Through This Dance

Chapter 12

Liv got to the studio the next morning and she still remembered last night. She looked for Derek everywhere, but when she finally looked in their rehearsal space, Derek was sound asleep, on the floor and snoring. Liv smiled at how cute Derek looked when he slept, she walked over to him and gently shook him awake, "Derek" she whispered, Derek adjusted in his sleep and mumbled, "Mom? Are is grandma home?" And he fluttered his eyes open to find Liv standing over him, "Not this time" she said. Derek sat up, "I must've dozed off here" he said, he noticed Liv's face and she looked sad, "Liv, I didn't mean what I said" Derek said. "You're not an ass, you're a wonderful girl and I shouldn't have snapped like that at you" he continued, Liv smiled "I forgive you" she said and the two shared a hug. "There's something I have to tell, Liv" Derek said and Liv sat down facing Derek, "A few days ago, Tiffany and I were texting and face timing and she seemed...a little too interested into me" Derek said. "That's why she blew a kiss at you?" Asked Liv and Derek nodded, "Do you think she likes you?" Liv asked again "Well I guess" said Derek. Liv started to look nervous, "What if she comes between us?" Liv asked as tears streamed down her face, "I don't wanna lose you" she said and started crying when Derek comforted her, "It's okay" he whispered. "I don't wanna lose you either, you're my best friend" he said, and Liv stopped crying and smiled at Derek. "C'mon let's work on our rumba" he said and he pulled Liv up and spun her around the studio and the two were laughing together. Through a tiny crawl space, a tiny camera was filming what Derek and Liv were doing and Tiffany Blake was looking through the camera. "I won't come between you two, Liv" said Tiffany to herself, "I'll just make your life miserable!" She continued. Later that night, Liv was in her apartment when she got a call from Ms. Shrill and she said quietly into the phone when Liv picked up, "He died a hero, Sweetheart" and She wept into the phone and Liv wept into a couch pillow, but harder. For, Liv knew what Ms. Shill was talking about, she was talking about her dad and he was killed in the army.