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Tora nodded her agreement. It really must be the magic of the night since she didn't get annoyed when her fellow Ravenclaw (apparently) laughed at her misstep. Perfectly normal confusion there!
He made up for it with the twirl though. Maybe she could convince him to do a double? It was worth a shot... but now he was talking about him and the house. Perhaps the twirl could wait for a lull in conversation.
She smirked when he gestured to himself like he was the icing on the cake and laughed when he twirled her again. She was having so much fun she almost didn't hear the bit about the Slytherin. When she came back to the regular dancing center her eyes were wide.
"You're that kid? Wow, didn't you lose...? I don't even know how many points." She said in shock, but still continued dancing. Though honestly she couldn't blame him, Tora herself had quite the hot head and had gotten into many a fight before, not to mention lost her share of points for the house. "Well, for all the points we lost and, I'm sure, detention time you had to deal with I hope you socked him a good one." she said vehemently. Of course she hadn't been right there next to the boys when the fight happened, but in Ravenclaw it had been told that the Slytherin was at fault. And how could a boy so gentlemanly tonight instigate such an argument?
But maybe he didn't want to talk about this. Maybe he just wanted to dance. Maybe he'd want to do a double twirl. Or well it was probably actually called a spin as she didn't go under his arm, just sort of...out. "Okay," she said. "When you twirl me in this time, twirl me back so you're behind me. Then grab my other hand and twirl me out the other way. Oh, and im not under your arm, it's like your arm is the string on a spinning top and I'm the top. Trust me, it's fun!"
Hopefully he would go for it, and hopefully she didn't botch her explanation. When she thought it over it was a tad bit confusing, but no matter! They could always try again if they didn't get it right the first time!
Austin chuckled.
"Yea, I'm that kid. And between you and me, I don't really think there was a winner or a loser." Which really just his fancy way of saying, yea he probably lost, but he wasn't going to admit it.
"Actually, I didn't lose any points. That's the strange thing about it. I just got detention. Which really wasn't fun, but I expected to lose at least 25 points or something." It was the truth. Neither Gregoire nor Austin had lost any points. They just had to wash and polish a bunch of suits of armor. It really wasn't fun, although he did gain some muscle from it.
"He had a broken nose by the end of the night." He winked at her.
Ah, alright. So he had done it wrong the first time. But he was glad she had found it as fun as he did. This was the most fun he had in a while, and the smile was something that hadn't been seen on his face for weeks. It's amazing what a masquerade could do. He laughed as he twirled her like a top away from him and then back again. It still amazed him that her dress could spin like that. He then twirled her out the other way, and then back again. It was crazy how much fun he was having.
"May I just say, you look amazing tonight." It was true that the girl looked great in her dress and mask. Although he didn't know what she looked like without them, so he didn't have a basis to compare. But nonetheless, she looked good.
"And may I also say, thank you. You've really made my night special."