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Aleksandra Miroslav 
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?"
You're not horrible.
Nikolai had heard
that before. But, last time those three little words gave him too much confidence and when he went to do that weird and obviously very hard dance step, he had stepped on Sandra's toes. That was when he realized dancing was just not for him. He didn't care, though, he could live without it. His eyes started to travel downward but mention of their first dance made him stop. Their first dance.. haha! He remembered it all to well.
"I am glad you have feeling in your toes again." At least, he thought she had the feeling back.
Sandra didn't seem to catch on to him, and he let out the breath he did not realize he was holding. He did not want to explain that one.. especially not to her. With the history between them, well, yeah. Best not to bring it up or even think about it anymore. Of course, he couldn't stop thinking about it, but a distraction was good. Talk of future plans.
He figured that's what she was going to do. Getting a place of her own had been the one thing she talked about the most when conversations like this started.
"That is good." he said, giving her hand a little squeeze.
"I am happy for you." Really, he was. Glad to see she was actually going to accomplish the things she wanted.
"Do you know where to yet?" It had to be a hard decision, yes? Only, Sandra would probably pick a place based on different reasons than he would. Scenery would and will always be a factor in his decision.
"I always knew you would continue with Potion's." She was brilliant at them, after all. It only made sense to continue. He was sure there were more things, but to discuss them at a ball.. no.
As for what he was going to do.. he wasn't quite sure himself.
"Traveling first." It was something he always wanted to do. Again, he would base his decisions of where he was going based on the scenery.. and perhaps a certain person, but even she didn't know that.
"I am not sure what to do afterward, though. I know I should but I don't. I still have plenty of time to decide, right?"
His way of asking for advice. He just hoped she understood.