Waltzing

When had she gotten taler than him? He didn’t remember the day. It was before this day. Today, she was doing homework by herself. She had just gotten her hair clipped in one of those new styles. He remembered when all she wore was those cute little pigtales. He did miss those days.

"Gosalyn it is time you learned how to waltz."

"Really I thought it was 6 o’clock" she looks at her watch.

"Bebebh very funny. You should learn how to dance."

"I know how to dance."

"Not to music."

"Not to that stuff you call music. Please."

"Come on."

She sighed and shrugged her shoulders.

"Launchpad get in here."

"Yeah?"

"Here, you lead."

The song is "They can’t take that away from me"

"Okay. I’ll lead."

"I don’t know how to dance like this." LP said.

Gosalyn laughed.

"This is the tango. One two bum bum bum, Three four bum bum bum." He and Launchpad cut across their living room floor. Launchpad didn’t really seem to mind it. He spun Launchpad

"God I wish Morgana was here" when he dipped LP. "You can go LP." Gosalyn was dying laughing so hard.

"Come here young lady. Now it’s your turn."

"Why do I feel like I’m going to enter a death trap."

Drake cackled. He held out his hand to his daughter. "Prepare to meet your doom- I mean lets strat with something easy. A box step."

"I’m never going to be able to compete with Launchpad." She placed her arm around his shoulder.

Drake rolled his eyes. "You’ll thank me when you don’t have to play Wiffle boy at your wedding party instead of dancing." He placed his hands on her waist.

"This is so silly."

"Of course it’s silly, Gos. Why would everybody have so much fun doing it if it weren’t silly?"

"You have a point…even if it is on your head."

"Now swing your hips. That’s it and one two three and a four…" he lead her in a box, "That leg crosses… yep that’s it and one two three and a four Keep it up." Her legs were a little awkward with the crosses. Being in those braces. They were the kind that you could run in. But for such precise action like cross steps they would sieze up. He counted off and they spun very slowly across the room "and one two three and a four and one two three and-OWWW!"

She stepped on his toe.

"Sorry Dad."

"I’m teaching you four forms of Quack Fu and you can’t pull off a box step." He kind of limped on his bright red web.

"Well that doesn’t look so stupid." Gos rolled her eyes and crossed her feet crooked.

"It’s not stupid it’s graceful. Here dip." He dipped her and she fell over.

"A little warning." Gos said rubbing at her braces.

Drake shrugged. "I think we’ve had our lesson for today."

"Yeah, I suppose trying to keep up with me is a trial for an old guy like you."

"I resent that. I can outdo anything you can do."

"Well let’s try something different then." She tickled him.

He squealed, she laughed. He was so used to flipping her upside down, but now she was getting so tall he couldn’t think about that. So he put up a mock stance.

"Okay we’re sparring now huh?"

"I’m going to get you."

"Like to see you try, you young whipper snapper."

"Whipper snapper, you are getting old Mr. Mallard."

They laughed. She tried to get a grip on him and they tumbled down on the ground, laughing.