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Ch. 13:Wanna Dance With Me
"I'm sorry."
Her words echo in my head. Our whole conversation echoes in my head. It was painfully beautiful. As I see her sleeping through the rear mirror I can't help but smile at her face. Her eyes are closed and I have never seen her as peaceful as she is right now. She is something alright. But I think that being best friends is all we really work for. At least the ride was fun as long as it lasted.
"I can tell you love her too. Your smile gives you away even when you say you love me."
She's right about me loving Halley. Halley is perfect in every way you can pretty much ask. She gives me the space I need to pursue my career, she always knows exactly what to say, and my parents love her to pieces. Right now as I am holding her hand, it feels nice. We fit each other's hands perfectly; smoothly. My hand isn't too big and her hand isn't too small, we just have the right pair.
When Ally and I held hands the tips of our grasp was always edgy. It felt rough and my hand is too big for hers. We aren't a perfect match. But the way I loved her is nowhere near Halley. The way she would make my heart rate increase, the frustration she would make me go through, the fighting at two AM in the morning for not wanting to share the blanket, the polite interruptions of making the other shut up with a kiss… it always makes me have the lopsided smile that I see in the mirror at this moment.
I look down to stare at the hand I'm holding. And I know that I will learn how to love Halley with the same amount of intensity that I used to love Ally with. I will soon share my two AM fights with her over whatever stupid reason and I might not share those rude interruptions with her but we'll make our own tradition of showing our affection in a different way… the same exact way that Ally will learn to express her love to Zayn.
Maybe she's already learned how to show him she loves him. Maybe they already share their stupid fights in the morning or maybe they kiss in the rain to demonstrate their love. And I have learned that if she's happy with him, then I should be happy with them. After all, I just want her to be happy. And if he's what makes her happy, then I am fine with it.
"It was good, never looking down. Cause right there where we stood was holy ground."
It was weird hearing her admit that what we had was worth fighting. It was strange to hear her say how she still thinks about me. But I still don't understand what she means by this line. The words actually sound familiar but distant. The way she spoke when she said this… almost made me believed that she still loved me. It almost made me think that we still had a possibility. But I know most likely I mixed her loving voice for a lover instead of a friend. The only thing that I'm happy with the outcome of this conversation is that I have her by my side again.
When we get to the hotel, it's eight in the night and everyone is exhausted from sitting in the car for five painful hours. My numb butt is starting to get feeling back as I stretch out my legs and arms. Alice looks like she has learned the art of falling asleep while standing. Patricia looks like a vicious dog ready to attack any person who is willing to direct a word to her and Cristina is on her phone as she explains the schedule we have planned tomorrow. Halley seems like her legs are about to give up and Ally is expertly checking us in. We all look like zombies as Cristina is the only one who actually has enough energy to be excited for the luxuries we have in between the wedding planning.
I rest my head on Halley's head as she cuddles up to me. We are all waiting very impatiently and soon Ally thankfully comes back and hands us our key as she says, "So since we only have three room keys and because one of us happen to be a guy, I think it is most reasonable that Austin and Halley sleep together and then we divide ourselves into two groups of two."
We all nod our head in agreement and start to make our way to the elevators. Apparently Alice and Cristiana are going to sleep together and Ally and Patricia are going to be roommates. All I can say is that I will pray that Ally survives the night from rooming with Godzilla. Because the wedding will be very hard to plan if the Maid of Honor gets eaten or sent to the hospital by one grumpy old woman.
In the elevator we try our hardest to stay awake when Halley asks Ally, "Hey what's that flyer you got in your hands?"
Ally looks down at her hands and chuckles softly as she says, "Oh silly me. I got too excited to relax that I forgot to tell you guys that they are having this little dance in the ballroom. All guests are invited."
Halley's eyes shine bright at the news and I can already see the bolts turning in her head. Leaving my hold she starts jumping up and down as she shouts, "We should all go dancing! How much fun would that be?"
Alice gives her a weak smile, Cristina starts to squeal and Patricia looks like she's just heard the worst news ever. Ally seems to agree with them as her face looks like she just found out that they have no pickles to serve. They all share glances before Alice speaks up, "I think that is a lovely idea. We need to have fun and let loose after being trapped for five hours in a car hearing horrible radio music. What do you all think?"
Ally gives a polite smile as she agrees in discomfort and Cristina can't contain her excitement. Patricia on the other hand crosses her arms as she says in a sinister voice, "I think that is the worst possible idea I have ever heard. I am tired and bored. I want to take a nice warm shower and go to sleep."
Alice and Ally look hopeful as Patricia speaks out their thoughts. Cristina's joyfully dance comes to a halt as her smiles slowly turns into a pout and Halley looks like she's just been stumped. I let out a silent sigh in relief as I start to imagine my nice wonderful bed that will make go to sleep the second my head hits the pillow. I'm counting off the seconds it'll take for us to get there when Halley says, "Oh look at this, there's an all you can eat buffet for FREE. What a shame we won't be taking advantage of that because we'll be sleeping the night away."
I stare at Halley with an unknown look as I hear her say this. Halley never cares about all you eat buffets. In fact she's always making sure that she never eats more than necessary. She's constantly watching her weight. One time I took her on a date to go eat an ice cream and when I wasn't looking she threw it away. A little bit later from that she told me that she only eats a certain amount of sweets. All I know is that I need to work harder when Valentine's Day come because she won't accept chocolate.
Exactly when the bell rings to indicate we are at our floor, Patricia says, "A free all you can eat buffet? Are you sure it's free?"
Halley nods her head as she gets out and with a smirk on her face replies, "Yup. A hundred percent free buffet."
Patricia takes a deep gulp when she gets out of the elevator abruptly and shouts, "Then why are we all standing for! Let's go down and Party!"
We all see her run down to her room and desperately fighting with herself to open the door. I stare at the scene unfolding in front of me as Cristina joins the excitement of Patricia and Ally and Alice following behind them, sullenly. I turn to gaze at Halley as I ask in laughing voice, "How did you do that? She looked like you mentioned a World War 3 when you asked her about dancing?"
She just shakes her head in disapproval before saying with a know it all vibe to her, "Darling you have yet much to learn. You can convince Patricia to do anything you want as long as it is free."
She stands proud and tall when she picks up her bags and walks to our room. I stare at her in amazement as I realize that she knows how to tame the beast and has given me the secret on how to learn. When she opens the door she glances back at me and whispers, "You coming?"
When we get to the dance it's pretty full. There's all type of people. Couples, singles, friends, acquaintances, there are people who you can tell are just here for the food; like Patricia. There's a decent band playing live music but they could be doing better if the music was… eh… better music.
My hands are stuffed in my pocket and Halley looks like she's over the moon. I take a sneak peak at Ally to see her slightly intrigued yet mostly bored. We find a table to leave our stuff and I am not surprised to find Patricia coming towards us with mountain of food on a plate. Something tells me that we are never going to get along.
The dance isn't too bad. In fact it's kind of fun. Alice and Cristina are on the dance floor with these two random guys and Ally is… When I search for her, I feel my heart drop when I realize that she's still sitting at the same damn seat since we got here. In fact I think even Patricia has done more movement than her.
As I see Halley in my arms having fun, I nod at her and point towards Ally's direction. Her smile disappears for a minute but she just shrugs her shoulders. I try to go back to dancing with her but the thought of Ally being stuck here and feeling guilty to go upstairs makes me feel bad. I take another quick peak and as I see her visible frown I whisper to Halley, "Hey would you mind if I asked Ally to dance with me?"
She turns to look at her again and with a small smile says, "I think that's a great idea. While you're gone I am going to go hang with my girls."
She gives me a quick peck on the cheek and whispers to not stay far too long before leaving. I slowly walk to Ally and I can't help the butterflies I am feeling in my stomach. With each step I take I can't help but remember the first night I met; the wonderful night at the club.
I can recall the exact how stuffy it felt in there. The hot, sweaty people, the pounding music, and the way her dress was too short to consider lady like and yet all too long to be considered reasonable. I can still feel the way her body moved against mine. So painfully slowly and intriguing; how my hands was dangerously holding her tight as I imagined what I had to do to take her home.
I feel chills and goose bumps appear on my arms as I think about what happened later that night and the part that left me restless of what DIDN'T happen. Shaking my head I clear all of my thoughts and rub my hands together before leaning down and whispering in her ear, "Wanna Dance with me?"
A/N: Sorry guys but no shout outs today but I will do them tomorrow. Hope you forgive and again happy birthday jamesmaslow4evz! I hope the best for you and thanks for all the wonderful support! Thanks to all the rest of you too and I hope you have a great day or night!
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