Chapter 12- At the Dance Part 1
The Great Hall was decorated magnificently. There were many small tables around the big dance floor right in the middle of the hall. The tables had a white tablecloth on them and a small vase with pink and red roses in them. There were red and green cloths covering the windows and large Christmas trees in ever corner of the room. Mistletoes hung everywhere. Even the Entrance Hall and the area outside of the school were decorated. There were Christmas lights in the bushes and mini Christmas trees everywhere in the Entrance Hall.
Katelynn let Travis lead her to their table. He was holding two glasses of butterbeer. Al had left them a couple of minutes ago to find Thea. She kept looking around for Rose and Scorpius but she couldn't see them anywhere. The place was packed with students and teachers. She couldn't see anyone she recognised anywhere. Everyone was dressed so nicely.
Finally they found an empty table and sat down. They quietly sipped their butterbeers and looked around nervously. Katelynn had no idea of what to say so she watched some people dance.
"Katelynn, do you want to dance?" asked Travis.
"Oh… maybe later," said Katelynn.
"Good, I didn't want to dance. I can not dance at all."
She grinned at him. "I'm not that bad. I'll help you."
"Ok."
There was another awkward silence.
"Hey Travis!" said a girl with short brown hair. She was medium height and very curvy. She had grey eyes and sharp features.
"Oh, hi Rowan," said Travis.
Rowan sat down next to him. "You got yourself a date."
"Of course I did! Katelynn this is Rowan, Rowan this is Katelynn."
"Hi," said Katelynn. Rowan only looked at her.
"Gryffindor, are you?"
"Yeah."
"I'm in Ravenclaw."
"Cool."
"Who're you with?" asked Travis.
Rowan ignored his question. "I'll be right back. I'm going to go grab a butterbeer."
"What? You're coming back?" exclaimed Travis. Katelynn elbowed him. Rowan gave him a dirty look.
"Travis!"
"Sorry, sorry."
"Is she your friend?"
"Not really. Well… kind of."
"What do you mean 'kind of'?"
"Yeah. We used to be friends."
"What happened?"
"We started going out. We were going to go to this dance together. I told her I didn't want to go with her anymore."
Katelynn was quiet for a moment. "But… why?"
"It is because of you."
"Me?"
"Yeah. You are just so hot. I had to ditch her for you otherwise I would have regretted it my whole life."
"But-"
"Katelynn, I love you."
"You… love me?"
"I have loved you for about a month now. You're just so beautiful and kind…"
"But… you were dating Rowan."
"Yes, I was. But she wasn't the one in my thoughts. You were."
Katelynn looks away.
"Katelynn. I love you very much. Do you love me?"
"You don't even know me. We have never talked before you asked me to the dance. How can you love me?"
"I have been watching you from afar. Do you love me, Katelynn?"
"No. I don't think you love me either. We barely know each other. This isn't love. And… I like someone else."
"Then why did you come with me to the dance?"
"You asked me! I said 'yes' only to not make you hurt and have someone to go to the dance with."
"I thought you really liked me. You have used me."
"I do like you! As a friend though."
He shook his head at her slowly, tears in his eyes. Then he turned around and left, leaving his butterbeer. He left, leaving Katelynn alone. A tear slid down her cheek. She realised she was standing. She didn't even remember when she stood up. She slowly sat down. Her date left her.
"Katelynn!"
Rose and Scorpius hurried to her side.
"There you are! We've been looking for you. Where's Travis? Al and- what's wrong?"
"Travis left me because I used him." Katelynn told them everything about Rowan, Travis loving her and her not loving Travis.
"Katelynn… you didn't use him… it wasn't your fault."
"Of course it's my entire fault. If I hadn't used him…"
"You never used him. Half the people here don't like each other. Look at Scorp and me. And Al and Thea," said Rose.
"You don't have to like like someone to go to a dance with them. You can go as friends."
"Yeah, Scorp is right. It is not your fault."
Katelynn nodded slowly. "I guess…"
Rose grinned. "Come on. Let's go find Al and Thea."
"Well, now I look like a loser without a date."
"You're not a loser! There are tons of other people without dates."
"Yeah, I guess…" Katelynn grinned, "Let's go party!"
They all happily walked back to Al and Thea's table, where Al and Thea were sitting, looking very bored.
A/N: Finally I'm done this chapter! Thank you for all the reviews and please continue telling me what you think. Thank you Alix for the great names! I am horrible at making up names, all my made up characters would have boring names if you guys hadn't helped me out. Yes, I was thinking of stopping this story but it is almost done and I do really like where it is going (oh and all the great reviews really did make me want to continue!) R&R! … please?
