“Come on. I know what you need to feel better,” Bent said. He pulled Sarah to her feet. They walked towards the back of the house to the kitchen.When they got there, they could see the other girls dancing. Like REALLY dancing. “Sarah!!! JOIN US!!!!” Elly called from the living room. She was jumping around on the carpet. They had pushed the living room couches apart so that there was a wide open space in the center. A workout video of a woman in an 80’s style leotard, was blasting throughout the room. “Move your legs now. Come on. You can do it. Don’t stop. You’re doing great!” the workout woman called. She wore heavy makeup and had a sweatband on her forehead.”Elly, my gawwwwd. Where did you even get this video????” Kimber yelled. She was trying to imitate the dancing woman. The group of background dancers on the television were now in the process of swinging their arms left and right. “Keep it up. You’re doing great!” the workout woman called. Elly laughed. She flailed her arms around, trying to copy the woman’s dance moves. “It’s my mom’s old videos. She got these like ages ago. Aren’t they hysterical? Look at those outdated gym outfits!!!” Layla grumbled as she tried to move her arms. “This is so hard!” she whined. Dalia seemed to be the only one who was actually following along with the workout woman. Her black and white skirt whipped around her as she jumped around and spun in circles. “What’s so hard about it?” Dalia called. “It’s so easy. You just do what she does.” The soccer captains, Dan and his buddy Chad, had gotten up from the couches. They started to jump around on the carpet, imitating the girls. “This hurts,” Chad said, attempting to bend over and touch his toes. Dan slapped Chad on the back. “That’s because you don’t have a hot girl a$$!” he jeered. Chad turned and grabbed Dan playfully around the neck. He put him in a chokehold. The two boys began to wrestle one another. Bent, who had been standing on the other side of the room in the kitchen, took a swig of his drink. Setting down his cup, he grinned at his soccer buddies, who rolled around on the floor.Bent spun back to face Sarah. He patted her shoulder. She continued to chug a cold cup of water he had gotten her from the fridge. After a few sips, she started to feel much, much better. “You better go take care of that,” Sarah said. She indicated her head towards the wrestling boys. Bent slapped his hands and rubbed them together excitedly. With a wink to Sarah, he took a step back, and then flipped backwards over the row of girls dancing to the workout video. He landed with a thump on his two soccer friends. “JEEZZZUSSSS CHRIIIISSSST, PRIIIINCE!” the soccer captains hollered. The two boys lay flattened on the carpet. Bent sat on top of them, grinning like a madman. “Bent, are you playing nice?” Elly called. She continued to work out with the woman in the video.”NOPE!” Bent yelled. He dug his elbows into the sides of the boys on the carpet. “NOOOOO FAAAAAAIIIIIR!” the guys yelled under him.Sarah started to laugh now. Really laugh. The cold water was doing wonders for her mood. She put down her cup and joined the girls in the living room. She threw her hands up above her head and started to dance. “Look at you go! Now you’re moving!” the woman in the video called. The cover of the movie showed the title, Workout With Linda. “Keep going. Don’t stop now. You’re doing great!” Linda called from the television screen. The group of girls began to twist from side to side, following Linda and her 80’s style leotard-wearing workout class. Bent had finally released his buddies. The three boys began to dance around the girls. Each took a girl’s hand and began to spin her around in circles on the carpet. Bent caught Sarah around her hips. He lifted her high into the air. “Touch the ceiling!” he called. Sarah flung her arms out and was just able to brush the tips of her fingers on the high ceiling. Bent threw her into the air, and she fell down gracefully into his arms. Elly and the other girls clapped wildly. “That was AMAZING!” Layla screamed. “Can you do that to me?” Sarah, heady with adrenaline, allowed herself to be picked up and spun around by Dan. Layla shrieked happily as Bent flung her up into the air, catching her easily on the drop. Trish was jumping up and down on the couch cushions. She suddenly raised her arms and waved to everyone on the floor. “Guys! Let’s head out to the POOL!!!!! I want to go SWIMMING!!!!”