THE WINTER DANCE
------Artimis------
Down in the Great Hall, people were socializing, dancing, kissing behind the teacher's backs, flirting, and just being teens. The were all in fine prom-ish ball-ish clothing, girls in beautiful dresses and boys in tuxes of all shorts of colors. Floating down from the ceiling, virtually coming out of nowhere, were sweet, white snowflakes. The floor was coated with a sugar-white sprinkling of special snow, which you cannot slip on. There were tables, near the walls so there would be a make-shift dance floor, filled with all types of magical, delicious food. Instead of a punch bowl, there was a big pumpkin juice bowl shaped like a smiling snow man.
The teachers were sitting in their regular places. Dumbledore, in the middle, was happily eating pumpkin pie. There was not going to be any interference unless earnestly needed to from the teachers, and he was going to enjoy it!
Annabella, her hair up in a pretty, modern messy bun, wore a beautiful pink dress that had sleeves that fell down, revealing her shoulders. Raielle, her hair down and dress longer and darker than Annabella's, walked in after her. Between them was Cameron, wearing a carefully-concealed bra. His tuxedo consisted of a too-tight pinstripe tux and a pink-ish white shirt under it. Arty was tagging alone, playing with his hair. He, too, wore a pinstripe suit, but it looked better on him. It was a black wool single-breasted Newport suit with pinstripes and a crimson pleated French-cuff shirt. He didn't feel like putting on a tie. He didn't close the tux's buttons, and his crimson shirt underneath had one button open. But he looked awesome! And so laid back.
"Where's Sky?" Artimis asked Raielle, who shrugged and went to find her date. He turned to Annabella and asked the same question. She answered, "Sky said to tell you! Omigod sorry I forgot. She'll be a little late, and she said to give you this," Annabella giggled and kissed him on the cheek, then walked away to find HER date. Arty chuckled, and Cam grinned and left to find...Yes..HIS man.
Arty sighed, walking over and getting himself a goblet of pumpkin juice. He started sipping, just as someone stepped in front of him. He started choking on the juice! It was Sky...And...Wow, he thought.
Sky's normally straight raven hair was in tight, big curls. Her color contacts were gone and her ever-changing hue of blue was back. Her eyes were covered with mascara and eyeliner which strengthened the mesmerizing blue, and her moon-white skin made her full, pink lips look more graceful and elegant. The top of her dress was a sky-blue-white-silver coloring, light and radiant, tight against her skin and sleeveless. The bottom of her dress was the same exciting color, but poofed out about her and reached her feet. Around her feet were metallic white wraparound heels. Under her eyes was a little white and blue eye shadow, and above her lid was a lot more. In both places were silver sparkles, too. Her hair had tiny white snowflakes in it, sparkles ran up her hair line, and her white arms were covered with silver sparkles. Her elegant fingers had the darkest skin of all part of her for some reason (as they always did) and her nails were white with a silver and blue snowflake on each thumb and middle finger.
"Wow," he said, out loud this time. He was happy to see Sky was attracted to him as much as he was to her, by the way she was looking at him. He grinned, seeing the mental glow of her face -- confidence -- in Sky's face made his heart leap a beat.
-------Sky--------
Artimis and her had been dancing for hours. Sky was breathless as she directed Arty very firmly to take her to a table. Her feet hurt, she had whined, and in reply Arty had grinned and picked her up like a baby. The bastard! In front of all those people. Seriously. Artimis cracked her up!
"I had soooo much fun," Skysong said, smiling at him. He smiled back, "Yay!" was all he said, and without a word rushed off to get them pumpkin juice.
Jeniffer came up to her the second Artimis was gone. She took his sheet, and looked at Sky with a pout.
"How come you get Artimis and I get Ron?" she asked, making a pained sound as Ron Weasley waved at her from the table he was sitting at with Harry and Hermione, who both looked annoyed for some reason. She meekly waved back at him and Hermione snorted as his face became pink.
Jeniffer rolled her eyes as she turned back to Sky.
"Hunky-" her eyes darted to Artimis (which Sky raised an eyebrow at), "Or- eh," she looked at Ron.
"Chunky?" Sky offered, shrugging. It rhymed!
Jeniffer giggled, "So, anyway, how's the- uh- eating thing going on?"
Sky looked down. She's had an eating disorder for a while now, and had gone to a muggle doctor over the summer who dealt with teen image depression. He told her she was beautiful, healthy, and had nothing to worry about. She didn't think she did, but the entire summer she had felt lonely and sick, and didn't want to eat.
"I'm back to a healthy weight," she said, twisting so that Jeniffer would see her refined spoken-of curves. Jeniffer grinned her approval, "And Dr. Stine said if I go back to depression he'd have to spank me," she thought about it, "Which wouldn't be so bad, seeing how very agreeable he looks," Jeniffer giggled, shaking her head and walking away with a 'Have fun!'.
Skysong giggled merrily and saw Artimis coming back with two goblets in his hands. She smiled teasingly at him and took the goblet he offered, sipping slightly.
"Are you tired?" he asked, taking a gulp of his juice.
"Too tired for dancing," she said, raising an eyebrow. Artimis just smirked, looking to the teacher's table. They seemed to look tired, but Dumbledore was still feasting, making jokes and laughing.
"C'mon, let's go for some air," Artimis offered, standing up and holding out his hand for Sky. Sky smirked, taking it and picking up the skirts of her dress to stand up.
They walked in comfortable silence until they got outside. The grounds of Hogwarts, from the trees to the buildings to Hagrid's house to the bushes, was caked in a thick layer of snow. Artimis thought Sky looked even more beautiful and belonging outside her, and when real snowflakes fell into her hair.
For a while they walked without talking, then Artimis wrapped his hands around her and she looked up at him and smiled.
"Sky...?" Artimis started, blushing slightly, or..maybe it was the flustering cold?
"Yeah?" Skysong said, but laughed, not giving him a chance to answer as she squatted behind a bush, Artimis falling next to her. She fluffed her skirts around her, and put her long finger in front of her mouth, signaling silence from Artimis.
"Hermione, I...like you AND Jeniffer," a familiar voice was saying. But, of course, it was Ron.
"You can't have us both! Harry only asked me out 'cause he saw how pissed off I was that you were going with Jeniffer!" She fumed, and Skysong and ARtimis barely saw her stomping away, leaving a forlorn-looking Ron behind.
Sky shrugged to Arty, who held a hand up to her. Ron was muttering curses and retreating.
"Hmm," Sky murmured, sitting down and putting her skirts in front of her, "Poor Ro-"
She hadn't finished the sentence, before Artimis had her in his arms again, but this time cradling her lips in his as well. They stayed like that for a long time, kissing passionately.
"Now," said Artimis, pulling away," Don't ever cut me off! OR I might have to punish you like that again!"
Sky giggled, "I think I like this kind of punishment," she muttered, opening her eyes, her eyelashes on Arty's cheek.
"Sky?"
"Yes?"
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
"Yes."
A/N: I lied. I decided it will have NOTHING to do with the wizarding world. XD YAY! But there IS a plot! And it's cool!
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