Love Planet

A/N: This is the 5th chapter! Finally right? Lol. Enjoy! ^_^

Ashton grabbed her duffel bag and looked at Dante.

"Bathroom?"

"Pass the door, down the hall and to the right." Dante pointed at the door to his apartment area.

Ashton nodded to him and Lady and quickly left to change.

As soon as Ashton went through the door Lady smacked Dante upside the head. "Ow! What the fuck is your problem woman?!" Dante snapped at her. "You know...I don't come over to your place and start shooting you and slapping you around."

Lady just scowled. "Shut up you womanizer. In case you didn't know; that girl really needed that money you were waving around at that stupid strip club."

Dante scowled back at her and shot back, "How the hell was I supposed to know she's poor?! I ain't some mind reader and she's just as guilty as I am! I asked her if she wanted to go ahead with it and she gave me the okay!"

Lady looked surprised. Ashton didn't tell her that. She wanted to be angry at the girl but she figured it was Dante's influence on the girl to make her respond like that. So she couldn't hate her. "Oh..." She said feeling pretty stupid.

"Yeah, so where is it?" Dante asked staring Lady down. She looked back at him with a confused face. "Where's what?"

"Don't act stupid. I want to hear you say it." Dante folded his arms and raised an eyebrow. Lady immediately got it. "I know you don't want an apology...right?"

"I'm waiting Lady."

She sighed and said the two words she absolutely hated telling Dante. "I'm...Sorry." She gritted her teeth at the smug smile Dante gave her.

"Was that so bad?" he asked still smiling. "Like pulling teeth..." She muttered. Dante laughed and looked up at Ashton who finally reappeared.

She was wearing a black leotard, flesh colored tights, a pair of worn black short shorts, blue leg warmers, and on her feet was a pair of somewhat new looking pointe shoes. She looked so long and lean and graceful; Dante couldn't believe that she was the same sexy stripper at Love Planet.

"Would you look at that..." Lady said looking at her. Ashton looked like the real deal. She looked at the two staring at her. "What? This is what I usually wear during class."

Lady looked at Ashton's feet and stared. "You dance en pointe?"

"Been doing Ballet en pointe since I was 14. I do more than just ballet. I dance lyrical, jazz, and I can do some rhythmic gymnastics."

Lady looked impressed.

"I gotta stretch, okay?" Ashton said with a slight smile. She looked around the place.

"Hey Dante do you have anything just about hip level for someone my height?" She asked looking at Dante who was clearing his throat and quickly looking away from her. He pointed over to his desk and she nodded before making her way over to it. The large desk was just at her hip which was perfect for her.

Ashton stood up straight with her left side to the desk. She then lifted her right leg and placed it onto the desk before leaning over to place her nose to her knee. Her left leg was completely straight and she didn't seem to be in pain as she stayed in that position for a good 30 seconds. She then switch sides and did the same for her other leg which also took another 30 seconds of her breathing deeply in and out as she held the position.

Dante took a seat at his couch and watched Ashton. Lady quickly moved to Dante's chair behind his desk and sat down to get a better look at what Ashton was doing. Ashton rose up and moved to the middle of the area. She then laid down onto her back and positioned herself on the floor.

Dante's eyebrow quirked as she pulled her leg all the way up until she was doing a split. Her foot was nearly touching the floor under her. Her other leg was like always very straight. She did it for the 30 seconds and switched legs. Another 30 seconds passed and she sat up so that she can lean over to touch her toes.

'Okay...so she's flexible...' Lady thought watching Ashton get up from the 30 seconds of her forehead being pressed against her knees and made her way to a wall. She lifted her leg and pushed her body so that she was doing a split against the wall. Her back and leg was straight and she didn't even look like she was straining. She did it for the allotted 30 seconds, switched legs and did it again for another 30 seconds. 'Damn...She's really flexible.'

"Does that hurt?"

Ashton looked at Dante who seemed to have been enjoying her little stretch segment. "Nah. I'm used to it." She rolled her head around and rolled her shoulders around as well. "The flooring isn't too bad for me to dance on..." She said moving to large empty space in the middle of the large room.


Lady slid next to Dante on the couch and poked his side. "She seems to be the real deal."

Dante shrugged. "Yeah...seems."

"So what do you want to see? Some Pirouettes? How about a grand jete? Or I'll just show you all my advanced moves like a tutorial."

Lady looked excited. She had never got a chance to ever see a real ballerina before and had always liked ballet. "Okay! Lady, go into my bag and pull out the small CD case in there. Pick whatever CD you want me to dance to." Ashton clapped her hands sharply and Lady quickly got up and rushed to the bathroom.

Dante sat there with his arms folded. "So...do you teach dance too? Not that I'm too interested and whatever..."

Ashton rolled her eyes. "Yes I teach dance to kids. Every Monday and Wednesday for beginners; you know little kids and what not. And Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach intermediate ballet to the kids who graduated from the beginners level."

"Oh...well this better be awesome cause personally I think Ballet is for fags." Dante said leaning back into the couch.

Ashton rolled her eyes again and refrained from walking up to the man and smacking him for insulting her art.

"If it's for fags...then why are you so interested?" She could hardly keep the agitation out of her voice.

"It's gay when guys do it. When girls do it it's different." Dante replied back.

"Did you know that when Ballet was established a man was the first to master the dance?" Ashton raised her eyebrows and folded her arms.

"Well he was gay right?"

"Does it matter? He was amazing and influential. Definitely not like a certain white haired fellow I'm talking to right now." Ashton made a face at Dante.

He rolled his eyes. "Shut up."

"Make me." Ashton shot back.

"Oh you don't want that to happen. Because if I get to you...you'll be screaming." Dante said smugly.

"Yeah...in terror." Ashton scoffed. She was starting to get annoyed.

"I was thinking more the opposite." The same smug look on his face.

"Fuck you." She retorted.

"You wish." Dante felt like outright laughing at the girl in front of him. He felt a little pride swell in his chest. So the girl can dish it out.

Ashton was livid. She wanted to throttle Dante right then and there. So she did the next best thing. She cursed him in Spanish. It worked because Dante looked confused.

"What did you say to me?"

"Something that you can never counter." She leered at him.

"Bitch."

Ashton didn't lost a beat. "Puto."

Dante looked agitated. What the fuck was she calling him? He understood 'puto' but the hell did all that other stuff meant? Ashton looked snide and was fighting back a grin but her eyes glittered in humour.

"And I thought my arguments with Dante was bad. You two are acting like an old married couple."

Lady was walking in with a CD in her hand and a shit eating grin on her face.

Ashton looked up at Lady. "Well this tonto wanted to mess with me, and I am not one to be messed with. Tutu or not I'll kick his ass."

Lady let out a loud laugh. "Uh oh Dante. I wouldn't want your reputation to be tarnished by a tutu wearing ballerina."

Dante flipped Lady the bird and changed the subject rather quickly. "So what CD is that?"

Lady hit a switch on Dante's massive stereo system and a platter with 5 different CDs came out. "I've never seen Ballet done to rock."

Ashton stared at Lady. "Because Ballet isn't usually done to rock. Lyrical and contemporary is more suited for it. I can do both. Start out with ballet and ends with some contemporary."

"You didn't see the second disk in my hand Ashton." Lady help up a second disk. Ashton recognized it immediately.

"You like Tchaikovsky?" Ashton looked at her in surprise. She had figured the woman for metal and rock not classical.

Lady switched two of Dante's CD's with Ashton's and waited for all of them to be read by the music player. She then scanned through the CDs until disk number 5 came up. That was Ashton's.

She paused the music, grabbed Dante's remote for it, and rushed to the couch.

Ashton knew all the songs on all of her CDs and this one had a song that was going to determine her future in dance. Her dance school was hosting auditions for Swan Lake. Ashton was auditioning for the lead and had been practicing for weeks.

"Before you turn that on Lady I want you guys to know something. This song means a lot to me. I'm auditioning for the lead in Swan Lake in 3 weeks from now. If I get the part; it'll be my chance to show everyone how good of a dancer I am and hopefully get picked by a Ballet Company to dance for them. I will be doing the final act when Odette is condemned to be a swan forever."

Ashton got into position and nodded to Lady. "I'm ready." Dante looked at Ashton's face. She looked focused and confident. Exactly what a professional should look like.

Lady pressed play and the music came on.

Ashton was absolutely exquisite in her portrayal of Odette. The sadness radiated off of her through her moves. Every Pirouette, Grand Jete, line and extension was done gracefully and professionally. She did not need to tell them what happened to make her stay in swan form for eternity. They could feel it in the way she moved her arms and the way she moved her body. Her heart was broken and she felt betrayed.

Lady sat there trying very hard not to cry. She knew the story of Swan Lake and how The Prince was tricked by an Odette doppelganger created by the evil wizard who turned Odette into a swan. She glanced at Dante. He was chewing on his lower lip and was watching Ashton very intently. He had his hands on his knees and he was sitting up straight.

In Ashton's mind there was only two things. The music and herself. Every note that came from the cd went into her ear, into her brain, and she felt like it had gone into her soul. She didn't see Dante and Lady. She saw herself as Odette losing the man she loved.The man who was going to release her from her curse. The song was ending and so was her humanity. So she crumpled there, her leg extended out with the other one tucked in under her butt. She gracefully raised her hands up and slowly lowered them along with her upper body. The woman was gone. The swan remained. No happy ever after.

The cd stopped playing.

Dante was the first to stand up and clap as hard as possible. The girl was amazing. If she didn't get the lead, Dante would be the first one at that school to break some faces. Lady stood up as well and began to clap.

Ashton stood up and took in a deep breath before letting it out. She bowed to them and then grinned when they wouldn't stop clapping.

"Bravo!" Lady shouted as Dante whistled. "Damn girl, if you don't get the lead I swear I'll kill the judges at the audition!"

Ashton rolled her eyes but blushed lightly. "Was that a compliment?"

Dante looked to the side and made a face. "Yeah it was...but don't think I did it because I like you!"

Lady rushed up to Ashton and gave the girl a hug. "That was so sick, Ashton. I'll help Dante kill the judges if you don't get that part." Ashton hugged Lady back and let out a sigh.

"Now that you guys have seen what I can do...Why don't you all fill me in what what you two do for a living."

Dante and Lady looked at each other. Lady nodded. Dante sighed. "This could take a while. Why don't I order some Pizza and we can talk over 4 large pies." Ashton looked around. "What time is it?"

Lady pulled out her cell phone and glanced at the time. "It's almost 11." Ashton gasped. The dance had taken a lot longer than usual and she needed to call her mom. "Oh no! I have to call my mom!" She rushed over to Dante's desk, took the receiver off of the phone and began to dial her number. Lady made her way over to Ashton and sat on the desk beside her. Dante sat back down on the couch and watched Ashton. His level of respect for her had gone up tenfold. She was beautiful, smart, graceful, could match him in arguments and she had nice tits! What more could a man want? 'One of these days...I'll ask her out.' Dante thought to himself as his eyes scanned her body all the way up to her face. Dante didn't really like boy haircuts on girls (thought it made them look like dyke's) but it looked nice on her. She feminized the haircut with her long graceful neck and pretty heart shaped face.

Someone must have answered the phone because all of a sudden Ashton began talking in rapid Spanish into the phone. It was obviously her mother and from the way Ashton looked her mother wasn't too happy about her daughter being so late out. She then took the phone away from her ear. "She wants to talk to you, Lady." Lady looked surprised and took the phone from Ashton hesitantly.

"Hello?"

A woman with a slight Spanish accent began to speak. "Hello are you one Ashton's friends?"

"Uh, yes?"

"Good. Ashton told me that you are helping her with her upcoming audition. Make sure that she doesn't dance herself into a stupor. And make sure she eats something. She didn't eat when she left home this morning and I'm worried."

"Yes ma'am but I-"

"It's been a pleasure. Put Ashton back onto the phone, please."

"Yes uh the pleasure was all mine." Lady handed the phone back to Ashton. "She wants you again." Ashton took the phone and spoke into it. After a few beats her face split into a huge smile. Dante couldn't help but smile at the fact that she was smiling. Obviously she had gotten some good news.

"I love you mama, bye!" Ashton hung up the phone. "My mom said I can stay the night!"

Dante's smile turned into a perverted grin. 'Stay the night eh?'

Lady caught Dante's chesire cat like grin and decided to stomp on what ever perverted thoughts he had about Ashton. "I'm staying too."

The grin went away immediately and was followed up with a near audible groan and a roll of the eyes.

Ashton hopped over to where Dante was and landed right onto his lap. He was surprised by her sudden act of niceness and placed his hand onto her thigh lightly. Maybe dancing for her was her way of releasing anger and tension.

"This is the second time you've ended up in my lap tonight, darling."

"Does this mean that you'll pay for the 4 pies Lady is ordering right now?" Ashton looked into Dante's eyes. Once again she was almost sucked in by the intense icy blue. She shuddered lightly. Where the hell did he get eyes like that?

"If you give me a kiss I will." Dante grinned.

"Really?" Ashton gave him her most innocent look.

"Oh yeah. A nice one." Dante was practically salvating. Oh yes oh yes! Another kiss from Ashton!

Ashton took his face into her hands. "Close your eyes." Dante closed them and tilted his chin forward slightly. He was obviously expecting a kiss on the lips.

Ashton leaned forward slowly. Dante was full of anticipation. This was it! He swallowed audibly. "A kiss for a frog..." She kissed him on the cheek lightly. She could see the disappointment slowly forming on his face as she pulled away. 'Oh what the hell. Why not?' It wouldn't be the first time they kissed. She shuddered as she recalled their first kiss earlier that night. She had never been kissed like that by any guy. What if she didn't

"A kiss for a Prince." She kissed him ever so softly on the corner of his mouth and pulled away. He opened his eyes and tried to hide a goofy grin that was fighting to appear on his face. He wasn't winning. Ashton couldn't help it. She grinned too.

"Where's my wallet."

Ashton grinned and hopped off his lap.

Off to the side Lady looked like she wanted to gag.

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So what do you think? Did I do it justice? I love reviews! ^_^ Next chapter will be talking about Dante and Lady and going into some of Ashtons Rhythm Gymnastics. She'll be giving Lady some advice too!

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