Romantic Slow Dancing

Everyone, minus one, was on the floor dancing to a great slow song. The girls looked like they were having the time of their lives, the boys just happy to be with them.

Yumi and Ulrich rested their heads on each others shoulders. Odd and Kila pressed their heads together lightly as they moved perfectly. Guerrmo and Terra were kissing every now and then, but Jeremie and Aelita looked like long time sweet hearts. Each locked their eyes together as the lights dimly washed over them. Dull pink and orange heated the rising passion between them. Not only did they enjoy dancing with one another in a school environment with other students, but they got to spend time to make up what they lost over the half year. As a bystander you could sit down and watch them as their eyes rarely blinked looking into their souls.

Nathan took a deep sip of his coca cola as he looked around to some few students at their tables talking and watching on. He sighed, another dance just the same, but at least he was able to study the dance patterns of everyone since he couldn't dance much.

"Aelita?" Jeremie asked her in a soft tone.

"Yes Jeremie." She said as they swayed slowly.

He kissed her, their lips made contact and almost glued together for some time. Aelita's lip gloss shone on his lips when they pulled apart.

"What's that for?" she smiled.

"I can't kiss the girl I'm in love with?" he told her a little stunned.

She smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, to hide her real reaction to that. What about Nathan, that boy, she thought of what was possibly going through his mind. Then she looked around for him, not on the dance floor. She felt slightly bad for him, remembering there was not another girl for him to go with or the girl he wanted to go with.

Hours passed and so did the music, swaying colorful lights, the dancing mambo, and the ending of the New Years Dance where they all would go outside to see the fireworks. The gang, all tired and sweating from the night, walked around and talked with other students there. But Aelita left Jeremie to search for someone not even there anymore. She went to their table but only the six coca cola cans were there among the ones they got. Grabbing her purse, she searched for her friend but to no avail. She even asked around to those Nathan had some friendship with, yet no one saw him.

But her heart began to take over, like a part of her was connected to the boy. She followed what her mind told her to do and going out of the building, she looked to the sea park area in front. There she found luck, Nathan was near a palm tree sitting on the grass and throwing pebbles into the sea water. The full moon light the area with a vanilla glow, he looked gloomy in that light. Aelita walked to him slowly and touched him on the shoulder, he jumped from surprise.

"Don't do that!" he shouted as he regained from the shock looking away from her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Aelita sat down beside him, "So are you going to tell me why you didn't join us in the party dances?"

"I don't dance." He brooded over his true feelings.

"Oh you can't dance well I'm sure Ulrich and Odd would be more then happy to teach you." She suggested looking to the water.

"I'm good." He said.

"So all you did was watch us huh?" she asked knowing the answer already.

He didn't respond to her question and instead he felt his emotions bottling up to the brim.

"Look you could of asked me to dance. I'm sure Jeremie would of gladly let you cut in." she said as her smile faded away when he didn't answer right away.

Silence swept between the two and the romantic mood she expected just dwindled away.

"So your going to stay quiet again?" her tone went to a dull one.

Nathan got up and began to walk away down the beach. Aelita's eyes opened, he could be so rude.

"Nathan Hernandez stop!" she sounded like a mother and he stopped with a kick to the sand, "What is the matter with you!"

"Please just go in and join the others in the fun. You should while they are here." His heart sunk.

"I wouldn't leave you knowing your out here alone." She chuckled hurtly.

"Look I just want to be alone okay." He told her coldly.

"Nathan,….why don't you come and join us?" she advised him as she walked to his side.

"You and Jeremie obviously have history together and I vowed a long time ago to never get involved with someone who's already seeing someone. I'm feeling good and then bad, again I go to a dance and no date to go with." He told her still not making eye contact.

She knew that was coming and didn't know how to respond to it. She looked down to the sand under her nice pink pearl shoes guilty of what he just said. But something amazing happened, he kissed her fool hardedly on the lips his eyes shut closed. Her's wide open still shocked over the ordeal and still when he withdrew.

"But I broke it already so no sense in following now that I'm a hypocrite." She smiled lightly.

He then wrapped his arms around her waist and drew her into another passionate kiss. More intimately then ever. He enticed her glossy lips with the tip of his tongue and she let him into her. Aelita was happy, feeling light as air at the moment as their tongues battled it out gently so's to savor the feeling. Breaking for air, he hugged her tightly and let a few tears escape his eyes. She felt them go down her neck and heard his sniffles.

"I know I'm still young, but…but I need someone there to give me comfort during my hard times. Sometimes I feel like my heart just wants to burst out of my chest. But that one time you and I shared in your room, that wiped away the pain." He looked at her and cleaned his face.

She had no words, in her heart she was still debating and weighing the weights of both the males. What each seemed to be demanding of her too much at the moment.

"I'm flattered, but having you and Jeremie fight over me is hard on my judgment. I just want to go to this school and go to the university for now, love would only complicate things." She told him feeling down.

"I can be patient." He lifted her chin up with his index finger, "But could I at least get one dance from you….you know like you said."

Aelita nodded and they danced to their own music, near the palm tree and under the moon as the small waves lapped the shore. The smell of sea salt became a welcoming smell for them. They danced for five minutes in a slow song and stared at each other enjoying the scene. When they stopped they walked back to the building hand in hand.