Nutty For You

Chapter 1:

“Sheridan I can’t be with you” Luis looked at Sheridan sadly, tears threatening his demeanor. “Why the hell not Luis?” Sheridan didn’t bother to hide her tears as she flopped down on the chair in his office. “Because Sheridan, it’s too complicated and there are too many things in our way” He looked tired as if he’d been trying to fix this for hours in his head. “Luis, if you love me then it would be worth it to overcome all of the things to keep us from being together.” She was exasperated from arguing her point. “Sheridan all Im saying is that it will take a lot to convince me that we can do it. I love you and I want to be with you but I just don’t realistically see it happening” he kissed her softly on the lips.

“Will you be my date to the dance still?” she asked hopefully referring to the Youth Center’s Last Summer Fling dance later that week. “Yes I will! I love you Sheridan” he smiled. “I love you too Luis and I will find a way to convince you that we can be together no matter what. I gotta go” She bounded out of the youth center, looking for Theresa, Whitney, and Gwen. She walked into the book café and spotted Theresa and Whitney whispering and Gwen looking at a bridal magazine. She walked over to Gwen. “Gwen I need you to come here” She followed Sheridan to Theresa and Gwen who immediately stopped whispering.

“Hey Sheridan, what’s up?” Whitney asked. “I need all of you three to help me out with something” She had a wishful look on her face. Her eyes were begging. “What do you need us to do?” Gwen asked. “Well I guess I have to explain a few things first.” She sat and they all followed suit. “ Luis and I have been seeing each other pretty seriously for the past month or so and now he wants to break it off because, and I quote what he said a few days ago and today ‘it’s too complicated and there are too many things in our way’ and also he said he was worried about the Cranes and not being able to give me the life I deserved. I have to convince him we can overcome all of that and I have 3 days to prepare what I have in mind. Are you all in?” Everyone sat and stared in utter amazement. “IN” all three chorused at the same time. “Great! Now all I have to do is make one call...be right back” she picked up the phone and walked away.

_-5 minutes later-_

“Ok guys great! Meet me at the Warehouse Dance Theater tomorrow morning at 9:00 am. Wear pants and tank tops and tennis shoes! Hair up please” she said smiling, off to buy a CD Everyone else dispersed to go get their stuff ready for tomorrow, none knowing what they had let their blonde friend talk them into. _-Next Day at Theater-_ Sheridan walked into the large 6th story studio she had rented for the day. With its wood paneled floors and full length mirror walls she got a sense of excitement for her plan. The door opened and Gwen ambled in looking sleepy and holding a VERY tall Latte then a chipper Theresa and serene Whitney. All were dressed respectfully and Sheridan was definitely the most prepared in the group.

Her hair tied back in a bandanna and wearing black pants, Nike sneakers and a blue belly tank top that had jewels in the shape of the superman emblem she welcomed the others and told them to stretch and watch her as she displayed the dance she had choreographed the night before. They all watched in awe as she did the dance worthy of MTV. “Where did you learn to do that Sheridan?” Theresa asked. “Here and there, but I guess now I should let you all in on the plan...” she said a mischievous glint in her eye. They all shook their heads yes. She sat down next to them and told them about the plan.....

To Be Continued...

Chapter 2:

After a day of teaching and learning the steps Sheridan decided step one was complete and she was damn proud of herself and her dancers. “Dinner, girls?” they all said yes and headed off to the pizza parlor exhausted but better friends from the experience and giggling at the originality of Sheridan. Once seated in the parlor Sheridan expelled a sigh and took a sip of her iced tea. “What Sheridan?” Theresa asked, brows creasing at the apprehensive look on her face. Then Theresa relaxed as Sheridan broke out smiling “Phase two!” They all rolled their eyes.

“More of that?” Gwen asked referring to the grueling rehearsal they had earlier. “No. Tomorrow meet me at Harmony Recording Studio. Room one” Then their vegetarian pizza came. They were all chowing down when there was a noise from the door and a corner of the bar. Sheridan glanced away from her plate to see a few middle school girls ooh-ing and ah-ing at some guys who had walked in. Sheridan pointed and they waited for the 5 guys to turn. When they did turn Sheridan got up and Gwen Theresa and Whit followed. Sheridan led them to the guys and put a hand on Luis’s face and kissed him full out on the lips. He responded and just as she felt his tongue on her lips she pulled back. Ethan Bennett, Chad, and Rourke just laughed until their girlfriends did the same thing.

Theresa laid into Ethan, Whit to Chad and Gwen kissed Rourke. Then they all turned with a word and headed to their pizza. Not very soon after the middle school showed up at their table. The leader, a tall blonde with long hair and blue eyes glared Sheridan down. “Hey! We saw those guys first! We got dibs on them!”the little girl fussed. “Especially the first one!” she added in a dreamy tone. Sheridan whispered something to Theresa who passed it to Gwen who shook her smiling and passed it to Whitney who laughed. “Well sweetie” Sheridan said softly “those are OUR boyfriends but since you like them so much we might be inclined to share. So pick your guy from our guys and lets get you a kiss.”

Sheridan smiled. She felt just brilliant! The ideas didn’t stop this week. The little girls huddled and then the first one spoke. “Ok I get the first one!” the girl said. Sheridan extended her hand. “He’s mine, so follow me. What about the rest of you?” A doe eyed girl in pink with long dark hair said “I want the blonde one in the sweater” Theresa stood up and put a hand on the girls shoulder. “I want the fly guy in the phat necklace with the headphones” she pointed. Whitney stood and smiled at the girls teal tennis skirt. That left the other blonde with too much lip gloss and stick thin dishwater blonde hair. “I want the brown haired one in the red jacket.”

Gwen took her hand and they all headed over to the guys table, who were talking about the camping trip they were going to go on after the dance. “Ahem” Rourke said alerting the guys that their women were standing near them. “What’s up babe?” Luis asked Sheridan, noticing that each of them was holding the hand of a girl who looked eerily like he suspected younger versions would look. “It seems when we kissed earlier, some other girls here had seen you first and now they want their kisses too” She grinned wickedly at Luis. “You gotta be kidding” Ethan piped in. “Not at all hon!” Theresa laughed. Chad rolled his eyes pleading with Whit who mocked his look sarcastically. Rourke just looked plain confused. All the little girls went to the guy they liked.

Each girl got her kiss on the cheek except the one who looked like Sheridan. She stood there staring at Luis until one of her friends pushed her forward, shaking her from whatever trance she was in. As Luis leaned down to kiss her precious little cheek she snapped into flirt mode and looked up just as he was ready to kiss her and she planted her lips on his. He jumped back, eyes wide was shock. This kid was what, 13, and what the hell possessed her to... “Call me, hunk” she winked and then all her friends and her ran out of the parlor laughing.

Luis ran a hand over his mouth. Ick. Sheridan had ruined him for life. She was the only woman he wanted to kiss. Sheridan and her posse paid their bill and started to leave when as if she remembered something Sheridan darted to Luis table and planted a passionate kiss on his lips. “Call me, stud” she winked and her and her friends ran out of the parlor giggling. What did she have up her sleeve?

To Be Continued...

Chapter 3:

Practically everyone in Harmony was wondering why Theresa Gwen Whitney and Sheridan were doing having lunch sent in to various private sessions, having dinner together and making spectacles like at the pizza place. There was plenty of speculation about how odd they were acting and Whitney told Sheridan so the next in the recording studio. “All right! Then they’ll all be super impressed when they see what we’ve done! And all for the good officer!” They laughed and began their day in That studio, doing something totally different than the day before.

Once again the experience bonded them and Sheridan led them out to dinner. This time she said they should all go home and dress up and meet her at the seascape to plan phase 3 to be pulled off tomorrow, along with scheduling a HUGE practice before dropping the bomb on Luis.

_-_-_AT SEASCAPE_-_-_

Sheridan showed up last wearing a short black strapless mini dress with a grey sweater tied around her shoulders and strappy sandals. Theresa was wearing a red tube dress with beads and Whitney had on the same dress in blue green. Gwen had on brown suede suit that Sheridan thought was just a bit distasteful but hey...whatever works. They sat down and ordered salads and Sheridan told them to meet her at the cottage the next day 3 hours before the dance to pick up their surprises. Everyone chatted and giggled and were expectant of tomorrow night and the dance where they would rock Harmony to it’s conventional quaint core. Sheridan left first wanting to catch up on sleep and finish their surprises.

_-_-_COTTAGE_-_-_

Sheridan sat Indian style in the floor of the cottage each overstuffed chair and the couch cluttered with the baskets for Gwen Theresa and Whitney. Then there were the contents of hers in her room. She sighed and fell asleep, thinking about how Luis would react...this HAD to convince him to stay with her. It had to! They had all worked too hard for it not to. She dreamed of the scene until a loud knock shook her. Looking up she realized she’d spent the night in the floor. And it was 3:00! Whoa! She thought scooting to the door and standing to open it.

As expected it was Theresa Gwen and Whit. “Hey guys come in. Gwen, left wing chair, Theresa right wing chair and Whitney couch....” They went and saw their baskets. “Oh! This is SO sweet!” Theresa swooned. “Sweet, maybe. But necessary! This is what you’ll be wearing tonight and it’ll take all 3 hours to put on what’s in the bag.” She pointed to a bag near Whitney’s basket. They all opened their bags and were amazed at what Sheridan had chosen. It wasn’t quite her style (they didn’t think) But more like that of Christina Aigulera’s but they all wondered what could possible 3 hours to put on.

“Sheridan what’s in the bag?” Gwen asked. Sheridan smiled widely remembering why she was up so late doing the baskets. Because it had taken HER an hour and a half to do her own. She pulled up the red t-shirt she was wearing just above her belly button revealing a design of flowers and vines painted on her stomach and outlined in tiny jewels of different colors of green. Gwen gasped. “You’ll wear normal clothes to the dance to hide these” sheridan pointed to her bejeweled torso “And change before the ‘surprise’” Theresa and Whitney and Gwen all pulled their shirts up and tied them a little higher than where Sheridan’s was.

As they put a big sunshine around gwen’s belly with cascading rays of red Whitney dug through her bag for the appropriate beads to cover her own stomach. Theresa helped Sheridan on Gwen and looked at Whitney who smiled. She was being normal for once! Whitney had a blue and silver design on her’s and then came Theresa, who ended up pulling her shirt off so they could put a line of pink and yellow jewels straight down her. They took their costumes and headed to the youth center.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 4:

The dance was beautiful and Sheridan eyed the gym carefully looking for Luis. When he saw her he smiled and walked over. He took her in his arms and kissed her hard. She licked her lips when the kiss was finished, smiling. “Yummy! I have a surprise for you later officer...And if you still don’t want to make us work after that, then I guess it’ll be over.” She arched an eyebrow, and Luis looked at his feet upset he couldn’t give her the life she deserved. She didn’t know it but close to nothing would change that fact. Everything came to life as Chad spun the tunes and people danced, filling up the gym with laughter and love.

All the while 4 girls had their minds on the stroke of 10:00 p.m. Sheridan and Luis were dancing slowly, his hands a little lower than she would have liked the kids to see. At 9:45 she broke free of his arms and walked out of the dance. Luis was confused but didn’t follow. Whitney Gwen and Theresa snuck out unnoticed moments later, and the song ended leaving Rourke Luis Ethan dateless. Chad dimmed the lights leaving the middle of the gym lit up. “Aight ya ’ll this here is a little surprise for someone in this room, but I’d say ‘bout half uh Harmon’s gonna be shocked. So without further ado... ladies...”

The music pumped and Sheridan walked in the gym first looking flirtatiously hot in a pair of tight low slung lime leather pants and a jeweled T-Shirt way up high, revealing that belly of hers, painted and sparkling. Then came Gwen wearing red shorts and a red ballet neck shirt with yellow twirls, matching her sunshine on her stomach. Theresa and Whitney followed, Theresa wearing a jumpsuit unzipped way low revealing corners of a yellow lace bra and a line of jewels and Whitney wearing a teal skirt and shimmering silver top. Then all at once they stomped 5 times and the music started. They were gyrating and dipping, kicking and turning and shaking in ways that elicited screams from the crowd.

Sheridan’s voice, like an angels, wafted throughout the room, hitting Luis like a ton of bricks, and suddenly, listening to the words, looking at the dance, he realized she had him good.

Hmm, he-he
Oh, hey
Doesn't matter (It doesn't matter)
Doesn't matter at all

Doesn't matter what your friends are telling you
Doesn't matter what my family's saying too
It just matters that I'm in love with you
It only matters that you love me too

It doesn't matter if they won't accept you
I'm accepting of you and the things you do
Just as long as it's you
Nobody but you, baby, baby
My love for you, unconditional love too
Gotta get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up and show you that it...

1 - Doesn't really matter what the eye is seeing
Cause I'm in love with the inner being
And it doesn't really matter what they believe
What matters to me is you're in love with me
Doesn't really matter what the eye is seeing
Cause I'm in love with the inner being
And it doesn't really matter what they believe
What matters to me is you're nutty-nutty-nutty for me

2 - (You're so kind)
Just what I asked for, you're so loving and kind
(And you're mine)
And I can't believe you're mine

Doesn't matter if you're feeling insecure
Doesn't matter if you're feeling so unsure
Cause I'll take away the doubt within your heart
And show that my love will never hurt or harm

Doesn't matter what the pain we go through
Doesn't matter if the money's gone too
Just as long as I'm with you
Nobody but you, baby, baby

You're love for me, unconditional I see
Gotta get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up and show you that it...

Doesn't really matter what the eye is seeing
Cause I'm in love with the inner being
And it doesn't really matter what they believe
What matters to me is you're in love with me

Doesn't really matter what the eye is seeing
Cause I'm in love with the inner being
And it doesn't really matter what they believe
What matters to me is you're nutty-nutty-nutty for me

(You're so kind)
Just what I asked for, you're so loving and kind
(And you're mine)
And I can't believe you're mine

Doesn't matter what they say
Cause you know I'm gonna love you anyway
Doesn't matter what they do
Cause my love will always be with you

My love for you unconditional love too
Gotta get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up and show you that
My love is true, and it's just for you, uh

Doesn't really matter what the eye is seeing
Cause I'm in love with the inner being
And it doesn't really matter what they believe
What matters to me is you're in love with me
Doesn't really matter what the eye is seeing
Cause I'm in love with the inner being
And it doesn't really matter what they believe
What matters to me is you're nutty-nutty-nutty for me

Nutty-nutty-nutty my love for you
I can't believe my dreams come true
I've finally found somebody whose heart is true
And best of all you love me to
And nutty-nutty-nutty my love for you
I can't believe my dreams come true
I've finally found somebody whose heart is true
And best of all you're nutty-nutty-nutty for me
3 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

Repeat 3 in background Nutty-nutty-nutty my love for you
I can't believe my dreams come true (He-he)
I've finally found somebody whose heart is true
And best of all you're nutty-nutty-nutty for me
Nutty-nutty-nutty my love for you
(I'm always doing that!)
I can't believe my dreams come true
I've finally found somebody whose heart is true
And best of all you're nutty-nutty-nutty for me

Large blasts of confetti shimmering fell all over the room and Sheridan walked over to Chad and picked up a microphone. “I bet you were ALL wondering who this was for. You wanna come up here Luis?” He stepped up looking sheepish, but triumphant. “Did this change your mind?” she asked, eyes glittering with hope. “Yeah it did, honey.” He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

People were clapping, some crying at the sweet embrace. He smiled down on her, tears touching his own eyes, and kissed her deeply, but restricted. Those who were clapping were now screaming and making catcalls and those who were crying were laughing and crying at the same time. Sheridan reached up to Luis to deepen their kiss and she dropped the microphone, the thud echoing and the feedback screeching in their ears. She came back to reality and held Luis’s hand. “I love you Luis. No matter what” She said looking into his eyes “No matter who” he continued. “No matter why or where” He smiled and she spoke again. “It worked!” she said, mostly to Theresa Whit and Gwen, who were all with their men by now.

They came back to take a bow with Sheridan. After the excitement died down, a slow song came on. Everyone moved away from Sheridan and Luis to dance, but Chad didn’t move the spotlight. Pretty soon Sheridan and Luis were dancing in it, circled by people. I love the way you speak, And I love the way you swear, I love the way you walk in with your head held in the air. I love the way your words move, I love the way you drive, I love the way your scared of people, Scared to be alive. Stay, yeah yeah yeah, stay you oooh, And that's the toughest thing to do.

And I love the way you dress up on Saturday night, I love the you never speak until it feels just right, I love the way you spend all your money on yourself, I love the way you answer your phone, pretend your someone else. Stay, yeah yeah yeah, stay you oooh, And that's the toughest thing to do. Stay, yeah yeah yeah, stay you oooh, And that's the toughest thing to do. Now I don't wanna talk about the things you overcame, By dragging out th past, put you through it all again, I've got the greatest admiration for they way you got through it, Could not ask nobody else to do better than you do it. Stay, yeah yeah yeah, stay you oooh, That's the thoughest thing to do.

Stay, yeah yeah yeah, stay you oooh, Now that's the toughest thing to do “I’m nutty for you, Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald” Sheridan sighed against his chest. “And Im nuttier for you. You really DID do a great job tonight... not to mention you look incredibly sexy” He ran his hands down her back.

“Thank you, but I’d really enjoy getting out of this outfit and taking off these” she pointed to her stomach. “Can I help? I mean help you get out of that outfit?” He raised an eyebrow suggestively. “Sure thing officer...then we can order pizza watch a movie and cuddle” She deliberately ignored his insinuation. ‘Gee’ she thought ‘these fan fic writers sure keep me and Luis busy....so i’m goin to stop it for a page or two’ “Good idea!” he enthused taking her hand, and as the left the dance a sweet argument could be heard between them...”Which movie?”

THE END