Disclaimer: I own Ainsley and Jada, the rest are still JK Rowling's.
I looked at Ron strangely and turned my head back around when Cedric kissed my cheek.
"You look absolutely stunning." He grinned.
"You are quite the handsome devil yourself!" I hugged him. "Cho you look so beautiful!" I squealed.
"Thank you." She said quietly. "You look wonderful too."
"Doesn't Ron look very handsome tonight?" I said. He was looking at the floor, but lifted his head at my remark. "I'll be the envy of all the girls here tonight. They'll all want to dance with Ron." I watched his ears burn red.
"Attention, Attention. All champions and their dance partners come here please." Professor MacGonagall shouted over the crowd.
"That's us." Cedric said and kissed my cheek again before him and Cho walked over to the professor.
"Are you okay Ron?" I asked.
"Uh..Yeah. I'm fine."
I furrowed my brow. Somehow I didn't believe him, but I wasn't going to press the issue. The rest of the crowd congregated around the four champions and their dates. Cedric with Cho, Viktor with Hermione, Fleur with Roger Davies, and Harry with Parvati. I winked at Harry as they walked into the Great Hall. The rest of the crowd followed and took their seats. Ron and I sat down at a table with Fred, George, Angelina, and Katie.
"Look at who the band is!!" Angelina said excitedly. I looked at the stage.
"OH MAN! THE WEIRD SISTERS!" I squealed. They started to play. I watched as the champions began to dance with their partners. Harry looked so awkward. I couldn't help but smile. Then Dumbledore and Professor MacGonagall got up from their seats and joined the champions on the dance floor. This was the cue for the rest of the students to dance. "Come on Ron!" I grabbed his hand and forced him out of his seat.
"I...I don't dance!" He said as I ran onto the dance floor.
"Oh come on! Please?" I gave him a pout.
His ears turned red again. "Okay. Fine."
"Yay! Thank you!" I shouted as the music switched from slow to fast. I started to dance, and Ron just stood there with his hands in his pockets. I grabbed his wrists and pulled them out of his pockets. "Loosen up!" We started to twirl around, dancing to the music. Two songs later Fred and Angelina danced over to us. Ron and Fred decided that was the best opportunity to sit down, leaving Angelina and myself to dance to our hearts' content. Suddenly I felt a pair of arms wrap around my shoulders from behind. I quickly turned around to face Cedric.
"Can I steal you now?" he asked. I looked at Angelina.
"I need to sit down." She panted as she fanned herself. She went to sit down with Fred and Ron. Cedric held out his hand, and I took it in mine. He led me towards another part of the dance floor, near the stage. We danced, slowly to the music. I rested my forehead on his chest, and I felt him kiss the top of my head. When the song ended, we broke apart and applauded the Weird Sisters with the rest of the crowd.
"Thank you so much! This one is called 'Not Like The Rest of Them'." They said.
"MY FAVORITE!!" I squealed and grabbed Cedric's hands. He began to twirl me all around the dance floor, occasionally dipping me. I was laughing and having fun. When he lifted me back up after the fifth dip, I spotted Harry. He was dancing with Cho.
"Did you tell her to dance with him? Cause I didn't breathe a word to her." I asked Cedric.
"No I didn't." His eyes widened, mine did too.
"This is turning out to be the best night ever."
"It sure is!" He was grinning ear to ear. The song ended.
"Okay guys, we've only got two more songs for you."
I looked at Ron sitting alone at the table. "Last dance is for my date. Okay?" I said to Cedric.
"Okay." He said solemnly. We danced the next song. When it ended, I kissed him gently and walked over towards Ron, sitting down when I got there.
"Hey!" I said.
"Hey." He answered back.
"Wanna dance the last dance with me?"
"Sure." We stood up and walked over onto the dance floor with the rest of the pairs dancing. Last dance is always a slow one. His hands found their way onto my hips and I put my hands around his neck.
"Thanks for dancing this last dance with me Ron."
"Welcome." Then there was silence for a little while.
"Are you having fun?" I finally asked.
"Yeah." The song ended.
"Ron, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." He started to leave.
"Ron!" I followed him out of the Great Hall. "Ron, there is something wrong. Tell me!"
"Nothing!" He continued up the stairs to the common room.
"Don't lie to me!" I said as he muttered the password and entered the common room. I went in after him. It was empty.
"I'm not lying. Nothing is wrong Ainsley!" He walked over toward the stairs to his dorm. I grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
"Ron –"I was silenced by the sudden feel of his soft lips pressing hard against my own.
I looked at Ron strangely and turned my head back around when Cedric kissed my cheek.
"You look absolutely stunning." He grinned.
"You are quite the handsome devil yourself!" I hugged him. "Cho you look so beautiful!" I squealed.
"Thank you." She said quietly. "You look wonderful too."
"Doesn't Ron look very handsome tonight?" I said. He was looking at the floor, but lifted his head at my remark. "I'll be the envy of all the girls here tonight. They'll all want to dance with Ron." I watched his ears burn red.
"Attention, Attention. All champions and their dance partners come here please." Professor MacGonagall shouted over the crowd.
"That's us." Cedric said and kissed my cheek again before him and Cho walked over to the professor.
"Are you okay Ron?" I asked.
"Uh..Yeah. I'm fine."
I furrowed my brow. Somehow I didn't believe him, but I wasn't going to press the issue. The rest of the crowd congregated around the four champions and their dates. Cedric with Cho, Viktor with Hermione, Fleur with Roger Davies, and Harry with Parvati. I winked at Harry as they walked into the Great Hall. The rest of the crowd followed and took their seats. Ron and I sat down at a table with Fred, George, Angelina, and Katie.
"Look at who the band is!!" Angelina said excitedly. I looked at the stage.
"OH MAN! THE WEIRD SISTERS!" I squealed. They started to play. I watched as the champions began to dance with their partners. Harry looked so awkward. I couldn't help but smile. Then Dumbledore and Professor MacGonagall got up from their seats and joined the champions on the dance floor. This was the cue for the rest of the students to dance. "Come on Ron!" I grabbed his hand and forced him out of his seat.
"I...I don't dance!" He said as I ran onto the dance floor.
"Oh come on! Please?" I gave him a pout.
His ears turned red again. "Okay. Fine."
"Yay! Thank you!" I shouted as the music switched from slow to fast. I started to dance, and Ron just stood there with his hands in his pockets. I grabbed his wrists and pulled them out of his pockets. "Loosen up!" We started to twirl around, dancing to the music. Two songs later Fred and Angelina danced over to us. Ron and Fred decided that was the best opportunity to sit down, leaving Angelina and myself to dance to our hearts' content. Suddenly I felt a pair of arms wrap around my shoulders from behind. I quickly turned around to face Cedric.
"Can I steal you now?" he asked. I looked at Angelina.
"I need to sit down." She panted as she fanned herself. She went to sit down with Fred and Ron. Cedric held out his hand, and I took it in mine. He led me towards another part of the dance floor, near the stage. We danced, slowly to the music. I rested my forehead on his chest, and I felt him kiss the top of my head. When the song ended, we broke apart and applauded the Weird Sisters with the rest of the crowd.
"Thank you so much! This one is called 'Not Like The Rest of Them'." They said.
"MY FAVORITE!!" I squealed and grabbed Cedric's hands. He began to twirl me all around the dance floor, occasionally dipping me. I was laughing and having fun. When he lifted me back up after the fifth dip, I spotted Harry. He was dancing with Cho.
"Did you tell her to dance with him? Cause I didn't breathe a word to her." I asked Cedric.
"No I didn't." His eyes widened, mine did too.
"This is turning out to be the best night ever."
"It sure is!" He was grinning ear to ear. The song ended.
"Okay guys, we've only got two more songs for you."
I looked at Ron sitting alone at the table. "Last dance is for my date. Okay?" I said to Cedric.
"Okay." He said solemnly. We danced the next song. When it ended, I kissed him gently and walked over towards Ron, sitting down when I got there.
"Hey!" I said.
"Hey." He answered back.
"Wanna dance the last dance with me?"
"Sure." We stood up and walked over onto the dance floor with the rest of the pairs dancing. Last dance is always a slow one. His hands found their way onto my hips and I put my hands around his neck.
"Thanks for dancing this last dance with me Ron."
"Welcome." Then there was silence for a little while.
"Are you having fun?" I finally asked.
"Yeah." The song ended.
"Ron, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." He started to leave.
"Ron!" I followed him out of the Great Hall. "Ron, there is something wrong. Tell me!"
"Nothing!" He continued up the stairs to the common room.
"Don't lie to me!" I said as he muttered the password and entered the common room. I went in after him. It was empty.
"I'm not lying. Nothing is wrong Ainsley!" He walked over toward the stairs to his dorm. I grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
"Ron –"I was silenced by the sudden feel of his soft lips pressing hard against my own.