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The Story of A Ball

Chapter Six: Of Heart Attacks

"What do you think of this one?" Lark said for what seemed like the millionth time to Daja. The dress she was holding up was light lavender with a trail of sparkling gems around the bottom. The sleeves were made to hang off the shoulders of the person who wore and, which Daja hoped wouldn't be her. She just snorted in response to Lark's question.

"What's wrong with it?"

"Do we really have to go through this again? I'm tired of pointing out the faults in every single dress you've shown me so far!"

"Well if I don't know what wrong with this one then how will I sure not to pick a dress that has the same problem?" Lark said while tiredly replacing the dress on its rack.

"Well you don't seem to be having much luck picking out dresses I like so far, so why don't you just stop trying all together?! I'll just find a dress myself okay? You and Rosethorn can go home, and when I buy the dress I'll come back and show it to you. Okay?"

"Alright…" Lark sighed finally defeated. Rosethorn was quite relieved and would have gone home long before if it hadn't been for Lark's persistence that she stay, 'We need to help Daja get ready for her first Ball! It's an important event you know; we need to be a part of it!'

As Lark and Rosethorn headed for home Daja looked after them with a triumphant smile spreading across her face. Now she could finally look for a dress in peace without Lark suggesting the most hideous dresses available. Daja shuddered just thinking about some of Lark's previous suggestions.

"It's perfect!" exclaimed Daja. "I'll take it." Exiting the shop after paying for her dress, Daja took it out to admire it in the sunlight. The midnight blue material shimmered in the light, the sequence on the bodice reflecting the sun with a mystifying affect. The sleeves flowed gracefully down her arms when worn, the bottoms of the sleeves billowing out to below her waist. The top of the dress fitted perfectly to her form, tapering at her waist and the skirt flowing out all around, which looked magnificent while spinning.

She sighed happily, content with her marvelous find. As she was putting her dress back in its bag she almost dropped it due to the fact that someone had surprised her by tapping her on the shoulder from behind. She turned around with a glower on her face, all set to tell the person who had almost made her drop her precious dress on the ground but stopped mid-rant when she saw it was Kirel.

"You really do have to stop sneaking up on me like that," Daja teased. "You're going to give me a heart attack!"

"Well wouldn't that be a shame." Kirel said with a mischievous grin on his face. "I would much rather give you a heart attack doing this." And with that he swept her up into a breathtaking kiss.

'That's not fair,' Daja thought, 'He'll get away with everything if he keeps on doing that.'

A/N: K in my opinion…I think Daja is a bit out of character in this chapter, a bit too girly…but whatever. Anyway I would just like to make ANOTHER general announcement that in this story Kirel and Daja are supposedly the same age due to the fact that when I read the book I didn't pay attention to Tamora's description and believed them to be…ah how my imagination gets away with me………onto the REVIEW THANKS!

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