Chapter Twenty-Two

Austin put his arms around Emery's waist and began to sway to the song.

Emery had danced to slow songs before with other guys, well, ones that were just friends. But this time, it seemed so different with Austin. Emery placed her hands on the sides of his neck and laid her head down on his chest. She could hear his heartbeat and loved how it was the most soothing sound.

It was too bad that the song couldn’t be one of the long ten-minute types. The intoxicating experience was over way too quick for Emery’s liking. The guy at the booth put on some type of hip-hop rap song that Emery had no idea what it was.

“I guess you don’t dance to this type of stuff?” Austin questioned her about the song that had started playing. “You know, maybe a little twerking.” He turned around and shook his butt at her.

Emery giggled at his attempt to try and do one of those butt-shaking movements. “I would probably look worse than y