I'll be fine, I repeated in my head before I finally stepped out of the room and right onto the stage where I could be seen by everyone. There a few wolf whistles that almost had me shrinking, but Angela placed a hand on my arm.
"You're new. Of course, they'll react."
We walked further onto the stage and I let my eyes search the crowd, coming to a stop when they clashed with Alessandro's. His eyes didn't stay on mine for long though. They travelled downward in a snail's pace, and travelled back upward. And as I watched him watch me, I realized I liked to be watched by him.
Then, the song started.
I had no particular dance prepared, especially not one with Angela, but we both started dancing.
We weren't in sync, but that was the appeal of it. My eyes never wavered from Alessandro's as
