"Sorry for kissing you. I didn't really have any choice even though I didn't want to." Louis apologized backstage.
"You did what you had to do so let's just forget about it, okay?" I looked elsewhere.
"The kiss doesn't mean anything." He added.
"I know."
"Then why won't you look me in the eye?" He asked.
"Because I just realized how good you are at acting and it's a shame that no one really sees that..." I kind of respect the guy now.
"Well, at least you do." His gray eyes bore into me and I just stared back at him in silence.
"You were great, I thought you should know." I patted his head rather awkwardly.
"Thanks." He smiled a genuine one.
"And now for the next number, the all-star Robbie Wadge will be dancing ballet right after a short break." I heard the MC say from the stage.
Wait, what did he just say? My boyfriend's dancing ballet?! Since when did that happen?
"I should go find Robbie." I excused myself from Louis.
"Cher, I just realized something too." He said when I was about to walk away.
"What? That I look good in my dress?" It's more of a 'self-praise' really.
"That your boyfriend is a lucky lad." And then he walks off to the other direction.
I don't know what he meant by that but right now, I really do need to find my boyfriend to ask him what's up.
******
"I don't know how this happened either. Ash must've set me up as payback for never calling him back." Rob explained.
I found him in an empty dressing room where they keep all the ballet outfits and stuff.
"That's just low." I made a disgusted face.
"I know!"
"I didn't know you did ballet."
"I didn't." He said with a poker face on.
"You sure you're going through this though?" I asked him.
"I'll figure something out." He sighed.
"Okay, I'll be in the audience if you need me."
"Hey, Cher?"
"Yeah?"
"I love the play." He grinned.
******
"It was so entertaining, Lloyd! Wasn't expecting that a play without a script would be so much fun to watch!" Harry praised.
"I'm posting this on youtube!" Styles added.
I sat beside Luke in the front row who also couldn't stop talking about how great the play was.
"I can relate to Jack's character you know... that he'd do anything just to have you by his side." Luke thought deeply.
"Okay... we should probably stop talking about 'Titanic' now and focus on the next performance."
"I'm putting on my dancing shoes tonight
Ten thousand people waiting for me
I can hear them outside from the curtain I sit behind
The drums kick in and the lights go down
My heartbeat drowns out the sound
My hands go up, I sing my song
And a thousand voices sing along
The song started playing but there was no Robbie.
I used to lay awake
Hear a crowd roar to every word I say
Now the stars, they used to shine so bright
They were all replaced by candlelights
And it all, makes it harder to find the places that we know
He appeared by the second verse wearing ballet tights... but he just stood there and did nothing.
The audience was deafening for awhile but then people started to whisper stuff like,
'What's Mr. Popular doing wearing tights?'
I'm putting on my dancing shoes tonight
Ten thousand people waiting for me
I can hear them outside from the curtain I sit behind
The drums kick in and the lights go down
My heartbeat drowns out the sound
My hands go up, I sing my song
And a thousand voices sing along
By the third verse, he started twirling around desperately.
It was unbearable to watch.
For some reason, my heart was beating really fast maybe because I feel for him.
The embarrassment and the shame... God, I had to look away.
"Faggot." Someone fake-coughed from the audience, making a few people snicker.
I spun around from my seat real fast to find the culprit so that I could glare hard at him.
It was Ash. No surprise there. Isn't he the real 'faggot' here? Such a jerk.
I stared back at my boyfriend on stage then closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
I couldn't take the sound of all the 'booing' anymore and so I stood up, marched right into the stage then whispered to Robbie,
"Follow my lead."
Can you hear? Close your eyes
Hearts are racing side-by-side
For you I sing, I sing for you
For you, I wear these dancing shoes...
I wear these dancing shoes"
We ended up dancing ballet in doubles.
I did most of the stunts but he did pretty good with the lifts and the twirls.
We even managed to receive a standing ovation from the crowd.
It was epic.
******
"And that was 'CheRob' everyone! Such an amazing and good-looking couple indeed! What a show!" We heard the MC say from the stage which made the audience applaud once again.
"You never told me how good you are at ballet!" Rob hugged me backstage.
"Well, it was a one-time thing when I was a kid. My mother forced me into taking ballet lessons... I'm surprised I even remember a few moves up until today." I said honestly.
"Thank you so much for your help." He kissed my cheek.
"I couldn't just sit still in the audience and do nothing about it you know..." I blushed at such a heart-warming moment.
"You were way too cool back there." He smiled from ear to ear.
"Nah." I tried to act humble and all.
"We should celebrate!" He held my hands.
"How?" I gulped for no apparent reason.
"Party at the rest house?"
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