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came back a couple of days later to fix it."
    "Wow...that was nice of him."
    "Dylan is such a sweetheart. I think you'll like him."
    There was something in Dottie's tone of voice that gave Julie pause. But she wasn't in the mood to delve deeper into her grandmother's crypticness this evening, so she turned again and made her way back to the locker room.
    The sooner she got changed and started dancing, the sooner she could forget about her latest trip to her parents'.

 
     
    Chapter 4
     
    It was one thing watching her dance in a club, with the crowds around her and the lights flashing.
    It was something totally different watching her dance by herself.
    She was leaving everything on the dance floor, all her vulnerabilities, her fears, her sorrow. She was pouring her soul out to the world through her dance.
    Dylan had returned to the dance studio Thursday evening just as he'd told Dottie he would. She gave him a teasing grin and pointed to the back of the studio.
    He stopped and nearly lost his breath when he saw her in the room dancing. She was in a whole other world as she moved across the dance floor. It seemed so personal, that he almost felt like he was intruding on her personal time. But he couldn't get his feet to turn and walk away. He didn't want to. She was in some kind of pain. And he wanted to reach out and touch her, hold her, comfort her.
    The music ended and she finally opened her eyes. When she looked up at the mirror and saw him standing in the doorway, her eyes grew wide with recognition.
    "You..." she whispered. She whirled around to face him, her expression still filled with shock.
    He slowly began walking into the room and she made her way toward him as well.
    When they were in front of each other, she looked up into his face and asked, "What are you doing here?"
    He grinned at her, remembering her saucy challenge from the night they met.
    "You told me to find you...and I never back away from a challenge."
    She opened her mouth to speak, but was cut off by Dottie.
    "Oh you two finally met!"
    Julie turned to Dottie confused.
    "What are you talking about?" She gaped at Dylan. "You two know each other?"
    "Honey, this is Brent's friend I was telling you about, Dylan!" Dottie answered for him.
    Dylan shrugged. "It appears that it truly is a small world after all. Nice to officially meet you, Jules."
     
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    She'd never expected to see him again. She'd just been teasing when she told him to find her. But he didn't need to search too hard, because, as he said, it was a small world.
    Julie couldn't believe how the sound of his voice affected her. The sound of her name rolling off of Dylan's lips made her body heat up even more than it already had been from the last hour of dancing almost non-stop.
    "Jules? Julie...Julia!"
    Julie snapped out of her haze as Dottie nearly shouted her name.
    " Lo siento, 'Lita... sorry Gram, did you say something?"
    "I was telling Dylan, again, how appreciative we are of him for fixing that bathroom issue."
    Julie blinked and shook her head. She was still thrown off by the fact that he was standing here in her studio in front of her, and he was a family friend. Dottie was fussing over him as if he was one of her own grandchildren.
    "Yes," she finally said. "Thank you so much for that. Are you some kind of repairman or something?"
    He shook his head and smiled, revealing a dimple that made her want to bite her lip and groan.
    "No, nothing like that. Just extremely handy."
    For some reason, Dylan's words brought back memories of the night they danced together in the club. Her eyes drifted down to his large hands, remembering the way they'd gripped her hips, caressed her backthen slid down to cup her a –
    "Dylan has offered to help us out and fix some things around the studio."
    Julie looked up when she heard Dottie speaking. She glanced at Dylan, who had a mischievous grin on his face, as if he'd read her mind.
    "That's