What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. ~Pearl Bailey
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ~Erich Segal
A/N: Ok, this is the part of the story where everybody's been waiting for and I'm nervous as a wreck. This is where everybody expects a good, well, thought out, happy ending. I just don't know if I can deliver, but I'll do my best. (R&R)
Chapter 6
DANCE!
(BGM: Hot 'n' Cold, by Katie Perry)
"Hurry up Takuya! We're about to leave!" Mrs. Kanabara said as she entered the car.
Takuya came running down the stairs to go (dare I say it!)... shopping. It has been a long time since he has ever gone shopping for formal clothes.
"Come on son! We don't have all day!" His dad yelled as he started the car.
"Let's just leave him." Shinya suggested since he wasn't quite happy with the whole "bring-Shinya-along-with-us" idea.
Takuya finally made his way running down the stairs. He was in such a hurry even thought he never considered shopping as something worth hurrying for.
"Don't worry! I'm coming!" Takuya answered with one shoe in his hand.
"Sheesh, can't they wait for me?" he thought to himself.
He quickly put a pop tart in his mouth and made his way to the garage.
"Come on! Lets go!" he said as he entered the car. He just knew he was going to look good for the dance.
***
"We're hear!" Mr. Kanabara said as he parked the car in the farthest parking space that was available.
"Oh man! Now we have to walk sooooo far!" Shinya whined. He didn't want to have to walk so far with his short legs.
"Oh come on. Be glad that you have feet and that you can use them to walk all the way to the mall." Mrs. Kanabara said to her whining son.
When they finally entered the building, Takuya, surprisingly, found that his friends were shopping there as well.
"Um mom? Dad? Can I go with my friends to shop? They're right over there." Takuya was begging his parents, hoping they will say yes.
"Well... ok. Just take this $100 and get something good while your at it." Takuya's mom said as she offered the money, hesitantly.
"You do you know what is good, right? It's not every day we give you over 50 bucks so don't spoil this chance." his dad added hoping that this would not become a disaster.
"Don't worry guys! I won't let you down!" he shouted behind him as he ran off to catch up with his... rivals.
"While your at it mom, can you give me $100 since you just threw away some to Takuya?" Shinya remarked.
She frowned at that remark and shook her head.
***
"Hey guys! What are y'all doing here?" Takuya was running towards his friends who were wearing weird disguises.
"CRAP! Our cover's blown!" Kouji threw down his stupid mask that he had on.
"Way to go idiot! He wouldn't have suspected anything if we pretended we didn't know him idiot!" JP said as he removed the newspaper from his face.
"Y'all are stupid! I told y'all it wouldn't work." Kouichi I threw down his raccoon eye mask.
"Heh heh. You guys are funny." Takuya said sarcastically.
"Yeah. So what brings you *cough* hear?" Kouji seemed uneased as if he didn't want to be seen with his fellow friends.
"I came with my parents. We were suppose to go *gulp*... shopping."
"Me too!" JP exclaimed.
"We know dumb... butt. That's why we came together. Remember?" Kouji reminded him.
"Well then, lets get going." Takuya was already in the lead as if he knew what he was doing.
They spent the rest of the morning window shopping and trying on different clothes. When they weren't shopping, they were... girl hunting?
"Hey look at that girl over there!" JP exclaimed with his eyes glued on a particular girl roaming the mall.
"JP! Would you listen to yourself! You sound stupid!" Kouji was getting very irritated,"Its like dealing with a monkey. An uncontrollable fat monkey!"
"Huh?" JP's eyes were still glued to the girl walking by.
"C'mon guys. Lets leave him." They all left him there to make a fool of himself.
"Hey! Guys! Wait up!" JP ran after them.
They continued roaming around the mall aimlessly, until they approached a tuxedo store.
"This should be a good place. Don't y'all think?" Kouichi suggested.
Just as they were about to enter, they could see someone far off on the second floor. It was Zoe along with her friend Rosie.
"Oh man look at those cahoonas!" JP stared at both of them dazed.
Kouji automatically ran towards the elevator as the other chased after him.
"Hey! Wait!"JP said dragging along.
Kouji managed to close the doors before they could get in.
"Damn it! Bastard!" Takuya said as he looked around for the nearest escalator.
He started to make a run for, but little did he realize that when he go on the escalator, he got on the side that was heading downward.
On the other hand Kouichi got on the other side of the escalators, while JP headed for the stairs (I know. It's very contradicting of him). Kouji stood in the elevator listening to elevator music.
"Gees, can't they play anything better?" he subconsciously asked the elevator.
The elevator door flung open as Kouji rushed out, while Kouichi got to the top of escalator. Takuya tried to surpass all the people on the escalator that were in his way, until he confronted a fat man standing in his way. He couldn't get around him.
"Damn!" he shouted in his head.
Meanwhile, JP was running up the twenty flights of stairs that seemed to take forever.
"These stupid stairs! I swear they don't end!" he complained out loud. He was already sweating.
"I need to lay off those cheeseburgers."
Takuya manged to jump over to the other side of the escalators that were going upwards. He couldn't help but feel relieved now that he was a sprint away from Zoe. Everyone of them were in running distance away from Zoe who was sitting down at a cafe dinner with Rosie, talking about girl stuff.
Takuya started to run and dodge around oncoming people coming towards his way.
"Excuse me! s'cuse me!" he was juking and jiving them like as if he was a football player.
"Excuse me! Pardon me mam!" Kouichi said politely as he walked by the crowd.
"OUTA MY WAY!" Kouji yelled rudely to an young couple (gosh Kouji).
"OH MAN! I'm not going to make it!' JP fell to the ground and started crawling.
Takuya managed to leap-frog over somebody who was tying his show with no idea of what just happened. Kouji pushed someone out of the way trying to make his way through the crowd. Kouichi accidentally knocked over a few janitor buckets and trays as he made his way over to Zoe, while JP was still crawling over to Zoe as he grasped someone and asked them to carry him over to her.
Yet, they all approached her at the same time... somehow (I know its kind of illogical).
"Hey Zoe!" they all said at the same time, with Kouji and Takuya in each others way, Kouichi on his knees, and JP still crawling.
***
"Sooo... what brings you guys here?" She questioned their demeanor.
"Oh nothing were just..." Takuya started to explain after realizing what they were really doing.
"Shopping?" she completed his sentence.
"NO! No. We're not shopping." he countered back quickly.
"Men don't shop, they buy!" Kouji tried to cover up.
"Yeah! We're just buying... clothes!" Kouichi tried not to look suspicious.
"Its ok. I know y'all were here shopping for clothes for the dance." she already knew what they were up to.
"How did she know?" they all thought
"So, what are you guys wearing to the dance?"
"Uhm its a surprise." Kouichi answered.
"Riiiiight."
"So what are you wearing?" they tried to reverse the question on her.
"Ooooh, your just going to have to find out." she teased them, keeping them in suspense.
JP started climbing up Zoe's leg, gasping for breath.
"Water! Water!" he whispered harshly. He really needed to get in shape.
***
"Hurry Takuya! Your going to be late!" his mom called out.
Takuya came down dressed in a crimson red dress shirt with a black tie, dress pants, and shoes.
"Oh my! My boy is growing up so fast." Mrs. Kanabara said with tears in her eyes.
"Mom, its just a dance!" Takuya couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"I should get the camera and take a picture!" she said as she went to the next room to go get it.
He looked into the nearby full length mirror, as he tried to adjust a few things.
"You look funny!" Shinya said trying to provoke his bigger brother.
"Oh yeah? Your funny looking!" he retorted back.
"Yeah. Whatever. You just better not screw this up!" Shinya threatened.
"Screw what?"
"You know. This dance. Zoe. This is your only chance to finally kiss her so don't be stupid like you usually are." Shinya had a grin on his face.
"Shut up! I'm not going to kiss Zoe!" he tried not to look flustered.
"Oh yeah? Then why are you blushing?"
"Ooooooooo, mom! Put Shinya back in his cage." Takuya had enough.
"There!" his mom said as she took a final picture of him so they could get to the dance on time.
As he got in the car, he looked over at Shinya who was making kissing faces at him. He rolled his eyes and got in the car, even though he knew, deep down, that he was really lying to Shinya.
***
When he arrived at the school campus, he went over to the gymnasium where the dance was taking place.
"Hey Tacky!" Kouji insulted. That was the nickname he called him every once in a while.
"What do you want? Shouldn't you be inside?" Takuya questioned him.
Kouji had on the same thing Takuya had except he had a royal blue dress shirt instead. He also had his hair in a ponytail which looked funny.
"Hey I'm just waiting for Zoe to show up! Dummy!" Kouji snapped back impatiently.
"Alright then... Mam!" Takuya said teasingly as he made his way into the door as the song was blasting...
(BGM: Just Dance!, by Lady Gaga ft. Akon)
Everyone was... dancing. From pop-locking to break-dancing, to the mash potato to the robot, people were having a good time.
"Hey look what I can do!" One familiar kid said as he started doing 'the robot'.
Takuya walked in slowly as he looked around him to see if he would see her.
"YO! Takuya! Just the guy I was looking for!" Robby and Jack came up to him dressed in alternating black and white tuxedos.
"Um... sup guys?" Takuya responded nervously., "I hope I don't owe them any money!"
"Bro, could you do us a favor?" Jack asked as he kept fixing his tie repeatedly.
"Um sure?" Takuya said still wondering what they could want.
"We were wondering if you could put in a good word for Bobby to Rosie for us."
"Me? Why Me?" Takuya was confused.
"Because... she would listen to you more than Bobby." Robby said as his head was bobbing to the song.
"Fine. I'll see what I can do." Takuya walked off feeling as if he had a burden on his shoulder.
"O...k what to do now." As if that wasn't more abrupt, JP came walking in all styley with a white cream tux with a matching tie and a sky blue dress shirt underneath.
"Hello everybody! JP has arrived!" JP pushed the two doors opened and held his hands in a pose as if he was receiving pictures.
"Ok movie star wannabe!" Kouichi came behind him with a violet dress shirt, and black dress pants with a violet tie to match.
"What's he doing here?" Takuya asked.
"Remember? The assistant principle said we could invite a guest." Kouichi explained.
"So you decided to invite JP?" Kouji said coming in from outside.
"Yeah."
They all shook their heads in dismay.
The dance was just about to really get started and Zoe still didn't show up.
"Will she ever show up?" JP asked impatiently. He was getting very eager as sweat rolled down his forehead. (man he's so sweaty)
"Gosh your already sweating? And we didn't even dance!' Kouji was surprised to see that JP was sweating even though it was quite common to see now a days.
The door finally flung open and in came... Tommy, with matted hair. He was also dressed in a white dress shirt with black pants and some..sneakers?
"TOMMY! What are you doing here?" Takuya said astonished.
"Wait, let me guess. Did Kouichi invite you too?" Kouji asked, thinking that was the reason.
"Actually... I came threw the back door." he said surprisingly.
All their eyes widen with amazement.
"How? Did anyone see you?" Kouichi was still amazed.
"Actually an adult caught me but let me go." Tommy explained a he dusted himself off.
"Your something else Tommy! Your something else." JP said staring at the door, waiting for her to come.
Finally, the door opened again and in came Zoe along with Rosie who were giggling over something. She was just perfect. She was elegantly dressed in a lavender mini dress with a purse to match. She had earings and and necklace as well.
They all stood astonished with there mouthes wide open. Kouji was quick to recover.
"Ok guys. Pick your mouthes of the floor already." he said as he rolled his eyes.
Zoe looked around the room looking for the guys until she saw them and came over to them.
"Oh my gosh, she's coming over here!" JP was getting nervous.
"Of course she is, stupid!" Kouji insulted him.
"Hey guys" she said so calmly. There was some sort of charm around her that made guys not help but want to say 'hi' back.
"Heeeey Zoe!" Kouji responded first in a immature deep voice.
"Um... hey." she said back.
"Well now...why are we standing here when we could all be dancing. After all we're at a dance." JP mentioned as he made his way over to the dance floor.
"C'mon guys. lets dance." Zoe said as she pulled Kouichi's hand over to the dance floor.
"Hey I want to dance with her first!" JP urged.
"Don't worry. I'll dance with all of y'all." she reassured.
So in the next moment they were all dancing and bobbing their heads to the beat of the song. Takuya and Kouichi were really getting into the groove while JP struggled.
(Its kinda hard for me to write a dance scene so bear with me)
"So Kouji, when are you going to dance?" Tommy asked Kouji who was leaning against the wall just watching the fun.
"Why do you care?"
"Just wondering. I mean, you did come here to dance, right? You look lonely as usual."
"Well.... not really."
"Well good luck standing there! Enjoy the view." Tommy walked off to go find another place to have fun.
Kouji couldn't help but feel inspired... by Tommy?
Meanwhile, Takuya was holding to his promise. He cleverly danced over to Rosie as she was dancing. He tried not to make the conversation look to obvious.
"So... Rosie..." he started.
"Don't you just love this song?" she shouted back through the loud noises filling the room.
"Yeah!... uhm... you know Bobby?"
"Uh... yeah!' she said not really minding him.
He wasn't sure what he was going to say next.
"He really likes you!" he yelled as he span around her.
"Yeah! Its kinda obvious!" she started to slow down so she could really hear what he had to say.
"Look, I'm no love guru or anything, but all I'm saying is just give him a chance!" now he was at a stop as he gazed into her dark hazel eyes.
She paused and looked over at where Bobby was standing. As if on cue, he looked over as he was sipping a drink all alone by the refreshment table in his trimmed black tuxedo.
"Fine! But don't expect anything magical!" she said. With rhythm in her step, she walked over to where Bobby was standing, who was looking at her with wide eyes.
In the next moment all you could see was both of them talking, which led to laughing, and then a offer to dance on the floor.
(BGM: Heroe, by Enrique Iglesias)
(You have to admit, it a perfect song for the moment) They both started to dance together as if there were no disputes between them.
He whispered "Let me be your hero" and she smiled back at him and hugged him back and danced together like that in a circle. He looked back at Takuya and mouthed "Thanks Amigo!" as he smiled.
Takuya couldn't help but smile back as he saw Robby and Jack in the back ground whistling and rooting "That's my boy!". He actually felt good for helping him out. Yet, he couldn't help but feel depressed as he looked back at Zoe who looked so beautiful as she gracefully twirled to the music in slow motion. Why couldn't it be this easy for him and Zoe?
***
(BGM: Crushcrushcrush, by Paramore)
As that song blared through out the disguised gymnasium, Zoe was teasing the guys as she mouthed the words to the song as she came close to each one of them. There was no doubt this night was becoming a highlight in their lives.
"My turn!" JP shouted as he came between Kouichi and Zoe who were having a good time.
"What are you talking about? You just danced with her a minute ago?" Kouichi said trying to reason with him.
Zoe slyly walked off to where Kouji was standing with his arms crossed, leaning against the wall.
"So why are you standing here all alone?" she asked him innocently.
"Hmph! Can't you tell I'm holding up the wall? Its going to fall without my support!" he said with a trace of innocent sarcasm in his voice.
"Oh no! Really? Well you better do a good job or it will fall over!" she sarcastically responded.
"NO really why are you standing here alone?" (I think its kinda obvious)
"Maybe I just feel like standing here!" he said.
"Well don't stand too still too long or else the decorators will mistake you as decoration and take you away with the other equipment."
"... Oh! Ha ha ha! That's sooo funny!" he responded late. He couldn't help the fact he was discouraged on the inside.
"Come on quit playing and dance already!" she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the dance floor and started doing basic steps in front of him
"No. Stop." he tried to resist, but it was no use.
"See? It's easy!" she started making him follow her foot steps.
"You don't understand. I have two left feet!" he quickly said.
"Seriously?" she said. (I think she's being sarcastic)
"Uhm...no?"
(BGM: Beautiful, by Akon ft. Colby O Donis)
He continued trying to keep up with her as Tommy watched him, laughing in his seat. JP and Kouichi saw what was going on and quickly walked by and grabbed Kouji.
"Sorry Zoe but Kouji needs to... use the restroom and so do we."
"He does?" she asked confused.
"Actually-" he was cut off as JP and Kouichi dragged him away quickly.
***
"What the hell was that for?" Kouji couldn't believe what had happened. They drug him in the bathroom.
"What are you angry for? I saved you!" JP explained.
"From what?"
"From you!"
"What do you mean?"
"You were making a fool of your self out there."
"What! No I wasn't! I was..." Kouji couldn't say the rest that was on his mind.
"What? You mean to tell me you didn't mind actually having fun for once in your life?"
"...yeah?" Kouji muttered under his breath.
"Ha! I never thought I'd see the day!" Kouichi said surprised.
"Well I do! You here me! I do!" Kouji was jumping in the air for joy, as Takuya walked in.
"I'm going to wash my eyes and pretend I didn't see that." Takuya said as he turned the faucet on to wash his face.
"Well if you'll excuse me, I'll go back out there and have a good time like I was born to do!" Kouji was walking towards the entrance (or exit), until he and the others heard something through the walls. It was muffled but still capable of being heard.
"And now for the last dance of the night" the Dj said a she played a slow song.
All four boys looked at each other. They knew what each one of them were thinking. They instantly ran out the restroom (Not this again).
"How many times must I go threw this? Lets just think this threw!" Kouichi tried to reason with them.
"Screw you! I'm going to be the one getting that last dance with Zoe!" Kouji said pushing Takuya in the face.
"Quit doing that!" he yelled at him trying to push him back.
"Guys! Wait! I can't keep up!" JP was jogging along in his sweaty tux (Eww!).
As Kouji quickly pushed the doors open, him and the other looked around to find where Zoe was. They continued looking until they laid their eyes on something that was very disappointing.
" *pant* *pant*... guys.... why...did y'all... STOP!" JP just caught up with them. He looked at them and the same direction they were looking in.
"What are we looking at.... OH NO!" JP couldn't believe what he saw... all that running for nothing.
Tommy was dancing with Zoe in a slow dance. Even though it looked awkward, he still managed to keep up with her steps.
"Sooo Tommy, you had an interesting night?" she asked him.
"I sure did Zoe... I sure did!" he said as he looked over at the other guys and gave them a wink.
"I'm going to KILL him!" Kouji threatened as he banged a hole in the wall.
Takuya and Kouichi stood there shaking there heads. While JP began to cry silently, yet hysterically.
"No, No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" JP yelled as the camera zoomed out slowly until the whole world was in view. The picture then cracked.
Man what a night. This sure was a Valentines Day CRUSH!
A/N: OMG! What have I done. I know this is not what anybody intended but it kinda just slipped. I hope y'all aren't mad. But you have to admit its kind of a funny "what if" scenario. In fact, don't worry I have another chapter in progress to make people feel better. I already know no matter what I write, not everyone's going to be satisfied, so brace yourself.
Poor guys! I can see why Tommy brought those sneakers now... for running! I hope this night wont be such a bad one. As for JP, thanks to him, it seems the world has shattered, (hehehe). To find out what happens, stick tight for the real final chapter to Valentines Day... oh you know the rest y now.
(Note: I'm not sure what could happen. Beware!)