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So you’re getting a sneak peak of a future Sylum story (Premium Quality Matches by Timothy Quinn – you saw the Aesthetic during Spring Fling) that includes dance.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI never thought I\u2019d say this, but I like the ballet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sister Jean looked at me like I\u2019d just admitted to voting Tory.\u00a0 \u201cWho are you?\u201d she hissed suspiciously.\u00a0 \u201cAnd what have you done with Caleb Knight?\u201d<\/p>\n
I tried not roll my eyes at the drama.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not kidding.\u00a0 It was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
And yes, I had every intention of going to see the show again.<\/p>\n
She sighed.\u00a0 \u201cSo the Swan is every bit as sexy as the nurses around here have been saying for the last six weeks?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not dancing the Swan.\u00a0 Though, the guy has a phenomenal ass in those black leather pants.\u201d<\/p>\n
Which was actually true.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou fell for Prince Charming?\u201d<\/p>\n
The one person I\u2019d taken as a Chosen when I was Turned, gave me the kind of disparaging stare normally reserved for drunken bums who stagger into Accident and Emergency at 2am.<\/p>\n
I ignored it.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrince Charming is straight,\u201d I said flatly.<\/p>\n
And he\u2019s my Mate…<\/p>\n
Which means I\u2019m royally fucked, and not in a good way.<\/p>\n
Though I didn\u2019t tell her that.<\/p>\n
At least I hope I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been running off too much at the mouth lately, so I can\u2019t be sure.<\/p>\n
Jean has eyes that have seen everything after nearly 25 years in emergency medicine. \u00a0 \u201cI have no idea how to seduce a ballet dancer,\u201d she admitted, watching the reception desk from where were sitting.<\/p>\n
It was remarkably quiet for 2am on a random weekday.<\/p>\n
Not a drunken bum in sight to interrupt us.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re helpful,\u201d I snorted.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre any of his friends gay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLike it matters?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoctor Knight, you\u2019re blushing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAm not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre too.\u201d<\/p>\n
So we\u2019re all five years old now?<\/p>\n
\u201cHe taught me to do this sexy little hip swivel thing…\u201d\u00a0 Okay, so that made me blush thinking about it.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s nice.\u00a0 He\u2019s cute.\u00a0 He dances like…\u201d\u00a0 I had never seen a ballet before, so I had nothing to compare it to.\u00a0 But I\u2019d seen Dirty Dancing in school, and could understand the appeal.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s like…\u201d<\/p>\n
Oh, dear God.<\/p>\n
Cal?<\/p>\n
What the fuck with you?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m insane.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m in love with a straight guy.<\/p>\n
And I want him in more ways than I could politely explain, even to a nursing Sister I\u2019ve worked with for years, who\u2019s impervious to my childishness.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s never once even given in to the big eyed innocent smile that usually has people running to do whatever I need.<\/p>\n
She sat there watching me.\u00a0 \u201cYou really need to get laid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yes.<\/p>\n
Yes, I do.<\/p>\n
I fiddled with the stethoscope around my neck.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m taking him for a drink tomorrow afternoon after the matinee.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded slowly.\u00a0 \u201cDo the hip swivel thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow?\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time in my life I was hoping a drunk would stagger through the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you get close to him at the bar, you dipstick.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSwivel my dipstick?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever you need to do,\u201d she chuckled.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ve got brains, you\u2019ve got charm, you\u2019ve got skills, you\u2019ve got a smile that makes most people go weak in the knees before they realize they\u2019ve swooned, and you need to turn on every ounce of that to get his attention.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s still straight!\u201d\u00a0 Am I speaking English?<\/p>\n
She snorted.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a ballet dancer.\u00a0 He\u2019s being wooed by a Swan in this show I\u2019ve not actually been able to go see yet.\u00a0 Wear leather pants or something.\u00a0 \u00a0 You can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it?<\/p>\n
\u2018You can do this\u2019?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what she\u2019s giving me?<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe I should just bite him,\u201d I snorted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt works in all those movies,\u201d she agreed.<\/p>\n
Oh, yeah.<\/p>\n
I am so fucked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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