"May I have this dance?"
She smiles, that quiet smile that I first fell for what seems so long ago.
"Of course. I was beginning to think you'd never ask me."
She draws close, arms sliding over my shoulders as my hands gently take her waist. Her hair, soft and luxurious, brushes against me, sending an electric thrill through my body.
"Melody, there's something I want to say..."
"Shh, don't talk. Not right now. Let's just dance."
And so we dance, the lights and people blurring, fading to nothingness as the music pours around us, through us, that enchanted voice completing the magic of this moment.
You're in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing for only two
That's exactly how it feels right now, the world so calm and perfect, Melody in my arms and this song playing just for us. We're the only two people that matter to me right now. Caveman, Becky, the Baron, her mother, Drake, Professor Morengay.. They all dissolve, as those kissable lips, those radiant blue eyes, become my everything.
So close
Together
And when I'm with you
So close
To feeling alive
A life goes by
Romantic dreams must die
So I bid mine goodbye
And then I knew
So close was waiting
Waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted
To hold you close
My romantic dreams never lived until her. When I dreamt of girls, when I talked to them, when I slept with them, I never thought of the future, never thought of forever and happily ever after.
But they were born with her and with her love first awoke. I don't know what else I want to do with my life, but I know this much is true... I want to be with Melody until old age destroys our youth and ruins our bodies and beyond. Even with our last breaths, I will love this beautiful girl in my arms.
So close
To reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing
This one's not pretend
And now you're beside me
And look how far we've come
So close
We are so close
We dance and twirl as the instrumental bridge kicks in, a slow circling that lets us feel each other, delight in each other. I hear the murmurs of the people watching, sense the growing of a circle around us, but I don't care. Whatever else happens tonight and in the future, I'll always have tonight.
Oh how could I face
The faceless days
If I should lose you now
My days would be disaster and all the color and beauty would be gone for the rest of my life if I--
"Excuse me. May I cut in?"
I blink and we turn our heads simultaneously to see a man about our age, with slicked back hair, so brightly black it's almost ridiculous.
Melody opens her mouth to speak, but another voice breaks in.
"HALT!"
The crowd watching Melody and I dance snap their heads to the source and I inwardly groan, because I know exactly who just shouted.
Caveman's glaring at the would-be interloper as he noisily unscrews the dragon's head of a cane I just now notice in his hands.
"You are Chet Astor, are you not?"
He nods, looking a mixture of amused and confused as he turns away from us to study my masquerading fraternity brother.
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
The evening turns more surreal still as Caveman yanks off the bottom of the cane and tosses it away, the moon gleaming on the silver sword attached to the dragonhead.
"Then I challenge you to a duel!"
