When We Touch

Cal

I clutch my stomach as I double over-laughing.
Will puts a steady hand on my back and smiles, kindly waiting for my laughter to die down.
I take a deep breath and look up at him. I can't help but notice his flushed cheeks.

"Your eyes are so...colorful."
He says softly.

"It's to match my sexual orientation."
He grins and cracks up attempting to speak through breaths.

"Of course! I must say they compliment each other rather beautifully."

I giggle at his tone. Like those old people looking at even older things. I'm sure I know what they're called its just I'm not able to concentrate with those wonderful eyes staring back at me.
Casually he takes my hand. Entangling and unraveling our fingers. A way to fill the silence.
Will looks up from our fingers to the people around us. Laughing, talking, smiling. I expected Will's party to be like the ones in the movies. With drinks and making out and just pure wildness.
But I was wrong. The people here were nice and yeah there was fooling around but no one here was as wild as I thought. Everyone was dressed pretty nice too. Although there was one guy wearing a super tight tank with pants that were on the verge of reaching his ankles.
Will leaned down and whispered
"My cousin. I felt bad."

I cracked a smile at what he said but at also of what I was about to say. I took a deep breath and asked

"Do you wanna...dance?"
I held my breath desperately wanting to take my words back.

"I thought you'd never ask."

He takes me by the hand and leads us to the DJ. He hands Will a microphone to which he announces that the dancing will be outside in the backyard.

The cool night air hits me as I step outside.

He entwines our fingers, swaying to the beat of Love Somebody - Maroon 5. When we reach the floor He spins me into his arms and wraps them around my waist. He pulls me close, my hips matching the movement of his. Slowly our foreheads touch. My eyes drift away from his, warmth seeping into my face. I see his lips part as he lifts my chin. His emerald eyes shining through his long lashes. It's getting hard to breath. I close my eyes. Press even closer, fitting my face into his neck. Feel his fingers hooking onto my belt loops. Feel the steady beat of his heart.

I bite my lip.

"Will?"
It's ironic how the lyrics voice what I'm feeling.

I don't know where to start,
I'm just a little lost
I wanna feel like we never gonna ever stop
...
I really wanna love somebody,
I really wanna dance the night way,

"Yeah?"

"Uh...I...we just met and-it's not like I don't like it...it's just-I thought we could...take it slow...? I'm...a bit new to-to all of this."

And if fall for you
I'll never recover

"Okay. But for tonight lets just pretend."

I smile, his soft lips on my forehead.

"Okay."