The Dance

new character: Claire Thornhart (Cole's long lost sister that came to town her sophomore year/cole's senior year of high school)

After Destiny bitched him out on national television, Matthew realized what an ass he'd been to her. Not just about the baby, but about everything. Every time the two would get close, he pulled the best friend card. He never meant to do it, he was just scared. He could not put his feelings out there the way Destiny did, especially after what happened with Dani. If it didn't work, he would not only lose the only woman he truly loved, but he would also lose the best friend he ever had. Des new these risks and was still willing to show her true feelings. He knew he had to do something to make it up to her, something big. He needed something to make up for about 3 years of hurt feelings.

The next day, he decided to ask the advice of his other best friend, Cole's sister Claire. Even though Claire had started college and become the star of LU's dirtboarding team, she made sure to keep in touch with all her high school besties.

Just finishing up practice, she grabbed her board and was about to head back to the locker room when she saw Matthew sitting on the bleachers. She took her helmet off as he walked towards her.

"Hey! There's Llanview High's best dirtboarder! Now that you're out of your coma are you going to board again?" Claire asked.

"If my parents let me, they've been really strict since I came back." Matt replied.

"Well you know whether you board at LHS or not, you are still being recruited for a spot on the LU team." Claire assured him. Looking at his face she could tell he wasn't there to talk boarding. "Something on your mind?"

"It's Destiny. I screwed up big time and I need to do something big to fix it, I'm just not sure what." Matthew said.

"Something big huh." Claire said as she put her arm around his shoulder. "Let me just put my board and gear away and then we'll talk." She continued as she led him into the sports center of LU.

As he waited for Claire to return, he stared at all the posters on the walls. One specific poster caught his eye. It was for the dirtboard team's winter wonderland dance. Seeing that poster reminded him of prom. He didn't spend either prom with the girl he wanted to spend them with.

Claire returned, noticing Matthew looking at the dance poster. "Thinking about coming to the dance?"

"I thought only students were allowed at school events?" Matthew asked.

"This is a very special dance. The dirtboard team uses this dance as a way for the recruits to get to know the kids already on the team, in hopes that they'll decide to board for LU. We can't exactly call it a recruitment dance because it's against school policy." Claire explained.

"So you find a way to bend the rules to make them work for you." Matthew said, slightly disapprovingly.

"Hey, whatever gets us more and better boarders! Are you in or not?"

Just then, it hit him. This was that big something he needed to prove his love to Destiny. Claire saw his face and knew exactly what he was thinking.

"You're going to bring Destiny."

"I'd kind of like to surprise her. Can you help me?" Matthew asked.

"Absolutely, but I think we're going to need a lot more help if you want to do this up right." Claire said.