Kiss Me
Dancing Queen
Bam sat at the table they had commandeered. He frowned into his Coke as he scanned the dance floor for Lotus and Helen. He honestly wasn’t jealous of Helen. He was just protective of Lotus.
He could not stand the thought of anyone hurting that girl. How many times had he kicked some ass in high school once she came out? He’d faced more suspensions for her than she knew about.
But, the fact that he loved her did not change the fact that he wanted something to drink. And he had a Coke. Coke did NOT have any alcohol in it unless you put it in there yourself. And Lotus had told him that wasn’t going to happen tonight.
He scowled as he sat back into his chair. Why did he let her boss him around? He did whatever he wanted! Not even his mother told him what to do. This just didn’t seem to make sense.
Helen and Lotus were dancing. In the middle of the crowd, and the strobe light and pulsing beat, they were out there. He let himself relax. No one would bother either of them tonight.
So now he had all the time he needed to brood and sulk. How could he possibly keep himself from getting expelled? If he got kicked out of one more school, April was just going to kill him.
Living was a wonderful thing.
Bam knew that he could just stop breaking the rules. It was logical… At least for anyone but him. He couldn’t follow a rule to save his life. He didn’t know why. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.
Suddenly, someone was standing next to his table. Someone with long, pale legs, bare of any sort of stockings. Someone with a tiny black miniskirt that made the most of those slender legs. A red tank top that hugged and kissed all the curves.
Not much of a chest though. Oh well. The pretty green glowing eyes more than made up for the lacking of breasts.
The person offered him a hand. A silent invitation to dance. The hand had long, slender fingers that sent a shudder down Bam’s spine for some reason. Normally, he would say no. He would stay sitting, sulking the night away. He wanted to make sure that Lotus felt bad for taking away the games and pizza night.
But there was something about this person standing in front of him, with long, fluffy dark brown hair and the sculpted cheek bones. There was something sparkling in those green eyes that he couldn’t resist.
And so Bam slipped his hand into the proffered one.
**
They spoke not a word as they danced, danced, danced the night away. Bam wondered about her feet, in those high heeled black strappy sandals. But when he looked up and the green eyed beauty smiled, the worry faded from his mind.
He wanted to take her back to the table, to maybe have a conversation, but he couldn’t. Every time she lifted her arms up, the tank top rode up, and the strip of pale skin that showed had him hypnotized.
Before he knew it, Lotus was tugging on his arm.
“WE’RE LEAVING!” she shouted above the beat that was so strong, they could feel it in the floor.
“WHAT? NO!”
“WHY?”
“I NEED---,” but as he turned, she was gone. The beautiful stranger was gone. His heart dropped into his stomach. He let Lotus pull him out of the club. Somehow, he felt even worse than he had.
“You looked like you were having fun, Bam.” Helen said as she slipped into the back seat. Bam nodded miserably as he slumped against the window.
“Do you know her?”
“That girl?” Lotus started the car. “No, I’ve never seen her before. She was beautiful though.”
“She was,” Helen agreed.
“Yeah,” Bam sighed. “But I didn’t get her name.”