It was not in the plan

Chapter 12: Full party experience

"There are seven set of rules to having the full party experience" Henry explained to me. His green eyes shone in the moonlight.

"Rule number one" he said putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Yes?" I asked him uneasily.

"Make an entrance" he said. "You can't just walk into a party like all the others. You want people to notice you"

"Um- " I started but he just ignored me.

"Now I don't mean walk in there and do something ridiculous. I mean- confidence, make an entrance with confidence. Don't do anything that will attract to much attention, so much that people will label you attention seeker. But don't shuffle in there either. Make people notice your confidence" he explained.

"Okay" I said nodding slightly, "confidence"

"Head high, if someone knocks into you. Act like you couldn't give a damn in the world, smile. You have to smile and if someone talks to you, answer them do not ignore them" he stated.

"Uh okay" I said, I took a deep breath trying to push my nerves down.

"Do not slouch alright?" He said glaring at me, I straightened my posture and frowned.

"Do I have to be like this for the whole party?" I asked realizing how uncomfortable this would be.

"No, just when you walk in" he said "your confidence has to turn heads"

"How the hell?" I started but he shook his head.

"Follow my lead okay?" He said taking my hand, our hands entwined he led me inside the door. My sister and Cathrine were still outside giggling, their backs to us.

As soon as we stepped foot inside the door, he let go of my hand, his posture straightened and his giant shoes thudded against the floor, the music was loud but it came from another room. The entrance hallway was beautifully decorated. A smaller chandelier hanging on the roof, there was a coat hanger with thousands of coats on it and some on the floor, there were some bags.
I glanced down at the grey marble floor. They were clean, the light bouncing off of them.

I looked up and followed Henry's suite, he strolled into a larger room. I followed him, my posture upright. As soon as I walked into the room, the seriously loud music nearly deafened me.

"Sound proof rooms, the musics really loud" Henry explained with a grin.

And as a song reached its drop and automatically everyone jumped and did crazy dance moves that looked actually quite cool but I'd never admit that to anyone.

"Roses by chainsmokers" Henry nodded to the beat and tapped his fingers on the side of his pants.

"Rule number two, dance to any song. Even if you don't know it, just dance to it anyway" he said. "Most songs will be the same they start off simple then somewhere in the middle have a drop and when the drop comes jump especially when you are dancing with someone, the drop comes, jump okay?"

"Um okay" I said "but there's a little bit of a problem"

"Mm?" He asked tearing his eyes away from the crowd and glancing at me.

"I can't dance" I admitted, my cheeks flushed under the semi dark lightly. Yeah I was the twin blessed with two left feet, wasn't I lucky.

"This isn't real dancing" he said leading me towards the dance floor. "You just sway, bob your head at times and move your arms around when you think it's appropriate"

"Okay" I said as the song changed, a mashup of love yourself and hands to myself. I nodded at the beat and Henry grinned.

"Quite a quick learner today" he said winking. I did as I was told, actually enjoying the dancing because everyone around me did the same.