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Light bulb moment, Theo? Ella smiled a little and nodded her head. Yup, that was the connection. His enthusiasm caused her smile to widen considerably and she nodded, her eyes sparkling a bit as she got excited. "I think it will be. It took me a while to pick and I'm just hoping it's the right choice." But it had to be, yeah? She loved creatures and she liked school so Uni for Magizoology had to be it. It...yeah. It had to work. And yes, Theoman. Even when she didn't say it out loud, she was referring to him like that in her head. She giggled and waggled a finger at him. "Don't you dare try it." Seriously, don't. If you break the Head Girl you got stuck with her for the evening, y'know. And she'd be extra complainy just to get back at him.
The squeezing thing? It made Ella think of Alec and she glanced past Theo's arm, over towards the photo booth. She knew how he felt about this and she got it but she had promised and he knew how important Theo was to her. She wanted her friend back but she hated that it had caused a thing between her and Alec. It was just so...stupidly complicated. Growing up was lame. The eighteen year old gave a quick, gentle squeeze in return before stopping as well. Just to show she wasn't bothered. It was comforting, actually.
You owe me years of dances. Ouch. She knew he hadn't meant it at the dig but it felt like a punch to the stomach all the same. The blonde smiled a bit sadly up at him when he backed off a bit and nodded. "I know. At least this is a start?" He knew that, right? That she was going to be there from now on. She expected the same from him. Friends, she wanted them to keep being friends. None of this not talking nonsense. And instead of stepping completely away like she should have, she gave the younger boy a proper hug, a big one. When she finally did step away, she swatted a curl out of her face and smiled once more.
"I should get going but this was nice, yeah?" And she glanced towards the stage as the band got ready to take a break before her eyes settled back on Theo. "Let West know how great he was for me? I'm really glad they agreed to play."
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Well if it makes you happy, then go for it!" That was usually peoples' mottos, right? Theo didn't really have a motto to live by, but maybe it was time that he got one. He'd ask West... he seemed like a
motto type of guy. Grinning, Theo copied her gesture and waggled his finger right back at her. Yesssssss, ma'am.
She squeezed him back. That felt SUPER nice, and made him feel less weird about his random squishy-ness. He was still smiling when she looked up at him, but not so much in a happy way, just smiling because he had to be. "
Yeah." He said. Let's change the subject now, yeah??! Before he thought of anything to say, she was hugging him, like proper. He could get used to this, you know. Theo squeezed her tightly back.
Okay, so his moves weren't good enough to convince her to stick around for another dance. No biggie, though, since he had already gotten more than he bargained for. "
So nice." He added with a nodding smile. "
Thanks for dancing with me." Ahh, yes... West. It looked like the band was taking a break from playing so Theo was definitely gonna go and bro!tackle his bestie. "
Will do. See ya around, Miss Bishop." And because his mission was to kiss Ella tonight, he gave her a cheeky peck on her cheek, but before his face could BURN red, he had disappeared to go and find his bud.