Unforgettable Adonis

Vitalio was tall with dark eyes and dark

hair.  He was not 45 but 62.
He had natural rhythm
 and easily learned basic steps.

 I taught

him the authentic jitterbug (not the west coast

swing nor the east coast swing
 that they do nowadays) but the

real old fashioned jitterbug from my

teen days.  

I taught him a two step,

the Fox trot, part of a waltz and

a simple cha cha. (Not all in one

evening but several.)

By the time I finished, no one even

knew that I was leading him

around on the dance floor. 

His brother Alex had

talked him into coming on

this Mexican Rivera cruise.

Alex, by the way, just

happened to be a professional

ballroom dance instructor from

California. We tripped the
light fantastic a couple of 
times on the dance floor.

Sparks were flying from this

Aries woman. I was in my

element. There was no

embarrassing pauses. We

talked non stop and danced

every evening.  

As he gazed into my eyes, he said "you 

have no wrinkles in your face"! What?

What an adorable off-handed complement!

He asked me to go swimming with
 him in the morning. 
We met up at the breakfast bar.

It was a rough and rocky morning
with the ship rockin its way back to
California so I had to hang onto his arm to
keep my balance (notice I said
HAD TO).  Let me tell you about
muscles - well maybe not but
there was no lack of muscles.
All three pools on
the ship were closed so we
opted to do a hot tub
date.

My old heart just throbs when I
think about that date.