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Chapter 6: The Dance
She sat up and rubbed her pounding temple, confused beyond belief. What happened? Where was she? What was going on?
She stood up and suddenly the aching in her head disappeared as she scanned the area around her.
It was a dark area, lit by random colourful strobes here and there. She was a bit chilly but it wasn't her top priority at the moment. She was sure there were other people around but all she could hear was her heart pounding in her ear.
She decided to search for something, anything familiar with little success. As she walked around the area, she stepped on something, but she couldn't tell what. She bent down to pick it up and brought it closer to her face; it was a rose. She smelled the flower and held onto it, it was comforting her in her peril.
The people around her didn't seem to notice her, and everytime she was about to bump into someone, they would just go through her. She became more and more puzzled by the second.
Then she saw it.
Finally, someone she knew, was the first thought that entered her mind, but only a second later she wished she hadn't seen them at all. It was Luna and Leo. She couldn't take her eyes off the pair. She wished her eyes were deceiving her, she wished what she was seeing wasn't true. Then something else caught her attention; a crying boy.
She walked toward where the sound was coming from, the only other sound besides the thudding in her ears, until she came upon a familiar friend of hers; Crow. He was in a corner, just observing the entire dark scene. His face was reddened and his eyes looked damp. She went to give him a consoling hug but she went right through him instead.
Then she saw Jack and Carly together, but she wasn't the only one watching them. That blue haired girl Mina and Kiyomi were also watching them, both with very unhappy expressions on their faces.
Yusei walked through her at that moment, and she followed him, not wanting to hear Crow sob anymore. The next thing she saw was the most startling of all; she saw Yusei hug herself. But not her. It was an exact copy of herself.
She started freaking out, what the hell was going on? She started screaming, but no one heard her. More people walked through her, laughing and talking with their friends, Strobe lights started casting themselves on her, she started hearing all her friends voices, the laughing, the crying, the kissing. Her heart started pounding harder and louder until she finally crumpled up in a ball and screamed at the top of her lungs.
And then she woke up.
Akiza was now sitting up in her bed, Sherry at her side, trying to calm her down. Sweat and tears were pouring from her face and she was gasping for breathe. She grabbed a hold of Sherry, as if her life depended on it and kept crying into the blonde's chest.
About an hour later, Sherry had managed to calm her down and Akiza was now trying to go back to sleep. She kept replaying the events of her nightmare over and over in her head, trying to figure out what it meant. It figures she would have a nightmare the night before the dance. Now she might have to deal with sleep deprivation, and her mood could be affected. Maybe the dance might help her forget about it? There was one thing she was certain of, Yusei would definitely bring her mood back up.
Yusei…
As Akiza thought of her boyfriend, she started to fall back asleep soundly until she had to get up for classes.
Akiza got ready in her uniform and threw her hair up in a bun while leaving her long bangs down. She did her usual make-up and got all her stuff in her bag before heading down to the cafeteria to get some breakfast. As she purchased her bagel and chocolate milk, Carly came up to her with a huge smile on her face.
"Today's the day, Akiza!" Carly squealed as she followed Akiza to a table.
Akiza giggled at her giddy friend and nodded. "Yes it is, what are you going to wear?" Akiza asked.
Carly gave her a weird look before explaining. "Um, I have no idea because I still have to go buy it!"
Akiza froze when she said 'buy', she knew exactly what Carly would ask next. "Let me guess, you want me to go shopping with you after classes?" Akiza assumed and Carly watched her hands as she wrung them.
"Maybe…" Carly responded. Akiza sighed as she threw her head back then slapped her forehead.
"Fine, I'll go with you." She caved rather quickly. Carly started squealing again and hopped along happily as they started heading out of the cafeteria.
They (literally) ran into Jack and Yusei as they turned a corner of a hallway. Akiza and Carly both almost fell over but their respective dates caught them before they could. Yusei pulled Akiza into a kiss very swiftly as he caught hold of her arm and she started blushing wildly, completely forgetting last night's predicament. Jack and Carly turned their heads away as the two lovers took their time in making their 'good morning' kiss a good one. When they finally managed to pull away from each other, Jack raised an eyebrow at the couple.
" 'Pretending', hm?" He teased as Akiza blushed again and Yusei scratched the back of his neck. Carly giggled and Jack gave off a hint of a proud air. Akiza and Yusei noticed this and chuckled at the blonde's actions.
The four of them walked around the halls, Yusei and Akiza holding hands and Carly and Jack remaining as close as possible to each other. They were just chatting about random things, laughing and having a really good time. But it was too good to be true…
"Well, well, well…" Misty chimed, clearly aware she was ruining their morning stroll. "If it isn't Akiza and her little crab of a boyfriend" Misty spat. Yusei glared at the socialite and stood protectively in front of Akiza like he always did.
"What do you want slaps-a-lot?" Yusei attacked. Misty's eyes shot wide as she realized what he meant by it. He knew, and if he knew, so must the others, including Carly…
"Luna told you?" the social queen bit, seeing her reputation flash before her eyes.
"No she didn't. Someone else did, and we're not saying who." Akiza confirmed.
Misty growled as she approached Carly. Jack put an arm between them, but it didn't stop Misty from making her sentiments known. "You post a single word of this on your stupid little blog and I will ruin you!" Misty threatened, venom stinging her every word.
"I think you're forgetting that I AM the press." Carly shot back. "I can post anything I want about you, and people will believe me over you."
Misty smirked. "Oh we'll see about that you little slut!" she spat as she turned and walked away.
Carly's mouth opened widely in shock and Akiza came to her side. "It's okay Carly, she wont be able to touch you. Like you said, you ARE the press. You can say anything you want about her and ruin her with a click of a mouse." Akiza tried to reassure the aspiring journalist.
Carly slowly nodded as she latched onto the arm Jack stuck in between the two dark-haired girls. The group continued walking in the opposite direction Misty went off in and tried to shake off the incident.
The warning bell rang and Akiza and Yusei walked to their first class as Jack walked Carly to her class.
The day went by quickly, and surprisingly, the group had managed to avoid Misty the whole day. Akiza and Carly said goodbye to their dates as they headed off for a nearby mall.
The first store they entered was the most girlish store Akiza had ever been in. Everything was pink and purple with bows and ribbons galore. Akiza felt like she was going to be sick from all the girlish stuff, where as Carly was having a ball.
Once Carly had gathered up a huge pile of clothes to try on, she went to the change room where Akiza waited patiently outside, ready to put any clothes she didn't want back. As Carly tried on more clothes, Akiza noticed a little rack with little necklaces on it. She decided to look through them to see if she found anything she liked. She came across a silver necklace with a simple chain that had a camera charm on it. The charm was silver and black with little fake jewels on it, perfect for Carly!
Akiza purchased the necklace while Carly was still in the change room. She put it in her pocket as soon as Carly came out so she wouldn't know Akiza bought it, she wanted the necklace to be a surprise to cheer her up.
Carly came out with a light pink skirt made of satin and lace that flowed to her knees and a white blouse that draped over her shoulders and flowed down her mid section with little pink flowers on it and white tie-up sandals. She looked amazing!
"You have to get that!" Akiza exclaimed. Carly smiled and nodded before changing out of it and purchasing the outfit.
They went to another store that was mainly denim clothing and found nothing there at all.
The last store they went to was called 'Urban Garden' and had a bunch of clothes with floral patterns and colours. Akiza found a black dress that had thick straps and went to just above her knees. It was made of silk and had two roses on it, one red and one white. She found some matching red and white heels and purchased the outfit before heading back to the academy to get ready.
On the way out of the mall, the two girls ran into Akiza's mom. Akiza threw her arms around her mom and held her for 10 minutes straight. Even though it had only been a week, she had already missed her parents.
Akiza and Carly left and reached the school with 2 hours to spare before the dance started.
They got ready together in Akiza and Sherry's dorm. They put on their new outfits and did each others make-up and hair. Carly put contacts in too, she wanted to look perfect for her date.
Akiza frowned as she looked at her hair in the mirror. It was down and it had be straightened. She had grown her hair long the year before and it reached her mid-back. She liked long hair but she almost never wore it down because it always got in the way, so she ended up just throwing it up in a bun all the time. Feeling tired of the length, she decided to do something wild. She grabbed a pair of scissors, put her hair in a low ponytail excluding her bangs, and chopped off a bunch of it so that it rested just below her chin level. She grabbed some styling gel and curled the ends up so it was in a bob style.
She smiled at her reflection. This is how she wore her hair before she grew it long and it looked good. Her bangs were still super long and her short hair complimented her features perfectly.
She walked out into the living room area of the dorm and found Carly curling her hair. Carly glanced over at Akiza and did a double take.
"Akiza! You cut your hair!" She exclaimed as she put the curling iron down on a plate.
Akiza smiled and nodded. "You look great Carly! Oh, wait! I have something for you!" Akiza remembered out loud.
Carly's focused quickly switched from Akiza's sudden hair style switch to her surprise gift Akiza had for her. Akiza pulled out the necklace from the pocket of her coat that was laid on one of the couches and she handed it to Carly. Carly gasped as she took the necklace and gave it a once over, studying it's features and smiling broadly to herself.
"Thank you Akiza! I love it!" Carly thanked as she put the necklace on. Akiza smiled at her friend, positive she had taken the raven-haired girl's mind of Misty.
The two girls went to the cafeteria where they said they would meet their dates, excited for the night to come. When they arrived, Luna and Leo were also there, as well as Sherry and the girls dates.
"It looks like Crow was serious about not coming." Commented Carly. Akiza frowned at the mention of her friend's absence. It still puzzled her why he didn't want to come. The night was bound to be fun!
Akiza and Carly approached the group and everyone gasped when they saw her new haircut. Yusei was speechless, Akiza was absolutely gorgeous. He felt his heart beet faster as she came over to him and wrapped her arms around him in an embrace.
"What do you think?" She whispered into his ear. Her had trouble finding his voice and Akiza took that as a good thing as she tightened the embrace.
Jack was just as speechless when he saw Carly. He didn't even notice that Akiza had chopped her hair off, he was too busy admiring his date to the dance. She was absolutely stunning.
The group headed over to the dance hall the school had and scoped out a corner for their group to hang out in. The room was decorated with tons on decorations; streamers, balloons, three or four disco balls were hung up, and there were a ton of colourful lights that cast different shapes and some blinked and moved.
The overhead lights had been turned off when there were enough students to get the dance started. The song "Take it off" came on and all the students started dancing to it, including Luna's group.
Yusei, Jack and Leo couldn't dance to save their lives and all the girls laughed at them. Yusei grabbed Akiza's hand and pulled her over to him. Akiza laughed even harder as Yusei attempted to dance with her to the song. Akiza could care less if he was making her look like and idiot, she was having too much fun to even notice.
The next song that came on was another fast one, "Like a G6". Akiza didn't like the song that much but Carly did, and Jack tried to dance with her, but she just ended up laughing at him the entire song.
Akiza noticed towards the end of the song that Luna had disappeared. Akiza started searching the crowd for her until she popped up beside her.
"Where did you go?" Akiza asked the over-achiever rather loudly since the music was so loud.
"I requested a song." Luna replied. Akiza nodded and the requested song came on as if on cue.
It was "The Situation" by The Black Eyed Peas. It was a relatively new song, and it was pretty good. Akiza noticed that Luna was looking at Leo the entire song and Leo was gazing back at her just as strongly. Akiza frowned as she tried to figure out what was going on. She listened to the lyrics of the song, which only confused her more since it was about a dysfunctional couple. The chorus confused her the most;
I build you up
You break me down
And that's the story of our Situation
You pick me up
I let you down
And that's the story of our situation
Akiza's train of thought was cut off when the next song came on; "With or Without You". It was an old song by U2, and it was one of Akiza's favourites. Yusei walked over to her and smirked slightly as he held out his hand for her. She smiled at him and took his hand. They slow danced the proper way with Yusei's arm wrapped around Akiza's waist with his other hand holding hers. She put her free hand on his shoulder and smiled at him as the danced.
Jack and Carly were also dancing together, but Akiza couldn't see any of her other friends around her. She mentally shrugged as she reverted her attention back to Yusei. She could feel something on the side of her head and tried to get a look at what it was when she spotted someone staring at her. The person turned away and left as soon as Akiza saw them, so she couldn't see who it was. She tried to find the person after she broke off from Yusei.
The song 'Keep Breathing' came on by Ingrid Michaelson as she roamed through the many students on the dance floor. She lost Yusei while she kept searching through the crowd for the person who was watching her. Suddenly things got really dark and she could barely see her hands in front of her. She kept looking until she spotted Luna and Leo doing…
She froze as she realized what was happening; her dream was coming true. She watched Leo and Luna kissing in a corner until she heard the whimpering of a boy. She walked over to where the crying was coming from and saw Crow. It then clicked in her head that he was the one who had been watching her.
Guilt overcame her as a silhouette of herself ran through her and tried to give Crow a hug but ran through him. Akiza's eyes widened and she looked over to Jack and Carly and the two other teens that were watching them.
Akiza started hyperventilating and all she could hear were the words of the song;
All we can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing
Yusei ran over to her and caught her just before she was about to collapse. She grabbed onto him as another song came on by Ingrid Michaelson: "Lady in Spain". She held onto Yusei for her life, scared to do anything.
I can do anything that I want
I can be anything that I see
Sherry walked over to them and patted Akiza's back, trying to comfort her. The blonde then offered to take Akiza back to their room. Yusei nodded and passed the fragile red-head over to Sherry.
They walked back to the dorm, and Sherry put Akiza down on the couch.
"I know exactly how you feel right now, Akiza." Sherry confessed.
Akiza, having regained her composure somewhat, gave Sherry a really weird look. "What do you mean?" the redhead asked.
"I know what you saw, in your dream. I know that's what you saw just now." Sherry explained further.
Akiza's eyes widened even further and she paled. "How did-?"
Sherry put a finger to Akiza's mouth, stopping her from saying anything else. "I'm a psychic too."
END
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