Dance With Me Tonight (Zac)

[Elisia Lark]

How long had it been since she last danced? Maybe with Guy. Oh well, she wasn't going to let the burden of past memories and feelings keep her from something that she loved doing. It had been her choice to give up on something that made her feel good about herself. So why should she dwell on something that she chose? She wouldn't, that was it. After talking to Carter, she figured she was better off not getting herself in too deep quite yet. As if she needed anymore boys plaguing her mind. Ha, who was she kidding, she was still a teenage girl that very much liked guys. She just needed to find someone good enough and worth her time. And that she wouldn't get too nervous around. Oh, and hope that she didn't ruin all of it because she doesn't know how to do relationships very well. Seemed easy enough.

Ellie set up her ipod in the docking station and set it on her new favorite song. One that would be absolutely perfect when it came to duets. She unfortunately didn't have a dancing partner anymore and was now choreographing for herself and an imaginary guy. Oh well, she came up with something really fun and could just imagine her dancing with some hottie that knew how to move really well. Gosh she needed to find someone to dance with because this was just killing her.

After setting the song up, she took her stance in the middle of the stage (since she didn't have a guy standing to her right) and waited for the music to start. As it began she did her steps, humming along and singing when she didn't have to worry about doing anything (using her imagination to remember the steps she gave to Mr. Invisible). Finishing the snippet she sighed, if only she knew a boy that she could teach these dance moves to....

*cough cough*

[Zac Stanson]

It had been a couple of weeks since Zac and Ellie had kissed. Zac hadn't even seen her in that time, and he was a little dissapointed. Luckily, that dissapointment was soon to be lifted.

He was walking past the Auditorium when he heard music playing inside. Intrigued, he went over to one of the doors and opened it quietly. Ellie was there, dancing some kind of routine that, honestly, looked like it needed a partner. Surely it didn't really matter that Zac couldn't dance...

When the music stopped, Zac walked further in, clapping.
"That was beautiful. Just, beautiful." He grinned. "You know, you are a multi-talented girl, Ellie. You appear to have the ability to make dancing partners appear out of nowhere."

[Elisia Lark]

Since the retreat, Ellie found herself thinking about Zac, wondering what he was doing and if they really had kissed. Sometimes her imagination made up some crazy things and him kissing her could have been one of those things. And if it hadn't been her imagination, she needed to have another talk with Carter soon. Now he had a real reason to talk to her about boys. Even if her and Zac didn't end up as a thing, she was still being approached by more boys than she thought she ever would be.

When the applause started, she looked up and internally spazzed at the sight of him. It couldn't have been her imagination. No way, no how. He kissed her! Her smile widened and she practically darted down the stairs of the stage and stopped in front of him before making more of a fool of herself. But she couldn't help it! He was real and she wasn't making things up now.

Ellie gave him a hug when he said he'd be a dance partner and she squeed a bit. "Really? Would you? Please! I'm dying to make it a duet and I can't teach you all of the steps like now!" Rambling...oh boy.

[Zac Stanson]

Zac grinned as he was hugged, his genuine grin, not his cocky grin. He let her lead him up onto the stage and position him in the starting position. She looked really pretty in her purple dress and he loved the way it kind of swirled around her as she danced. Zac felt incredibly under dressed in his buttoned-down button down, white t-shirt, jeans and Lee Coopers compared to her gorgeous dress and matching shoes. That was something knew he had learned about her as well: she could dance. Zac figured it made sense, as she was very musical, but still.

"So, how does it start?" He asked, sounding as enthusiastic as he felt, which was surprisingly enthusiastic. Zac looked over to her on the other side of the stage. Who knew, maybe after the dance they could have a little talk, then maybe a repeat of the Retreat. Perhaps.

[Elisia Lark]

Ellie tugged him up towards the stage in a burst of excitement. It wasn't just because she got to dance with someone, it was more because she got to dance with a cute boy like him. She really shouldn't have been so excited though because she knew what would happen if she let herself fall for him. It'd be just like with every other guy that she fell for. But she couldn't help but appreciate his good looks and that they shared a love of music. It was something she just had a weakness for (clearly). Give her a charming smile on a boy that could dance or sing or play an instrument, and she was a goner. It really wasn't even fair.

She positioned him in the correct area on the stage that he needed to be and went to her own side of the stage. The best way to teach him would be through him observing first and then a little more hands-on learning. "Okay, so first you gotta get into the song by finding the beat and moving with it, like this." She started the music and showed him what she meant. "Now of course you can make it more 'manly' but you get the general idea I figure."

Once he got that she moved on a little further, "Then it's step, two, out, back." Okay maybe she should slow it down, this was a little fast for a beginner and she wasn't even sure how much experience he had dancing. "Step forward with your left, then right, then you kind of hop with both your legs at shoulder-width apart and step back with your left, got it?"