Welcome to the A to Z Challenge! I am excited to share with you some meet cutes (and maybe some sexy scenes) throughout the month of April! Richard is going to be chiming in with a few of his characters from his Hallmark story, too! Here is the next installment, but stay tuned every day (except Sundays) this month for a short scene! Like and comment, and maybe I’ll continue the more popular stories in May!
– Jayden
“I don’t want to go.”
“You have to!” my friend protests.
“I don’t want to.”
“I know, but you don’t want to do anything,” she says.
“That’s not true.”
She rolls her eyes at me.
“I want to crawl into my bed and not get up for a week.”
“Darla,” she nearly growls at me, “you promised you would come to hear this band with me.”
“I know, but…”
“But nothing. Listen, I know that that asshole I won’t name ditched you, but it’s been months. You have to pick yourself up and move on. It’s time.”
“I don’t have the energy to date.”
“You don’t have to date. You just have to come dance with me. I’m telling you, this band is worth it. They do all covers of our favorites from college. You’re going to love them. I promise.”
“Fine,” I groan. I did promise her I would go see this band with her.
“Yes!” she cries, and she drags me up out of my bed to get ready.
An hour later, we’re walking into the bar, and I have the urge to leave before we even walk in. I mean, it’s not very different than how I felt back in my apartment, but here we are.
An hour after that, I have to admit that Dana was right. This band is amazing. I always feel self conscious dancing around other people. I’m sure I look awkward, but the way the band plays songs I haven’t thought about in years makes it impossible to stay in my chair. Before long, I’m dying of thirst and can’t help but smile.
“All right folks,” the band leader says, “it’s time for us to take a short break, but don’t go anywhere. I promise, we’ll be back!”
Everyone cheers, myself included, and I rush over to the bar to see if I can get a drink before everyone else does the same thing. No luck, though. I should have gone the moment the song ended, but I took too long clapping, and now I can’t even get up to the bar, much less get a bartender’s attention. I am about to give up when I feel a warm body pressed pretty close to mine.
“Sorry,” a voice says almost in my ear. The body moves back away from me. It’s the band leader.
“It’s okay,” I say, and I blush and smile at him.
“I saw you dancing out there,” he says.
I blush deeper. “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
“Great thing,” he says. “You looked like you were having the time of your life.”
I can’t help but smile. “It’s easy when the band is so great.”
Now he grins at me and extends a hand to shake. “I’m Derek.”
“Darla,” I reply.
We shake hands, and it feels like a jolt of electricity shoots up my arm as we touch. Boy am I glad Dana convinced me to come out tonight.
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