For the Love of Dance

Chapter 15

Halloween Part I

"Aw we look so cute!" Angelica says while doing some last minute touch ups to her makeup. It was Halloween night ... I know spooky. We are all heading to Lux, a club on Hess Street.

"I can't believe I got Leonardo, I personally feel like I am more of a Raphael but, whatever," Venus says adjusting her crop top.

"Cry me a river," I say knowing full well that I am the one and only Raphael.

"What is Leo being?" Cara asks waiting by the door for the rest of us to finish up.

"I actually have no idea. He said he wanted to keep it a surprise," I say. Once deciding that I look good, I walk away from the mirror in the living room and join Cara by the door.

"Let's hope he is showing a lot of skin, " Venus comments clearly not seeing what is wrong with what she just said. Typical Venus.

"Do not give me that look Denise. Your boyfriend definitely has a nice body and I can't help it that I have been deprived of men lately," Venus pulls away from the mirror and looks me right in the eyes. I see her smile and know she is only joking.

"It is your fault that you are deprived of man. No man is ever good enough for you," Cara says matter of factuality.

"Okay, Cara! Why are you dragging me when you literally run away from men and don't tell me that you don't because I have seen you do it multiple times, " Venus counters.

"Okay but, I am not deprived like you," Cara responds back with just as much sass as Venus.

"Okay, let's be real. You are both messy but, now is not the time to discuss who is messier. We need to go now or we are never going to leave," Angelica states and so with that we all walked out the door and headed towards the party.

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"Oh fuck me, I should have drank more. There are way too many people here," Venus yells. In her defence, there are so many people that are dressed up. I am searching around to see if I can spot Leo but, he insisted on keeping his Halloween costume a surprise. He hasn't texted me yet so I stop searching and focus on what is happening around me. The club was dark with a DJ booth at the front of the room with white glowing bars scattered along the dance floor. There was not much room to dance as the dance floor was packed. You could not move an inch without touching someone nearby.

"Oh shit! Someone is staring at you Cara. You better start running now," Venus yells, I wouldn't be surprised if the guy supposedly eyeing Cara heard her. I turn to my left and see a tall cowboy walking over to where we stood. There was literally no time to run, he was approaching quickly.

"Hey ladies!" the cowboy says to us but his eyes are on Cara the whole time. We all look at him and continue to dance but we are all very aware of the cowboy.

"What's your name?" the random dude asks Cara while touching his long blonde hair. We were all waiting to hear Cara's response because you could tell that she was not interested in this guy.

"Éloigne toi de moi. Je ne comprends pas l'anglais," Cara responds in what appears to be a foreign language. This girl is pretending not to understand him. I want to laugh but, I need to stay composed or else I risk blowing her cover.

"Do any of you guys know what she is saying?" the guy asks and we all look at each other and simultaneously answer "No." I, however, quickly realize that we are going to need to explain why this foreign girl is hanging out with us.