How could he ever hope to find a nice girl otherwise? Keith came up to the table and thanked me for coming.
I gave him his birthday present, which he seemed to find genuinely surprising.
He looked at each item in turn with an expression that I found hard to read, but I quickly eliminated “boredom” and “indifference.”
I felt happy; it was a nice feeling, giving someone a gift, the kind of unique, thoughtful present that he wouldn’t have received from anyone else.
He put the carrier bag on a nearby table. “Would you, eh, would you like to dance, Eleanor?”
My heart started to pump faster. Dance! Could I? “I’m not sure I know how,” I said.
Keith laughed, and pulled me to my feet. “Come on,” he said, “you’ll be fine.”
We’d only just reached the wooden dancing area when the music changed, and he groaned.
“I’m sorry,” he said, “but there’s no way. I’m going to have to sit this one out. Birthday boy privileges!
I watched as some people left the dance floor and others flocked to take their place.
The music had a lot of brass instruments and a fast beat. Michelle, Gary’s girlfriend, beckoned me over
and pulled me into a small group of women, around the same age, who smiled at me and looked very happy.
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