"Great, I see that you've been practicing… Great control of your hands and knuckles. Hmm, guess your attention span isn't as short as I had imagined."
"Is that a compliment from the teacher?" Jayden feigned being shocked by her words. Mia blushed.
"Hey, I know how to give out compliments too."
"Really, I couldn't tell."
"That's cuz you rarely do anything warranting a compliment." She bit back with her razor tongue.
"Girl your tongue is kind of dangerous. Kind of sexy in a twisted and perverted way."
"Not surprising that you're a friend to pain."
"So when are you going to let me be your friend?"
"Ha, ha ha… We both know that I'm not your type and you're certainly not my type."
"Liar… I'm every woman's type; as long as she isn't gay… Are you trying to tell me you're gay? Must say I find bi-sexual females a little on the sexy side too."
"Can we get back to the lesson?" Mia asked wondering why it was that every conversation she had with this man always ended up with him making sexual innuendoes and attempting to get her underneath him.
"Yes ma'am… Could you repeat the question?"
"The second sound is the slap sound." She explained as she stood opposite him on the other side of the drum. Then taking her hands she relaxed them while opening her fingers up.
"You want to strike the rim of the drum like this," she explained as she took her knuckles and palm striking at the rim of the Diembe while allowing her fingertips to slap down onto the head and immediately bounce off of it.
"Wait… Hold up… Hold up…Too fast… You did that way too fast." Jayden ordered. Her movement had been too fast and he needed her to slow down and replicate it so that he could get a better understanding of how to make the slapping sound.
"Like this…" She said demonstrating again but a little slower. Jayden watched and then he attempted to do the same, but his slapping sound did not mimic hers.
"You're forcing it. You need to relax…" She explained while he demonstrated again what he thought she had shown him. Disappointingly she shook her head as she walked around and stood behind him. Reaching around him she allowed her hands to slip over his wrists and gently stroke them making him relax his hands more.