Chapter 27- Dance

Rileys pov

“Rileyyyy! Come join mee.” Luke slurred from the dance floor

“I’m fine you carry on.” I shouted back

“Noo, it’s time to party!” he stumbles and pulls me with him

Just like Luke these boys were drunk out of their minds or that's what i thought.

Wade was sitting awfully quiet but you could see he was drunk. Grayson joins us on the dance floor and the three of us swayed along to the music. I was about to check on Wade before Grayson whispers into my ear which made me sigh in relief.

“When Wade is drunk he is silent, he analyses his surroundings so that he knows it’s safe for us. It’s been like this ever since… nevermind that. Don’t worry he’s fine, why don’t you ask him to dance?” Grayson explains

“Doubt he will, last time he danced was at Caitlyn’s birt-” Luke widens his eyes and stops talking

“Uh who’s Caityln?” I’m confused

“Don’t worry about that, if the topic comes up one day then Wade will be the one to tell you.” Grayson tells. I just stay silent.

“Anyway I’ll bet R500 cash that he won’t dance.” Luke says

“Think again.” Grayson smirks

“Are you guys seriously using me for this?” I chuckle

“Not really using, more like helping out a brother in need.” Grayson responds.

I went to Wade who immediately looked at me with a smile.

“Having fun?” he asks with his killer watt smile

“I am but it would be better if you’d dance with me.” I bat my eyelashes at him

“I-I don’t dance… anymore.” He looks away

“It’s okay... we can have a drink instead.” I held his face and spoke

As I went to sit beside him, he took a deep breath. He shoots his drink and a second later he pulls my hand and escorts me to the dance floor.

“Wade what are you doing?” I felt bad

“I want to have my first dance with my girl.” Aww

He pulled me to Luke so the four of us were facing each other. Both Luke and Grayson looked at him in surprise. A song came on with nice beat, Wade starts to bob his head slowly and moves from one foot to the other. He had one hand on my waist and danced a bit.

Luke was annoyed because he lost the bet but soon recovered from that. Wade got used to the music and his hand dropped from my waist. He began moving his hands and full on dancing. We three were shocked even Emmette joined our little circle.

Wade is such a good dancer! I mean if he had to have a separate career he should open like a dancing school.

I started dancing with Wade and everyone joined in, we all were having a blast. We all were shouting at each other whenever we needed to talk.

We stayed dancing for quite some time, that we had someone bring our drinks to us. Jayden slipped away and I caught him speaking to the Dj.

“Alright guys I hope you all are having the time of your lives! I have a request for a slow song which goes out to a very special couple. I want you all whether or not you have a significant other to find someone to dance with. Lets take this into a slow romantic jam. Riles and Wade this is for you!” the Dj speaks in the mike and points to us. I look at Jayden and smile

Wade and I face each other. That was thoughtful of Jayden but I don’t know how to partner dance. Wade is going to laugh at me.

“I don’t know how to slow dance.”

“I don’t know how to slow dance.” We both admitted at the same time and started laughing a bit

“That makes me feel a bit better. But we’ll just try to.” He says

He places my hands around his neck and places his hands on my hips. We swayed to the music, I placed my head on his chest and just enjoyed the remainder of the song.

I realised that this is the only time I feel like I have no worry in this cruel world. I don’t need to worry about Fred or his family neither do I need to worry about Bellatrix. Honestly it’s been a while since I put my Bellatrix façade on. I feel I need to let go of my street fighting, I need to face my problems instead of using an alternate solution.

This is all happening because of my new friends, as Riley Mathews I’m the person you’d walk over. As Bellatrix I have control over everything and I’m respected. On one hand I want to let go off that life and restart but if Wade has to leave me I think no wait- I know my life will crumble.

You can’t have two minds about this, Bellatrix will always be there and Wade won’t judge you. Don’t change who you are because of someone else. The one who loves you will respect who you are no matter what. You don’t have to forget about Bellatrixs life because of your new family. You may get an opportunity to do it legally and become a WWE wrestler.

Sometimes I feel my conscience is an old lady giving me the right piece of advice which I desperately needed.

“Riley, are you okay?” Wade some- what whispers into my ear

“Yeah, just thinking about things.”

The song had ended and I excused myself so I could get a drink. I approached the bar when someone stepped in my way and stole my seat.

Idiot.

I asked the barman for my drink before I could turn to leave. I was caged by 3 boys I recognised them as the ones who stared at me when we entered the boat. I cleared my throat and raised my head looking into the eyes of the person in front of me. I am not going to lie I was scared for two reasons.

• If Wade sees me and looks at the state of panic that I’m in he won’t hesitate to bust a couple of people

• If I were to defend myself, I’d use my strategies as Bellatrix and I would be easy to identify.

“Can I help you?” I ask confidently and raised my eyebrow

“Someone would like to have a word with you, follow me.” The mysterious creepy dude said

“I’m busy. Excuse me.” I squeezed through the gap between him and his partner and power walked to Emmette and Jayden.

“I need to speak to you both urgently.” I could see at the corner of my eye the same bunch of boys watching me leave.

“What’s wrong and why do you look so scared?” Jayden asks. He was drunk because he wobbled but he’s still aware of things

“Remember when Wade pulled me closer to him because of that gang? Well 3 from that group cornered me when I went to get a drink. What if they know me, what is they are B-Blades friends?”

“Calm down Riley, don’t think such things. I’ll keep an eye on them, just stay near Luke and Wade… don’t you think it’s time to tell Wade who you really are?” Emmette speaks

“I want to do it when we get back home.” I said in all seriousness

“Okay.”

We walked back in dancing because we didn’t want to seem suspicious. I went straight to Wade and never left his side.

2 hours later and everyone was still on the dance floor, the creepy gang~ yes that’s their name. they had disappeared I think they got tired of stalking me. I really needed to use the toilet but I was hesitant to leave Wade.

I wanted to ask him to come with me but when Grayson told me that it has been years since he’s been this carefree and party- like, I decided to let him be. I told Emmette that I wanted to use the bathroom and I’d just go back to my room so I could change into something more comfortable.

He wanted to come with me but I insisted that I would be fine. I slipped past all the sweaty bodies and into the  passage. I was on high alert because I didn’t want to bump into anyone. I finally got to my room and I did my business before changing into a white shirt with a tiny pocket on it and black shorts. I put on some cologne and went back to the party.

“Oh there you are! We were just about to go onto the deck where your date was. Funny thing the party was originally supposed to be there but since Wade spoke to the captain, he moved the party into the largest room on this ship. The dj just announced that the party will continue there, therefore everyone is rushing there.” Grayson says

“Oh my, I didn’t think that it was so complicated. But it was worth having our date there.” I smile at Wade and he pops his dimple

We walked to the deck with everyone else and found a spot to chill. This whole place looks completely different now there’s seats and tables all over the bar is opened and there’s a buffet. And guess what there’s a fricken pool, how did I miss this?

“Ohhhhh yeahhh, more space to parrrrt-ayyyy! Oh hey there beautiful.” Luke saw a girl and went to get her number

“Can we all have a drink then dance for a while?” I asked swaying my hips and moving my hands to the beat

“That sounds like a good idea, hold on I’ll get a waiter here ASAP.” Wade says

The waiter took our order and brought our drinks shortly after, I didn’t waste time. I downed my drink in one go because I needed to dance and let go off my anxiety.

“Woah tiger, relax.” Wade chuckles before finishing his drink.

I was drunk, last time I checked I never got this drunk from drinking two shots of vodka. It had a funny taste, I stumbled but regained my balance, I went to a spot near the pool. We had our circle again so we each had turns dancing in it. This was my definition of having the time of my life – surrounded by friends and dancing all your worries away.

Our group broke apart so we danced with our partners. Emmette made a friend as well as Luke so they were on their own groove. Wade was dancing in front of me and Emmette was across the pool with his friend.

Everything was going so well, Wade and I belted out lyrics from our favourite songs and we danced like there was no tomorrow.

But everyone knows when you are too happy something will go wrong and that just happened. Don’t ask me how the fuck from dancing, I ended up drenched.

“RILEY!” Wade screamed so loud that most of the people turned towards us.

I know for a fact that even though I’m a bit drunk, I didn’t mistakenly fall into the pool. Someone pushed me when I closed my eyes while dancing.

At least I know how to swim, I resurfaced and started breathing heavy. Wade pulled me out of the water and hugged/ held me like his life depended on it. I looked at my white shirt and realised that my tattoo was visible, I looked around frantically. Then I saw Emmette sprinting towards me pushing people into the water along the way. He took his jacket and threw it on my back.

“What the hell just happened!” Emmette says out of breath

“Even I want to know.” Wade says angrily. I started coughing like crazy because I swallowed water.

“We need to get her out of here now!” Jayden approaches us with his eyes wide

“Where’s Luke?” Jayden asks. I feel sick and dizzy.

“Shit, Luke is punching one boy by the stairs and I heard his saying that he’s the same person who pushed Riley and ran away.” Grayson says

“Wait till I get my hands on that motherfu-”

“Wade take Riley back to your room, we’ll take care of him.” Emmettes whole demeanour changed

As Wade is carrying me towards our room we suddenly crashed into the ground. Wade was laying in front of me unconscious, someone pulled me up and held a handkerchief to my face. I tried to not inhale but my body betrayed me.

Before I passed out I realised my worse fear came true, I was being kidnapped.

Darkness