Fast In My Car
Adapt To The Style
TONY'S POV
Reflecting on the wonderful weekend I had the pleasure of living, getting up early on the following Monday was a piece of cake. Before I knew it, I was standing next to Mike and Vic whilst we waited patiently for the arrival of the others at the school gates.
'Hey,' said a voice out of nowhere, soon to be matched with the body of Sarah. She was dressed unusually - she wore a flowy navy dress, it was a big difference considering she normally wore jeans and some old band top. Vic's eyes lit up at the seemingly nervous girl as she twiddled her hair through her fingers. He choked out a rather pathetic, yet teen-love kind of adorable 'hi' in response. Taking hold of her hand, the two stood with red cheeks as me and Mike evaluated.
'Cute,' I said, a grin on my face as I pointed towards their interlocked hands.
'Thanks, man,' replied Vic, his voice sounding a little releaved.
'What is this then?' laughed a voice from behind. I tilted my head to see Julie standing next to me and Jaime on the other side of her. 'Adorable!' She continued.
'Shut up,' said Sarah, blushing furiously. 'What did you get up to at the weekend? I called your house like 4 times on Sunday but I didn't get a reply,' she said sadly. I could feel the tension Julie was emmitting.
'Sorry, me and Tony had a movie day.' Her words came out fast, no pauses, and they hung in the air for a second before Jaime's groan interrupted the silence.
'Wait,' said Sarah in confusion, 'you two talk? That's new...'
'Oh yeah, they do, Tony takes forever when going on 'CD delivery' at lunch,' hissed Jaime.
'Don't tell me that's why you blew off that bowling double date I'd set up with that girl Karen (the brunette cheerlear who was arranged to be my date) on Saturday? Were you two together then?' asked Vic, sounding a little annoyed.
'Probably,' added Mike, laughing as his hand rested on my shoulder, 'my boy got a crush?'
I looked to Julie who was already staring at me, lips supporting a beautiful smile. 'Thank you,' she mouthed, quickly turning back to spead aloud. 'What, Tony? Nah, I'm just his wing-woman!' The group laughed, thankfully, and the conversation then changed.
'Psst, Perry,' whispered a voice, I glanced up to notice the blonde gymast biting her glossy lip. 'Are you going to the school show?'
'Yeah, I'm helping out with music.'
'Oh great, I'm in it too. I guess I'll see you there, sexy.' Giggling in unison with her friend who sat in the adjacent seat, they both swiveled back around and began to gossip about something. Sighing, I slid down into my chair and tried to listen in on the lecture being given about algebra.
JULIE'S POV
'Okay, I'll take you through it step by step, it's not too hard,' I said, looseing up on front of the mirror as around 15 girls took their place behind me. It was 2nd period and I had until lunch to teach them the contemporary dance for the show.
Pressing 'play' on the stereo, I hurried back into the centre of the room and began to tell the girls the first few steps, building the dance up in nuggets of moves. The girls mostly caught on well which, unfortunately, meant that I had to talk with the ones who weren't able to grasp it all. I pointed to the two girls and took them aside. Just as I was directing them, the door swung open to reveal Tony. He, noticing that I was busy, took a seat on the bench. I glanced back one more time to see him giggling histerically into his hands as I guided the girls to one side.
'Guys I know you're trying your best, but I can see that you're struggling a bit, is it the moves? The speed? What's tripping you up?'
'Nothing,' scoffed one girl, bright orange face staring back at me with disgust. 'Well there's something because you're movements are very rigid.'
'I'm a gymast,' she said proudly, mouth opening to continue but I decided to cut her off.
'I don't care what you are, don't sign up if you're not going to try and adapt to the style.'
Fuming, the girl stepped back and motioned for the others to clear the floor. 'Adapt to your own fucking style!' shouted the girl towards me. I smiled as I tried to figure out what her insult meant, soon realising that she was doing a roundoff followed by a back handspring and finished with a backflip. The other girls' chin's dropped at the sight, mine's joining in. The girl shook herself off before storming past us all and exiting the door, carelessly slamming it behind her.
'The speed,' croaked a voice to my left. The other girl I'd taken aside was standing awkwardly, thumbs dancing with each other. I nodded, trying to refocus, and began to talk it through with her whilst the others took a short break.
As arranged, I waited for Tony behind a tree near the school. We didn't know what we were (other than too cowardly to try and figure out, obviously). I watched the shade of the leaves cover the grass below as I waited for him, butterflies strong in my stomach.
'Hey,' he said, grabbing both my attention and my hand. I took my weight of the tree and smiled before we began walking home. Silence fell as we enjoyed the moment - the quiet path we had taken instead of the busy main street, the warm air, the lack of clouds.
'Why were you laughing when you came to watch at lunch?'
He began to laugh again, hiding the chuckles with his free hand. 'You know the girl that stormed out?'
'Mhmm,' I said, curious as to where this was going.
'She told me the other day that we would end up dating and she's been pestering me constantly,' he smiled down at the ground.
'And will you?'
'Will I what?'
'Be dating her at some point?'
Tony stopped dead and swung me around so we were face to face. 'God no, but I do want to be in a relationship.' He took my other hand, the break that followed was unnervingly long. 'Will you be my girlfriend?'
I paused, blushing crazily. 'Of course, you idiot.' I went on my tip-toes, planting a little kiss on his lips. Setting my heals back down on the ground, I took a big step forward and pulled my boyfriend alongside me. I like the sound of that - my boyfriend, Tony Perry is my boyfriend. Julie Perry, I thought for a split second, pushing it straight out of my mind as though it was terribly sinful to think such a thing.
Reflecting on the wonderful weekend I had the pleasure of living, getting up early on the following Monday was a piece of cake. Before I knew it, I was standing next to Mike and Vic whilst we waited patiently for the arrival of the others at the school gates.
'Hey,' said a voice out of nowhere, soon to be matched with the body of Sarah. She was dressed unusually - she wore a flowy navy dress, it was a big difference considering she normally wore jeans and some old band top. Vic's eyes lit up at the seemingly nervous girl as she twiddled her hair through her fingers. He choked out a rather pathetic, yet teen-love kind of adorable 'hi' in response. Taking hold of her hand, the two stood with red cheeks as me and Mike evaluated.
'Cute,' I said, a grin on my face as I pointed towards their interlocked hands.
'Thanks, man,' replied Vic, his voice sounding a little releaved.
'What is this then?' laughed a voice from behind. I tilted my head to see Julie standing next to me and Jaime on the other side of her. 'Adorable!' She continued.
'Shut up,' said Sarah, blushing furiously. 'What did you get up to at the weekend? I called your house like 4 times on Sunday but I didn't get a reply,' she said sadly. I could feel the tension Julie was emmitting.
'Sorry, me and Tony had a movie day.' Her words came out fast, no pauses, and they hung in the air for a second before Jaime's groan interrupted the silence.
'Wait,' said Sarah in confusion, 'you two talk? That's new...'
'Oh yeah, they do, Tony takes forever when going on 'CD delivery' at lunch,' hissed Jaime.
'Don't tell me that's why you blew off that bowling double date I'd set up with that girl Karen (the brunette cheerlear who was arranged to be my date) on Saturday? Were you two together then?' asked Vic, sounding a little annoyed.
'Probably,' added Mike, laughing as his hand rested on my shoulder, 'my boy got a crush?'
I looked to Julie who was already staring at me, lips supporting a beautiful smile. 'Thank you,' she mouthed, quickly turning back to spead aloud. 'What, Tony? Nah, I'm just his wing-woman!' The group laughed, thankfully, and the conversation then changed.
'Psst, Perry,' whispered a voice, I glanced up to notice the blonde gymast biting her glossy lip. 'Are you going to the school show?'
'Yeah, I'm helping out with music.'
'Oh great, I'm in it too. I guess I'll see you there, sexy.' Giggling in unison with her friend who sat in the adjacent seat, they both swiveled back around and began to gossip about something. Sighing, I slid down into my chair and tried to listen in on the lecture being given about algebra.
JULIE'S POV
'Okay, I'll take you through it step by step, it's not too hard,' I said, looseing up on front of the mirror as around 15 girls took their place behind me. It was 2nd period and I had until lunch to teach them the contemporary dance for the show.
Pressing 'play' on the stereo, I hurried back into the centre of the room and began to tell the girls the first few steps, building the dance up in nuggets of moves. The girls mostly caught on well which, unfortunately, meant that I had to talk with the ones who weren't able to grasp it all. I pointed to the two girls and took them aside. Just as I was directing them, the door swung open to reveal Tony. He, noticing that I was busy, took a seat on the bench. I glanced back one more time to see him giggling histerically into his hands as I guided the girls to one side.
'Guys I know you're trying your best, but I can see that you're struggling a bit, is it the moves? The speed? What's tripping you up?'
'Nothing,' scoffed one girl, bright orange face staring back at me with disgust. 'Well there's something because you're movements are very rigid.'
'I'm a gymast,' she said proudly, mouth opening to continue but I decided to cut her off.
'I don't care what you are, don't sign up if you're not going to try and adapt to the style.'
Fuming, the girl stepped back and motioned for the others to clear the floor. 'Adapt to your own fucking style!' shouted the girl towards me. I smiled as I tried to figure out what her insult meant, soon realising that she was doing a roundoff followed by a back handspring and finished with a backflip. The other girls' chin's dropped at the sight, mine's joining in. The girl shook herself off before storming past us all and exiting the door, carelessly slamming it behind her.
'The speed,' croaked a voice to my left. The other girl I'd taken aside was standing awkwardly, thumbs dancing with each other. I nodded, trying to refocus, and began to talk it through with her whilst the others took a short break.
As arranged, I waited for Tony behind a tree near the school. We didn't know what we were (other than too cowardly to try and figure out, obviously). I watched the shade of the leaves cover the grass below as I waited for him, butterflies strong in my stomach.
'Hey,' he said, grabbing both my attention and my hand. I took my weight of the tree and smiled before we began walking home. Silence fell as we enjoyed the moment - the quiet path we had taken instead of the busy main street, the warm air, the lack of clouds.
'Why were you laughing when you came to watch at lunch?'
He began to laugh again, hiding the chuckles with his free hand. 'You know the girl that stormed out?'
'Mhmm,' I said, curious as to where this was going.
'She told me the other day that we would end up dating and she's been pestering me constantly,' he smiled down at the ground.
'And will you?'
'Will I what?'
'Be dating her at some point?'
Tony stopped dead and swung me around so we were face to face. 'God no, but I do want to be in a relationship.' He took my other hand, the break that followed was unnervingly long. 'Will you be my girlfriend?'
I paused, blushing crazily. 'Of course, you idiot.' I went on my tip-toes, planting a little kiss on his lips. Setting my heals back down on the ground, I took a big step forward and pulled my boyfriend alongside me. I like the sound of that - my boyfriend, Tony Perry is my boyfriend. Julie Perry, I thought for a split second, pushing it straight out of my mind as though it was terribly sinful to think such a thing.
Notes
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6/27/13