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shouted.
“I know!” Kara squealed back. “This is a great song! Are we going to dance or have some drinks first?”
“Drinks,” Michelle said firmly.
They navigated their way slowly to the bar and Hayes and Thomas shouted their orders at the bartender. Kara squeezed Thomas’s hand in thanks when her Cosmo arrived. There wasn’t much hope of talking amongst themselves with the noise level in the club. Hayes had his head bent in an attempt to catch Michelle’s words and she saw Thomas’s lips move, but she had no idea what he’d said.
“We don’t really have to dance do we?” Thomas asked; he didn’t want to sound like a wet blanket, but he wasn’t the world’s best dancer by a long shot.
Kara finished her Cosmo and gave him a smile. Just as he had time to relax and think that, just possibly, he might not have to make a fool of himself on the dance floor, she pulled him up. Apparently she hadn’t heard him.
“Let’s dance!” she yelled enthusiastically. “Come on, Michelle!”
Hayes pulled Michelle to her feet and they followed Kara and Thomas onto the crowded dance floor. Thomas felt really nervous as he watched the other people on the dance floor. They all seemed pretty confident. Kara seemed confident, too. She put her hands into the air and wriggled her hips as she gave him a smile. He glanced quickly at Hayes.
Michelle was dancing too and, while Hayes was moving along with her, he was doing it on a much simpler scale. Thomas copied his movements and Kara’s smile went from flirtatious to approving.
“Now you’re getting the hang of it!” she exclaimed loudly as she moved closer.
The feel of her skin brushing his gave him a better sense of rhythm and soon he didn’t need to glance at Hayes to know he was doing the right thing. He was much more aware of her body than he was strictly comfortable with in such a crowded room. He kept picturing her as she had been last night. He wanted to have her that way again in spite of the fact that he’d told himself that this had to be a date that didn’t end in asking her to come back with him. He had to focus on his degree and his job. He found that he had to repeat that to himself over and over as the evening wore on.
He couldn’t deny that he was happy when they finally left the smoky, close atmosphere of the club for the quiet, fresh, spring air of the town streets. Maybe it would clear his head and help quell his ringing ears.
“Whew,” Michelle said as they walked up the quiet sidewalk. “My eardrums are so mad at me right now. Am I yelling? I feel like I’m yelling.”
“You’re fine,” Hayes said as he gave her a squeeze.
“You just sound a little old before your time,” Kara teased and then ducked behind Thomas as Michelle made a mocking swing for her. “Also,” she continued when her friends had walked a little ahead of them once more. “I might have happened to bring a small overnight bag with me if you were considering inviting me back with you.”
What Thomas had actually been forcing himself to think about was catching up on his homework from the class he’d missed. He knew that he should tell her that he really didn’t have time, but when he glanced down at her to say the words, all he could think about was how pretty she was. She was sexy actually, and she was fun and smart and she wanted to spend time with him. It had been a long time since he’d been in a relationship and he hadn’t realized until now how isolated he’d
“I know!” Kara squealed back. “This is a great song! Are we going to dance or have some drinks first?”
“Drinks,” Michelle said firmly.
They navigated their way slowly to the bar and Hayes and Thomas shouted their orders at the bartender. Kara squeezed Thomas’s hand in thanks when her Cosmo arrived. There wasn’t much hope of talking amongst themselves with the noise level in the club. Hayes had his head bent in an attempt to catch Michelle’s words and she saw Thomas’s lips move, but she had no idea what he’d said.
“We don’t really have to dance do we?” Thomas asked; he didn’t want to sound like a wet blanket, but he wasn’t the world’s best dancer by a long shot.
Kara finished her Cosmo and gave him a smile. Just as he had time to relax and think that, just possibly, he might not have to make a fool of himself on the dance floor, she pulled him up. Apparently she hadn’t heard him.
“Let’s dance!” she yelled enthusiastically. “Come on, Michelle!”
Hayes pulled Michelle to her feet and they followed Kara and Thomas onto the crowded dance floor. Thomas felt really nervous as he watched the other people on the dance floor. They all seemed pretty confident. Kara seemed confident, too. She put her hands into the air and wriggled her hips as she gave him a smile. He glanced quickly at Hayes.
Michelle was dancing too and, while Hayes was moving along with her, he was doing it on a much simpler scale. Thomas copied his movements and Kara’s smile went from flirtatious to approving.
“Now you’re getting the hang of it!” she exclaimed loudly as she moved closer.
The feel of her skin brushing his gave him a better sense of rhythm and soon he didn’t need to glance at Hayes to know he was doing the right thing. He was much more aware of her body than he was strictly comfortable with in such a crowded room. He kept picturing her as she had been last night. He wanted to have her that way again in spite of the fact that he’d told himself that this had to be a date that didn’t end in asking her to come back with him. He had to focus on his degree and his job. He found that he had to repeat that to himself over and over as the evening wore on.
He couldn’t deny that he was happy when they finally left the smoky, close atmosphere of the club for the quiet, fresh, spring air of the town streets. Maybe it would clear his head and help quell his ringing ears.
“Whew,” Michelle said as they walked up the quiet sidewalk. “My eardrums are so mad at me right now. Am I yelling? I feel like I’m yelling.”
“You’re fine,” Hayes said as he gave her a squeeze.
“You just sound a little old before your time,” Kara teased and then ducked behind Thomas as Michelle made a mocking swing for her. “Also,” she continued when her friends had walked a little ahead of them once more. “I might have happened to bring a small overnight bag with me if you were considering inviting me back with you.”
What Thomas had actually been forcing himself to think about was catching up on his homework from the class he’d missed. He knew that he should tell her that he really didn’t have time, but when he glanced down at her to say the words, all he could think about was how pretty she was. She was sexy actually, and she was fun and smart and she wanted to spend time with him. It had been a long time since he’d been in a relationship and he hadn’t realized until now how isolated he’d
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