The Dance

It was 1930 something when they met. One Saturday night found her along with her best friend out on the road to the coast for a night of dancing to the latest sounds from one of the era’s big bands. A few miles down the road from the ballroom their automobile broke down and they were stuck, with little chance of making it to the dance.

At the same time he was driving the same road along with his best friend heading for the same dance. As they pulled aside of her car they pulled over without hesitation to offer assistance.

When he got out of the car and she was able to take a good look at him she felt like she had been kicked in the gut. Butterflies began flying at unheard of speeds through her stomach and she was sure that everyone would notice that her hands had begun to shake.
On the outside she managed to maintain her composure while on the inside she was struck with a sudden life changing insight: this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with. She knew it with a certainty that she had never felt about anything before.

He took charge immediately and opened the hood to her car. He handed his jacket to his friend and began tinkering with the various components that made up the engine. He did not say much, a few grunts and groans, before he stuck his head out and told her to start the car. With a few clicks of the key the engine fired right up.

They sat outside the car for a few minutes to ensure that everything would be fine. During the course of the conversation they discovered that the four of them were headed for the same destination.

Without the subject ever being broached they paired off with their two best friends in one car and the two of them in the other. Which unbeknownst to them was how it would remain for the next half-century or so.

Arriving, they parked the cars and were immediately carried away by the swinging sound of the band that was playing. They danced until the cows came home as the saying went.

Dawn found them back on the highway paired off as before. Fate driving them down the road into the awaiting future.