Dance Class

I laid there staring at the ceiling…listening...listening to the birds chirping and the heavy snores escaping Jacob's lips. So much time had passed. No longer captain of the football team and homecoming queen. We were simply Eveline and Jacob...the Davis's. The school teacher and the construction worker. We ate oatmeal, toast and a boiled egg every morning. Jacob always had orange juice and a cup of coffee with two sugars and no crème while I opted for tea. He read his paper while I watched the birds out the kitchen window and dreamed they'd take me with them each time they flew away. A quick peck to my forehead and Jacob would head for the door. As I began to count down "5...4...3...2...1" Jacob always forgot his lunch box and I was always waiting, lunch box in hand. "Thanks babe" but this time a stiff peck to the cheek and he was gone for the day.

Sometimes, after he left, I'd watch him, from the kitchen window, and I'd remember us young and carefree. No resemblance to the people we are now. A deep sigh and off to work I'd go. Most days I rode to the school in a daze. Numb and not really remembering driving the route to get there. Even working with the kids became mundane. The same students always acted out, same students did their homework, and the same students didn't do their homework. The only thing I looked forward to everyday was my lunch break with Rosa. Rosa was another teacher at Tindon Elementary and my dearest friend. Complete opposites didn't even begin to describe us. Where Rosa had long sexy legs and wore skirts that accentuated her curves I always made sure my skirts touched my ankles. Rosa always showed off her well endowed top while turtlenecks were my favorite all year round. Rosa drove a drop top mustang and I drove a minivan and I don't even have kids!

I enjoyed listening to Rosa tell me about her dates and the places her male "friend" for the moment had taken her. I knew Jacob loved me but he just didn’t have a romantic gene. He just didn't see the need for romantic get away's "we can do the same things at home" he'd say. If I mentioned eating out I'd have to listen to a barrage of complaints about how all restaurants over charged and were infested with vermin "besides you cook better than them any day babe" he'd said on many occasions. So I just stopped asking and took joy in travel magazines and Rosa’s stories.

            "So what are you doing for your birthday" Rosa asked

            "I normally make my favorite...meatloaf and Jacob gets me a cupcake with a candle in it. He buys Red Velvet. This one time he got me one of those trick candles...I just kept blowing and blowing...it was hilarious. We cuddle up on the couch and watch a movie or something." After some silence I looked up at Rosa who was just staring at me as if amazed with her mouth hanging open

            "What" I asked

            "I am waiting for you to tell me your plans for your birthday not your grandma's" Rosa sat waiting bucking her eyes as if it would make my plans change.

            "Jacob and I have a tradition" I said trying not to laugh at Rosa's facial expressions.

            "Oh no birthday Nookie...no dinner at a nice restaurant...just a cupcake, meatloaf, and a movie that nine times out of ten Jacob falls asleep on?" Rosa sat staring at me in pure amazement again bucking her eyes wide. Blushing I just shook my head "Eveline if you could do, have, or go anywhere and anything for your birthday what would it be?" Rosa asked. This wasn't hard for me at all "DANCE LESSONS" I blurted out so fast and so loud some of the other teachers looked in our direction. Rosa began to laugh "then why don't you" she asked. "Oh please Jacob would never take dance lessons and I would never have the nerve to go alone" I said with obvious disappointment on my face and taking a bite of my salad.

            "I'll go" Rosa said excitedly "it'll be fun...I'll even pay...My birthday gift to you." Rosa had no idea how she had just made my day. I agreed as she explained how she'd get us in a class for the weekend and then call me this evening with the details.

            "Dance lessons?" Jacob asked after I had finished my phone conversation with Rosa that evening "Eve we can't afford that and who's gonna be here to eat dinner with me?" He asked. I refused to make eye contact with him. It was so easy for me to give in and forget my plans if I looked him in the eye "Jacob please I really want to do this" I said with my head hanging down moving the mashed potatoes around on my plate "I'll make sure we can have an early dinner and Rosa is giving it to me as a birthday gift" finally gathering enough courage to look him in the eye "Please Jake" I pleaded. We sat there staring at each other for a few seconds "lord please let him just say yes" I thought. Jacob took a bite of his fried chicken and chewed while still staring at me until I looked back down at my potatoes.

            "Fine Eveline...If this is what you want...fine." Jacob began to use his fork to stab at his green beans in frustration and shoveled a large amount in his mouth "just make sure you're not late getting in and don't even think about asking me to go to none of dem damn classes when Rosa backs out" he said with a mouth full of food and pointing his fork at me I shook my head excitedly and we finished our dinner in silence and beaming on the inside.

ONE MONTH LATER:

            "Dance class?" Jacob asked standing behind me with one arm blocking the door way.

            "Yes Jake...you say that every weekend" I said as I applied my makeup and watched him in the small mirror on my dresser. It only took one class and I was hooked. The class was so much fun. At first I was so nervous and clumsy and kept stepping on Raul's, my instructors, toes. Although I'm sure he was sore and frustrated by the end of the night he never complained. Something about the classes just made me feel young and sexy again. I knew Jacob could see a difference in me and even took interest in the class when after learning the salsa I came home and practically ripped his clothes off.

Jacob attended one class and after seeing how Raul danced with me and touched me he insisted if I wanted to keep taking classes that I get a female instructor. Although I thought it was funny and somewhat refreshing to know he was jealous I agreed and started taking a later class with Tessa, Raul's sister. I just loved to dance. It was my outlet so whatever the stipulation I was game as long as he didn't try to stop me.

            "Tessa's class?" He asked. I giggled on the inside.

            "Yes Jake...Tessa's class...she's going to pick me up and drop me off." I said reassuringly. When I heard Tessa blow her horn I jumped up and grabbed my purse.

            "Whoa Whoa Whoa" Jacob said shaking his head and holding his hands up in the "stop" position "what the hell is this" he asked looking me up and down. I had bought a new dress earlier that afternoon. Hell I deserved it and was tired of the long skirts and turtlenecks. A V-necked black wrap around dress that stopped right above my knee is what Rosa helped me pick out. Nothing fancy or too fitted just different for me.

            "Jake stop it" I giggled as I picked up my gym bag "Tessa and I are going for drinks after class and no...I won't be late." Before he could say another word I gave him a stiff peck to the lips and out the door I went.

            Tessa's class was never very full because of the late time slot and most times it consisted of one or two couples. Tonight an engaged couple, preparing for their first dance at their upcoming wedding, were in the class. They didn't stay the full two hours but they were nice and danced well together. You could really see their love for each other. Tessa had a few things to finish up in her office before she could leave so I turned on some Kenny G and practiced my Waltz in the large mirror that covered the wall. I had become so comfortable in my own skin and with the movements I danced with my eyes closed and felt like I was gliding. I imagined myself in a ball gown and Jacob in a tux swinging me around the dance floor. The smooth sounds of the saxophone made my insides tingle and my skin feel like silk as the beat went up tempo. As the beat slowed back down I slowed my sway and just then I felt a soft hand rest on the side of my face tilting my head to the side.

Wrapped up in my own imagination I felt Jacob place one hand on my waist and then with his other hand he stretched my arm out to my side. I placed my hand over his at my waist bending my elbow and held on to the tips of his fingers gently with my outstretched arm. I felt like an eagle soaring through the sky as he led me, from behind, around the dance floor. I was the birds I once watched out my kitchen window. Free to go where ever I wanted. Kenny G began a riff that made his saxophone sound like ripples over and over again and Jacob began to spin me around and around and just as the music stopped Jacob stopped my spin and swiftly pulled me into him and before I knew what was happening my hands were at each side of his face welcoming his tongue into my mouth. Only it wasn't Jacob...it was Tessa. Tessa and me...she and I...in a full blown kiss...right there in the middle of the dance floor. Why wasn't I stopping her? Why wasn't I controlling me? In that moment Tessa was awakening something in me that I had never felt before. Never had I looked at her in this way and there I was throwing caution to the wind and loving every moment of it.

When Art of Noise came through the speakers we broke apart and simply stared at each other in silence. The red lipstick I wore was now hers to wear. What could I say? What should I do? Where could I run to since she was my ride? I was definitely going to need that drink. I just stood there staring with my breath caught in my chest.

            "I'll get the lights and lock up ...meet you at the car" Tessa said but I didn't move and although I tried to respond nothing came out. "Eveline...Eveline?" She snapped her fingers in my face "bathroom" was all I could say before I grabbed my bag and ran off to the locker rooms before she could respond.

The cold towel felt so refreshing as I dabbed my face and chest. I stared at myself in the mirror as I began to take my dance attire off and put back on my dress. I stood there for a moment just looking at myself with just my panty and bra on, my dress in hand, thinking nothing in particular just staring. When Tessa's hand crept up my body from behind and caressed my erect nipple through my bra. Air escaped my mouth and I felt my head lean back in pure ecstasy as I closed my eyes and prepared myself to give in to whatever she had in store for me.

A loud thud brought me back to consciousness. My gym bag had hit the floor and I was alone in the locker room. With only my panties and bra on and my dress in my hand I realized there was no Tessa, no hands, just me and a throbbing between my legs.

            "Knock Knock" Tessa said as she cracked the locker room door open "you alright in here." I hurriedly put my dress on, tying it at the side, and turned the water off in the sink "Ummm yeah I'm good I'll be ready in a sec" I called back to her but she didn't respond. When I heard the locker room door close I turned the water back on and submerged my towel in the icy water.

            "You sure you okay" Tessa whispered from behind me. Her mouth so close to my neck I could feel her breath causing every hair on my body to stand up. Staring at each other through the mirror I was frozen in place. I locked eyes with her and shook my head answering her unasked question giving her permission to put her lips on me once again to which she obliged. Every sense in my body exploded as water continued to fill in the sink. Her hands moved down my body and she began to lower herself until all I could see were her eyes peeking over my shoulder again silently asking my permission to go further to which I again shook my head granting her permission. Tessa eased her hands up the curve of my back and gently pulled on my ponytail as she laced the small of my back with tiny bites, through my dress, that stung in pure exotic arousal. As cold water spilled over and splashed on my bare feet Tessa only went lower and began gracing my inner thighs with her bites. I gripped the sink for support as Tessa remained on her knees, pressing my thighs further apart with her body as water flooded the floor. Her bites stopped and I felt her warm breath on my thighs. Her fingertips barely touching my skin I was ready to explode.

Tessa glided both of her hands up my thighs and removed my soaked panties slowly and deliberately down my legs making a sloshing noise and they hit the puddle of water that had formed on the floor. I felt my nails grip the sides of the sink harder when Tessa clipped my pearl in between her index and middle finger. Only she didn't use her fingertips but instead used the space between her top and middle knuckle in a kneading rotation. My head dropped and my hair fell to the sides causing the tips to dip into the water. On the inside of my thigh Tessa used her palm to lift my leg up and balance on the sink.

Her fingers skillfully glided inside of me causing a soft moan to escape my lips. Water began to splash over the front of my dress as Tessa began to slam her fingers inside of me over and over again causing my body to jerk back and forth until warmness surged through my body and released on her fingers. My knees gave way and Tessa was there to catch me. She laid me down in the cold water on my back. Her deep stare made me uncomfortable and when I began to squirm she untied my dress from the side and steadied my body with her palm on my belly.

She leaned down as if coming for my mouth and instead lifted the bottom of my bra with her teeth and began to suck my nipple. She slammed two of her fingers inside of me probing and massaging my G-spot while biting my nipple. My back and feet arched off the floor. I heard what sounded like screams and moans echo through the locker room but I didn't recognize them as my own even though I knew they were.

            "Un-Uh" Tessa moaned but never stopped sucking and slamming. I closed my eyes tight when release after release consumed my body. I latched my legs around Tessa and filled her mouth with my tongue as she gripped my wet hair pulling me closer to her. Laying there in the cold water her panting on top of me and me beneath her I heard Jacob's chuckle. I rolled over coming to my senses realizing there was no Tessa, no locker room, and no water. Just my sweaty body lying next to Jacob as he fought to catch his breath.

            "The dance lessons can definitely stay" he managed through small pants of breath before drifting into a deep snore and leaving me to bask in my fantasies. "Yes" I thought "the dance lessons can definitely stay!"