Posted by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Captain’s Quarters- If You Can’t Stand the Heat

Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Captain’s Quarters- If You Can’t Stand the Heat

Posted by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Captain’s Quarters- If You Can’t Stand the Heat
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“Yes, I do,” Faye said with a grin, elated it went so smoothly this time. “But so are you, so it makes it easier. Nothing worse than a quick style of dance and someone who doesn’t know their left foot from their right.” Dropping her hands, she beelined back to the table for a sip of water.

“I actually really do like dancing. Just don’t have much of a reason to dance with someone, so my stuff is mostly solo freestyle types,” she said as she moved back over.

~Faye Calloway

“Well, now you have reason to dance with someone else… me. At least until your time is taken up with other demands.” he said and gave her a crooked grin.

Faye tilted her head and smirked. “Why Cochrane, is that a not so subtle inquiry into my personal life?”

Alex simply winked and kept dancing.

The next song came on and it was faster this time. “So now we are going to do the throw. You’ll drop and slide between my legs while holding onto my hands, then I’ll pull and swing you back, you’ll go up, and then land on your feet. Hard to do on carpet, but if we can do it here, the dance floor will be a piece of cake. Ready?”

Cochrane

While she had seen it in one of the demonstration videos she had watched, doing that move was going to be quite another thing. Faye gazed upwards slightly as she tried to visualize his words with the mechanics of the move and when she felt she had it she nodded. “Shoes aren’t too grippy, so it should be okay, she said with a nod and gleam in her eyes. “Okay, let’s do this”. Gone was the inevitable sadness from earlier, but while she had known it be a vital step in sharing her story, right now she was just having fun.

~Faye Calloway

“Ok, just try to relax enough you don’t stop the momentum, but rigid enough to help me pull and push. On the upbeat… ready… GO’” and he let her drop towards the floor as he kept her upper half at a forty-five degree angle. As his wrists passed between his thighs, he yanked back, dragging her lower half back and then using that momentum to half pull / half throw her up in the air,catching her under her arms and landing her.

It was not as smooth a motion as she had hoped, but Faye had half expected to land on her ass, so being back on her feet. But never once was she worried he’d drop her. If anything had been proven true it was that her trust in him was solid and he had given her every reason to believe it would stay that way.

“Nice! Excellent. Next time, as you drop, throw your legs open as wide as you can and I’ll land you on my hips. We get that down, then the really tricky part comes next.”

Cochrane

Faye exhaled loudly, but she wore the expression of someone who had been challenged and was fully prepared to meet it. “Got it.” Stepping with the beat, she grooved as he reset himself and so that they could slip into the motion easily. Somewhere, at some point, Faye had stopped thinking.

~Faye Calloway