe started to cry, Gunther wrapped his arms around her in a big hug that they both wanted never will end

"Oh, finally, we got to the photo booth, to take my photo" Rocky said quite happily "Who comes first to take the photo?, Tinka"

"Sorry girls, there is only one room for a photo" Said the photographer

Rocky started yelling "We stood in line for almost an hour to take our photo and now you're telling me there's only room for one picture, how is that possible?"

"Sorry, the memory that stores the photos only has room for one photo"

"No you don't understand me, tonight has been a disaster and I'm not going to leave without both of us having the photo" Rocky was very upset, but Tinka grabbed her arms and began to reassure her

"Rocky go you and take your picture, there's no problem with me"

"No, no, no, you know what? If the photographer here doesn't want to give us two separate photos, then we'll take the photo together, come with me Tinka" Rocky unexpectedly and quickly grabbed Tinka's hand and took her to the photo booth

Rocky and Tinka stood together, they approached little by little and Rocky put her arms around Tinka to give her a little hug and they both smiled so that the photo was taken

"It was a good idea, that we take the picture" Rocky said

"Together?" Tinka finished what Rocky was saying

"Yeah together, I just wish there was one more photo for CeCe and Gunther."

"Well, we still don't know if they're going to come ba" Tinka said when suddenly she heard some laughter approaching until Rocky and Tinka saw who they were

"Oh my god, what happened?, you guys are soaked" Rocky approached CeCe and began to look at all her dress that was wet

"Brother, you're wet, look how your hair lost his beautiful hairstyle" Tinka tried to comb Gunther's hair with her hand

With a smile CeCe said "Many things happened" slightly and subtly Gunther moved his hand and CeCe's hand who were holding each other and there Rocky and Tinka understood

Rocky gave a little coat that she had in her locker to CeCe "I understand that your love is unforgettable and crazy, but that doesn't mean that you are so wet, you can catch a cold, but"

"I'm glad you two are together, finally, finally" Tinka didn't care that CeCe and Gunther were wet, she still gave them a hug

Rocky, seeing this, also joined the hug, so that in the end the four of them are in a big hug

Rocky closed her locker and went to where the others were "Well it's time to go"

Gunther stopped Rocky and Tinka "Wait, wait, do you really think we're going to leave without dancing?"

"Come on, come on" CeCe grabbed Rocky's hand and led her off the dance floor.

The Hessenheffers laughed at that and Gunther turned around and looked at Tinka, "Let's dance, Tinkabell."

"LET'S DANCE!" Tinka screamed and entered the dance floor with Gunther.

"'Cause she's a diamond in a sea ofpearls, When are we gonna learn that we can change the world?" sounded at the dance, there were several dancing, others were talking and laughing others eating and drinking a punch, a typical scenario, CeCe and Rocky were already on the dance floor "She's on the same side, Chasing shadows one by one, Doesn't 't matter where she's from, Someone's daughter, someone's love" CeCe and Rocky danced, Gunther and Tinka stopped and drank punch

"Pretty refreshing, huh," Gunther said.

"CeCe or Punch?" Tinka said in the middle of little giggles

"Since when are you such a joker?"

"Let's say, I learned new things, since you gone, it was a long time"

"I know and I'm sorry, Tinkabell"

"It was a good training"

"Training?" Gunther asked Tinka

"Gunther, we both know that sooner or later we will have to separate, to go to university or when you get married, you will be a Hessen and I will be, well a Heffer"

"But that does not have to happen now, we will graduate in two years, there is still a little time"

"I know Gunther and I'm glad we have more time and I'm also glad that when it's time to part ways, I'm relieved CeCe is by your side, she's perfect for you, don't let her go"

Gunther smiles at Tinka and gives her a big kiss on the forehead and a hug included.

The upbeat music was over, now it was time for the slow moment of the dance, a beautiful song began to play and several couples began to get together to start dancing

Tinka gave Gunther a little push in the direction of the dance floor "Go dance with her, you don't have to be afraid anymore"

Gunther walked over to where CeCe was and they began to dance.

Gunther and CeCe linked hands and began to move slowly across the dance floor.

"There goes my heart beating, 'Cause you are the reason" the song started playing

"Do you remember when we danced here, that night" Gunther said

"I'm losing my sleep, please come back now"

"Yeah, it was fun" CeCe replied with a slight smile

"Tonight is different, no more lies, because you really are the best dancer in Shake It Up Chicago, no more puppets"

"Hey, I liked the puppet, don't forget that I invited you to the dance through Little CeCe" CeCe raised her hand and began to use it as a puppet "Don't underestimate the work and power of Little CeCe"

There goes my hands shaking, And you are the reason, My heart keeps bleeding, I need you now"

Gunther laughed "What would our selves from 3 years ago say?"

"I would probably be throwing up and you would be too"

"And if I could turn back the clock, I'd make sure the light defeated the dark, I'd spend every hour, of every day, Keeping you safe"

"Probably, but that's in the past"

"Even though I'm still mad at you for leaving without saying goodbye, I want this to work"

"I don't wanna fight no more, I don't wanna hide no more, I don't wanna cry no more, Come back I need you to hold me (you are the reason)"

CeCe slowly put her head on Gunther's chest, Gunther stopped for a minute and looked around, seeing all these couples dancing, he remembered that night at the dance, when he fell in love with CeCe and then he said

"We'll make it work and you could be my girlfriend?, I know it's too fast, but i don't want to leave you again, i don't want to"

"Be a little closer now, Just a little closer now, Come a little closer, I need you to hold me tonight"

Gunther hugged CeCe tighter as the music continued, they both kept dancing and CeCe said softly

"We've known each other for 10 years, this is not fast, I would love to be your girlfriend"

Gunther's eyes began to tear a little

"I'd climb every mountain, And swim every ocean, Just to be with you, And fix what I've broken"

Then, when the song was about to end, Gunther raised his head to see CeCe, who also raise her head and it is at that moment that they both stared at each other, smiled and their lips met again like a few minutes ago in the park, to realize a quick sweet kiss that left the dance floor sparkling in diamonds.

"'Cause I need you to see, That you are the reason"

And then the song ended and everyone clapped

Rocky and Tinka were watching all that time from afar

"Well it's official, CeCe and Gunther are now a couple or i guess so" Rocky said

"At least the drama is over and it was a nice ending" Tinka sighed as she finished speaking

"If you want I can get you someone to dance with and ask the DJ to play another one of those slow cheesy songs"

"No, I also feel that you want to do that, so that I'm anchored to a dance partner and don't show my true dancing talent, which is obviously better than yours"

Rocky laughed sarcastically upon hearing that "You know what, why don't we dance and show who is the best dancer?"

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1, We counting down, down..., Get ready!"

"You heard the song, Blue, it's time to dance"

Rocky and Tinka went to the center of the dance floor and started dancing to the rhythm of "Future Sounds Like Us by Dove Cameron" they both danced like there was no tomorrow, areal dance competition

"Everybody move to the beat of your heart!, Dancing through infinity, beyond the stars!"

Several people gathered around Rocky and Tinka, both seemed to give their lives in each dance step, but they did not look away from each other and smiled.

"There's no looking back, 'cause here we come!, The future sounds, oh, the future sounds like us!"

"Do you give up, Rocky?" Tinka said

"For nothing in the world, Tinka"

"So, let's see if you can stand this" Tinka quickly and violently grabbed Rocky by her hand and brought her closer to her too quickly that she grabbed Rocky unnoticed

"We're taking off at the speed of light!, Blowing through your speakers from the satellites! (Here we come...)"

The dance competition had turned into a dance for two that just ended up contagious everyone else who started dancing along with Rocky and Tinka.

"What you're gonna hear is not what it was! (Not what it was)"

"You know, I was wrong about you Tinka"

"What are you talking about, Rocky?"

"You are a good person, I love being your friend"

"I love hearing that, because I love that too, now that Gunther and CeCe are spending more time together, maybe we can spend more time together."

Rocky smiled and looked at Tinka "I would like to, besides that I would teach you better dance steps"

Tinka just laughed and continued dancing with Rocky.

"The future sounds, oh, the future sounds like us!, Can you hear the rush?, We taking over, over, over..."

Once the song was over, Rocky and Tinka let go each other

"Wow that was amazing, Rocky"

"Tinka, you are a good dance partner, the second best"

"I want to be the first best" With a small giggle Tinka went to where Gunther was

CeCe appeared behind Rocky "What the hell was that?"

Rocky was still a bit shaken and smiled "Wow that was wild, I danced with Tinka"

CeCe crossed her arms and looked at her suspiciously "I've never seen you like this after a dance" CeCe thought some more and snapped her fingers "She Rocked Your World"

Rocky laughed sarcastically "You have no idea what you're talking about, it was just a dance" Rocky went for some punch to quench his thirst

CeCe watched her go "This is interesting, 'just a dance' huh, I like that they are becoming good friends"

"Me too" A big hug from behind enveloped CeCe

"It seems that things return to their place... Baybee"

Gunther laughed at that "Hey, you're not doing too bad, you just need to make the Bee longer, like a goat"

"You two lovebirds, we already danced, we already had fun, but you're soaking wet, so we better go, before you catch a cold" Tinka said

"We can stay a bit, we're not going to catch a cold, just because we got a little we" CeCe sneezed before finishing what she was going to say

"Let's go CeCe, we'll go home, you'll change your clothes and have a hot drink and then go to sleep" Rocky started to push CeCe, as did Tinka to Gunther and in the end they all left the dance

They all arrived at CeCe's apartment to find Deuce and Flynn asleep on the couch next to each other, CeCe gave a small laugh.

"They look so sweet"

"Yes, you don't even notice that Deuce was about to be hit by Ty" Gunther said to the surprise of Tinka and CeCe

"WHAT HAPPENED IN WHAT?" CeCe and Tinka yelled loudly causing Deuce and Flynn to wake up.

"Oh dear, what time is it?" Deuce asked still a little sleepy

"It's almost 10, Deucey" Gunther replied

"Almost 10? Damn I have to go to Crusty's"

"Do you have a shift at 10?" CeCe said

"No, he quit and he has to go get his stuff" Flynn still sleepy said

"YOU DID WHAT?" CeCe yelled

Deuce looked at everyone in confusion, "We're all going to yell at each other tonight?"

Tinka looked at Deuce carefully "Do you quit to Crusty's, Deuce?"

Deuce showed a rather genuine smile "Hehe, you said my name without that silence, hehe, I'm already your TBF"

Tinka shook her head and sighed "It's no use with you, you're a Basketcase, Deuce" Tinka went to the kitchen to get something to eat and Deuce stayed talking with CeCe, Gunther, Rocky and Flynn

"So you quit Crusty's, because you want to feel freer"

"Exactly, you finally get it, CeCe"

"Sounds fair to me, Deucey."

"I know Gunther"

Rocky looked up and smiled at Deuce "The important thing is that you feel safe and comfortable with your decision, I'm going to make some tea for you to drink CeCe, do you guys want something, Gunther?, Deuce?, Flynn?"

"No, I'm leaving now" Deuce said getting ready to leave CeCe's apartment "I forgot my phone charger in your room Flynn, let's get it" Deuce and Flynn went to Flynn's room leaving CeCe and Gunther alone sitting on the couch

CeCe turned to look at Gunther and approached him "Aren't you going to stay for tea or coffee?"

"No, I'd like to, but it's time to go to my apartment, I'm pretty tired and I know Tinkabell is too, but what if we meet tomorrow afternoon at Tino's to have some coffee and talk"

"I love the sound of that, I love it, it's a plan" CeCe lets out a little giggle "Sorry I got us wet."

"Don't worry, Little Cookie, I don't care if I'm wet, what matters to me is being with you"

Gunther and CeCe slowly moved closer for another kiss but something stopped them at the last second.

"Awww, you look so sweet and cute and now you're together, I'm so happy for you two, you melt my heart" It was Deuce who interrupted CeCe and Gunther "I'm going to give you two a hug, because I'm happy for you guys" Deuce said and walked over to CeCe and Gunther and gave them a hug.

"Thanks, Deuce" CeCe said in a slightly confused way, but in the end CeCe and Gunther just laughed

"LET'S GO DEUCE" Flynn yelled

CeCe got up from the couch and stood in front of Flynn "Hey where are you going, it's almost 10, you should be sleeping"

"Oh come on sister, give me about 10 minutes to help Deuce get his things out of Crusty's and say goodbye to the Waiter's Friends Discount"

CeCe looked at Deuce and Flynn over and over, "Fine, but only 10 minutes."

"Hey don't you want to come, Gunther?" Flynn asked Gunther

"Maybe a little walk before I go to get my rest, sounds good" Gunther yelled into the kitchen "LET'S GO TINKABELL"

The yell caught the attention of Tinka who had been with Rocky in the kitchen for minutes.

Tinka poked her head out of the kitchen "Huh, why are you yelling?, I'm close to you"

Gunther lowered her head a little "I'm sorry Tinkabell, but I think it's time to go, you must be very tired"

"Right, you're right, Gunther, I'll say goodbye to Rocky and I'll come right now, why don't you go down with CeCe to the entrance of the building"

Gunther looked at CeCe and CeCe just nodded her head, CeCe and Gunther were walking out the door as Flynn and Deuce were walking with them and Tinka yelled "I said just Gunther and CeCe, guys, give them some time alone, you two go out to the down exit"

"Okay Tinka" Flynn and Deuce said at the same time and went out the stairs from the window

Tinka went back into the kitchen and saw Rocky laughing a little.

"What are you laughing at?"

"It's just funny, how you manage to handle boys, it's funny, it's a shame you can't stay to drink tea with me and CeCe"

"Yes, but I have to go now" Tinka got a little nervous and slowly left the kitchen "See you later Rocky"

"Wait Tinka" Tinka stopped short when Rocky said that, when Tinka turned around she found a Rocky with a slight and sweet smile "I had a good time with you tonight, you know, being there walking from one side to the other , looking for gossip" Tinka and Rocky laughed at that, because it was true "You gave me encouragement when I had to face and fix my problems with Deuce... we took the photo and then we danced and it was fun, I really completely forgot about that I didn't have a date for the dance... although after all, you were my date"

Rocky got up from the kitchen chairs and went to Tinka, Tinka was at her highest point of nervousness, she remained static, without moving, just reacting as if it were a reflex when Rocky hugged her and she also gave her that hug

"I was going to say the same and seriously, I also liked being with you tonight Rocky, it was fun"

When they stopped hugging, Rocky's gaze focused on Tinka's chest "I didn't realize you were wearing that necklace Gunther sent you for your birthday"

Tinka gently picked up the necklace "Yes, I've been wearing it lately, only if he had sent it"

"What are you talking about?"

"I mean, the fact that on the other side of this little star" Tinka turns to the other side of the star of the necklace "It say, By Rocky and that I remember that my brother's name is Gunther, not Rocky, I know that was you"

"Oh CeCe" Rocky is clearly nervous

Tinka laughs "Rocky you don't have to act like that, it was sweet that you did this for me and pass it off as if Gunther had sent it to me, it was a sweet act and it shows what an incredible person you are"

Rocky slowly walked away from Tinka "You were sad on your birthday because Gunther wasn't with you and i wanted to give you the gift you wanted, to make you happy, because i was looking for that smile of yours"

"And you got it, the best gift I could get that day, was that you and CeCe were there with me and you didn't leave me alone, you gave me the best birthday of my life, Thank you, Thank you for that and Thank you for this"

"It's nothing, that's what friends are for, right?" Rocky raised her hand looking for Tinka's high-five and Tinka walked over to Rocky and gave her the high-five where her hands stayed together for a few seconds too long, as if they were going to hold on.

Tinka smiled slightly and said goodbye to Rocky making a goodbye sign with her hand "See you later" and then walked out the door

Rocky sat back down on the kitchen chair and softly sang "If I could wish upon tomorrow, Tonight would never end, Let's make it last forever, And live it again and again" andstarted to drink her tea

CeCe and Gunther walked down to the entrance of the building and stood looking at each other.

"I guess that's all for tonight, I'd like this to last forever" Gunther said

CeCe smiled slightly "I still can't believe you're back, I always thought I'd never see you again, you know, all this was killing me, but now that you know, we're an, an" CeCe got visibly nervousand couldn't finish what she was about to say

"An official couple" Gunther smirked "I like the sound of that"

"Me too, obviously, of course, I mean, if it wasn't like that, we wouldn't be now" CeCe laughed nervously "I like you a lot"

Now it's Gunther who laughs nervously.

"What's wrong, are you nervous?, you?" CeCe said

"It's just that every time I heard that from your mouth, everything got cloudy around me and I... I woke up, is this also a dream?"

CeCe moved closer to Gunther, until she was attached to him "Tell me if this feels like a dream" CeCe brought her lips closer to Gunther to give him a sweet kiss that this time lasted longer than the previous times

Gunther smiled "Definitely, that was not a dream"

Gunther unexpectedly grabs CeCe for a hug "I'd like to stay like this forever"

"Me too"

Tinka left the building and stared at Gunther and CeCe embracing and a strange feeling ran through her chest, when she touched her necklace, she didn't know what it was, because she had never felt like that, so she didn't pay much attention and just continued ahead

"Cute hug" Tinka said and made CeCe and Gunther suddenly stop hugging, Tinka just laughed "Come on heartbreaker, say goodbye to your girlfriend and let's go home"

Deuce appeared from behind the building with Flynn "Let's go to help me get my things from Crusty's, Gunther said you guys would help me"

Tinka rolled her eyes "Fine, but make it quick"

CeCe and Gunther laughed, Gunther grabbed CeCe by the hands and said "Good night Little Cookie, I'll count down the hours until I see you again, sleep well"

"See you tomorrow, Baybee"

Gunther laughed a little again when CeCe said Baybee again "You should practice a little more, it's a good start"

CeCe laughed too "I know"

Gunther said goodbye to CeCe with a small kiss on the forehead and then left with the others, CeCe said goodbye to Tinka and Deuce and then reminded Flynn that he has to go up to sleep in 10 minutes, then CeCe went upstairs, when she heard someone call her, CeCe turned around and saw Tinka who gave her a thumbs up and winked at her, CeCe laughs and said goodbye to Tinka and entered the building.

–Twilights and Dawns–

Deuce, Tinka, Gunther and Flynn go down to Crusty's where they find Frank, Deuce's uncle, finishing counting the money from his winnings for that day.

"Oh, you're finally here Deuce, I'll give you one more chance to think better of it and stay to work"

Deuce walked over to the counter where his uncle was "Uncle Frank, I already told you my decision and that isn't gonna change, I really appreciate you giving me this job for these years, you're an amazing person Uncle Frank, but I want to take more time for myself, you know, think more on what I'm going to do after I graduate in two years, I need to find the Real Deuce Martinez inside of me."

"The Real Deuce Martinez?" Tinka, Gunther and Flynn said at the same time

"Thanks for everything Uncle Frank" Deuce holds out his fist for a Fist Bump, Frank thinks for a few seconds, looking at his hand, but finally he give a Fist Bump to Deuce "I came to get my things"

Frank came out of the counter and gave Deuce the keys "I'll let you close Crusty's one last time, see you later Deuce and Deuce's friends" Frank walked down the stairs and left

"I'm going to close the entrance, so that no one else enters" Gunther said who also went up the stairs

"Okay, where are your things?" Flynn said

"Everywhere, but most of them are in the ingredients warehouse, let's go there"

They all went to the ingredients warehouse and began to find different Deuce things, like some jackets, headphones and other things, until Tinka found something that caught her attention inside a Deuce jacket, a t-shirt, Tinka took it out and saw it

"Huh, do you still have DeFlynKa shirts?" Tinka said showing the shirt to Flynn and Deuce

Deuce quickly approached Tinka "Hey here it is, thanks for finding it Tinka, I was looking for it for weeks, I only had one more in my house, do you guys still have your DeFlynKa shirts?"

"I still use it sometimes and you Tinka?" Flynn said

"Well, I use it too, when it's really hot or when I rehearse at home, they're pretty cute"

Tinka, Deuce and Flynn stared at the shirt for a few seconds until Deuce said "Maybe we should get the band back together, there's an Air Band contest in a week, maybe we could enter"

Flynn and Tinka looked at each other and Flynn was the first to put his hand in the center "The World Needs DeFlynKa Again", Deuce also put his hand in the center next to Flynn's, Tinkathought about it for a few seconds until she said "Well, my career as an Air Solist was not what I expected, so DeFlynKa is back" Tinka put her hand in the center with the others and then theypulled it up

"But this time, no arguing about silly things and this time I have to use an Air Accordion" Tinka said

"Fine, fine, you'll have all of that" Flynn said.

"I guess that's it" Deuce came out of the ingredients warehouse and found Gunther with a box and several things already in the box.

"Here's Deucey, all your things"

"Thanks Gunther, that was quick and also where did you get the box?"

"There were some over there"

"Well that's all guys, thanks for helping me"

Deuce grabbed their things and put them in the house and they all started up the stairs, Deuce turned and looked at Crusty's with a nostalgic look and feeling and smiled, after that he turned off the lights and closed everything, Gunther helped with one of the boxes to Deuce near his house, while Flynn went up to his apartment to find CeCe and Rocky sitting on the couch drinking tea.

Flynn sat on the arm of the couch.

"So how was Deuce's Say-A-Goodbye?" CeCe said

"It was good, we found some memories and well Deuce's uncle wanted Deuce to stay, but surprisingly Deuce got strong and didn't get carried away by the situation"

Rocky sipped her tea and said "It will be weird not seeing Deuce work at Crusty's."

"We'll get used to it, it was only two years, it's not like it was a lifetime"

"Yes, you're right, CeCe" Flynn said

"Do you want some tea, Flynn?"

"No, Rocky, I'm tired, I'll go to sleep before mom gets home and she got mad because I'm still awake, goodnight"

"Goodnight, Flynn" CeCe and Rocky said at the same time, seeing Flynn going to his room to sleep

CeCe turned her head and started to smile "Well everything is back to normal"

"You're quite happy, you haven't stopped smiling, I'm glad you were finally able to tell Gunther how you feel and that he reciprocated, I know it was a difficult for you CeCe"

"It was, but it was worth it, I have stopped lying to myself and I think this has made me mature, he is not like the others, he is different"

"Of course he is different, he is Gunther Hessenheffer"

"I know, believe me I know, Rocky"

"But I must also admit that he's changed a bit, he's not the same obnoxious glitter boy from before, just like Tinka, the Hessenheffers have changed."

"Just like us"

"But you know what is the most important thing?"

"What, Rocks?"

"CeCe has a boyfriend, CeCe has a boyfriend, CeCe has a boyfriend, CeCe has a boyfriend" Rocky started singing and repeating the same thing

CeCe just laughed "Hey, enough, stop, stop" CeCe started to shake Rocky, which made Rocky sing louder, CeCe kept pulling Rocky until they both fell to the floor after so many pulls and started laughing, until just surrender and stand side by side and smile

"Never a bad time to end a perfect night lying on the floor with my best friend" CeCe said

"The floor, next to my best friend, I couldn't ask for anything more, although a view of the stars would have been like the perfect seal"

"I notice you more liberated, more relaxed, you finally did it Rocks?, did you solve the problems with Deuce?"

"Yeah, yeah I did and it was really weird you know, emotions got out of hand pretty quickly and well and"

"Did you kiss him again?"

"What?, no, no, I didn't kiss to Deuce again, dammit"

CeCe let out a small laugh "Hahaha, sorry but I had to ask, sometimes you get carried away by situations and do things without thinking about it"

Rocky raised her eyebrow and looked at CeCe "Oh yeah?, tell me once I've done that"

"Well, it wasn't that long ago, when you kissed" CeCe started to puke "When you kissed...Logan, Ew, just saying his name makes me sick"

"To my defense, we were dancing and when I dance I'm just not myself"

"Rocky, that's what I meant when you let yourself be carried away by the situation"

Rocky covered her eyes with her hands and started shaking her head, she didn't like other people to be right about her flaws, even if that person was her best friend "You know, we've gotten off topic "

In between giggles, CeCe said "Okay, okay, okay let's continue with what we were talking about"

"Thank you, so as I was saying, the emotions came out and well, Deuce cried first and then I cried, but in the end we said everything we had to say and now we are fine, I hope so"

"I'm glad you guys were able to sort out all this confusion, I feel bad that I wasn't there to support you, but I know Tink did."

"Don't worry my little redhead, you have always been there for me, I am the one who should feel bad, for not having been there for you the moment Gunther appeared in front of you"

"This will be an eternal conversation, we better agree that we both needed to face our feelings alone"

"I think we should get up off the floor, CeCe."

"You're right"

Rocky gets up first and gives CeCe her hand for her to get up, CeCe thanks Rocky

"Well, I must go home, it's late, I'm tired and tomorrow is Sunday, so I can rest happily"

"Well tomorrow I'm going to have a little meeting with Gunther at Tino's" CeCe smiled

"A Date"

"Shhhh, don't say that, Rocky, it's not a date yet"

"Hahaha, so I'll come see you early tomorrow so I can help you prepare for your 'meeting', I'm happy for you" Rocky sighed slightly when she finished speaking and CeCe noticed

"That 'I'm happy for you' sounded kind of sad, do you regret not, you know, not starting dating Deuce?"

Rocky thought about it for a few seconds before answering, Rocky had started to think about something that she had never thought about before, despite the fact that before she had felt something for Deuce, in recent weeks, she had this feeling that something was wrong with her. there's something who was moving away from those feelings for Deuce, she couldn't find an answer to that, giving Deuce that kiss didn't clarify her feelings, it just confused them even more, she still hadn't found an answer to that sudden feeling "No, I didn't, I would never lie to Deuce, never"

"So, don't worry, you'll find someone who loves you, look at me, it's been a long time, but, but I already found it or at least I hope so" CeCe let out a small smile that made Rocky smile too

CeCe and Rocky went to the window, so Rocky could go up to her apartment and they both said goodbye to her, but CeCe stopped her and said "Maybe it's a date"

Rocky laughed and shook her head and went upstairs to her apartment so she could rest.

CeCe closed the window and watched as her mom finally got home from work, CeCe still didn't want to tell her what happened with Gunther and now she has a boyfriend, so she just said she had a good time at the dance, CeCe and her Mom stayed to talk for a few minutes, eventually Georgia started to yawn, so CeCe told her to go to bed already, so she could rest after a long day at work, CeCe said goodnight to her mom and Georgia went to her room, CeCe turned off the lights in the living room and went to her room too

CeCe looked out her window how drops of water were falling again, not even a few seconds passed, when it rained again, CeCe despite everything that had happened that night, she still wasn't sleepy, so she took some blankets from her bed and sat on the edge of her window and watched the rain fall

CeCe watched the drops fall, they were getting more and more, with a slight smile CeCe snuggled deeper into her blanket, the sound of cars and people began to quiet down, the streets became more and more empty, CeCe then slowly began to hum slowly a song, until zhe began to sing it softly "Uh Uh Uh I go where life takes me, But some days it makes me wanna change my direction, sometimes it gets lonely but I know Uh i know that it's only a matter of my perception, Oh Oh Oh and I know everything will be fine, With me, myself and time, yeah, Myself and... Time"

CeCe smiles softly as she watches the rain fall, she hates that things change, if it were up to her she would make a wish that everything will stay the way it is now forever, but she has begun to understand that the world changes and that we should enjoy every moment , but now for CeCe this moment wants to last forever, things are on the right track for CeCe, finally after all this time things were on the right track, the rain kept increasing its intensity, CeCe felt a feeling of tranquility and happiness that she hadn't felt it for months, so many things had happened to her these last few months but tonight was different, she was finally able to let go of all her feelings and it was reciprocated, a new dawn had finally arrived for her and she was going to take advantage of this dawn with all her heart and soul

CeCe began to yawn, her eyes slowly began to close, she instinctively went to her bed to sleep, her eyes gently closed so she could sleep, the silence of the night had come, only the rain was heard as a soft sound in the background that warned that The Storm Was Finally Over.