My Secret Love

Chapter 3: The Dance

~Noel's POV

Everybody is enjoying the night, dancing,chatting, drinking and my best buddy Dex is also having a great time with JC.

I was looking at Beatty in our table while i am occasionally sip my glass of wine to remove the nervous that i am feeling at this moment..I don't know why i felt this way, the fact that we were bestfriends and we used to hangout constantly....

Maybe because tonight is different, as i am planning to propose to her and will ask her to be my girlfriend i am just  calming myself and looking for the best time and opportunity and to have the courage to tell her how i feel...

Suddenly, our favorite song was played ...     I think it's about  time.. I will ask her to dance with me ..i put the glass in the side table and  walked towards to our dining table where beatty is seated together with our other classmates ...when i saw a man walking on her direction and hey!!! What the hell!!

~Beatty's POV

Finally, He is coming, i thought he will not going to ask me for a dance it is getting late and everyone is enjoying the night together with their partners except me.

"Hi Ms. beautiful may i have the pleasure to dance with the most beautiful lady  tonight? ..please..."  The man infront of me asked.

I lifted my head, and to my surprise..." Timothy? 

Uhm..hmmm how?why? I mean.. I am sorry.. I just didn't expect you here...

"And why not my dear? I  also belong to this graduating class" Timothy replied with his very cute  dimples also showing his  killer  smile.

" Oh!  I am sorry i forgot"

I hope he didn't noticed that i rattled and became so conscious of his presence.

"So, may i dance with you my lady?"

I turned my head on the side where Noel is located and didn't see him around.. where is he? I said yes to Timothy and gave my hand then we  are now at the dance floor....

At first,  we just keep on staring each other  no words coming out from both of us..

" So, it's been a long time.. how have you been? I haven't heard from you since i graduated High School  i never imagine that we will see again tonight after we bumped in the resto.. we never had a chance to talk since you are in a hurry...  uhmmm beatty i wanted to tell you this.......you were in my thoughts since that incidence and how i wish that i got your number i never know how to find you until tonight i saw you entering that huge door here in the ball with  someone special?  "
He asked me looking directly to my eyes and waiting for an answer right away.

" Uhm.. He is my bestfriend"
I replied.. 

A smile show in his face when i said the word bestfriend.

"Really? I thought he is your boyfriend.. " timothy said with relief..

I don't know what is his intention this time..and i don't  even know if he is aware of my feelings way back High School...
Is it the reason why he is behaving like this tonight?  I said to myself....

"So, that means you are single and ready to mingle?  I mean available and not in a relationship status? "  timothy inquired...

"Uhm..yes i am but..."  i replied.

"But what?"Whatever is your reason, i think you are grown up now and look at you!  You are totally awesome and i know many guys are falling in line to ask you for a date. And if i may ask, i want to apply too.. to become one of your suitor if you permitted me to do so.. may i invite you for a dinner date  next friday??? pleaseee...."timothy asked with puppy eyes.

I can't believe it? He is asking me? If he can court me? And asked me for a dinner date? Wow! Wheew! So fast! He had  changed a lot.. he is now straight forward and direct to the point...

" ah... Timothy, i will think about it will check on my schedule... "i said in excused manner i don't want to offend him if i will turn it down right away.

" okay beatty, i will just follow up through text.. hey .. can i have your number?? I will be very disappointed if you will not give me your number for old times sake..."

So, i gave him my number  that's it! I don't know why? I supposed not to.. oh what have i done?.this sounds trouble...

We kept on dancing and talking old and new happenings in our life and i found him  still very charming and interesting..i did not noticed that the music i already halt to give way for some important announcement from the committee.

So, he escorted me to my table and we wave goodbye  to each other and promised to talk some other time.

I looked for Noel, he is still not in our table, what happened to him? Where is he? I asked JC she don't know either and asked me the same question..and even asked me why i am with timothy..

We requested Dex to look for Noel,  and after dex leaves our table, there is non stop questions from JC of what had happened in the dance floor with me and timothy.

" uhm... he asked my number and asked me for dinner date next friday! That's it! No more question please...let's look for Noel..." i told JC to stop asking further questions.

We are about to stand and look for the 2 guys when  someone talk in the stage and make some announcement.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain seated..as we are about to announce  our special awards for tonight. Let me start with the" king and Queen of the Dance floor"....... we have the result here  and the  judges had chosen  already.. the category is they must be look so natural in the dance floor.
And the winners are..................... wow! from Engineering department  we have Mr. Guzman, Timothy Patrick and his dancing partner  the lady in red we got her name she is Ms. Cruz, Beatty Mae, congratulations!
Please come up on stage and accept your award.."

JC and I looked at each other in shocked!  and before we noticed timothy is already in our table and lend  his hand to escort me to the stage.  I don't have the choice just to go with the flow, then as we got our award i can sense that timothy is very much elated and i am just smiling with him and with all the audience who congratulate us.

Another dance was  given to us as part of being the winner.

"Congrats my lady, you really deserves to be the Queen tonight, and I am very lucky indeed to be choosen as your King!" Timothy said in happiness.

I thanked him. And i knew i was blushing. I hope he didn't notice it that my face is red burning.

We danced and danced that i almost forgot that I need to look for my missing real partner ..  glad that the song was over and i was escorted again by tim to our table ..just to see another surprise for the night.......

A/N

Hope you like it guys! It is really hard for me to publish this chapter as it is always been deleted even if i already saved it many times.   And says there's a conflict and it was been modified somewhere else.  Hope i can make it this time..

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Thanks again and God Bless you all!

~Besscan