Seventy Shades of Dancing

7. Your Superman

Jessica has no words to describe Haden, but there was one word that was already on the top of her head. Delusional.

"Haden, I-" "I know what you're gonna' say, just say it and leave." Jessica didn't want to hurt his feelings, but she also didn't want to hurt Benjamin's feelings as well. "I-I have to go." She silently leaves, but she stops midway, closing her eyes, and said, "give me time."

Haden looks up with teary eyes, smiling through sadness, hoping she'll soon make up her mind. Meanwhile, Jessica didn't regret what she said. She brushed off her thoughts, looking for her two friends.

"Jordan? Benjamin?" She walks back to where she last them, checking around the area. "Jessica!" She turns to her right, sighing in relief to see just Jordan by herself. "Where's Benjamin?" She worriedly asks.

"Benjamin needed time alone, he told me everything. I can't believe Mr. Johns is so into you." Jordan snorts, shaking her head in disappointment.

"I told Mr. Johns I needed some time," "wait, you know he'll eventually find out that you're An-" "HUSH!!" Jessica shuts her up by quickly placing her hand over Jordan's lips. "Sorry," she mumbles against Jessica's hand.

"I realize that the more I spend with Haden, the more he'll find out who I really am, but he only passed by to the club one time." The girls checked to see if anyone heard, but luckily, nobody wasn't around.

"Let's head to class, I have Basic Psychology class," Jordan said, giving her a sympathetic look. "Good luck." She waves. Jessica waves back and walks the opposite direction to her class.

She has writing workshop with Benjamin and she doesn't know what to say to him when she sees him. When she walked into class, Benjamin was seated at his usual seat by the window. She quietly makes her way to her seat, next to Benjamin.

Benjamin doesn't hesitate to look at Jessica, instead, he takes out his notebook and rips a small piece of paper from one of the pages. He scribbles down on it and then passes to Jessica. She sees the folded note and grabs it to read.

Sorry I didn't meet up with you, I needed time alone

She steals a pencil from her pouch and scribbles down underneath.

I'm glad you needed time alone, I already spoke with Mr. Johns

She passes back to him, waiting for him to respond. "Jess, I shouldn't be this way, instead, I should be patient with and have you decide."

Jessica didn't want to decide, she wanted to be with Benjamin because he has this sweet side, but then Mr. Johns has this bad boy side. "Benjamin, thank you. I told Mr. Johns to give me time." He nods, bringing his hand for a handshake.

"Friends? Just friends?"

Jessica smiles, accepting his handshake request. "Tomorrow you're working, learned a new dance?" Jessica thinks for a moment before nodding her head. "Harley showed me a video and thought I should try it out."

"That's good. Any news from that dance institution?" Benjamin asked once more. "I'll be meeting up with Mr. Park on Friday, he said he'll show me around the place." The rest of the day went on like nothing happened until she headed off to her last class of the day.

Homeroom counseling. That means, she has to face Mr. Johns. Jessica wanted to skip out, but face it, she doesn't want to get marked absent. Jessica was confused about whether to enter the classroom and greet the instructor as if nothing happened or wait for Jordan and walk in together.

"Jessi *panting* ca *panting* I'm here." Jessica was happy to see a sweaty Jordan, struggling to steady her breathing. "For the first time, you came early."