I didn’t have time to refuse — not that I wanted to, of course — because Robert dragged me to the centre of the dancing couples. He placed his hands on my waist and brought me closer to him. My hands moved up to his shoulders of their own accord. There, we swayed - a little awkwardly - to the music.
This situation felt strange. Usually, we would mess around at this point, then become serious towards the end. And that was only on a very odd occasion. But this dance was serious from the first beat of the music. We swayed in time to the music, our heads close to each other and our eyes never leaving each other for a single second. It was a different kind of seriousness, one that made me realise our relationship could change in the blink of an eye, especially if I somehow made my feelings cle
