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[flexible_jack]

WHO: EVERYONE!
WHAT: Valentine's Sweetheart Dance
WHERE: The Jazz Club
WHEN: 8pm-whenever people stumble home

Here it is folks. The big dance at the jazz club. Remember, 40's dress is optional, but not required. And if your character doesn't have a date to the dance, that's okay! Everyone is welcome.

The club is set up to look like an old fashioned

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8:00pm

[lulu8889]

Zak had headed over to pick up Moira at eight and the two of them had insisted that Lulu and Clarice join them on the way over.

Wisely, Moira wore a coat from the time Zak had arrived, so he hadn't seen her in her dress yet. He could however see her completely pulled back hair (something he would have to thank Lulu for later), as well as her shoes, which brought her already formidable height up a few more inches, and jewelry. The coat was longer than the dress itself. She'd kept the gift for him in her purse until later.

Lulu had taken Clarice by the arm as they had headed out. She was in a dress reminiscent of the forties with her blonde hair teased to match the correct era.

"Isn't this going to be awesome?" Lulu said to Clarice as she put some of the things she and Kaylee had baked onto a table.

Re: 8:00pm

[never_blink]

Clarice tended to call anyone 'Mr' or 'Ms' at first; she'd been raised that that was the polite thing. (Chuck would have been 'Mr. Bartowski' if she'd actually known his last name.) But if he didn't want her to...

And then Chuck was calling them good friends and Lulu was saying she was wonderful and Clarice didn't know what to say. Her cheeks almost matched the magenta of her hair. She busied herself arranging the table so she wouldn't have to look at anybody.

Re: 8:00pm

[nerdherderchuck]

Chuck felt bad that poor Clarice had been rendered speechless, but at the same time found her blush more than a little adorable.

He turned back to Lulu, smiling a bit shyly, himself.

"Yeah, I figured it would probably be pretty fun. And hey, I love a costume party!" Chuck laughed.

Re: 8:00pm

[lulu8889]

Lulu smiled. Good grief were Chuck and Clarice completely adorable or what?

"It's going to be lots of fun," she replied, giving Clarice a one armed hug. "It's a shame you weren't around during Halloween."

Re: 8:00pm

[never_blink]

"Mm-hm, we - Lulu threw a wonderful party at home." Clarice dared to rejoin the conversation, leaning slightly into Lulu's hug. "People wore such incredible costumes." And Clarice had spent most of the party hiding in the stairwell. Until River had vanished. But that was neither here nor there. She'd met Teddy at that party, that had been a nice thing.

Re: 8:00pm

[nerdherderchuck]

"Sounds like I missed a good party. My Halloween- well, it turned out to be not quite as fun as I'd hoped." Ellie had hosted a Halloween party, but Chuck had only been able to attend about 5 minutes before Sarah and Casey had dragged him off to almost get killed again.

After an awkward second of silence, Chuck smiled and spoke again.

"But yeah, this should be fun! Ellie- that's my sister- made me take dancing classes with her and her boyfriend a couple of years ago. I always ended up dancing with the instructor, but I think I remember a few things! Actually..." he paused, looking at the girls, though his eyes flicked over towards the dance floor for a moment.

"Would you, ah, like to dance?" His blurted-out question was addressed to Clarice, though he quickly nodded at Lulu. "Lulu, you'll have to save one for me later." Chuck hoped all those lessons in acting confident were working, as he was slightly terrified at what he had just done.

Re: 8:00pm

[lulu8889]

"We did throw a party and it was lots of fun. Sorry yours wasn't," she replied with a sympathetic smile.

"I'll definitely save you one for later," Lulu grinned widely with a look towards Clarice.

Re: 8:00pm

[never_blink]

Clarice was doing her best impression of a deer in headlights. "D-dance? Me?" she stammered. "B-but I can't. I can't dance. I'm no good, I don't know how..." Oddly, Chuck looked almost as nervous as she felt. Why would he if he were just asking to be nice? She dropped her gaze, worrying her hands together. "You - you really... want to?"

Re: 8:00pm

[nerdherderchuck]

"Well, yeah!" Chuck replied laughing nervously. He wouldn't have asked unless he had really wanted to, after all.

There was just something about Clarice that Chuck found amazing. Somehow, the purple-ness didn't really phase him at all- it was just the awe at meeting someone who was even more shy than him (and for good reason) who was actually trying to make the best of things. Also, being able to talk to someone who actually kind of understood what he'd been going through was rather amazing as well.

"I'm not making any promises that I won't step on your toes," Chuck smiled, blushing again. "But if you can take that risk, then yes, I'd like to dance."

Re: 8:00pm

[lulu8889]

Lulu stood there beaming at the two of them. She'd have to talk to Chuck later, obviously, to give the normal friend speech of not hurting Clarice or else, but now they needed to dance.

"It's not hard, Clarice, honest, I swear you'll be fine," Lulu replied, nudging the girl towards Chuck.

Re: 8:00pm

[never_blink]

"Okay..." Clarice agreed, barely audible. "I might be more likely to step on your feet, but... okay." Nudged from behind by Lulu, she skipped a step and found herself standing right in front of Chuck. Still pink in the face, she smiled tentatively and took his hand.

Re: 8:00pm

[nerdherderchuck]

Chuck was blushing, too, but he smiled as Clarice stepped forward.

"We'll figure it out," he assured her, trying to reassure himself at the same time! Fortunately, though, the song was a nice easy tempo- not too fast or slow- and Chuck thought back to the dancing lessons.

"Ok, so I know we start here-" Chuck said, speaking as much to himself as to Clarice as he placed her free hand on his shoulder, and put his free hand at her waist. "And then we step like this-" Chuck took a small step forward, waiting for Clarice to follow his lead. "And then, somehow, we are magically dancing!"

Re: 8:00pm

[never_blink]

Clarice followed his lead, obediently letting him position her. As he stepped forward, she took a small step back only a breath late, and waited to see what she should do next. She was hardly expecting the 'next step' that came. She blinked up at him - and then dissolved into giggles.

Re: 8:00pm

[nerdherderchuck]

Chuck hadn't stopped dancing- he was in the middle of taking a step to the side when Clarice started giggling.

"What!?" He asked, laughing as well. "No, I mean you keep following me! Like this!" He attempted another step to the side, still smiling at Clarice.

Re: 8:00pm

[never_blink]

Chuck had a nice laugh, easy and warm. He made it impossible for Clarice to be as embarrassed as she otherwise would have been for messing up the dance. Quickly stifling her giggles, she took the requisite step to the side, watching their feet carefully as she continued to follow.

"I'm sorry, I told you I'm not very good." But she was still smiling shyly.

Re: 8:00pm

[nerdherderchuck]

"No, no, I should be leading better," Chuck smiled, though he was still pretty focused on making sure his feet were going where they were supposed to.

After a few moments, though, he seemed to have gotten the hang of it.

"Hey, I think we are actually dancing, here," Chuck said, grinning. "Looks like we are not as hopeless as originally thought!"