Riled Up by Robin Leaf

Author:Robin Leaf [Leaf, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robin Leaf
Published: 2017-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

Riley cleaned his plate and complimented her throughout the meal.

“You cooked, so I do dishes,” he said, and he cleared the table.

After all was cleared, refrigerated and cleaned, he reminded her to take her antibiotic. They headed upstairs to the TV. They had a few minutes to wait.

“Can I ask you a something?” Riley asked as he turned on the TV.

”Anything,” she purred as she tucked her leg underneath her and turned toward him, careful not to get too close.

“Well, I’ve been wondering why you stopped dancing,” he said, twirling her ponytail through his fingers.

“Why were you afraid to ask me that?”

“Well, I thought there might be painful memories attached. But I’m curious. I assume you were pretty good?”

“I was okay,” she modestly smiled. “Mom thought I was better than I was, though. She’s the one who pushed it. My dance teacher saw some talent and suggested I join one of her competitive dance companies. Mom signed me up. We didn’t discuss it, she just did it. She even home schooled me for a while so I could compete. That’s about the time I started to hate it.”

“But you loved it once?” he asked, searching her face for the truth.

She sighed wistfully. “Yes. Very much.”

“What kind of dancing did you do?” he asked, sliding a finger slowly from her temple to her jaw.

She leaned into his touch. “Jazz, hip hop, contemporary. Really everything but ballet. I didn’t have the feet for it. And I wasn’t super great at tap, either.”

“And you haven’t danced since?”

“Yeah, I have. I took a dance class my freshmen year in college for my PE credit. I was very rusty.” She closed her eyes as his finger did another pass down the side of her face.

“And how did that feel?” She opened her eyes, feeling dreamy, and not sure what he saw, he smiled, his eyes dilating slightly. “To dance again, I mean.”

“Good.” She could tell by his line of questioning that there was something he wasn’t telling her. She sat up, shaking his hand from her face. “Are you going somewhere with this?”

He smiled. “It amazes me how perceptive you can be, Dr. Taylor.” He looked down at his hand. “Wednesday is Darby’s birthday. She has reservations for a room at one of those trendy clubs for the evening. I really need to go and make an appearance, and I want you to come with me. I just needed to know the dancing thing wouldn’t bother you.”

She laughed. “You realize it’s not the same type of dancing, right?”

“Well, yeah, but I didn’t know if it would bother you or not. And with Darby there, we won’t get away with sitting all night.”

“I bet not.” She leaned closer. “And spending another evening with you is a plus.”

He kissed her, not so tenderly this time. Just when she surrendered to the kiss and opened her mouth, he pulled away, kissed her gently one time, and nodded toward the TV. “It’s starting.”

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