DANCING QUEEN.

ISABELLA 'ELLA' GRAHAM. 29. Raleigh native, Wilmington newbie. Dance instructor. Sex addict. "I can turn it on, be a good machine, I can hold the weight of worlds if that's what you need. Be your everything"

[ellamgraham]

Jameson Castello.

    There was no way for Jaime to begin to doubt her intentions any longer - she was leaning in, and his eyes were dropping, landing on her lips, and it didn’t matter the words she was saying. His body language was welcome enough for Ella to close the gap, kissing her with the same passion she had started it with. Jaime would have been confused if there was any blood left in his head - it had surged south, and right now, he wasn’t in any position to question his luck. In fact, this seemed exactly what he needed - something to yank him from the funk he’d been stuck in since the accident. Ella made it so easy to lose himself, too, enjoying her touch; though as her hands brushed up his chest, he winced automatically. Oh… right. “Ella, I-” Jaime started, about to reluctantly let her down, explain he didn’t think he had the capabilities she was wanting. It would be the first time in history he’d ever say no, but she beat him to it. Her words had his mouth gaping, head nodding; at this point, Jaime would probably do whatever she asked… even if what she proposed was probably grounds for getting fired. His eyes darted to the clock. Hell, it was less than 30 minutes ‘till he was supposed to close up anyway, why not? “Yes, ma’am,” Jaime grinned, standing awkwardly with the bulge in his pants making it a bit difficult to walk until he adjusted. “I’ll do what I can, but I admit… I am less than my normal skill set.” 

      “That’s more than okay with me, sexy,” Smirking towards Jaime, Ella couldn’t be happier that he was on board with what she wanted and that she was going to be satisfying him and vice versa at the end of the day. Even though she walked in here wanting a tattoo, she was glad to be eventually walking out of this building without one. Hungry for him and the activities they were going to do, she watched him follow her simple order and lock the front door. When he approached her again, her eyes quickly studied the bulge popping out of his pants. When it got close enough, her hands attacked it and her lips were all over his once again. “Now, let’s have some fun.”

FADE TO BLACK & TIME SKIP.

        “Fuck, Jaime,” Looking over at Jaime with an incredibly satisfied, yet exhausted smile on her lips, Ella slowly, yet surely put her clothes back on her touched body. “You really know your way around a woman’s body.” She stated, knowing her words were more than true. Yes, she did all of the fun work and he barely moved, his hands still pleasured her in more ways than one. They knew exactly what they were doing and where to be at all times. Once she was clothed, she walked over to him and rested her hand on his hip. “We should definitely do this again sometime.”

[ellamgraham]

Annabel Weldon.

    “Oh, good, now I know my pleading puppy dog pout will not be necessary this evening.” An excited gleam reflected in her umber hues, briefly clapping her hands together in victory. Giddy to follow Ella in suit onto the dance floor. “Judge?” Her well plucked brows jutted up in question, with mock offense lingering in her affectionate, amused tone. “Oh-ho-ho are we presuming I will have reason to be embarrassed? I may not hold a candle to you, beautiful, but all those years of tap and jazz have to do me some good.” Without the assistance of her tap shoes, the playful shuffle ball change was done while being mindful to not snap her heel. Snickering, already a drink in making her inclined to the jovial noise, a hand propped against her hip. Letting the playful little maneuver fade into a hip sway that better matched the music. Annabel reached to capture Ella’s hand once more, leading her dance partner into a flirtatious spin. “See, I am not all that embarrassing to be seen with. You will have to find another reason to judge me.” In her humble opinion, that may not be very hard to accomplish. 

        “Show me what you got, babe!” Beaming happily towards Annabel, Ella swayed her hips to the beat and watched as her dance partner started to show off her tricks and skills. Her eyes focused on the other’s feet, she watched them move and was highly impressed. She knew how to dance and dance well, which made her more attractive to the dance instructor. As her eyes moved up her body, they focused on her swaying hips and hoped she could get her hands on them at some point. “You got some skill, I’ll give you that. You might even be better than some of the adults I teach.” When her eyes locked back onto the brunette’s, she threw a flirtatious wink her way. Moving her dancing body closer to the other woman, her smirk lifted on her lips once her hand collided into Annabel’s again. Spinning for her, she took matters into her own hands and took her other free hand. Grasping both of her hands lightly, she slowly pulled her in closer to her as they still danced to the upbeat song. Letting her eyes linger on her plump lips, she finally lifted her eyes to her’s before saying, “Challenge accepted, sexy. I’m already looking at what I want to judge next.” Blunt and to the tee, she enjoyed their flirting of all sorts, but she wanted to take the next step.

[ellamgraham]

Amelia Reyes-Ortega.

Who: Amelia + Ella @ellamgraham​

When: May 2nd, 2020

Where: Wrightsville Manor

“Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes,” Amelia said, strutting her way over to the familiar brunette. “You look hot,” she commented, gesturing up and down. “It’s nice to see you here, Ella,” she said softly. She hadn’t seen the other woman since the day her house was destroyed. There wasn’t a day that passed where she wasn’t grateful for Ella and Penelope. Putting an arm gently on her shoulder, she smiled. “Are you having a good time so far?” she asked. “Did you come with anyone or are you flying solo?”

        “Right back at you, Amelia,” An instant smile forming on her lips, Ella truly believed Amelia was a sight for sore eyes. The last time she saw the older woman, she was majorly injured and covered in heavy rain, debris, and burns. Now that she was standing before her looking amazing, it made her a bit speechless. “It’s good to see you, too.” Wrapping an arm around her waist, she appreciated the side hug and took in all of her questions. “I came with my best friend Hattie. She’s around here somewhere.” She chuckled, letting her eyes search for her plus one before focusing back onto the other. “I’m having a great time! I’ve been drinking and dancing, one of my favorite combos. How about yourself?”

[ellamgraham]

Location: Wrightsville Manor, May 2nd, 2020.

Interacting with: @penelxpebradley​.

       “Penelope, hey,” When Ella’s eyes landed on the red-head, a nervous-ridden smile formed on her face. The last time they interacted was during the storm, in a horrific situation, helping Amelia out of her damaged home. Now that almost two months have passed, memories of the event still clouded her thoughts. She’s had a full glass of champagne and a shot of tequila in her system, so the nervous butterflies she was currently feeling weren’t making as big of a mess. After getting her new drink from the working bartender, she turned to the other and gave her the same nervous smile. “It’s good to see you. How are you doing?”

[ellamgraham]

Location: Wrightsville Manor, May 2nd, 2020.

Interacting with: @calvinxmccoy​.

        “Calvin, smile!” At one point, Ella was skipping through the beautifully decorated building, but when her eyes landed on Calvin, she was quick to rush to his side, hold her phone up and take a few selfies with him. It didn’t even matter how good they looked; all she wanted was another picture with her older half-brother to add to her growing collection. “Another item checked off my bucket list. Get a picture with the most handsome man in the room.” Tease laced within her words, she grinned up at one of her favorite men. “In all seriousness, you looked great during the ceremony. Are you ready to present your best man speech?”

[ellamgraham]

Location: Wrightsville Manor, May 2nd, 2020.

Interacting with: @violetmurphy​.

        “Vi’,” When Ella spotted Violet among the crowds, the dancer was quick to yell her name while running towards her. She was happy to see her friends and siblings here, but when her eyes locked onto one of her best friends, a large amount of excitement ran through her muscular body. Coming at her hot, she slowed down enough to wrap her in a hug and not slam her to the ground. “You look hot. Who gave you permission to look this good at a wedding?” She questioned the blonde, her tease in full effect. Looking towards the open bar, she didn’t take long to look back at her fellow dancer. “Want to hit the open bar and give the desperate girls a run for their money?”

[ellamgraham]

Hattie Lockwood.

@ellamgraham​

“Cover me for a sec, yeah? These spanx are giving me the worst kind of wedgie, and I gotta pick it.” 

        “Hell yeah! Go for it,” Moving to the rescue, Ella quickly jumped in front Hattie and tried to give her as much coverage as possible. “I would have worn spanx too, but they wouldn’t fit up this dress one bit.” She said to her date as her eyes scanned her tight black dress. “Then again, my ass looks amazing right now and I think they would have ruined it, so there’s that.”

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Hattie Lockwood and Ella Graham  at the Otis Wedding 2020 

Hattie came along to the wedding as the plus-one of @ellamgraham, fully intending to take advantage of the open bar. 

[ellamgraham]

Location: Wrightsville Manor, May 2nd, 2020.

Interacting with: @rileyotis​.

        Ever since the beautiful ceremony, Ella couldn’t stop smiling. Here she was, standing by the bar at the reception with the biggest grin on her face. Love was in the air, food and drinks were had and people were on the dance floor, which excited her the most for obvious reasons. Having a need to pull someone out on the dance floor, her eyes started to scan the room. When they landed on Riley Otis, she was quick to head her way. “Hi, Riley,” She approached her happily. “I believe this is our first time seeing each other outside of the studio. You look amazing, by the way.”

[ellamgraham]

                                      E L L A   G R A H A M

                                   OTIS WEDDING 2020.

Wearing a tight, black dress and accompanied by Hattie Lockwood, Ella Graham arrived at the Kenan Chapel at Landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina on May 2nd, 2020.

Featuring: @hattie-lockwood.

[ellamgraham]

Althea Santos.

“Yeah.” While Thea was excited about the prospect of a good taco, she wasn’t quite as excited as the other woman seemed to be. “Good luck finding a place that serves it around here.” She commented, taking the receipt from the bartender once he brought it and signing it, tossing a bit of cash down for the tip and then turning towards the door. “Nah, some of the best food comes from food trucks. Lead the way.”

         “Alright. Let’s go get ourselves some tacos,” Once the older woman was ready to go and Ella finished paying for her drink, they exited the building. Stepping foot outside, she turned towards the direction of the food truck and headed that way. “I’m Ella, by the way.” She introduced herself to her fellow taco lover. “What’s your name?”

[ellamgraham]

Ember West.

Ember grinned. “Yeah, cheers.” This woman was such a breath of fresh air after the day she’d had, and she was really happy about it. She was kind, friendly, and that was the type of person Ember thrived around. “E and E. That’s cute, and you’re not wrong,” she laughed softly. She shrugged. “Well.. I like to sit at home with my snake, I like to play Mario Kart, I like laser tag.. I like to bake, but I mean, it’s also my job so it counts as work and fun,” she told her. “What about you?”

        “Sounds like you know how to have a lot of fun,” Ella smiled Ember’s way, fully impressed that she had a pet snake to begin with. “We should hang out more often.” She enjoyed everything the older woman listed and if she ever had the chance to meet her pet snake, she would enjoy it from afar. When it was her turn to answer, her smile never left her face. “I like to have fun at the bars, hang out with my siblings, Calvin and Chloe McCoy if you know them, watch trashy, reality TV and most of all, dance because it’s what I do for work.”

[ellamgraham]

Aspen Bhau.

“Please do not even get me started on the recent episodes. All I have to say is that Jo deserves better and I’m so angry that the writers wrote Alex off like that. I had faith that he stopped being evil spawn,” she continued to rant, not realizing how much she was talking. “Sorry, as you can tell, I am quite passionate about the show,” taking a sip of her drink, realizing that the ice began to melt so she took an extra sip. “Well, thank you. I really appreciate it. I think it’d be nice for Jasper to have something else to do outside of his activities. I’ll talk it over with his dad and let him know,” she responded. “Are you kidding me? I’m so jealous. Disneyland is my absolute crack,” she laughed, having gone quite often when she lived closer to California. “I’m getting it in broadcasting and journalism. I’m almost at the finish line. I can’t wait.”

        “You have nothing to apologize for, Aspen,” Smiling happily towards Aspen, Ella placed her hand on her shoulder to reassure her. “I honestly can’t agree with you more. Alex should still be in the next upcoming season and Jo deserves the world and more.” Letting her hand fall back to her side, she was enjoying this date with her more than she thought. It was easy to talk to the younger woman and she couldn’t get enough. Nodding to her thanks and next statement, she followed her lead and took a sip of her drink. “It was mine too for a long time. Finding free time in my work schedule is harder for me than I thought, but whenever I have a free weekend, I’ll be going there as fast as I can.” She laughed softly along with her. “That’s amazing! I’m happy for you. How did you get into them?”

[ellamgraham]

Jameson Castello.

   Really, Jaime was too easy - and Ella need not even have to try as hard, because she was already having an affect on him. “Well, it’s your body-” Jaime started in response, but let his own words trail off as his eyes caught the expression on her face. Then when Ella moved to showcase where she wanted the tattoo to be placed, Jaime could already feel himself start to have a very physical reaction to her seduction techniques. He wasn’t unaccustomed to women hitting on him, even at work - but this was more than he’d thought would happen, and it took nearly every bit of self-control to hold himself back from sliding the red thong off entirely. He was not, however, as successful at keeping himself from staring with an obviously lustful look in his eye. “Uh.. y-yeah,” Jaime nodded after a long pause, his fingers lingering. The blood had clearly left his brain to travel south now. “You could do… a word, a flower. A snake,” Jaime smiled at the last option, eyes finally flickering back up to hers, then to her cleavage, lips, and back to lock onto her eyes. “You could do whatever you wanted.” Hopefully - she’d know he meant more than just the tattoo.

        “Hmm, those are great ideas,” Her tone soft like a blanket and hunger thick like muscle, Ella slowly leaned towards Jaime until she was inches away from him. “I think you know exactly what I want.” Before she knew it, both of her palms were stuck to each side of his face and her lips were dancing with his. Kissing him passionately at first and deepening it every second she could, she was liking where this was heading. As her lips and tongue did wonders with his own, she was very confident in her kissing skills, but she was more hands-on when it came to great make-out sessions. Kissing him like no other, she let her hands do some magic. They had some fun running along and playing with his hair, but it was time they moved south. Running them down his chest and torso, they wanted to go straight for his pants and what was hiding underneath, but her teasing wasn’t done playing for the evening. Tugging lightly at his jeans, they moved underneath his shirt and met his abs. Making a mental note that she was going to lick them at some point, they explored his chest and gripped lightly when they landed on his shoulders. Pulling away from his lips, she caught her breath after a few moments and locked her lustful eyes with his. “I want to have crazy, hot sex with you right here, right now, but I have boundaries. Would you mind locking the front door? You can leave the windows as they are so there’s added risk to this.” She told him quickly, wanting to go back to what they were doing. “Also, are you in pain? If so, let me know what you can do. I don’t want you to hurt yourself. I’m more than willing to satisfy all of your needs without you moving an inch.”

[ellamgraham]

Chloe McCoy.

               At first she didn’t really know what to say, she was so taken aback by the kindness and generosity that her sister was paying her that she was speechless. Chloe extended a hand and let it rest of Ella’s shoulder for a moment, at least until she found her voice. “You don’t want me to thank you so let me just tell you how grateful I am that you’re here.” They had technically gotten off on the wrong foot since Chloe had been against Calvin going ahead with the surgery that would save all of their father’s life. She wasn’t sure if Ella knew that, and Chloe didn’t want to hurt her feelings by telling her, she just was sure they had very different experiences when it came to Declan. “I’ve been dying to actually really get to know you and I’ve also been struggling for so long that it’s just really such a breath of fresh air to have some support. You really have no idea how much this all means to me.” The blonde sucked in a deep breath to push away the rising emotion and not make this awkward and smiled at her sister. “I just need to know how much I’ll owe you in rent.” Thankfully with her raise in the new job she’d be able to really help out around the house with bills and groceries. Maybe she’d finally even get a real phone rather than that crappy pay-as-you-go junk she’d been using. She smiled as Ella left the room and then sat on the end of the bed. For a few minutes all she did was let everything sink in. She had a real home and roof over her head, a better paying job that would treat her nice, and she had remained clean for over a year. She was working on fixing things between her and Calvin and was getting to know the too sweet sister she had missed out on because Declan was the devil. There wasn’t much to unpack or settle so once her one bag was all put away in the closet or dresser, she headed for the kitchen to hang with Ella some more. “Oh gosh I love lemonade. Did you make this?” Chloe lifted her glass and clinked it with Ella’s. “Cheers to that.” She took a quick sip before answering the question about her new job. “Mm that’s good. Oh you’ve got a magic touch, I love that. Well, it’s at this wine and tapas place called The Vine. I met the owner one day, India, and she was quite literally one of the sweetest and most generous people. Like you. I was having a bad day and I kind of blabbed a bit much, and part of that was the awful job I had. We’d been talking a while and she actually offered me a job. It pays more, the hours are good, and I won’t get sexually harassed. So it’s all bonuses for me. How are things going at your studio?”

        Leaning against the countertop holding a filled glass of lemonade, Ella couldn’t wipe off the wide smile on her face. All of this happening around her was kind of hard to believe. She was living with Chloe, her sister who she met just one year ago. Growing up, the only family she had was her nanny. Yes, her adopted parents cared for her, but not like her nanny did. Now, in the past year, she learned about her secret family. Her father, Declan, who she couldn’t live without, her older brother Calvin who seemed to be like nobody she ever imaged, and her older sister Chloe who she could see as her best friend in the near future. It was a lot to take in, but she already wouldn’t trade it for the world. “I did with the help of my favorite juicer,” She answered her sister happily before motioning towards the device. “Since my home is your home now, you’re more than welcome to use it and everything else in here.” She hasn’t had a roommate in a long time, so if she was going to be repetitive, she was going to say that sentence a lot more than she thought. Listening carefully to every word the blonde was saying, she felt her smile grow larger than it already was. “That’s amazing-” Those were the only two words she could happily spill out of her mouth before her face fell. “Sexually harassed?” She questioned, her features filled with concern and worry. She knew her half-sister definitely upgraded jobs, but she didn’t know to the extent of how bad her past job really was. She was going to answer her question at some point, but the new subject thrown the dancer’s way caught her attention head on. “Chloe, what was your other job like?” She questioned softly. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m more than thrilled that you’re out of there, but what happened?”

[ellamgraham]

Hattie Lockwood.

“Hattie,” she said, a wide and genuine smile spreading across her features. She wanted to be annoyed, but Ella was so nice, and her smile so infectious, that Hattie was powerless against it. “Here, you can take the toy. It smells less…” 

        “It’s very nice to meet you, Hattie,” Smiling as wide as Hattie, Ella came to a quick decision that they were going to get along just swimmingly. She had a good feeling about her and she always trusted her gut. “Thank you.” After grabbing it out of her hands, she played with the toy within her own before her eyes locked onto her new friend. “So, as we search for Trashbag, tell me about yourself.”

[ellamgraham]

Althea Santos.

“You had me at carne asada.” Thea said with a nod, bringing her glass up to her lips to finish the amber tequila in the glass and wave the bartender over to close her tab. “It’s not cooked over an open flame but it’s worth a shot. So sure. Where is this place?”

        “Yay!” Ella was excited to eat tacos, that was obvious, but she was also excited to be eating them with a new friend. “Now that sounds delicious. I’ll plan to do that when I have tacos again for dinner next Tuesday.” She commented as taco Tuesday’s were a tradition in her house. “Just down the street. I hope this doesn’t turn you off, but they come from a food truck.”