Very short.

Half asleep when I made it. Had to get it down so that it didn't bug me for another day.

I don't own any of the characters in this story except for Jake, Ember, Melody, and their parents.

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Chapter 14: One, Two, Three, And-A One...

So, Jake and I ended up taking a little walk around the ship and we chatted about ourselves; him about his rich family, his dreams of become an animal specialist to help sick animals, his hobbies, and such.

I just talked about the basics; my name and age. I had to lie to him and say that I was visiting my sister who was in the hospital, and he seemed to understand that I didn't want to talk about it because he didn't bug me anymore about the subject.

My head was starting to hurt again and it didn't help when he kept bumping into my arm on purpose.

I was just about to ask him to stop before I pulled his arm out of his socket when he turned to me and asked me to be his date to the party that was apparently going on later.

At first, I said absolutely not; one because I've never been to a party, two because I was going with him, a stranger that I barely knew, and three, because I couldn't dance.

But he kept bugging me and giving me those puppy dog eyes, and I couldn't resist, so I ended up saying yes. His smile was breathtaking and he leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. I was stunned beyond words and stood there like an idiot as he chuckled and walked away.

After I had gotten over the shock, I rushed to my room, heat flooding my cheeks, and instantly took a shower, scrubbing my cheek until I swear I was going to rip off my skin. I didn't know if I could truly trust the guy, and even though I cursed myself for falling for those stupid eyes, I still threw off the bandage on my arm, which was now fully healed, got dressed in a simple black dress with a slit coming up to my hip, just in case I had to kick some butt, and walked up to the deck.

I saw him standing across the entrance to the cabins, talking to someone, and when he saw me and his eyes widened, I instantly turned around and swiftly started walking back towards the stairs. But he ran up to me and held me to him while whispering in my ear.

"Why are you running?" he asked. I couldn't even turn to him; I was so embarrassed.

"I don't wear dresses too often" I said.

More like I don't have the money to buy myself a dress...or a point to wear them... I thought. He chuckled and that sent shivers down my spine.

"I can see that. But you should; you look gorgeous" he said.

Shut up, shut up, shut up... I thought to myself, trying to block out his voice. He spun me around so that I was facing him, his smile evident on his face.

"Dance with me" he said.

My eyes became as wide as doughnuts and I frantically shook my head. "I don't dance" I replied.

His smile widened as he put his hand on my back, bringing me closer to him while taking my right hand in his. "You will now" he said as he started to spin slowly in a circle.

I was truly terrified; one because I was afraid of falling flat on my face, two because I didn't want to step on his feet, three because he might be able to feel my wings, and four because I felt so powerless in his arms, even though I knew that I was so much stronger than he was. After a while, though, I started to loosen up and have some fun.

I mean, why not? There was a very high possibility that I was going to die tomorrow, so why not enjoy myself a little?

But while I was dancing, laughing at my own awkwardness, I was reminded of someone. Someone with the same hair color but a totally different personality.

Before his face popped into my head, I shoved it down to the deepest parts of my mind so that it wouldn't ruin my night. I would never see them again. They had probably already forgotten about me already, even though I would always consider them friends.

As the night continued, my head, which was already thumping, got increasingly worse. I cut the dance short after apologizing, but Jake still walked me to my room. He quickly kissed me on my cheek again before walking away.

Fighting a deep blush and grumbling under my breath with my head pounding away, I opened my door, went into my cabin, took a hot shower, chucked the dress in the garbage and fell asleep in a white tank top and gray shorts.

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