1.1.1 Chapter 10-The Ball

The night of the ball came. Amber and Tara took 3hours to get ready. Amber had snatched a date with Chester.

They both met James and Chester in the common room. James was going as Mr. America with the sash and everything and Chester was going as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.

The four of them made their way down to the Great Hall. It was already full. They had brought in a band that sang muggle songs. The first song that they all danced too was Too Bad by Nickelback

It's too bad

It's too bad

Too late

So wrong

So long

It's too bad that

We had no time to rewind

Let's walk

Let's talk

Let's talk

The first slow song to be played was Crash and Burn by Savage Garden

James and Tara kept dancing for that song too.

"Hey, I know this song!" James started to sing "When you feel alone

And the world has turned its back on you

Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart

I know that you feel like the walls are closing in on you

It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold

When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take it anymore

Let me be the one you call

If you jump I'll break your fall

Lift you up and fly away with you into the night

If you need to fall apart

I can mend a broken heart

If you need to crash then crash and burn

You're not alone"

Tara felt something inside that she would have never felt towards James. Something, she thought, something that only felt like schoolgirl crush, just more real. When they danced, she was sure of it, that is was MORE that a schoolgirl crush, but love. She couldn't admit it though , she was only 11 and too young yet for a boyfriend, she didn't even know if James liked her that way.

James kept singing until the end of the song.

"Drinks then?" he asked

"Yes, that would be nice" she said with a smile

'Why is she being nice, she didn't want to come to the ball with me…or did she.' he thought 'I really like her, but we are only 11 and it would be kind of weird. This is the age when we don't care if our clothes match and that there is such thing as cooties. It just feels right.'

Tara and James sat down to drink their drinks.

"Tara?" asked James

"Yes?"

"...nevermind."

"No, what?"

"Nevermind."

"Okay..."

Five minutes later

"Tara?"

"Yes?" a little more annoyed

"...nevermind."

"Shut up and tell me?"

"Fine. Do you think that 11 is to young for a girlfirend...or boyfriend in your case?"

"Yes, I think that that should be happening at the END of being 12 and beginning of 13. Why?"

"Just wondering." he sounded depressed.