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Places like this made him feel uncomfortable and embarassed to be a member of his sex, but when he saw her dancing on stage, he couldn't help but stare. She was moving slowly and deliberately in their direction, but no one in the joint was fooled into thinking that any of them were her destination. As she came closer to him he could see freckles on the inside of her thigh. It didn't seem to make any of his friends nervous.
While he watched her sway to the music he lost himself until she made a sudden turn. As she whipped her head around he made accidental eye contact. Not knowing how to react he quickly put his head down, thankful that the bar at least was too poorly lighted for anyone to see his blushing face.
After a time she moved away to a different audience and he thought it would be safe to look again. When he looked at her face he saw a slight smile pulling at her mouth that hadn't been there before; somehow wistful yet too happy for this place at the same time. A sudden and inexplicable feeling of shame came upon the man, and without any acknowledgement to his friends or the woman who so affected him, he walked out of the bar into a night that was just the beginning of a work-shift for her.
While he watched her sway to the music he lost himself until she made a sudden turn. As she whipped her head around he made accidental eye contact. Not knowing how to react he quickly put his head down, thankful that the bar at least was too poorly lighted for anyone to see his blushing face.
After a time she moved away to a different audience and he thought it would be safe to look again. When he looked at her face he saw a slight smile pulling at her mouth that hadn't been there before; somehow wistful yet too happy for this place at the same time. A sudden and inexplicable feeling of shame came upon the man, and without any acknowledgement to his friends or the woman who so affected him, he walked out of the bar into a night that was just the beginning of a work-shift for her.