HER 2 LOVERS Part 2: Salsa Night On The Beach | Troy L. Rawlings
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HER 2 LOVERS
Part 2: Salsa Night On The Beach
(based on a true story)
Wednesday September 23, 2026
When Kay and Mateo first met it was lust at first sight. I mean, it was at a Salsa Party on the beach; how much sexier can you get?! It was the perfect September night in Los Angeles. A 70 something degree evening, light sea breeze in the air, and just enough humidity to make thin sundresses cling to heavenly bodies in motion. It was Kay’s bestie’s birthday weekend and she just received a promotion on her job, so her girlfriends planned a day-party-into-barhopping-night excursion…chaueffered by Waymo for no witnesses. What happened on “Girls’ Day” stayed on “Girls’ Day”. The ladies had the perfect celebration scheduled, starting with a Morning Mimosas Brunch and ending with Sunset Salsa and Margaritas on the beach. What wasn’t planned, but always welcomed, was chance encounters. Especially the 6’2”, caramel skinned, chiseled bodied Cubano male kind.
Mateo was one of the local dance instructors in Santa Monica. Every year at the beginning of Fall, the schools that teach Salsa classes have a big end of Summer soiree at the beach for teachers, students, and friends…open to everyone. Kay and her crew arrived at the height of sweat flying, hips swinging, feet stomping, singing, and laughter. A pheromonic orgy of the senses. La Bailar orgasmic. The sandy beach was bouncing like a hardwood dancefloor, or maybe the margaritas were just margarita-ing!
The ladies joined right in! The live band and the DJ were in perfect sync:
“¡Esta noche bailamos como si la noche nunca fuera a terminar! ¡Nunca fuera a terminar!” sang Mateo and his friends at the top of their lungs as they danced. Instantly the ladies were intrigued and sang along! And then, not to sound like a Harlequin novel or a Danielle Steel classic… but … Mateo and Kay caught eyes. They smiled at each other. And then Kay did the unthinkable… she summoned him over. Just a simple smile and the come-here finger was all it took and Mateo was reaching for her hand to dance. As they began to dance, Kay did a quick glance to make sure her girls were close. They were all dancing.
“Thank you for coming!” Mateo said close to Kay’s ear
“Huh??” she said, tickled and perplexed. “Oh…OH! Yes! It’s my bestie’s birthday!”
“How did you hear about the party?” Mateo asked
“I literally googled, ‘Things to do today in L.A.’ and this popped up! This is perfect! And our girl is having a ball!”
“And you? Are you having a ball?”
“YES!! Oh my God YEEEESSSS!!!” Kay yelled while shaking her ass to the ground like a video vixen
They laughed hysterically. And as the rhythms got deeper, and the party got more crowded, Mateo spinned Kay a bit slower, and drew her a bit closer. They danced like they had done this before. Maybe in another life. But, no matter that… the night was young.
“Would you like some more coffee?” Kay asked me
“Huh, umm, Yes. Yes please.” I said
I started laughing at how as the story was getting good Kay left me dangling there.
“Yo…so what happened?” I asked
“Well,…” Kay pours herself another cup of coffee and grabs a muffin “ I don’t know how it is for guys but the rule with us ladies is if we came to the event together we leave together… unless one of 2 things happen: An extreme emergency like a call from your kids and you have to rush home. Or, the earth is shaking.”
“Oh. So you left with your girls?”
“No. I needed my earth shaken.”
Kay sipped. I sipped.
TO BE CONTINUED
Until The Next Time,
God Bless, One Love
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Kay’s story reminds us that sometimes life gives you a moment, a spark, that shakes your whole world in the best way. Whether it’s salsa on the beach, a chance encounter, or a night that turns into a memory you replay forever… the magic is always in saying yes to the moment.
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