A/N: Okay, so Part Two of In Your Arms! I've decided that I'm just gonna work with the HP fandom for a while, so here ya go!
TwilightHeart21: You may or may not find the answers to your question in this chapter. *smirks evilly*
Aria657: I'm glad you like it! And maybe you do, maybe you don't. *smirks evilly again* By the by, did you know that Aria is the nickname of one of the characters in one of my Twilight fics?
Enjoy!
*Halloween Night*
"Are you ready to go?" inquired Rose as she straightened the sun she had magically affixed to her hair. She was wearing a golden sheath dress which hugged her curves, and gold high heels. She was attending the Halloween Ball as The Sun, and her 'date' (Scorpius) was going as The Moon.
"This isn't fitting right!" Sarina declared as she exited the bathroom. Rose turned around to look at her friend, and was amazed! Sarina was going to the ball as a harem girl. As a top, she wore a gold-fringed pale-blue strapless bikini top. Over her belly button, she had affixed a small blue gem. Her pants were gold-fringed pale-blue harem pants. On her head she wore a blue-gem gold gypsy headband, and on each ear she had two gold hoops. She had adorned her arms with gold bangles, and on her feet she wore gold genie slippers.
"You look great!" Rose declared.
"Isn't this too…revealing?" Sarina prompted.
"No!" Rose grinned, "Al will love it!"
~In The Entrance Hall~
Albus and Scorpius were waiting anxiously for their dates to walk down their stairs so that they could finally go into the Great Hall and get something to eat! (Dinner had been canceled because of the ball.) Albus, dressed as a sultan (turban and all), was slightly scowling, annoyed that he'd been forced on this 'date', and Scorpius (although he wouldn't admit it) was ecstatic that he'd finally get to go out with the girl of his dreams. He wasn't particularly fond of the gray-black suit he had to wear as his costume, though. It was rather uncomfortable.
"Why do girls take so bloody long to get ready?" Albus muttered. Scorpius shrugged. "You've been on more dates than me, mate. You tell me."
Their conversation was interrupted when a wolf whistle resounded through the Entrance Hall, and the two automatically looked up at the stairs. Sarina and Rose were descending carefully, and Scorpius and Albus were almost drooling. As Rose had predicted, Albus loved Sarina's costume, and all complaints were shoved out of his mind.
As the two girls reached the bottom of the stairs, the two boys approached them, arms outstretched in a gentlemanly manner. "Milady," Scorpius and Albus chorused as they offered their arm to their respective date. Rose and Sarina looked at each other and giggled, causing Scorpius and Albus to blush.
"You're cute when you blush," Sarina whispered in Albus' ear as they entered the Great Hall. Before Albus could reply, though, their breaths were taken away by the wonder that was the Great Hall on Halloween night.
All around, orange and black lights flickered on and off, providing some of the light. The rest of the light was provided by the candles in the giant jack o' lanterns that the gamekeeper had carved. Fog covered the floor, completing the eerie mood. Music was provided by a band called The Marauders, whose song 'Werewolf's Howl' was currently topping the wizarding music charts.
"Let's dance!" Sarina declared as she pulled a semi-willing Albus to the dance floor. They danced to 'Werewolf's Howl' and 'Ode To A Rat' (both by The Marauders) before the band started playing a slow song. Then Albus pulled them to the food table, where he loaded up a plate and Sarina only got a small portion, before they went to sit with Rose and Scorpius.
After they had eaten, Sarina pulled Albus back to the dance floor, and Rose did the same with Scorpius. They danced to 'Pad Like Padfoot' and 'The Stag' (by The Marauders), before they played another slow song. Scorpius and Albus pulled the girls back to their table, where some of the Weasley/Potter cousins were sitting. They chatted for a while, but eventually they went back to the dance floor.
They danced to 'Do The Hippogriff' by The Weird Sisters, and 'The Twin's Ear' by World Wide Weasley (which didn't actually contain any members of the Weasley family). Another slow song came on, but Rose and Sarina finally convinced Scorpius and Albus to stay and dance.
"And dance your final dance
This is your final chance"
"This has been really fun," Sarina whispered as she wrapped her arms around Albus' neck, and he wrapped his arms around her waist. Albus gulped and nodded, slightly unnerved by the fact that his favorite cousin's best friend's very curved body was so close to his own.
"To hold the one you love
You know you've waited long enough"
"Thanks for being my date," Sarina said softly as she and Albus swayed to the beat.
"I couldn't really say no, could I?" Albus replied stiffly, "Scorpius and Rose forced us together." He looked over her head, missing the single tear that fell down her cheek.
"So, believe
That magic works
Don't be afraid
Of being hurt
Don't let this magic die
The answer's there
Oh, just look in her eyes"
"Was there someone you'd rather have come with?" Sarina asked, her voice quiet.
"Ummm….not really," Albus answered honestly.
"And make your final move
Don't be scared, she wants you to
Yeah, it's hard, you must be brave
Don't let this moment slip away"
"Even though we were forced to come together," Sarina admitted, "I'm glad we did. No matter how mad I was at Rosie when she told me."
"Really?" Albus gaped. Sarina just nodded.
"Now, believe
That magic works
Don't be afraid
Afraid of being hurt"
"Sarina?"
"Yes, Albus?"
"Don't let this magic die
The answer's there
Yeah, just look in her eyes"
"Umm…"
"What is it?"
"And don't believe that magic can die
No, no, no, this magic can't die"
Albus couldn't speak. He was too nervous. So as the last few lines of the song played, he leaned down…
"So dance your final dance
Cause this is your final chance"
And Albus Severus Potter kissed Sarina Esmeralda Zelaya. This probably made her the happiest girl in all of Hogwarts, with the best friend in all of Hogwarts. Well, at least until Albus moved slightly away from her, shaking his head.
"I'm sorry, Rina. That was stupid of me. It's not fair of me to make you think that I like you, especially when…"
But Sarina never got to hear what Albus' "especially when…" was. As soon as he had said that kissing her was stupid of him, she had started crying. And then she had shoved him away from her and sprinted out of the Great Hall. As she fled up the stairs towards Gryffindor Tower, Rose just behind her, she thought venomously, 'I hate Albus Severus Potter!'