Chapter Seven – Dance-Off
A/N: I really have no Authors Note thingo to brag about and ramble on in the beginning of this chapter, I hope you DO read these since some of them might be important, this one sort of is, This is one of my favorite chapters to write (The other was the ice-cream ritual) If you read this you are a god/goddess! LMAO, If you like this story gimme some feedback, show that you care. Also, I might think about writing a Marauder fic in the marauder times, so if you want to be in that, just gimme a review cause I hardly check my email.
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Either change of POV or skipping ahead of time Flashbacks will be specially marked.
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Anna looked at her image in front of her, she had borrowed a hot pink bag from Hermione and put in various make-up kits as her friend had instructed. She looked so different, and she didn't feel herself. But Hermione and Ginny said she was to enjoy herself so that was what she was going to do.
Hermione and Ginny looked incredibly pretty, Hermione had a denim mini-skirt on, blue eyeshadow on, her brown hair straightened and tied into a knot on the back of her head and a top which was rainbow and said 'Colour.' In bold black letters, it matched her toe socks and over her socks she had black sandals on. Her make-up consisted of both the colours blue and pink, pink blush, pink lipstick and blue eyeshadow.
Ginny had on a pair of three quarter pants on, they were black, she had a dark yellow and black t-shirt on with a cartoon cat coloured in a deep orange, the orange of the cat matched her orange visor and her sneakers, the visor was turned to the side and she wore on her arm, a black bag which had orange studs on the cover. Her make-up was quite different to both Anna and Hermione's, she wore simple orange eyeshadow, made up of red and yellow eyeshadow, she wore no blush but her lips supported a sickly yellow coloured lipstick, other than that one small fault she looked stunning, her now long auburn hair was pushed up into a ponytail, she looked like a street punk, finally, they were all ready.
Ginny and Anna had to both borrow off Hermione who had many clothes that only them three knew about, Anna cringed as Hermione put makeup on her, her version was similar to Hermione's, pink blush, red lipstick, a dark pink eyeshadow and a lighter tone above eyeshadow, just stopping a millimeter or two away from her eyebrow.
Once they were all ready, the three walked into the kitchen of the house, where various people from the order were talking, it wasn't a meeting because Albus Dumbledore wasn't there, the only people she didn't know was a greasy haired man with a pale face, a man with a freaky rotating eye, which made Anna recoil and a girl that looked young and spunky with bubblegum pink hair. Anna felt sick even looking at the ice-cream that the boys were eating (Harry and Ron), Ginny and Hermione saw her disgust and giggled, no one had noticed they were there until they had giggled, they all were in the room, looking positively gorgeous, all eyes were on them and all the male population in the room stared longingly with mouths open wide.
It was a second of looking between them before they all started to drift from small giggling to hysterical laughter. Cracking up they all laughted until they cried, it was such a funny sight, Hermione and Ginny then looked at Anna. She was the one that looked the most outrageous of them all, far out gorgeous.
Ginny whispered, "Watch." She walked over to Harry and smiled, then sat next to him with her yellow lips and spunky sexy look, then wrapped an arm around over him and whispered. "Miss me?" Ron was shooting daggers at Harry and Harry was just plain confused. Anna and Hermione were cracking up in giggles again, everyone was staring at Harry.
Hermione stepped forward, "Ginny, you better stop flirting for two reasons, one, Ron is about to kill Harry so Voldemort doesn't have to," People cringed at Voldemorts name especially Ron, "Fear of the name only increases fear of the thing itself Ron," She added with a smile, "And also, we will be late."
"Where are you going?" The lady with bubblegum pink hair asked, to Anna she was young, very young only about twenty, Hermione answered her.
"The Disco Dance-off." She replied with a look that explained her tone, 'in-a-matter-of-fact.'
"Ooh! Could I come!" the woman asked, Hermione and Ginny grinned, then nodded, they turned to Anna.
"Anna Banana is that ok with you?" Ginny asked, Anna smiled and nodded as well. "Maybe we should go in a group, Harry Ron, want to come?" The boys looked at each other then at the girls who were all excited.
"Sure," They both said in union, Remus then stood, everyone looked at him in question.
"Remus will go with us as well," Tonks said, Ginny and Hermione looked at Anna, she shrugged, then Tonks said quickly, "For Protection." They all nodded and got ready.
The Disco dance-off was a tall, pinky purple coloured building, there was a huge line of people waiting to get in. Remus an Tonks groaned and Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Honestly," She said to the two older people, "We're supposed to be the one's groaning not you!" Ginny grinned sheepishly and the three girls walked up to the man letting people into the Dance-off. Hermione let go of Anna and Ginny's arms and then walked up to the man.
The large man took one look at the girls before going back to letting two people in, then his gaze flew back at Hermione with emotion, "Hermione Granger!" He said in a light voice, to Anna and Ginny's surprise, he opened up the doors too the three girls and then pointed to Remus and Tonks with Ron and Harry who had just gotten out of Tonks's Alfa Romeo(sp? I'm not good with car names), "They with you?" The three nodded, Anna beckoned them to come and they walked in, receiving groans and shocking shouts from the people who had to wait in the line.
As the disco lights hit Anna's face, she smiled and linked arms with her two friends, and walked through the crowd of people and into the middle of the dance floor. Remus escaped to a chair and watched Anna in a protective fatherly way.
"Oh Remus, Stop worrying," Tonks said as they watched Hermione and Ginny teach Anna how to dance. "Everyone knows Ron likes Hermione and Harry's with Ginny." Remus seemed relieved. "You know, stop being so protective of that girl, she's having fun for once."
"She has fun with me as well!" Remus said shocked as Tonks was when he said this, she sighed and smiled before joining the group on the dance floor. She left Remus to think, to think about Anna growing up. He watched Tonks's back as she approached them with her new acquired party clothes and wondered what Anna was thinking.
Meanwhile, Anna was learning how to properly dance, in different ways, she looked at Remus and their eyes locked as Tonks was talking to him. She felt a jealously arise for some reason, but regained herself, it is only a stupid silly girl crush he doesn't feel the same about you so drop it.
At that moment, she thought, as Tonks came and joined them, What was Remus thinking?
Ten minutes later, Anna knew how to dance properly, it was fun to dance, Hermione then whispered to Ron and then to Anna. "Anna Banana, I'll let you dance with Ron while I ask someone something." She nodded and Hermione left.
Ron held her waist from behind, and grinned at her, Anna grinned back, then their moves matched the rhythm, Anna swayed her hips as best as she could get, Ron copied her moves and Ginny with Harry looked at them, amazed.
"Anna, you are a really good dancer." Ginny said, watching her raven haired friend dance with Hermione's boyfriend, Anna however, was watching as Hermione stood up from talking to Remus, and flabbergasted, she watched as Remus followed… Oh no… She thought as she looked at his frowning face, he was going to tell her not to dance with Ron anymore, she grew stressed and troubled and stopped dancing, Ron nodded to her and frowned, she frowned back and then he let go of her.
As Remus tailed after Hermione, Ron told Anna he liked the way she swayed, she flushed red as she looked at the people dancing, so many people she didn't know.
Hermione came up to her as Tonks decided to dance with Ron, for some reason, Tonks wasn't much taller than Ron, only by two inches or so. Hermione laughted at the two and then giggled harder as Remus approached, as he grew closer to Anna, a brown-blonde haired boy around sixteen that Anna didn't know came up to her, he had gorgeous blue eyes that could melt anyone's defenses straight away. "Hey babe, Want to dance?" She looked at Hermione in alarm, and Hermione just nodded and smiled.
Remus didn't look amused as Anna replied in a shaky voice, "Uhm…sure," she said with a small smile of her own. The music changed from a rock song to a pop one, Anna liked the sound of it straight away. The DJ suddenly spoke, "Hey Ladies and Gents, here is a request from Hermione Granger, it's a Kylie Minogue song called…. Love at first sight. So start your dancing peeps!" The song repeated at the start because the DJ's announcement was quite loud.
Ginny and Hermione watched as Anna and the boy started to dance, everything started to fade except for him and her and the music of course, Anna didn't notice Remus's death stare, neither did the boy.
Thought that I was going crazy
After one I was dazey,
Didn't know what to do,
Then there was youHe pulled her into new moves and she followed, slowly but carefully, the rhythm increased and they moved faster. Anna locked eyes with him as they moved into a waltzing sort of move, they did no rude dancing but only ones which involved direct eye contact and concentration, Anna had taken off her shoes before and only came up to the boy's eyes, perfect height, she thought, though she did wonder why he liked her out of all girls.
And Everything went from wrong to right,
And the stars came out and filled up the sky,
The music you were playin really blew my mind,
It was love, At first sightRemus was feeling quite alone, his feelings getting in his way, his jealousy as he watched Anna dance formally with the boy, she looked happy in her spunky teenage clothes, her hair curled and her eyes directly on the boy. He had never heard the song but it sounded like Hermione knew he was jealous and made it even worse for him by putting on a song that said 'Love at first sight.' He remembered how he had felt for Anna when she had kissed him. There, he thought, as if saying it to the boy, she kissed me, not you.
Cause baby when I heard you,
For the first time, I knew,
We were meant to be as one
He realized that what he had just thought was very childish of him, and that he would never speak that. However, Hermione knew every thought that was going through his mind, because on numerous accounts, not this one though, she had glared daggers to the girls that dated Ron. Now, knowing Ron was her's, she was fine watching him dance with Tonks, but she was disappointed at Anna, because she had requested this song to get Remus and Anna to dance together, though, she did agree with Anna's taste, the boy she was with was positively gorgeous. In the back the song went on.
Was tired of running out of love,
Thinking about giving up, yeah,
Didn't know what to do ooh,
Then there was you
Anna felt as if she were in heaven, Dancing with this boy, she was lost in his eyes, he smiled down at her as the beat picked up again and spun her around with only one hand, she enjoyed every moment of this journey and decided that this song, love at first sight, was a really good omen.
And Everything went from wrong to right,
And the stars came out and filled up the sky, aaah, aaah
The music you were playin really blew my mind,
It was love, At first sight
He changed positions, He spun her again and bought her in like a chick magnet, some people had even stopped dancing to watch them, but not very many. Anna had totally forgotten about her feelings for Remus at that time, and only put her mind on dancing.
Cause baby when I heard you,
For the first time, I knew,
We were meant to be as one
(To be as one)
He moved back to waltzing, however, this time, his hands moved slowly south, and he put his hands on her hips, Anna was fine with it, they kept moving.
Cause baby when I heard you,
For the first time, I knew,
We were meant to be as one
They moved again and both spun together, she watched him smile, she loved his smile as they continued, so cheery towards her, she loved everything about him he seemed very nice, but she hoped that it wasn't a dare from his mates, what if he had none? Would Ginny and Hermione let him hang around them whilst they stayed there? She knew he was a muggle and knew nothing of magic, none of these people did. Then he spoke to her whilst they danced, "So who are you? What's your name? Where do you live?"
"I'm a human being, My name is Anna Michelle, and I can't tell you where I live because I don't even know you very well." She said without hesitation, as much as she liked the guy she was protective of the wizarding laws which Hermione had told her all about since she was going to Hogwarts. "What about you?"
And Everything went from wrong to right,
And the stars came out and filled up the sky, (Up the sky)
The music you were playin really blew my mind,
It was love (love), At first sight
Remus watched the boy closely, he had a small smile, but Remus watched the boys hands, he was moving them down… to her hips, Anna didn't hesitate to his surprise since he was pretty sure that she didn't like being touched, he was wrong. He heard the boy ask her questions but Remus didn't interfere, he didn't want his Anna to think poorly of him… wait? HIS Anna, Remus shook his head mentally, she wasn't his, in fact, she could do whatever she wanted.
"So who are you? What's your name? Where do you live?"
He heard Anna's reply, "I'm a human being, My name is Anna Michelle, and I can't tell you where I live because I don't even know you very well." He almost laughted as he looked at Hermione beside him, they were both leaning on the platform which lead to the stage, Anna and the mystery boy were right at the front of the dance floor so they could hear the music better, or that was Ginny's excuse.
Love, At first sight
Love, At first sight
Love, Ooh it was love, it was love, at first sight
The music was coming to an end, Anna didn't want it to end! She wanted to stay in this perfect moment forever.
Cause baby when I heard you,
For the first time, I knew,
We were meant to be as one
(To be as one)
They spun for one last time as the DJ kept the song rolling until the end, people were lining up for requests but Anna didn't notice this, she was still in heaven.
Cause baby when I heard you,
For the first time, I knew,
We were meant to be as one
She heard the boy reply though, "I am a human being as well, Since you didn't answer where you lived, I won't either but my name is Thomas Irvine, but you can call me Tom." he said in his manly voice, his eyes twinkled with excitement as she song started to end.
It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love…The song fully faded and they broke apart, but not before he kissed her on the forehead, "Your one in a million, Anna Michelle, you dance like a, like a princess," he said pointing down to her shirt, Anna laughed, "Your laugh is beautiful also, I usually don't do this but," he took out a piece of paper, "Ring me if you want to meet again." Anna flushed as he wrote down his phone number. She took it and smiled up at him. He looked into her eyes, deep blue met forest green and he squeezed her hand before leaving.
Ginny and Hermione grinned at her as she turned to them, "What?" Anna asked as she looked at them in surprise, they both raised one eyebrow and looked directly over Anna's shoulder.
Anna turned to bump straight into Remus. She flushed even redder than she did with Thomas Irvine. She looked up into his warm eyes and smiled. "Wanna dance?" She asked him politely, To Ginny's and Hermione's surprise, who thought that Remus would tell her not to see 'that guy' anymore, he smiled and lead her to the dance floor where another dance/pop song was sounding. Tonks had finished dancing with Ron long ago and Ginny had stopped to watch Anna dance.
He spun her around with a smile and Anna felt free, they were dancing as if father and daughter, not as Hermione had implied, Anna wanted him to know that no matter how many boys tried to get into her life, he always had a special place in her heart. But Remus already knew this, because he could understand it through her moves and in her eyes.
After a while, it was finally time to leave, they had danced many dances after Tom Irvine and Anna had, and all was as fun as hell. Remus was in a better mood and they promised the girls that they would all go muggle shopping tomorrow, for more fun, but the real reason was because Anna definitely needed more clothes, more clothes of her own.
Everyone was talking on the drive back to number twelve Grimmauld place, they were all in Tonks's car, Hermione was sitting on Ron's lap and Ginny was on Harry's as Anna fell asleep in Remus's arms as they pulled up to Grimmauld place, he carried her inside and placed her in the spare room, Hermione informed him that she had wanted to sleep with them that night, but he told her that tomorrow night she could. Hermione left with no objections, but wondered why Remus hadn't given Anna to her. But he had his reasons she decided, and walked into the bedroom and started to talk to Ginny.
Remus took off Anna's top and skirt, he let her hair down and her platforms which she had put back on before they left, and replaced the clothes he had taken off with a pink nightgown Hermione had lent her until the next day, where she could buy her own clothes.
He walked over to the light, switched it off, laid next to Anna and fell straight asleep.
A/N: Alas, that chapter is finished, don't threat people, Remus was only being a fatherly figure towards Anna when he replaced her clothes in the night, I am not implying anything other that a normal two people sleep, no funny stuff at all. He loves Anna and she loves him. I repeat, I don't think I will put them two together, now that I introduced Tom Irvine, so tell me… did you like it? Lol. FOUR PAGES! C'ya.
Oh, and Charity, I have already covered the fact that i will thank everyone in the last chapter... which will be really long. Cough. Cough. But i can't make any promises that i'll finish this... sorry... that WE will finish this (We being me and Charity.) Yeah...
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