I dated twins...

Breaking glass and feet

I stepped into the ballroom with taron beside me and felt a breeze sweep itself across the hall cooling the hot air around us.
It was huge, there are literally no words to describe how elegant and satisfyingly modern it was. Though it kept hold of its 17-1800s decor up the walls you couldn't put it to a timeline.

"Maestro play!" He called out and from the top corner music started swiftly playing then it got louder until its echo was its equal. "Ready?" He held out his hand expecting me to take it, there was just one problem. I had no idea how to dance.
"I-" I gulped harshly looking around "um, I don't dance" I continued. He laughed pulling me in towards him. His hand on my lower back and the other clasped around my own. I payed one hand on his shoulder locking my frame, remembering my many nights watching dirty dancing, while the other hand closed around his.

He found a beat and started to lead me around in a large circle. He winced as I stepped on his foot but carried on. We went round again in the same circle gliding elegantly, one foot two foot one two foot one foot two foot.
He pulled me closer and then started to change. He spun me out and back in before releasing me in a twirl and catching me, lifting me up and spinning in a circle slowly, putting me back down and crossing his arm across my waist.

We went round in a circle again my hand on his hip and his on mine. I stepped on his foot again tripping us up , I landed in him as he went down with a thud him completely covered from the lower half down by the skirt of my dress.
"I'm so sorry" I uttered trying to get up but failing again and again. I kept slipping and every time I tried to get up I fell back down, needless to say it became very awkward very quickly.

"Just stop before you break one of my ribs" he said and so I did. We payed there in not complete silence as the maestro continued but neither of us said a word.
"Kiss me" he said breaking the silence. "What?" He shook his head "don't think about it just do it" I looked at him thinking he was absolutely mad but it only made him smile harder.

I leaned forward and placed my lips on his. He flipped us over in attempt to get up but we both found ourself drawn to the kiss.
He ran his hands through my hair before moving them to my cheeks cupping my face.
"I'm sorry" I said breaking the kiss. "Don't be your not the first to stand on my feet" he chuckled "I probably won't be the last either" I said sliding from under him. He stared at me confused. I wasn't doing this I wasn't going to risk my heart not on someone like him.
I wasn't going to allow my self to get attached.

"Let's try that dance again" he said quickly as if nothing had happened "yeah" I said breathless feeling immensely guilty. I did think he was cute and I guess in the short time that I knew him I did like him but what we were doing was crazy it wasn't right! Was it?

It was time, I was ready, in the limousine about to set off tom sat next to me on one side and taron on the other. Caitlyn sat across from us as her dress took up quite a bit of room.
The limo was filled with friendly banter but mostly by me and tom.
I didn't like him that much at first but once we got talking it was like there was no stopping us.
I could feel taron tense up the more we talked.
Tom had a good sense of humour whereas taron was more the book and tea kind of guy, or at least that's what I thought.

"Guys we need to focus now we're approaching stress point A" what the hell is stress point A? "For those of you who are new here a stress point is a point of guard, like where it would be most likely that you would be found out or you would get into a fight" I nod along not getting a single word she just said all I could focus on was how her hand just moved from her own thigh to mine.
"Caitlyn you will take stress point A leading us all in-"

"Why? I think Louisa should do it, she's new and she's gonna have to learn at some point"

"She's right brother" tom said earning an elbow in the ribs from me. He laughed while taron got more tense at the suggestion though he tried countlessly to brush off the feeling. Meanwhile we were pulling up just a couple meters away from stress point A. My heart was racing wildly and I had to do something quick, I reach for the bottle of champagne only to find we've drunk it all already.
I go for the other bottle but taron warned me not to.
I nod "you can do this Louisa you'll be fine I promise" I nod again "we need our name tags"

"The labs just waiting on names from us"

"Alec" tom adjusted his tie and got out of the limo "Athena" Caitlyn followed.
"Ana" I said quickly before turning and getting out of the car "miss Steele?" I chuckled to myself "yes Christian You " he laughed too and took the name. We walked in arm in arm and it was like earlier today never happened.
Everyone stared as we made our way to stress point A, I took a deep breath in and remembered everything I had learnt over the years of watching tv and doing school shows.

"Excuse me this is where we go in and get our badges right my husband here keeps telling me we have to go round back but I wanted to come straight here and ask" I said searching through my bag my hair moved away to my back to reveal a small chunk of cleavage I thought might get us through.

"Of course go right through" I laugh and turn to taron "works every time" I kissed his cheek to sell it and we walked in undetected. The others needed some more convincing though. We danced through the crowds of people towards the opening between them.
"He likes respectable ladies who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty once in a while" I nod listening to tarons advice "if he approaches you ask him to dance and remember what I taught you, let the man lead you must follow him or you'll step on his feet" he tried to hide his laughter but failed miserably.
"Taron I don't want to do this anymore-"

"You're here now you can do it call me over if you need help and remember Miss Steele respectable so drop the cockney accent" I rolled my eyes "yes husband" I say making my voice softer and more light.
"Well done my love your learning quickly" he kissed my cheek and walked me over to the big guy himself before managing to not be seen walking away.

"Hello" he said politely "hello" I replied trying to engage in conversation though it didn't seem like he was much interested and was just being polite.
What kind of criminal is this guy?
"It's a wonderful house you have here" I said dazed by the decor of the hall. "It's rather large and gets lonely after a while but yes I guess you could say it's incredible"

"Sorry I assumed a man in high power such as you would already have a woman by their side, am I wrong?" I tried to sound less heartless than that came out "I lost my wife a couple years back my daughters too my son is the only one left but he's working against me" he hands me a drink and I take it "I'm so sorry I intruded like that, I lost my mother a couple years ago too" I half lied, I had lost my grandmother, the only close kind of relationship with family I had.
"I'm sorry to hear that" I nod "so was everyone else but their in a better place now, to those who we have loved and lost" we clinked our glasses together my nerves starting to calm down and we talked a little more before he asks me to dance.

We pranced around the room in a waltz before the signal was given and I ran to the bathroom.
"So what do you know?"

"It's not him it's his son" taron stared at me in confusion "you believe him! This guy is a criminal? He could have lied to you?"

"Are you seriously being jealous right now!"

"Look just don't get attached! We'll look into his sons criminal records and see what we can find" he headed towards the door but I grabbed hold of his arm making sure he couldn't pull away too easily.
"I'm not getting attached! I have a feeling about him! I got Caitlyn to have him looked over and he has only committed the fellany of speeding, clearly this old man has a need for speed and not for pot!" I spat, I couldn't believe him right now under what circumstances can he be jealous!

This is what I meant by not getting attached, it's exactly what he had done and it was starting to get in the way.
I was trying my hardest to not care and though I was failing miserably it didn't give him the right to just throw the fact that he was unhappy about what I was doing out there!
He made no contribution to stopping it! Why the hell does he care!?

I walked out of the bathroom and back to him though he seemed suspicious of my long bathroom break "the stalls were all taken so I had to wait I'm sorry" I said my accent creeping back.
He nodded, I hadn't read his name tag yet and it was bothering me, I knew what he looked like just not his name.

Car-? Carlos? Oh no!
Carlos Mendoza, oh hell no!