It's Just A Dance

Chapter 7

Chapter Seven

~~ARIANA~~
So we got it! Kayden and I are partners and now nothing can go wrong!

Unless we absolutely suck at it then we are back at square one. But I think we can both agree that we don't want to go back to our old partners. Therefore we are going to do our absolute best in this.

From across the room, I can't help but notice and feel Carson's eyes on me as I set down my water bottle, for the first time he didn't get what he wanted and -
The doors go fly open as Kendra walks in with Kassandra behind her. I looked away putting my water bottle back in my backpack, I want nothing to do with those two. The less eye contact or any contact I have with them the better.
        "You're so fucked for this seriously, you always get what you want huh?" Kendra says as she lowered beside me.
Great job at avoiding them Ari!
          "Excuse me?" I look at her and for a moment it takes me by surprise, her baby blue eyes had a red and puffy look to them. Something she didn't have ten minutes ago when Kayden and I entered the room... or maybe I didn't notice? I wasn't exactly looking at her when I got here but it looks like she just cried.
Even though she might have been crying, the way she looked at me was so hateful like she wanted to slap me out of the phase of earth. Over what? Only she knows.
            "Kayden." She barked "I made it clear I wanted to dance with him, I wanted to be with him and you just took him like nothing! What is it to you? What does he mean to you?"
And now I know.
Who does this girl think she is? She's acting like his crazy ex and as far as I know, they've never dated. She has no claim on him but most importantly I  don't fight over a man. This conversation is absolutely stupid to me and I honestly can't believe she's doing this right now, I almost feel embarrassed for her.
           "Kendra, what are you talking about?" I ask in absolute disbelief. I try to keep my voice low so no one else can hear this nonsense coming out of her mouth "It's just a dance nothing more"
       "Really?" She gets closer to my face trying to find the lie in my words and all I can do is look around to see if I'm the only one watching this or if someone else is too "Is it? Then why are you so fucking desperate to take him from me? Why not suck it up and dance with Carson! If this is just a dance to you then dance with Carson and let Kayden dance with me" she continues her whining
        "This isn't a decision I made"
She cackles and tilts her head back as if looking at me was taking too much from her "It's a decision you fucking begged for!"
          "It wasn't just me." I say through greeted teeth, I really don't want to embarrass her but I can't let these people walk all over me all the time."Kayden asked for this too"
Her baby blue eyes fill with tears as the words left my mouth and if I say more ... if I tell her Kayden showed up at my apartment and told me the only reason he stayed was for me I think she'll have a mental breakdown.
When did this crush on Kayden start? And why is she so intense about it ? Did he do something to make her feel like she has the right to be jealous over him? Is there something Kayden is hiding from me?...
Wow. Now im acting like her. Kayden and I are just friends.
Before she can answer Kassandra comes from behind and grabs Kendra "Come on Kendra it's not worth it" She pulls Kendra to the other side of the room and I return to Kayden.
Thank god her sister stopped that before anyone else noticed.
Can you seriously like a man so much that you go to those extremes even when you know he might not be into you like you are into him?

But then again no one acts like that without a reason.

I don't know if it's a ME problem but when I like I guy I can't show it. I push him sway from me, I go to the extremes of talking about other guys in front of him  and I don't give any signal or hint that makes him think that I like him... or maybe that's what I think I do.
What if love blinds you so much that you lose yourself and you become someone you're not? I don't know Kendra well but she looks like a strong girl, determined, rude, bossy, with a good head on her shoulders ... she doesn't look like someone who would do what she just did. And if you had told me I would've never believed it, I can see Gaby the red-headed girl doing this but not Kendra. The only way I believe it is because I just saw it happen two seconds ago and the rage was directed to me.
    "What happened?" He asks grabbing my face gently. Welp, I guess he noticed too.
I shrug "No one likes me here except you, but nothing new right?"
His smile is warm and when he puts his arms around me I feel safe. How did I not notice him before?
I laugh to myself maybe he's the one that didn't notice me. But destiny keeps crossing our paths and now we're here, who knows what that means but it can't mean anything. 
      "Okay, guys let's-" Rubi stops mid-sentence when she senses the room's vibe. We are all divided into small groups, each group giving weird looks to the others and whispering, I can't even blame them because Kayden, me and now Fabio who stands next to Kayden  are one of those groups. "What happened?" she asks as if she wasn't in the room
Ansel chuckles "Don't you see it, Rubi? Cupid is throwing arrows left and right and is going to ruin your whole dance"
    "Cupid?" she questions and for some strange reason looks over at Carson who gives her that evil smile he knows to do so well
Ansel now laughs and makes his way to the center of the room "Look I'll explain it. Kendra likes Kayden, Kayden likes Ariana and Ariana is in denial but she likes Carson or at least is intrigued by him and Carson" He stops and looks at Carson smirking "Carson loves Carson"
At least two things in his speech were right. Kendra likes Kayden and Carson loves Carson.
And maybe he's right about one more thing... I am intrigued by Carson and that's not a good thing. I have to stay away from him or I'll end up like the curious cat
Killed
Not literally but ...
No.
I pretend to not be  bothered by Ansel's words. Ansel is Ansel and he's just here to be messy and watch the world go on fire, that's why he's here.
         "Okay this is getting stupid" Maritza protests "What are you talking about Ansel?"
      "The truth Mari just the truth"
She rolls her eyes at him "Okay before we start any type of dance or anything we really need to figure out a way to connect or get more comfortable with each other... we can not dance and try to portray a story if we're at each other's throats all the time"
So they did notice Kendra coming at me about Kayden. Great.
    "You're right," Rubi says "What do you propose?"
Maritza smirks "A game of truth or dare"
Immediately Fabio bursts out laughing "Truth or dare? How old are we? 12"
Kayden laughs with him, chuckling behind me as his arms surround me and I hold his hands. Honestly, I agree with them silently. There was no way a child's game was getting us anywhere especially not close to each other.
This was stupid and another more reason that this was just a waste of time.
    "Why truth or dare?" Julian follows up.
    "Why not truth or dare?" Maritza argued looking towards Fabio who was still laughing, shaking his head, and with the head snap her black curls bounced, making them the only ones to dance
    Kayden intervenes "More like, why truth or dare?"
I laugh earning an eye roll from Kendra and Kassandra even though they're on the left side of the circle we're now in, I can feel them. Their energy is so heavy.
    "Why not try it?" Carson steps closer in the circle looking straight at me "Or what? You guys are scared of a child's game?" He taunts looking past me and straight at Kayden
    "Not scared there's just no point" Fabio responds
"Let's just give it a try. Just once" Rubi protests giving everyone those puppy dog eyes no one can resist from
      "There's nothing to lose guys, it's just a game" Maritza continues her chant.
"But is it going to be just a game?" Emerson winks and I shake my head with a smile because again, what the hell are we doing?. This was a dance, just a dance not a 13 year old party where we're all eager to get our first kiss.
~~Carson~~
She stands in front of him with his arms wrapped around her, eating his every word, silently agreeing with him but when she hears my voice she turns to me. She may be wrapped up in his arms but her mind is with me, constantly and it'll end up betraying her, she knows it too that's why she's putting distance between us. The distance is Kayden because there's no way she's doing this because she likes him, she's known him for years according to Rubi, and when you know someone for years and nothing has happened between you two it's because it's never going to happen. This was all an act from her and her pretty, innocent, chocolate, sweet eyes proved it every time she looked at me.