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NIGHT DANCE (standard:drama, 988 words) | |||
Author: BENTLINK | Added: Oct 06 2005 | Views/Reads: 3659/2400 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
Polished wood, big band music, strong cocktails and a partner that smells good and dances like a dream. What else is there? | |||
Click here to read the first 75 lines of the story upon wave of sexual anticipation coursing through his body. The slow foxtrot ended and they walked hand in hand back to the table. Margaret had a knowing look on her face, knowingly innocent and guilt free. The dance left him a little shaken and unsure he understood his new relationship with Margaret. He did know the battle he was fighting was his alone and that if he continued to pursue her it would put an end to their friendship. He also knew he could still feel the two spots of warmth on his neck. The orchestra began playing again and after a couple of quick sips from their drinks, he again began guiding Margaret around the dance floor. The song “The Way We Were” was a pops tune arranged for the large ensemble and very danceable. Few things in his life had ever given him, so much pleasure as moving in unison with a beautiful and skillful a dance partner like Margaret. He awoke in the middle of this sensual, sexually exciting, but conflicted dance with Margaret. The intensity of the dream left him confused and disorientated. As he became aware of his surroundings, he began to weep, softly at first then harder, great shoulder moving sobs that shook his hospital bed. He cried for hours, the tears of mourning washing away layer after layer of his denial. His hang gliding accident had taken so much from him that at first he could not face the loss. This beautiful, powerful dream of one more night dance with Margaret had been needed to bring him a little nearer to accepting life in a wheelchair. Tweet
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