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and moving away, but she didn’t say anything
                  Kent pulled into a parking spot and turned to her. “Have you ever been here?”
                  Nicole looked at the barbecue joint and shook her head. “I’ve heard its good, though.”
                  “Let’s go find out,” Kent said, and they got out of the car.
                  Once they had ordered and picked up their food, Kent led her out the back door, and Nicole was surprised at the set up outside.
                  A stage took up the entire backside of the property, with a dance floor in front of it, and picnic tables filling in the rest of the space. There was another bar outside, and the place was decorated with old signs and bar paraphernalia.
                  There was a band warming up onstage.
                  Nicole couldn’t help the pleasure that coursed through her, and smiled widely at Kent as she joined him at a table.
                  “This is amazing.” She exclaimed.
                  “Yeah,” he replied. “I’ve heard it was great and always wanted to come, but never had a chance to before tonight.”
                  They sat down and began to tear into the meals before them: pulled pork, brisket, creamed corn, corn bread, and macaroni and cheese.
                  “So, you never said what you went to school for. Are you applying for jobs?” Kent asked her in between bites.
                  She didn’t want to go into her whole backstory on their first date, so she just said, “I majored in English. I haven’t been applying anywhere yet.”
                  Kent nodded as he worked on his corn on the cob. “Do you know what you want to do next?”
                  Nicole looked at him shyly as she picked up her corn bread. “Actually, I’m a writer.” She looked down at her hands. This was the first time she’d ever told anyone what her dream was and was afraid of what reaction she would see on his face.
                  “Really?” He asked simply, a small smile on his face. “Well, it looks like we have something in common.”
                  Nicole looked up at him quickly, took in his smile, and returned a brilliant one of her own.
                  They sat in a comfortable silence as they ate, then Kent looked down and Nicole’s plate and realized that she was keeping up with his gusto.
                  He used a wet nap to clean his fingers and gazed at her with appreciation in his eyes. “I love that you actually eat.”
                  Nicole stopped savoring her corn bread long enough to look up at him with a puzzled smile. “What do you mean?”
                  “Well, I love to eat, and it makes me happy to see that you do too. I was worried that you would want to just order a salad or something.”
                  Nicole laughed and admitted, “Sometimes I like to eat salad, but I love to eat too, and there is nothing I enjoy more than Texas barbecue.”
                  They grinned at each other, then Kent reached over to get some sauce off of Nicole’s face, and her grin disappeared, her eyes glazing over at his touch. When he put the same finger into his mouth and licked the sauce off of his finger, her mouth closed and she found it hard to breath.
                  Kent looked at her intently as he tasted the sauce, then smiled seductively at her, “Dance with me.”
                  Nicole smiled absently and took the hand he offered.
                  When they got on the dance floor, they fell easily into the two-step, Kent leading Nicole around the dance floor as if they had been dancing together forever.
                  Nicole allowed herself to just enjoy dancing with Kent. They looked into