El Milonga de Murphy (Chapter 7: Te Quiero)
On their way down, Cavenpus and Ariana encountered Sara and Doofenshmirtz.
"Guys, did something go wrong?" Sara asked. "We thought we heard Milo crying, and Mom is getting a little worried."
"Well, yeah, he is in fact crying", Ariana confirmed, "but we don't know why exactly."
"Milo was dancing terribly as usual, but then he gradually began panicking", Cavenpus explained, "and then he just... broke."
"Hmm... do you think that Amanda girl did something to him...?" Doof pondered.
"My big sis would never hurt someone on purpose, especially not him!" Ariana shouted offendedly. "The nerve to even think about it!"
"Alright, alright! Sheesh", Heinz scoffed.
"Speaking of Amanda, why isn't she with you?" Sara questioned.
"She's trying to comfort Milo", Ariana repl…
El Milonga de Murphy (Chapter 6: Too Much Pressure)
The rest of the week didn't fare much better for Milo compared to Monday, either.
Tuesday, right as Milo and friends left the bus stop, local crossing guard (or rather, Safety Czar) Elliot Decker, overheard the middle schoolers as they approached the crosswalk.
"Come on, Milo", Zack comforted. "You still have four days to get the tango right."
"Tango? What's that all about?" Elliot questioned the kids. "And what has that Milo to do with it?"
"For your information, Elliot", Melissa chided, "Milo and Amanda are entering a tango competition, and they have to do it right if they don't want to lose against some pompous hacks that hate losing."
"Hmm, so my ears still work perfectly (as they should for a Safety Czar like me), but I still can't believe …
El Milonga de Murphy (Chapter 5: Tango Practice at School)
Milo woke up the next morning. Despite being still plagued by that nightmare from yesterday, he managed to sleep soundly.
Today was a Monday, meaning he had to go to school. Now, he and Amanda had already planned out to do their tango practices after school, alternating the place to practice between his house and hers, like in the past weekend. He had no idea how Melissa and Zack would practice on school days, but he guessed it to be something similar to their plan.
Milo carefully packed his backpack for the day, before he joined his parents and sister at the dinner table for breakfast. After his bowl of cereal, he noticed it was time to go, and left to the bus stop, waving his mom, dad and big sis goodbye 'til later. He also took the time t…
El Milonga de Murphy (Chapter 4: Visiting Casa Lopez)
It was the night of the Tango Teen Couples Dance-Off, and Milo and Amanda were up alongside their competition.
They started dancing, but everything went wrong: Milo constantly stepped on Amanda's toes, they stumbled and tripped over everyone else, and made a hole in the floor right where they landed, right onto a pipe which exploded. Splinters sprang loose and stabbed a live tango music performance. Violin bows flew in the air and activated fire sprinklers, ruining Amanda's makeup and Milo's quiff.
Milo and Amanda were deemed dead last, right as Anthony and Ashley were quite literally dancing circles around them in outstanding class. Roses were being flung to Anthony and Ashley, the two being able to catch one with their mouth each. They wer…
El Milonga de Murphy (Chapter 3: The First Practice Session)
Several hours later, Milo, Melissa, Amanda, Zack and Lydia were finally ready to leave the Danville Dance Hall and return home. They had a grand time there: Amanda still got to show off some of her ballet skills, but Milo decided to pass up for this year, admiring Amanda from the seating. Fortunately, the worst thing that happened this time was that, when Milo leaned on one end of the wooden rail of the paneling in front of him, the other end got loose and hit someone else on the chin.
Milo, Melissa, Zack and Amanda already already notified their parents about the upcoming tango competition, as well as Anthony and Ashley's challenge. They already had arranged Amanda to visit Milo, while Zack would visit Melissa. They are currently waiting a…