It's Hard to Breathe

Dancing

"Okay, you guys, that's more than enough." Glimmer spoke up.

"Yeah. Seriously." Her twin Umber added

"Fine." Trix conceded, and fixed his expression.

"Whatever." Gethen replied, and ceased the glaring.

"Okay, now what?" Brant asked.

"No idea." Alvar responded.

"How about another game?" Glimmer asked.

"How about we sit around and talk?" Gisela countered, not looking forward to another game.

"Sounds good to me." Fintan replied.

"So, anybody have some news?" Gisela asked, surveying everyone in the group.

"Well, I heard that a certain Vacker does have a crush?" Glimmer- who stayed on top of everything- said slyly, looking at Gisela.

"God, you're kidding." Gisela snapped in reply.

"WHAT?!" Fintan screamed after Gisela finished rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, Orem." Glimmer said, grinning. "What, thinking that your sweet girlfriend will be taken away from you?"

Fintan scowled at the ground as Gisela grinned at him in amused glee over his jealousy.

"Anything else?" Fintan groused, still trying to burn a hole through the floor with the force of his glare.

"Um, well, I heard that there's gonna be a writers' contest coming up soon." Umber said.

Everyone turned to look at Vespera. "What?" she demanded.

"You're always reading, Vespera. You should enter!" Ruy said, surprising everyone.

"Really?" She asked, looking at him hopefully with such a demeanor change that everyone sat up straighter in shock.

"Yeah." He said. "I bet you're a great writer."

"Thanks, Ruy." Vespera said, grinning.

"No problem." The boy said, flushing with triumph.

Vespera pulled out a notebook, and started scribbling madly.

"Okay, um, how about we have some music?" Glimmer asked.

"If you insist." Gisela sighed.

"And.........you have to dance with your crush." Glimmer added with a grin.

"Ugh." Gisela groaned.

Fintan smirked at the idea of dancing with Gisela.

Gisela glared playfully at him, but everyone could tell that she would dance with him.

Unfortunately, that included Fintan, and his smug grin grew even bigger.

Glimmer put on some party music, and they paired up.

Glimmer chose Gethen, Umber chose Trix, Vespera chose Ruy, and Brant and Alvar boogied together.

That left Fintan and Gisela.

"Shall we?" The male asked, extending a hand.

"Fine." Gisela reluctantly complied, and spun together, Fintan looking especially smug. 

Gisela rolled her eyes as Fintan expertly danced her to the edge of the room.

"We need to talk, Gisela." He intoned in a low voice.

"Talk away." She responded.

"So, when are we going to get started with our group?" He questioned, looking deeply into the blonde's eyes.

"As soon as we're ready." She answered.

"When will we be ready?"

"Soon." She replied.

"When will "soon" be?" Fintan pressed, leaning in closer.

"In a few weeks."

"Days." He countered.

"Days." She agreed. "Now shut up and dance with me, Pyren."

"As you wish." He said, and obeyed.

They moved around the room as one. Gisela and Fintan whirled and moved to the music.

They separated, and Gisela danced her way over to the now-set-up refreshments table.

Fintan looked and felt awkward dancing alone, so he moved to where Brant and Alvar were hamming it up. Those two were just dancing a little over the top.

Brant flipped on his hands, and walked in a circle while swinging his legs in a square pattern.

Alvar hopped around on one hand in a triangle, bopping his head and yelling "Yahoo!".

Fintan cautiously danced out of injury range, and did a backflip.

"Yeah, Fintan!" Brant shouted from his upside down position on his hands.

Gisela grape-vined her way over to where the boys were "dancing", and courteously offered them each some butterblasts.

Fintan, who was doing the Charleston somehow without falling over, snatched a treat from the tray greedily and wolfed it down. Then he grabbed another.

"Geez, Fintan, save some for the rest of us." Alvar snapped, straightening up.

"Fine." Fintan agreed sullenly, then swiped another and flipped upside down.

Alvar grabbed one, and ate it. Then immediately took another.

"Gosh, now I see why Fintan wants to eat them all."

"Save some for me, too!" Brant protested.

He stood up next to the tray, and had a few treats.

"Lordy, these are absolutely delicious." Brant commented.

"Gimme some more." Fintan agreed, flipping upright again.

Gisela yanked the tray out of his reach. "You already had some, greedy boy."

He groaned theatrically, but returned to his exuberant dancing.

Gisla rolled her eyes and calypso-ed away, toward where the "couples" were dancing.

"Treats, anyone?" She asked, waltzing through the pairs with her tray in hand.

"Sure." Glimmer and Gethen both said, then waltzed over to where Gisela was holding court.

They both had a few bites, then thanked Gisela, commenting on how good they were. After that, they danced off.

Tris and Umber did the same, then Ruy and Vespera came over. 

While he was eating, Ruy couldn't stop looking over Gisela's shoulder.

"What's so fascinating that's over my shoulder, Ruy?" Gisela asked after about two minutes of him staring.

"Oh, um, Fintan's behind you, trying to steal another snack." Ruy said, pointing at Fintan, who glared murderously at Ruy.

"Pyren!" Gisela yelled, spinning around on her heels to confront the male that was caught red-handed.

"Yes?" He asked sweetly, putting on his innocent face.

"Stop hogging everything!" Gisela snapped as his innocent expression crumbled.

"Fine." He snapped, and Gisela moved off.

A few minutes later, Gisela called for everyone to gather for some dinner.