Chapter 4

“Well Jana is dancing with some guy. Michelle is nowhere to be found.” Gina said to no one in particular when she realized she was alone. At this moment the newest member of the New York Knicks walked up to her.“Is this seat taken?” Justin asked as he looked into the beautiful eyes of the women in front of him.

“It is now.” She smiled as she motioned for him to sit.

"So what is a beautiful woman like you sitting alone and not out dancing?” he asked, giving her a seductive smile.

‘Wow! what a smile’ Gina thought. “Well I am waiting for a handsome man to ask me to dance?”

“Well people have told me that I am handsome.” he smirked.

“Is that an offer?”

“It is. Would you like to dance?” Justin asked, and before he got an answer he pulled her to her feet and led her to the dance floor.

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Michelle was catching up with Chris, when Lance approached them.

“Shelle, I-I mean Michelle, I just got a call from the hospital, we need to get down there ASAP.”Lance said trying to sound normal.

“Well then I guess we should get down there. Chris can you tell Jana that I had to leave?”

"You guys go, I will let everyone know that you left.” Chris answered. after their good-byes, Lance and Michelle left the club. Considering that was now raining outsideand the hospital was pretty far away the two took a taxi there.

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Twenty minutes later Michelle and Lance entering the elevator of the hospital taking it tothe third floor where the Pediatric Ward was. Then all of a sudden the elevator went black and stopped. The emergency light eventually went on.

“What happened?” Michelle asked worried not only because the elevator was stuck but also worried at the prospect of having to be stuck in a enclosed area with Lance.

“I think we are stuck?” Lance answered. The two looked at each other, and each one retreated to separate corners. The silence was extremely tense.“Here’s the emergency phone I will call someone.” Lance said as he picked up the phonewaiting for a response. “Yes, My name is Dr. Bass, Dr. Samson and I are stuck in the elevator.....ok.......what happened?.............oh, well when is it suppose to come back online?................three hours?!?.....well how long till we get out of here?......ok......thank you...good-bye.”

“How long till we get out of here Lance?” Michelle asked started to get cold.

“It seems the electricity is offline, and it will take three hours to come back online, and they won’t be able to get us out for at least five hours.” Lance answered trying to show that he wasn’t worried. Since the power was out, that meant the heat was out. And it was the dead of winter. If they stayed there long enough they would freeze. They had to somehow stay warm.“Michelle, I know this is the last thing you would ever want to do especially with me. But since the power is out there is no heat. So somehow we have to stay warm.” Lance started.

“What are you getting at?” Michelle asked.

“We have to stay close to stay warm.” Lance added, closing his eyes not wanting to see her reaction. Huddling together was going to be their only way of staying warm.

“Fine.” Michelle responded starting to get to cold to really cold. The two sat on the floor of the elevator, clinging together to stay warm. Three hours passed and it was getting colder. It was hard for them to stay awake.

“Michelle, we have to keep talking to each other to prevent each other from falling asleep.” Lance said trying not to fall asleep himself.

“Ok, what do you want to talk about?” she answered. The two started to talk about their lives. What had happened since the last time they saw each other. Somehow they got on the topic of relationships.

“So Lance how have you been doing in the love department?” Michelle asked not really knowing why.

“Not very great. I guess that I haven’t had a strong relationship since...”Lance trailed offnot finishing that line. “What about you?”

“There’s been the occasional boyfriend, but nothing really significant. I guess I was always hoping that somehow we would get back together.” Michelle answered shocked that she said that last statement.

“I have always hoped the same thing.” He whispered. She was so close to him. All he would have to do is lower his head and kiss her lips. And thats exactly what he did. He kissed her. Gently at first. He pulled away searching for a reaction from her. Her eyes were wide open and before he had time to figure out her reaction she was kissing him. Kisses that started off gentle slowly started to get more passionate. They would have continued to kiss, but the elevator started to move again. The spell was broken. Lance got up and helped Michelle up.

“What did I just do?” they both thought. When the elevator got back to the ground floor they both exited, before either could say something they were headed in opposite directions.