Sway with Me

Chapter Thirty-Five: Más que baile Finale

“This is it,” Isabelle murmured looking at Cristiano, the theme tune to the show was playing loudly with people clapping along and any moment now they would have to step onto the dance floor for the final.

Cristiano smiled at her, he was nervous but he wasn’t going to let it show, he was sure that they would do well and nothing was going to ruin tonight for him.

Taking Cristiano’s arm, Isabelle took a nervous breath as she waited for their names to be called; they had done so well the night before and now they had to do it one more time.

Their own competition was Rosa López and her dance partner Daniel Garcia, it was going to be a long two hour competition and Isabelle wished it was a little shorter; the show was padded out just enough so they had a small break between their two dances and getting changed.

“Cristiano Ronaldo and his dance partner Isabelle Swanson,” the announcer calling the couple out and down the stairs, they stepped out and smiled walking down the stairs.

Isabelle held her head high as she walked, she didn’t want anyone to see how nervous she was; she had done this last year and it still made her nervous.

Cristiano held back a groan as he heard his team-mates cheer for him, a lot of people he knew were going to be there to watch him compete; he didn’t want to make a mess of things.

Isabelle was wearing a long pink ballroom gown and Cristiano was a little nervous about their American Smooth; it was a new dance which made him nervous and he didn’t know how well it would go down.

“Relax,” Isabelle whispered peeking at her boyfriend, she smiled softly at him while Pilar talked about the final; they were going to dance first and it was nerve-wracking.

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Cristiano gave Isabelle a little twirl as they stepped onto the dance floor, they were going to be dancing to I Can’t Help Falling in Love; it had been on Cristiano’s mind ever since he had first heard it.

Isabelle smiled sweetly, she was confident that they could do this and everything was going to be okay; the room fell silent as they waited for the music to start and the couple got into their first positions.

Cristiano couldn’t help but admire how beautiful Isabelle look in her long pink ball gown, he knew that she wouldn’t be wearing it for long and he wished that he could be the one to help her out of it.

Cristiano stood beside Isabelle as they were announced, he took a deep breath to calm himself as the music started to play; Cristiano rested one hand of Isabelle’s shoulder and she laced her fingers with his.

The couple slowly stepped forward and looked at each other with small sweet smiles, Isabelle brushed her fingers from her free hand along his face as they stepped gracefully side to side.

Isabelle twirled away from Cristiano as they let go of one another, their foot work moving in time with the music as it played. Isabelle ducked low into a bow as Cristiano moved in front of her, she smiled a little thinking of how perfect this song was for them.

The couple moved gracefully in time with the music with Cristiano focusing on his steps as they moved; they moved carefully into hold so that they could waltz around the dance floor.

The audience clapped as Cristiano gave Isabelle a small twirl as they continued around the dance floor; he smiled knowing that he would never experience this again.

They moved towards the top of the dance floor twisting and turning in time of the music, it didn’t matter what happened tonight all that mattered right now was them.