Dylan walked towards her locker and found Brittany waiting for her with a solemn expression. Dylan opened her locker casually as if she didn't see her there. Brittany sighed quietly before taking Dylan's hand.

"I'm sorry, Dee" Brittany said quietly. "Reid's a jerk. I'm sorry I doubted our friendship." Dylan knew why Brittany was making up with her. They saw Sarah and her talking and they don't want her to get too friendly with the public school girl.

"Cut the bullshit, Brit," said Dylan bluntly as she took her books out of her locker. "None of us know how to fucking apologize. Don't worry, I'm not too keen on having Sarah as my BFF." With that, Brittany breathed a sigh of relief.

"God, Dee," exclaimed Brittany. "I take back what I said. I'm not sorry, but I still think Reid's a jerk. Can you believe he actually chose Rowena over you? You should kick her ass or something." And just like that, their fight seemed to have never happened in the first place.

"I don't care, Brit." Dylan answered exasperatedly. "We're not even dating and I have no intention on doing so." Brittany just shrugged. Dylan didn't care much for gossip. How Rowena and Reid hooked up in the first place, she did not want to know.

"Whatever, he's not your type anyway. You're obsessed with college guys, anyway." Dylan wasn't obsessed. Sure there were times when she thought she was in love, but heck that all went down the toilet.

"I was never interested in the first place. Now can we drop it?" complained Dylan. They walked together to their next class. Dylan had Physics with Reid. He never really paid attention to her on the first day but she had a feeling, today was going to be different.

"I'm sitting with Kimmy" said Brittany as they entered the classroom. "We have to talk about our costumes. Yours truly will be designing them." With a wink and a nod, Brittany ran up to the empty seat beside Kimmy. Dylan found a seat near the back. She was the only one in the row and that meant for an open invitation to whoever had no seats.

Just then, Reid and Tyler came in. Reid waved and nodded to those who greeted him. They saw the empty seats next to Dylan and climbed up the steps towards her.

"Well, would you look at that?" observed Reid smugly. "You saved me a seat, how sweet?" Dylan just rolled her eyes and opened her book to study in case there was a pop quiz.

"So, Dylan," started Reid. "How come I don't see you with anybody here at school?" The guy couldn't take a hint.

"That's because this school is overpopulated with guys like you," Dylan shot back. Tyler was chuckling beside Reid which made him glare at him.

"You know, the playing hard-to-get really gets old sometimes." Reid said matter-of-factly. "It's not even attractive anymore." Dylan opened her mouth to say something but Reid cut her off.

"No snappy comebacks, if you really hate me that much then fine. I'll leave you alone." Reid slumped back in his seat as the teacher came in. That was easy? Dylan thought. He didn't talk to Dylan anymore after that. He didn't even glance at her as they stood up to leave when class ended. It kind of irked Dylan to know that this guy was already giving up. She thought she was worth a little more time than what Reid was expecting. What is she thinking? She doesn't even like him! She shrugged off her thoughts as she went to change for practice.

-

Sarah stretched and did her warm-ups with the other girls. Nobody was still stalking to her. All she had to do was follow the rules, do what they said and keep her mouth shut.

"Hey," Sarah looked up to see Dylan walking over to her. "Meet me at Nicky's later and we'll talk." With that Dylan turned to go over to Kira so they could start teaching the steps. Sarah saw that the steps were mostly repetitive and used basic dance steps. It was so boring.

"You're doing it wrong, public!" yelled Kira. "Figures, you dance like a stick!" Sarah was doing everything perfectly. It was obvious Kira was juts looking for a way to make her life miserable. Dylan nodded in her direction reassuring her that it was okay. Sarah knew why Dylan wanted to talk. She was finally caving in. Sarah just had to survive the remaining two hours of practice.

-

Sarah arrived at Nicky's with Caleb. She scanned the crowd to look for Dylan but she was nowhere to be seen. She sat down with Caleb and stared at the door hoping that Dylan didn't bail on her.

"Hey Caleb!" called Reid from the foosball tables. "Let's play!" Caleb shook his head pointing at Sarah.

"Go ahead, Cay," said Sarah. "I'm okay here. I'll just wait for Dylan." Caleb nodded and went over to the guys. Just then Dylan came through the door and scanned the crowd. She saw Sarah and went over to her.

"I'm sorry, I'm late" said Dylan. "I had to get gas." Sarah nodded and motioned for her to sit down. Dylan looked over to the foosball tables and saw Reid and the guys. He saw her looking at him but he made no gesture to seduce, irritate or even acknowledge her. That was weird and a little bit cruel. Dylan shrugged off the thought. She didn't care.

"Okay, so here goes," started Dylan. "I am an awesome dancer. I can do things that even Janet Jackson can't do. I can move my body in ways that a contortionist can't and I can move to the music even if I'm deaf. But the shitty part about my life is that I'm as creative as a rock and apparently so are the others. That's why I'm agreeing to this." Sarah nodded and smiled.

"Well, I have a few ideas that I think you might find interesting." Sarah explained. They ordered some food and talked about putting in innovative dance moves and find inspiration from the streets.

"You're kidding right?" Dylan said incredulously as she popped some chips in her mouth. "I'm not sure that's a good idea. Have you seen the way we dance?

"Yeah, and it sucked," said Sarah frankly. "You should see the way we danced back at my old school. Some scouts from Julliard even came to the Senior recital."

"Julliard?" asked Dylan in disbelief. "You mean to say they like your style of dancing?" The girl knew the right things to say to convince Dylan. Impressive. Dylan hoped to God it was true.

"Yes, and if you let me, I'll show you. Maybe that'd change your mind. My try-out was a just a taste of it." Sarah said confidently. Dylan nodded and agreed.

"Wait, I know you really want to teach me your steps," started Dylan. "But I doubt that no matter how good they are, Kira won't even allow so much as a pivot to be added in the routine. She won't stand for you messing with the choreography."

"I expected that," admitted Sarah. "That's why I'm going to teach them to you and you teach it to them without saying where you learned them."

"I can't take credit for your work," said Dylan. "That would be unfair." Sarah patted Dylan's arm.

"As long as I get to dance my steps, I'm okay with it," Sarah reassured her. Dylan had too much pride to do what Sarah asked, but after half an hour of pleading and begging she finally caved. They agreed to meet for an hour every day after practice so they could work on the steps.

"So now that's done," said Sarah. "Let's have a little girl talk. What is up with you and Reid?" Dylan was surprised that Sarah would ask something so personal. Maybe she really thought that they were friends now. Dylan couldn't complain. The whole time they were together, Sarah didn't insult her, argue, or even look at her in a bad way. It was quite refreshing to have a peaceful conversation with someone else.

"Nothing," answered Dylan quickly. "He just tried to flirt with me and that was it. He's actually leaving me alone now." Sarah looked confused.

"And you're okay with that?" asked Sarah. Dylan nodded as she sipped her coke. "Are you sure? Because the whole time we were talking you kept stealing glances over at him." Although Dylan wanted to laugh at Sarah, she found that she couldn't. Was she really looking that often at Reid? Sure she glanced around the room now and again but she couldn't help it if Reid always caught her attention even though he couldn't care less whether or not she was even there.

"No, I wasn't." scoffed Dylan. "Why would I? I don't even like him."

"Actually, he told me you did. He said I had to read the signs to see." Sarah explained while chuckling. She really didn't believe Reid but now that she witnessed it herself, she was starting to. "I just think it's strange how he seemed to have changed his mind about you. I was sure he was attracted to you." Dylan blushed at this not knowing how to reply.

"Well, I really don't give a rat's ass," retorted Dylan. "He must have moved on already because I was always rejecting him." Sarah nodded to show she understood although she could see that Dylan wasn't really telling the truth.

"Hey, still discussing your secret plans?" asked Caleb as he sat down beside Sarah. "Hi I'm Caleb. I know you but we were never really introduced." He held out his hand to shake Dylan's.

"Yeah, we have Physics and Biology together, right?" asked Dylan. Caleb was nice. He went out of his way to strike up a conversation with Dylan. Nobody does that.

"We also have Math, but you wouldn't have seen me coz I sit at the back." Dylan nodded and the conversation just went from there. Sarah and Dylan explained dancing to Caleb while he told Dylan about swim team.

"It's getting late, we should head back now" suggested Caleb. "How about you Dylan?"

"I've got my car," answered Dylan. "Sarah don't you live at the dorms? I know Caleb lives outside school so do you want to ride back with me?" Sarah nodded and said goodnight to Caleb before they left. They drove back to school in comfortable silence and said their goodbyes before heading to their rooms.

Dylan had a great night. She liked spending time with Sarah. She was funny and nice. It was also refreshing to talk with Caleb. It's like she has never had a decent conversation with a guy, ever. She was looking forward to spending more time with Sarah. It felt nice to have a real friend.