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The Electric Mayhem had created exactly three petitions stating that if they were to play the Valentines day party, they would get to choose the songs. In the end, the only song on their list Kermit could stand was "Nights in White Satin", so they ended up playing it a total of seven times while the happy couples danced on the square.
Neither Henry James or his date Alice seemed to notice. Both were preoccupied trying to keep a steady rhythm with the music, and since neither of them could dance, the proverbial trampling of each others' feet ensued.
"Let. Him. Lead." Mouthed Lonnie, dancing nearby in Scooter's arms. Alice smiled, shaking her head so that her curly locks came free. For a minute Lonnie was confused.
"She knows how to dance." Said Scooter as if he could read her mind when they were back out of earshot. "She just likes to have him teach her."
"I should have known. And I'm sure he enjoys teaching her."
"Well, I enjoyed teaching you." He acted as if he would kiss her on the cheek, but she was already gazing at Fozzie, watching the dancers nervously with his back against the wall.
"Why doesn't he just ask Jaz to dance?" She huffed sympathetically.
"Hm..? Oh, I dunno. Guess he's nervous."
"You should be a counselor Scooter."
He smiled at her sarcasm. "Well it's the truth. Poor Foz never was a ladies man."
Lonnie smirked at him. "And I suppose you are?"
He kissed her on the cheek. "Look who I'm dancing with!"
"Touche."
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Jaz sat alone in her dressing room, playing with her hair that she had just taken down. Putting on jewelry and taking it off. "Not like it matters anyway." She muttered to herself, finding a necklace that complemented her dress.
Outside she could hear Floyd picking up the verse for about the third time:
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Letters I've written, never meaning to send,
Beauty I've always missed with those eyes before,
Just what the truth is I can't say more...
She felt a tear trickle down her face. Peaking through a crack in the old wall, she could see all the couples spinning happily together. Twice she imagined she saw Fozzie with someone else. Someone prettier, she thought. Someone more ladylike. Someone other than me.
Suddenly she jumped as there was a knock on the door. Wiping her eyes, she opened it halfway.
"Flowers for miss Jaz Smith?" The delivery boy asked through the crack.
She nodded, confused. He handed her a box, and skipped off, eager to get to his own date somewhere. Jaz set it down on the bed, staring as if it would bite her. Then she ripped the lid off. Inside was the most beautiful bouquet of dark red roses she had ever lain eyes on. She picked them up, breathing them in deeply, and noticed a small card fall out.
With a shaking hand, she opened it.
Dear Jaz...
I found out you like these kind of roses and...I thought you should have them. I hope they make you happy, because that's what you do for other people. Your not like other girls, because all you really want is to have fun and invite everyone else along for the ride. I think your funny, and smart, and beautiful.
Hope I didn't embarrass you,
-Fozzie.
Her heart skipped a beat. Yes, he had signed his own name, with the cute little hat symbol over the "O". Outside the song's soft chorus was ending:
Cause' I love you, yes I love you,
Oh I love you, Oh how I love you...
She was in a daze as the walked back out into the part, her hair still down around her shoulders. Fozzie saw her coming and his eyes lit up with hope.
"Fozzie?" She asked.
"Uh...yeah?"
She grinned. Big. "Thanks."
He smiled too, relief flooding his face. "N-no, problem." He turned back to the dancers for a minute, swallowing hard. "Dance?" He managed.
She chuckled and teasingly smacked him on the arm. "Well it's about time!"
They twirled, a little awkwardly, but neither cared, to sound of the music:
Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going through they can't understand,
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end...
And I love you, yes I love you,
Oh I love you, oh how I love you...