30 Days of Writing - They Played My Song

It was our time to shine on the dance floor.

The band started to play our chosen song and we took our spot in the middle of the room. Our parents, family and friends lined the area to watch us take our first dance as husband and wife. We were exhausted from the festivities and very happy to have a moment to lean on each other and breathe to a nice slow dance.

As we enjoyed the moment and endured the photographs, we swayed to the music of the band behind us. Slowly our attention shifted from each other to those around us and we began to notice that people were making gestures at us and looking a little odd. As the song became less intense in volume, we noticed another sound. It was an odd consistent ringing.

People continued to motion to us, a sign that we interpreted as having something to do with our inability to keep time to the music. The song came to an end. It was at that moment that we realized that the fire alarm was sounding. Our wedding reception was being evacuated from the hotel and everyone had to leave.

We left the building with all of our guests and joined another wedding party that was also taking to the streets on that cool night in January. There we playfully directed the traffic and posed for photos on the firetrucks.

The main concern was to keep anybody away that would want to attempt to "soothe" with trite conversation. Thus, we took each other by the hand and finished dancing right there in the dimly lit street. There wasn't music anymore, but it didn't matter as long as we were dancing together.

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This 30 Days of Writing Challenge is brought to you courtesy of Nicky and Mike. They managed to convince a bunch of us to play along. If you want to read more cheesy posts, check out the ramblings of the crazy gang listed on the Linky thing at the latest post at We Work for Cheese.