"Where's everyone at?" Alexa asked when her work shift came around. She's been prepared to pour drinks and chat up the rich guys, only finding the bar rather bare.

"Low crowd." Delis shrugged in return, tossing the rag on the counter. "Why don't you head out? Go to prom like the rest of your class."

Alexa shook her head. "Need the money."

"No one's here, you'll still get paid by the hour." he said in return with a small smile. "Go have fun."

"I don't have a dress." Alexa sighed, honestly trying to get out of these as much as she could.

Delis pointed to the thrift store across the street. "My cousins owns it, tell 'em I sent you."

Alexa found his eye with a sigh. "You're killing me, Delis. Killing me."

Alexa did find a dress, a long one that drug at her ankles and was a little loose on her chest, and colored a maeve shade. Alexa wanted to call Robby and see if he wanted to come, but ended up deciding she wanted to go before deciding if she wanted to stay first. Yet, as she poured herself some of the punch, he seemed to beat her to it.

Alexa looked in pure disbelief when she saw Tory and Robby walk in, arms linked.

He didn't see her at first, clearly too focused on watching Sam and Miguel reaction. But when he finally did, oh boy, his face dropped fasted then her grades did at the beginning of junior year. Robby and Tory were going toward her immediately. "You said you weren't going."

"So, you show up together?" Alexa looked between the two with a judgmental look. "All to piss off Sam and Miguel?"

"Yeah, that's all." Tory reassured it, because she wasn't dumb, she knew that this annoyance had nothing to do with Sam or Miguel.

"Why'd you lie?" Robby asked her, Alexa's hand tightened on her drink. "Don't you throw that at me."

"I'm tempted to." she answered. "I didn't lie. My boss let me off early and told me to come."

"You could have called." he suggested with a weird look.

"You could have not shown up with my best friend." Alexa shot back.

"Guys, hey." Tory stopped the pair with a serious look. "I think I know a way to make both of you feel better."

Tory nodded forward, Robby and Alexa followed her gaze to fall on a shocking looking Sam and Miguel, who broke off the eye contact when they noticed the the trio looking over. Alexa sighed as she looked to Robby. "I was gonna call but I didn't know if I wanted to stay."

"You have to face this torture with us." Tory gave her a serious look. "We also have Sensei Silvers car."

"Kidding?" Alexa blinked in disbelief.

"Not kidding." Robby shook his head, taking Alexa's drink to take a sip. "Spiked?"

"Kylers doing, i'm pretty sure." Alexa's hummed in response. The trio stood a second, and Robby noticed Alexa kept looking off to the side. He finally followed her gaze, coming across Yasmine and Demetri dancing together.

"Tory, I think Piper is looking for a dance partner." Robby spoke up, making the Nicholes girl look for the curly haired girl. "Give her our love?"

"Nice way to be subtle." she said back, walking off.

Alexa shook her head at Demetri and Yasmine. "I know what you're gonna say."

"Not gonna say anything." Robby shook his head at her.

"I just want to know she's not being a horrible girlfriend to him like I was. She's not the nicest person." Alexa gave a knowing tilt of her head. "That's all."

"They seem pretty happy." Robby had to point out.

Alexa watched them laugh together, sighing. "Yeah, they do."

He sensed her discourage. "Come on, I haven't been watching Dirty Dancing my entire life for nothing."

"I can't dance." Alexa scoffed as he drug her toward the floor. "Two left feet."

"I won't let you trip." Robby laughed, taking her hand and giving her a double spin. "Glad that concussion warred off."

Alexa yanked his arm, Robby spun in her arm as his back was against her chest. "Me too."

"So, you can dance." he joked, pulling her in by the arms as their footing stayed close together. "And here I thought I knew when you were lying."

Alexa suddenly had his hands like their were gonna tango. "I'm full of surprises."

He had to laugh when she lead him in the tango, walking to the side some before switching sides. Tory threw an artificial rose their way, Alexa catching it and letting Robby bite the stem. Robby spun her arm, Alexa's back against his chest, her legs coming up before going back to the floor quickly, spinning back around in his arms.

Robby clearly planned to dip her, but Alexa had his arm and gave him a sudden spin, her hand against his chest as he fell backwards, her arms catching him. He grinned from behind the rose in his mouth, letting her pull him back up with a laugh. He took it from his mouth. "Can't dance my ass."

"Ty use to teach a tango class." Alexa laughed as Robby did the same, swaying with her a second before the song changed to a much slower one. "I pick up on things."

"So i've noticed." he said in return, leaning his head against her head slightly as they swayed. "Let's hope you can compete as well as dance."

Alexa licked her teeth as she looked at him. "I'd hope so. Nothing like a year and a half down the drain or anything."

Robby had to laugh. "You're gonna do great. I've seen your fight, you know what you're doing."

"Maybe." Alexa nodded. "But someone's always gonna be better."

"Someone will always be better then someone else. That's just how life is gonna work. What matters is you know you worked your hardest, and that you're incredibly at what you love." Robby looked at her with a half grin. "And if it makes you feel better, whatever topic that comes up, I'll think you're the best at it."

Alexa gave a tiny smile, nodding her head. "That means a lot to me to hear someone say it."

Robby smiled slightly, taken by surprise when Alexa leaned her head on his neck, just swaying together for the time being.

"Yeah, I just have to go to the bathroom really quick." Alexa nodded to Robby as they entered the after party house. "Get me a beer?"

Robby nodded while Alexa hurried up the stairs. No one noticed someone was following after her quickly. Alexa reached the long hallway, cringing slightly at the noises that she stumbled across in the bedrooms.

"Alexa." Hawks voice made her turn, shaking her head in disbelief. "Can we talk?"

"Why? You wanna break my nose again?" she asked in return, standing across from him in the hallway. "I'm good."

"I saw what you did." he stoped her from leaving. "At the tattoo shop."

"I didn't do anything." she answered with a hard glare.

"Exactly." Hawk pointed out. "You left, I know that you're second guess all of it."

"You have some nerve." Alexa shoved his hand off her arm. "First you break my nose, turn your back on me, leave me alone, then try to tell me you know what i'm thinking? Do I look like a joke to you?"

"I didn't turn my back on you, I tried to get you to come with me, Demetri, Miguel." Hawk listed on as he looked down as her. "You're actual friends, the ones that actually care about me."

Alexa grabbed his arm, her fingers dug into his arm, pulling him in close. "You're really gonna stare at me right now and say you care about me? After all of it, after how quick you left, you really think I believe you?"

"I know you do." he gave her a serious look. "I know you still care about us too. So, stop fighting, stop thinking that Sensei Kreese is the only person that understands you. Maybe you forgot, but you and I aren't much different."

Alexa knew he was right, and that pissed her off. She let his arm go with a nasty glare. "Don't you ever lie to me like that again."

And she was gone, no longer even having the urge to pee. Whatever she expected down stairs, it wasn't to see Tory and Robby in the pool. She walked over, looking over the side. "What'd I miss?"

"A fight." Tory kicked her feet as she looked up at her. "Could have used you as backup."

"Long bathroom line." Alexa lied with a grin, looking toward Robby. "How'd you get in here?"

"Kinda a complicated story." he said, Tory swam off toward Piper, who had just jumped in. "It's not too cold in here."

"Was that your way of seductively inviting me into the pool?" Alexa gave a look of disbelief down at him, a hidden grin across her lips.

"Maybe." Robby laughed. "But, your dress does look pretty. The water might ruin it."

"You're right." Alexa agreed, and he was taken back by her sliding it off her shoulders, stepping out of the dress in an un-matching set. "I'd hate to ruin it."

A few wolf howls echoed at Alexa, Robby shaking his head up at her with a grin, out reaching his hand to help her jump in.

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