Thorns in the Heart

Dancing My Cares Away

How the hell can one great night turn to crap in the blink of an eye? I was having such a great time dancing with Zeke and not even a second later I bump into Ash. What I don't understand is why he is here. He hates dancing and he can't drink so what is the point of coming to the rose?

"Xori!!!! What are you doing here?" He inquired. Although, it sounded like he knew I was going to be here.

"I'm here with Zeke, dancing," I bark. I really don't want this to happen. I have been doing great getting past the annoying feeling of missing Ash. But, now here he is in front of me and I can feel all my resolve starting to fall away.

"We should get coffee sometime to catch up," Ash suggests. I can feel myself wanting to say yes, but another part begging me to say no.

"Xori, let's go get something to drink," Zeke asserts and grabs my arm and pulls me away from Ash.

What the hell was I thinking? Was I actually thinking about saying yes to get coffee? Which makes no sense because he knows I hate coffee. Why would I wanna catch up with him and get a drink that I can't stand? I'm so thankful that Zeke pulled me away from that, who knows what I would have said. I can't go back to that asshole, I've finally started to feel like myself again.

I turn to Zeke and pull him into a bear crushing hug, "thank you for pulling me away from that. I have no idea what I would have said to him." I pull away from the hug and give him a weak smile.

"I saw the deer in the headlights look and I had to be your hero!" Zeke decrees while putting his arms on his hips and puffing out his chest like a hero would do.

"Okay, that's enough of that!!" I laugh. "Should we leave?"

"Let's not let him win by thinking he scared you away. We should stay and show him you have moved on. I bet I can get a guy to dance with you to piss him off," he winks.

"Not right now. I just wanna go out there and have fun with my best friend," I say grabbing his hand and walking to the dance floor.

Zeke and I dance for a while and I feel like I am starting to get the hang of it. Zeke is spinning me around and dancing the moves that they taught us a couple of hours ago. I feel so free, it is amazing to just be able to have fun and let go and not worry about what anyone is thinking.

"May I cut in?" I look up to see a man maybe in his early 20's. He has on a brown cowboy hat that leaves a bit of a shadow on his face so I can't really see his eyes. He is tall maybe about 6 feet and he has a bit of muscle. You can see his muscle from his blue flannel shirt. His jeans are a nice dark wash that matches his shirt and cowboy boots.

"Of course you can," Zeke exclaims. Zeke turns to me and winks, "I'll meet you over there, Xo." He points at a table that is empty.

"What's your name, lil cutie?" the new mystery man asks in his beautiful southern accent.

"Xorina." A blush rises on my cheeks and I turn bright red.

"That is a beautiful name for a beautiful girl" he drawls.

"Thank you," I say blushing. "What's your name?"

"Tucker," he answers.

"Some reason the name fits you," I smile.

"Well thank you, ready to dance?"

"Sure, just a warning I'm not very good."

"I just saw you dancing with that other guy and I think you're amazing."

"Well thanks," I blush.

All of a sudden the song and Cowboys and Angels comes on and we begin to dance. He leads the dance. He spins me across the floor and does multiple dips within the song. He has me mesmerized, how can this guy be cute and be able to spin me across the floor? At the end of the song he took off his hat and I was able to look into his beautiful eyes. They were beautiful blue like the ocean. Blue eyes always have me swooning. It is like I can fall right into the ocean and just swim away. Which is what I feel like I'm doing right now. I can't seem to look away from these eyes.