This week was unusual pairings. My team's character was Tonks, and I paired her with Rosmerta. And yes there is an age gap, but we're ignoring it and making them the same age, or maybe a year apart, I don't really know, it doesn't matter. Anyway, this is a strange pairing, and it could be read as a friendship, or as a romantic relationship, I don't really know.
Prompts:
-(word count) 1,000
-(song) 'Shut Up and Dance' by Walk the Moon
-(setting) Paris
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Oh don't you dare look back.
Just keep your eyes on me.
I said, "You're holding back,"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo,
Shut up and dance with me."
"Rosmerta!" Tonks exclaimed, laughing a little as her best friend dragged her down the street, "You can't just kidnap me and take me to… are we in Paris?! What are we doing in Paris?"
"There's this club and-"
"A club! We can't go to a club! I'm not even dressed appropriately!" Tonks exclaimed looking down at her pajamas, then looking over at the skin tight dress Rosmerta was wearing.
"I can fix that, I've got a dress for you."
"But-" Tonks began to protest, but Rosmerta cut her off.
"Come on, Tonks! Stop holding back!"
"I don't know if-"
"Just shut up and come dancing with me!"
We were victims of the night,
The chemical, physical, kryptonite
Helpless to the bass and the fading light
Oh, we were bound to get together,
Bound to get together.
"Wow," Tonks said, stepping into the club. She was dressed in the midnight blue dress that Rosmerta had brought for her. The dress was a little long and large in the bust, so Tonks used her metamorphmagus powers to fix that, though she felt awkward doing so. Rosmerta had also smeared some bright red lipstick on her lips and insisted on eyeliner to bring out her blue eyes.
"You know I can do that myself," Tonks bragged, adjusting the brightness and blueness of her eyes. She loved her metamorphmagus powers.
"Oh, stop showing off," Rosmerta said, brushing it off with a wave of her hand. "Now come on!" Rosmerta grabbed her hand, and Tonks found herself blushing as she was pulled onto the dance floor. She could feel the beat of the bass in the floor.
She took my arm,
I don't know how it happened.
We took the floor and she said,
"Oh, don't you dare look back.
Just keep your eyes on me."
I said, "You're holding back, "
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo,
Shut up and dance with me."
Tonks felt awkward dancing. There were so many people, and even if they weren't looking at her, she still felt self conscious. Rosmerta was having a grand old time, moving her body to the music. She looked wonderful, in her pink dress, brown curls bouncing free, a carefree smile on her face.
"Come on, Tonks! Dance!" Rosmerta yelled, grabbing Tonks' by the arm and forcing her to move with her.
A backless dress and some beat up sneaks,
My discothèque, Juliet teenage dream.
I felt it in my chest as she looked at me.
I knew we were bound to be together,
Bound to be together
There was little space between the two friends as they danced. Tonks could feel her heart picking up, and she subconsciously shot up two inches so she was similar in height to Rosmerta.
"Woah!" Rosmerta laughed, "This is a muggle club, remember. No magic in here, my dear."
"S-sorry," Tonks stuttered, taking a step back, "I- I didn't mean to."
"It's alright," Rosmerta waved it off, and pulled her back in. "I don't think anyone noticed."
"Are you sure? I don't want to be the reason our kind is, you know exposed, and I mean, can you really blame me, having that on my head wouldn't be fun and-"
"Tonks!" Rosmerta said, louder than she had meant to. "No one saw," she said, a little quieter, "No one saw. You're fine!"
"Are you sure?" Tonks bit her lip.
"Yes! Now shut up and dance!"
She took my arm,
I don't know how it happened.
We took the floor and she said,
"Oh, don't you dare look back.
Just keep your eyes on me."
I said, "You're holding back, "
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo,
Shut up and dance with me."
Oh, come on girl!
The song had changed, but everything still sounded the same. Tonk's mind began to wander as she danced. Why did Rosmerta take her here? It was nearly midnight, and she wanted to get some sleep tonight.
When the song ends, I'll make Rosmerta take me home, Tonks decided.
Deep in her eyes,
I think I see the future.
I realize this is my last chance.
"Rosmerta!" Tonks said loudly, trying to catch the brunette's attention.
She took my arm,
I don't know how it happened.
We took the floor and she said,
"Oh, don't you dare look back.
Just keep your eyes on me."
I said, "You're holding back, "
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo,
Shut up and dance!"
"Rosmerta," Tonks tried again, louder this time. Rosmerta didn't seem to hear her, and if she did, she didn't acknowledge her.
"Don't you dare look back.
Just keep your eyes on me."
I said, "You're holding back, "
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo,
Shut up and dance with me."
"Rosmerta!"
"Yes, darling?"
Tonks rolled her eyes. "I'd like to go home, please," she said.
Ooh-ooh-hoo, shut up and dance with me
Ooh-ooh-hoo, shut up and dance with me
"But I like this song!"
"We can dance to it tomorrow. Please, can we go home?"
"Fine," Rosmerta sighed.
The two girls returned back to Hogwarts, flooing to the fireplace in the Divination Tower.
"We're lucky your aunt is the Divination teacher," Tonks commented as she and Rosmerta made their way down the stairs.
"Yeah," sighed Rosmerta.
"I'll return your dress to you in the morning."
"Keep it. It looks better on you. Well, goodnight, Tonks," Rosmerta said, kissing her on the cheek, and then disappearing down the hall to the Slytherin Common Room.
"Goodnight, Rosmerta," Tonks sighed to the empty hallway.
For the word count, copy and paste the story into a word doc because the super long authors notes that I leave on these things add words to the word count on , but they aren't an actual part of the story.
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Hugs and butterfly kisses
~littleblueweirdo