The woman I have come to think of as the runner returns to our table with her husband. She smiles and kisses him on the cheek but does not sit down. Standing at the edge of the dance floor wearing her irresistible smile she motions me to her. I blush, point to myself and she nods, crooking her finger to emphasize her intentions. Looking to each side, our husbands shrug and smile in amusement.
Standing and smoothing my dress I quickly flash back on how this came to be. Exchanges of waves and smiles as she ran by my house grew into walks and conversations. Small acts of kindness brought an invitation for my husband and me to join her and her husband for happy hour, dinner and dancing. He was bemused but agreeable. I was tingly and excited.
Taking my hand she leads me to the middle of the dance floor. We make quite a pair. She is as elegant and graceful as always, golden hair spilling over the shoulders of a short blue dress with a low neckline that compliments her long trim legs and hints at the soft curves of her breasts. We wear the same height heels but it still feels as if she towers over me. My short green silk dress with the side slit and open back barely feels as if it’s there on my skin. She blushes and smiles softly as I catch her looking at me.
The lights come up, the music begins. The song is an electronic power ballad just like the songs my parents would dance to on summer evenings on our patio as my sister and I watched and giggled and spun around until we laughed ourselves silly. We sway together during the romantic introduction, never touching but never taking our eyes off each other. Her eyes are bright and her smile is soft and sexy. As a bass note pulses with the intensifying beat she puts her hands on my shoulders and softly taps out the beat. My hands find her hips and hold her softly. My fingertips shiver as I sense only smooth skin under the fabric as she moves.
Drums kick in and we are all sexy smiles and prancing legs and clapping hands. Arms raised we bump hips and spin around each other. She finds any opportunity to touch me as the sensuality of the beat intensifies. Fluid and graceful in her movements, she is in her element. I am completely out of mine, but her increasingly sensual smile draws me in.