I want to thank my editor michchick98 for helping me edit this story which was published as a Free Read for excessica. I always loved the "Lady in Red" song and I always wanted to write a cultural story considering the fact that Spanish is my first language. Here it is, always free to enjoy!
The lady in the red dress was hot- blooded. She danced to the beat of the
salsa
all alone while men at the party studied every sway of her hips. With every step she gave, Marco wanted to join. If only she didn't sway so seductively, Marco's body wouldn't have tightened at the sight of her.
Marco kept watching from his seat, across the dance floor from her. The sweat trickling down her body was divine, he noticed. "Too bad I was sent to spy on you,
senorita
."
But he was no spy; a real private eye would take pictures and even follow her around. He, on the other hand, enjoyed the party and enjoyed the one woman he would not forget for the rest of his life. Sure, it'd been silly to agree to follow her at the request of his best friend, Sam who was very distrusting of Paola. Although he didn't know her as well as Marco did, he was right when it came to pick the right girl for himself.
He knew how to lure a woman and keep her forever. "Date the girl and you're lost forever. You have to know who she really is before giving her the moon."
Now, Paola kept dancing and being the life of the party.
She's a party girl,
he thought. Yet when his eyes settle on her sensuous body movements, he thought otherwise.
Her short red dress accentuated her sexuality perfectly. Nothing to do with a party girl, she was just too hot to handle.
"You came to spy on me,
chico
?" Paola snuck up on Marco.
Chico
, which means guy in English, really threw him off. She could've called him anything else with less caliber of annoyance.
"Will you get you mad if I said yes?" He reached for her and brought her closer. The music playing in the background was already getting to him. The heat of her body and the smell of her hair, mixed with the sweat, added to his already rising arousal.
"
Si
!" She glanced at him and her eyes drifted downward, seeing the proof of his arousal. "I don't like silly horny boys following my every move. You're on dangerous ground, and this close to losing my interest." She put her thumb and index finger close together to signify there wasn't much interest to go around.
Okay, not a good way to know more about Paola or to keep her. Or was it?
She was fighting him like she was the one he should watch out for. If she would've said jump right now, he would've asked "how high and how fast you want me to do it?" while actually hopping around the room.
She laughed. Obviously she was mocking him. "Do you want to have sex while dancing? I have a private room in the back, or do you want to see if I'm worth giving the moon like Sam asked you too?"
He was surprised and shocked at the same time. Of course she'd seen his crotch and the look in his eyes must've been that of a sick puppy. She'd managed to make him lust for her, make him feel like her dog and give in to her tempting embrace all at the same time.
"Si...of course, I think." He swallowed and thought about his friend's advice. Sam, his best friend, although made to sound like an idiot by Paola was actually a genius!
"You think too much,
chico
." He never had met such a woman before. The fact he was about to have his share of her, he felt himself stumbling blindly toward a couple who were cursing in Spanish while Paola was guiding him like a puppy by her hand.
When he looked back to apologize, the couple was not there. "I'm sorry." He screamed at the crowd that was getting bigger at the sound of a new more upbeat salsa song. Their dancing was becoming more intense.
Through a dark corridor, he could still hear the music ringing in his ears. Paola struggled with the door. When she managed to open it, Marco almost stepped back and flew the scene. He was feeling as though he was committing a crime.
"So this is where Paola brings her male guests?" He knew he should've bit his tongue and avoided her piercing eyes, but what was the fun in that?
"No one ever made it past the door before, but that doesn't mean you can't come in." She pushed him to the wall. "What makes you think so low of me? I'm not the one your
mammy