Slow Dancing Novels & Stories

Heat flashes through me so fast I almost drop my glass. The jukebox plays something old and slow. Sophie drags me up to dance. Her hands find my waist. My arms loop around her neck. We sway off-beat. She spins me until the room blurs. The handful of late-night regulars clap and whistle. We bow like rock stars.

"What's that look in your eyes when the lights came back earlier? I'm telling you—there must be a reason even if Emmett didn't kiss me! It means he cherishes me a lot!" Isla almost burst out laughing when she heard Sadie's words. However, she knew that Sadie wouldn't listen no matter what Isla said to her now. She nodded and said, "What you said is right." Isla tried to shake Sadie's hand off and leave. But Sadie tightened her grip as she continued to curse at Isla, refusing to let it go. As the two of them struggled, Isla, whose steps were already unsteady, lost her balance and fell from the steep stairs.

The lights dimmed all of a sudden and the fast paced classical music that had been on suddenly slowed as the live band switched their tempo to something much calmer. For slow dances. Ugh. I watched as people slowly trickled into the large space in the middle with their partners, swaying to the music rather elegantly. I hate slow dances…I hate dancing, I'm terrible at it. But then…so did Roman. I wasn't sure how I knew that, it was a piece of knowledge that just dropped the second I thought about it.

They reach the dance floor where several couples are already slow dancing to a soft ballad that comes lightly over the overhead speakers. They head up to the dance floor holding hands. He is following her so he has a perfect view of just how short her tight dress is as it barely covers her well-shaped ass. She has on a pair of three inch heels adding to the guilty pleasure he is experiencing as his eyes hopelessly become glued to her swaying ass while he trails behind her. "I will try and not step on your feet too much honey." "Just relax and sway with the music." She slips an arm around his waist and draws herself closer. They move slowly round and round the

Chapter 22: A Dance in the Dark The music softened into something slower, older, the kind of song that wrapped itself around the room like silk. The lights dimmed just slightly, casting everything in a golden warmth, and the dance floor filled with swaying bodies lost in rhythm and reverence. Dominic turned to me, offering his hand. “Dance with me?”

“Slowly. I won’t step on your feet.” He chuckles softly but doesn’t resist. Together, we fall into an easy dance, his hands resting on my waist, our bodies close, moving slowly. I stare deeply into his eyes. It’s always peaceful with him. A distilled, blossoming peace.

I bit down on my lip. River stared intently at me. I turned back to see Jordan and Liz already slow dancing. The other guys were gone. I looked back at River. River held his hand out and arched an eyebrow questioningly. Instead of speaking, I placed my hand in his. River pulled me into him. We started a slow waltz around the dance floor. Alibis by Tracy Lawrence was an old country song, but it was one of my favorites, and River knew that. We blended in with all the other couples who were slow dancing. Except that wasn’t what we ever were. I remembered thinking at one time that we could have been, but that didn’t happen.

he said while laughing too. We just danced to the lively music like we were crazy and we didn’t really care about the people surrounding us. Lance and Sabrina are right, I should be happy. I should enjoy this night! *** The lights suddenly turned dimmer and the lively music a while ago turned into a slow one. Everyone looked for their partner and prepared themselves to do the slow dancing. “May I?” I smiled at Lance as he lay his hand in front of me again. “Just don’t get mad at me if I step on your foot, okay?”

After several minutes of dancing to intense music and several jumps, the DJ calms down the atmosphere a bit and giving way to the different couples on the dance floor, he plays a slow song, making everyone embrace each other and start dancing to a ballad. Looking confused looking at all the other people around us, Victoria asks me, "What is this, what's wrong?" "It's a slow song, don't you know how to dance to it?" I ask her moving closer to her, "Come, just put your hands on my shoulders, and move to the sound of the music."

With the mellow sound of the stereo, she started dancing. She was still holding his hands while she danced. She smiled at him again and lured him to dance with her. He swayed a little just so she wouldn't be upset. They dance along with the sweet music on the stereo but the way she dances has suddenly changed. It became seductive and he felt his need.