The second Mixer was held outside in the Assembly area. The sun had already set so she was sure that the dance would soon be starting but she wanted at least a few minutes with her friends.
When her papa dropped her off, she walked out in a simple white dress and a small purse. She let her hair down and donned her usual black wrist gloves. As she entered the school gates, she saw that a lot of the students were there and already dancing. This time not only,Viola girls and Saton Knights would be here. Two other schools were also invited. Cyrus School of Witchcraft and Gladiolus Academy students were invited tonight.
Jia scanned the area until she caught sight of her friends standing in a corner with their heads down.
Plastering a smile on her face, she slowly made her way over. It didn`t take long for Zoey to see her and she alerted everyone by screaming her name out loud. With a laugh, Zoey ran over to her roommate before hugging her tightly.
"You`re here! You`re alright!"
"Jia! You`re back!" Fiona shouted as she came over to cover them both with a hug.
"You`re hurt!" both girls exclaimed as they all pulled away.When the other girls arrived, Rose made her pull down her shoulder strap and reveal a huge scar. It looked healed but the reminder of it would always be there.
"It`s okay, it`s nothing but a scar now. Bye-bye strapless dresses forever." Jia assured them.
"We`re glad you`re back, hearing it from your cousin wasn`t the same," Clary said with a teary smile.
"Don`t start crying," Jia warned her, "I'm not dead. I`m alive and here."
"I`m not crying, who`s crying? Most definitely not me," Clary jabbered as the other girls snickered.
"Jia!" She turned to see Roy running towards her. She smiled at him and braced herself for when he finally reached her and lifted her into a bear hug." I`m so glad you`re alright!"
"Of course I am, Roy, you and your friends saved my life," Jia said with a laugh.
"Seems like no matter what, Saton Knights will always come to your rescue," Rose pointed out to which the other girls nodded in agreement.
Roy released his cousin and they both smiled at each other before the other boys said their hellos and she thanked them. Chase and Mike both hugged her while Cole simply ruffled her hair to which Jia pouted and began to fix it again.
"Good to you that you`re alive," Tristan said before he turned to his friends," There, I greeted everyone, can I go now?"
"What. A. Jerk, "Kyra mumbled with a frown and the other girls looked really shocked at the Knight while his friends rolled their eyes at their teammate`s attitude.
Dylan arched a brow at his friend before Cole waved him away. As soon as he left, a group of girls swarmed him but it only lasted until Juliet made her way over to him and dispersed the crowd. The turquoise eyed Knight then turned to see Jia being hugged by Roy again before everyone split from the group. Rose led Jia over to a corner bench where a table was available for both girls to sit, drink and chat. Roy left after making sure his cousin was in good company. Chase and Mike decided to stay behind with the two girls as Kyra, Clary and Fiona had left to go up to the DJ booth. That left Cole and Zoey to go off on their own as Rose pointed out that no one wanted to see a couple making out, most especially in front of their friends.
Dylan followed Chase and Mike but he stood near the table drinking as his friends started a conversation with Jia about Rifles. He observed everyone who was dancing, not dancing, making out, sulking in the corner or just plain sitting until he saw his best friend at a table on the other side of the dance floor. It wasn`t crowed except for Tristan`s old friends from his days on the streets and Juliet.
To be honest, Dylan never liked Juliet. Even when they were younger, he could tell that the girl was obsessed with his best friend. She followed him everywhere and did everything to please him. She tried very hard to be in his thoughts every day. It made matters worse when she was old enough to date and sleep with him.
Sure, she was beautiful and quite the bad girl so Dylan didn`t blame Tristan for hooking up with Juliet. That was until he saw met Jia and her friends. Those girls were in another league of their own. They were beautiful and wore it proudly but they relied on their skills and background to get attention. They never seemed to move in on them unless Jia was in the lead.
Jia ,in particular, was becoming something of a case study for him. He wasn`t blind to how Tristan behaved around the white haired sorceress, most especially when she was shot. He was the one holding her the entire time. Now that she was back, he was acting like a distant friend.
Well, if he wanted to be like that then Dylan might as well show him that he was missing out on someone amazing.
"Wanna dance, Jia?" Jia turned to look up at Dylan. Behind her, Chase and Mike looked like they were slapped in the face. Rose looked ready to spit out her drink as Jia turned to her friend with a questioning glance.
"I, umm, what?" Jia questioned as her brain raced to keep up with the events. Did Dylan just ask me to dance?
"It`s a simple question, Jia," Dylan pointed out.
"Okay. Yeah, sure," Jia agreed as the sandy-brunette Knight took her hand and led her to the dance floor. The three remaining friends exchanged looks of disbelief.
"What are you doing?" Jia asked as Dylan spun her around and held her against him. Both his hands were on her back and waist respectively while Jia stood with her hands down.
"I have a theory and I want to prove whether its right or wrong," Dylan explained as he began to sway," Put your hands on around my neck and lean close." Jia gulped nervously and did what he asked," Good girl."
Jia frowned up at him as Dylan leaned closer in whispered against her ear," Do I have your permission to put both my hands on your waist?"
"I guess so, just don`t let them get anywhere near my merchandise," Jia warned him.
Dylan nodded as his hands slide lower to hold on her hips," I heard from Cole about you and Zoey`s little dance parties."
Jia ducked her head and resisted the urge to blush. Zoey and her had been secretly getting lessons on dirty dancing from Clary, who had mastered the art of seduction on the dance floor. Zoey had learned it for Cole`s sake and Jia because she wanted to learn new moves. During their stressful nights of studying, the two roommates would try out their new moves in the privacy of their room.
"Zoey shouldn`t have told Coe that,"Jia mumbled.
Dylan chuckled,"Doesn't matter, I want you to demonstrate what you`ve learned."
Her head shot back up, "Are you insane? Roy will have your head."
"Let me worry about Roy."
"Dylan…"
Dylan frowned at her, "Can`t do it?"
The white sorceress shook her head and lowered her head, "No it`s not that. Some of the moves, I have to brush up against you and you`ll have to let me, you know, grind or move my hips against you."
"Go ahead then." Dylan urged her.
"Dylan what are you thinking?" Jia whispered to herself but still the Knight holding her, heard her.
Dylan leaned down and whispered against her cheek, "Do you trust me not to hurt you?'"
Jia tiled her head up to stare at his turquoise colored irises.
Back at the bench, Rose felt like she was going crazy so she downed both her and Jia`s drink in one go.
"Easy Rose or you`ll be buzzed quick, "Chase hissed at her before he took away the empty cups.
Rose pouted, "I can`t help it Chase, why is Dylan dancing with her?"
Mike snorted, "Why? Would you prefer to dance with him?"
Chase elbowed his friend sharply to which the Knight grunted and glared at his friend.
Rose glared at Mike, "No, it`s not like that. Doesn`t Roy get over protective of Jia, if he sees her dancing with him? He might do something awful to Dylan."
Mike waved away his hand as if to wave away the thought, "Dylan can handle himself, he`s the best CQCO in our Squad."
Rose tilted her head, "CQCO?"
"Close Quarters Combat Operative," Chase explained calmly. "But he can`t see her so we should be alright."
"And besides they`re just dancing normally," Mike said with a grin.
Jia then suddenly turned around and let Dylan hold her against him, her back to his front, his hands on her hips as she began to do piston hips. Oddly enough, her hips were following the beat of the music which had now turned to a belly-dancing type of beat. Dylan leaned down close and seem to run his nose up the side of her neck. Jia seemed to be enjoying it because she was smiling and biting her lip.
"Unless they do that," Mike croaked and his grin dropped.
Rose slapped her forehead and Chase groaned.
Back at the two dancing teenagers, Jia heard that the music was getting edgier and more of couple`s type of dance for them to get close and personal but Dylan made no effort to let her go if anything, he only pulled her closer to him.
She was about to turn to him when she felt someone grab her arms and pulled her away. Instantly her body went into defense mode and the person who grabbed her got slightly electrocuted.
Tristan let out cruse and Jia looked at him with shock, "What in the Nether world are you doing?!"
"You're done dancing with him," Tristan stated and shook off the aftermath of pain that came from the electrocution that Jia had given him. He was seeing red and honestly, he was two seconds away from breaking his friends face. His face was in her neck!
"No I`m not, the song`s not over." Jia yelled at him.
"Don`t push it Jia!"
"Why? What are you going to do? I`ll wipe this floor with your –"
"What is going on here?!" Roy yelled as he approached the three teenagers.
Jia turned to her cousin, "Nothing, Tristan`s head is on upside down that`s what`s wrong. I was just dancing with Dylan-"
"You were what?" Roy asked, his voice silent and deadly.
"He had his face in her neck!" Tristan yelled.
"If she didn`t like it, she had every opportunity to pull away." Dylan stated.
Tristan made to grab Dylan but Roy put a hand out to stop him. Jia watched them with confusion. They were friends, why were they acting like this?
Behind her, she heard Rose call for her and she turned to see her red haired friend trying to make her way over to her with Chase and Mike in tow. She turned back to Roy who looked like he was trying to prevent a war between Dylan and Tristan. They all looked imposing as they were all taller than her, muscular and had their fists clenched.
"Come on, you and the others are going to be performing," Rose told her when she reached her friend. She made no move to grab her because she could see that Jia`s skin was glowing a faint silver, a sign that her magic was flowing and active throughout her body. One touch and she would be electrocuted.
"Straight after your performance, come back here!" Roy told her.
"No way, I`m going back to my room," Jia returned with glare. She shook her head and pushed past her friends before making her way over to the stage area where Fiona was waiting with the others.
"Okay, so you`ll go up last after Kyra and-"Fiona trailed off as she took in her friend`s furious expression, "What happened?"
"Boys happened," Jia snapped and ran a hand over her mouth," Whatever, it doesn`t matter. I am going to dance and then head back."
"Okay, do you need some company? I can leave and-"
"No, don`t worry, I`ll be alright," Jia assured her. Fiona nodded but still she was worried. Her friend just came back from a near death experience and now she was mad about something that happened during a night where they were supposed to be having fun. That was not something Fiona was willing to accept.
She glanced behind her friend and sought out her cousin. When she found him, she saw that he was standing with Rose, Chase, Mike, Dylan and Tristan. He looked like he was yelling at Dylan who shrugged him off and walked away only for Tristan to go after him but Chase grabbed him. He said something to the raven-haired Knight before Tristan shook him off and retreated to another corner of the dancfloor. Roy was then talking to Rose who shrugged and left.
Something definitely happened there.
When it was time for Jia, Kyra and Clary to go on, everyone screamed as Yankee`s beat played out, they were performing to a club song that was meant for performers. Fiona watched Clary capture everyone`s attention with her dance moves, Kyra with her mysterious looks and smiles while Jia danced with every part of her being. They were actually really good.
The girls cheered them on while the boys wanted them to come down and dance with them. Fiona was sure that at the next Mixer, she would be dancing with them.