no more dresses

[Myuna Kickett]

Una was glad when she had received a letter a few weeks previously from her grandma. this was an odd thing on its own as usually letters from gamma zab left a bitter taste in her mouth and she was sort of expecting a frilly pink dress to arrive off her. this one however had some money and a note saying that she should use it to buy her own dress for the yule ball this year as she was a young lady now and should be able to have choice on her own clothes. but to be warned as she would be checking the photos to ensure it wasn't anything too ridiculous and if it was then she would be in trouble.
Una had spent a fun few hours looking through clothes shops in brightstone and obsidian before deciding on her outfit. a pair of tight black trousers and a sparkly gold top. sure it wasn't a dress but it wasn't ridiculous, it was probably the most unusual thing she would be able to get away with. she actually quite liked it, as although she had a tendency to borrowing her brother-cousins clothes she did have a taste of style if she wanted to.
she had spent the morning in the grounds swimming in the lake and taking a paddle board out then gone in for lunch and spent the afternoon getting ready, not that she usually took that long to get ready but because all of the other girls were getting read too and it took five times longer to do even the simplest of tasks like going to the toilet. and it was near impossible to get to the mirrors. breathing a sigh of relief she stepped out of the girls dorms and made her way to the entrance hall. even though they were in the same house she and Albie had decided to meet there. she was actually rather exited to be attending the tule ball with him. although she had attended it with him last year it hadn't been as a date but this year was different. as she waited she looked at the other guests arriving some of the dresses the girls were in were ridiculous some of them were actually nice dresses though she would not be caught dead in them. she looked around for Albie hoping that he would turn up soon as she was really thirsty and wanted to go and get a drink.

 

[Albertus Vermeulen]

Albie hadn't dressed up super formally for the Yule Ball - he was too zonked out from studying for OWLs to get a proper suit, and he'd grown a couple of inches since last year. He figured at 18, he was probably at the point where he wouldn't be getting any taller, and standing at about 6'1", he supposed he was okay with that. Still, he'd worn a good white dress shirt and formal pants, so he looked quite presentable. He wanted to make something of an effort for Una (but nothing like dressing up in drag again, since that had been a bit crazy), since it was her last Yule Ball and all. The thought of that was a bit of a downer, since he still had two years to slog through, he wouldn't have a date to take along next year or the year after. Assuming they lasted that long. He liked her a lot, and he was sure she liked him a lot too, he only hoped she wouldn't dump him for being stuck at school for a couple more years due to circumstances quite beyond his control. (He'd mostly come to terms with the fact that he was so much older than the rest of his year, sometimes classmates would give him odd looks or straight up avoid him, but that was their problem, not his. It didn't mean it didn't suck.)

He stumbled in to the Great Hall, before straightening himself up and looking around the room for his date. He spotted her very quickly - she was one of the few girls not in a dress - and rushed over to her with a smile. "Hey," he greeted, leaning over to give her a chaste peck on the cheek. "You look gorgeous," he added, looking over her outfit appreciatively. A smirk crossed his face, as he took her hand in a formal manner. "Shall we, then? Do you want to get something to eat or drink before we tear up the dance floor - perhaps literally?" he asked with a chuckle - Albie wasn't exactly a dancer. He wasn't embarrassing, but he wasn't great. Then again, neither of them were professional ballroom dancers. Still, they'd have the chance to slow dance under the mistletoe, and as corny a tradition as that was, it gave him an excuse to kiss his dance partner, which was a pretty nice pay-off. He had to stop himself from smirking even harder at that thought.

 

[Myuna Kickett]

Myuna Saw Albie approaching her he looked great, just so typcally Albie. with all of the quirks that made him him. "Hey" she said in greeting walking over to him. "Thank you, I am so glad not to be in a dress." she said smiling. you look deadly too" she said and when did you get tall she added on the end in ehr own brain giving him a light hug and returning his moodiest kiss, perhaps a touch less moistly as it was on the lips but even so it was certainly weather light and quick. she then let him take her hand as they entered the hall.
The decoration was as spectacular as ever. snow was falling from the ceiling and there were huge christmas trees along thee walls making it feel like a forest clearing. "Actually i could kill for a drink. and maybe we should let the dance floor get a little busy before we outshine everyone" she said her throat was dry. they made their way over to the drinks table and poured a glass of coke for herself and one for albie before handing him his and taking a few good mouthfuls of hers slightly surpried that they had coke at Hogwarts but not complaining. she then reached over to where there was a few slices f finger food and picked up a mini bakewell tart it was extremely sweet far sweeter than she usually liked but she had a sort of exemption for bakewell tarts (and a few other things). "do you want a roll or tart or something better" she asked. holding a spare one out to him nd picking up two sausage rolls, one for each of them. "yes food first dancing can wait, let the floor fill up before we burn it down." she said taking a bite of her roll. "have you got much planned for the holidays?" she asked him curious as to what he was doing she would probably spend it swimming, surfing and grape picking.

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sorry if there are typos and it doesn't make sense i am really sleepy