The Accident
Copyright© 2016 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 12
Grace is quite the dancer ... mom ... and dad ... taught her ... and me. Starting when I was five and Grace was three we had the basics hammered into us.
With the ball change, basic figure, basic movement, basic step, and the box step, there wasn’t much we couldn’t do. Everything builds off the basics.
Chaines, Chainé turns, Chaines turns, Chasse, Closed change, Cross-body lead, Dos-a-dos, Dosado, EnchuflaFeather step, Free spin, Gancho, Grapevine, Heel turn, Heel pull, Inside partner step, Inside turn, Lock Step, Moonwalk, Natural turn, Open turn, Outside partner step, Outside turn, Reverse turn, Rond, Telemark, Thunder clap, Time Step, and Walk ... almost all dance steps are modified basics ... except Grace had to learn it all backwards and in high heels.
By the time the surprise, Maryanne, came along we were accomplished dancers and doing our very best to hide “sissy” stuff from our friends.
Wait ... wait ... wait. Let me rephrase that. Charles and I were the hiding ones ... Grace taught her friends. Charlie and I always managed to be elsewhere when the girls wanted to dance.
So ... when I led Grace out on the floor ... the misogynists laughed ... and trapped flies. It helped that she bounced out of her bodice a couple three times.
“Grace,” I whispered in her shell like ear, “When did you get boobs?”
“Two weeks ago, when you asked me,” she grinned. “Lansing has a great plastic surgeon.”
To read the complete story you need to be logged in:
Log In or
Register for a Free account
(Why register?)
* Allows you 3 stories to read in 24 hours.