The Dance

I walked towards her and stopped just beside where she was seated.
I held out my hand and she looked at me. Then I smiled at her. She raised an eyebrow.

"Can we dance?" I asked.

She looked at the other lady sitting beside her. Then to her other friends in that same table. Then she looked at me again.

"Please? Just one song." I pleaded.

Then I smiled again. She took my hand and I helped her up.

I was holding her hand as we walked to the dance floor.
I then placed both my hands by her waist and she rested hers on my shoulders.
I looked at her eyes but she got shy and looked behind. To where their table at.
Her friends just smiled at her.

Then the music started...

You give your hand to me,
and then you say hello.
And I can hardly speak,
my heart is beating so.
And anyone can tell,
you think you know me well.
Well, you don't know me...

We started to sway.
I told her she looked so pretty. Then she looked at me.
I stared at her and she also stared back at me.

Then it suddenly felt like everything around us stopped. It's like everyone else had disappeared.

There was just me and her.
And the music...

No, you don't know the one who dreams of you at night.
And longs to kiss your lips,
and longs to hold you tight.
Oh, I'm just a friend,
that's all I've ever been.
Cause you don't know me...

***

Nasa isang silid na kami ng isang hotel. Nakaupo sya sa kama at ako naman ay naglakad palapit matapos isara ang pinto.
I looked at her and our gazes met.

"Hmmm?" I'm wordless.

"What?" She asked.

"La lang." I replied.

I sat down beside her.
I can feel she's nervous and so am I. This isn't my first time at alam kong ganun din sya. But it felt like there's an invisible thin wall between us.
We're both shy.

Silence...

I laid my back on the bed at lumingon sya sakin. She's still sitting.
I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Hug naman." I said.
I need to break this wall.

"Sure." She replied.

She laid down beside me, laid her head on my chest and wrapped her right arm around me.
I also wrapped mine onto her. I can hear her breathing; she can feel my heartbeat.

Silence again...

I kissed her hair, inhaled its gentle scent.
She burried her left cheek deeper into my chest.

"Why do I feel like I've known you all my life?" I whispered.

"I feel the same..." She whispered back.

I raised her head and stared at her beautiful face.
Trying to memorize each detail. Each lines. Each curves...

Her forehead, eyebrows and eyelashes.
Her eyes; its color, its gaze.
Her nose, her cheeks, her lips, her chin...
Everything!

I've only known her moments ago. But it felt like she's been a part of my life since I was born.
It's like we belong to each other. Like we fit together.
Pakiramdam ko ay ayaw ko nang malayo pa sa kanya.

I touched her face; and then her lips...
Those inviting lips! Tempting me to have a taste. Pero natatakot ako dahil baka hindi ko na kayaning pakawalan pa yun sa sandaling matikman ko.
So I just stared at it.

Then it suddenly moved...
It gets nearer...

I closed my eyes and then I felt it touch my own lips. It was never like the ones I had before.
Merong kung anong kiliti akong naramdaman sa pagkakadikit ng mga labi namin na yun. Like a warm sensation envelop my entire body.
It was just a soft kiss but the effect was intense.
I reached for the back of her neck and started kissing her.
I gave her a passionate kiss!
And she kissed me back...

From passionate, it turned hard and aggressive.

From a simple rubbing of our lips, nagkaron na ng kagatan ng labi. Ng sipsipan.
At hindi lang mga labi namin ang naglalaro kundi pati mga dila namin na animo'y mga malilikot na bata na naghahabulan.

Pareho nang mabibigat ang paghinga namin nang maghiwalay ang aming mga labi.

Tinitigan ko sya, I see desire in her eyes. A burning desire. And I know na ganun din ang nakikita nya sakin.

Bumangon ako sa pagkakahiga at dinukot ang phone ko sa bulsa.
May hinanap dun tapos ay nilahad ang kamay ko sa kanya para alalayan syang bumangon.

Nang pareho na kaming nakatayo sa may paanan ng kama, may pinindot ulit ako sa phone ko and then I placed it on the bed.

Pumailanlang ang isang musika mula rito. Niyakap ko sya sa bewang at sya naman ay yumakap sa leeg ko.
Dikit na dikit na ang mga katawan namin nang magsimula ang kanta...

Hey, have you ever tried
really reaching out to the other side?
I maybe climbing on rainbows,
but baby here goes...

We were just gazing at each other, ninanamnam ang musika at ang pagkakadikit ng mga katawan namin.

Dreams, they're for those who sleep.
Life is for us to keep.
And if you're wondering what this all is leading to?
I wanna make it with you...

We started kissing again...
While feeling each second of that romantic moment.
Of that song.
Each note of its melody. Each word of its lyrics.
Along with the warmth or our bodies and the sensation of our kiss...

No, you don't know me well.
In every little thing only time will tell.
If you believe the things that I do,
and we'll see it through...

*

Natapos na ang kanta pero magkayakap pa rin kami.
Still swaying to the tune of our hearts. Her head resting on my shoulder. One of my hands wrapped around her waist while the other caressing her back.
Both her arms are still around my neck.

I whispered an "I love you" and she whispered it back.

Then binuhat ko sya and gently laid her on the bed...

to be continued...

Songs in this story:
You Don't Know Me by Ray Charles
Make It With You by Bread