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me!”
“Uh… Sorry, I’m with…”
She didn’t even let him finish. “You must! I love this song! Come on.”
And off he went.
Lexi looked over at Leesha, her face a mixture of shock and envy. “What just happened?”
Chapter Nine
“I mean, I know he’s not technically my date,” Lexi almost looked like she was pouting, “but for appearances sake, he is. And she just took him from me!”
“Don’t worry about it,” Sam leaned over and bumped his shoulder against Lexi’s in support. “He’s just being nice. Besides, I always figured him to be a player.”
“What?!” she looked at him in horror.
“Shut your trap, Sam,” Leesha said, pointing a look of warning at him. “He didn’t mean it Lexi. Clint’s just dancing with her to be polite – she’s the hostess, and it would be rude to tell her no.”
That didn’t seem to calm Lexi any as she watched the two dance closer and closer together on the floor. When the song was over, he leaned in to say thank you and turned back to his crew with a dazed expression on his face. She followed right in tow. The song changed to a faster tune.
“All right, Sam – your turn to spin me around!” she looked pointedly at Sam.
“No. I don’t dance,” he announced definitively.
“Sure you do!” She stuck out her bottom lip. “For me? Please?”
“Well, okay.” He followed her onto the dance floor to take his turn.
The girls looked at each other again, stunned.
“He really doesn’t dance,” Lexi said. “At all. I’ve never seen him dance once in my life.”
“Is it just me,” Leesha whispered into Lexi’s ear, “or is she trying to steal our men?”
“You got me.”
Clint tried to take his place back behind Lexi, but once she realized he was close, she stepped forward and moved to the other side of Leesha. She wasn’t having anything to do with him at the moment.
What did I do?
They stood there in silence, watching Jade put the moves on, this time her target was Sam. Lexi and Leesha stewed over what Jade was doing, wondering what her motive was. Clint stayed helplessly quiet, not knowing what to say or do.
That’s when the music slowed, the lights blurred… The pain hit.
Aaarrrggghhh ! Now, seriously? You’ve got to be kidding me!
All four – Lexi and Leesha next to him, and Sam and Jade from the dance floor – snapped to attention and directed their eyes to Clint. Suddenly forgiven for his misstep, Clint felt Leesha take his left elbow, and Lexi run to his other side to link her fingers into his right hand.
“Come on Clint,” Lexi whispered in his ear. “Let’s see if we can find somewhere more private.”
By that time, both Sam and Jade had joined them. “Are you okay?” Jade asked, a look of concern written all over her face.
“Is there somewhere we might be able to take him?” Leesha asked. “A place where he could be alone for a minute?”
“Sure,” she said, sensing there was no time for questions. “Follow me.”
Gliding through the crowd of partiers seemingly unaffected by the development, Jade took them across the room to a closed door. When she opened it, it appeared to be a study or office of sorts. There was a couch on one side of the room and a desk and computer under the window. Lexi took Clint by the hand and led him to the couch. She sat on one end, and directed him to lay down with his head in her lap.
I’d love this any other time. If the pain wasn’t so friggin ’ bad. Make it stop, please!
Jade closed the door, the music and party sounds dampened, leaving the five of them alone in the room. “What just happened?”
“What do you mean?” Sam asked, trying to act innocently.
“I felt the burn in my head. It pulled my head toward Clint,” she snapped back. “What just happened? I thought my migraines were over!”
“They are over, Jade,” Leesha tried to sound soothing, but knew she was just adding more questions to Jade’s already reeling mind.
“This has something
“Uh… Sorry, I’m with…”
She didn’t even let him finish. “You must! I love this song! Come on.”
And off he went.
Lexi looked over at Leesha, her face a mixture of shock and envy. “What just happened?”
Chapter Nine
“I mean, I know he’s not technically my date,” Lexi almost looked like she was pouting, “but for appearances sake, he is. And she just took him from me!”
“Don’t worry about it,” Sam leaned over and bumped his shoulder against Lexi’s in support. “He’s just being nice. Besides, I always figured him to be a player.”
“What?!” she looked at him in horror.
“Shut your trap, Sam,” Leesha said, pointing a look of warning at him. “He didn’t mean it Lexi. Clint’s just dancing with her to be polite – she’s the hostess, and it would be rude to tell her no.”
That didn’t seem to calm Lexi any as she watched the two dance closer and closer together on the floor. When the song was over, he leaned in to say thank you and turned back to his crew with a dazed expression on his face. She followed right in tow. The song changed to a faster tune.
“All right, Sam – your turn to spin me around!” she looked pointedly at Sam.
“No. I don’t dance,” he announced definitively.
“Sure you do!” She stuck out her bottom lip. “For me? Please?”
“Well, okay.” He followed her onto the dance floor to take his turn.
The girls looked at each other again, stunned.
“He really doesn’t dance,” Lexi said. “At all. I’ve never seen him dance once in my life.”
“Is it just me,” Leesha whispered into Lexi’s ear, “or is she trying to steal our men?”
“You got me.”
Clint tried to take his place back behind Lexi, but once she realized he was close, she stepped forward and moved to the other side of Leesha. She wasn’t having anything to do with him at the moment.
What did I do?
They stood there in silence, watching Jade put the moves on, this time her target was Sam. Lexi and Leesha stewed over what Jade was doing, wondering what her motive was. Clint stayed helplessly quiet, not knowing what to say or do.
That’s when the music slowed, the lights blurred… The pain hit.
Aaarrrggghhh ! Now, seriously? You’ve got to be kidding me!
All four – Lexi and Leesha next to him, and Sam and Jade from the dance floor – snapped to attention and directed their eyes to Clint. Suddenly forgiven for his misstep, Clint felt Leesha take his left elbow, and Lexi run to his other side to link her fingers into his right hand.
“Come on Clint,” Lexi whispered in his ear. “Let’s see if we can find somewhere more private.”
By that time, both Sam and Jade had joined them. “Are you okay?” Jade asked, a look of concern written all over her face.
“Is there somewhere we might be able to take him?” Leesha asked. “A place where he could be alone for a minute?”
“Sure,” she said, sensing there was no time for questions. “Follow me.”
Gliding through the crowd of partiers seemingly unaffected by the development, Jade took them across the room to a closed door. When she opened it, it appeared to be a study or office of sorts. There was a couch on one side of the room and a desk and computer under the window. Lexi took Clint by the hand and led him to the couch. She sat on one end, and directed him to lay down with his head in her lap.
I’d love this any other time. If the pain wasn’t so friggin ’ bad. Make it stop, please!
Jade closed the door, the music and party sounds dampened, leaving the five of them alone in the room. “What just happened?”
“What do you mean?” Sam asked, trying to act innocently.
“I felt the burn in my head. It pulled my head toward Clint,” she snapped back. “What just happened? I thought my migraines were over!”
“They are over, Jade,” Leesha tried to sound soothing, but knew she was just adding more questions to Jade’s already reeling mind.
“This has something
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