Arranged - Katy Wong (fun books to read for adults TXT) 📗

this one I know that I never forget this and this promise will keep me thinking if it will happen. Prince Charming

 

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"Ok, the dance movement is lady inside, gentlemen outside, lady inside, gentlemen outside!!!!!" Our dancing teacher, Bex, screamed directly at me. I winced a little. I hated it so far. I had 3 hours of ballroom dancing and I've never got one step move right. I groaned on the inside.

This is so dumb and stupid!!!!

I guess dancing is not one of your favorite Layla said. I sighed.

"Move your right leg first." Jason whispered.

"I did!" I whispered back. These past few hours I have been tangled up with Jason and tripped over his and MY OWN legs.

"Let me give you tips; when you dance you focus on what your feet do and you keep a beat in your head!!!!" Bex screamed again, looking right at me.

I looked away and rolled my eyes.

She is not helping at all. All I hear is screaming, screaming, and more screaming. And all I know is that she hates me and she likes screaming.

"Just do what I say and you'll get it." Jason offered some help. I nodded. The slow music started again.

"A 5, a 6, a 5, 6, 7, 8!!!!" Bex screamed.

"Inside - right foot, outside - left foo -"

I tripped on my own 2 feet.

"Woah!" I said and fall. I squeezed my eyes shut, expecting to land on my face, but instead I landed on Jason's hard chest.

I groaned.

"Oh my God, Jason are you all right???" Bex rushed to his side and try to help him up. I rolled my eyes.

Oh, of course she going to help him, first, because he is a royal prince I thought.

Well, you're going to be a royalist soon Layla said.

Yeah, soon

I rolled my eyes and try to get up, but I realized that there was a pain in my leg.

"Ouch!" I whispered to myself. Jason looked over at me.

"Oh, I'm fine, let's just see what's wrong with Vanessa." Jason said and looked worried. Bex slowly got up.

"Oh, just a tiny bruise." She said, "It's really nothing -"

"Go get a pack of ice!" Jason said.

"Are you ok?" Jen asked. I nodded. I stood up leaning on one side.

"Sit here." James said patting a seat by his side.

I sighed and said, "That was a terrible lesson."

James grinned, "Not really."

I looked at him, "HEYY!!! ARE YOU TEASING ME????"

He grinned, "Yeah! Well, catch me if you can!"

"HEY!!! AGAIN, YOU'RE TEASING ME!!! Jen go catch James for me and hit him." I said to Jen. James quickly ran out of the ballroom dancing hall with Jen right behind.

"I don't blame him if he wants to tease your dancing." Jason said smirking. I frowned.

"AND NOW YOU'RE TEASING ME TOO????" I grabbed a pillow from the seat and threw it at him. He dodged it with a swift slide and grinned.

"Catch me, if you can." Jason whispered in my ear. I flushed and grabbed another pillow to hit him. Even though I was blushing, I have to admit it was fun, until Bex came in with an ice pack.

She almost threw the ice pack at me. I swear she hates me for no reason. She walked out the room without saying anything. I groaned.

"What's the matter?" Jason asked.

"She hates me." I sighed.

"No, she doesn't." Jason said.

"Yes, she does, look at the way she looks at me." I said, "I bet nobody likes me."

"That's not true!!" Jason said and brought me in his arm. I blushed; I really like this feeling - his warmth near me.
I really wanted stay like this forever, but I ended up clearing my throat.

"Ummm, I uummm, I need to get a bandage." I said awkwardly and got up.

I walked out the door without another word. I went to a supply closet and got a bandage. I taped it on my leg. It looked weird, but who cares.

I was finished and I decided that I want to go out for a walk. I grabbed my coat and headed for the door.

"Wait, Vanessa." Jen shouted hurrying to catch up with me.

"Hey, Jen." I said.

"Where are you going? I want to go too." She said. I grinned. I looked closer at Jen, she was all red.

"I want to walk into the forest again. And why are you so red??" I asked. We walked out the door and the maiden locked it.

"Ohh," she said quietly, "We kissed." I grinned. I felt good for them.

There was a long silent in the air, "Why do you guys seem so pretty?? So flawless and happy??"

"Us???? What do you mean???"

"I mean, you and James seem like a prefect couple, never seem to argue or get mad at each other. I've been jealous the first time I saw you guys. So close to each other like that was nothing in the world that could separate you two apart." I said. A few leaves were falling from trees all around us. I breathed in the cold, fresh air.

"Jealous???" Jen said, "How?? You have a great guy like Jason and how can it be?? You guys seem like a prefect couple too."

I snorted a little.

Prefect??? Nowhere near prefect couple and of course Jen would say it is easy, she was beautiful. Her beautiful and curly orange hair were lose and free and those cute freckles that dotted her nose. And she was free to love whomever she love;, she was never forced to marry someone like I had to.

"What!!!???" She exclaimed, "You do look prefect with Jason." I looked away. I didn't want to say anything, but I forced it out.

"But we're not going to be together like you guys are." I whispered.

"What?! You have feelings for Jason? Right??"

I shrugged.

"Well, you can at least pretend to like him and trust me; you're going to like him afterwards." She said.

I shrugged, "I can't do that, my heart just doesn't - I mean, my heart just can't do that for me."

Jen raised her eyebrow, "Force yourself, try and you will like him one day."

I shrugged.

"Come on and he is really sweet, he got you a ring!" Jen said. I thought nobody notice the ring, but Jen did.

"I guess." I said and frowned.

"And it's really beautiful, you're lucky!" She said and picked my hand and examined it.

"WOW! The rocks are big!" She whispered, "You really should be glad you have a guy like him."

 

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"START ALL OVER AGAIN!" Bex screamed, "SOMEONE IS NOT DOING IT RIGHT!"

I rolled my eyes. Obviously, everyone knows it's me because she was staring at me.

I got into the ballroom dancing frame.

"Arms higher!" Bex shouted in my ear, while slapping my left arm. I tried not to whimper from her hard slap.

"Feet together!" Bex shouted again. I swear I'm going to go deaf.

"Stand straighter!" She said and poked my back. That is something that hugged the hell out of me.

I got out of position and crossed my arms.

I gave her a look, "I can't take it anymore! I am standing straight already. I am already holding my arm high enough. My feet are already apart! If you're going to teach, would you mind keep you hands to yourself? And find someone else who would let you bitch slap them!" I said to her, loudly.

If smoke could come out of her ears, they would.

"And by the way, I QUIT YOUR STUPID CLASS!" I said and stomped out of the room. Great, I'm probably going to be in trouble and I got a slap, a poke and a bruise on my knee already. I'm surprised why I didn't quit earlier.

"Vanessa!" someone shouted. I didn't look back until someone touched my arm - James.

"Oh, hi?" I asked. He grinned.

"Hi," he said.

"Don't you just hate ballroom dancing class?" I blurted out. I covered my mouth and blushed.

He chuckled, "The teacher? Sorta?"

I rolled my eyes.

"But ballroom dancing, the dance is a lot if fun!" He said.

"I doubted!" I said and rolled my eyes again.

"No, I'm not kidding!" He said and smiled, "Let me show you."

Before I could say anything, he pulled my hand and led me down the hall. He tugged me to another ballroom dance room.

I gasped; this room was so big, and beautiful.

"How much ballroom dance room do you guys have?"

"Two."

"Ok, ready? I'm going to teach you have to dance and how to love it."

I have to smile, at least someone kinder can teach me.

"Lets get into position." I got into position.

"You know you remind me of when I was younger. I used to trip all over myself." He said and laughed at himself.

I laughed, "I'm probably worst."

"Not really." He said and laughed again.

"Ok, so what dance do you want to learn first?"

"Tango."

"Ok, the dance moves are back, back, back, side, together. Give it a try." he said.

"Back," I moved one feet back, "Back," I moved the other leg back, "Back," I moved my other foot back "Now, side, together." I moved my second leg to my left and brought my right feet together.

"Correct?" I asked, eager. There was a part of me that said I did it right.

"Correct!"

I squealed, "I DID IT!! I DID IT, I DID IT!" I absently threw myself onto James and hugged him.

"I'm so proud of myself!" I said and grinned like crazy. Wow, it feels good to do something right.

"Thanks!"

"You're welcome." he said. I pulled myself away from him and blushed a little.

"Ok, now try to do it faster, but without tripping over yourself."

I punched him lightly on the chest and got back to position.

"Back, back, back, side, together!" I said aloud and I did a little happy dance.

"Ok, let me teach you the rest of it. Ok, you do it twice and on the third one, you do, back, back, take a step and rock your body, another step rock your body, and then side together." he said.

"Back, back, take a step rock, rock, take a step rock, rock, and side together." I said.

"You did it."

Feels good to do something right

Yeah, enjoy it and REMEMBER it

"Ok, since you know the steps, the beat is, T – A – (N - G – O). You're still moving on the 'O', if you don’t then you did something wrong." he said.

I nodded eagerly.

"Ready to practice?" he said.

"Yeah!" I squealed.

"May you dance with me for the night, my lady?" he said with a thick British accent. I giggled, it remind me of those romance and classic movie. He bowed and expanded his hand for me to accept him.

"Yes," I said, grinning. He took my hand and gave it a light kiss before we got into position. I blushed.

We got into the dance frame and the music started.

"A 1, a 2, a 1, 2, ready 3." he said.

Back, back, back, side, together, pause, back, back, back, side, together, pause, back, back, take a step rock, rock, take a step rock, rock, side together, pause, back, back, take a step rock, rock, take a step rock, rock, side together. . .

The music came to an end and I grinned.

I like this!

He continued to teach me the dance move until we got the whole thing correct.

I grinned skipping down the hall into the kitchen.

"I'm starving!" I grinned, looking behind me.

"Let's grab something." he said and we looking around the kitchen.

"Wait, there's going to be not rats or insects in her, right?"