Tap Through The Beat

I really wasn't caring that I knew my family was behind me and I blocked out all conversations of them. They probably wanted to drag me back to the Terminal and wait until Miguel got his great great grandfather's blessing or drag me off to help me find Miguel.

Whichever the case, I really don't care.

All of a sudden, I heard the strums of a guitar followed by the tapping pattern of tap dancing shoes. I froze, my head perked up for a bit before I reeled itself to place it between my hands.

Oh no, I'm not listening to that anymore!

TAP.

TAP.

TAP.

TAP.

Okay, that is it.

I forced myself to turn and look up to see Mama Coralie looking at me with a small smile on her face as she began to tap dance to Papa Fernando's beat of music.

I eyed them a bit before my gaze went to the rest of the family who were watching at a good distance.

"I need one more dancer for this muchacha, would you?"

I froze before turning away with a frown. My feet were beginning to itch.

Another set of taps were heard and the more it came, the painful the itch in my feet grew. Finally getting fed up, I stood up and looked at them.

Papa Fernando had a calm look in his face but his were bright, even brighter than I first met him like something flickered the light in him back on.

TAP.

TAP.

TAP. TAP. TAP.

I looked down in shock to see my feet were slowly tap dancing to the song, to the beat of the music.

A small chuckle came and I turned to see a small skeletal girl clapping her hands at me "Mommy look, that girl can dance pretty" I blushed a bit as her mother smiled at me.

I looked back at my family who all held smiles of encouragement before I smiled slightly as tears began to form and began to tap to the beat.

A flash came and soon, a huge crowd had gathered. They had heard the music of Papa Fernando and were quite surprised to hear sets of tapping along with the beat.

"Look at that!"

"Hermoso!"

"Someone take a picture of that!"

"Such tap dancing skills"

The entire Gonzalez family soon began to push back the crowds as they tried to get a closer look at Papa Fernando and the two tap dancing girls whose feet were a blur.

I laughed as Mama Coralie spun me around in circles and for once, the entire world was nothing compared to dancing in front and with my familia.

Papa Fernando stopped with a loud strum from the guitar and belt out a loud grito and threw his sombrero up in the air.

Mama Coralie and I struck out poses as cameras flash at us, both of us breathless from the dance we had. The Gonzalez family bowed before they made a mad dash away from the crowd and evaded them until they were sure they weren't followed.

"That was magnifico Mama Coralie" Mama Silvia said as she hugged the matriarch of the family. Mama Coralie blushed and giggled.

"I never expected Fernando to play still like he knew how to make my body dance"