Chapter 4- Just one dance, for Rindy.
Carol was in a ball room. She looked around, hoping to recognize somebody in the crowd, but, unbelievably, her eyes couldn't distinguish any face at all. Carol squeezed her piercing blue eyes, but she couldn't see any the room seemed completely out of focus. Carol brought a hand to her forehead and closed her eyes for a while. She wasn't feeling well, that night. She opened her eyes again. The lights of the room, the women's long dresses, the men in suit, the coloured flowrers, the music,all mixed up together, in a vortex that made her head start to turn terribly. Carol thought she was about to faint.
Out of the blue, a man approached her, offering her a glass of wine. " It's italian, m'am." said the waitress with a flat voice. Carol drinked a sip. It is delicious, she thought.
Then the woman reached the buffet in order to eat a few appetizers.
Why did I put on this damn dress? she thought. Her dress was so tight she could barely breathe. Then she recolled Abby had told her to, because "it underlines your curves", the friend said.
But Carol was felling quite uncomfortable there, as she was completely out of place.
A man, who had just enterd the room, noticed her and after a moment of hesitation,he came across.
" Carol, may I ask you a dance?" the man said. Carol looked at him. His hair were greyer as she remembered, and the eyes of the man were underlined by dark circles, as if he hadn't slept that much those days.
"Harge, what are you doing here? I guessed..." she said, her voice sounding very tired. "Sorry, I didn't want to bother you. I have just wanted to say you're the most beautiful women in the room, Carol". Carol looked away, avoiding the man's eyes. " You had already told me, Harge."
Harge knew Carol was referring to the last dance they did together some months earlier at Janette's house, before Carol...
"Carol, Rindy is here. I think she'd appreciate to see us together, even if only for a couple of minutes." and he stretched his right hand towards her. Carol looked at the man's hand and she crossed her arms.
" Where is she? I want to see her." "She's with my mother right now, there at the front door. Come on Carol, she's watching us.",Harge replied, with a bit of impatience in his voice.
The woman met her daughter's eyes and she felt her heart crumble.
"Mummy, mummy!" Rindy shouted and started to run in Carol's direction, but Harge's mother held her by an arm.
"Ok Harge. Just one dance. For Rindy."
Harge took Carol's hand, and they started to dance at the middle of the dancefloor.
The man guided Carol at first following the rhythm of the music, then the movements became faster and faster. Carol's sight swirled so much that the woman couldn't see anything.
The dance went on and they made the switch of partners. Carol felt as a leaf driven by the wind, while she was going from one's arms, to the others. Then, she was dancing with Therese.
Carol didn't think why the girl was there, when did she arrive or why they were dancing together. Carol could only focus her attention on Therese, as if they were dancing together beyond space and time. Carol could distinguish every inch of Therese's beautiful face, although out her perimeter it was only chaos.
Therese smiled at her, and the turmoil entered Carol.
She felt unable to react, then, her legs became heavy. Carol fixed her eyes in Therese's, facing the energy that was between them. But Carol couldn't cope anymore, she closed her eyes and fainted.
Therese held Carol in her arms, before the woman could fall on the floor.
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A coffee's aroma made Carol wake up, sweetly.
Hi ! Thanks for reading chapter 4 ! Did you enjoy ? Please let me know. Hope I'll publish chapter 5 soon. Stay tuned!
Kisses,
Flungoutofspace01
