The Unbreakable Dancer

Chapter 6

Disband and Punishment

I walk with Andie through the hallways of MSA on Monday telling her about what happened with Moose on Saturday.

"You kissed him?" she says surprised.

"On the cheek, you keep forgetting that part. It was on the cheek." I roll my eyes.

"It's still kissing to some amount."

"Okay enough about me, what about you and Chase. He was checking you out in that dress."

"Okay first off he was not-"

"Yes he was, I think I saw some drool come out of his mouth," I tease.

"Shut up," she hits me.

"Okay okay, so for real. What happened? After me and Moose left the party you two were gazing lovingly into each other's eyes," I say dramatically.

Andie rolls her eyes at me.

"You're too much sometimes."

"I know," I say with a smile.

I look away from her and see Chase walking towards us, but it doesn't look like he sees us since he's hanging his head low and has a hat on.

What is he hiding?

I nudge Andie and motion to Chase.

"Hey Chase," she says with a smile, "What's going on?"

"Hey," Chase says still not looking up.

"Hi," I say to him.

"Hi," he says back.

"How are you doing? Is everything okay?" Andie asks him looking concerned since this isn't his usual behavior.

"Yes, everything is okay. Why wouldn't everything be okay," Chase speaks quickly.

Okay, something is definitely wrong.

Andie steps closer and bends down slightly to look at his face.

"Oh my god, what happened to you?" She asks, her voice full of concern. I look to see what she's talking about and see a bruise on the side of his left eye.

"How did this happen?" I ask him.

"Nothing, nothing," Chase tries to brush it off.

"Don't worry. Listen I've got to get to class," he says trying to get past us.

Quickly Andie grabs him and moves him back in front of her.

"That is not, nothing. Who did this to you?" she asks again but less concern filling her voice, but more anger.

"Just forget about it. Let it go," Chase tries to shrug it off again.

Both of them stare at each other for a minute then Chase breaks eye contact and walks past us. Andie turns her head and watches him leave.

"Maybe he doesn't want to you because it's embarrassing," I say to her trying to make her feel better.

"Yeah, maybe," she mumbles.

I look away and see a crowd forming in front of the dance room door.

"What's going on?" I ask Andie.

"I don't know. Let's check it out."

Me and Andie walk to the dance room entrance and push through the crowd crowding around the outside. We enter the dance room and I am full of shock and despair.

Who did this?

There's graffiti on the mirror and walls. Chairs, glass, cabinets, and small tables are broken into pieces. I cover my mouth, trying to hold in my tears. Chase pushes through the crowd outside and sees what me and Andie are looking at. Then Moose comes in and the smile that he had on before coming into the room is completely wiped off his face. He sees me with my hand covering my mouth and walks over to me. He pulls me in a sorta side hug and rubs my arm for comfort. I remove my hand from my mouth and mouth thank you. He smiles sadly at me and his eyes looks over the rest of the room