"Enjoying yourself?" AJ asked Tamera, smiling.
"Yeah, very much," she answered.
"I'm glad." AJ took a drink of his Coke.
"What about you? Are you enjoying yourself?"
"Oh yeah. I always do with I'm with a fine-looking girl." AJ smiled flirtatiouly.
"I'm sure you do," Tamera laughed, trying to hide her embarrassment from AJ's compliment.
"How about you and I go somewhere else?"
"You know I can't do that."
"Not far. There's this little gazebo on the other side of the hotel. We'll still be on the property. Pleeeeeease?"
Tamera looked into his eyes and couldn't say no. "All right. Let's go."
AJ got up from his chair with a big smile on his face. He pulled out Tamera's chair and helped her up. Tamera smiled at his gentlemanly tactics. They headed toward a back exit in the resturaunt and AJ opened the door for Tamera. Together, they walked over to a fairly big gazebo. When they reached it, they saw there were other couples there, but they seemed too wrapped up in each other to notice their arrival. There was music playing softly from a speaker over them.
"May I have this dance, my lady?" AJ said, with a gallant bow.
"Of course, sir," said Tamera.
AJ took Tamera in his arms and she put her arms around his neck. They danced, not saying anything. They didn't feel the need to talk. Tamera could feel AJ's heartbeat, as she rested her head on his shoulder. Then a song came on to sum up their feelings that night:
If you've ever been in love,
You know what I'm feeling tonight
You know when the feeling is right
(Oh yeah)That one special girl
She makes all your dreams come to life
If you've ever been in love
You cherish the moments you spend
(Every moment, baby)
You know you can always depend
On your special girl
Hoping the dream doesn't end
Oh
Just the way she smiles in the morning
Gets me through another day
(Sha la la la la la la)
And the minutes turn to hours
Every time she goes away
(Sha la la la la la la)
She's the one that I need and I can't do without
I've realized now what love's all about
It's something I just can't explain
It happens again and again
If you've every been in love, (In love)
You how I'm feeling tonight
(You know what I'm feelin' right now)
You know when the feeling is right (So right)
That one special girl
She makes all your dreams come to life
And if you've ever been in love,
You cherish the moments you spend (Every moment, baby)
You know you can always depend (Yes)
On your special girl
Hoping the dream doesn't end
Sha la la la la la la
If you've ever been in love
If you've ever been in love
If you've ever been
In love...."
When the song was over, Tamera looked up at AJ. He was looking down at her, the expression in his eyes mysterious. Then AJ leaned down and kissed her softly at first, but as it went on, it gotter deeper. Both Tamera and AJ feeling like it would be their first and their last kiss.
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Brian and Valerie continued to listen to CDs in her hotelroom. They hadn't turned on the TV or read any magazines. They just listen to music. Then Brian saw Valerie had the soundtrack to the movie "Romeo and Juliet".
"Did you see this movie?" Brian asked her, holding up the CD.
"Yeah, I did. It was when I was going through my 'Leonardo DiCaprio' phase. I'm over it now. But I like song number five on there a lot. It's not very long, but I like the musical arrangement."
" 'Kissing You'," Brian read aloud. "Sounds interesting. I wanna hear."
"Then put it in."
"Okay, then I will." Brian pouted like a little kid. Valerie started laughing.
Brian put the CD in, selected number five, pressed the repeat button, then pressed play. A nice piano melody started playing. But it was the words that really got to Brian. When he heard them, he felt like someone had taken the words from his heart and put them in a song for him and Valerie to hear:
'Cause I'm
Kissing you, oh
I'm
Kissing you
Touch
Me deep
Pure and true
Gift
To me
Forever
'Cause I'm
Kissing you, oh
I'm
Kissing you
During the piano and violin solo, Brian pulled Valerie off the bed and held her to close to him. Valerie didn't question the emotions she was feeling right then, she just went with it. She held Brian as tight as she could. Then rest of the song seemed to speak for them:
'Cause I'm
Kissing you
I'm
Kissing you, oh
By the end of the song, Valerie had tears coming from her eyes. When Brian pulled back, he kissed her tears away. Finally, his lips reached hers and they held nothing back. They let all the feelings they held inside come out through their kiss. The song continued to play, making their kiss all the more sweeter.