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A/N: Wow! Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I got several suggestions for Amelia's song...
in fact, so many that it was really hard to choose just one, but I finally managed to. Also, sorry this
is so late, but school hasn't been nearly as easy as it was supposed to be. Anyway, on with the
chapter...
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Disclaimer: Don't own it, etc., etc...
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Lina hopped off the stage, grinning. "Heh heh, beat THAT!"
Zelgadis sighed, then turned to Amelia again. "You're our last hope, Amelia. Make it count."
Amelia looked at him confusedly, but nodded and made her way up to the stage. As she climbed 
onto the stage, she thought about how forlorn Zelgadis had been of late, even for him. 
That's when she realized just what song to sing. Smiling, she waited while the music cued up...

~~~Drop that long face!~~~
~~~Come on, have your fling!~~~
~~~Why keep nursing the blues?~~~

Zelgadis turned several shades of red as Lina gave him a knowing look.

~~~If you want this old world on a string~~~

"Aw, what's wrong, Zel? You're not BLUSHING, are you?" Lina teased him. Zelgadis grumbled 
something incomprehensible in response.

~~~Put on your dancing shoes~~~
~~~Stop wasting time~~~
~~~Put on your dancing shoes~~~
~~~Watch your spirits climb!~~~

"Of all the songs in the world, she just had to pick this one, didn't she?" Zelgadis muttered under his
breath while Lina and Xelloss struggled to get him into the tap shoes that Xelloss had produced from 
nowhere.

~~~Shall we dance,~~~
~~~Or keep on moping?~~~

"Yatta! That's one!" Lina grinned up at Zelgadis after declaring her victory of getting one of the shoes 
on him. He growled in response and cursed under his breath when he realized that someone had
paralyzed him from the neck down so that he couldn't try to take the shoe off.

~~~Shall we dance,~~~
~~~And walk on air?~~~

"And that's two," Xelloss added. Lina and Xelloss smirked at Zelgadis, then picked him up and quite literally 
threw him onstage. He landed face-first a couple of feet behind Amelia, who was doing her best not to 
giggle as she continued singing.

~~~Shall we give in~~~
~~~To despair,~~~
~~~Or shall we dance with never a care?~~~

"Ugh..." Zelgadis got to his feet, noticing that the paralysis spell had been lifted, but, to his dismay, he was 
dressed in a tuxedo along with the tap shoes. Before he had time to wonder just how they managed to
get him into the tux, though, Amelia grabbed him and started dancing while she sang.

~~~Life is short~~~
~~~We're growing older~~~

Zelgadis turned shades of red that should logically not be possible on someone with blue skin. He could
hear Lina and Xelloss laughing offstage while Filia chided them both. Nevertheless, he continued to dance
with Amelia, although he couldn't for the life of him figure out why.

~~~Don't you be~~~
~~~An alsoran~~~

Zelgadis thought with some brief amusement that Gourry must be quite confused as to just what an 
alsoran was, but he didn't have time to dwell on it as Amelia began the next line.

~~~You'd better dance, little lady!~~~
~~~Dance, little man!~~~

For the first time since being quite violently thrown onstage, Zelgadis looked down at Amelia, and couldn't
help but smile. He wasn't sure why, but he suddenly felt a warm feeling run through him.

~~~Dance whenever you can!~~~

Amelia stopped singing and smiled up at Zelgadis as they finished dancing through the rest of the song. 
"Feel any better?"
Zelgadis chuckled quietly. "Well, maybe a little...But Lina and Xelloss are still going to pay." Then, smirking,
he spun Amelia around, stopping her just as the song ended. They hopped off the stage together, and 
Zelgadis noted with relief that the tuxedo and tap shoes had been replaced with his regular garb. "Oh, yes,
they will pay for this," he whispered quietly so Amelia would not hear.
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