Dancing through life

Meeting the guys

"Go on I give you the grand tour." Ricky leaves my bag at the door and motions me to follow him. We start in the kitchen it is a very nice open one with an attached dining room I just love these american kitchens. Next is the really big living room. It has large windows and in the middle of the room where a normal person would put the sofa stands a beautiful white piano. It is so Ricky. All over the walls there are pictures of his family, friends and the band. then he grabs my hand and proceeds to a flight of stairs. We climb them and stand in a hallway. To the left there is the main bathroom with a tub and a shower. I just love it. To the left there is a guest room wonderful furnished with a nice looking bed in it and at the end of the hallway is his bedroom. I hesitate at the door. For me the bedroom of a person is something deeply personal. But he just pulls me in. There in the middle of the room is a king sized bed. Everything is nicely decorated and neat. " So Sky now that you have seen everything want to go unpack?" "Are we leaving already?" I ask him. "Why leaving? You are staying in my guestroom." He says. I shake my head "No that's too much I don't want to intrude it is your house I just sleep in a hotel." " oh no you don't. I invited you here. There is no reason for you to stay in a hotel. At least not from my side. But when you are uncomfortable staying here it is ok we can look for a room." I walk up to him and place my hand on his arm " No I'm not uncomfortable if you really want me to stay then I will stay." " Ok so this is sorted. You should go unpack and get at home there. I will phone the guys to tell them we are here and if they want to do something." 

We go our separate ways, he downstairs to phone the guys, I walk into the guestroom to get myself at home. When I'm ready I go downstairs to find Ricky sitting at the piano playing a little tune. It sounds very nice. I walk up to him settling myself next to him. He turns his head to look at me. " So I talked with the guys they want to meet up in a Pub if that is ok for you? They are very happy to meet you." "It is alright. Have I time to change my clothes?"  "Yes we've got plenty of time we are meeting them there. So go up change get yourself ready and we meet downstairs say in half an hour is that alright?" I just nod and head up again I already now what I want to wear. Luckily I have packed a dress. A little black cocktail dress with spaghetti straps, obviously I put a black bolero above it to hide my scars. I curl my hair and leave it hanging loose. I put some make up on just a little grey eye shadow some mascara and red lipstick. Then I'm ready to go. I head downstairs to meet Ricky. 

He already waits at the door for me playing with his phone. When he hears me approach he looks up. His eyes go wide and move my body up and down. I blush as I realize that he is checking me out. Then he clears his throat and says. " You look amazing. Really beautiful." " Thank you very much you're not so bad yourself." He looks very handsome in his black trousers dark grey shirt and dark blue waistcoat. I absolutely love it when he wears waistcoats. He offers me his arm and leads me outside to his car. He again opens the door for me but before I can climb in he leans down to me and kisses the corner of my mouth. " I hope this is okay for you, I just couldn't help myself you look so lovely and I wanted to do that for a long time." "It was nice thank you for that." He helps me get into the car and we drive to the pub. Throughout the drive he holds my hand. I'm so confused I can't be falling for him, what will I do. I'm scared but he is so sweet so caring I could really love him. Soon we arrive at the pub, we get out of the car and he as a matter of course takes my hand as he leads our way inside. Soon we spot the guys and head over to them. He never lets go of my hand even when we arrive at their table he doesn't let go. Which is a good thing because suddenly I'm very nervous. I will meet the Kaiser Chiefs what if they don't like me? What if they think I'm only taking advantage of Ricky, that I'm only there for the fame and the money. I hesitate slightly the last steps to the table. Ricky must have felt it because he stops and turns to me to look me in the eye. "Everything alright?" He asks raising his other hand to my cheek lightly caressing it. I close my eyes at his touch and take a step closer to him to draw strength from his presence. " If I am honest I'm very nervous, what if they don't like me? What I they think I am only taking advantage of you for the fame or the money, What if..."  But I can't finish my sentence because his hand has wandered under my chin to lift my eyes up to his. "They will adore you, trust me I know them. And for your other reasons I know you and I know you would never do such a thing. Believe me everything will be alright." I nod and squeeze his hand to let him know that I'm okay. We take the last steps to the table and soon I'm enveloped in a big hug. I look up to see Simon. He smiles at me and says." There she is the famous Skylar finally in person. I am glad you made it. Now Ricky has to shut up constantly talking about you."  They all stand up to greet me very nicely, and I really feel welcomed. We sit down and order a round of drinks. Soon we are talking like old friends they put an afford in to get to know me. Suddenly Simon speaks up: " Who wants to dance? I can't sit still any longer. And I heard that someone here is a very seasoned dancer." He winks at me. "If you can persuade the barkeeper to play something nice then maybe I will dance with you." "Something special my lady?" "That depends on how you want to dance with me and if you can really dance and I don't mean jumping around and name it dancing." "Ricky you've got yourself a feisty one here ok how does disco fox sound? Or a jive if you prefer it?" "A disco fox should cut it for the start." I stand up and wait at the side of the dance floor for Simon. He comes back to me and takes my hands to lead me in the middle soon the notes of the song start and we start dancing. He is really good way better than I thought. Soon the other guys join us on the floor. And we all start dancing together. We have so much fun. I lean towards Ricky to whisper something in his ear. "Do you know the steps for our dance?" He nods. I leave the dance floor to speak with the barkeeper. When I arrive back I take Ricky's hands in mine and lead him to the middle we take our position and the music begins to play. We dance a mambo he is really good he must have practiced. I love every second of it and the looks on the faces of the guys are priceless. I think they have never seen Ricky dance like this. Soon the songs comes to end but we just stay in each others arms. The next song starts and it is a very slow one, but neither of us wants to stop dancing so we just sway slowly, his arms on my waist mine around his neck. The song is called "Can't help falling in love with you" by Elvis. Throughout the song I lay my head on his shoulder and close my eyes. This feels so right. When the song ends Ricky takes a step backwards and looks me in the eyes, his hand raises up to my cheek to caress it his eyes flicker to my lips and back again. He leans down and I close my eyes. But unfortunately we are interrupted by Simon who shouts at us to get back to the table because they want to order another round. The moment is broken we both sigh but make our way over to them. We sit back down next to each other but closer than before. Then Whitey asks the question I always dreed the most. " Hey Skylar aren't you a bit warm after all the dancing better loose your jacket before you over heat." "No it is alright I'm not too warm." "Don't tell me that, it is so hot in here." Soon the other guys start also but I can't take it off. I just can't. Tears well up in my eyes and I shout: " What are you not getting? I don't want to take it off. Just leave it alone." I'm really petrified that I shouted at them but I felt like a deer caught in the headlights. " I need some air." I say, stand up and flee the pub. Outside I take some cleansing breaths and sit down on the pavement. The tears fall from my eyes but I can#t stop them. I start to shiver and pull my bolero closer around me. Suddenly there is a warm presence beside me and I don't need to look to know that it is Ricky. He puts his arm around my shoulder and pulls me to him. "Is this alright? Or do you want some time for yourself?" " No this is nice and I'm sorry for overreacting. But I just...I just.. I can't really explain it." " You have nothing to be sorry for they should have accepted your decision. But they are really sorry, they didn't want to upset you."  "It is fine there are just some things I can not talk about. Would it be rude if we left I'm really exhausted." " I just go in and tell the guys." I grad his hand and he turns back to me. " Can you please tell them sorry for shouting and that I've really enjoyed meeting them and that I hope to see them again." He nods and walks in, a few minutes later he returns grabs my hand and helps me up. We don't say much on the way back home. We both think about the evening. We arrive at Rickys and we go inside. Outside my room he grabs my arm and turns me to him. " I really enjoyed this evening it was a pleasure dancing with you." He lightly strokes my cheek and leans down to press a soft little kiss to my lips. My eyes flutter close and I take a step forward into his hug. I don't want to let go but I know I have to. I whisper: " Thank you for this nice evening, I enjoyed it very much. Good Night Ricky." I turn around open the door get inside and close it behind me. I lean myself on the closed door and put my fingers on my lips where Ricky's have touched mine.