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| Chapter Twenty-Four | |||||||||
| Kay and Miguel stood together in the middle of the dance floor waiting for the music to start. Kay was dressed in a black two-piece micro-fiber skirt set. The top was a silky soft camisole that neatly went along with the spandex skirt that flowed freely around her legs or rather her thighs since the skirt ended mid-thigh. Miguel was dressed similarly in a black pants that fit his well sculpted body to a T and a white dress shirt to match it. | |||||||||
| "So Miguel are you going to talk to me at all?" He was still a tad angry about her dance with Max. | |||||||||
| "Kay, I haven't stopped talking to you. I know that you were just doing what ..." he paused as he tried to search for the right words. "Well, actually I don't know why you were doing it. I mean, what was your motivation for doing what you did? I don't have a clue as to why you did it. But, maybe you could enlighten me?" He asked and awaited her response. | |||||||||
| "I did it because it was fun and also liked making you jealous. Frankly, it's nice to see you so irritated. There was a time when I thought you would never feel that way about me. I hope you didn't get too mad." Kay said as she walked over to Miguel and placed her hands on his chest. | |||||||||
| "Kay, all of the guys at the table had to hold me back. I was ready to come up there and beat the hell out of Max. Of course, I'd be mad if I see you dancing with another man like that. Especially, like that! I think that was particularly annoying. But, I will get over it eventually. Now, come on let's get back into position to work this dance and win." Miguel said as he gently kissed Kay's lips and pushed her away from him so that he could get in position. The curtain opened and then the music started. | |||||||||
| Over and over I look into your eyes | |||||||||
| You are all I desire | |||||||||
| You have captured me | |||||||||
| I want to hold you I want to be close to you | |||||||||
| I never want to let go | |||||||||
| I wish that this night would never end | |||||||||
| I need to know... | |||||||||
| Miguel walked to Kay who stood at the far end of the stage. When he got to her, he touched her shoulder and she slowly turned her head to look up at him. Once she saw him she turned around completely. He held out his hand and he pulled her to him. As she drew closer to him, he maneuvered them into a medium speed salsa. | |||||||||
| Could I hold you for a lifetime | |||||||||
| Could I look into you eyes | |||||||||
| Could I have this night to share this night together | |||||||||
| Could I hold you close beside me | |||||||||
| Could I hold you for all time | |||||||||
| Could I could I have this kiss forever | |||||||||
| Could I could I have this kiss forever, forever... | |||||||||
| Kay and Miguel danced in sync with one another. They both looked into each other's eyes as if they were the only people there. His hand moved from around her waist to touch her cheek. | |||||||||
| As they began to spin around the floor, Miguel reached up and gently caressed her cheek. His hand slid down her cheek onto her neck as he looked down at her lips. Then when as it looked like he was going to kiss her, his hand slid lower still. His hand moved down to her waist as he stopped her from dancing and enthused her into a twirl around his body. | |||||||||
| Over and over I've dreamed of this night | |||||||||
| Now you're here by my side | |||||||||
| You are next to me | |||||||||
| I want to hold you and touch and taste you | |||||||||
| And make you want no one but me | |||||||||
| I wish that this kiss would never end | |||||||||
| Oh baby please... | |||||||||
| She stopped twirling and stood beside him. He pulled her body into his and just held her. His hands moved from the small of her back to frame her face. She placed her arms around his neck below his hair. Then she placed her head against his shoulder as they held each other briefly. | |||||||||
| Could I hold you for a lifetime | |||||||||
| Could I look into your eyes | |||||||||
| Could I have this night to share this night together | |||||||||
| Could I hold you close beside me | |||||||||
| Could I hold you for all time | |||||||||
| Could I could I have this kiss forever | |||||||||
| Could I could I have this kiss forever, forever... | |||||||||
| He released her and she danced around him. Ensuring that her skirt swayed around her long legs. After she returned in front of him he grabbed her hand and pulled her into step with him | |||||||||
| They danced around the stage until they were ready to do the next movement. Stopping so that Kay was in front of him, her back to his front. He pulled her close and then lifted her off her feet. He swung her around making sure to keep her secured about his body. | |||||||||
| I don't want any night to go by | |||||||||
| Without you by my side | |||||||||
| I just want all my days | |||||||||
| Spent being next to you | |||||||||
| Lived for just loving you | |||||||||
| And baby, by the way... | |||||||||
| Keeping one arm around her waist he hoisted her up in the air and slid an arm under her legs. Now he was holding her with one arm under her knees and another on the small of her back and began to spin her around in a circular motion. As he spun around Kay maneuvered herself so that she was turned toward him. He stopped spinning around and Kay turned herself so that she was now on his back. | |||||||||
| Could I hold you for a lifetime | |||||||||
| Could I look into your eyes | |||||||||
| Could I have this night to share this night together | |||||||||
| Could I hold you for all time | |||||||||
| Could I could I have this kiss forever | |||||||||
| Could I could I have this kiss forever, forever... | |||||||||
| With Kay on his back, Miguel moved toward the chair strategically set up on the back of the stage. As he eased himself down, Kay stood on the chair and when he sat down completely she placed both of her legs on his shoulders and slid herself down onto his lap. He arched out one long leg as he dipped Kay in the chair sitting down. Kay framed his face with her hands, and arched up to meet his lips in a kiss. So as the song ended they were kissing on the stage. | |||||||||
| The curtain closed on the kissing couple as the last note of the song* ended. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Backstage (About twenty minutes since Kay's performance)... | |||||||||
| Mimi and Chloe were talking to the deejay about the order of their songs when Marvin, the dance coordinator came up. | |||||||||
| "Okay ladies, it's Showtime for one of you." He checked his list. "Alright, I don't have a specific person named just this time blocked off. Any who, whichever one of you is going to perform, you need to get ready." He looked at his watch. "You have approximately two minutes." As he walked away from Mimi and Chloe, who tried to decide who would go next. | |||||||||
| "Look, Chloe why don't you go ahead. I still need to get the music settled for my mix." | |||||||||
| "Are you sure Mimi?" | |||||||||
| "Of course, I am. Now go get Philip and get out there before he tries to bail." Mimi shooed Chloe away and finished talking with the deejay about her songs. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Chloe and Philip followed the dance-coordinating assistant to the stage where they would dance . | |||||||||
| "Are you sure you should be doing this?" Philip asked as she stretched her legs to get ready to perform in her three-inch heels. | |||||||||
| "You're not trying to get out of this are you, Philip?" she asked in return as looking into his eyes. | |||||||||
| He shook his head. "Of course not. I was just worried about the baby. I don't want you to do anything too strenuous." Philip said as he walked to her and stopped her from stretching to look at him. "I mean Chloe, you are four months pregnant." | |||||||||
| "First, Philip although, I love you for worrying about me, I don't need you to. I talked with a family friend who is a doctor and she assured me that there is nothing to worry about. I'll be fine. And anyways, I'm not yet four months pregnant, I am almost four months pregnant. Don't worry. Besides, it's not as if I've never danced like this before so it shouldn't be a real problem." | |||||||||
| "Okay, I was just checking. Now, how about you tell me who told you about the plan?" Philip asked as he hugged Chloe to him. | |||||||||
| Chloe knew that he had obviously figured out that they had some sort of help. "I'm sorry but I can't reveal my sources. You shouldn't be concerned anyway because our informant didn't know what you were planning to do. Only that you were planning to do something tonight. But, who cares it's over now. And the only thing that I want you to be concerned about is winning this event." | |||||||||
| "Well, if that's how you feel, then by all means let's do this." Philip said as they moved into their position center stage. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| "So does anybody know whose on next?" Kay asked the group at table. | |||||||||
| "Well, when I just went to talk to Theresa a few minutes ago, she told me that Chloe is going to be next." Maria answered sitting down in her seat next to Michael after going to call Paloma and check on the twins. | |||||||||
| "Look, it's starting." Belle said excitedly as the music started to play and the curtains opened. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Chloe and Philip made a very striking couple as they stood in position on the stage. She was wearing a black satin shirtdress with French cuffs and a wraparound belt holding it closed. Her leg was arched out in front of her showing the golden skin of her lower thigh as it came through the slit in front. The dress framed her pregnant body so nicely that she didn't look pregnant if you saw her from the front only. Her long brown hair added to her overall beauty as it hung straightened along her sides. The man was in a dark blue shirt that stood out on the darkened stage and a pair of black pants that were molded to his body perfectly showing off in all the right places. | |||||||||
| She stood in front of Philip leaning back on him slightly looking directly out to the audience. Philip stood in back of her with his arms about her waist under her long hair. He was looking down at her. They were waiting for the music to start. | |||||||||
| "When is that damn music going to start? Or is it already on?" He whispered down to her careful not to break his dancing stance. | |||||||||
| "It should be on in a few minutes, Philip. Just relax." | |||||||||
| "Relax, yeah right," the last words died as the music started. | |||||||||
| Baby you don't know what you do to me | |||||||||
| Between you, and me I feel chemistry | |||||||||
| Won't let anyone come and take your place | |||||||||
| Cause the love you give | |||||||||
| Can't be replaced | |||||||||
| See no one else loves me like you do | |||||||||
| That's why I want to spend my life with you | |||||||||
| Wanna please you in anyway I can | |||||||||
| Wanna share my world don't you understand... | |||||||||
| Chloe looked up at Philip and he down at her. Her arm was draped up around his neck. She slowly slid her hand down his muscled chest until she ended up where his hands were down by her side. As their fingers touched he brought his hand up and twirled her around so that she was facing him. | |||||||||
| Still holding her hand, he raised his and they met palm to palm. As their hands became intertwined Chloe moved closer to Philip. He released her hands and pulled her to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they moved together slowly, seductively with the beat of the music. | |||||||||
| Your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on | |||||||||
| You give me a really good feelin' all day long | |||||||||
| Your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on | |||||||||
| You give me a really good feelin' all day long... | |||||||||
| She moved her hands from around his neck to slide down to his shoulders and then his chest. She gently pushed him back from her; once he was an arm's length away he reached out and grabbed her out-stretched arm to spin her in circles around him. As he spun her one last time he pulled her back to his body to stand in front of him. | |||||||||
| I'll give you anything you want from me anything you want anything you need anything your soul desires | |||||||||
| I'll give you anything you want from me anything you want anything you need anything your soul desires... | |||||||||
| Chloe turned to face him, she mimicked the words of the song using her hands as the offering, gesturing in the air. Philip grabs her hands and shakes his head. He placed her hands down by her side before he moves to the belt on the dress. He unties the belt and then slowly slides it out of the loops. Chloe's eyes widen as she realizes what he is going do to, she reaches out to grab it from him however he anticipates it and throws the belt into the audience. | |||||||||
| With her dress falling open to Philip's eyes, he pulls her to him and then he turns her around so that she faces the audience. He takes a side of the dress in each of his hands and pulls it apart only allowing her shoulders to be exposed making it seem as if she doesn't have on anything else. He continues to pull it off until she's out of it and he throws it into the audience and spins Chloe to face him as two songs mix and move to the next one, Ain't Nobody*. | |||||||||
| Captured effortlessly | |||||||||
| That's the way it was | |||||||||
| Happened so naturally | |||||||||
| I did not know it was love | |||||||||
| The next thing I felt was | |||||||||
| You holding me close | |||||||||
| What was I gonna do? | |||||||||
| I let myself go... | |||||||||
| Chloe's outfit had changed to an electric blue dress with spaghetti straps and a criss-cross back along with a dazzling silver mesh tab choker and matching bracelet. Her long hair streamed down her back, as she looked at Philip and held her hand out to him. He grasped it and pulled her to him. They came together following the beat of the Chaka Khan song. | |||||||||
| Philip placed his leg between hers as they danced together bringing their bodies even closer. He released her hands and moved down to grasp her waist. Once he did so, he stopped their movements to ease down and pull her closer to him, so much so she was practically sitting on his leg. Wrapping his arms around her, he lifted her off the floor and spun her around. Her hair flew out as they spun around. | |||||||||
| I've been waitin' for you | |||||||||
| It's been so long | |||||||||
| I knew just what I would do | |||||||||
| When I heard your song | |||||||||
| Filled my heart with bliss | |||||||||
| Gave me freedom | |||||||||
| You knew I could not resist | |||||||||
| I needed someone... | |||||||||
| As he stopped spinning around to place her back on the ground, her hair flowed behind her. They went back to their dance steps this time a little faster to keep in tune with the music. They moved into some simple samba steps and parted, Philip held one of Chloe's hands while she moved out to the side of him and did a samba rhythm box step around him. | |||||||||
| And now we're flying through the stars | |||||||||
| I hope this night will last forever | |||||||||
| Oh, oh, oh, oh... | |||||||||
| As she moved in front of him he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back to him. So that her back was to his front, he wrapped his arms around her and took one hand to grasp one of hers, holding it out front of them. Then slightly leaning forward (almost bending), he moved them around in a circular motion performing the samba roll. Chloe was held tightly in front of him as they danced so in sync with one another that they seemed to be one person moving. | |||||||||
| Ain't nobody | |||||||||
| Loves me better | |||||||||
| Makes me happy | |||||||||
| Makes me feel this way | |||||||||
| Ain't nobody | |||||||||
| Loves me better than you... | |||||||||
| After going through the motions of the samba roll, Philip stopped them on the dance floor. He took the hand wrapped around her waist to spin her out away from him. Chloe showed off her samba steps solo while Philip moved to the background to strip off his shirt so that he stood in a matching electric blue short-sleeved t-shirt. He walked back to Chloe and interrupted her solo steps. | |||||||||
| And first you put your arms around me | |||||||||
| Then you put your charms around me | |||||||||
| I can't resist this sweet surrender | |||||||||
| Oh my nights are warm and tender | |||||||||
| We stare into each other's eyes | |||||||||
| And what we see is no surprise | |||||||||
| Got a feeling most with treasure | |||||||||
| And a love so deep we cannot measure... | |||||||||
| She turned toward him and they came together looking into each other's eyes intensely. She caressed the side of his face, while he lovingly cradled her head and moved them into a deep dip. The only part of him she touched was his face as he moved her down. Gently and slowly with the song, they rolled and swayed together upward. Once they came up together the spun apart. | |||||||||
| They came together again in an overlap above his arm with Chloe's thigh propped on his hip, she head hung back (looking at the audience) and her hair cascaded down to the floor. He embraced her around the small of the back, creating a center of balance for her as he looked down at her. She had a hand on his shoulder completely trusting to him to hold her. | |||||||||
| Ain't nobody | |||||||||
| Loves me better | |||||||||
| Makes me happy | |||||||||
| Makes me feel this way | |||||||||
| Ain't nobody | |||||||||
| Loves me better than you... | |||||||||
| As he agilely rolled her up she caressed his face. He moved one of his hands to her nape (under her hair) and prompted her to spin around him, hair flying. While she spun around he grasps one of her hands and stops her. Once she came to a stop he raised his hands (head level) for their special hand signal (i.e. Prelude to Love). She raises her hands to meet his palm to palm they become intertwined as Philip pulled Chloe into a standing floor twist, which brings them up and down. | |||||||||
| When they are up again he releases one hand and spins her out, only to pull her in front of him. With their arms out on their sides, they intertwined their hands. Philip looked down at Chloe, while she gazes up at him. He leads in wrapping both their arms around her waist as they swayed to the beat of the music. | |||||||||
| Unwrapping his arms from hugging Chloe's waist he kept one hand intertwined and spun her around. Then spinning her around once more and she spun him around afterwards. As the song ended, they came back together, her arms went around his neck and his about her waist as they smiled and gazed into each other's eyes. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| After Chloe and Philip left the stage they returned to their seats in the audience. And watched the performances that followed after them waiting Brady and Mimi's performance. Meanwhile, Brady and Mimi were backstage getting ready to go on. | |||||||||
| "So did you make the song changes like I suggested?" Brady asked Mimi as she glanced around at the stage making sure all of their props were in place. | |||||||||
| "No of course not. I already told you Brady this is my performance I'm not changing anything. Besides, it's too late to make any changes and you already agreed to this for me without the other songs." | |||||||||
| Brady, who had been watching his wife from the chair on the stage, got up and walked over to her to fix her tie. It was crooked. Mimi was wearing a suit with a white dress shirt and a black tie. As he fixed her tie, he let his fingertips linger under it to mess with the buttons of her shirt. "Well, if you're sure, then you know I will do this for you. There is nothing that I won't do for you, babe." | |||||||||
| "Brady Black, I know what you are trying to do. So stop it." She grabbed his hand before he released one of the buttons on her shirt. "I already told you that I am not changing the songs. But, I did add one more to the list." | |||||||||
| "Which one?" | |||||||||
| "The last one, the guy told me that we could have up to three songs, if we wanted. So I just added one more song. To end our performance." Mimi moved closer to Brady and wrapped her arms around his neck to angle his head down to hers. | |||||||||
| "Well, at least you got one of my choice's added. I guess that I'll settle for that. I'll consider it payback for that dance you did with Evans." He leaned his head down and was about to kiss Mimi when Marvin strolled up behind her. | |||||||||
| "Hey you two you'll be on in about a minute and half so you might want to stop making out and get into place." The annoying dance coordinator left as quickly as he came up. | |||||||||
| Brady sighed. "We'll just have to finish this later. Go get your sweet self in to place so that we can win this thing and go home to finish what we started." Mimi nodded and brushed her lips across his, adjusting her hat she then walked back to her spot. As soon as she was in place Brady moved off to the back of the stage out of the view of the audience. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| When Chloe and Philip had returned to the table she went to sit in her own seat but, Philip pulled her into his lap. And that was where she was currently sitting while her chair had the shirtdress she took off during her performance and Philip's shirt on it. | |||||||||
| "I think that Mimi and Brady are going next." Chloe said | |||||||||
| "That's good. I can't wait to see what they are going to do." Kay responded. | |||||||||
| "Yeah then maybe we can find out who told." | |||||||||
| "Philip, I don't really think that's important right now. Besides, all you really need to know is that we knew about it. And we still thought it was a great idea. But, our idea was better planned and no one found out about it." Chloe said teasingly to Philip and when he opened his mouth to protest Chloe silenced him. "Shh, look the curtain is opening. We'll discuss this later." She then turned to the stage to watch as the curtain opened on the stage. | |||||||||
| ...To be continued in Part Two | |||||||||
| Menu | |||||||||
| * Song Credits: Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody; Aaliyah - One in a Million; Enrique Iglesias f/ Whitney Houston - Could I Have This Kiss Forever | |||||||||