My face is now scrunched up. "What do you mean you never dance?" I ask.
Lisa looks down at me, with an unbothered smile. "Just what I said. I never dance."
"But you are dancing with me?" I say, a half question, half answer.
Lisa smirks. "Exactly." she says flatly, no explanation, no elaborating.
My breath stalls and my mouth drops open. Our eyes remain fixed on one another. I watch the smile disappear from her relaxed face. "So why break a habit of a lifetime with me?" I ask. I don't know how I manage to keep looking at her, but I do. I'm pushing her. I want to know the answer to my very important question.
She stops dancing. We stand perfectly still, while everyone around us continues to dance. Lisa leans in temptingly close to my face. "I'm breaking a lot of habits with you, Jennie." she says in a hushed voice, her delectable lips now lightly brushing across my electrified skin.
With her so close, I summon the strength to speak. "Why?" I cautiously ask, looking her straight in the eye. Pushing her just a little further. That one word is barely a whisper, forced from deep within my constricted throat. The way she's looking down at me, right now, simply cannot be put into words. My body is shutting down on me. It's willingly weakening to her.
Lisa now has a slanted grin spreading all over her teasing face. "That's for me to know, and for you to find out." she says in a low knicker-dropping voice, pulling me closer to her defined body.
Our hips are so darn close; I can feel her large belt buckle pushing into me. Holy mother of shit! Her hand sits provocatively on my lower back, digging deeper into my aroused skin. Our clasped hands that were high in the air now pulled close to her strong chest. Our unified dance has just become a whole lot more intimate and personal.
I'm now so close to her, there's nothing to stop her from feeling my racing heart, but at this moment in time; I don't really care.
We slowly sway beneath the fairy lights, with our every move being scrutinised by those in the room. I thought it would bother me, but it doesn't. All that matters is being here...with her.
From that moment on, the evening passes me by in one beautiful blissful blur. I'm on cloud nine; cloud ten if they had one! I've had one glass of wine, and yet, feel soberly wonderful.
Lisa is the perfect gent. Delectably considerate at all times, I'm helplessly bewitched by her in every single way. The envious glares that I keep getting from most of the local girls make me feel quietly elated.
Knowing that Lisa Manoban likes me, more than any of them, is a feeling that simply cannot be beaten. Not bad for the girl who was formerly, Miss Very Unhappy.
Now, I really am ecstatically happy.
The way I was feeling and the person that I once was, back in Seoul, now feels like a such a long time ago. The Jennie I was back then is no longer the Jennie that stands here now. That Jennie can keep her sorry ass back in Korea.
"Someone, please get me a fire extinguisher." Rosé is laughing, pretending to furiously fan herself.
"Pack it in, you." I coyly push her away.
"Dreamy McCreamy really likes you." she teases against me.
"Will you pinch me, Rosé...and really bloody hard? Can she really like me?" I sigh in such an overly dramatic manner and it has to be said, an overly pathetic way, that I even make myself want to puke!
Rosé is grinning from ear to ear. "You better believe it, girlie."
I continue to swoon all over my newfound friend. "I honestly think, I've died and gone to happy heaven."
Rosé pulls me closer to her, excitedly wrapping both her arms around mine. "Everyone has been talking about the two of you." she says with wide eyes.
"Saying what exactly?" I ask with a furrowed brow.
"That Lisa has never been seen to dance with anyone before...like ever, Jennie!" Her eyes are now even wider, she pulls down on me with uncontainable excitement.
"It was hard not to notice them all staring." I say with a suppressed smile. I wish I could share with Rosé my excitement. I just want to squeal and jump around wildly with her. I want to explode with the happiness that is bursting at the seams, inside of me.
Rosé's eyes sexily darken. "That's probably because they were all getting very hot and sticky under their very horny collars. My God, Jennie! The two of you together...now that is what I call pure sexual chemistry. It was like being witness to a pheromone orgy." she says with an exuberant pout.
"Shit...really?" I ask with heat rushing to my cheeks. Rosé just nods enthusiastically. I think of Lisa and I dancing. I can't deny that I felt something consuming me when I was in her arms. It's something that felt so untameable and out of control. I look at Rosé, unable to contain myself any longer. "She really is something else, isn't she? She's just so...how can I say?" I desperately try to encapsulate the way she makes me feel.
"Fucking HOT!" Rosé rudely finishes my sentence. I laugh at her crude outburst.
I tilt my head with a quirked brow. "Yes, she is...very." I admit, looking around the barn for Lisa. The crowd is starting to thin out. People are starting to leave. I'm disappointed. I really don't want this night to end, just yet. I could stay up all night dancing in her wonderful arms.
"Where's Lisa gone?" Rosé asks, scanning the rooms with her beady eyes.
"She went to get a drink, I think." I answer dubiously. I can't see her anywhere. My heart sinks. Has she left without saying goodnight? Have I done something wrong? The doubts and questions frantically whir around in my panicking and insecure mind.
"Don't worry, she's over there." Rosé discreetly grabs me, her eyes guiding me to where Lisa is.
I calm my breathing down, letting out a relieved sigh. "I won't look over, that would be too obvious, wouldn't it?" I weakly smile at Rosé, embarrassed by my own desperation.
"It doesn't matter. She's heading your way." Rosé says.
