| Chapter 15- Replacing Lance Mercedes sighed, starring at the bottle. She knew she shouldn�t take them, but she had to. Her dancing was getting better, even Justin noticed it. Before she could think about it anymore, she popped open the white childproof lid off the orange bottle and took two pills out, popping them in her mouth, swallowing, closing her eyes as they went down. She then threw the orange bottle on her night table, next to the vase that held her rose from Justin which by now was wilting. She then got up and headed to her bathroom to pull her hair into a tight bun. She then went back to her bedroom to pull on her ballet slippers, before heading down to the studio to practice. Mercedes stopped in the doorway. Wade was in there, working with *N SYNC. As they finished the song, Wade looked up. �Hey Mercedes,� Wade said shutting off the stereo and motioning to the guys to take a break. He grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat from his face. �Sorry, but we�re gonna be down here for awhile.� �That�s ok,� Mercedes said, getting ready to head back upstairs. �Hey, wait Sparky,� Justin called out. �Why don�t you join us, you know all the moves.� �Are you kidding?� Wade laughed. �She only does ballet.� �I thought her moves the moves to some of our songs, she�s pretty good,� Justin informed him. �Come on Sparks, let�s show him.� �Ok, Spanky,� Mercedes said, chewing on her bottom lip. She couldn�t help but glance at his chest, which was shirtless with sweat running down it. Justin went over to the stereo and turned it on to �Bye Bye Bye�. Both him and Mercedes danced to it, showing Wade and the rest of the guys. �Wow,� Wade said, when they finished. �I didn�t know you could dance like that Mercy.� �She�s better than Lance!� Chris laughed. �Haha, very funny,� Lance said sarcastily. �I thought so,� Chris said. �You wanna join us?� Justin questioned. �We�re going over the steps to our new songs.� Mercedes looked over at Wade. Yeah Merce, you can help me show these losers how to dance,� Wade said. �Hey! I resent that!� Joey called out. Mercedes smiled. �Sure, I�ll dance with you �boys�.� �I�m not a boy!� Justin protested, he puffed out his chest. �I�m a manly stud.� �Put on a shirt Spanky,� Mercedes said, trying to hold back a laugh, as she slapped his stomache lightly as she walked by him, �You�re blinding me with how white you are.� |
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