UNMASKING THE DANCER

42. The date 2.

Ryan's pov,

I watched with contentment and happiness as she danced to the current karaoke going on, love yourself by Eminem. She was looking so sweet and beautiful in her outfit of short khaki jumpsuit and a white pair of sneakers. Her blonde hair was packed up in a messy ponytail framing her face with strands of hair that had fallen out,

"Another drink" she suddenly said slamming her glass against the bar counter and startling me from my trance,

"Uh.. I don't think that's a good idea",

  "W-why not?",

  "..you already consumed two glasses of the mixed cocktail. If you take another one, you'll get straight out drunk ",

   "B-ut I'm not dr-unk",

    "Yeah right".

   She hits my arm at my sarcastic tone and turns away, "I'll just go sing then",

   "B-but you said your voice sounds like a screeching car",

   "Then enjoy the screeching music".

   And with a mischievous wink, she heads for the dj making sure to turn every guy's head as she walked past, "tsk tsk tsk" I smile shaking my head.

   On getting to the man, she whispers something into his ear and walks up the stage making sure to loosen up her hair. It falls down in a cascade down her back and I got mesmerized as with other guys I the room. She juat had that charm, uh!.

   The intro for a popular tv show's song starts playing and she begins nodding her head to it right before the lyrics started,

      🎶 I'm so sick of it,
Your attention deficit
Never listen, never listen.
I'm so sick of it,
So I'll throw another fit.
Never listen, never listen.

I scream your name,
It always stays the same.
I scream and shout,
So what I'm gonna do now
Is freak the freak out, hey!
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh,
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh oh 🎶.

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    "That was really good" I commented as we walked out of the bar about an hour later. She stumbled alongside me with her cheeks flushed and her hair in a state of mess due to all the head shaking she had done on stage, but she still looked beautiful anyways.

    Turning to me, she smiled, "thanks, guess I could sing after all",

    "Hm hm... Just don't go professional".

    Hitting me on the arm for the second time that day, we both laughed and I stopped abruptly, pulling her close to me, "you did well anyways and I like the fact that you felt relaxed during our date",

    "Well the alcohol helped or I would have been a nervous fit around that gorgeous face of yours",

    "Oh I'm flattered",

    Smiling, we continued on our way to my car. On getting there, I supported her in since she was drunk. Yeah, she had gotten that extra drink behind my back later into the night and had become drunk like I predicted, not just straight out drunk... guess she could hold her own alcohol.

   Getting into the driver seat, I started the car and drove out the bar's parking lot while she leaned back into the seat for the long drive ahead.

   I turned up some music and we listened quietly until I heard a light snore coming from her direction. Yeah, she was right asleep.

   I smiled and kept driving but as we got closer to town, I tried shaking her awake for some directions to her hotel but to no avail,

   "Kamilah, you really need to wake up and tell me which hotel you're lodged into",