Ana nodded agreement to West's statement, this was going to be very fun. It was dancing and she'd always loved it so it was going to be fun. "I promise not to step on your feet too," Ana reassured West, thinking that it would be worse for him if he got a heel through his foot. Ana allowed him to place her hand on his shoulder, moving it to a slightly more comfortable position before locking in her frame. She was also happy that he placed his hand on her waist, and that she didn't have to tell him off for placing it too low. She'd had to do that before and it was never fun.

"Ready."

Ana prepared herself to move whenever West did. Since he apparently knew what he was doing she'd let him lead.

Seren had been in her own little world, zoning in and out of what was going on around her. Perhaps she needed a power nap... yep...

She did however catch Airey instructing them to find partners, partners they were not familiar with. Exceelllleeennnttt. Finally she could dance too! It would surely do her stiff joints wonders, and wake her up in the process.

"Partner anybody?!" she asked, wondering if perhaps she ought to single out a poor soul and tap them on the shoulder.

Okay. Okay. He waited for the music and then stepped backward, a swayyy as if to say 'and', then led them into the steps. no foot stepping either. Not on his part anyways.

West was glad he knew how to do this actually because it wasn't the easiest thing to start with, especially since they were all getting straight into it right? He shot a little look over his shoulder towards Mo, wondering if he was thankful too, and then West's attention was on Ana and he beamed at her.

"Hope nobody collides with us." He'd have to stay vigilant, to steer them out of the way of anyone flatfooted and clumsy.

She had to dance with someone that she didn't know too well? Well that was quite easy because she really didn't know that many people. Well apart from her besties, but she wasn't going to dance with them anyway. But Grace didnt really want to dance with someone she didn't know at all. Because that would just be kind of awkward. So Grace was going to look for someone that she kind of knew but didn't know too well. That would be a slytherin maybe? She wasn't too sure.

The first year looked around, before noticing Ascanius. She kind of knew him. well they had talked once. In the courtyard. When he'd been lost. He'd called her gorgeous. She liked that. Okay. She choose him. Wait? Was he a pokemon now? No. But he was still kind of cute. She first year, wandered over to him. "Do you need a partner Ascanius?" Did he have a nickname? His name was rather long after all. Maybe she'd ask whilst they were dancing.

Ana waited patiently for the music to start, keeping her attention on West so that she'd be ready to go when he was. The last thing they needed was to fail at this dance because she wasn't paying attention and so fell flat on her face. Wasn't going to happen. When West swayed backwards she took that as her cue and positioned herself on the balls of her feet before moving forward on her right foot as he moved back on his left. Ana made sure that her foot was placed between his so that she wouldn't step on his feet.

Ana was glad to note that West hadn't been lying about knowing how to dance, because a Viennese Waltz was difficult. Mostly because it was fast and you were rotating. She honestly would have expected Professor Flamsteed to start them out on an easier dance due to the young ages of a lot of the people here. She looked over his shoulder, trying to see how the others were doing. Scoping out the future competition as the case may be.

"I'm sure they won't. I mean, as long as everyones moving in the same direction. Actually... I take that back, with some of these people I'm sure we'll be lucky to avoid a collision," she said, wincing at the tragicness of some of their fellow students sense of direction and dance skills. Some of them would probably be too busy staring at their feet to pay attention to where they were going. Looking back at the older boy she grinned back at him. She really was glad to be partnering with him, and feeling safe with him leading her around the dance floor she was able to enjoy this more than she might have with a partner that she'd need to lead.

"You're a mah-velous dancer, Magenta," Mo let go of Bart as soon as their little demonstration ended, and he gave the younger boy a bow and a grin. "Try to find a partner shorter than you next time, or you'll always end up having to follow." And leading was a lot more fun.

He left Bart on the floor, but he didn't find a partner initially. He wanted to make sure Cat was settled first. Sure, she was outgoing and enthusiastic, but he knew she wanted to dance with him, and since they weren't allowed, he wanted to check on her. Make someone dance with her if necessary.

And she was fine. So. Now the awkward part where he found a partner.

Wait a second, was that actually just said? Or was it that he was just imagining things again? Blinking up at Professor Glitter Dude, Austin quickly realized that he actually wasn’t allowed to dance with Lily which basically was the most uncool move which had happened in the past five seconds, he specifically had ended up coming to the lesson so that he would have gotten to dance with his girlfriend but now thanks to the rules in place which were definitely unnecessary. People should have been allowed to pick whomever they wanted to for a partner and not just be talking to random people even if somewhere in there was a good idea. Talking to random people was always interesting though when it came to a situation like this, it didn’t exactly make much sense cause of all the awkwardness that basically could have been avoided in its entirety but regardless of his objections it wouldn’t have mattered what he thought.

Of course he knew that Lily was just as disappointed by this predicament as he had been even without having to say a word to her, he was almost tempted now to make sure whoever asked her to dance didn’t step on her toes or whatever else since that wasn’t nice. In the meantime, he only backed off towards the wall and just stood there; as far as he was concerned now dancing wasn’t going to happen since everything just didn’t make sense.

Tessa watched the dance carefully. This was more familiar to her than the Cupid Shuffle- oddly enough. SHe vaguely remembered this being one of the ones that she had learned in Beauxbatons... not that she had paid a whole lot of attention in that class.

At least this dressing up was a one time thing, right? Granted, she did quite like this dress.

However, she stopped warming up to the activity at the PRofessor's next words. Random partners? She allowed a pout to slip onto her lips for the briefest moment, glancing over at Sander. However, there was no point in dwelling on it- on to finding a partner!



Tessa caught Sander's glance and and returned the expression. She had desperately wanted to dance with him- at least they would have stepped on each others feet and laughed about it. Now, she wasn't sure who she was going to be with. She shot him a nod and returned her attention to the dance floor.


"Anyone in need of a partner?" she asked, looking around the room with a smile.

Adi was here and NOT ready to do this next dance. He was dressed in a black pants, a yellow shirt and a black jacket over it. He had decided to totally skip the tie. Who invented that horrible thing, anyway?

He was about to resign to the fact that he wasn't going to have a partner, when he heard a familiar voice asking for a partner. Tessa! Gah! He was so short. He wondered if she would want to partner with him, anyway.

"Tess!'' he called. "Erm...wanna be my partner?'' Darn, they would look weird dancing together if she agreed.

Watching Ana and West with a slight frown, the Slytherin walked into the middle of the dance floor in order to find a partner. Someone his own age preferably, the height difference would be a little awkward otherwise. He spotted a girl that looked like she'd be around his year group and approached her with a cautious smile. "I do" he answered her question about needing a partner. "If you'd like to dance with me?" he asked. He'd never met her before and she looked friendly enough to want to get to know.

The main question was of course whether Terry could pick up the dance easily enough. It didn't look so bad, lots of spinning and staying in hold which wouldn't be a problem for the sixth year. At least he hoped so anyway.

"I'm Terry" he introduced himself. If they were going to dance together they should probably get to know one anothers names, right?

Oh there was Ascanius. He looked just as nice as she expected. With a grin, she started to make her way over to him while the demonstration was finishing up, but then Flamsteed ruined it.

Really??? They couldn't dance with someone they already wanted to? Just because there was gonna be another chance to didn't mean they should be barred from it now. Hmph. Thanks a lot.

Now who was she gonna dance with? She didn't want to dance with a guy who wasn't Ascanius or at least already her friend. So that left choosing a girl...

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Seren had been in her own little world, zoning in and out of what was going on around her. Perhaps she needed a power nap... yep...

She did however catch Airey instructing them to find partners, partners they were not familiar with. Exceelllleeennnttt. Finally she could dance too! It would surely do her stiff joints wonders, and wake her up in the process.

"Partner anybody?!" she asked, wondering if perhaps she ought to single out a poor soul and tap them on the shoulder.

Hey, there was Bentley. She was a girl and her Head of House and stuff, and she didn't really know her all that well. That worked just fine with Penelope.

"I'll dance with you, Professor," she offered.

Ella had been watching the demonstration curiously, occasionally scanning the room for Alec. When she did spot him, she smiled to herself because he looked very nice, Alec did. The only problem was that he was too far away. Not cool, boyfriend. How was she meant to compliment him from all the way over here? Problems, she had them.

When the dancers were finished, Ella clapped lightly for Mo, Bart, and Schuyler. It had been nice of them to volunteer but now was the part she'd been looking forward to. She'd need to go grab her boyf-

Huh?

Dance with someone you didn't know well? Airey was getting looks. Especially because Hulk had snagged him and she was pretty sure they knew each other, at least pretty well. No fair. Ah well, she'd deal.

Looking around, the Head Girl adjusted her dress absently and searched for a partner-less classmate. "Anyone want to dance?"

Please?

Oichi looked around for a partner and was happy to see there was atleast one boy still asking for a partner. Oichi gleefully went over to him and said, "Hi, I'm Oichi, wanna partner with me?"

... Dance with someone you didn't know well? How about she didn't dance at all? Delilah was honestly really scared to attempt dancing even a couple of steps. She so clumsy that she would probably trip over her own dress and embarrass herself.

Plus.. to dance with someone she did NOT know. That would be kind of awkward, yeah? But, she knew she had to do this. Cause house points. Yep, she was doing this for her Hufflepuff. The girl leaned back against the wall as she slowly scanned the hall for someone who didn't have a partner yet.

"Uh.. partner, anyone?"

..... AWKWARD. She so didn't want to be doing this.

Sarah stood on the dance floor and watched the students practicing the waltz. She had done waltz steps in ballet, but that was without a partner. Who would partner with her? Sarah was secretly glad that they had to partner with someone they did not know as well. Maybe she could dance with Mo than... She was about to ask when she noticed he was taken. Oh dear. That is annoying.
Sarah had not choice now but to have someone else. "Who wants to be my partner?" Sarah asked

Bart laughed a bit at Mo as he said he was a marvelous dancer. Still in his girlish voice he tried to fake giggle, but coughed on his laughing instead. "Why thank you, you are just charming aren't you." He straightened up more and scratched at his beard as the demonstration was over. "Thanks for ahh not making it awkward and stuff." He nodded at captain Mo's advice.

A partner shorter than him. He looked around not really wanting to do this partner thing and to find someone shorter than him. That was kind of difficult when many of the girls were even taller than him right now. awkward boy stage and all He looked around hoping he could just hide in a corner and not do this at all.

As he tried to make his way into a corner he bumped into Professor Cool Plants. She was asking for a partner. He gave a big sigh before sticking out his hand. "I'll be your partner Professor, but I guess you'll be leading since you are taller." That's how it worked, right? Just because she was taller she got to be the leader.

Stupid rule was stupid.

Okay Yeah, This wasn't as hard as he thought it would be. The demonstration made sense to him. He was sure he could do this.

Where in the world was Adeline he told her that he really wanted to go to the lesson. Hinting around that she should come too. And now here he was all dressed up in his house colors looking very nice. WITH NO GIRLFRIEND to dance with.

Sighs

He blinked well not that that mattered now. Ariey asked them to find a partner they didn't know that well. He scanned the room to make sure Adeline hadn't came in at some point. Maybe he didn't see if she did. Nope no Adeline.

This time he scanned the room for a new partner one he didn't know well. He backed up trying to get more people into view.

Oppps he back right back into someone. "Sorry!" He turned around to see who exactly he backed into it was Ella "Sorry. Ella."

Huh? Did Ella need a partner? Since the rules about dancing with someone else new maybe she did. He glance over at Alec. He hoped he didn't mind if he asked her.

Better Asher than some other dude. If Adeline was here he rather Alec be her partner than some other dude. "Wanna partner up ?"

Ascanius was perfectly content not dancing and just looking good over in the corner. No one wanted to watch him dance as much as he didn't wanna, yeah? There was nothing particularly helpful or fun about watching a bunch of teenagers dance 'round with people they didn't know. So good going, Flammy. He famously messed this up.

Though, it was to be expected... 'cause he was Glitter Trousers and all. The space between his ears was just air, he was convinced.

Oh look, a small person. He flicked his eyes over to Pen to see what she was doing or if she would help him, but alas, no such luck. It was just him and the small person who he had met briefly in the Courtyard. Her name was something...he just couldn't remember. S'fine, he'd stick with gorgeous or beautiful and move on with his life. And hopefully get away without having to dance.

"Technically...I suppose, gorgeous," it didn't mean that he WANTED a partner. Very different things.

Someone he didn't know... okay. That was fine. As long as they weren't really required to talk much, because Toby was TIRED and dancing was gonna take away all his energy. Like, what was going on? But at least his crankiness had gone away after he sat out for a few minutes.

The Hufflepuff stared around the room, trying to look past the people he didn't know to focus on the unnamed faces. Boy, girl, he didn't mind who he danced with. Tobias finally set eyes on someone he recognised vaguely from classes, and who was wearing a pretty neat green dress, identifying her as a Slytherin.

He headed over, hands in his pockets, and stood beside her, rather than in front, and looking out at the Great Hall as she did. "D'you wanna dance with me?" Tobias asked, not really knowing whether it would be a yes or a no. If it was a no, he could always go ask someone else.

Look how awkward Mo is right there. Even Flamsteed looks a bit..eh forget it. So they have to find a partner they are not familiar with. Way to make this more weird for everyone Flameo. Nigel's first option has to just hang around the corner of the room and just not dance. He would not be making a fool of himself and could just watch. It sounded good in theory. But would defeat the purpose of coming here in the first place.

So partner, partner. Guess Nigel will have to go look for one.He heard someone asked for a partner and it was someone he did not know. Would you look at that. Nigel walked over to her and asked the simple question. "Wanna be Partners?"

A glassy look came over Lux's face as she watched Professor Flamsteed give his demonstration of the Viennese Waltz. Did the man honestly expect most of the people in this class to get the steps when they suffered from memory loss? Even she herself was struggling, and she was the same as she had always been.

Demonstration over, she began scanning the room for someone to partner with. She would rather it be with someone she knew, but Flamsteed did not want that for some reason. Everyone was getting partners, and she did not want to be left out, staying on the sidelines. Sighing, she began to walk around the room, looking for someone who would dance with her. "Anyone want to dance with me?"

The good thing about attending a dance class in a suit was to never go through the process of changing clothes in a room full of students. Even if there were changing rooms, this was just not happening. Botros was standing by the attending professors, watching the training, smiling and nodding. He knew how to do this dance, he was beyond relief they didn't have to do those challenging ones where you had to rotate your hip or kick your feet up in the air. But then again, look at the state of their dance instructor, he wasn't in the shape to do those either.

Finding partners was the tricky part now, Botros rubbed his chin and looked around for any potential partner for him. Preferably someone who'd at least reach his shoulder with their hand.

Oh boo. So they had to pick a partner they were completely unaware of their existence.

Silver glanced over at Beverly and pouted. Nope she wasn't allowed to dance with her friend.

Partner. Partner, in need of a partner. Hmmm.

She looked around the room and glanced through the many faces she recognized, opted for a young man chillin' out near the wall.

"Hey you!" Silver waved her hands in the air trying to catch his attention. "You, me, dance?" She pointed at him then back at herself, in order for her message to be delivered.

Yay or yay?

Ooooookay, it was partner time, but they weren't allowed to be partners with anyone they knew too well. Brilliant, that meant that all of his plans had gone to waste. He saw Ella open for a partner and wanted to swoop right in there since they hadn't spoken in so long... they kinda WERE strangers. But Asher snagged her before he got a look in.

ASHER. Grumpppp...

Theo cleared his throat loudly and stood with one hand on his hip. Trying to entice the ladies in, clearly. "Ahem..." Anyone wanna.... you know, get their groove on with this fine and dandy Slytherin? He promised to not be picky.

Right, so now she needed to find her partner. Someone she didn't know all that well. So none of her friends, right. Okay.

So Schuyler's eyes panned across the room in search of prospective partners. And this search did not take very long because who did she spot quite quickly? Professor Botros! Cute old man. Gentleman. Who probably also was a very good dancer because all old men knew how to dance, yes? That's the way it seemed. Plus in that tux he just LOOKED like he was a fine dancer.

In her fine red dress, she made a beeline towards him. No claiming Botros, fellow students.

"Hello, professor," Schuyler said with a smile as she stopped in front of him. "You look very handsome in that tux. Would you like to be my partner?"