These Little Things

Chapter 8: Surprise Date

"Again!" Andre yells at us for the nineteenth time this practice. "I can't my body feels like it's going to collapse and die!" Briar yells back. "Yes, you can. I have faith in all of you. Now get up and do it one more time before our last practice before tour is over!"

We get in our spots and our beginning poses. I start on the floor with my right leg folded in and my left leg up. My arm rests on my knee and I'm looking down.

The music to 'Good Girl' starts and I flip my head up. "She's a good girl, she's daddy's favorite. He's saved for Harvard, he knows she'll make it." Then I stand up and prep for a double pirouette into a three turn fouetté. I pull up into the turn and my foot starts to slip, so I try to regain my balance but that only makes it worse. My balance starts shifting to the side and I can feel myself falling. I throw my hands out at the last minute and barely catch myself on the hardwood flooring.

I look up and notice that everyone else in the dance isn't doing too great either. Half of the class is running into each other, while the other is doing some weird move that was not Andre's original choreography. Andre looks like he is about to explode when I suddenly hear applause coming from the doorway.

Everyone in the room stops "dancing" and turns their head. "Haha, this is the best thing I've seen all week." Michael laughs at us. I roll my eyes. Of course they decide to come to this practice of all days. Andre's face turns bright red with embarrassment and I start laughing uncontrollably. "Class is dismissed." Andre finally sighs. Everyone cheers and jumps up to grab a drink.

"Crap what do we do? Do we act like we are friends? Do we act like we don't know them? Do we act like we went on a date?" Libby asks panicked. Everyone turns and looks at me. "Why do you guys always expect me to know the answer?"

Then suddenly Calum's hands are covering Libby's eyes. "Guess who." He jokes. "Calum, we already saw you guys come in here, remember." Libby giggles. He removes his hands. "I told Ashton we shouldn't have interrupted your guys' practice." "No, you guys saved us. We've been practicing all day." Briar tells the boys. "Yeah, if it weren't for you guys we'd be doing it "one more time"." I say to them. "Well, we are here to take you lovely ladies on a surprise date." Ashton announces. "Well, that's if you guys even want us to take you on a date." Luke adds.

Can we take a moment to discuss Luke's appearance. His hair is all messed up but at the same time it looks perfectly put together. His beautiful blue eyes have that shine in them that just makes him seem happy. He's wearing this tight All Time Low band tee that shows off his amazing arms. He's got on a pair of dark grey skinny jeans that aren't hanging off his butt, which is a really nice adjustment compared to every other guy I know. Basically, he looks adorable and I look like crap.

"Where are you taking us?" Briar asks. "We can't tell you that! It's a freaking surprise." Ashton responds. "Are you guys in?" Michael asks. "Can we get changed first?" I ask. "Ha, of course." He responds. "Alright, I'm in." I reply. "Me too." The rest of the girls say. Then, we agree to meet back outside and we race to the locker rooms.