To Dance or not to Dance

[Elizabeth Chatwin]

The yule ball was coming closer and closer and Elly had no clue what to do with it. She wasn't that big of a dancer and rarely wore a dress. The second problem was that she didn't have anyone to go with. She had thought of going with Geo or another one of her friends, but that didn't feel good. She wanted a date on her first ball, she didn't even mind if they just were friends. Not that she was thinking of relationships and everything that came with those. Thinking on who would take her and who she had met. It was going to be hard and Elly didn't dare to ask someone she was pretty shy to new people. Her dad had send over a dress she could wear for the ball so that was at least something. He had style though and it looked really nice. It had a blue and white jacket with a simple white dress under it. It looked lovely and fitted Elizabeth perfectly.

Out of everyone she met maybe Elijah would like her enough to take her with him. She also didn't want to feel like a major burden so that was difficult. Elly shrugged maybe she just should't go. Or sneak herself in so no one knew with whom she was. Sunken in thought she just thought about letting it go.

 

[Elijah Zelinsky]

Elijah knew that the Yule Ball was fast approaching, and even though he wasn't super interested in any of the girls at the school he still didn't really want to attend his first ball alone. With a smile, he walked through the school and he had a certain someone in mind and he was off to find her right now to find out her answer. He wasn't entirely sure if she would say yes or not, and he was a little bit nervous about asking her because even though he was a pretty confident person he'd never dated anyone or gone to a ball before.

He found her as he walked to the top of the North Tower, and he smiled and waved as he approached. When he opened her mouth to ask her, though, he found that his words simply came out in a messed up garbled heap of words. "ELLYWILLYOUCOMEWITHMETOTHEYULEBALL?" He asked her, shouting to make up for his nervousnesss. He hoped that she understood, because he wasn't sure if he would be able to ask her again, or properly.

 

[Elizabeth Chatwin]

Still lost in thought she heard foot steps. The footsteps came to a halt and Elly recognised it was Elijah. Just the one she had just thought about going to the ball with. She didn't know if she wanted to ask him, but she wouldn't have the balls to do it anyway. He was smiling and waving to her so that was at least a plus. When he stood in front of her he opened his mouth and one string of words came out. Elly needed some time to realise what he was actually saying. She was sure he said something about coming to the ball with him. ''I would love to come with you.''Elly said happily, somehow this was just the answer she needed. The fact that he was this nervous made it even cuter. She blushed a bit and hoped his suit matched her dress. ''Do you have your suit already or are you going in a pair of jeans.'' She joked excitingly, she was so overjoyed that someone had asked her.

 

[Elijah Zelinsky]

Elijah smiled when Elly seemed to be happy with his question, and better yet she even understood the single word he had pushed out! With a smile he gave her a hug and chuckled at her joke about what he would be wearing. "Yeah I just thought I'd wear jeans. Just jeans." He told her, a serious look on his face, but he couldn't hold onto his poker face and he cracked a smile. "I have a suit, don't worry." He told her with a grin on his face. He thought he had looked pretty fancy, but he didn't know if anyone else would feel the same way. "I'd ask about your dress but I already know you're gonna look beautiful!" He told her with a smirk.

 

[Elizabeth Chatwin]

Elizabeth smiled, Elijah was cute and he seemed like a real gentleman. The Yule ball could come now. When Elijah said he was going to go in jeans, she was shocked. Luckily he couldn't keep the serious face on for long and told her he had a suit. She was happy he had one, she seriously would have said no if he came in a pair of old jeans. ''It will be white with a bit of blue, I have to represent some Ravenclaw''Elly spoke excitingly. ''How are you going with classes'' He was here anyway why not chat about other things. Ellijah was the first boy she actually knew by name. Of course she had boys in her class, but somehow she wasn't all that interested in knowing them. ''Who is your favourite Professor?'' Elly wanted to know if he liked Professor Pendleton a lot too.