Where did your heart go? (The Heart Trilogy Book 1) (22 page)

Mrs Grantley paused the music and then headed over as Charlie explained that she would launch herself backwards off the stage and then Mitchell would catch her, lift her above his head whilst she was still in that position with her arms outstretched and then slowly she would slid down his body and finish wrapped around Mitchell’s feet.

“Ok…I’m ready” Mitchell said, glad he had taken his trainers and socks off and could plant himsel
f firmly on the wooden flooring. Then he watched as Charlotte very gracefully with arms outstretched fell into his arms, holding her around the waist he lifted her directly above his head. As she was there she could feel the full strength of his body as it trembled slightly underneath her but she remained still and then started to slide down him. However she never reached the original ending spot on the floor as suddenly she was being cradled in Mitchell’s strong arms as he knelt down and she was draped over his knee, his one arm holding the top of her thigh, the other cradled under her head.

All this time Mrs Grantley had been both holding her breath and marvelling at this young man
’s strength and skill on the dance floor as well as how wonderfully fluent the two of them danced together.

Charlotte bought her head up and looked straight into Mitchell’s eyes, her breathing ragged and quick.

“That felt fantastic” she breathed, as Mitch carefully placed her down so she was sat on the floor, he joined her there
.

“It was Charlie
” he replied.

“Beautiful” was all Mrs Grantley could exclaim “You two look fantastic together I was so carried away with it all” she finished.

They tried it a couple more times and then Mitchell went to find some water as they waited for the rest of the class to turn up.

Mitchell sat at the back as the girls all got together at the front and Mrs Grantley explained that the dance would change slightly at the end and then she introduced Mitchell to them. Julia recognised him immediately and a few of the other girls just drew in a sharp in take of breath at the sight of him, Charlie just held his hand tightly and smiled. They all knew that she was the exceptional dancer in their group so after going through the dance as a group a couple of times they all sat back and watched the proposed new ending. Before Charlotte took up position on the stage Mitchell gave her hand a squeeze

“Knock ‘em dead” he said
.

“You too” she replied, feeling a blush creep up her cheeks at the look in his eyes that said far more to her than the words.

Then once more she was dropping then soaring a
s their bodies connected and he slowly lowered her to the ground, managing a stealthy kiss on her cheek as he finished the move to a resounding applause from the small audience.

“It’
s brilliant” Julia said, over the clapping.

“So are we all agreed on including this for the final?” Mrs Grantley said.

“Yes” came the response as all the girls were eager to have one more dance through before they finished.  “Good idea girls, we’ve only got six weeks until the competition so we must crack on”

Chapter 26

After having a quick chat with Julia at the end of the session
Charlotte grabbed Mitchell’s hand and they headed back to the bike and the short ride home. As they opened the front door they were hit with the wonderful smell of lasagne cooking and realised they were starving as it had been a long time since the bacon sandwiches at breakfast.

“Hi Guys” I said, as they both appeared in the kitchen “How was your day?”

“Great thanks” Mitch said

“Fantastic” breathed
Charlotte, as she moved to the fridge and reached for a cold drink for the both of them.

“How was dance practice, did they like your idea?” I continued

“Oh yes it looks amazing apparently” Charlie replied.

“Yes it is a great routine, they might even beat our group” he said, grinning over at Charlie.

“Oh I doubt it, your other routines are far more technical than ours so you might end up winning” Charlie responded.

We ate dinner and then Charlie and Mitch headed upstairs for an hour before he had to leave. Once in the bedroom he pulled her to him and they kissed long and slow as they lay down on her bed together.

“S
o bearing in mind we have only six weeks until the dance competition do you think you might like to come up to mine for a weekend?” he murmured between kisses.

“That would be great, as we can always practice the lift at yours” Charlie replied, returning his kisses with enthusiasm.

“I’ll check with my Dad when I get home and then drop you a text and you can ask your Mum”

“Talking of my Mum and your Dad, I’ll try and get on a bit further with the diaries as it’s no good us trying to introduce them again if it sounds like the parting was really bad” Charlie said “I would hate to cause a scene, although obviously they are going to end up meeting at the Dance competition in London”

“Yeah, it’s a tricky one, but I will see if I can find out anything more from my Dad and let you know”

“Deal” Charlie responded “but enough talking I need some more kisses before you have to leave”

Mitchell didn’t get a chance to reply as she pushed him back and jumping on top of him she bought her lips down to meet his in a kiss so sensual it m
ade her feel light headed as the blood rushed to other areas of her body.

Then all too soon she was standing on the doorstep watching him climb on his bike, feeling the strange mix of emotions flowing through her, part happiness that he was well and truly hers and wondering how she was going to get through the time they were apart. At least she had text, email and Face Book to allow her to keep in touch with him so it wasn’t all bad, it would just be the physical contact and boy was the physical contact mind blowing.

I waited for the roar of the engine to fade away as Charlie wandered into the lounge and plonked herself down on the sofa next to me.

“You ok?” I asked, knowing exactly how she was feeling.

“Yes Mum, a bit tired so I’m going to call it a night” she replied, as she reached over and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek “Night Mum”

“Night Charlie” I replied.

Once she was in her room she took one final look at the photograph in the album and shook her head at the enormity of the situation, wondering how something like this could have happened. Then she slipped under the duvet, which still felt warm from the hour she had just spent with Mitchell and opened the diary. She kept her phone close as Mitch had promised he would drop her a text when he reached home. She flicked through another couple of weeks, which just described her Mum’s work experience at the hospital, she was tempted to linger whenever she spotted her Dad’s name but realising she needed to know how things ended as soon as possible she skipped to the next weekend when her Mum was with James again.

Friday 19
th
August, 1988

As I was working the afternoon shift on the radio I had taken my weekend bag with me so that James could just call and pick me up from there. By the end of the show I was so excited to be seeing him that I positively ran down the corridors and almost floored Mark again, who shouted “Hi” to me as I passed by in a blur. Outside I scanned the parking area and soon spotted James standing by his red mini as I ran over to be enveloped in a huge hug.

“Are you a sight for sore eyes” he breathed

“You too” I replied, reaching up so that my lips would meet his quicker.

“How was your day? h
e asked, as he grabbed my bag and popped it into the boot.

“Great, the show is huge fun and I’m getting loads of requests so it makes it all worthwhile when the kids phone in or want me to go and visit them on the ward” I responded as I got into the car.

“What about you?”

“Felicity is making my last month hell, I had to beg and plead for this weekend off so I could see you” he replied, as he fired the engine into life.

Why did he have to mention her I thought, but I let it go as he grabbed my hand and deliberately placed it onto his knee.

“Anyway, I only have another twelve days to go so I couldn’t care less” he finished as we sped off up the road, Madness playing on the stereo as we sang along to ‘House of Fun’

When we reached the house it was time for dinner and I enjoyed telling Peter and Pam about my radio show and how much fun it was. Then as soon as we could we headed upstairs to James’ bedroom and at last I could relax into his embrace. I reached for him as he pulled me close and our lips met slowly at first but then with more urgency as slowly and carefully James started to remove my clothes and with every layer that fell the more turned on my body was under his caress. Then when I was naked he lifted me up and carried me the short distance to his bed and once he had slipped out of his jeans, t-shirt and boxer shorts he slid in beside me. I revelled in the feel of his touch as he gently trailed kisses down my throat and then to my nipples, taking each of them in turn and I almost felt as if I would come just from the sensations that were now running through my blood and veins.

Then his tongue went lower and his head was between my thighs as I sighed and felt his hot kiss followed by the coolness as he blew gently in between every lick. It was mind blowing as my body arched to meet his finger as it plunged into my wetness.

“Please, now” I
whimpered softly, as his finger withdrew. As he moved up to kiss me again he plunged into me and within a single breath I was coming so much that I felt as though I was floating on a cloud, weightless and out of control as all I felt were the convulsions through my body. They spread like ripples on a pool, widening from the core of me to the tips of my fingers.

“I love you” I gasped, as I felt James join me in this bubble of sensations that made up both of our bodies.

“I love you too” he finally replied, when we dropped back down to earth from where we had both been flying only moments before. Then still in his arms he hugged me tighter and feeling so content with my whole world I fell asleep.

Saturday 20
th
August, 1988

I woke up before James and revelled in the time I had to just gaze at him as he slept. Then I decided that I had enough of gazing as I ran my fingers down his chest before I encountered his erection that had already sprung up from nowhere. Taking it in my hand I gently stroked it and then carefully manoeuvred myself so that I was straddling James. Looking down into his face I spotted a smile spreading over his lips but he remained still and kept his eyes closed so I took that as a cue to continue. Feeling this empowered only enhanced my own feelings as my body responded too and I slowly lowered myself onto him and started to move. Leaning forward I started to kiss him, small butterfly kisses lightly rained all over his face before he could lie still no longer and his arms reached up to run through my hair and bring me closer to him so that his lips could capture mine.

“Keep riding” he murmured urgently in my ear, before he exploded inside of me as I kept going and joined him a few minutes later.

“I wish you were here to wake me up every morning” James said, as I lay in his arms.

“I wish I was with you every day” I replied, as I snuggled closer to him.

“What would you like to do today?” James responded.

“Stay in bed with you would be nice but I don’t mind what we do”

“Ever been ice skating?” he asked

“No, have you?”

“No
so we can both have a go together then” James finished, as he bounded out of bed.

“First we need a shower” he said, as he grabbed my hand and pulled me out of bed. Grabbing my dressing gown and James his we snuck into the bathroom together and trying to keep the giggles to a minimum we managed a long and indulgent shower.

After brunch we headed out to the ice rink and once we had our skates on we both staggered out onto the ice. It was quite tricky
at first to keep our balance and we both howled with laughter as each of us took it in turns to fall over before we finally found our balance and flow on the thin blade that separated us from the ice. Then there was no stopping us as we glided around the rink, overhead the music played and in my heart I was as one with James.

We headed into town for some late lunch and ended up bumping into his mate Ian from the Pool and his girlfriend April and they asked if we were going out that night with the rest of the gang from the pool.

“Not sure” James replied

“Oh go on” said Ian, “I haven’t had the chance to talk to your wonderful girlfriend who we hear so much about at the pool”

I blushed when he said this and looked up at James
.

“Can we go?” I asked “Sure” he responded “We’ll see you both later” he finished as we wandered away.

Luckily I had bought a couple of dresses with me, one of which was brand new so when we finally got ready to go out later I spun around so that James could take in the view.

“You look gorgeous” he said “I’m going to have to keep my eyes and hands on you this evening” he finished, stooping and catching my hand in his he bought it up to his lips.

“You don’t need to worry, I am completely and utterly hooked on you” I responded “Together, Forever remember”

“Till the end of time” he breathed. Then we headed out on the town for the evening.

The club was pretty busy when we arrived but James soon spotted Ian and April, Graham and Lizzie and unfortunately Felicity and a guy James had not met yet. As we reached the group I squeezed his hand, suddenly shy and unsure of myself, he squeezed back and as I looked up he smiled at me and I knew everything would be ok. Once the introductions were over and Felicity had just managed to say hello to me before she turned her attention to Jason who I thought was enjoying her obvious attention as she kissed and touched him in front of us all.

“Shall we hit the dance floor?” James asked

“Sure” I replied, feeling the beat of the music invading my body like a drug.

We found a small spot together and James held me close as we moved together in time to the rhythms. It was hard to have a conversation over the loudness but I didn’t mind so long as I was with James. After a while we headed for the table where the others were sat and I stayed there while James got a round of drinks at the bar. Felicity had disappeared so I turned to include Jason in the conversation and we were soon chatting away about music, what was good and what we both liked. I didn’t notice Felicity’s return until she was stood in front of me, her eyes blazing.

“What do you think you are doing?” she snarled
.

“Just chatting about music” I replied, as my stomach flipped ove
r and I quickly scanned around for James.

“You leave Jason alone” she responded “He’s mine”

Ian suddenly piped up “You should leave Stephanie alone, they were only talking” he said.

“And you should just remember who your boss is before you speak” she retorted, as I noticed that Graham had managed to move away and so too had Jason, an embarrassed look on his face.

At that moment James returned and the mood turned icy as her gaze swept to him
.

“I think I will need you to work tomorrow afternoon” she said “And in future could you tell your little
girlfriend here to leave my man alone otherwise there will be trouble”

By this point I was seriously shaking and as James was about to say something she promptly picked up her glass of wine and emptied it over the front of my dress before she stalked away, grabbing Jason by the arm and propelling him to the door. For what seemed like minutes but it was probably just seconds we remained shell shocked at the spectacle that was Felicity.

“Sorry” everyone said at once as they turned to me and April handed me some tissues for the wine.