Chapter Twenty-Eight
The next day, Saturday, since everyone stayed up late the night before, except for the first, second and third years, breakfast was a little later than usual.
Mandy was the second girl up, and she woke up to see Elorra painting her toenails and humming the song 'Hold On' that the boys had sung the night before. Mandy got up and went to sit down next to her.
"Nice nails," Mandy said, laughingly.
Elorra grinned. "Do you like it? It's called 'Bronze Sunset.'" She held up the bottle.
Mandy wrapped her arms around her legs. "You will look positively smashing!" She said, giggling.
Elorra smiled and continued painting. "Last night was wonderful, wasn't it?"
Mandy sighed happily. "It sure was. I can't believe the boys hsave a band!"
Elorra laughed. "It's almost just like ours. It's so odd."
"Yeah, in more ways than one," said Mandy.
Elorra raised her eyebrows. "I know."
"In fact," Mandy continued, "It's almost uncanny!"
Elorra frowned. "Do you think people will think we're copying off of them?"
"I have no idea," Mandy said truthfully, "they might."
"Well we can't change our act now," said Elorra.
"We're not. If people don't believe that we're not copying them, then oh well."
Meanwhile, Ralee had gotten out of bed and had gone down to the Slytherin common room to see Draco sitting in front of the fire, thinking. "Draco," she said sitting down beside him. "We didn't really get toalk last night."
He smiled at her. "No, we didn't. But that's ok, because I didn't really feel like talking anyways."
Ralee smiled. "Draco, you have no idea how much you affected me when you got together with the Gryffindors."
"You changed my life. I had to show you somehow that I'd changed. So I decided to keep it a surprise."
"Yeah, you surprised me alright!" She sat on the couch and snuggled up against him. "I'm so happy for you Draco. So very very happy."
"Oh, really? Well, I'm happy for myself too." And he pulled her into a long, deep kiss.
His lips enveloped hers and he pulled her close to him. Ralee moaned slightly, and Draco kissed her deeper, slipping his tongue into her mouth. Ralee kissed him back, and realized that there was no place that she would rather be than in his arms.
Later that day, at breakfast, Missy stopped by the Slytherin table to talk to Ralee. "I just realized something, Ralee," she whispered. "The guys have one of the same songs that we do. Hold On. It's a different song with the same title, they even played it as their second song, like we're going to."
"I've been thinking about that," said Ralee. "People may think we're copying off of them. We'll just have to mention that we're not."
The girls all got together that afternoon to talk and to practice their act. They were excited, yes, but they were also nervous. Nervous about whether people would like their music, nervous about whether they would mess up or not. Worried about whether the music sounded as good as they thought it did. But they weren't going to back down now. They had practiced long and hard and they definitely weren't going to stop now.
At dinner that night, The girls sat down next to the guys and talked about the boys' spectacular performance.
The girls exchanged knowing looks all through dinner. Wait till the guys saw their performance.
The Talent Show, like the ball, was only a small moment in their lives, but it was important to them because they would be doing something that showed that they were able. They could organize themselves enough to get together and do this.
Like Elorra said one day while they were practicing: "I feel for some reason like if we don't do this we'll regret it, because we're showing each other right now that we can stand each other, that we're willing to work together. But most of all we'll regret it because it's something that we are sharing, an experience that years from now, we'll all look back on and remember, laugh over, and enjoy. It's for memories purpose, and to remember that we'll always be best friends forever."
And that was the truth.
The next day, Saturday, since everyone stayed up late the night before, except for the first, second and third years, breakfast was a little later than usual.
Mandy was the second girl up, and she woke up to see Elorra painting her toenails and humming the song 'Hold On' that the boys had sung the night before. Mandy got up and went to sit down next to her.
"Nice nails," Mandy said, laughingly.
Elorra grinned. "Do you like it? It's called 'Bronze Sunset.'" She held up the bottle.
Mandy wrapped her arms around her legs. "You will look positively smashing!" She said, giggling.
Elorra smiled and continued painting. "Last night was wonderful, wasn't it?"
Mandy sighed happily. "It sure was. I can't believe the boys hsave a band!"
Elorra laughed. "It's almost just like ours. It's so odd."
"Yeah, in more ways than one," said Mandy.
Elorra raised her eyebrows. "I know."
"In fact," Mandy continued, "It's almost uncanny!"
Elorra frowned. "Do you think people will think we're copying off of them?"
"I have no idea," Mandy said truthfully, "they might."
"Well we can't change our act now," said Elorra.
"We're not. If people don't believe that we're not copying them, then oh well."
Meanwhile, Ralee had gotten out of bed and had gone down to the Slytherin common room to see Draco sitting in front of the fire, thinking. "Draco," she said sitting down beside him. "We didn't really get toalk last night."
He smiled at her. "No, we didn't. But that's ok, because I didn't really feel like talking anyways."
Ralee smiled. "Draco, you have no idea how much you affected me when you got together with the Gryffindors."
"You changed my life. I had to show you somehow that I'd changed. So I decided to keep it a surprise."
"Yeah, you surprised me alright!" She sat on the couch and snuggled up against him. "I'm so happy for you Draco. So very very happy."
"Oh, really? Well, I'm happy for myself too." And he pulled her into a long, deep kiss.
His lips enveloped hers and he pulled her close to him. Ralee moaned slightly, and Draco kissed her deeper, slipping his tongue into her mouth. Ralee kissed him back, and realized that there was no place that she would rather be than in his arms.
Later that day, at breakfast, Missy stopped by the Slytherin table to talk to Ralee. "I just realized something, Ralee," she whispered. "The guys have one of the same songs that we do. Hold On. It's a different song with the same title, they even played it as their second song, like we're going to."
"I've been thinking about that," said Ralee. "People may think we're copying off of them. We'll just have to mention that we're not."
The girls all got together that afternoon to talk and to practice their act. They were excited, yes, but they were also nervous. Nervous about whether people would like their music, nervous about whether they would mess up or not. Worried about whether the music sounded as good as they thought it did. But they weren't going to back down now. They had practiced long and hard and they definitely weren't going to stop now.
At dinner that night, The girls sat down next to the guys and talked about the boys' spectacular performance.
The girls exchanged knowing looks all through dinner. Wait till the guys saw their performance.
The Talent Show, like the ball, was only a small moment in their lives, but it was important to them because they would be doing something that showed that they were able. They could organize themselves enough to get together and do this.
Like Elorra said one day while they were practicing: "I feel for some reason like if we don't do this we'll regret it, because we're showing each other right now that we can stand each other, that we're willing to work together. But most of all we'll regret it because it's something that we are sharing, an experience that years from now, we'll all look back on and remember, laugh over, and enjoy. It's for memories purpose, and to remember that we'll always be best friends forever."
And that was the truth.
