Leo's Jam

Chase's POV
"Hey Calla!" I called as Adam, Bree, Leo and I got to school. We'd been running a little late, so we hadn't managed to catch up with her where we usually did. Calla looked up and waved, smiling, then went back to talking with her friends. Bree headed over to meet them.
"Guys." Leo said, catching my attention. "With the dance coming up, I thought you could use some advice on how to ask a lady out."
I chuckled. Advice from Leo? This was going to be good. "Oh, great." Adam grinned. "Do you know a guy who could teach us?"
Leo stared, then sighed. "Me. You're going to watch me ask out the girl of my dreams, Danielle." Leo nodded dreamily at a tall blond girl who was texting on her phone.
"Danielle?" I repeated. "Isn't she the girl who uses you as a footstool in math class?"
"Where else is she supposed to put her feet? On the floor?" Leo seemed highly offended. There was a moment of silence, then Leo smirked. "Open your notebooks boys: class is in session."
I shook my head as Leo walked up to Danielle. There was no way she was going to say yes to him. Leo stopped at the bench she was sitting on and knelt on it with one knee. "Hello Danielle."
Danielle looked up and smiled. 
"Do you know how much a polar bear weighs?" Leo asked. She shook her head. "Enough to break the ice." 
He sat down beside her, much to Danielle's amusement. "I'm Leo Dooley."
"Didn't you send me eighty seven emails?" She asked. Leo nodded after a second's thought.
"Yeah, that was a slow day." He admitted. Danielle nodded, then hearing one of her friends call out, got up.
"Yeah, well, see you later Lenny." She ran over to her friends as we walked over to 'Lenny'.
"It's Leo by the way!" Leo called out to her, waving.
"So Leo, what should I write down in my notebook?" I asked him. "I mean, other than REJECTED?"
"Oh, you can copy off me." Adam said ,showing me his notebook. "I have 'she's not going to the dance with Lenny'."
Calla's POV
"Hey Bree." We all greeted as the speeder sat down next to us at the breakfast table.
"Hey guys, what're you talking about?" she asked.
"About whether or not Kaitlin should wear the red dress or the blue one." Rebeccka answered, showing Bree the images on Kaitlin's phone. Bree thought it over.
"Definitely the red." She replied after a moment.
"Told you!" Jessica exclaimed, high fiving Bree. I nodded.
"Yep, that's the dress." I agreed. "Besides, red is Jay's favorite color."
"It is?" Kaitlin asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, you should see his room. It looks like an apple!" we all laughed.
"Wait, hold up. When did they get back together?" Rebeccka demanded. I groaned.
"Last night. They were making out my couch for the good part of the night." I replied. A look of realization crossed Bree's face.
"Is that why we had that emergency sleep over." Bree gasped.
"Yeah, I hope you don't mind." I said. Bree shrugged.
"Only if you let me come over when my brothers get girlfriends." I nodded, then grinned.
"Is that even possible?" I asked. She shrugged and we all laughed.
"Hey, do you guys have dates?" Bree asked, getting back to the dance. Jessica and I shook our heads.
"Nope, we're flying solo." Jessica replied. Bree frowned.
"Why?" she asked.
"Broke up with my boyfriend a couple of weeks ago, just before you got here." I told her. "It was nasty and I'd rather just be single right now."
"Oh, poor baby." Rebeccka side hugged me.
"As for me, no one's asked me yet. But Becky's going with a guy named Marco and Kaitlin's got Jay." Jessica told her. Bree looked at me.
"You've seemed to have gotten over the whole no-dating-my-brother thing." She noticed. I shrugged.
"Nah, it's not too important. But I made them both promise that I'm going to be neutral if they ever break up." I replied. "Anyway, has anyone asked you yet?"
"Well, no…" Bree hesitated and we looked at her like she was prey for some very hungry lions.
"What's his name?" Jessica asked. Bree frowned, confused.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"The boy." Rebeccka said. "The one you're crushing on."
"Oh, him…Ethan." She admitted. We all squealed.
"Oh man dude! He's like super cute and really sweet!" Kaitlin moaned.
"You have a boyfriend!" I reminded her. "Let Bree have Kaven."
"Guys, he needs to ask her out. Like, now!" Rebeccka decided. I nodded, an idea forming.
"JADEN!" I screamed. People stared at me as he came running from another hallway.
"What?" he demanded. I smiled sweetly.
"Find out who Ethan's taking to the dance." I ordered. Jaden frowned.
"Wh-" "Just do it!" I snapped. He nodded and walked off.
"Girls…" he muttered. I looked at Bree.
"We'll know if he's single and ready to mingle by the end of the day." I announced. Suddenly, Rebeccka's phone buzzed.
"Oh man! Drama practice before class!" she got up, dragging Jessica with her. "We've got to go! See you later!"
"Bye!" we called as she ran off. Kaitlin got up too, seeing Ms. Denali walk by.
"I need to ditch you guys too. I need to talk to her about the art project. I missed yesterday because I was sick, remember?" she got up and left, so we decided to go find Adam, Chase, and Leo. They were talking over by the bench and we overheard enough to know who they were talking about.
"Hey!" I greeted as we walked over. Bree groaned.
"Are you guys talking about that stupid dance too?" Bree asked, impatient with Jaden already. It'd only been three minutes. "Why is everyone making such a big deal about it?"
Chase smiled knowingly. "Nobody's asked you yet have they?"
"NO!" Bree exclaimed. "I really want to go with that guy."
She nodded at Ethan who was talking with Jay. "Patience Bree, we'll have our answers soon."
"Soon isn't now!" She argued. "And I want them now." She turned back to her brothers. "His name's Ethan. We sit next to each other in chemistry. Coincidence, I think not. Chemistry!"
"Calla says to wait, but I can't. What of he asks another girl?" she momentarily panicked. "What should I do?"
"I've got this." Chase assured her, stepping beside her. "I'll just use my super hearing to find out what he's talking about."
He brushed some hair back behind his ear, focusing on Ethan and Jaden. "He's talking about a girl he thinks is cute." Chase said a second later, in deep concentration. Then "Eww! He's talking about you!"
Bree grinned excitedly. "Told you that you'd get your answers." I muttered.
"He's coming right over here to ask you to the dance." Chase finished. Bree froze.
"What?" she squeaked. "Now? Why? Really?"
"Hey Bree, how's it going?" Ethan did exactly as Chase said he would. Bree didn't answer, so I kicked her a little in the shin.
"Bree, say something." I whispered.
"HEY ETHAN!" Bree almost yelled. Then she started babbling about who knows what. We all looked at her. Then she finally said something coherent
"What is that over there?" she asked, pointing away. We all fell for it and when we turned back, she was gone. The floor was covered in shoe marks.
"Where'd she go?" Ethan asked. I bit my lip, but Adam covered for us.
"More importantly, what is that over there?" We bolted the second he turned around. I still couldn't believe he fell for that.
Chase's POV
"Hey, guys!" I called, rushing into the lab. Adam and Leo looked up from where they'd been playing with action figures. I've figured it out."
"Yeah, I have too. Never eat the outside of a pineapple." He told me, shuddering slightly. "That'll come back to haunt you."
"No, I figured out how to make Danielle like Leo." I replied. Leo looked at me, surprised. "I recorded her with my bionic hearing. Let me play it back for you."
We made our way over to the USB drive on Mr. Davenport's computer. I stuck my finger in, playing the recording.
"In the movie, the hero punches the bad guy and saves the baby from the alligator's mouth. I would SO go out with a guy like that." Danielle said. Adam grinned.
"Perfect!" he clapped. "You get the alligator and I'll go round up that baby."
I smirked, thinking it was a joke, but he started walking away. "Adam! No. She wants a hero." I explained. "We just have to make Leo look heroic."
"Well, that's a dead end." Leo decided. "What else you got?"
"If only there was a way you could borrow my bionic strength." Adam thought aloud. Leo smirked.
"I can't do that, it's all you've got." But Leo was wrong. Adam had rare moments of intelligence. Like when he made that comment about borrowing the super strength. In fact, Adam had just given me an idea.
"Wait a moment, Adam's on to something." I told Leo. "Which is quiet an accomplishment for someone who doesn't know how to eat a pineapple."
"Hey! I got it down, didn't I?" Adam retorted. I shook my head at him.
Calla's POV
Okay, so my plans to have an ordinary day? Yeah, those went down the drain as soon as I walked into the school. Why? Adam and Leo had a plan.
"Oh. My. God." Jessica gasped. I'd stopped for a moment outside to walk with my brother about his football friends. They'd made a mess of the kitchen the night before during an after-game celebration, and I'd been the one to clean it up. "Adam!"
I ran inside and gasped. Adam was lying on the ground, an entire row of lockers on top of him. Leo stood over him and Chase was leaning against the doorframe. "Jaden! Do something! Help him!" I yelled at my brother.
Jaden ran over to the lockers, along with Kyle, one of the football players, but Adam and Leo shooed them off. Jessica and Rebeccka looked at me. "Do you want to cover this, or shall I?" Rebeccka asked. I sighed.
"I'll do it." I told them, waving them off. They headed off into the cafeteria, waving hello at Leo, Chase and Adam. I walked over to them.
"Should I even ask?" I questioned. Leo thought about it.
"Are you going to call us idiots no matter what we say?" he countered. I smirked, then nodded.
"Probably." I admitted.
"Then you shouldn't ask." Adam told me. I shrugged.
"Okay. Whatever." Really, what else could I say?
"Oh, they're coming!" Chase announced. I frowned. Who were they talking about? "Commence phase one of operation Lady for Leo."
"Lady for Leo?" I repeated. Chase nodded, an excited grin on his face. "Oh god help us." I said as Danielle walked over to see what was going on.
"Oh no. This man is trapped. He looks like he needs a hero to save him. I will take charge and heroically do just that." Leo was even worse an actor than I was. I pressed my head against my locker, hoping that no one knew I was friends with them.
"Oh no, we're running out of time. Save the baby before the alligator-" Leo kicked the lockers to stop Adam. They must have had multiple ideas for this.
"I will lift these lockers." Leo announced. I snorted.
"Yeah, and pigs will fly." I muttered to Chase, then stared at Leo as he indeed lifted them. Of course, Adam was pushing them up with his hand, but to anyone other than me and Chase, it looked like Leo was doing all the work.
"So heavy!" Leo exclaimed. Chase grinned.
"So, have you seen any flying pigs yet, because I think one just left through the window." He joked. I rolled my eyes and watched as Danielle ran over to the boys.
"Oh my gosh, how are you not hurt? You must be so strong." she asked, passing Leo by like he was invisible.
"What? He's not the strong one, I'm the strong one! Hero standing right here!" Leo argued. Danielle ignored him.
"Maybe I should walk you to the nurse's office?" Danielle suggested.
"What about Leo?" Adam asked, trying to bring attention back to his brother.
"He's not hurt." Danielle replied, smiling prettily at Adam.
"Look at me! I'm an open wound!" Leo exclaimed, begging for the girl's attention.
"No, really. I'm fine." Adam assured her. Danielle nodded happily.
"Good, because the dance is Saturday and I like dancing. Maybe we could hang out?" she asked. Adam nodded.
"Yeah, sure." He agreed. Danielle waved goodbye and walked off, back to her group of friends.
"Great plan Chase." Leo glared at him.
"What are you talking about? That didn't go at all like we thought it would." Adam didn't seem too disappointed about that. I laughed.
"Congrats Adam. First date. That's big." I said to the older boy. He grinned, but put a finger over his lips, silencing me. I guess he didn't want Leo mad at him.
"Now all we have to do is get a girl to go out with Chase." I turned to face the nerd.
"Yeah, I don't think that's possible." Leo told me, walking off. I shrugged.
"Worth a shot. Oh, there's Bree and the others. Gotta go!" I ran over to my friends.
Chase's POV
"You stole my woman!" Leo exclaimed, glaring at Adam as they walked into the lab. Calla was going dress shopping with Bree and their friends, so I decided to cover for her with her lab work. "Where I come from, we call that a love crime!" Leo yelled.
"It's not my fault I look brave under lockers." Adam replied. "And besides, I was trying to help you!"
"How? By saying you'd go to the dance with her?" Leo questioned, furious.
"I'm keeping my options open." Adam explained. "It's the first time a girl's ever been interested in me and I kind of like it."
"Ooh, I kind of like it." Leo mocked, before tackling Adam. Adam of course, being taller and stronger than Leo, stood still while our brother tried to kill him. I sighed, deciding that enough was enough.
"Hey!" I ran over, pulling Leo off of Adam before he hurt himself. "Stop it! This is getting ay out of hand! It's like watching a poodle fight a horse. Is Danielle really worth all of this?"
"YES!" They replied harshly. I looked at Adam, going into what Calla calls "responsible mode".
"Adam, you can not go to the dance with Danielle. It wouldn't be fair to Leo." I told him.
"Hey, all is fair in love and fake locker accidents." Adam objected. I narrowed my eyes at him and he sighed in defeat. "Fine, he can have her."
"It's too late. The damage is done." Leo complained. "I'll never love again."
"Let me talk to Danielle. I'll convince her that you're a better option than Adam." I offered. Leo's face lit up.
"Really?" he asked, excited. I nodded.
"Sure." Adam smiled coldly at Leo.
"Yeah, go to the dance with her. But everybody's going to think you're dating your babysitter." He said. Leo looked at him, then pounced, ready for another fight.
The next day (still Chase's POV)
"Hey, Danielle?" I walked over to the blonde's table. Danielle and her friend looked up.
"Oh hi, um, Carl?" Danielle guessed.
"Chase, actually. Can I, uh talk to you? It's about my brothers."
"Your brothers?" Danielle repeated. I nodded, sitting down. Her friend walked away, clearly not interested.
"Yeah, Adam and Leo." I replied. Danielle brightened up.
"Oh, I know Adam. He's taking me to the dance this weekend." She smiled. "He's the tall and good looking guy that lifted that wall of lockers."
"Well, actually, Leo was the one that lifted them." I explained.
"Who's he again?" Danielle asked.
"The short, more interesting looking guy." I told her.
"Oh yeah, my sturdy little footstool." Danielle grinned. Man, she had a pretty smile.
"Bingo." I grinned. "I know you like Adam, but that's creating a problem with his friendship with Leo. So, I was kind of hoping that maybe you would go the dance with Leo instead?"
"Aw, that's so sweet! You're worried about your brother." Danielle cooed affectionately. "You know what? I know how to fix this whole thing."
"See? I knew that if I just talked to you, everything would work out." I grinned, pleased with myself.
"Sure did. I'm going to go to the dance with you." She said.
"That's great…wait, did you say me?" I stopped dead. I must have misheard her.
"Yep. See you there Chase." Danielle got up and walked away, leaving me at the table. Did I just…get a date?
"So? Did it work?" Leo demanded sitting down next to me.
"Here's the deal." I said slowly. "Danielle's not going to dance with either of you."
"What?" Adam gasped. "Then who's she going with?"
"ME!" I grinned.
Calla's POV
"CALLA!" Jaden called. I was in my room, trying to decide on what shoes to wear to Friday's dance. It was only a day away, and I was stuck between two pairs. Not to mention, all the girls were coming over later for group dress approvals. It was sort of a tradition.
"Yeah Jay?" I stepped out of my room.
"One of your friends are here. Um, Bree. You know, the pretty brunette?" he replied. Bree? What was she doing here? The party wasn't for at least another hour.
"Wait, Jay?" I walked down into the hall.
"Yeah?"
"Did you just call her pretty?" I asked, a mischievous grin on my face. He rolled his eyes.
"No of course not. You're imagining it little sister." He lied. "Anyway, I'm out of here. Got practice at six."
"See ya!" I waved good bye and headed into the living room, where Bree was twiddling her thumbs at a super human speed. "OKAY, someone's got something on her mind and it ain't me, so spill. Is it Ethan?"
"Yeah, every time I see him, I get panicky and act like a total…" she trailed off, looking for a word.
"Dork monster?" I suggested cheerfully.
"Total dork monster." She agreed.
"Bree," I laughed lightly. "You're not the only girl to run away from a cute guy. I was so nervous around my first crush, I couldn't even look at him for five months. You're not the only one who gets nervous."
"I flew across the room and jumped on top of the lockers." She said matter-of-factly. I opened my mouth, and then closed it.
"Okay, never did that before." I admitted.
"Whenever he's around I just get flustered and glitchy and I just want to eat my face so I don't say something stupid."
I smiled. This was totally just like having a little sister. Except for the fact that Bree was about four months older than me. "Try breathing next time. I'm serious. Deep breaths. Stay in the moment and don't think about how much you like him. That's what I do. Or, you could try wearing high heels. That way, if you run away, you'll wipe out like a down hill skier. It'll be hilarious, and it'll give him an excuse to help you up."
"Okay, yeah. Breath. Stay in the moment. Don't think. Wipe out. Got it." Bree nodded, smiling. "Thanks Cal."
"No prob." I shrugged. "Now, seeing as you just randomly barged in here-"
"Sorry about that."
"You can help me pick out my shoes." I grabbed her hand and started towing her towards my bedroom.
"So, you still don't have a date?" Bree asked, sitting down on my bed as I rummaged through my shoe boxes.
"Nope. I can't leave Jessica all by her lonesome, can I?" Bree laughed.
"No. I guess you can't. But don't you want to dance with a guy. There's got to be at least one cute guy at the school for you."
I smiled, sitting down with the two boxes in my hands. "Oh, there are plenty of cute guys. And being the lead kicker's baby sister helps too, but I'm just not interested in any of them. I want someone who's funny and kind, but not too dumb. And I definitely do not want a jock."
"Why not?" Bree asked.
"Because, Jaden's part of the five percent of jocks who not only have a mind of their own, but don't pick on nerds. The rest of them are like Trent and I would rather kiss a slug than go on a date with Trent." Both of us shuddered.
"Yeah, that'd be terrible." Bree agreed.
Chase's POV
"I can't believe you stole Danielle from us!" Adam complained. I rolled my eyes and at down on the couch, my laptop in my hands.
"I didn't steal her. She just kind of fell in my lap, like a beautiful, flower angel from heaven…" I trailed off, images of Danielle dancing around in my head.
"We get it." Leo snapped. I sighed.
"Look, I didn't mean for this to happen." I stated.
"Oh, so you're not taking her to the dance." Adam sounded relieved. I stared at him like he was crazy.
"Of course I'm taking her to the dance. She's like a cotton white lamb that frolics-"
"We get it!" they both yelled.
"I may not know how to dance, but a girl is interested in me for the first time ever." I continued. "Even Calla didn't think that was possible. How can I say no?"
"Oh you say no!" Adam said. "N-O-O. No."
"Uh, Adam…never mind." I decided now wasn't the time to correct him on his grammar.
"What ever happened to 'It's not fair, Leo had her first'?" Adam questioned. "You say not to do something and then you do the total opposite. You're a total hypnotist!"
Again, going to ignore the grammar. "You know what Adam? I think we should give Chase a break." Leo's attitude changed dramatically. "I mean it is his first go around on the carousel of love."
I looked at Leo hopefully. Was he really going to let me have Danielle? "What?" Adam demanded. "Are you kidding me? Oh he's on a carousel alright and he's riding a big plastic horse named Betrayal!"
"Let's face it Adam. The better man won." Leo was definitely on my side. Maybe he had less of a problem with me dating Danielle than Adam.
"Oh no. He's not the better man, I am. And I'm going to get her back at the dance. It is on. O-N-N ON!" Adam stormed out of the room, furious.
"Thanks Leo." I smiled at my step-brother. "You sure you're not mad?"
"If I can't have Danielle, you should." He replied. Then "Did you say you don't know how to dance?"
"Yeah, but I'm just going to download a dance app off the internet or something." I held up my laptop. Leo nodded thoughtfully.
"Oh, okay. But is the refrigerator dance on the internet yet? I mean it's so new." He said to no one in particular. I was all ears though.
"Refrigerator dance?" I repeated. "What's that?"
"You don't know about the refrigerator dance?" Leo gasped. I shook my head. "Everybody's doing it, but I'm sure you'll find something."
"No! Show it to me! Please." I demanded. Leo smiled.
"Alright." Leo agreed. I got up and walked over to him. "I'll call out an action, and you mime it."
I nodded eagerly. Leo started chanting the dance steps. "Open the fridge." He made a swinging move. I copied it. "No! More feeling than that."
"Oh, okay." We tried again and apparently I did it right.
"And you said you didn't know how to dance." Leo smirked as he watched me do the moves. I grinned; Danielle was definitely going to like my dance moves.
Calla's POV
"Alright girls. Time for…whoa. We look awesome." I stared at every one of my best friends as I skipped into the school. Their dresses were amazing!
Kaitlin was wearing a bright red, strapless dress that went down to her knees. The golden belt she'd chosen with it really showed it off and went well with the gold outline at the bottom of the dress.
Jessica had a dark green dress, the same length, but this one had two inch straps at the top and a matching dark green ribbon in place of the belt. She was carrying a black handbag along with it.
Rebeccka was wearing a strapless dress that truly showed off her crazy personality. The bottom half was pure black while the top half was a zebra print. Separating the two halves was a bright pink ribbon and bow.
I'd already seen Bree's dress when we went dress shopping together, but it was still so pretty. The bottom half was dark blue while the top half was a light blue with a special pattern sewn in. It was the only one of our dresses with sleeves, but I think it totally worked for her.
As for me, for the first time in my memory, I was wearing pink. I usually don't like pink, so it was definitely a change for me. But it was one of the prettiest dresses at the store that day, so I just had to but it. It was a short, strapless dress with a white floral pattern on top of it. In the middle was a black ribbon to separate the top and the bottom.
"I know right? We look hot-mazing." Rebeccka grinned.
"That's not a word." Bree told her.
"I don't care!" Rebeccka snapped.
"Ladies, ladies. No fighting tonight." I reminded them. They sighed. Bree started to walk over to me, then stumbled. I grabbed her arm to support her and noticed she was wearing high heels.
Okay, if you're going to be wearing those shoes, I'd suggest wearing a helmet." Jessica nodded at the shoes. Bree rolled her eyes at Jessica and looked like she was going to say something, but then Kaitlin squealed.
"Hey Jaden!" she cried, throwing herself at my brother. I averted my eyes when they kissed.
"Oh come on, it's not like I've never kissed Kaitlin before." My brother teased.
"Okay, you two can leave now. I don't want to vomit all over this pretty dress just because you two are sucking face." I pointed to the dance. Jaden laughed.
"Fine, but other than getting Kaitlin, I just wanted to say, you all look very pretty." I smiled. Jaden could be nice at times. "Except you Cal, you look like a troll." This was one of those times.
"Leave!" I pushed him away. Rebeccka laughed.
"You two need to stop fight…fighting. And I have to go because Marco just got here. See ya!" Rebeccka ran off to go see her new boy toy, leaving me, Jessica and Bree alone in the hall.
"Okay ladies. Time for our grand entrance. Formations!" I joked as we walked in. I immediately spotted Adam and Chase, but Leo was no where to be seen. I walked over to them. "Wow, not too shabby boys. You know how to clean yourselves up." I complimented.
"You don't look to bad yourself." Chase replied.
"So where's Danielle, Adam?" I asked. Chase smirked.
"Oh, she's not his date anymore. She's mine. And she's in the washroom." He informed me.
"What?" I demanded. "When did that happen? Why did that happen?"
"She thought I was sweet." Chase smiled happily.
"Oh, so that's a good reason to steal your brother's date. That's SO nice of you." I retorted. I don't know why I was so upset at Chase. It's not like Adam didn't do the same thing. I guess I expected more from him because he was the responsible and smart one. And not to mention, he's the least likely to stab someone, let alone Adam or Leo, in the back like that.
"Ooh! Bree! There's Ethan!" Jessica exclaimed. Bree frozen, nervousness written all over her face. I sighed.
"If this goes south, I'm really sorry about this." I pushed my best friend over to her crush. She stumbled a bit, but managed to keep her footing. With a glare sent at me over her shoulder, she started to chat with Ethan.
"Ten bucks says she runs away. Again." Chase whispered to me. I laughed.
"Twenty says you're wrong." Bree started to run a bit, but caught herself before she could. And then she started to dance horribly. "Dance lessons. Get the girl dance lessons." I muttered to myself as Ethan took Bree's hand and led her onto the dance floor.
"Aww…" Jessica cooed. I was about to agree when a miniature tornado of Bree and Ethan went by us. "What was that?" My best friend exclaimed.
"What? What was what?" I asked dumbly.
"The twister!" Jessica pointed at where it had been.
"What twister? Jessica, maybe you're just seeing things." Chase covered for his sister. "Oh, there's Danielle, I got to go."
Chase walked over to the green clad blonde. "Nice dress." Jessica muttered. "She totally stole my idea."
"Just because you're wearing the same color doesn't mean she stole your idea." I argued.
"Yes, she did. She totally did!" Jessica objected. I was about to say something else, but then I saw something that looked like a dude having a seizure while drunk. "What the hell is Chase doing?" I wondered aloud.
I wasn't the only one staring. In fact, everyone at the dance seemed to wondering the same thing. I think Chase was trying to dance and it wasn't working out well for him.
"What are you doing?" Danielle demanded after he started doing what looked like lassoing an invisible cow.
"I'm swinging and invisible pickle!" he exclaimed. Okay, so I was off by that much. Jessica and I exchanged looks and then burst out laughing. As did most of the dance as Danielle stormed off, obviously disgusted. Chase stopped, realizing that something was wrong.
"What?" he asked, turning to me. "What is everyone staring at?"
"You!" I laughed. "That was the most messed up thing ever! That probably made the year book."
Chase looked at me, offended, but I couldn't hold back the giggles. I only stopped when Adam threw Danielle though the ceiling.
"Okay, someone's been working out." Jessica whispered as he caught Danielle in his arms easily. I was waiting for the government to come flying in to take them away, because they were HORRIBLE at keeping their bionics hidden.
"Put me down!" Danielle screeched. Adam complied, a silly grin on his face. He thought he'd impressed her. Clearly that was not the case.
"I bet Chase can't toss you around like a rag doll." He commented.
"Get away from me!" Danielle ran off screaming. Chase looked at me again.
"Was my dancing really that bad?" he asked, upset. I put a hand on his shoulder.
"You made bad dancers feel good about themselves." I told him seriously as the music stopped. "Huh?"
The lights dimmed until there was a spot light, shining at the gym doors. Four women wearing matching silver dresses walked in, Leo right behind him. "Oh no. Not him too. Is this all about that one girl?" Jessica complained.
"Yep. I'm going to teach them the word dignity later. Want to help me?" I asked. She nodded as Leo started dancing. I have to admit, he was good. And by good, I mean I was planning on entering his name in So You Think You Can Dance?
The entire gym bust into applause when Leo was done. The only one not clapping was Chase. He looked furious. "Okay everybody, give it up for my Aunt Janet and her book club!" Leo nodded at his back up dancers.
"That was awesome!" Danielle said, walking over to Leo.
"It was just a little something for the kids." Leo brushed it off like it was nothing, but I could almost hear his mind screaming "YES! SHE LIKES IT! YES!"
"Shall we?" Danielle held out her hand.
"Consider it shalled." Leo said, leading her onto the dance floor.
"Alright, I have to admit. Tiny McLittlestein knows how to impress a girl." Jessica commented. I stared at her in awe.
"Finally!" I exclaimed.
"What?" She asked.
"Okay. You remember how I have nicknames for like everyone? Well, that can be Leo's. Tiny McLittlestein." I explained. Jessica laughed.
"Okay then. Remind me to tell Adam, Bree and Chase." She smiled.
"Speaking of Bree, where is she?" I asked. Jessica pointed to a spot in the corner where Bree and Ethan were dancing together.
"Aww!" we cooed. Dances always brought out our inner girl.
Twenty minutes later
"Hey, I need to leave soon. In about ten minutes." Jessica told me. I nodded.
"Sure. Hey, where is everyone?" I wondered, looking around.
"Well, Ethan and Bree are flirting by the punch table. Leo's trying to convince Danielle to dance with him after he ditched her for ten minutes."
"Why'd he ditch her?" I asked.
"He wanted to apologize to Adam and Chase." Jessica replied. "I heard him talking to them. As for said nerds, they're in the corner."
Usually, I'd object to calling them nerd, but that's exactly what they looked like. "Wow, they look lonely." I admitted. "We should fix that."
"How? You know they'll think we pity them if we ask them to dance."
"Yeah, good point. Follow me." I let my shoulders droop as I sulked over to the boys, trying to look as miserable as possible.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Chase looked at our upset faces.
"Well, there were these boys…and they were making fun of us." I whimpered.
"Why?" Adam questioned, concerned. "Do you want me to hurt them?"
"No, but they kept calling us losers because nobody would dance with us…" Jessica caught on quickly. The brothers exchanged glances, then stood up. Chase grabbed my hand and pulled me to the dance floor.
"Let's dance." He told me. I smiled.
"Okay, thanks." He stopped short.
"Um, how do you slow dance again?" he asked nervously. I laughed and placed his hands around my waist.
"Just take small steps." I told him. Jessica and Adam were doing the same.
"So, quick question…" Chase trailed off.
"Shoot." He gave me a look.
"No one was making fun of you, were they?" he asked. Damn. Never trick the smart ones.
"Would you rather I had said that you looked like losers and we were trying to cheer you up?" I asked.
"Nope. I think I prefer this." He replied. "By the way, thanks."
"No problem Chase. And I'm sorry for laughing earlier. It was mean to tease you like that."
"You always tease us." He objected.
"Yeah, but it was uncalled for at the time. I'm sorry."
"It's fine." We were quiet then, swaying to the soft beat. It was nice. Peaceful. Honestly, I'd considered skipping the dance al together. I was glad I didn't.