Dance.

As music and Martinni’s filled me up. "The man I love" was letting me down

"He’s not coming is he?"

"No honey he’s not" Brown-girl said as she slapped me in the face with reality.

The bar seemed to be slowly filling up with more lesbians, and i was still waiting for the party to happpen.

"God i’m so stupid.. I know he’s not coming I mean why would he come?" I said.

Brown girl took a sip of her corona brushed back her fabulous weave and said:

"Honey I know you’re disapointed, but it has been two weeks since u broke up with him, do you think it’s gonna be easy for him to see you looking all sexy in a bar knowing that it’s over between yall two?"

And then I said:

" But I don’t want it to be over. I want him back."

"And he wants you just as bad. But honey you need to get ur furious ass together, you can’t keep going up and down with this man... he’s a man honey not a Yo-yo."

She was right. I liked the dance. the chase. The ups and downs ins and outs. but In the the persuit of a good dance. ...I lost my partner, and it sucks.

"one More Martinni please."

One Martinni too many, I was now drunk.

Laughing, joking ,sitting. while all the bar continued dancing.

"I’m gonna go smoke" said my fablous Brown-girl, and off she went.

I sat..and watched the people dance. Ups.. downs.. ins ..outs

"What’s up Dennis" said a voice in my ear, a voice that i had heard before.

I turned around to face him, and there he was in living color. "The man I love".

Damn he looked good. I felt like I was dreaming.

"Hey baby! I screamed, and then I captured him with a warm embrace.

"I miss you" i whispered in his ear.

"I miss you too" he replied.

"Let’s go outside he said", as he took my hand in his.

And it was outside that hole in the wall club, that everything became perfect again. But this time there was no ups and downs, and no ins and outs. Me and "The man I love" decided to take it slow...friendship.. and even tho i want to pick up the pace This dance is better than no dance at all.