The Dance
The Dance
I walked towards her and stopped in front of where she was sitting.I offered my hand and she looked at me.I smiled at her and she raised her eyebrows.
"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?" I pleaded. "Just one song." Then I smiled again.
She took my hand and I helped her stand up. I was holding her hand as we walked to the dance floor.
I placed both my hands by her waist and she rested hers on my shoulders.
I looked at her eyes and she looked back at their table.
Then the music started...
-- You give your hand to me,and then you say hello.And I could 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 called her name,she looked at me.I stared at her and she stared back.
Then it suddenly seemed that everything around us stopped.
There was only 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...--
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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 she looked at me.
"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.
Silence...
I laid my back on the bed at lumingon sya sakin.I smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Hug naman." I said.
"Sure." She replied.
She laid down beside me,laid her head on my chest and wrapped her right arm on me.I also wrapped mine onto her.
I can hear her breathing,she can feel my heartbeat.
Silence again...
I kissed her hair,inhaled it's soft scent.She burried her left cheek deeper into my chest.
"I love you." I whispered.
"I love you too." She whispered back.
I raised her head and stared at her beautiful face.Trying to memorize each and every curve and line.
Her forehead,eyebrows,eyelashes,eyes,her nose,her cheeks,her lips, her chin, everything.
Matagal-tagal ko na rin syang kilala.I know how she looks through the pictures she sent me but haven't seen her in person.
Ngayon ko lang talaga sya nakita ng malapitan.Ngayon lang nahawakan,ngayon lang nakasama.
I'm still amazed by how beatiful she is.
I looked at 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.
Suddenly it started moving...Her lips draw nearer...I closed my eyes and 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.It was just a soft kiss but the effect was intense.
I reached for the back of her neck and started kissing her.A passionate kiss.And she kissed me back.
From passionate,it turned hard.From a simple rubbing of our lips,nagkaron na ng kagatan ng labi,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,there was desire in her eyes.And I know na ganun din sakin.
Bumangon ako sa pagkakahiga at dinukot ang cellphone sa aking bulsa.Pumindot ng ilang buttons tapos ay nilahad ang kamay ko para alalayan syang bumangon.
Nang pareho na kaming nakatayo sa may paanan ng kama,may pinindot ulit ako sa cellphone ko tapos ay nilapag na yun sa kama.
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 staring 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,feeling each second of that romantic moment.Each note of the melody,each word of the song.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.--
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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 "I love you" and she whispered it back.Then binuhat ko sya and gently laid her on the bed...
(to be continued...)