Girl In The Red Coat

area. I looked away from him and tried to pay attention to the tutor, but I felt uneasy for some strange reason. Whoever that person was peering through the door had made me feel like this. An icy twitch shot down my spine and my blood was pumping fast through my body. I looked down at my fiery, red coat and started to twiddle with one of the buttons.
Oh my god, get a grip will you, I said to myself. But part of me wanted to know who he was and know more about this mysterious and intriguing character. This part of myself made the icy shivery twitch feel mesmerising and it overpowered my body, a feeling I had never had before. But I wanted to feel more of it. Of course, I had boyfriends in the past where you maybe had a peck on the lips or to just hold hands behind the back of the bike shed but that was all I had encountered.
Daniel Lewis, one of my new friends, must had noticed I was off somewhere as he came and stood close next to me. I came to my senses when I felt his friendly presence nearby, took a deep breath and looked over at the door again. The mysterious character had gone.
‘Don’t let him bother you,’ I heard Daniel whisper softly to me. ‘That lad is a bit weird.’
He must have noticed the shadowy figure peering through the door at me. I took another deep breath and felt relieved that someone else had witnessed this. I would take Daniel’s advice and did not let this weird lad bother me. Perhaps the stranger was someone who doesn’t take well to new faces and has to make them uneasy. I gazed up at Daniel and gave him a polite nod with a friendly smile to acknowledge I had heard what he said and to him reassure that I was fine. Daniel was quite good looking. He was tall and slender built with short spiked brown hair. He had wonderful sky-blue eyes that were welcoming me into his gaze. His high cheek bones complimented his smile and his chin was clean shaven. He wore a white designer polo shirt and dark blue jeans with clean white trainers. His dress sense was trendy but casual. I gazed at him for a moment longer and he did the same to me. I felt a warm fuzzy feeling inside and I couldn’t help but just smile at him. It was like the whole room had just disappeared and at this moment in time just the two of us were standing in this open space. But I felt as though I was in a trance, as part of me wanted to look away from Daniel and back to the mysterious character outside of the door.
The moment was broken when the sound of a loud piano burst through speakers as Miss Hogg began to demonstrate some of her dance moves, gliding gracefully along the dancefloor. Her movements looked natural and flowing. I admired her and wanted to learn what she could teach me, wanted to be able to dance like this. I had not done ballet since I was five and I wanted to learn it all over again. Her bod was so strong but so graceful, her arms flowing lightly and smoothly as her legs split and balanced gently on her toes. I could tell she had been a ballet dancer all her life.
‘Ok class, Now I would like you to get into pairs and get to know each other.’
Daniel approached me to be his partner for this exercise. It was nice he wanted to get to know me, other than just the girl in the red coat. I tied up my long blonde hair into a ponytail and took off the coat.
‘I will properly introduce myself, my name is Daniel Lewis,’ his voice was deep and very polite. I smiled at him again; I just could not help myself and wondered if he had some sort of power over me.
The exercise consisted of a dance piece to slow music. Daniel took hold of my hands and gracefully and steadily spun me around. I felt my hair bobble fly off my head as he moved in closer, stroking his right hand down the middle of my back and his left hand gently pulling through my hair. The fuzzy feelings I had felt moment ago about the mystery character took control of my whole body, his face moved in towards mine, so close I felt his warm breath on my neck. I had not noticed that I was being watched again by the mystery guy. Part of me sensed he was there but I was too focused on Daniel, as though he had a spell on me. Daniel lifted me gracefully through the air. I flung my arms out like wings feeling as though I was flying. I could imagine myself with beautiful butterfly wings fluttering above the ground. I had never danced like this with someone before and at this moment in time things were looking really positive for me being at this college.
‘Fancy grabbing some lunch with me after class?’ he asked me, quite bashfully.
 ‘Erm I would love to, but I have to pop out at lunch to visit my Grandma, she hasn’t been feeling well and I promised her I would come and have a cuppa. I have recently moved to hers whilst I study here’
‘Well let me walk you there.’
It was like he was being protective over me and maybe wanting to spend a little more time together. I was flattered, but still, I didn’t want to jump to conclusions and assume anything. I thought it would be best to decline Daniel’s kind offer.
The lesson seemed to have ended so quickly. I looked around at everyone in their pairs and it was so nice to see