Two To Tango – Part 1
"Do you understand?" Mamoru looked up from textbook to the small, golden- haired teenager sitting beside him.
"No!" Usagi cried out in frustration.
"Do you want me to explain it again?"
"Will it help?"
"Maybe. I still don't understand why you aren't studying with Ami and the other girls."
"Because, you've done all of this before, and you owe me. You said you would help me with my homework for the entire year." She smiled sweetly. "That's why."
"It was your fault anyway, I mean, who runs around a corner without even looking?"
"Who decides to tie their shoe when they are right around a corner?"
"Ah!"
"What's wrong?"
"That man over there, the one with the moustache, I've been trying to avoid him all week. Oh no. He's coming over this way."
"What's the big deal? He look's like he's 50 years old, It's not like he's going to beat you up." Usagi teased him.
"Good afternoon Edwards!"
"Good afternoon Mamoru. And who may I ask is this lovely young lady?"
"Oh, pardon me. Edwards, this is Tsukino Usagi, Usagi, this is Edwards."
"I'm pleased to meet you."
"The pleasure's all mine." Edwards bent down and kissed Usagi's hand. "So, Mamoru, do you think that you'll be able to make it on the 17th?"
"Well sir, about that… I would like to go but I-"
"What Mamoru is trying to say is that he doesn't want to go."
"Nonsense, of course I'm going to go! I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find a date, but I have a feeling that will change."
"Wonderful! After all, a date is a must, it takes 2 to tango, you know. I'll see you there!" He walked away.
"Why are you grinning like that?"
"I wasn't lying, I was trying to get out of going to his party because I didn't have a date. But, now you are going to be my date, so I can go."
"Cool! He looks loaded, is it going to be a big formal party?"
"You bet! Do you have any idea why I didn't have a date?"
"No."
"I didn't want one, you see, I can't go if I don't have a date, & I didn't want to go. That man, Edwards, is my dance instructor."
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Usagi couldn't keep it in she burst into hysterical laughter. "You dance? YOU dance?" She started laughing even more.
"I've been dancing since I was young, do you dance?" Mamoru started laughing.
"No."
"Well," He started laughing harder. "You do now! YOU are going to be my date, and YOU are going to learn how to dance."
"You ARE kidding, right?"
"Oh, I'm SO not kidding!"
"Alright, but the jokes on you, because I'm a total klutz!"
"Maybe so, but I have a feeling that you'll be different when you dance."
"Okay then, when do I start, and who is going to teach me?"
"We'll start after you finish your homework, & I'm going to teach you."
"Oh boy, this will be fun."
"Finished!" Usagi said triumphantly as she put down her pen and slammed the cover over her textbook closed.
"Great, let's go."
"Hello Usagi-chan, Mamoru-san, what are you up to?" Minako greeted as she and Rei walked into Crown just as Mamoru and Usagi were standing up to leave.
"Nothing much, I was just helping Odango with her homework, as always!"
"Oh, yeah." Rei said with a grin.
"Well, we've got to be going now, see you around!" Usagi said cheerfully.
"You two are actually spending time together when it isn't completely necessary?" Minako asked, obviously wondering why these two enemies were spending so much time together.
"Oh, believe me, this is necessary!" Mamoru gave a wink to the two speechless girls before putting his hand on Usagi's back and guided her out of the building.
"Oh… My… Gosh!" Minako exclaimed. "Did you see that?"
"I certainly did!" Rei replied. "They are totally digging on each other!"
"They seemed pretty eager to leave…" Minako started.
"Minako! Stop thinking things like that all the time. Get your mind out of the gutter, because I know that's where it is right now."
"I wonder, is it possible that they are secretly dating?"
"I doubt it. You know Usagi can't keep her mouth shut about anything, it wouldn't be possible for them to stay a secret for more then 5 minutes."
"Yeah. Never-the-less, we have to find out more about this, let's go tell the other girls!"
"Do you understand?" Mamoru looked up from textbook to the small, golden- haired teenager sitting beside him.
"No!" Usagi cried out in frustration.
"Do you want me to explain it again?"
"Will it help?"
"Maybe. I still don't understand why you aren't studying with Ami and the other girls."
"Because, you've done all of this before, and you owe me. You said you would help me with my homework for the entire year." She smiled sweetly. "That's why."
"It was your fault anyway, I mean, who runs around a corner without even looking?"
"Who decides to tie their shoe when they are right around a corner?"
"Ah!"
"What's wrong?"
"That man over there, the one with the moustache, I've been trying to avoid him all week. Oh no. He's coming over this way."
"What's the big deal? He look's like he's 50 years old, It's not like he's going to beat you up." Usagi teased him.
"Good afternoon Edwards!"
"Good afternoon Mamoru. And who may I ask is this lovely young lady?"
"Oh, pardon me. Edwards, this is Tsukino Usagi, Usagi, this is Edwards."
"I'm pleased to meet you."
"The pleasure's all mine." Edwards bent down and kissed Usagi's hand. "So, Mamoru, do you think that you'll be able to make it on the 17th?"
"Well sir, about that… I would like to go but I-"
"What Mamoru is trying to say is that he doesn't want to go."
"Nonsense, of course I'm going to go! I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find a date, but I have a feeling that will change."
"Wonderful! After all, a date is a must, it takes 2 to tango, you know. I'll see you there!" He walked away.
"Why are you grinning like that?"
"I wasn't lying, I was trying to get out of going to his party because I didn't have a date. But, now you are going to be my date, so I can go."
"Cool! He looks loaded, is it going to be a big formal party?"
"You bet! Do you have any idea why I didn't have a date?"
"No."
"I didn't want one, you see, I can't go if I don't have a date, & I didn't want to go. That man, Edwards, is my dance instructor."
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Usagi couldn't keep it in she burst into hysterical laughter. "You dance? YOU dance?" She started laughing even more.
"I've been dancing since I was young, do you dance?" Mamoru started laughing.
"No."
"Well," He started laughing harder. "You do now! YOU are going to be my date, and YOU are going to learn how to dance."
"You ARE kidding, right?"
"Oh, I'm SO not kidding!"
"Alright, but the jokes on you, because I'm a total klutz!"
"Maybe so, but I have a feeling that you'll be different when you dance."
"Okay then, when do I start, and who is going to teach me?"
"We'll start after you finish your homework, & I'm going to teach you."
"Oh boy, this will be fun."
"Finished!" Usagi said triumphantly as she put down her pen and slammed the cover over her textbook closed.
"Great, let's go."
"Hello Usagi-chan, Mamoru-san, what are you up to?" Minako greeted as she and Rei walked into Crown just as Mamoru and Usagi were standing up to leave.
"Nothing much, I was just helping Odango with her homework, as always!"
"Oh, yeah." Rei said with a grin.
"Well, we've got to be going now, see you around!" Usagi said cheerfully.
"You two are actually spending time together when it isn't completely necessary?" Minako asked, obviously wondering why these two enemies were spending so much time together.
"Oh, believe me, this is necessary!" Mamoru gave a wink to the two speechless girls before putting his hand on Usagi's back and guided her out of the building.
"Oh… My… Gosh!" Minako exclaimed. "Did you see that?"
"I certainly did!" Rei replied. "They are totally digging on each other!"
"They seemed pretty eager to leave…" Minako started.
"Minako! Stop thinking things like that all the time. Get your mind out of the gutter, because I know that's where it is right now."
"I wonder, is it possible that they are secretly dating?"
"I doubt it. You know Usagi can't keep her mouth shut about anything, it wouldn't be possible for them to stay a secret for more then 5 minutes."
"Yeah. Never-the-less, we have to find out more about this, let's go tell the other girls!"