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much more handsome up close.  His smooth jaw was strong and his eyes were dancing at her.  These were the eyes , she thought.  These eyes had charmed her, intrigued her, and beguiled her years ago.  She had been useless to fight against them then and their power seemed to continue to this day.
                  Jane tried to gracefully finish eating the food in her mouth and then said, “Hello.”
                  “So how do you like the party?”
                  “It’s very nice.  Thank you so much, Ja—Mr. Collins.”
                  “I think it’s all right for you to call me Jay.  I mean we’ll be working closely for the next couple of months.”  He hesitated.  “And it seems weird to be so formal considering our past . . .”
                  Both were quiet.  Talk about the elephant in the room.
    Jane couldn’t look at him and instead found the appetizers suddenly fascinating.              
    “Great spread, Boss!”  Jason’s personal assistant Shelly Williams breezed through the room filling her plate with goodies.  She turned her attention to Jane, introducing herself and shaking her hand.  “So, you two were childhood friends, right?  That’s amazing.  Boss, why don’t you dance with Jane and catch up.”
    “I’m sure that her fiancé—“
    “Won’t mind a bit.  Go ahead.  I’ll hold down the fort here.”  Shelly gently pushed Jason and Jane towards the dance floor.
                  Feeling a bit uncomfortable, Jason led Jane to the dance floor and took her into his arms.  The floor was packed.  They couldn’t help but to press close together.  Jason stiffly held her, looking anywhere but at her blue eyes, not coming close to her sweet smelling hair.  Jane looked down, trying to temper the blush on her cheeks.
                  “So, you’re marrying an attorney.  Interesting,” Jason surprised her by saying.
                  “Why is that?” she asked looking up at him.
                  “Nothing.  It’s just that I thought you would go for a more . . . oh, interesting guy.  Not the traditional doctor or lawyer.”
                  “Or gorgeous model?” Jane said cocking a brow at him.
                  Jason looked at her.  “She’s not a model.  Flight attendant.” 
                  “Oh, well that’s different,” Jane said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. 
    The music stopped but they stayed in each other’s arms.  Before Jane could let go, a familiar musical introduction started.  Jane was transported in time.  Suddenly she was a teenager in the arms of the cutest guy she knew.  Suddenly she was light and happy.  She looked into his eyes with a youthful expectation.  He looked at her showing no recognition.
                  “Is something wrong?” he asked.
                  “No, nothing,” she lied.  She looked away downhearted, tears threatening to appear.             
                  Then feeling Jason’s eyes on her, she looked back into his face.  Slowly, a wide grin spread across his face.  She shyly smiled back.  Their eyes held each other as Jason brought her closer.    Jane’s pulse quickened.  He was so close she could feel his breath against her face, his solid body holding hers and swaying with the music.  They moved to the music, feeling every beat of the song.  
    It was their song.  It was the song they had fallen in love to so many years ago.  They again looked at each other remembering all the times they had listened to this song, all the things they had done while listening to this song.  Jason’s hand softly traveled up and down Jane’s back feeling the soft skin around the thin straps of her dress, sending shivers down her spine.  Jason then pulled her even tighter to him and laid his head down against