"Ok guys, let's try that verse again," Tabitha ordered as the music came to an end.

"Poofu, your woman is a slave driver," Joey whispered to Lance as everyone got in their original places once again.

"I heard that, Joey," Tabitha commented from the front of the room.

"No offense, Tabs, but we need a break," Chris pointed out.

"You can have a break when you get this part right," Tabitha replied with a smile. She knew that she worked the guys hard, but they needed to work hard to make their performance perfect.

"Aaargh, I can't take it anymore," Chris remarked as he pretended to pass out on the floor. Tabitha just shook her head and started the music once more. Chris stood up just as the first strains of the song began.

As he danced and sang his parts (oh, I'm sorry, Lance doesn't sing any parts, my bad), Lance watched Tabitha leading them with perfect precision. He loved watching her dance because she never made a mistake and she moved with such grace and beauty. She always seemed to be in another world when she was dancing, but it never affected her performance.

"Lance," Tabitha called out sharply, interrupting his daydream. Lance realized that everyone else had stopped dancing and he was still going.

"Sorry, I got distracted for a minute," he apologized with a blush.

"Yeah, staring at your girl's ass," Justin laughed.

"OK, guys, let's take a fifteen minute break and then we'll try that part once more," Tabitha commanded. Chris and Justin mock saluted her and then dashed off to play video games.

Lance walked over to Tabitha and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Sorry, I messed up."

"It's no big deal, especially since you were "staring at my ass" as Justin so bluntly put it."

"That's not what I was doing. I was just watching you dance. I love watching you dance because you make it seem so easy."

"I guess that's because I took ballet lessons when I was younger. I've always loved dancing."

"And then you ended up with me, the complete dance reject," Lance joked.

"You're not a dance reject, you just need a little extra work, that's all. And I'm happy to work with you," Tabitha replied slyly. She kissed Lance on the lips and they were still kissing passionately when the other guys came back from their break.

"Go Lance!" Chris cheered. Tabitha and Lance ignored the comment and continued kissing.

"Why don't you two just get a room?" Justin said after a few minutes. Tabitha and Lance reluctantly broke apart and Tabitha went back into "commando" mode.

"Now, let's all get this part right and we can go home," she said as she turned on the CD player and took her position in the front of the room.

Finally, after an hour more of practicing the verse of one song, Tabitha called it a day. "All right guys, same place, same time tomorrow."

"Whew, I thought I was going to die that last time around," Chris quipped. He jumped on Justin's back and rode him out the door. Joey's phone rang just as he was packing up his stuff, so he answered it and rushed out the door. JC went into the studio to work on a song he was writing, so Tabitha and Lance were left to themselves.

"Well, I guess it's just the two of us," Tabitha commented.

"Yep. So what do you want to do now ?"

"I'm thinking a shower would be a good thing for both of us," Tabitha suggested.

"Together ?" Lance asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Noooo. I meant separately."

"Works for me," Lance agreed as he picked Tabitha up and carried her out the door.

"You know, I can walk," Tabitha teased.

"I wasn't sure after all that dancing you made us do. I'm surprised I can even walk."

"Awwww, poor baby. I'll give you a back massage when we get home."

Tabitha and Lance were cuddled up on the couch together watching a movie when the phone rang. Lance reached over Tabitha's head carefully and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey man, I was just calling to see if you guys wanted to come clubbing with us," Justin asked from the other end.

"Let me ask Tab. Honey, do you want to go clubbing ?"

"No, not really," Tabitha replied with a yawn.

"I think we're just going to stay in tonight. We'll see you tomorrow at rehearsal."

"OK, later."

"I think that you wore yourself out today," Lance teased as he kissed Tabitha on the cheek.

"Hmm...I think so too," Tabitha agreed sleepily. She laid her head on Lance's chest and was asleep within minutes. Lance watched her sleeping form for a while before sleep overcame him as well.

The days and weeks progressed quickly with the same routine every day. Tabitha worked with the guys on their choreography every morning and they had interviews and photo shoots most every afternoon. Sometimes rehearsals lasted into the afternoon and the closer the opening tour date got, the longer the rehearsals were. Every night the guys ended up just hanging out instead of going clubbing like they used to do. They became completely obsessed with making every aspect of their show perfect. Their dedication and perfectionism amazed Tabitha. A week before the tour was slated to begin, Lance surprised Tabitha with a question. They were eating dinner alone at their house and the question came out of nowhere.

"Hey Tab, can I ask you something ?"

"Sure," she replied. She was thinking that this was going to be THE question so she took a deep breath while she waited to hear Lance say the words.

"Would you like to be one of the dancers for our tour ?" OK, wait, these weren't the words that she was expecting.

"What ? Um, yeah, that would be great. I didn't know what I was going to do without you for three months," Tabitha replied. She was excited about being a dancer on the tour, but she was wondering when Lance was going to ask her to marry him. They had discussed marriage several times, but Lance had told her that she would have no idea when he would propose to her. Obviously that WAS going to be the case.

"You sound surprised. I thought you knew that we'd ask you. You're the best dancer we have plus you practically choreographed the entire tour yourself."

"I guess I am a little surprised, but you know that I'd love to go on tour with you guys."

"Great. I'll call the other guys and tell them." Lance jumped up from the table and kissed Tabitha on the cheek. Tabitha sighed. She really loved Lance and she wanted to marry him, but Lance seemed to be in no hurry. She decided that she shouldn't be in one either and ran upstairs to call her friends and tell them about going on tour as a dancer.