It was five minutes later and Noah and Sharon were still bickering.

"You always were such a spoiled brat!" Noah said to Sharon.

She said, "ME spoiled? This coming from Mr. Seven Gallons a Week For
Allowance, Mr. Birthday Party with Private Performance by Mystyc Spiral, Mr.-"

"Oh this is coming from the girl who got special treatment and got to have her pet
Phoenix come to school with her."

"First of all Bob is not a pet, secondly—wha? Ahh!"

Sharon and Noah found themselves being pushed together by skeletal hands.
When the two tried to move apart they only found that would be pushed together again by
the hands. Groaning the two grudgingly began to dance with each other.


~&~


"Ow, ow, ow , ow , ow, will you please stop stepping on my feet?" Renee asked.

"I would, but I'm not used to dancing. Especially with ice cold armor and other
stuff," Chad replied, "Besides, you've been stepping on my feet the entire time."

"Yeah, but you see, you can't feel it because your shoes are metal. Every time you
step on my foot you crush it!"

"Well, what can I say?" Before he can say anything else Renee said, "You're
blonde under that helmet aren't you?"

"What?"

"Under that helmet, you're blonde aren't you?"

"Yes."

"So, you don't dance much?"

"Not if I can help it."

"I don't dance much. Like this any way. Once I went to a party at a friend's where
they made us dance like this. Except it was with her Uncle Melvin, and he smells."

"Oo, really? Continue please," he said.

"I'd rather not. Anyway dancing with you is much nicer."

To that Chad smiled, and Renee said, "Of course for all I know you could be an
ogre under that thing."

"Hey, for all I know that mask could be hiding a hideous scar."

"It's not," Renee said with a flirty smile.

"I thought so."

The two moved closer to one another and continued dancing.

~&~

Once they resigned themselves to the fact that they were dancing with each other,
they found that they were really good at dancing with one another. So good, in fact (and
much t their dismay) that other people around them began to stop and watch them dance.

Sharon glanced around at the spectators and sighed, 'These idiots obviously didn't
see that my dance partner and I are glaring at each other.'

"We seem to attracting a crowed. It seems those dance lessons you begged your
mom to have when you were little paid off."

"I didn't beg her to let me take them, she made me."

"Yeah, right. You said something about being a chick magnet if you took those
classes."

"Well it worked, didn't it. As I recall, you volunteered to help me practice."

"Don't be silly, my parents made me practice with you. I had to take those lessons
too you know."

"I think it was just because you wanted to spend your time with a wonderful guy
like me."

"Don't kid yourself."

"C'mon I know you enjoyed yourself dancing back then."

"What can I say? I wasn't that smart when I was little."

Noah looked at her for a moment, and then decided that the music called for her
to be twirled. He twirled her and the two went back to their glaring.


~&~

By this time Renee and Chad were no longer were in the Great Hall. So they had
no idea what was going on inside. The two decided snuck out and found a bench to sit on
watching the dark blue sky and blue moon.

"Wow," Renee said.

"'Yeah, its pretty. I don't think that I've had this much fun in a long time."

"Me either."

The two began to lean on each other. "How well can you see this anyway?"

"Not well enough," Chad replies as he began to take off his armor. Renee touched
her face and found that she still had her mask on.

"No need for this anymore," she said as she pulled it off.

Then they looked at each other startled, and Renee said, "I know you."

"I know you too. Oh no, you're in my Potions class."

"You're a Gryffie? Great, that's just great."

"Slytherin, huh? Wow."

"This is just great. Just as I was beginning to like you too," Renee said.

"Really?"

"Well yeah. Truth be told, I had no idea what you looked like under that, I was
more worried about you looking like an ogre underneath. Guess I don't have to worry
about that now."

"Even worse, I was a Gryfyndor underneath."

"Yeah."

"Well, it was fun while it lasted," Chad said.

"Yeah, I had a good time."

"Bye."

"Later."

Suddenly, on an impulse Renee turned around and kissed him on the cheek.

"Wow," Chad said.

"Well, thanks for the wonderful evening," Renee said as she scurried toward the
Great Hall. She ran into the Hall only to see Noah and Sharon dancing.

With a look of surprise she said, "Okay, then…"

After she was watching them for a while, she noticed that they looked like they
were challenging each other; it even got to the point where they looked like they were
trying to out do each other. It made a very spectacular show.

The dance ended and the two looked at each other, not so much a glare but more
of a challenging stare. Dumbledore came up to the two and said, "I think ladies and
gentlemen, we have found the winners of our dance contest."

" I wasn't aware that there was a dance contest," Sharon said to Noah.

"They must've announced it while we were arguing," Noah said.

Realizing that they were fighting with eachother they went back to glaring.

Continuing Dumbledore said, seemingly ignoring them, but with an amused
smile, "As the reward, each of their houses will get twenty points. So, with that said,
twenty points for Slytherin and Gryfyndor."

The Gryfyndors exploded with cheers, while the Slytherins clapped politely while
the rest of the hall was just confused and began to whisper to their companions.
Dumbledore raised his hands signaling the Great Hall to cheer loudly for the two. They
both started turning red with embarrassment and irritation.