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Chapter 8: Save the Last Dance
"James, I'm sorry but I will not walk around the Great Hall in that!" Lanna exclaimed. Lanna's date, James, did not seem to be getting the hang of this.
Lexi laughed and shook her head. As planned, she and Joel met up at 11 to go costume shopping. They had decided to shop with Lanna and her date James, but James didn't seem to be grasping the whole "theme costume" idea.
Joel and Lexi walked aimlessly around the store, randomly looking at things. Once in a while they would pick up something but quickly loose interest. That was, until Joel ran over to a rack of clothes that looked kind of medieval.
"Lexi, dear, you've read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, that muggle book by Washington Irving, correct?" Joel asked quietly as he held up what seemed to be a suit of armor…made of plastic.
Lexi's eyes lit up. Her mother had multiple copies of that book and she had read it many times.
"Yes, I have. It's one of my favorites." Joel grabbed her hand and pulled her over to another costume rack. He pulled an off white gown down and held it up to Lexi with a smile. The dress had a corset type top that tied in the back and a large, fluffy bottom. It was all off-white with a single sparkling rose at the base of the top.
"How about I go to the ball as Ichabod Crane and you go as Katrina Van Tassel." Joel suggested, running his fingers through his blonde hair. Lexi tilted her head to the right and grinned.
"I would have never thought of that! Are you sure everyone will know who we are?" Joel smirked.
"Of course! Sleepy Hollow is a very well known story in the wizarding world!" Lexi nodded and took the dress from Joel's hands.
He reached forward and touched her hair gently.
"You would look absolutely beautiful in that dress." Joel whispered. Lexi closed her eyes as he leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips.
They both pulled back only to hear Lanna yelling at James.
"I don't care if you want me to go as a Playboy bunny! I'm not wearing that!" Joel laughed.
"So what do you think? Do you want to go as that?" Joel questioned. Lexi thought for a moment.
"Sure, why not. Let me try on the dress." She took it all in her arms and walked towards the dressing room.
"Lanna, James, Lexi's trying on a dress. You want to see?" Lanna squealed and dragged James over to the dressing room, her hair flying out behind her.
The three students stood directly outside the dressing room door while Lexi changed.
As Lexi changed, she could hear Lanna and James still arguing. She pulled off her shirt, and touched her lips lightly. They were still tingling from the kiss she and Joel just shared. Shaking the thought out of her head, she stepped into the gown and pulled it up with little difficulty.
"Oh, dear, Lanna, can you come in here?" Lexi opened the door a crack and Lanna ran in without hesitation.
"Can you help me? This thing has a real corset, and I can't exactly do that by myself."
After Lanna had tied the dress extremely tight, she stood back and admired the dress.
"Oh, you look lovely!" Lexi twirled around in front of the full length mirror and nodded.
"Ok, now take it off. You can't let him see you in it till that night!"
Lexi sighed. "Oh alright."
(a/n: wow, that part sucked…..really bad…..sorry bout that…)
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"So, do you want blue carnations, or pink?" Hermione asked frantically. She and Ginny were trying to plan the baby shower, only to find out that Ginny couldn't make a decision for her life.
"I don't even know why you're asking me! Shouldn't this be a surprise shower?" Ginny asked, stomping her foot on the floor. Hermione was about to pop from frustration.
"Yes, it SHOULD be, but you said you wanted to help plan it!" Hermione cried, flipping through books upon books of flowers and decorations.
"Oh…right" Ginny groaned. She plopped down in a chair and made a growling noise in her throat.
"I don't even know if I'm having a boy or a girl yet, so how am I supposed to pick out anything?" Ginny exclaimed, tossing another book to the side.
"I hate this!" She yelled. Hermione rolled her eyes as she pulled her frizzy brown hair into a ponytail.
"I understand your pregnant and have mood swings, just try not to take it out on me please?"
"Sorry" She mumbled.
"Now, your mother will be here any minute, so ill quick put on some tea. Will you please make a decision about something? Anything?" Hermione pleaded. Turning around to ask what kind of tea she should make, she realized Ginny was already asleep on the baby book.
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"Come on Neville! Think of the possibilities!" Ron cried, a devious smirk playing on his lips.
"I don't know, guys" Neville wrapped his arms around himself and shivered. Harry laughed patted his friend on the back.
"You mustn't be so worried! The baby will be fine!" Harry leaned back into the couch and let out a calm breath.
"I know, but what if it's a screw up in school like I was? What if it turns out to be a squib? What if it's retarded?" Neville practically screamed, his face turning red in horror.
Ron stifled a laugh. "I will say again, the baby will be fine! Now, I'll go put on a pot of tea. Harry, make sure he doesn't pass out?" Ron grinned.
"I don't think I was even this nervous when I proposed to Ginny! That was so nerve racking!" Neville moaned. Harry immediately remembered the other night at the banquet. He remembered Jacob telling him to propose to Hermione, and she and Kathryn gushing about how he did it. His stomach began to flip and twist but he quickly suppressed them.
"Sure thing" Harry reassured his friend, passing Neville a brown paper bag.
"This is going to be a long 6 months…" Harry groaned. (A/n: yes I know a pregnancy lasts 9 months, but they didn't find out till she was 4 months in)
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Lexi and Joel walked out of the store with smiles on their faces. Joel had found himself a simple black trench coat to wear over black pants and shirt.
"I can't believe their still arguing over their costumes!" Joel laughed, taking Lexi's hand in his. She beam and laughed with him.
"I know! Hopefully they'll agree on something in time for the ball." Lexi replied. She and Joel held hands and walked down the path.
Lexi saw someone waving to her in the distance and squinted her eyes to see who exactly it was.
"Lexi! Lexi!" She heard someone call. As the figure got closer she saw Sadie running towards her, dragging her boyfriend, John, behind her. Behind John was Skyler and Alannah, walking quickly to catch up with the ecstatic redhead.
"Lexi!" Sadie called again, running up to her and embracing her in a full on hug. Lexi grinned and let go of Joel's hand to hug her best friend back, but Skyler had already seen their hand together.
"Why hello! Have you all found your costumes yet?" Joel asked all the third years. Alannah lit up when she saw Joel and immediately replied to his question.
"Skyler and I have! I would tell you but then it wouldn't be a surprise! I'm assuming you two are going together, judging by the fact that you two were walking together.
Joel nodded. "Yes, we are. We just got finished with looking for our costumes actually." He told Alannah.
"Have you all seen the new racing broom, the Slingshot 5000? It's amazing! Come and see!" Some random boy who seemed to be about their age cried. Many people in the area who had heard him, including Joel, Alannah, Sadie, and John, raced over to the store window for a look-see.
Lexi and Skyler hung behind as to not get crushed by the accumulating masses.
"You know, this new broom isn't that amazing. It's almost the exact prototype of the Firebolt Extreme, only with a different shape." Skyler turned towards his best friend. Lexi nodded and leaned her head on Skyler's shoulder.
"You know, you and Alannah make a cute couple." She sighed as Skyler moved a piece of hair out of her face with a free hand.
"Thanks, I guess." He replied. A small gust of wind twirled around the street and blew Skyler's brown curly hair into his face. Lexi looked up at him as he tried to get it out of his eye by blowing air up his face, but it wasn't working.
Lexi laughed and gave him a sideways hug, her head still on his shoulder. She stood up straight as the crowd dispersed and their friends came back over to them.
"Well, we better be going. We agreed to meet Linwe and her date at the pub for lunch and a butterbeer. See you later." Sadie told everyone. She, Alannah, and John walked off towards the pub but Skyler stayed behind.
He turned towards Joel and Lexi, signaling he needed to talk to her. She looked up at Joel.
"Go into the bookshop, I'll be there in a moment." He nodded cautiously and opened the door.
Skyler made sure he was safely out of earshot and put a hand on Lexi's shoulder.
"If you don't mind, save me a dance. Preferably a slow song, due to the fact I'm not a great upbeat dancer." Skyler grinned. Lexi beamed with laughter and nodded.
"Of course I will. I'll see you later at dinner" She gave her friend a tight hug and left him standing in the street to go meet Joel in the store.
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There ya go! Again, I know it sucked but I'm tired and its 11 at night.
Next up: The Ball!
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Chapter 8: Save the Last Dance
"James, I'm sorry but I will not walk around the Great Hall in that!" Lanna exclaimed. Lanna's date, James, did not seem to be getting the hang of this.
Lexi laughed and shook her head. As planned, she and Joel met up at 11 to go costume shopping. They had decided to shop with Lanna and her date James, but James didn't seem to be grasping the whole "theme costume" idea.
Joel and Lexi walked aimlessly around the store, randomly looking at things. Once in a while they would pick up something but quickly loose interest. That was, until Joel ran over to a rack of clothes that looked kind of medieval.
"Lexi, dear, you've read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, that muggle book by Washington Irving, correct?" Joel asked quietly as he held up what seemed to be a suit of armor…made of plastic.
Lexi's eyes lit up. Her mother had multiple copies of that book and she had read it many times.
"Yes, I have. It's one of my favorites." Joel grabbed her hand and pulled her over to another costume rack. He pulled an off white gown down and held it up to Lexi with a smile. The dress had a corset type top that tied in the back and a large, fluffy bottom. It was all off-white with a single sparkling rose at the base of the top.
"How about I go to the ball as Ichabod Crane and you go as Katrina Van Tassel." Joel suggested, running his fingers through his blonde hair. Lexi tilted her head to the right and grinned.
"I would have never thought of that! Are you sure everyone will know who we are?" Joel smirked.
"Of course! Sleepy Hollow is a very well known story in the wizarding world!" Lexi nodded and took the dress from Joel's hands.
He reached forward and touched her hair gently.
"You would look absolutely beautiful in that dress." Joel whispered. Lexi closed her eyes as he leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips.
They both pulled back only to hear Lanna yelling at James.
"I don't care if you want me to go as a Playboy bunny! I'm not wearing that!" Joel laughed.
"So what do you think? Do you want to go as that?" Joel questioned. Lexi thought for a moment.
"Sure, why not. Let me try on the dress." She took it all in her arms and walked towards the dressing room.
"Lanna, James, Lexi's trying on a dress. You want to see?" Lanna squealed and dragged James over to the dressing room, her hair flying out behind her.
The three students stood directly outside the dressing room door while Lexi changed.
As Lexi changed, she could hear Lanna and James still arguing. She pulled off her shirt, and touched her lips lightly. They were still tingling from the kiss she and Joel just shared. Shaking the thought out of her head, she stepped into the gown and pulled it up with little difficulty.
"Oh, dear, Lanna, can you come in here?" Lexi opened the door a crack and Lanna ran in without hesitation.
"Can you help me? This thing has a real corset, and I can't exactly do that by myself."
After Lanna had tied the dress extremely tight, she stood back and admired the dress.
"Oh, you look lovely!" Lexi twirled around in front of the full length mirror and nodded.
"Ok, now take it off. You can't let him see you in it till that night!"
Lexi sighed. "Oh alright."
(a/n: wow, that part sucked…..really bad…..sorry bout that…)
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"So, do you want blue carnations, or pink?" Hermione asked frantically. She and Ginny were trying to plan the baby shower, only to find out that Ginny couldn't make a decision for her life.
"I don't even know why you're asking me! Shouldn't this be a surprise shower?" Ginny asked, stomping her foot on the floor. Hermione was about to pop from frustration.
"Yes, it SHOULD be, but you said you wanted to help plan it!" Hermione cried, flipping through books upon books of flowers and decorations.
"Oh…right" Ginny groaned. She plopped down in a chair and made a growling noise in her throat.
"I don't even know if I'm having a boy or a girl yet, so how am I supposed to pick out anything?" Ginny exclaimed, tossing another book to the side.
"I hate this!" She yelled. Hermione rolled her eyes as she pulled her frizzy brown hair into a ponytail.
"I understand your pregnant and have mood swings, just try not to take it out on me please?"
"Sorry" She mumbled.
"Now, your mother will be here any minute, so ill quick put on some tea. Will you please make a decision about something? Anything?" Hermione pleaded. Turning around to ask what kind of tea she should make, she realized Ginny was already asleep on the baby book.
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"Come on Neville! Think of the possibilities!" Ron cried, a devious smirk playing on his lips.
"I don't know, guys" Neville wrapped his arms around himself and shivered. Harry laughed patted his friend on the back.
"You mustn't be so worried! The baby will be fine!" Harry leaned back into the couch and let out a calm breath.
"I know, but what if it's a screw up in school like I was? What if it turns out to be a squib? What if it's retarded?" Neville practically screamed, his face turning red in horror.
Ron stifled a laugh. "I will say again, the baby will be fine! Now, I'll go put on a pot of tea. Harry, make sure he doesn't pass out?" Ron grinned.
"I don't think I was even this nervous when I proposed to Ginny! That was so nerve racking!" Neville moaned. Harry immediately remembered the other night at the banquet. He remembered Jacob telling him to propose to Hermione, and she and Kathryn gushing about how he did it. His stomach began to flip and twist but he quickly suppressed them.
"Sure thing" Harry reassured his friend, passing Neville a brown paper bag.
"This is going to be a long 6 months…" Harry groaned. (A/n: yes I know a pregnancy lasts 9 months, but they didn't find out till she was 4 months in)
$$$
Lexi and Joel walked out of the store with smiles on their faces. Joel had found himself a simple black trench coat to wear over black pants and shirt.
"I can't believe their still arguing over their costumes!" Joel laughed, taking Lexi's hand in his. She beam and laughed with him.
"I know! Hopefully they'll agree on something in time for the ball." Lexi replied. She and Joel held hands and walked down the path.
Lexi saw someone waving to her in the distance and squinted her eyes to see who exactly it was.
"Lexi! Lexi!" She heard someone call. As the figure got closer she saw Sadie running towards her, dragging her boyfriend, John, behind her. Behind John was Skyler and Alannah, walking quickly to catch up with the ecstatic redhead.
"Lexi!" Sadie called again, running up to her and embracing her in a full on hug. Lexi grinned and let go of Joel's hand to hug her best friend back, but Skyler had already seen their hand together.
"Why hello! Have you all found your costumes yet?" Joel asked all the third years. Alannah lit up when she saw Joel and immediately replied to his question.
"Skyler and I have! I would tell you but then it wouldn't be a surprise! I'm assuming you two are going together, judging by the fact that you two were walking together.
Joel nodded. "Yes, we are. We just got finished with looking for our costumes actually." He told Alannah.
"Have you all seen the new racing broom, the Slingshot 5000? It's amazing! Come and see!" Some random boy who seemed to be about their age cried. Many people in the area who had heard him, including Joel, Alannah, Sadie, and John, raced over to the store window for a look-see.
Lexi and Skyler hung behind as to not get crushed by the accumulating masses.
"You know, this new broom isn't that amazing. It's almost the exact prototype of the Firebolt Extreme, only with a different shape." Skyler turned towards his best friend. Lexi nodded and leaned her head on Skyler's shoulder.
"You know, you and Alannah make a cute couple." She sighed as Skyler moved a piece of hair out of her face with a free hand.
"Thanks, I guess." He replied. A small gust of wind twirled around the street and blew Skyler's brown curly hair into his face. Lexi looked up at him as he tried to get it out of his eye by blowing air up his face, but it wasn't working.
Lexi laughed and gave him a sideways hug, her head still on his shoulder. She stood up straight as the crowd dispersed and their friends came back over to them.
"Well, we better be going. We agreed to meet Linwe and her date at the pub for lunch and a butterbeer. See you later." Sadie told everyone. She, Alannah, and John walked off towards the pub but Skyler stayed behind.
He turned towards Joel and Lexi, signaling he needed to talk to her. She looked up at Joel.
"Go into the bookshop, I'll be there in a moment." He nodded cautiously and opened the door.
Skyler made sure he was safely out of earshot and put a hand on Lexi's shoulder.
"If you don't mind, save me a dance. Preferably a slow song, due to the fact I'm not a great upbeat dancer." Skyler grinned. Lexi beamed with laughter and nodded.
"Of course I will. I'll see you later at dinner" She gave her friend a tight hug and left him standing in the street to go meet Joel in the store.
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There ya go! Again, I know it sucked but I'm tired and its 11 at night.
Next up: The Ball!
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