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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 1, 2012 21:10:54 GMT -5
"There ya go, you're gettin' it now!" Fred bopped along with the music, refraining from dancing to let Archie have a moment to clear his nerves. "That's really the first lesson in dancing: getting the beat down and moving with it."
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Post by Archie Hopper/ Jiminy Cricket on Jun 1, 2012 21:49:28 GMT -5
Archie just looked a bit awkward.
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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 1, 2012 22:13:58 GMT -5
"... well, it's a start," Fred admitted, feeling a twinge of sympathy for Archie's awkward movements. He stepped over to the DVD player and, after a brief look over of the buttons, ejected the CD before the song ended. "Maybe we should've started with something a little slower and then worked up the tempo, huh?"
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Post by Archie Hopper/ Jiminy Cricket on Jun 1, 2012 22:30:21 GMT -5
"Yeah..." he ran his hand through his hair self consciously
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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 1, 2012 23:26:22 GMT -5
Placing the CD back in its case, Fred tried to think of what to say or do next. He was really determined to teach Archie how to dance, but at the rate they were going... "Prove it." Fred blinked, then hurriedly added, "That you can waltz, prove that you can do that. I'm not that much of a slow dancer, so..."
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Post by Archie Hopper/ Jiminy Cricket on Jun 1, 2012 23:45:54 GMT -5
"With you?" he blinked
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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 1, 2012 23:53:45 GMT -5
Fred nearly dropped the CD case. "What? With me?" he repeated, looking at the therapist like he was crazier than some of his patients. "I didn't mean that! I just meant that I don't really do slow dances. Seeing that you don't do fast ones, maybe--Hold on." The man put the CD case back in the bag, taking even breaths. "... okay. Maybe we try... some slow tempos at first."
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Post by Archie Hopper/ Jiminy Cricket on Jun 2, 2012 0:08:43 GMT -5
"One cannot waltz without a partner," Archie said with a little shrug.
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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 2, 2012 0:12:26 GMT -5
That was true; one couldn't argue with that logic. "I know, but... I... I've never really waltzed before," Fred nervously argued. "A good partner for that dance, I am not."
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Post by Archie Hopper/ Jiminy Cricket on Jun 2, 2012 0:45:01 GMT -5
"Well, I don't know what to do then," he said slowly.
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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 2, 2012 9:56:03 GMT -5
Fred rubbed the back of his neck. He didn't want to back down on what he had promised to do. Plus, he sometimes goofed around with the band with dancing. Why was this any different.
For the second time, he silently admitted defeat. He pulled out a mix CD of slow songs and handed it to Archie. "Here," he said almost quietly.
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Post by Archie Hopper/ Jiminy Cricket on Jun 2, 2012 10:46:18 GMT -5
He looked down at the CD, and then back up at Fred. "You know, you don't have to if you don't want to."
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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 2, 2012 12:26:38 GMT -5
"I have no choice," Fred confessed, glancing down at the floor. "I promised myself and one other living being that I'd help you out." He then looked up, briefly, at Archie. "An' I don't plan on going back on that anytime soon."
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Post by Archie Hopper/ Jiminy Cricket on Jun 2, 2012 22:28:55 GMT -5
"Alright," Archie said, "Then, we'll have to figure out something."
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Post by Timothy Mouse/Fred Mausworth on Jun 2, 2012 22:38:08 GMT -5
"I'm going through with it, I already told you," Fred insisted. "I told you from the start that I was sticking with this idea. Well, this is me sticking with it. Even if I... really can't slow-dance," he added, trailing off in his words.
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