Genre: Romance
A tiny lil lie that’s what I said.
She asked if I could dance I said yes.
Before I knew it, I had been invited to a Christmas ball with carols by candlelight and yes there would be dancing, ballroom dancing to be precise.
I had to learn to dance before then. Which is why now I was binge watching episodes of Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing With The Stars. If the internet had been working I would have just googled how to dance like a Star. I missed the internet.
I practised my dancing with a broomstick as a partner.
The thing about broomsticks. They would not step on your toes but they could poke you in the knees when you tried to swirl them around or dip them.
I was attempting to poke my eye out when I was startled by a polite cough behind me. I stopped in the middle of a pirouette I was executing badly to find my observer was the lady who came to help with the cleaning.
“I have been looking all over for the broom, Sir” she said. There was not a hint of mockery in her voice but one can never be too sure so I asked
“How long have you been standing there?”
“I watched you try to do the tango”
“Oh?” I said feeling heat rising to my face.
“Don’t be embarrassed you have a natural grace with a bit of instruction you could sweep a lady of her feet” she said pointedly not looking at the broom
“So suddenly you are a dance expert?” I said scathingly.
To be honest I knew nothing about her, except she came to clean. I had never said anything more than hello to her. She kept to herself only cleaned a room when you left it and if she got in and you were in it she backed out before you even noticed. It was like having a silent poltergeist that tidied up, you never saw her only the results.
“I took dancing lessons, I wanted to be a dance instructor but then the tango never put bread on the table no one would pay to learn, not in this country anyway, so I do the odd cleaning jobs but music, it speaks to me in the language of dance. ”
“0h.” I said again wondering what to say next. “You could teach me, something simple.”
“On one condition, you must not tell anyone my silly dance dreams.”
“I can keep a secret, it’s the people I tell who can’t keep it to themselves.”
‘I am serious” she said
“Cross my heart” I said “When do we start?”
“Now” she said as she put down the dustpan and feather duster she had been holding and kicked off her shoes.
“First I’ll lead and you follow then you try to lead and I will follow….
Put your hand in mine and the other round me on my back, I won’t break,a bit lower,… not that low….”
We stood there and I asked “What about the music?”
“Oh” she said
The end
My #blogbattle entry theme Tango
A continuation of sorts
~B
I love it! 🎶 I wish she hadn’t given up her dream. What’s gonna happen? Is he still going to the party? Or I wonder about this lady now… 💛
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What happens next????
No one knows ….. I have my suspicions ^_^
Is this some tangled web in the weaving
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😊 ooh thoroughly enjoyed this.
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Oooooh glad you liked it 😍😍😍
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It’s a beautiful read. Sweet, witty and….. short. Leaves you wanting more. My favourite line: “I can keep a secret, it’s the people I tell who can’t” lol
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Thanks ^_^
That’s the best kind of story that leaves you wanting more…..
More will come too it’s an ongoing tale
~B
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haha.. hope you will learn it before Christmas, and TANGO with her 😀
all the best 🙂
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What if the student falls for the teacher 😀
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Haha.. that will propagate another story, I guess 😉
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the story never ends ^_^
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Lovely! What fun he gets up to, dancing with a broom:-)
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hahahaha dancing with a broom that should have been the title hahaha
glad you loved it
~B
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I like. A Love story begins here
😍
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Thanks
Glad you like it …. hahahaha
its the middle of a love story actually
~B
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Really like this! “What about the music?” Lol 😀
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lol who needs music ^_^
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I wonder what they’ll do for music…. 🙂
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^_^ ooooh
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Great story Beaton 🙂
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Thanks ^_^
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I love your sense of humor. You time things well and your dialog is spot on fun. 🙂 This had me wanting more! I’m so glad there will be.
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Thank you Rachael ^_^
I live for comments like these
Day=Made
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Happy=girl. 🙂 You are most welcome. 🙂
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Day=made ^_^
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Nice!
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Thanks ^_^ ❤
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“I can keep a secret, it’s the people i tell who can’t keep it to themselves” … hahaha i like that. Well written
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Thank you so much for popping by
Glad you were liked it ^_^
~B
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Thank you for following me and I love how creative you are and the wonderful posts. I’ll be back to read more of it!!
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Thank you for dropping by ^_^ I appreciate the feed back
glad you were entertained do come back
~B
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