Love's Talent
Chapter 7: Contestant Lessons
LunarianPrincess
A talent contest and performing class brings new alliances and blooming romance, but is a sinister force trying to prevent it from being successful?
Pairings: GW/DM; KS/DS; some HP/LL and HG/RW
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter Universe/Characters, I do own Darien Solaro and Kassara Saravati. This is in Ginny's sixth year and some of the characters might seem OOC, but bear with me. Feedback is appreciated, but please try to keep criticism constructive, Thanx in advance
Warning- this is a long chapter, I hope you like it though. Please tell me if you think it is stupid or alright. I've never written about flying or that so it may sound stupid, just to warn you.
Second Disclaimer: the song After I Fall is by LeeAnn Womack and is owned by whoever represents her and Moulin Rouge is owned by whoever owns it. Don't sue me, my dad is a lawyer but he's also an idiot. J/K
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Last Chapter-------
"Wow, what are the odds that they both knew about the band," Ginny asked softly, she was a little suspicious, almost nobody at school had ever heard of the band.
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Ginny sat down at dinner, pushing her disheveled hair over her shoulder. She grabbed her goblet and took a deep drink of the pumpkin juice. Kasi was rambling about Dare but Ginny wasn't really listening. She was glad she had finished all her homework. She only had a small parchment due for Charms, on the spells for collecting things.
When dinner was finished she went to her room with Kasi. She sat on the window seat and raced through her parchment, finishing it only twenty minutes. She looked at her watch 7:30, she had an hour before meeting Draco. She stood up and put her school things away.
"Hey, I'm going to go take a bath," she told Kasi, kneeling before her trunk.
"Where?" Kasi asked. Ginny looked up from the floor, where her bath stuff was.
"Well, when Ron threw away his prefect password he forgot to erase the word, so I can get in," Ginny explained. "I'm going to meet Malfoy after so don't wait up for me,"
"K, but I want to learn how to tango from you," Kasi told her as she strode out of the room.
Ginny walked up to the prefect's bathroom, she looked around before making sure that no one was coming. She pulled out the parchment and whispered "Maretis" the door swung slowly open. She had over heard from Hermione that if someone was in there they were supposed to put the sign up, so other prefects didn't walk in on them, remembering that she quickly flipped the sign. She dropped her things on the couch near the door and looked around. She had heard that the bathroom was luxurious but that was a gross understatement. There was a row of couches along the far wall, in each houses colors and comfortably overstuffed. In the middle was the bath, though it was more of an indoor pool. The ring of faucets that rimmed the tub were labeled with the scent or type of thing you would need. And against the wall was a walled in area that on further inspection housed showers. There were all different types of shower heads, a waterfall one, one that had a line of them down the wall to mid-leg, and a regular angled shower head.
She dropped her bathing things on the scarlet couch and sat on the gold ottoman that was in front of it. She reached down and pulled off her tennis shoes. She pulled off her socks before walking over to the tub. She made a circuit around the tub before deciding what scent she wanted. She knelt before the raspberry fount and pulled it open, and then she leaned over and let hot water fill the tub, next she let the bubbles in. She walked back to the couch, unbuttoning her shirt lazily. She pulled it off and let it drape over the back of couch. She then pulled her jeans off, by then the room was filled with the scent of raspberry and a warm mist that clung to her. She stripped the remaining garments off and knelt by the tub. She reached over and turned off all the faucets before sitting on the edge and lowering herself into the tub. She was up to her waist when she remembered to take her hair down. She reached back and pulled her gold scrunci out of her hair, causing the auburn mass to cascade down her back. Taking a breath she dropped into the fragrant bubbles. She washed and soaked for a while before pulling herself out and letting the water drain out.
She grabbed a fluffy towel that lay in a stack next to the couch. She dried herself off before wrapping the towel around her and sitting on the ottoman again. She grabbed a comb from among her things and quickly combed through the auburn curls. She left her hair down to dry and grabbed her clothes, she quickly dressed. Reaching into her bag she pulled a small black satin ribbon out, she quickly tied it into a headband to tie her curls back. She grabbed her things and opened the door hesitantly, seeing no one she walked a couple of doors over and quickly slipped inside.
She lit a couple of candle so she could see what she was doing. She set her things on the low bookshelf and pulled out a small boom box. Placing it on the edge of the shelf she sat in the middle of the room. She lay back and stared at the ceiling, identifying the constellations and recalling their stories. She lifted her wrist and glanced at her watch, it was 8:32. She frowned, she hoped Malfoy hadn't been joking with her, she'd hate to get caught out after curfew, especially since she wasn't a prefect. She quickly got bored so she decided to practice before going back to the tower. She thought about the songs she knew, surprisingly most of them were by Muggle artists, especially since Kasi had arrived from America.
She thought about the country singer Kasi liked, LeeAnn Womack. Ginny's favorite song of hers was After I Fall. She took a breath and started singing.
On the edge looking over
All I see is a four leaf clover
May be a sign of tings to come
Should I jump or should I run
After I fall where do I stand
After my heart is in your hands
And you've got it all
After I fall where do I stand
After I've loved you all I can
Will I stand tall
After I fall
It's as clear as a blue sky
I don't fear you telling me a lie
So I'll become your only dancer
And let the sunrise bring the answer
After I fall where do I stand
After my heart is in your hands
And you've got it all
After I fall where do I stand
After I've loved you all I can
Will I stand tall
After I fall
You're a move I want to make
You're a chance I'm gonna take
You're every dream rolled up in one
After I fall where do I stand
After I've loved you all I can
Will I stand tall
After I fall
After I fall
After I fall
She stopped and sat up, intent on going back to the tower. As she turned around she saw a figure near the door. She nearly shrieked because it had surprised her, but she knew that figure.
"How long have you been standing there?" she questioned warily.
"Long enough," he replied, his eyes glinting mysteriously. "Are you ready to begin?" he asked sweeping towards her. In the glinting candlelight his eyes seemed to hold their own light. She nodded and stepped towards him.
"I've never done this, the only real dancing I can do is salsa, Kasi taught me when we first met," she explained standing nervously in front of him.
"Well, first things first, I'm not going to bite you, so chill out, you're trembling," he told her, placing his palms on her shoulders. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, willing her body to relax. "Okay, so you mentioned the Moulin Rouge, did you happen to see the Muggle movie called that?" he asked softly, trying not to spook her.
"Yes, I thought it was pretty good, why?"
"Well, remember the tango sequence well we can do that,"
"Really, can we?" she asked hopefully. He chuckled at her eager expression. "Sorry, it's just I always wanted to know how to dance like that," she whispered.
"Don't be, I've just never met someone who actually wanted to learn how to do that, I had to learn because of my mum," his eyes grew sad when he mentioned her.
"I'm sorry about your mum, Malfoy," she said putting a hand on his forearm. He shook his head and went back to the topic.
"Okay first things first, the tango is a simple dance, basically the two people are having a choreographed intimidation battle, so I'll take a step forward and you step back," he took a measured step forward, she dropped her gaze to her feet and shuffled back. "No, look at me, don't look at your feet, if you do you could fall, and it has to be strong, like you want to get away from me," he said, demonstrating again. She looked up at him and took a small step back when he advanced on her. "Let's try this, be indignant, like stomp on that foot," she did so and he smiled at her. "Good, now the first four steps are me advancing on you and the second four are you advancing on me, that's the basic form of the tango, tomorrow I'll teach you the first few moves that get us to this." They did this a few times, letting her get used to the movements. He finished, stepping away from her.
"We're done already?" she questioned confusedly. "Wow, we didn't even need the music,"
"Yes, Weasley, it's already 9:07," he told her. "I know my company is so distracting but I have got to get back to the dungeons," he said mockingly. He walked towards the door but she called out.
"Wait Malfoy, Filch always patrols this hallway first he'll be out there now," she warned.
"Well, I've got an invisibility cloak and I'm head boy so it doesn't really matter, does it Weasley?"
"But, Malfoy if you go out there he'll come in here, and I don't have any of your protections, I could get expelled!" she said defiantly.
"Hmmm, get a Weasley expelled, it could be a great thing to add to my lists of accomplishments," he heard her growl and saw her jump at him. Her hands were raised and she swung at him, she hit his shoulder before he caught her hands. "Quiet!" he hissed, "Filch is coming." He reached behind him and swung something around them, Ginny felt a light weight cloak settle over them. She magically doused the candles and they stood looking at the door. The door creaked open and Mr. Filch walked in holding a small lantern. His cat Mrs. Norris, twined sinuously around his feet. He nodded and swung the door closed.
"You could have let me get caught Malfoy why didn't you?" she questioned as he lifted the cloak off of her.
"Well, I figure it would be better to get you to dance with me at Halloween, than get you expelled, here no one would no it was me, there every one will see you and know it was me," he told her. "Come on, I'm taking you back to Gryffindor tower, that way you won't get caught and my plan will work perfectly," he told her brusquely. She grabbed her things and he flung the cloak over them again. She stood next to him as the headed up the stairs. Neither of them said a word until they reached Gryffindor tower portrait. She looked both ways before lifting the cloak and sliding beneath it. Stepping forward she turned around and faced where she and Malfoy had stood together a second before.
"Thank you, I don't know if you can hear me or if you're even still there, but thank you it means a lot to me, Malfoy," she whispered. Turning she said the password and slipped behind the portrait.
I want to thank all of you loyal reviewers, you really boost my spirits with your reviews,
Dracosbaby7- How did you like the first lesson? Was it up to your standards? Thanks for reviewing so loyally, (blows kisses and huggles you)!
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Hey you guys, wish me luck on Friday, I get to go into the recording studio and I hope I do good. Also I am performing in Bang! Bang! You're Dead,(the play not the movie) as Emily next week, so I might not be able to post till late next week, thanks again for your support.