Pins and Needles

[Aurora Night]

Rory was... unsure about all this. Normally the Yule Ball meant nothing more to her than an excuse to stuff her face and hang out with her friends - and although she supposed she would kind of still be doing that, in a way, it was... going to be completely different this year. Tugging at the hem of her dress uncertainly, Rory shot a sideways glance at Aodhan and then determinedly fixed her attention back on all the decorations. It was only so strange because they were attending together this year, instead of randomly finding and annoying each other at different intervals throughout the night. She had been surprised to be asked by Aodhan actually, she didn't realise he took the ball date thing seriously - not that this was a date, exactly. Was it? Her eyes widened comically at the thought. Why had she only considered this now, instead of back when he had actually asked her? She didn't often grimace at the fact that she tended to act and react faster than her brain could keep up, but this time was looking like one of them. Puffing her cheeks out, Rory supposed she would just have to make the most of it. Glad that she had at least worn normal flat shoes, she swung around to face Aodhan and planted her hands on her hips. "Okay, Mr. I-Have-Actually-Gone-With-Someone-To-A-Dance-Before, what's the first thing we should be doing?" She knew he had gone with Andi last year, so she expected him to have some pretty good suggestions ready. As she herself didn't have a clue how she should be acting in this situation.

 

[Aodhan Kaelen]

Aodhan did not think much about it, asking his friend to the Yule Ball, but as the night drew near he started to realise that maybe she thought this would be a date. It wasn't. The only reason why the Gryffindor had asked Rory to go with him was because he thought that it would be fun to go to the ball with her. He had been thinking about asking his best friend again at first but after recalling the many times she had complained about how uncomfortable she was whilst wearing high heels, Aodhan figured that he'd spare her from doing that to herself again. Aodhan turned around to face his friend when she asked him what they were going to do first now that they had arrived at the ball and pointed at the food table on the other side of the room. ''I was hoping that you would be okay with raiding the food table first before we go and have fun on the dance floor,'' he said, though knowing his friend she probably wouldn't have a problem with stuffing her face full of candy first.