Two left legs

[Elizabeth Chatwin]

Elly had second thoughts about the dance with Elijah. Not that she didn't want to go with him. He was an absolute sweetheart, but she did forgot her inability to dance. As soon as she had put on her dress and heels it all started. The dress wasn't that bad, her dad hadn't picked a long dress for her. He knew her too well, but the pair of white heels were funnest for Elly. When she tried to leave the girls dorm she almost fell down the little flight of stairs connecting the dorm to the common room. Elly sighed, she didn't want to go anymore. People would laugh at her and it was all her fault. The thought of substituting the heels for sneakers came to her mind, but that would certainly disappoint Elijah. So currently she was snuggled up in three blankets, making a fool out of herself either way. It had taken an hour to do her make-up and hair. She barely had any sleep the previous night and she was getting grumpy. She could only hope that Elijah had gone without her. Who would want to see their date in the fetus position cuddled up in a bunch of blankets.

Almost all Ravenclaw left already to go to the ball. Somehow everyone seemed to have some sort of dancing ability. Elly was gifted with clumsiness and the amazing talent of having two left feet. She couldn't even walk straight when she wore her normal pair of sneakers let alone these white monsters that they called heels.

 

[Elijah Zelinsky]

Elijah had finished getting ready for the Yule Ball a little while ago and he found himself sitting on his bed while he waited for the time to pass. He made his way down to the common room when he felt that it was time and he looked around to see where Elly was. He didn't know if she would be ready yet because he knew that his sister Morrigan took forever to get ready some days and he hated waiting for her, but that was probably just what girls were like. He got down to the common room and took a seat and started waiting for Elly to come down. Quite a while seemed to pass and he wondered where she was, so he walked over to the Girls Staircase and called out for her. "Elly? Are you up there?" He called out hoping she would hear him.

 

[Elizabeth Chatwin]

She knew she had to come out before the end of the year. Elly sighed, the dance seemed to illusive and perfect. It would be ruined if she tripped over someone's dress. Suddenly she heard her name someone was shouting it from the common room. It must be Elijah and Elly her self confidence sunk even lower, he had actually waited for her. She unrolled herself from the fetus position and wrapped the blankets around her. She looked like a walking piece of sushi at the moment. Elly opened the door that would lead her to the common room. She couldn't leave Elijah down there, he was a real gentleman. Elly snuggled herself closer into her self-made burrito and exhaled out. This was it, she had to show Elijah some respect.

At least she wasn't becoming house clown in front of the full Ravenclaw house. ''Hey'' her voice wasn't as clear and sounded almost like a whisper. She looked down at him and he was actually wearing something that looked amazing on him. He didn't came in his jeans and sneakers, he was actually wearing a suit. ''I am so sorry'' Elly her lip was shacking and her voice broke. She didn't want to disappoint him, but she just couldn't dance.