“Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose.”
~Frank Tyger
-Wednesday, February 2nd. 8:40am.
Blake drives his new SUV Max into the parking lot. He was searching for an empty space to pull up when his eyes falls on a familiar brunette walking out of the parking lot. He quickly poke his head out of the car window to be sure it was her.
"Hey, Demon Girl!" He call out. A couple of girls so their towards him but resume their business when they discover it's not then Blake called out for.
The brunette twirl around, her eyes meets Blake's.
"M-me?" Chandelier stutter
Blake quickly pull up in an empty parking space and turn off his car ignition. He hoop out of the car and advance towards Chandelier.
"Demon Girl huh?" She arch an eyebrow, as it occur to her that he probably wanna ask about Allison.
"Uh, I am uh, sorry. I..."
"Forgot my name" She complete the sentence for him.
He let out an uneasy smile and run his finger through his hair. Chandelier hold back a tempting laugh. She see the effect of her taunt on him and he is so nervous, maybe he's not very good at conversing with women.
"I was just teasing" she snicker. "I'm Chandelier by the ways"
"Right Chandelier. I'm sorry to bother you this morning but I was uh, wondering if uhm, have you seen Allison? The last time I saw you two, she said she is a Demon Girl. But uh, I didn't see her dance with Demon Girls at the game yesterday"
"Yeah, I'm sorry but she's out of the team. We had a re-audiction last week, and she didn't show up on time. I miss her so bad" Chandelier hiccup.
"Are you serious? I had no idea that happened. Have you heard from her since then?" He croak
"I called, but she barely picks up and never calls back" Chandelier mumble
"Did something happen to her? Is she okay?" He press on
"Each time I ask she always say she's fine. I don't know why she's tryna act tough, I mean, it's just awkward" she shrug
"Can you give me her number? I just want to check on her" he say groggily
Chandelier shrug her shoulders, "I don't know. I'll have to ask her first"
"That wouldn't be necessary" a voice say behind them.
They both snap their heads towards the voice, their eyes widen at the sight of Allison. Chandelier run to her and throw herself on her, hugging her tight. She laugh heartily and path Chandelier on her back.
"Allison, I missed you" Chandelier huff out
"I think I can say me too" Allison teased
"Hey" Blake greet, causing both girls to turn their attention to him.
"Hey Blake" Allison nod at him. "You asking after me huh?"
"Yeah, I didn't see you at the game yesterday. So I asked your friend and she told me you are out of the squad"
"Not anymore" Allison blurt
"What?" Chandelier gasp, "What are you talking about?"
"I said not anymore" Allison repeat in a high pitch
"So you're back on the squad?" Chandelier crease her brows
"Reinstated" Allison say proudly
"Wow? How did that happen?" Chandelier ask in surprise
"Well, let's just say I'm not done being a Demon Girl. And, we're getting late for rehearsal. I hate being late, I don't wanna ever be late again" Allison giggle
"You bet" Chandelier snicker
Allison turns to Blake, "We have rehearsals in a bit so we better get going"
"Yeah sure. Good to have you back" Blake smile at her
"Thank you"
Allison and Chandelier walks away from the parking lot. They head straight for the dressing room as they would be late if they delayed any further. Allison ignore a couple of eyes that focused on her as they walk down the hallways. The other Demon Girls are surprised to see Allison back as a Demon Girl. They just couldn't add up how it was possible.
"Can you feel the glares?" Chandelier whisper to Allison
"Yep. But I don't care. It's called rising above hate" Allison wink at her. "Now we better get dressed quickly and head to the dance arena, I don't wanna be late on my come back day"
"Okay" Chandelier nod.
They arrive at the dressing room, a couple of girls were there already. They stare at Allison with wide eyes. Allison just smirk but she didn't look back at the girls. She love the glares she's getting and she doesn't care if anyone thinks. As a matter of fact, she doesn't mind earning a couple of haters.
Allison and Chandelier goes to their separate locker and start to dress up.
"Allison right?" A soft voice ask
Allison turn to look at who's asking. "Yes?" She reply
"I'm Becky. I just thought, I mean you're back? I heard you didn't make it through re-audiction" Becky shrug
"Yeah that happened but, I guess there's always a second chance" Allison reply
Becky smile at her, "Good thing you're back. See you at the dance arena"
Allison nod at her. Becky leave the dressing room and head to the arena. Allison and Chandelier finish dressing up and leave too. They arrive at the dance room, the girls were warming up and getting ready to dance.
Katherine and Kim walks into the arena chatting, they are immediately followed by Elena. Kim is the first to see Allison talking to two girls. She furrow her eyebrows at them until she is convinced that is Allison.
She tap Katherine on the shoulder, "isn't that the girl that was cut out of Squad?"
Katherine follow the gaze of Kim and sees Allison standing at the far left of the hall. Katherine is agape at the sight of her. She wonder what how Allison is back to Demon Girls.
"I thought she was out of the Squad?" Elena blurt
"So did I" Kitherine said in between clenched teeth.
Katherine said nothing, she just glare at Allison. She hated Allison even more now. She searched the hall for Brittney, "Brittney has gotta have some explanations for this" she blurt, folding he hands across her chest
Brittney come in few minutes later. She barely walk into the Hall before Katherine raced towards her.
"How is it possible that Allison is back?" Katherine inquire
"Look Katherine, I was equally as surprised as you are when Mr Dwayne called me and asked that Allison should be reinstated" Brittney defend
"Mr Dwayne?" Katherine narrow her eyes, "That doesn't make any sense, he has no business with Demon Girls" Katherine whine
"Katherine, look around you. Mr Dwayne owns fifty percent of NY Demons and he is the Chief Executive Officer"
"I know that! But what I'm saying is it's not his job to reinstate a Demon Girl, it's your job" Katherine snarl
"Yes it is my job, which is why Mr Dwayne asked me to do it. What was I supposed to do, challenge him?? I'm just another one of his employees" Brittney snort and walk pass Katherine.
Elena walks up to Katherine, "what did she say?" She ask
"Mr Dwayne asked that Allison be reinstated back to Demon Girls" Katherine reply abruptly
"Mr Dwayne?" Elena ask agape. "I don't know why I don't trust that girl. Something is off with her"
"I know girls like that, I've seen them way too many times. Over ambitious girls are always driven by a story they don't like to share. And maybe I should look into her past. Nothing destroys a girl more than her own past." Katherine say mischievously
Brittney goes up to the podium and faces the girls, "Okay listen up" she draws everyone's attention. "Today, I will be participating in your choreography routine. I'm not dancing with you for the next game, I'm only teaching you a routine Elena and I perfected" Brittney ricochet.
The girls squeal and applaud Brittney as they are excited to see her dance for the first time. Elena goes to the dance floor and Brittney joins her. They start to take the routine step by step, as they teach the routine. All the girls paid attention and tried to get the routine right.
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Katherine hurries out of the dance arena into the hallway. She had been so mad throughout the rehearsals with the Demon Girls. For the first time ever, she didn't put in more effort in the dance routine. Even Brittney gave her little glares as she danced effortlessly.
She is still in her cheerleading uniform as she takes the elevator. The last thing she care about right now is going to the dressing room or taking off her cheerleading uniform.
On arriving at the last floor, where the offices of all NY Demons officials is located. She goes straight to her fiance's office, Chase Anderson.
Chase is a member of the board of directors, and he owns 20 percent of NY Demons.
Katherine almost pushed Chase's office door open, but giving it a second thought, she stop herself from doing so.
He may be my fiance but I still gotta knock on the door before I go in, She thought.
She takes a deep breath to shake off her anger, then she knocks on the door.
"It's open" Chase's voice chirp
Katherine hold the door knob, giving it a small turn, she open the door. She walks in and settle herself on one of the chairs in the office, throwing her handbag on the other.
Chase smirk at the sight of his fiancee being mad. He always think that she's sexy when she's mad over something.
"You don't look happy" he point out, "What's the matter?"
She let out a deep breath. "I just wasn't feeling today's rehearsal" she say under her breath.
"Yeah?" Chase question
She fold her hands across her chest with a sigh. "I hate competitions" she blurt
Chase manage to hold back a threatening laugh. He knows better than to make jest when Katherine is mad. Instead he gets up from his seat and walk around the table. He place a soft kiss on her lip, and then sits besides her.
"Babe, I can't imagine you having a competition in Demon Girls. Even if you do have a competition, they usually never last in the Squad" he say calmly
"I know" she snap, "I already got rid of this one last week but, but, she just showed up for rehearsal today out of the blue. Why do you think I'm mad right now!"
"She just showed up?" Chase repeats, furrowing his brows in confusion.
Katherine grunt in frustration. "Yes, she just showed up" she groan. "I asked Brittney what happened, do you know she said?"
Chase shake his head with a shrug.
"What was I supposed to do when Mr Dwayne asked me to reinstate Allison, challenge him? I'm just another one of his employees" Katherine mimics Brittney.
"Hmm" Chase hum.
"Can you believe her?!" Katherine nag, "You know when you and I take over ownership of NY Demons, while everyone is still surprised how we did it, the first thing I'm gonna do is fire Britney's dumbass from my Squad. I can't deal with her, gosh she's so sluggish"
"I'm just trying to understand what is Mr Dwayne's business with Demon Girls? He should have better businesses to handle"
"My thought exactly! It doesn't make any sense, well except he's up to something, and we have to get ahead of whatever he's up to"
"Or maybe this wasn't Mr Dwayne's doing" Chase blurt
"How do you mean?" She scowl
"You said you got rid of this Allison girl last week right?" Chase ask. Katherine nod in reply. "So what if she wanted to come back to the Squad, and she probably went to Mr Dwayne for help. I mean it's possible she blackmailed him to ask Brittney to reinstate her" Chase reason
"You have a point but I don't think Allison has what it takes to blackmail Mr Dwayne. Maybe she seduced him" Katherine ricochet
"You're right. If that's the case, I doubt Mr Dwayne will fall for her. He's smart, he'll never sleep with a Demon Girl, right?" Chase say more like a question
"I don't know, and I don't care" she blurt. "All I know is I want Allison out of the Squad"
Chase thought for a while, "you know what? I think we're being less watchful of Mr Dwayne's moves. The man is unpredictable, and we can't afford to lose. If we're going to take over ownership of this NY Demons, then we need to be at alert. We need to know Mr Dwayne's every move, and we have to be careful so he doesn't know Mr Jean-Pierre is our double agent"
Katherine nod her head in accordance to Chase. "Yes, you're right. And I got your back" Katherine assure
Chase let out a small smile, "that's my girl"
He cup her cheek in his hands, closing the space between them, he press his lips against hers.
They kiss passionately. He take his hand under her crop top and grab her breast and squeeze it roughly. A silent moan escape her mouth.
He kiss her down to her neck. She throw her head back, hissing as she feel tingles run down her spine. He nib at her skin, placing wet kisses on her neck.
She hold his hand as if wanting to make him stop but she didn't actually put any effort to stop him. The pleasure has taken over her and even though she wants to stop him, she didn't want him to stop.
He capture her lips on his once again and kiss her affectionately. He reach for the hook of her bra, he is about to unclasp it when she grip his arms.
"Chase" she moan, "don't" she manage to say. Her eyes were pleading for more but her hands were stopping him from giving her more.
"What's wrong baby?" Chase rasp.
"Don't you you have a conference meeting in a bit?" She say breathlessly.
"Yes. But we can make this real quick" he capture her lip in a small kiss before she pull back.
"Keep your pants zipped Mr Chase Anderson, at least until we get home" she tease.
"Fine" he said throwing his hand in the air. "Until we get home" he wink at her.
She shake her head with a roll of the eyes. "Until we get home" she agrees
She pull him into a quick kiss. He kiss her back then she pulls back.
"I'm heading to my restaurant. Haven't been there for two days now. Gotta make sure those employees of mine are doing their jobs well" she say with a smile.
Chase nods. "Our conference won't be long. I'll come and meet you up afterwards. I want to have lunch at my beautiful fiancee's restaurant today"
She roll her eyes. "Whatever. Don't keep me waiting"
She picks up her handbag and turn to walk out of the office. Chase spank her ass as she walk pass him. She gasp and gave him a glare. He smirk at her and winks. She shake her head and chuckle as she leaves the office.