m_benitez wrote in charloft

Thursday teamwork

100 words on teamwork.

An early piece on Ida, in the days before she met Mark....

“You can’t do ballroom if you don’t connect with your partner!”

If I could have given my teacher a withering look, I certainly would have.  “I’m trying! I’m just not used to letting him lead!” I protested under my breath.

Ethan cuffed my wrists lightly. “She’ll hear you!”

“It’s true,” I said. Thankfully someone had already started up the cha-cha-cha music again. I had to look up at Ethan even as I began counting out quietly for every step I had to take.

He pushed me into a spin and caught me by my hands. “There, you did it.”

Finally.