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4th August 1934
The night of the dance had arrived and Grace had managed to scramble something that didn’t look like a rag together. Her mother didn’t care much for dancing and didn’t care at all really for Grace and didn’t help her at all. But Grace didn’t mind as she was used to it and was just looking forward to the dance with Jonathon. Just as Grace was brushing her hair and adding a tiny bit it lipstick which she had secretly taken from her mother’s draw there was a knock at the door. Grace glances over to the clock but realises that it couldn’t be Jonathon because it’s too early. No one answers the door so Grace gets up and goes downstairs. She opens the door with a smile to see a young gentleman stood by the door with a small box for her.
“Grace Elizabeth Fummel?” the gentleman questions.
“Yes that’s me” Grace says looking at the large box.
“This is for you” he smiles and places a box down on the floor and walks away. Grace drags the box further into the house and shuts the front door. She rips off the tape holding the box together and opens up the box to be confronted with a massive gorgeous red gown. Grace takes the material in her hands and feels the soft silk brush a cool sensation over her skin. In the bottom were some red shoes with a small heel on. Grace has to take a deep breath in to stop herself from crying, however a few escape as she carries the gorgeous box gown upstairs.
Grace tries on the dress to find it fits her perfectly and matches the lipstick colour she has on. Grace looks at herself in the mirror and for the first time in her life feels good about herself. Then the front door knocks and she knows that he is here. Grace glides down the stairs in her dress and opens the door to a very smartly dressed Jonathon. “You look gorgeous, I hope you liked the dress” Jonathon says and takes Graces hand in his, “Ready?” he asks.
“Yes... but how did you afford the dress?” Grace cannot hold her smile in and her face is beaming.
“That doesn’t matter Grace you look beautiful tonight and I wouldn’t want to be with anyone else” He her leads her to a car which is her first ride in a car. Grace slides into the passenger seat as Jonathon gets in the back. Once they are all in the driver sets off down the road.
When they arrive most people are stood outside waiting to go in and the whole village turns and stares as they pull up. “Everyone is staring at us” Grace says.
“Let them stare, let’s show them how beautiful you are” He slides out of the other side and walks around and opens the door for her. He takes her hand and helps her out of the car. As they get out the whole village are staring in silence at her. Grace just stares at Jonathon as he leads them easily through the crowd and into the hall. The hall has been decorated with a few balloons with nice table decoration around the dance floor for people to sit at. Jonathon leads her to a table and they sit down together and he smiles at her. “I'm so happy that I met you Grace” Grace stares back at him unable to speak but her smiles says it all and Jonathon stands up “I shall get us some drinks” The rest of the dancers join the hall and a few young girls take to the dance floor and begin to dance with each other as others go straight to the tables shying away from the dance floor. Jonathon arrives back with some drinks for them and they sit together talking and staring into each other’s eyes. The record player is changed and a slow song comes on. Grace watches and Jonathon stands up extends his arm and says “May I have this dance?” Grace blushes and says,
“But I don’t know how to dance”
“Just follow my lead” Graces accepts his hand and stands up. He leads them to the centre of the dance floor where he takes her hand and raises it and places the other on his hip and he does the same to her. His touch on her feels so right and Grace feels herself being taken along with him and the music as they dance together in formation in the centre of the room. After dancing for some time the song is starting to come to an end and Jonathon stops dancing and looks deep into her eyes and he begins to lean in. Graces hand becomes sweaty and she feels a sense of panic spread over her. Jonathon closes his eyes and Grace does the same waiting for her first kiss. Then she feels it him on her lips and she begins to melt into him. Her whole body tingles with excitement and joy. She feels as if it is just them in the room and it could be for all she cared. Her whole life she had never been accepted a loner and now she had Jonathon and she knew it was all worth it. Grace feels Jonathon pull away and he smiles at her and leads her again through the staring crowd of open mouthed villagers not that Grace took any notice she was just smiling at Jonathon in a world of her own. Grace feels the cool of the night air brush her face as Jonathon and Grace reach the car. The driver opens the door for Grace to get in and Jonathon gets into the back again from the driver’s side. Jonathon whispers something into her ear and the driver starts the engine off. They approach the bridge where they met and cross over it but once on the other side the driver pulls over to the side of the road and gets out. Grace watches him open her door and offer his hand. Grace glances back but Jonathon has already got out of the car and she accepts his hand and slides out. Jonathon has walks over to Grace. He kneels down and lifts her dress slightly, she looks down at him and she feels him slide her shoe off of her foot and then the other. He gives the shoes to the driver who places them into the car. “Close your eyes and don’t look” Grace giggles
“Why?” Jonathon puts his hand to her face and lightly closes her eyelids. Grace feels his soft touch in her hand and he leads her onto the grass. She feels herself being led down the familiar steps that she always takes to get down to the river bank. As they reach the bottom he lets go of her hand. Grace opens her eyes to see the bank with a rug under the tree with some candles spread around. Grace puts her hand to her mouth and walks over to the rug where there is a small box on the rug. Grace gets down onto her knees and holds the small box in her hand. As she opens it inside are two diamond stud earrings. She spins round and looks at him opened mouthed,
“I know it’s not your birthday for a few days but I thought this would be a nice present for you” Grace stands back up and walks over to him and they both embrace in another kiss.
“Thank you so much” Grace says with tears running down her face.
“Why are you crying?” Jonathon says wiping her face clear of tears.
“Its just no one has ever been this kind to me”.
The driver leaves Grace and Jonathon behind on the grass and they sit watching the stars together. Grace looks over at Jonathon and sits up. He smiles back at her and she asks “Fancy a swim?”
“Now?” Jonathon asks. Grace stands up and takes off his suit jacket and places it on the rug and then carefully slides the dress down her body to leave her in her underwear. She gives him and wink and slowly walks over to the bank. Jonathon stands up and unbuttons his top to reveal a toned body. He then takes his shoes and trousers off and Grace blushes and turns her head at the sight of Jonathon’s naked body however this does not stop her from having another look. He comes up behind her and kisses her neck which sends a tingling sensation all over her body from her head down her spine and to her feet. Jonathon then stands on the edge of the bank and dives in. Grace also jumps in after him and they both arrive back at the surface and tread water looking into each other’s eyes. Just as the candles wax and wick come to an end and go out Jonathon smiles at her and says to her “I love you Grace”.
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Thank you for still coming back and reading this series. Im finding it very odd writing for a period of time that I know nothing about and so its very exciting doing lots more research before writing. Also some of you may have seen the website has had nearly 1000 veiws so thank you for all the support again. Also Lonely Girl is nearly the most read series however "Bad Love" is still ahead. So I hope you are still enjoying how the story is unfolding and you will come back for part four.
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