Levane excused herself and made her way to the ladies rest room. She was following Sinead of course. There was just the two of them there. Levane reached behind her and grabbed her neck and pinned her to the wall "Hello Sinead. We meet again."
Sinead tried to get Levane's hands off her but it didnt work. Levane was much stronger than her. Sinead said "Let go."
Levane squeezed her neck harder "Dont order me around Sinead. I heard you talked trash about me. This ends now. You got it?"
Sinead was coughing "Ok. I wont... say anything." She picked her fights. She was no match for Levane and did not want a beating at her hands.
Levane let go.
Sinead rubbed her neck "Your boyfriend told you what I said?"
Levane frowned "He is not my boyfriend. He is just some random guy." She then told herself. "He is some random handsomeness I cant get enough of."
Sinead said "Sure. He was very protective of you. He is your boyfriend."
Levane said "No he isn't. Dont say that and dont you dare go gossiping behind my back Sinead. This is the only warning you are getting tonight. You know me I dont let things go. This is a Rosario event so I didnt want to get back at you public but I wont forget what you do. Watch your step. Dont take me on."
Levane the walked away and left. She heard Sinead say "Crazy witch."
Levane rolled her eyes. She really wasn't in the mood to teach Sinead a lesson. The girl needed to learn manners. Sinead was lucky she was more occupied in her mind with Jacob Neuer. When she came back Jacob smiled again playing with the strings of her heart. He said "Are you okay?"
Levane said "Never better. Why do you ask."
Jacob said "Sorry ma'am. I didnt think I wasn't supposed to."
Levane said "I dont need you to ask me how I am. Got it Neuer."
Jacob smiled "Yes ma'am."
Levane had given up asking him not to call her ma'am. Handsomeness did whatever he wanted.
*****
It was now time for the dance workshops. The boys and girls stood at opposite sides of a room covered with mirrors on the wall. They were waiting for instructors to demonstrate the dance.
Arcangelo, Leandro and Nicnadro were standing in a corner.
Arcangelo said "I am sorry your girlfriend couldnt make it. Now you will be watching the dances."
Nicandro said "Its alright. I will watch. My girl may arrive at night for the last dance. So its worth the wait. As for the races, well I can do them alone." He pointed to his muscles. "Anyway. Look at Neuer. I cant believe he has lasted this long with the girl."
Leandro said "Me neither."
Arcangelo said "How is he managing it is beyond me. I am shocked and nothing can surprise me."
Nicnadro said "Me too. I cant believe this is actually happening."
***
Levane was slowly approaching Jacob "I hate dancing. I cant dance. I will sit out of this." She could fight but she couldnt do dancing. Whatever you do dont smile handsomeness. You will be melting me.
Jacob said "I can dance. I can teach you. Its not so hard. Just try to hate dancing less for today."
Levane said "What if I dont want to be taught."
Jacob said "Then I say Ma'am I hope I can change your mind. May I convince you to dance Ma'am? Are you upto the challenge?." He then smiled.
That did it. Levane never said no to a challenge and he smiled at her. She couldnt say no. She narrowed her eyes "Fine."
Jacob stood in front of her and said "May I start Ma'am?"
Levane looked up into his gorgeous eyes. She sighed "You may." He was killing her with his beautiful smile and calmness.
Jacob slowly reached his hands to her waist. She almost jumped. She had never been touched by a boy before. Not like this. She had been in fights with boys but touching her preys didnt count as touching. That was fighting.
He said "Now put your hands on my shoulders.
She breathed out and then slowly reached her hands up. She touched his shoulders and felt like her heart was beating fast. Who was this guy and why was he having this effect on her? She noticed how hard and strong his muscles were under his suit. He was made of rock. A true wall.
He went slow. He slowly explained how the dance went and they danced slowly and carefully.
The whole room was staring at them at some point. Shock was on the faces on everyone who had placed bets on how long they were going to last. How did the man hater become close to Jacob Neuer? Nobody knew how he managed it. The wall had super powers by the looks of it to make the man hater dance.
*****
It was time for the boat race. When the boat race started, Leandro announced the rules. When he said "No drowning your rivals." He was looking straight at Levane. She had made people crash into water alot in boat races before. She had a hot temper. "Dont forget its just for fun. This boat race is a team exercise with your partner. The best partnership will win. Just do your best...Us captains of military school and our partners wont take part in the competition and we will be just with our boats making our way at the side non competitively. But everyone else is in the race. The winner will get a prize.
After he finished the boys and girls walked towards their boats. Levane said under her breath "The best partnership wins. Just do your best. Mr preach likes the sound of his voice doesnt he? People who do their best get no where. You must go above and beyond to win in this world."
The race was incredibly close between Michangelo, Nathan, Leo, Shawn and Leyton. They were leading by far.
Levane said "I cant believe we are losing to these boys. cant you go faster?"
Jacob said "I can go faster but I am not sure if I want to win. The prize is not something you might like."
Levane said "Whats the prize?"
Jacob said "You didnt read the board where it talked about the prize?"
Levane said "No. But who cares. I want to win. If you can go faster go faster. I dont care what the prize is. You must go faster Neuer."
Jacob said "As you wish Ma'am but dont blame me when prize giving comes."
Suddenly the boat sped up. Levane was shocked. She couldnt keep up with Jacob now. Suddenly their boat was leading and she heard the boys from the other boats shout out curses. She was looking around her with her mouth open. So handsomeness was so strong single handedly leading the boat. And they had done it. They won. As they crossed the finish line Levane couldnt believe it. They reached the land and Levane was helped to get off the boat by Jacob. He held her hand gently and she didnt protest. She was shocked. As she was standing there shocked she looked at Jacob "How on earth did you do that?" She said to herself. "So its Hercules handsomeness."
Jacob said "Do what?"
She said "You row so fast" But she knew why. He was a country boy. He had made his muscles with hard work. She had felt his muscles at the dance. He truly was a wall.
Jacob said "You asked me to."
She said "I cant believe you.... But I am ... glad we won. I love winning." And she indeed felt better. At least something came out of this partnership. It was a shame she didnt get to drown Sinead that day. Leandro was watching her and she didnt want them to be disqualified.
Jus then the announcer said "And we have a winner. Jacob Neuer and Levane Kennedy won the race. So they win a prize of... being crowed the kings and queens of the aqua challenge meaning they get their crowns and tiaras at the end of the night and start the last dance alongside the other winning couples of today's challenges.
Levane said "More dancing. This is no prize. This a loser punishment."
Jacob said "You dont like dancing... I told you that you wont like it aqua queen."
Levane narrowed her eyes at him. "I dont like that title."
Jacob said " Well you are aqua queen for today... At least we are not competitively in any other activities. We can relax. Each couple can have a maximum of one title. They cant have us as king and queen of the roads in Kart Racing or anything else...."
She said "Does that make you aqua king?". She thought to herself "It suits him to be a king. His highness handsomeness slayed all the rivals and became first. What a galant knight this handsomeness is". She shook the thoughts. She couldnt believe she was imagining him as a king. What was he doing to her?
****
They were now go karting. Jacob let Levane take the wheel and soon realised his mistake. She drove like no one else. She was wild. He said "Look. We are not competing. So why are you driving like this? We dont need to win."
Levane said "This is not for winning. This is to scare off the other rivals. They need to know they wont get an easy win."
Jacob said "Did you prefer to be the queen of the roads than aqua queen?"
Levane said "No. I dont want to be no queen. I just like winning."
He said "So if you cant win no one can?"
She went silent and slowed down.
He was surprised she was listening to her and she was driving less dangerously now.
vehicles went past them to Jacob's surprise. He then heard her shout "I will catch you Sinead."
He sighed. He thought to himself "So she was waiting for her prey. The goddess liked to hunt her victims who displeased her".
He watched as she sped off after a vehicle and bumped into it skillfully and stopped. The other vehicle bumped into the wall and drivers came out. One was Sinead.
She drove past and laughed. "Oh yeah. Sinead is disqualified."
He said "Did you have to do that?"
She said "Yes. I like my revenge. She talked trash. Trash talkers crash. Its only fair. Dont tell me you feel sorry for her. Dont. You dont know her like I do." She said to herself. "It seems like handsomeness has a heart.
"So the goddess likes her revenge" He thought to himself. He sighed "I just wish you didnt cause danger to anyone."
She said "Sinead is not just anyone. Do you know half the things she has done? I dont think you do. I normally let the ladies get off easy if they insult me but Sinead is no lady. Trust me. Besides there was no danger. Its go karting. Its for kids.... Its just a game."
He thought to himself "Not to you. It isn't."
He asked "I am curious. is there anyone else that you would like to hit at this race?"
She said "Yes. I do. But I know it may not be possible. I would hit all the military school captains with their egos if I could in this race. But I cant. They are too good at this race. They know go karting inside out."
He said "You are a ranked officer in military school. You had go karting training? Did you?"
She said "Yes. For some reason they make us design and build go karting vehicles and race them. You need to race one to know how to best design one.... My specialty is in crashing other vehicles."