Page 66 of Damaged Boys Don't Fall For Bubbly Girls
My arms come around her to hold her in place before she goes flying again. “Sorry.”
She just laughs, her entire body convulsing as she rests her head on my chest. “That was fun!” Drawing back, she gives me a bright smile, one that awakens something in me. “I always have fun when I’m with you.”
“Me, too.” My hand moves to stroke her hair, when a voice says, “There you are.”
Lexi and I stumble away from each other as the guys stand before us.
Finn looks from me to Lexi. “You guys are dancing without us?”
Nate waves his hand. “It’s cool. We all know Lexi can’tnotdance when the music is blaring,” he teases.
She playfully sticks out her tongue at him. “At least I’ve got killer moves.”
Cooper snorts.
She places her hands on her hips. “Think you’ve got better moves than me, Coop?”
He shrugs. “Well yeah.”
“I was cast as Clara.”
“Meh.”
“Fine. Let’s have a dance-off. But in teams of two.”
Cooper pulls Gael to his side. “I got The Nutcracker on my team.”
Lexi pulls me, Finn, and Nate. “The winning team.”
Cooper snorts again. “We’ll see. Who’s going first?”
Lexi gestures to him. “Honor is all yours.”
He grins. “Watch us smoke you.”
“In your dreams.”
Cooper’s team does these crazy moves, following the beat of the fast song. They’re killing it and it makes me a little nervous. Even though this is all fun and games, I want to win for Lexi.
When they’re done, they bow.
“Pssh.” Lexi snorts. “Watch the pros kill it.” We quickly huddle together, and she tells us what moves she wants us to do. I know them very well because we did them all the time as kids.
But as we start, I realize they’ve upgraded the moves to make them edgier. I’m a little lost in the beginning, but I catch on very quickly. Soon, we’re dancing so well, definitely showing them up. And when we’re done, we cross our arms over our chests, giving attitude.
As Cooper’s team goes again, we plan our next moves. Lexi makes sure to use dances that I’m familiar with, and they explain to me how they’ve improved them over the years.
“Lame,” Lexi says when Cooper’s team is done.
Our team goes again, and as we’re dancing, I notice that many kids have stopped dancing or chatting and are watching us. My team notices as well, which lights a fire under us andcauses us to perform much better than we did before. When we’re done, everyone claps and cheers.
“Last round,” Lexi tells Cooper. “And the audience will decide the winner.”
The kids cheer again.
Cooper’s team whips out some interesting moves. My team once again discusses what we’re going to do, and when it’s our turn, we completely demolish Team Cooper.
Lexi lifts her head in triumph. “Take that, Coop.”
