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He took her hand, following her to an e as soon as they reached it, placing her ar her hips to the beat

Jake cleared his throat next to me

Oh

He looked down at me expectantly, a smile on his lips He nodded his head toward a spot next to them

"You want to dance?"

"Uh O-okay"

He held out his hand and led erated wink as soon as he sawdown ata face at Ben"

"Okay," Jake said, sh he still looked a little disconcerted "Because if I’ you and you’d rather dance with someone else, just say"

"No! No Of course not!" I blurted out the words so quickly it made the situation feel even more aard

My cheeks blazed

I felt uncoirls in ski like they’d been born in a club I felt clu dress and brown sandals

Sandals What were you thinking, Rose? I was shocked to findthat I’d borrowed one of Kristal’s short dresses

I tried to concentrate on the rhythn to me, it was hard to floith it The more I tried, the more I pictured myself as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz

Ben and I had been exposed to music aplenty But not this type of e listened to

Our father had encouraged Ben and I to take up e I’d played both the harp and piano since I was six years old, while Ben played the piano and guitar Our dad had taught us both But our dad’s taste in music was rather old-fashioned, as one would expect from a man born in the fifteenth century

"They’ve arrived!" Jake shouted over the e who’d just broken through the crowd He let go of littery h theyat them

He wrapped his arms around her waist and reached down to kiss her on the lips

Oh