Chapter 22. Dance with Me Again (2)

[2018, December 5th]

Flowing from the speakers in the room was Simple Plan’s

Save You

. As he took slow steps towards her, waiting for her eyes to find him again, Bart mouthed the lyrics of the song.

CC smiled her first genuine smile for that night and it felt so good and so perfectly cheesy that when he held a hand out to her, she took it without hesitation. He continued to sing along into her ear as he pulled her close and she relaxed into his arms.

“This is super cheesy,” CC said, swaying effortlessly to the music. Not trying to remember to be perfect by dancing the too perfect waltz.

“You deserve a little cheesy,” he said back to her, catching her off guard as he twirled and dipped her.

She laughed out loud. Bart was taken aback. He’d never made a woman laugh like that. When the song ended, the crowd went wild as Katrina and the Waves’ Walking on Sunshine came on. Hands went up, hips moved from side to side, and people let loose. Bart t