twice a week for the past oh I
don’t know four months or so?
She had the look and she sort of knew what she was doing, and
yeah she was good and a quick learner, for some reason she was here
last week for her lesson when I got here early to run through some
lesson plans with Lana, before her lesson with Sam and I was
surprised to see her there, so I‘d seen her efforts, she was no
technical expert, her timings were way off, but she looked the
part.
Until tonight though she hadn’t ever come to a social. Oh and
there at the back of the group was Mandy, who also takes private
lessons with my sister, she’s my friend and my neighbour and she’s
dragged along with her, her new boyfriend and hard case, ex high
school nutter and expelled thug, Paul Connor. At least I knew she
wasn’t a backstabbing bitch.
Tagging on at the back Jimmy, hunky dudes brother, could this
night possibly get any get any worse? We did the last dance of the
lesson and I listened to the chatter. Most was complementary, but
putting in the boot was Karen, Lee had heard her ripping into my
dancing abilities. Telling the ones she was sat with that I was
doing it all wrong that she could do it better and so Lee had Cathy
dance with Ellie and we did the Rhumba to the music. I was good at
this, and as we were step perfect and technically unflawed, our
timings were perfect and finally the sniggering had stopped and she
sat catching flies, good bitch eat my dust, before I go all primal
on your arse, your sisters aren’t here…
“I was picked on all the time too babes, for some reason I was
too fabulous for them. You babes are just like me, too fabulous to
give a damn. You look nice tonight have you finally found the wow
in having naturally curly hair? The salon has some stuff just come
in for conditioning perms; they should be great on your hair. I'll
bring you some stuff in next week. Now ignore the bitch and carry
on looking fab babes.” I wondered what he meant about the hair? My
hand went to the head, and it felt the same frizzy and freaky… I
carried on with the lesson and tried to explain, why I hated
her.
“She has been a bitch for six and bit years. I’m thinking Lee,
that I can survive a few more weeks. She has always had everything
I have ever wanted though, and she knows it too.”
“She, no matter how many lessons she has, she will never be as
good as you, I’ve taught you all you know babes. I had to pull her
up last week she was coming on to Sam yet again and fooling around
like a damned school girl and Sammy Girl was slipping in her
teaching abilities. Karen isn’t good enough for the exams, so I
pulled her out of the next lot and told Sammy Girl she’s being
taught by Lana, and she has to start from the beginning again and
perfect the simple stuff first, she was not pleased!”
I wondered did she fancy my Sam, get me my Sam! So she had
seen him dancing here for months on both Tuesday and a Thursday,
damn she’s seen more of him than I have bugger! Why did I not say
yes to the Tuesday nippers and Thursday swing club? Bummer another
missed opportunity… Oh hell is she going to ruin my Fridays with
Sam?
“Lee has she changed her lesson dates to Friday?” He laughed
and stroked my cheek softly!
“No Michelle. She was shocked as hell when she found out he
wasn’t there on Tuesday and Thursday, but that was only ever a
temporary slot for Sam, just until Lana had a Friday slot open up,
and wow Karen is madder than a Witches tit that I won’t let her
have a Friday slot, well not unless she wants to join you and your
nippers? So how do you know him and explain the thing you two had,
it was smoking hot to watch?” I was embarrassed and blushing,
someone had seen the show we put on?
“No… I erm… I saw him when he started here a few weeks ago,
he’s sort of gorgeous, I think… Oh hell shut up and dance you
queen, he’s sort of spoken for I think?” He laughed as he pulled me
close…
“ Great minds babe, but he’s
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