They sit a few feet away from the dance floor, waiting for a good song to come on over the speakers. Héctor grins looking at how crowded the place is.
"It's not a club without music," he states.
Ceci rolls her eyes. "I'm suprised you aren't out there with everyone else."
Héctor looks between Ceci and Imelda. "I'd rather hang out with you two," he says, "besides, nothing good is playing right now."
Ceci scans the crowd of people. She sees her other amigas out there, along with some of their friends.
Imelda takes a sip of her drink and sighs. "And you also promised you'd try and calm down a little, right?"
Héctor sighs. "I guess."
Ceci laughs dryly with a tilt of her head. "You have to commit to your promises, Héctor."
He stares at her, then takes a long sip of his drink.
A new song starts to play. An upbeat cumbia rythm fills the building. Ceci recognizes this one instantly.
"Héctor, hear that?" she asks, smiling at him.
Héctor averts his gaze. "I don't remember this one," he says, still looking the other way.
Ceci smirks and rolls her eyes. "Of course you do. We went to a fiesta together and this song was playing."
Héctor widens his eyes and tilts his head Imelda's way. Ceci steals a glance at her as she hesitantly stands, suddenly realizing what she'd basically just said.
"You two danced together?" Imelda asks, widening her eyes. "When did this happen?"
Ceci takes Héctor's hand and looks at her. "Nothing happened. I promise. We just wanted to hang out together."
Imelda looks at Ceci strangely before her eyes slide to Héctor.
Héctor nods. "She's right. This song came on and Ceci just asked me to dance with her."
Ceci feels an unnatural pang as she stares at Imelda.
Héctor looks at her as well. "Do you want to come dance with us as well?"
Imelda waves a hand in dismissal. "That's fine. I'll just watch."
Ceci turns to look at Héctor again. He seems to deflate as he leads Ceci away.
Ceci keeps thinking of Imelda's reaction as she and Héctor dance together. Is she jealous? Does she think Ceci is trying to steal Héctor from her?
Héctor must be thinking the same thing.
"I don't think Imelda is suspicious of anything," he tells Ceci. He looks past Ceci for a moment before looking at her face again. "After all, she has no reason to suspect anything. Nothing happened."
Ceci nods as the song ends. She and Héctor walk back to their seats. When she and Imelda eye contact, Imelda looks away.
Ceci shakes her head as she looks at the dance floor again. Maybe she shouldn't have danced with Héctor, not back then, and definently not now.