Lilyan tried very hard not to giggle, but the only thing she could think of was how awkward the poor man was. She gave him a lovely smile and nodded, "Thank you."

"And I do hope that you succeed." Lily replied with a laugh, "I am sure neither of us would like to spend the night in the hospital." No indeed Lily was hoping that the students would all be in good health.

Lily simply nodded when Lexi said she was off. She was planning on letting the woman be alone, for the most part, with her date. IF it was a date, there was no fun in having a third wheel about.

And Sage was nervous enough already.

"I was only teasing." Lily replied, her voice just as low as his had been, "I meant no harm, please forgive me." Her dazzling smile was back as she waved at more students and guests, "I would love to dance with you." She added, hoping to cushion the ego.

Men were fragile.

Looking up toward Cela again he grimaces. Ducking his head, he looks back at Nia, hoping Cela wouldn't do nothing. Nerves getting the best of him, he waits til Ellie was done greeting people before he takes off.

He didn't want to wait around to see if Cela would do something or send someone to do it for her.

Wiggling her fingers toward Cela when she noticed her waving to her, she gives her a smile again. "Later..." she mouths to her.

She'd enjoy catching up with her old friend. Now, if only she could find Rian...

Ah, how nicely he avoided picking up her subtle hints. Perhaps a bit too subtle, but anything else would attract wayyyy to much attention. And she was meant to be meeting and greeting and generally looking pleasant and elegant.

"Aha," she exclaimed. "But you have to wear that with us girls in pretty dresses." And anyway, girls had stuff to deal with too. Like heels on shoes. Trainers and pretty pumps were so much more comfortable. And she'd only opted for a small heel with her dress. "And it looks good on you," she added. "When you're not fiddling with it..."
Nia swished around a bit more, liking the way the fabric moved. Ah, hopefully someone would ask her to dance so she could have the same sensation whilst waltzing round the dancefloor. How awesome would that be? Sigh.

"It is!" Nia said with a grin. "And shiny is good for an event like this. Extra special." She grinned and looked down at the gems on her dress, doing a little shimmy to help them catch in the light. Okay, they were nothing compared to Cela's whole dress, but for Nia it was a good amount. A pretty smattering.

"That's the idea, though, of dressing up for an occasion," she said, a smile flickering across her lips. "Or it was for me, a chance to be a bit more...elegant and poised. For the evening at least." She laughed. "Though how well I'm doing, I'm not really sure. I know I fell in love with the dress though, and well, sometimes it nice to be perceived a bit differently." She gave a small shrug. Sure she loved being herself - Quidditch minded, chilled and comfy - but there was always that princess dream that all little girls had, right? Big dress, grand staircase, a dance...

Blushing a little Kay smiled at the headmaster. "Thank you sir. I hope you enjoy yourself too." She said moving on to the next person.

Listen to Rex she thought about what he had just said. "Rex you can talk to anyone you want. It's a party, not class." Kay said giggling. "If your going to dance with some friends, do you mind if I dance with a friend or two?" She asked helping he wouldn't be mind. "And yes the first and last dance is all yours." She said giving him a hug.

Ellie looked down the receiving line. She didn't see many people she knew. Just professors and prefects and Nia. She wondered if JD knew any of the older people.

"You look great, Nia." Ellie commented. Breath. Act all calm and stuff. It'll work. But her nails were still in JD's hand, unknowingly.

Ellie smiled. That was nice. Nice compliments. She thought it funny the way he was bothered by his collar. Guys never liked to dress up, did they? "I like getting all dressed up sometimes." Yeah, way to fail. What was wrong with her? She was usually all calm and outgoing and stuff. This was too weird.

Ellie's eyes fell onto Cela. Haha. Eyeing JD's hair.

"Hey Cela." she said.

" Well, I know I will talk to Jason , Victoria and a few friends" Rex told Kay. " I do not mind you dancing with a couple of friends" Rex said to Kay. Rex is hoping they are not Kevin or Oliver. Rex will just have to get over being jealous of those two boys. " Rex and Kay, have you seen Victoria?" Jason asked Rex and Kay. Rexx hugged Kay back.

Preston smiled. "I haven't kept up with many of my classmates, truth be told. Occasionally I would stumble across one in the course of business, but not often."

He paused, to nod at more student as they entered, but when he turned to address the woman once more, she was on her way toward the Hall.

"Have a wonderful evening, Professor Carlton," he called back to her.

He glanced around, wondering where Eleanor had gotten to. She seemed to have made her way past him without his even noticing. Well, he would stay and greet and after, he would go find her.

Looking back at Nia, after glancing at Cela again, he thinks about what she said. "That's true, but...I'd still not mind at all if you girls dressed up all the time."

Smiling over at Ellie, who still was nervous obviously with those nails. Oh, for the ruffles, he thought. As Nia fluttered her ruffles when another boy was talking to her.

Squeezing her hand gently, oops...maybe he shouldn't do that, with the nails digging in more, he sees she's starting to relax at least a little.

"Do you recognize any older people here?" he asks curiously. Not really recognizing anyone, he shakes his head. "I really don't..."

Ellie shook her head. "No.."

She felt so weird. All these older people. All these people dressed up. All in their 'fancy mature' way. And, regardless of what she had said, she didn't feel comfortable in a dress. Not really. She'd much rather be wearing comfy shorts and a t-shirt... Much rather, actually. And she didn't like the fact that her wand was so far out of reach either..

Now she was freaking over her wand. What if there was an emergency? Did JD have his wand? Was it close at hand? Where was everyone else's wand? Were people as freaked out about this as she was? She began not liking the idea of a ball at all. So many people grouped together. Just a perfect opportunity for someone to sneak in and wreak havoc. Too perfect.

Her left hand still in JD's, she tightened her grip even more. And took her right arm and squeezed his upper arm. She was not smiling anymore. Yeah, she was freaking out now. Freaking out for no reason.

She'd rather have her brother come alongside her father, but since her father wasn't coming, and she somehow said it was okay for Treyen to tag along, then...she was sort of stuck.

And while she was rolling her eyes at her brother, because, really, he was blaming the lateness on her behalf, Kaika heard something that she recognize...and something about chocolate something-something...if it was CHOCOLATE, then it must be....

"Miranda!" Kaika exclaimed, at the sight of her most beloved friend at Hogwarts, "We finally see each other!" and....yes....here comes the hug! Because each summer had proven to be impossible for them to meet...

"You look stunning!" she smiled, simply ecstatic to be back at Hogwarts, though, she was really happy to be out of the Castle now.

Oooooooooh. They were here! Finally!

Treyen had been speaking the whole way to the Castle because his sister took sooooo much time to get readyyyyy! In all fairness, it was HER fault that he had to change....he had a whole outfit figured out but she decided against it, and so he had to change...

...and this military jacket was not too much to his liking...Gilderoy wouldn't have approved of this.

He was walking behind his sister, when...well...she saw the Hufflepuff Captain, whom Treyen smiled and waved, but he kept walking...

"Profesor! How are you this evening? I hope everything is doing great so far! Am I dressed appropriately?" he asked, giving a look at Professor Kingsley's outfit.

Heh. Nia was very shiny too, and she was making a point of turning so the light would catch it and show that off. Her dress was just a mass of ruffles and shiny, wasn't it.

"You're doing well with the elegance and poise part," he pointed out, nodding. "You've not fallen down or anything."

He expected quite a few girls would though. Their shoes were so ridiculously HIGH. At 5'10", Raiden himself would never, ever have use for shoes to make himself taller, but even if he were shorter, he probably wouldn't like them too much. Some of them looked painful. Why would anyone wear pointy shoes?

Nia would certainly be perceived differently after tonight. Especially by Raiden, who was pretty sure he had never, ever seen her wearing girly things. If she was predisposed to wearing them, then he somehow hadn't ever noticed. Then again, he wasn't a particularly perceptive person.

Preston looked down upon hearing a voice. "Ah, Mister Lockhart, good evening."

He took in the boy's outfit and gave a nod. Whether or not he approved was irrelevant. "I am quite well. And yourself? How is your study with Professor Dodson's texts coming along?"

This was still school, after all.

Grin. The boy was certainly happy to be here.

And, according to certain etiquette rules his grandma sort of reminded him, he was not supposed to remain for too long in lines that were meant to receive people. Which was this one! But, yeah, he shouldn't and perhaps Professor Kingsley thought the same as his grandma, which meant that he wasn't going to stay here forever.

Double grin. So, he was dressed appropriately, for his age. AWESOME! Perhaps Kaika had been right all along...

..."Oh, I'm great...happy to be here" indeed he was, "It's going wonderfully well, Professor! I had no idea how many magical plant and trees actually existed! Wandmakers do have a tough job, for sure" mmhmm, he said the last in a very grave tone.

Poor wandmakers.

Gold was totally thrown taken by surprise, when Bella hugged her. Not that she wasn't in the mood for hugs. She just hadn't expected one from Bella. She grinned though, when the girl pulled away.

"It's okay, I like hugs," she chuckled. Whooaaaa. OLD dress. But that must make it all the more precious. Gold hoped she could wear her mother's dresses, some day. They were all so pretty and silky and.... oldish. Even though her mother was really, really particular about her dresses, and they were buried under the weight of half a dozen charms, to make sure they didn't tear, or the cloth didn't look worn out, or... lots of stuff. Gold shook it off her mind, to look back at Bella.

"Must be pretty special for you," she smiled.

Gold beamed. "Thanks," she said. Compliments. Those were nice. Though Gold had kind of expected she would get lots of them tonight, you know? Because everyone would be complimenting everybody, to be polite. Not that she doubted she looked good. It was just that one doesn't actually have to look good at a ball, to get praised.

Though Hogwarts did look realllyyy pretty, today; as did most of the girls. They were all sooo shiny and happy and nicely dressed up.

That was just awesome.

Aww, Raiden was soooo cute. Even without the kitty!ears, because Gold had once thought his cuteness had to do with his kitty!ears. Well, they weren't there any longer, hadn't been for quite a while, and he still managed to make her go all "aww" on the inside.

"It looks nice," she beamed at him. Obviously it did. If Gold was saying it looked nice, it obviously did. "You look different, though... and shiny." Everyone seemed to look shiny, tonight. Did that have something to do with the decorations? Gold liked them.

Aww. Headmaster Tate was being nice. That wasn't a surprise but, you know, he was being awfully sweet about the fact that they were there. "You do a fantastic job too, sir," she beamed, as she greeted a few people she only knew by sight, with cheerful hello's.

Well, usually.

But even Headmaster Tate was looking SHINY tonight, so that must mean he was doing something really, really right.

Because shiny is GOOD.

Looking away from the Headmaster, Gold spotted Professor Carlton's arrival. The Charms teacher looked simply splendid, too! "You look amazing, Professor Carlton," Gold said pleasantly, as Healer Moretti arrived and the Gryffindor directed her attention back to the hello's.

Aryyaaaaieeess! "Thank you," Gold said, cheeks dimpling as she smiled. "You look awesome too -- and I'm totally not trying to return a compliment." The Hufflepuff was all shiny. SHINY!tidy. Like most of the other people. But it stood out all the more, because Gold had never seen Arya this dressed up, before. The change was really.... shiny.

Her eyes flicked to Cela. Fire. That was the one nickname Gold absolutely HATED. Not because she didn't like it [she secretly loved it], but because Xylon specially used it to annoy her. But Cela's statement made the corners of her lips turn up into a pretty smile. Because Gold liked thinking that she looked like fire. The whole Gryffindor effect.

"Both of us look shiny," she told Cela, matter-of-factly. Shiny was good. Oh, and THERE was Copernicus. Gold remembered him, from the Wizarding University Booth. She gave him a little, rather inconspicuous wave, looking away to greet another person then, and totally not realizing that Cela had launched herself on her boyfriend.

Oh, and there was Ellie. Looking all different, in a dress. There were some people Gold had never thought of, in dresses. Simply because they had never shown much interest in that kind of swishy stuff, when around her. She waved to Ellie, now, wondering if it was just her perception sending her all the wrong signals, or if the girl really did look a little stressed out.

"You look totally different," she said cheerfully. In a nice way, though. Gold's expression said as much. "How are you, Ellie?"

Tomasina was nervous. And that was saying something, she always liked to have a take charge attitude. But she hadn't been back to Hogwarts since she graduated, and she hadn't really kept in touch with anyone. There were a few people she wished she could forget she had ever met, and a few that she maybe would have kept in touch with if she bothered.

She walked into the ball room with a huge smiled on her face even though her stomach was tossing flips around in her red Dolce and Gabana dress. Her brown eyes swept the ball and they fell upon a familiar figure, but she had to blink to make sure she was looking at who she thought she was looking at. It couldn't be. That last she had seen of that girl she was...playing bugs with her constantly sticky fingers and flyaway hair.

Her heels rang out on the flag stone as she strode over. "Celandine Toussiant. As I live and breath," she said shaking her head as the took in the now taller girl and then her eyes fell on her heels. "You're wearing heels?" she asked the total shock evident in her voice. Now that was a page turner right there. "I hope my small fashion suggestions had something to do with this," she waved her hand at the whole ensemble Cela was wearing.

Nia smiled at Ellie's compliment. "Thanks muchly," she said, beaming. She brushed her hair back over her shoulder. "You're looking absolutely lovely too." Perhaps a bit nervous, but that was to be expected really - first ball and all that. Let's face it, inside Nia was still a tad nervy and awkward. "You both look really cute together too." She gave an excited look at them both. It was nice to see them off of the pitch all dressed up, and refined. With Ellie not eyeing a bludger determinedly.

She dropped her voice a bit as they were looking to see if they recognised anyone. "If it helps, I don't either..." she said in more of a whisper. "And I probably should. Being a sixth year and all."

"All good so far then," Nia replied. It actually felt quite nice being like this. And as for falling over? She giggled. "Not yet," she said with a wink. "I played it safe with the shoes. Getting down here from the Seventh floor was way too risky otherwise. I didn't think a broom was appropriate. And I don't need any broken limbs... though there's still the dancing bit to come." She winked. She was tempted to show him her rather low kitten heel, but decided the simple design might look like it let her outfit down and thus it was safer hidden. Plus he was a guy, so he probably wouldn't appreciate it anyway. Perhaps apart from the fact it was low and so he stood ever so slightly taller than Nia. Did that sort of thing matter to males nowadays? Or was that a traditionalist view from literature? Hmm...maybe she still read too much.

The dancing bit reminded her. She'd have to go into the room at some point. She was quite happy greeting so far though. Maybe some old faces she knew would turn up. She turned to Raiden.

"So, have you got a shiny lady friend to go on your arm and match your tie?" she asked curiously. Surely he would, as Slythie Prefect, have had a load of offers. She couldn't remember seeing him with anyone in particular previously. But there again, she only really saw him in lessons, where couples shouldn't be too obvious to the Professors anyway.

BlinkBlinkBlink

Why was Sarah standing on one foot?! Was she trying some sort of meditation? Yoga? Maybe that was a good idea after all...a way to calm down and all. Though she would have to be all 'inhaaaaale!exhaaaaale!Oooooohm'...okay, maybe Sarah wasn't trying to do Yoga after all. Hmm... "You okay?" She inquired with a pointed look at the one foot which was not on the floor. Especially because the Hufflepuff seemed to be a bit wobbly on her feet...and who could blame her on those shoes?

"Pfft...well, isn't this fun." Nancy mumbled, fake-grinning at yet another person walking by, trying to keep any sign of discomfort off her face. Her blue eyes flickered back at Sarah as she complimented her appearance. "Why thank you. You too." And she did...whoa, it was so weird seeing all of her friends all dressed up and flashy. "Took me ages to figure out what dress to wear. Long, short, colorful?" In the end she had just picked one at random.

As Sarah grabbed her arm for support when she placed her foot back down Nancy smirked at her friend. "Those shoes are a challenge, huh?" At least for her. Following the Hufflepuff's gaze and direction she waved to she found herself staring at Raiden...who looked pretty handsome. Hehe. Weren't they just all so pretty? She grinned in his direction and gave a small wave in his direction.

And then more people started to arrive. "Miranda!" Whoa, somebody was nervous. And the Hufflepuff Quidditch Captain in a dress, that was something one didn't get to see everyday. "Hey Torin. Oliver." She grinned at the two boys upon their arrival before directing another fake-grin at a random person walking by. Yes, just smile and wave.

Or something.



...and then there was TAMMY! Hehe, of course she would be there. Directing a grin into her direction she kept herself occupied with fake-smiling at another couple of people, most of them not looking too familiar. Though...wait...was that Evangeline and Clifford down there in the hall?! Squint!

Her head jerking back to the actual Receiving Line at the sound of raised voices Nancy could only watch a seemingly extremely irritated Torin stomping off wearing...a DRESS?! O____o Err...how had that happened?! "Oi! Stop it! Not funny!" She gave Oliver a half-hearted glare, shortly considering smacking him for making fun of Torin but deciding against it in the end. They had to make a good and mature impression after all. Besides..."Though, he did look fiiiiiine, didn't he?" Giggle!Snort. Okay...good thing Torin hadn't heard that.



A movement on her right caught her attention and still - unsuccessfully - trying to wipe that smirk off her face Nancy turned to face Gold who was waving at her. "Haii!" She mouthed at the fellow Prefect, giving a cheerful little wave at the red-head.

And then there was Trixie. Good thing this encounter wasn't because of yet another immature fist-fight. Which reminded her...where was Aiden actually? "Trixie! You look lovely." Because it was nice, giving out compliments on people's appearance. "Do I hint a bit of sarcasm there?" She asked with her eyebrows slightly raised. Hey, not funny that one. Stupid misbehaving Slytherins.

Before she could add anything else to Trixie though, the Headmaster approached them. Good thing for the younger Slytherin probably. Huff! "Thank you, Sir. We're doing our best." And obviously not epic!failing at it it seemed. Yes? Oh, and they were dismissed? Well, she couldn't just run and flee now, right? That would have looked a little strange. Just pretend like she totally had fun up there, fake-grinning at random people.

Where was a rescue when you needed it? Steveeeeeeeen?!

And then Torin was gone. And the lad looked none too happy. Poor pouting... PRINCESS. Baha!

Turning back to Isabella, Oliver was happy to see that she had also found the shenanigans rather entertaining but her rather direct question made the Slytherin cough – he had not been expecting that but he had to be nice and curtious and not screw up his face like he always did. Ahem. “I do I'm afraid.” He said politely. “But I'll save a dance for you, eh?” Because the Slytherin Captain was nice like that. Ooh.. lookit! - She'd gone all red like a giant tomato. hehe.

He smirked when she looked up again and followed her eyes to where the now absent Torin had been. Oh maan, so maybe the catcalling was a bit much but the dude should learn to laugh at himself. Seriously.


Oooh another little fan!

Or... Squint.

...one of the reserves!

“Emma!” He said brightly. Of course he knew her! “I'm great thanks. How are you?” Grin. Ok – so this was proving to be more fun than he had anticipated. Being the centre of attention and all that.. how could it NOT be fun? heh.


Oh lookie.. KAYTONE! and Dog!Boy Oliver smiled at the girl and waved at her. “Hello, Kay!” He said happily. “Like the dress.” Everyone looked splendid. He glanced at Rex and merely nodded in acknowledgement. He knew how that particular guy felt about him. *shrug*


Ehhhh.. Miranda seemed a bit distracted and boy did she look uncomfortable. He raised his eyebrows and followed her eyes to towards the entrance hall. She wasn't thinking about doing a runner, was she? His focused back on her and eyed her suspiciously.

“It's not as bad as I thought it would be. Not awkward in the least.” Which was good – everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. “So you're here with Brant, right?” He asked her trying to be all casual about it. Meh.. you win some, you lose some. And sometimes the losing turned out to be a good thing in the end.


Oliver spied someone waving to him from further up the line. GOLD! Ooh.. she looked nice. He smiled and waved back friendlily. One day he would actually manage to talk to her. One day. Heh.


Oliver smiled – Aww.. Sarah could be so nice sometimes. “Thank you.” He replied as he pulled at the font of his jacket. For a boy who usually made no effort whatsoever, he did scrub up alright.

“Ah.. this isn't too bad.” He said looking around. “Just think, we'd have missed all the 'Torin in a dress' action if we'd been in there.” Snicker.

“So is Ryder coming?” He asked the prefect. Last time he'd spoken to the girl her boyfriend was yet to ask her.


Oliver's attention was drawn to the head as he addressed them. He smiled. “Thanks, sir.” He said and saluted the man. Heh. They could go soon? Good because as much as he was enjoying this shindig, poor Cameron was probably waiting in the entrance hall getting increasingly agitated if Oliver knew her as well as he thought he did.


Oliver blinked as Trixie made a b-line for him but couldn't help smiling when the girl decided to oh so predictably, tease him.

Olliwolliver?

Blink.

Ehhh.. he couldn't think of any stupid names to call her in return. Brain!fail. “Surprisingly, yeah.” He replied. “You look nice, Trixie. I could say the same about you.” Smiiiirk. “A girl.” He shrugged to her question. A loverly girl with flaming red hair to match her house. Sigh. Ahem. “I doubt you know her.” Nope. Because she was a bit of a self confessed hermit. “What about you? Did you manage to find someone crrrrrazy enough to bring you?” Bad Snake! Hehehe.


A familiar voice caught Oliver's attention and he looked up to see his sister-in- law and one of his few relative who actually seemed to like him making her way down the line. He had a lot of time for Tommy. He waved at her and smiled at the woman. “I didn't expect to see you here.” He said - he was so glad Paris hadn't showed up. “It's rather a pleasant surprise.” And he meant it. “My half-sister is around here somewhere too.” He looked around as if expecting to see her. Nope. The pint size princess was probably hiding in the bathroom. Ems had never really been comfortable in social situations. She was not a 'people person'.


Oliver smiled at Nancy who looked like she was grimcing at some poor person who was on their way past. That was a smile? Meh.. what sort of a Slytherin was she if she couldn't even fake a genuine looking smile? Hehe.

The catcalling had not gone unnoticed by the prefect and Oliver looked at her, his whole face full of amusement. He hid his mouth behind his hand to attempt to prevent himself from laughing but it didn't work very well. “Oh c'mon. You can't deny that that was funny.” He said inclining his head to where the Huffie prefect had been only moments ago.

At her own jesting, he snickered. “The bell of the ball.” He nodded. Poor dude.

Taking out a moment to smile at Oliver - whom she had never really talked to even though they were around each other pretty often - Gold focused her green eyes on Nancy. Whose greeting made the corners of her lips turn up, into a really pretty smile.

"You look nice," she said, tucking a bright, red bang behind an ear as she spoke. Silly hair. Even though Gold personally thought it looked even more perfect than usual, tonight. Then again, everyone looked sooooo pretty right now. Well, the girls at any rate. Guys aren't supposed to be pretty.

Generally.

Huh!? Miranda whirled around and saw Nancy, in a STUNNING dress. "Nancy, oh my gosh you look beautiful!" She grinned, giving her a hug. "Gosh, I keep thinking about that day we got stuck in the maze... that was a fun day, even though it got a little panicky." she snorted. Her point was? Oh, yes. "I bet you could've kicked that hedge's butt with that dress." And Miranda wanted to blow it up.


Miranda turned back to Oliver and smiled. "Ah yeah, that is good. I'm sure it's going to be a great day." Not akward, ofcourse not. Squee! Hehe.

Brant? Ah, yes! "Yeah, mhm!" She grinned and nodded. She didn't know where he was, but she knew she'd see him sooner or later, and it was probably best seeing as they were 'stuck' in this line. Hehe. Nodding and smiling at people who passed, she looked at Oliver again. "Who did you ask to the ball?" A Slytherin? Gryffindor? Huffie or Ravenclaw? Hehe.

Soon, her name was called out again and her eyes grew WIDE as she saw her CAPTAIN!

"Kaikaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Oh. my. gosh! Miranda practically skipped AT her friend and hugged her for dear life. She looked stunning?? Kaika looked, "You look amazing! Oh my goooosh. I'm so happy to see you, I've missed you so much! How's everything? HOW IS QUIDDITCH!?" She was playing for an awesome teaaaaaaaaaaaaam! "Congratulations! Treyen told me about the Waspsss!" Bzzzzzzzzz! HeHE!

Gosh, she got all excited now.

Brant quickly ran up to Miranda. "Sorry im late...errr had a problem with my hair" he told her under his breath, while trying to catch is breath.

"Did I miss any thing" he asked while he reached for her hand and started to hold it.

Bella looked towards the headmaster, who had spoken to her., She smiled, she had never really spoken to him before. Bella falt herself go a little red in the face.

"I am very much Headmaster" She said politely, giving him smile.

"Are you?" She added.



Bella hadn't noticed her friend had pulled out her make-up, she had been more interested in the plan, or mission as they had called it. Which out a second glance, which she knew was VERY rude, she had strode over to the boys which had started talking in the room.

She was slightly stunned when Maura had grabbed her shoulder and spun her around, what must it have looked like? She told herself as she politly stood and waited for her friend to finished applieing the make-up. Well she had been rude, so it was only fitting to let her friend do it right? And if she looked decent enough to catch a few eyes, she was on with that.

Smiling at Maura she said, "Thanks" Before turning back to the boys with her. She stood smiling as her friend introduced herself.



Bella smiled at Gold, glad she hadn't offended her, or scared her, or anything. Although she still went slightly red in the face as she looked at her Sparkly shoes. She liked sprakly things. They were so...so...SPARKLY.

Looking up again she smiling slightly, it was probably weird having an old dress on, well it was her only decent one at least. And she owned to her mum in a way, well she thought so. It was a nice old dress anyway, didn't look old or dirty, or battered. It was a simply light pink dress to the floor, it scruntched up to the side and into a nice medium sized bow. Just right.

"It's very special" She told Gold smiling at her. "I like your dress" She added.



"Oh.." She said, a little down, there goes one possible dance partner. She flicked a look around the room, seeing if there was someone else whom she could ask to dance with. After Torin had stormed of, she really was stuck. She sighed and turned back to Oliver, her make-up shiny lightly in the face.

After hearing his second sentence she smiled, he would? No would have. "Oh thank you!" She gashed, before realising her mistake, he must think her of a silly little girl, "I mean, i have no one else to dance with" She added quickly. well if that didn't change his mind about her, what will.

She casted a looked at Maura, seeing if she had decided whom she would ask, before looking back at him, Smiling.

Biting her bottom lip she stared towards the doors, maybe Torin would come back. She doubted it he looked pretty mad. It was a joke though, maybe he should have laughed along, get past his embarresment more, i would have. She told herself.

Emma grinned happy to see him, "I'm pretty good thanks! How are you? How's the ball going for you?" she asked. She thought he was a pretty good captain.

Evan grinned as they were entering through the big doors. He knew very well that it was the only way to keep Violet away tonight. It'd be for everyone's good if she thought they were actually dating. "Thanks for playing along. Though, she probably hates you now." he said with an 'I'm sorry' expression. He debated about whether to keep this little lie going, but then decided against it. It'd be asking too much from Mina. As long as Violet stayed away for tonight, he was fine.

Wow! The Great Hall looked great! He smiled at the professors at the receiving line. Might as well thank them for the orginisation. "Thank you for this ball." he said and looked over at Mina to see if she wanted to have a small chat with any of them.

[QUOTE=noodles;9472791] Turning to see who was talking she see Oliver. "OLIVER!" Kay said walking over and hugging him. "Thank you. May I say that you look very nive tonight also." She said glad to see her friend. She hadn't been able to talk to him lately but she wanted too. "So are you going to give me one dance tonight." She asked hoping he would.

Wondering where Jason and Victoria were. "Jason! We were just wondering where you were." Kay said hugging her cousin and looking around for Victoria. "I haven't see her." She said still looking. "Rex Trigwell! You better not be upset about me dance with a FRIEND. I love you and that is that." She said looking into his eyes. "Remember that. I. Love. You." She said hugging him and kissing his cheek. "SO Lets go dance."