Shannon froze when Reed spoke, asking her to dance. She slowly turned towards him, narrowing her eyes at one of the twins from camp. She didn’t recognize which one he was instantly, but she had a feeling the one twin she kissed wouldn’t be chasing her out on the dance floor. “No.” She said flat out before moving to another spot, hoping he wouldn’t follow, but knew he would. She wasn’t sure what his damage was, most guys that chased her stopped when they figured out she wasn’t going to crack easily, but he must have been dropped on his head as a baby cause something was wrong with him.

Shannon stopped in her tracks as he started dancing. She stared at him with wide eyes, wondering what his problem was, and why the fuck did he think that was going to work. She watched as he did the worst versions of the robot arm dangle move when she busted out laughing. “What the actual fuck.” She stated, Turing to try and leave but strangely found herself walled in. “Shit.” She muttered as she looked to her left and right to see if there was an opening she could squeeze through. “Oh no.” Fear trickled down her spine as she realized that her fellow students thought she and Reed were having a dance off. She turned, shooting daggers at Reed at what he’d done to get them into this mess. “Great.” She eyes Reed with disgust. Though she felt her lips curl up into a smirk.

Shannon knew better than to move when a stupid dance circle was made. Sure, they might boo her, she didn’t really care, though it was funny to watch Reed continue to dance like a fool, though something tickled at the back of her mind, and this felt oddly familiar. “Ah crap.” She sighed, realizing this was similar to the scene from one of her few favorite movies. “Alright, fucking stop doing that.” She rolled her eyes and shook her head, unable to believe she was about to agree to a dance. “You get ONE.” She held up a finger to push her point, the circle now disbanding, people muttering and booing about the lack of a dance off.

Shannon gasped quietly when he grabbed her hand and pulled her close, not leaving much of a gap as their bodies came together. She rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to protest that this wasn’t the type of song you danced to like this, but the current song ended, and a slow country jam came on. She frowned, not familiar with Country, and she definitely didn’t know there were slow country songs. “I’m thinking about it still.” She threatened as she narrowed her eyes at him, forcing her beating heart to slow down, he wasn’t worth getting crazy over. She didn’t know what to do with her hands at first, but as she eyed the other couples that had joined them on the dance floor and grimaced the girls wrapping their arms around the guys neck. She turned back to Reed and placed her hands on his forearm instead, though had to work very hard not to squeeze his biceps.

Shannon felt goosebumps grow along her arms when he started humming, her fingers curling slightly into his skin. She rolled her eyes when he said he wasn’t that bad, and while she thought back to the bonfire, and the cliff jump, there wasn’t much she hated about him. Still, she wasn’t going to act like it didn’t bother her. “All I want is to be left alone, you being around me sort of defeats that purpose.” She informed him, gasping slightly when he immediately took her hand and spun her before pulling her back. Instinct had her pushing against his chest to keep herself from being inches away from him. Her face was flushed, her heart was racing, and she hated that she enjoyed it.

Shannon raised an eyebrow at Reed, wondering if he worked this hard for other girls, “You could just ignore me,” She pointed out, though she was beginning to realize that was probably not going to happen. The universe, and apparently Reed, both had the idea they couldn’t leave her be. She didn’t know the artist he spoke about, nor did she recognize the song. “I don’t really listen to country.” Granted she didn’t really have a specific genre, mostly listening to songs that fit her mood, though country wasn’t really a genre she cared about.

The song felt unbearably long to Shannon, and she waited with anticipation for the final notes to sound. She blew a breath out up towards her bangs, feeling like this was going to be tough living at this school if she had to avoid this guy, but the alternative was her mom possibly getting rid of Hades and shipping her off somewhere worse. “Good for you,” She muttered as she heard the song fade, and the next song came on. “Times up, I gave you one dance.” She said, trying to push him away.

Shannon didn’t know why she expected him to just let her go, he was just as stubborn as she was finding out, and part of her liked having someone that didn’t just grind up on her. She gasped again when he spun her, still feeling shocked that he knew what he was doing but put her hand on his chest again when he pulled her close. She rolled her eyes, “That’s not how that works.” She stated, but didn’t pull away or stop, and knew he’d say something about it.

“I’m pretty sure that’s how the world works,” Shannon stated with another roll of her eyes, wondering what she could do instead of dancing now that he ruined it. She could find Kinley, and head into town to the club, but she hadn’t been in the mood to deal with Kinley. Now though, she’d rather waste time listening to Kinley talk nonsense than dance with Reed. Her eyes dropped to his feet when he shuffled them around, wondering where he learned to dance, “What the hell was that.” She stated more than asked, partially hoping if she was mean enough he’d get the picture.

The image of that Spongebob meme popped into her mind and she had enough intelligence to not say it out loud. She still said it in her head, one corner of her lips curling into a smirk at how stupid but funny that meme was. “Sure, go ahead and assume you do.” She wasn’t going to admit that he did have some good footwork, especially when he pulled out moves like he already had. Before either of them could say anything else, there was someone yelling, and someone knocked into her. This resulted in her being pushed into Reed, which caused him to stumble backward, tripping over someone’s feet, and before anyone could do anything to stop it, Shannon found her and Reed on the floor, with her on top. “Fucking assholes.” She muttered, struggling to stand with people continuing to move around and tripping over their legs.

She reluctantly allowed him to help her up, and promptly checked herself over, and only found a possible bruise or two, but nothing broken. “I’m fine.” She grumbled before pushing her way off the dance floor, suddenly over the crowd. She stopped a few steps away from the edge, looking around for the exit or something else, but what else was there at this stupid thing. She saw dancing and that’s all she needed to know, she even walked past the check-in booth behind a huge group of kids to avoid it. A goodie bag? Probably just stupid unnecessary junk they thought you might need at a boarding school, and she wasn’t about to get bogged down by it all. She grimaced at the sight of the obstacle course to her left, so she turned to her right. A movie, but what movie was it. If it was decent, she might consider staying.

Shannon wasn’t sure why she felt the hairs on her neck stand up, though it wasn’t the creepy feeling that slithered down her back this time. She wasn’t sure what it was, but seconds later she got her answer, she couldn’t believe he followed her. She narrowed her eyes at the movie, the bean bags, noticing several couples lounging in a few. She grimaced, Hocus Pocus wasn’t worth the sickening site, so she turned towards the exit, not sure what to do now, but she’d figure something out. Otherwise, it as bed, with a book. She didn’t acknowledge Reed, not wanting to encourage, but she figured he would bother her regardless of what she did.

Shannon rolled her eyes when he mentioned the blonde one being his favorite. “Good for you, I’m sure one of these girls will dress up like her for Halloween.” She wasn’t sure how she could lose him without heading back to her dorm, and she just wasn’t’ ready to give the night up just yet. She stopped once more when she reached the part of the path that branched off, one going back to the dorms, one headed for the parking lot, and the last one led down to the barn. “You can go back to the event. I don’t need an escort.” She crossed her arms over her chest as she glared at Reed, wishing he’d just leave already, since to her it was inevitable.

“A middle finger,” Shannon said without even thinking, without stopping herself from responding to him. It was like he flipped a switch in her brain that had her lips loosening and her brain unable to do anything other than watch. He seemed to be enjoying it though, making her curse herself for responding, and try better not to. “Not for me.” She mumbled before taking the pathway to the left, passing Reed on her way down to the barn. If he was going to annoy her the rest of the night, she might as well take care of Hades.