JUNE 22, 1860
As luck would have it Tally ended up in Jacy’s square. He was partnered with Meghan, who was a very nice young lady. But he knew that she was also married, and married ladies held no attraction for Tally. He helped Meghan with several of the calls, but otherwise she was doing very well for a beginner. When he wasn’t keeping Meghan straight, he was watching Jacy and Jimmy.Jimmy seemed to know the moves already. Maybe he had some tutoring before class began. They seemed to dance very well together, but he knew there wasn’t anything going on between them. Tally knew that Jacy and Cody were sort of a couple, but Melissa liked Jimmy very much. He was learning more and more about the people in Dreamville every day.
Meghan smiled shyly at Tally, the young man who had been helping her. "I'm sorry, you must think I have two left feet." She said apologetically, although she had the concept of several of the calls she still managed to get confused and trip over her feet.
"No, don't worry about it. You're doing really well."
Meghan's eyes drifted once again to the first square where her husband seemed to be enjoying the company of his "Angel". She knew she really had nothing to be jealous of, but there was something about that girl. Tally noticed the direction of Meghan's gaze and shook his head.
"You'd probably do better if you didn't keep looking over there." He said with a grin. "That's Elena. She works with me."
Meghan turned back to him. She realized they were new to town and she hadn't been introduced to them, "Really? Where is it that you work?"
Tally smiled and wondered if he should tell her the truth. Knowing that Elena didn't hide the fact that she was after Luke Saunders he decided Meg should know. "We work at the Chateau, the new brothel."
Meg's eyes opened widely. "My husband is paired up with a square dancing saloon girl?"
Tally laughed and nodded, "I wouldn't worry about it. She's harmless really."
As the break ended, Meg made a note to ask Corey to keep an eye on her husband and the woman who was hanging all over his arm. Tally again patiently helped Meg with the calls.
Rachel knew Noah was a fast learner, but she never thought he would pick up the calls
this fast. Noah knew he surprised her by how fast he picked them up, but Rachel was great
at helping him, and when he messed up a little, he was thankful she was his partner.
Jimmy was thankful Jacy was his partner. He had a few lessons before, but he was still
unsure about some of the calls. Jacy was nice about helping him without getting upset at
him.
Jacy had been devastated when the waitress from the Silver Spoon
had picked Cody for her partner. She had been looking forward to choosing him as her
partner. Well, there was nothing she could do about it, so she decided to pick Jimmy for
her partner, at least he knew some of the square dancing moves already from the lessons he
had been taught before the Valentine's dance.
Clover was glad CJ picked her. They talked about how they could breakup Ivy and Noah.
Without breaking his train of thought, CJ could do the calls and help Clover along as
well. He nodded at her to tell her she was doing just fine.