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Nikolai Ognian
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.
So far, not so bad. He had yet to step on her toes, though that had mostly been on account that she was used to dancing with Nikolai. Had known that she would have to be light on her feet to make sure that she was one step ahead of him, but not too many steps as he was
technically leading. Yea, sometimes this method didn't work, at the moment it was. A small grin found its way to her lips at the remembrance of their first dance, mostly the pain she had suffered.
"Thanks to a fev packs of ice and some potions," a hellish dance that had been. Decidedly her worst.
"I can viggle them and everything."
The breath he released had her internally quirk up a curious eyebrow. What was that for. Hmm. Her expression held a faint hint of her curiosity, but she otherwise remained quiet. If he wanted to tell her what was causing him to let out short breaths that way then he would. Now...or latter. Or never. She wasn't too bothered with it.
It was more than good. Great really. One of the few things she had been dreaming about for years. Even though her parents were paying for it, this was the first step to separating herself from them. She lightly squeezed his hand back, knowing that he really was happy for her. Which made her even more excited about her post-graduation plans. Sandra lightly shrugged one shoulder at his inquiry.
"I have a fev places in mind. Plan on checking them out once ve graduate." Her planning had officially begun a little over a year ago, and it wasn't until then that she realized just how difficult it was, buying a small estate.
"Any suggestions?" Nikolai loved cold weather just as much as she did. Maybe he had a place in mind that she hadn't thought of.
"Its my passion," she replied lightly with a small smirk. It only made sense to follow her passion, right? Right.
When the conversation turned to him, she listened attentively. Knowing that, unlike her, he didn't have any concrete plans.
"Of course," it wasn't surprising at all that he wanted to travel. It was something he loved to do, and she would have been surprised if he didn't do any traveling.
"You should visit my nev place during your travels." Because she knew any of the places he would be traveling to, wouldn't be the same as the ones she would be visiting. He was more of a nature lover than she was. Not to mention she just wanted him to see her new place when it was furnished.
"You don't have to knov vhat you vant to do after traveling." She shook her head a bit, considering him and his words for a brief moment.
"Ve're young, and have the rest of our lives to decide vhat ve vant to do after our travels. More than enough time." Or something like that. Her life was a bit more complicated than that, but she wasn't talking about her like, she was talking about his.
"You should do something you love though. Something dealing vith the outdoors maybe?" She didn't really know many careers that had to deal with the outdoors and paid well, but if he was asking for help in research, she would help.