title is a play on 'I'm not gonna teach your boyfriend to dance with you', in case that's a bit unclear and it just seems like a stupid title. Which it still is.

title: dancing (a.k.a. i'm totally gonna teach my boyfriend to dance with me)

"Dean? Can I ask a favour?"

"Yeah, of course. What is it?"

"Can you… teach me how to dance?"

"What? I've… never had any more training in this than you have."

"No, I know, but… you've always seemed far more confident in it than I have."

"Wait, I swear you've only ever seen me dance at Sammy's wedding."

"Yes, and I spent my time not dancing, and watching you. You happened to be dancing."

"Well, if you really want me to teach you to dance, I will, but I have to say it's probably a bad idea."

"Why?"

"Nah, I won't go for the self-deprecating shit today. I can dance. Kick off your shoes, I'll do my best. Hey, don't laugh! I can dance."

"That's why I asked you."

"You don't need to look like you're doing me a favour by it. Just for that, I'm choosing the music."

"I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Shut up. Okay, the most important thing is that you need to keep rhythm with the music. It's not really something that can be taught, it's something you either have or haven't got… I'm pretty sure you do, though, so I'll just show you how to use it."

"Use the rhythm. Feel the rhythm. Be the rhythm. Is that it?"

"Yep, pretty much. Okay, you can pick the rhythm in this, right?"

"It's basically all rhythm, Dean."

"Exactly, I'm starting you off easy. Now here, tap it out on the table."

"Like this?"

"Yeah, that's good. Now, and this part's more difficult, you've heard of… beats in a bar, right?"

"Um, yes."

"Try and tap those out."

"I… don't know how."

"Okay, well, I'll do this one for you. You hear this? There's more emphasis, like there's a stronger beat on the first and third, you get that? And there's less on the second and fourth. It's pretty easy with four beats in a bar, but once you've mastered that, you've pretty much got it for them all. Try with this one. Take your time."

"I… is that it?"

"Not quite, but you're only a little off. Try with this one."

"Okay, have I got it?"

"Yep, nice one."

"Why thank you."

"Now we just need to master the dancing part."

"Are you sure we ought to tackle that right now? I'm feeling pretty tired from the 'rhythm' section."

"Stop being snarky and pay attention, because I'm only gonna show you this once."

"Sounds intriguing."

"I thought I said stop being snarky? Whatever. Right, the first most important thing, what I just taught you, in dancing is…"

"The rhythm."

"Right. But the second most important thing is, and we've touched on this already, the confidence. It doesn't matter what you're doing, because if you look like you know what you're doing, it'll get you pretty far. As you've already proved, by saying you think I'm a good dancer."

"You are."

"I'm not. But anyway, I'll show you how far confidence can get you."

"Are… are you doing the Macarena?"

"Wait for it. I've gotta work up to the good stuff."

"Sure you do."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"You know it's rude to laugh at a masterpiece."

"That's… what you call… a masterpiece?"

"Absolutely. You saying it wasn't good?"

"Absolutely amazing. I'm sure it would get some teenage girls pretty happy."

"And by happy, you mean…?"

"On their knees."

"You're just saying that because of the hip shaking."

"Well, of course."

"And it makes you laugh."

"Yes, I'm impervious to your charms."

"Are you sure about that?"

"…"

"…"

"Okay, you're supposed to be teaching me how to dance. And stop with the smirking."

"How could I not smirk?"

"Easily. Get on with it, Winchester."

"Whatever you say, Novak. Okay, I'll just introduce you to a couple of genres, but I'm not really good at these so I'll probably give up on them pretty soon."

"Sounds like fun."

"Should be, yeah. Okay, this is a tango. You can probably tell from the tone of most of them – they're quite dark, they're all about passion and that sort of thing. But the one way to definitely tell is the rhythm. They all use tango rhythm, and it sounds like this: 'time to tango'. Can you hear that? Time to tango, time to tango…"

"Yeah, I got that."

"In the tango, you stand really close, like so. Then you keep your upper body entirely rigid, you don't move it at all, and just use your legs – no, move your arm here, got it?"

"I think so."

"I put you in the girl position, by the way."

"That's fine, you're the one who knows what you're doing, you ought to lead."

"I was implying that you're the girly one, could you please acknowledge my insults?"

"No; in dancing, the shorter partner is always going to take the traditionally 'female' role simply out of convenience. That it is the female role is simply because the average woman is shorter than the average man, and, at least when these dances were invented, the pairs were mostly male-female."

"Okay, you can be quiet now. This one's pretty fast, see if you can keep up."

"A little warning next time?"

"Nope. Okay, you step on the 'time', and move along for the 'to tango' parts. Got it?"

"Uh… sure."

"Bored of that one."

"Bored?"

"You know my attention span."

"True."

"Okay, the waltz is also really boring, but it was pretty sensational in its time; primarily because of how scandalously close the pair was supposed to stand."

"How do you know all of this?"

"Dude, I spend all day at home when you're working. The internet is my closest friend."

"That's so sad."

"Shut up. Anyway, this is that scandalous closeness; truly awful, right?"

"Of course."

"What makes the waltz different is that it's on 3/4 time instead of 4/4, so what I taught you about 4/4 at the beginning doesn't help at all – that's 3 beats in a bar instead of 4, by the way."

"Thanks."

"It just means the stress is on the first beat and on neither of the others, so if you clapped it out, it would be like this…"

"Right."

"Anyway, I don't have The Blue Danube, and I've never been able to figure out which has 3/4 or 4/4, so we're just gonna imagine this one…"

"You could always hum for me."

"I hate you, shut up. Like with the tango, you step on the first beat. This one's basically just flowing and twirling, so if you can't do it, then I worry for you."

"Sounds like fun."

"It can be pretty dizzying, you might want to hold on tight."

"But I wouldn't want to move out of position!"

"Why did you ask me to help if all you're going to do is tease?"

"Because you're adorable when you pout."

"I know. Okay, we'll move on to the teen movie favourite – the slow dance."

"That's… not a proper genre."

"So? It's the dance everyone can do. You'll look like an idiot if everyone's doing the stupid slow dance and you're like 'hey, let's tango!'"

"… okay?"

"Anyway, here. Wrap your arms around my neck, and I'll put mine around your waist."

"I think I've got that move down."

"I should hope so, with the amount of practice you've had. We stand as close as we possibly can and we stare into each other's eyes with all the sappiness we can muster."

"You seem to be able to muster a lot."

"I save it for special occasions."

"Of course… you do."

"Are you okay? Your legs seem a little weak."

"Stop with the damn smirking."

"The true reason it's a favourite in teen movies is because it takes no skill whatsoever, you just sway and kind of move in circles."

"Wow, something I can actually do."

"You did the others fine."

"Because I just let you pull me around."

"That's all leading is, anyway. The reason this one is the actual teenagers favourite, though, which movies never seem to capitalise on, is that it's easy to just lean foreheads together, do the eye melt…"

"… you mean eye sex."

"These are teenagers, Cas, keep it decent."

"You're not."

"Be quiet and enjoy the moment. The eye melt… then you can easily just reach down and…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"… kiss your partner."

"I think I found my new favourite dance."

"You're a teenager!"

"Hey, bet we could manage the kissing in the tango."

"Unlikely. You forgot to sway just then."

"I just need practice."

"Then we can't move onto the tango just yet, that's a master move."

"Of course it is."

"We can practice now, if you like."

"That sounds pretty good."

okay, this one might be weird, basically because i was trying to challenge myself to write a chapter that pretty much focuses on the action without writing any of that, and just doing the dialogue. Also, i did music gcse so i don't know how much of that might be out of character for anyone to know... and there may be mistakes because i didn't do well in my music gcse. but i figure the errors would just fit characterisation better.

anyway, hope you enjoyed!xo