Standing at the edge of the dance floor, Everett indulged in another Old Fashion cocktail - the smooth aged whiskey burned deliciously as it slide down his throat. He was alone at the moment - watching members of his staff dance on the dance floor - it found it amusing to see the people he employed be set free to be themselves. Many of the straight laced members of his team were quit party animals when given the permission to unleash. A moving figure caught his eye, Freya - a natural born dancer she moved with a grace that made it look like she floated thru crowds - moving effortlessly between the members that lined the dance floor. Stepping onto the dance floor he cut thru the dancing members, skirting around them in his own less graceful way to make it to his beloved.
Clasping his large hand around her wrist, he smiled as she startled and turned - the look in her eyes one of fire and ready to scorn the person who had grabbed her - the ice melting quickly from her chocolate hues to warmth. “Dance with me?”
It wasn’t difficult to weave her way through the crowd with lowered inhibitions and heightened spirits. Despite the fact that she was herself a little tipsy, there was no stumble in the way she glided around, dark mahogany hues searching for that one face that was the balm to her soul. As the seconds ticked by and she couldn’t spot the man who dominated a room with just his presence, the more agitated she grew. Worry clawing at her chest.
Just then, she felt warm digits wrap around her slender wrist. Her eyes flashed with anger at someone’s audacity to put their hand on her. Reproach ready to fall of her tongue evaporated at the sight him. Her features brightened like the sun emerging from behind a dark cloud. “I have been looking everywhere for you,” she groused quietly, lacing her fingers with his, while her other hand set on his broad shoulder. “I’ll be happy to have this dance with you, mon cœur,” she added lovingly, leaning in to brush her lips against his cheek, careful not to leave a mark of her lipstick.
His thumb stroked the back of her intertwined hands, his other finding its home at the small of her back. Stepping backwards towards the dance floor - her gentle air lite kiss brought a smile to his face. Although he loved the look of her with makeup on, it encumbered his ability to kiss her - although he didn’t mind her shade of red lipstick but it wasn’t something he needing to be wearing smeared on him at a work event. Stepping into the middle of the floor, Everett released his hold on Freya’s back and spun her around, the lights of the dance floor reflected like a kaleidoscope off of her fair skin. Snapping her back into his body, his hand slid across her lower back pulling her in tight to his body, the bourbon slowing his mind and speech “I think it’s been successful enough”, his eyes stuck to her hues, “I’m sure they wouldn’t miss us if we slipped away?” A Cheshire smile played across his lips, his need to smear her lipstick grew increasingly important to him.


















