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As you make your way onto the ship and down the grand staircase you find yourself looking at a breathtaking ballroom. The dance floor is wooden and spacious for friends, couples, and anyone who feels inspired by the music to give their dancing shoes a good workout. The stage sits at the other end with the DJ ready to bring joy to your evening and take your request. Some seats sit along the side if you need a rest or want to watch your friends.
When you think there couldn't be any more fun in this brilliant room you find under the staircase a magically changing backdrop that changes from the front of the ship, the Hogwart's Castle, to Ilvermorny's castle for you and your friends to capture the evening and have some fun. Props, such as hats, glasses, boas have been set on a table for your creative side to come out in your fun photoshoot.
OOC: The DJ is not RP'd so if you want your charrie to have a request or a shout out just play it that you have.
Well, lucky Kyle. The fact that Etta had been constantly worrying about IMPS and OWLs almost all the time lately made her a little frustrated. AND there was also classes, homework, extra-credit activities.. it was a bit overwhelming at times but she was able to manage. She was a hard-working student, after all. "Good luck for next year.. in advance." She said with a small smile. "You seem like you don't need the luck though." Anyway. She was just making polite conversation. Besides, why was she even talking about exams? When she wanted to have a school-free evening?
-- and then he agreed to dance with her. She had to admit that it surprised her a little but she definitely wasn't complaining. Etta was excited to dance, finally. "Want to lead me to the dance floor?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. Unless he expected her to do that as well? She hoped not. Her gaze shifted from him to Derf, who basically appeared to be proclaiming his love for Valerie Gray very loudly.. which was okay but the fact that he went on to say that he slept with her picture under his pillow made her blush on his behalf. What was he even thinking? Maybe he really crushed on her or something. She was definitely going to ask him about it later but she did give him a very pointed look.
Okay...OKAY....he could do this...he was TOTALLY practicing the words in his head and was TOTALLY going to see if he could cut in with Valerie Gray and her date for a dance ... EXCEPT ALL THE DISTRACTIONS HAPPENED WHEN ABEY WALKED IN!
"HI HI HI!" he grinned, nearly throwing his arms around his Gryffindor when he stopped mid way and flapped his arms as though he were about to take off because that was A LOT of drinks in Abey's hands. "Oh great!" he chirped as he selected two at random and downed one almost immediately. "Uh...no...no allergies-s-s," he said as an afterthought while working on drink number two. Abey had to have FREE arms so they could DANCE after all. "Unles-s-ss...you reckon there are animal parts-s-s in any of thes-se drinks?" Well...hopefully not any in the TWO he had just drank at least.
Taking drink number three - because apparently all his scrambling around and dancing with people had made him more thirsty than he had initially thought - Derf began taking a sip from that one when he spotted Stasya and Cameron dancing together. BOTH of them were on his list so he needed a dance with them...maybe he could ask Stasya to be next? But he also needed to dance with Abey who was right HERE right now...
WHY MUST HIS DANCE LIST BE SO LONG?!
WHY MUST SO MANY PEOPLE BE SO NEAT AND AWESOME?!
Glancing back at Abey over the rim of his glass, Derf felt a bit of a FUNNY wiggle in his tummy. He couldn't REALLY explain it but it was there and made him finish his third drink rather quickly because he just had the URGE to tell something to Abey. "You kinda confus-s-se me," he blurted out with some well meant pensive blinking. "But in a GOOD way...I think. But s-s-still confus-s-sing." He wasn't sure why he was saying all this but now that the door had been opened it was kinda hard to shut it. "Got even MORE confus-s-sing after S-Science Club with Jes-s-ssa and everyone."
Actually, a lot of things were kinda confusing. Like how girls kept blushing around him. Something that he could RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT admit to kinda liking but didn't quite understand WHY. Like when Stasya or Natalie blushed at him. He liked that. A lot. Actually...he kinda wanted to go tell them that right now FOR SOME REASON. He liked it when Emmeline did to...come to think of it...and he wasn't toooooooooo sure what to think of James asking her because he sorta seemed like TROUBLE...but if she was happy that was all that mattered to Derf. Maybe he should go tell HER that too. Jessa didn't really blush around him...but he was okay with that. Same with Hazel. Abey didn't so much..why didn't Abey blush at him MORE? He kinda sorta wanted Abey to blush at him too. What?
Something that WASN'T confusing was the fact that Valerie Gray was MAKING HER WAY IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF HIM. Okay...so not really. It actually looked like she was trying to LEAVE but that meant he had an IN! Suddenly with a reluctant burst of confidence Derf, rather than doing the normal thing and walking TOWARDS her, did what foolishly little love-struck second year Hufflepuffs do. He shouted.
"VALERIE GRAY! I THINK YOU ARE THE MOS-S-T BEAUTIFUL VEELA IN THIS ROOM AND I KINDA SORTA AM IN LOVE WITH YOU! I ALS-S-SO WEAR A S-S-SHIRT WITH YOUR FACE ON IT UNDER MY ROBES-S-S AND S-STUFF! AND I S-SLEEP WITH A PICTURE OF YOU UNDER MY PILLOW THAT JESSA CAMBRIDGE GAVE ME AND ENO UPSTEAD TOOK. WOULD YOU PLEAS-S-SE DO ME THE HONOR OF DANCING WITH ME EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY OUT OF MY LEAGUE?!"
.........what? He had not meant to say about...half of that information.
Not that Derf wasn't always honest about things, but even he KNEW this was a little overboard.
Or...well...he WOULD have though it was overboard if his heart was not DRUMMING IN HIS EARS LIKE A GALLOPING CENTAUR'S HOOVES.
Weaving through the crowd away from her perceived source of confused agitation seemed to only result in the sixteen year old running head on into more. Only this time it was not the words and actions of an arrogant Puerto Rican but from a small blonde boy who the Wampus did in fact recognize. Perhaps any other day she or even ten minutes earlier she would have indulged him. The small blonde had one Jesus Rodriguez to thank for her foul disposition.
Eyes narrowing on the boy and restraining her arm from fussing at the holster tucked away in her boot, her single word response was unnecessarily cold. "No." And he could stop wearing that t-shirt and burn the picture for all she cared. She was not an object of infatuation which was clearly what had this young boy lashing out like some hopeless romantic.
Ignoring everything else around her (including you Kyle) Valerie turned her head away from the ballroom and quickly made her departure officially.
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I have a heart that gets on everybody's nerves ; They don't want the truth, they just want the words
We were born kicking and screaming................................................Until we learned to turn it down
Took our dreams and got in line.................................................. ...Held our breath and hoped to die FADE ON
Miles left her hand hanging there as he tried to recall all the dance moves from the scene. "You're Prince Charming, I'm Fiona. Try to keep up." Cupping his hands around his mouth, he shouted up to the dj booth. "YO DJ PERSON!! "HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO---THE FAIRY GODMOTHER VERSION!!"
He took her hand finally, placing his free one on her shoulder and slowed dance as the intro to the song began.
As the tempo changed, he nudged Maesi towards a more tango in their step. He conjured a rose for her to bite on and continued dancing. "It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feeeeet..."
A moment of silence for the giant gingerbread man who gave his life so that Shrek could save Fiona.
"Quick, dip me and try to kiss me." He waited until the right moment to take the rose into his mouth to block her kiss just like Fiona gave Charming the nO THanKS.
A few more fancy twirls from her end and the final diiiiiiippp...
He looked around.
Where was his SHrek?!?!!
She would be Prince Charming? Sure, Maesi could get down with that. It could really be a testament to her true acting skills.
Wow. Miles could be even louder than Khalil. But as he was shouting up to the DJ, she quickly switched her offered hand if she was going to be switching her normal role. "Hold up, Princess. I'm leading." If she was going to be Charming, then she was really going to play the part.
She gave him her leading hand, then slipped her other arm around his waist, taking the lead to the slow dance. Maesi really had to search the depths of her memory to remember what all was going to go down, but Miles seemed to have a clue. And even though she was technically leading, she could follow his lead as well and still make it look good. Yes, she could do this. She was a S T A R .
Tangoing with the rose between her teeth, she followed the steps flawlessly, down to the dipping and acting as if she was about to kiss him when she knew what was going to happen next. She even acted shocked and scandalized when he blocked her with the stealing of the rose. She was killing it!
And then the grand finale, she looked up as she dipped him at the end...... WHO WAS SHOUTING???!?! Maesi's eyes shot daggers at the little blonde. Sure, that was an embarrassing and awkward scene for him, but everyone was staring at him and he was stealing her spotlight! Had no one seen their brilliant performance????
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started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________
ended like a moth in flames______________________ ______________________don't you worry I'll be fine _________________________________________________you were good for the plot line
~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
SPOILER!!: Aurora! <3
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Originally Posted by Aurora Chae
Aurora giggled. Awww, look how adorable he was! Gawking at her like that. She grinned and grabbed his arm, leaning in to him. "Why thank you. Now are you going to show me off or not?" she teased him. She KNEW this suede dress was amazing. Time to go teach Hogwarts kids a thing or two about FASHION, because they obviously needed a lesson in it.
As she started to make her way to the dance floor, practically dragging Jer with her, she stopped when she saw that adorable Hufflepuff kid declaring his love for Valerie. She bit her pink bottom lip to try and stop herself from bursting out laughing - because bless his HEART, that was just TOO CUTE - but Valerie? Of all people?! Had he learned nothing about her in the past few months?
"That is both the most adorable AND most pathetic thing I have ever seen in my life," she whispered to Jeremy with a giggle. Mostly adorable, but pathetic because the poor child had zero chance. One, he was a child. Two - Valerie. Enough side on that front. Poor kid. Maybe Valerie was in a good mood and would give the kid the dance he asked for, but she highly doubted that...
WHAT was he doing? It took Jer more than a minute to realise that he was STARING. Heck, Aurora must think him stupid or something but a little part of him knew shew was enjoying the attention. "Definitely,'' he said with a grin. He was surely going to show her off because not everyone could say they had a CHAMPION as their date for this 'grand affair'?
Before he had a chance to move on his own, Aurora was dragging him off. "Someone's an eager beaver.'' Jer's gaze followed hers to see that little Brit kid whom he knew had somewhat of an obsession with Valerie. "It's totally pathetic,'' was his response. "I mean, come on. Valerie won't give him the of day.'' Meaning, she won't pay any attention to him.
Isaiah grinned at her curtsy, glad that she was playing along. Or maybe she would have done it anyway. Either way, it was very impressive and looked very proper. And princess-like. He was also, of course, smiling at her blush and her comment. "Is that supposed to be a bad thing?" Because it definitely wasn't.
He was going to say something about how she was breathtaking but then decided maybe it was enough with the compliments. He'd already made it clear that he thought she looked nice. He wouldn't want to go overboard and make a fool of himself. "It is quite spectacular," he agreed. "At an event like this dancing is a must. Shall we?"
Was him making her blush a bad thing? Irene had to pause momentarily at the thought. No. It wasn't at all. "No, it isn't a bad thing at all," she said with a widening smile. It just meant that... Well what did it mean? That he made her feel special? Like a Princess? No guy had ever made her feel so important before. Isaiah was charming... Better than charming.
At the mention of dancing, Irene's heartbeat quickened. The dance! A dance. He had remembered. She felt so touched.... or he just wanted to dance. Either way, it made her smile grow even MORE. "A dance is a must and I believe that we have our last one to finish as we were so rudely interrupted," she proclaimed with a wink even. "I'd love that." Dancing in this beautiful setting was well worth it.
Perhaps even a dream come true for the girl from Vermont. An IMPS Competitor at Hogwarts with the most spectacular date... things couldn't get much better than this.
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