He walks with me to the class, and I feel the electricity between us.
"I'm so late!" I step in the room, looking around. "Damn, everyone has left. Well since we are here, I might as well get some practice in. I start the music saying, "Do you salsa? I just love this song, Almost Like Praying", as I grab his hand. Tilting his head slightly, he doesn't miss a beat, but smoothly moves me out on the floor.
Each step we take together is like a well-oiled machine. I feel myself heating up each time we face each other, his smoldering eyes gazing into mine. We continue to move, back and forth, bodies touching, then moving away. After a while I don't even hear the music, just my heart keeping the rhythmic beat as we dance.
Then I realize that the music has stopped. He pulls me to him, and then slowly bends me back, his body following mine. His face is inches away, and those soulful eyes slowly close, as though he is struggling with his emotions. When he opens them I see anguish there.
I feel my lips part, and he looks down at them. We hear footsteps approaching and voices in the hall. Pulling me back up he whispers, "You don't know how hard it is not to kiss you right now." Blushing, I look at his face, but he has regained his composure. We leave the room, and begin walking down the hall, not too close, but emotions all over the place.
"Excuse me sir," says a woman approaching us. "Are you Lin-Manuel Miranda?"
We stop. "Um...yes I am", he says, raking his fingers through his hair, and a sweet smile lighting up his eyes. I look at him, my mouth open, stunned! In the coffee shop he just said "Call me Lin." I had no idea he was THAT Lin!
"Oh my, I just LOVE YOU! So talented, nice, and definitely easy on the eyes!" she gushes.
Lin thanks her, takes a selfie with her and gives her a hug. He starts to walk off, then realizes that I haven't moved. He slowly turns, showing me that classic profile that nearly knocks me over.
"Well my lady", he says, "Are you coming with me?" (Did he have to say "coming"?). I nod and catch up to him, and this time he takes me by the hand. We approach the elevator and get on. Standing a good distance away as to not embarrass ourselves or each other, we watch as the buttons announce the floor. It stops, and we get off. Lin leads me down a plain hallway, and then to one of the only two doors I see. He opens one, and there is the largest and most beautiful white baby grand piano I have ever seen!
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RomanceShe has been stopping by this same coffee shop every day, like clockwork, for a long time. Just a part of her routine. Little does she know that what happens today is going to change her life.
