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Nikolai Ognian 
*GRIN*
Nikolai hadn't failed to notice Sandra 'hanging around' the other Champions during their stay at Hogwarts. But, she was obviously saving the best for last in agreeing to attend the ball with him. And with such short notice at that.. yes, she missed him, he knew it.
Sure that they wouldn't be on the dance floor together for that much longer, when she took his hand in hers, he placed the other on her waist. He had remembered that was the place to put it, after all, Sandra had to correct him plenty of times with that. He found it amusing that she would still dance with him after all those other times, especially since she seemed to be such a natural dancer and he, well, failed. "I am horrible at this." he muttered, trying his hardest not to look down at his feet as they moved.
He did not want to step on her.. again.
Sandra speaking, however, kept his eyes on her and not the floor, and he had caught her hint of disappointment. He, too, did not think this was how or where he would be spending his final year of school. "I have missed Durmstrang, you know?" Maybe not the school in general, but the grounds! He doubted he'd be able to see them again. His eyes moved from Sandra's to the seating area, and seeing her there, his stomach gave that unfamiliar turn. "I do not regret it either." he whispered, and hoping she did not suspect anything, he turned back to her.
"What are you planning on doing once all this is over?"
See? He wasn't as bad as he had been on their first dance. Nikolai had even remembered where to place his hands with no hints from her. Good man he was.
"Your not horrible," she assured him, eyes holding his to keep him from glancing down at his feet. Even though the action
would keep him from stepping on her toes. Really, she had grown accustomed to the stomped toes when dancing with Nikolai.
"This dance is much more pleasant than our first." Their first dance. That had been horrible.
She did know. Maybe more than the others did. Durmstrang was more similar to her own home than she was willing to admit, and for some unexplainable reason she liked the similarity. That and the potions lab was much more advanced than the one here. Shame she hadn't been able to spend her final year there, especially with her other friends. But, she had made a few good friends here. So it wasn't a complete loss. Defiantly didn't regret it. Her eyes followed his to the seating area, and only seeing one familiar face, which she was positive he wasn't looking at, returned her eyes to him. Indifferent to his reason for not regretting spending his last year at Hogwarts.
She had seen him with a few girls around the castle and Hogsmeade, and assumed that to be his reason for no regrets.
"Finally going to get my own place." Sandra had been speaking about this for
years. And it was finally happening. First thing on her list to do once all of this was over. And apparently London was now on the list of places she was considering buying an estate.
"Then I vill do some traveling before finishing my potions studies." There were other things that she had to do, but really she didn't feel like bringing them up at a ball.
"Vhat are your plans?"