Is this destiny?

Jarred made Mrs. Ronin twirl and move to the beat of the music skillfully while observing her with a gentle smile on his face.

Every time Jarred pulled her in after a twirl, his right hand would land on a different spot: her waist, her upper back, her shoulder, her lower back... secretly feeling the curves of her body. Jarred likes what his right palm is telling him: Mrs. Ronin is a hot mama!

"Oh, Mr. Smith. You are quite a dancer.", Mrs. Ronin praised Jarred, unaware of his mischievous actions.

Jarred cleared his throat and gave her a seductive glance. "Please… call me Jarred, Donnie."

Mrs. Ronin smiled. "I will try."

"You are a very good dancer yourself.", Jarred complimented Mrs. Ronin.

"Honestly, I don\'t remember the last time I danced."

"Why would a woman like you stay away from fun?"

"It was my choice, Jarred.", she responded with a hint of stubbornness in her voice.

Jarred smiled. He likes that she called him by his name. "I am glad that you decided to change your choice."

"You are?"

He confirmed and said: "You said how you don\'t remember the last time you danced. I also didn\'t do many things in a long time… for example, I don\'t remember the last time I fed a woman, or danced, or wished to kiss one."

Mrs. Ronin swallowed her non-existent saliva. "Kiss?"

Jarred leaned closer and said in a deep voice: "You are an extremely attractive woman, Donnie. It\'s normal for me to wish to kiss you."

Mrs. Ronin composed herself and asked half-teasingly: "What is stopping you?"

"I was just thinking if this dance is the right time or should I wait for the next one.", Jarred responded confidently.

"And?"

"I think that this one is fine. And then if you are not impressed, I get the next dance to fix the it."

Mrs. Ronin likes this cheeky exchange. It\'s a long time since she had this much fun. She continued asking: "And what if I like it?"

"I would not be a gentleman if I deny my lady what she likes."

Mrs. Ronin giggled like a schoolgirl. But it was only for a second before her eyes met Jarred\'s and his intensity told her that he is going for it.

Mrs. Ronin panicked internally. Oh, God! She didn\'t kiss a man in two decades! What if she forgot how to do it? Is her breath OK? She wished that she didn\'t eat that fish earlier! Should she close her eyes, or keep them open? Ah! There are people around them. Well, with Aiden and Sarah on the dancefloor, no one is looking their way. Right?

Mrs. Ronin was wrong about the last part, because Emma WAS looking their way without blinking.

"Charlie…", Emma called in a high-pitched voice, interrupting Charlie who was still naming different options on what to get for Emma\'s mom in order to raise her approval of him.

"Yes?", Charlie saw that she is looking sideways and already knew who got her attention. "Wow! Smooth!"

Emma pinched Charlie\'s waist. "What \'smooth\'?"

Charlie chuckled. "It\'s just your mom kissing my Uncle."

"Actually… he kissed her."

"Hmm…", Charlie mused. "It does not matter who started it. Right now, both of them are participating. Actively."

Emma glanced around and could not see any of her siblings. She fished her phone out of the purse which dangled off from her wrist and snapped a photo of Jarred and Mrs. Ronin who are holding each other and kissing on the dancefloor like there is no one else.

"What are you doing?", Charlie asked.

Emma sent photo to her brothers and responded: "Evidence. My brothers will not believe me without evidence."

…

At that time, in the garden…

Julius and Allen and playing huge jenga with Ryan and Sean.

It is Ryan\'s turn to pull the piece out and both Ryan\'s and Sean\'s phones vibrated. Sean checked the message and his eyes bulged. 

"Ryan, you need to see this.", Sean said while walking absentmindedly toward Ryan and not removing his eyes from his phone.

"Just a sec…", Ryan\'s tongue was out while he carefully held onto the wooden piece and slowly inched backward.

Sean ended up bumping into Ryan and the whole jenga fell. 

"YEAH!", Julius and Allen exclaimed in unison and high-fived. 

"That is 4-0 for us!", Julius said smugly.

"What the hell!?", Ryan was frustrated at Sean. "I had this! Why did you push me!?"

Sean pushed his phone into Ryan\'s hands. 

"Wow!", Ryan said under his breath.

Julius and Allen came close to see what the commotion is about.

"Oh, man… isn\'t that your mother?", Allen asked. He glanced at Ryan and Sean who were staring at the phone without moving and asked: "Why are you making a big deal out of this? It\'s not like she is cheating or doing something bad. It\'s just kissing."

"But that is Charlie\'s Uncle!", Ryan exclaimed.

"So?", Julius asked. "You said that you want to do internship at Smithsonite corp. How I see it, now you have a double connection to get that sweet deal."

…

At that time in the photobooth…

Mike and Tiffany are waiting for the photo flash to start. Both of them have mustaches and funny hats on. They already took several sets of photos and for this one they agreed to make silly faces.

The photobooth is free to use. There is a mirror outside with numerous props from fancy hats and silly moustaches to sunglasses and fake noses. Once guests pick their look for the photos, they get in and press the \'Start\' button. Several seconds later, the flash will go on four times, and in the slit on the outside of the photobooth there will be a slide with four photos waiting for the guests to take it. Simple, right?

Mike felt his phone vibrate while pressing \'Start\' button. He reached for his phone, to check the message while waiting for the photobooth to start working (it takes few seconds). 

Mike and Tiffany ended up with a slide of four photos: Tiffany had a different silly face on every photo, while Mike was staring at his phone with eyes open wide on each of the four.

This will be a slide of photos Tiffany will tease Mike about for many years to come.

"Now I know that you inherited from your mother \'I can\'t believe they are dating\' look.", Tiffany teased Mike.

"What?"

"I remember how your mom was in a state of shock when you told her that I am your girlfriend. Your expression now matches hers."

"What?"

Tiffany rolled her eyes. "Stop with those \'what\'. Your mom found a man, why is it so difficult to believe?"

Mike doesn\'t have an answer to this question. It\'s not that it\'s difficult to believe, but he never saw her with a man. To him, Mrs. Ronin is like a nun who will not have a man because she is devoted to her children. Now that he thinks about it, it is silly to have such thoughts. She is a woman and it\'s not unusual for her to develop feelings toward someone. But, Charlie\'s Uncle? It will take some time to get used to that…

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