Dance with Me
Chapter Two:
Willyoudancewithme?
At the ball, during the feast there was much talking. As it turns out, this ball was to celebrate the new Narnia.
Halfway through the meal, Jill turned to Eustace and asked "I say, Eustace. What ever were you going to say to me? You must've remembered by now."
"I was going to ask if youwouldsavemeadance?"
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Willyoudancewithme?"
"Eustace – tell me slowly this time."
"Will you, dance with me?"
Jill looked pleasantly surprised.
"Of course!"
"Not just as a friend either."
"I pretty much figured that. I still say yes."
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Up at the High Table, Lucy looked at Jill and Eustace. She turned to Edmund.
"Edmund, would not Jill and Eustace make an excellent couple."
Edmund just shrugged. So Lucy turned to Susan.
"Su, wouldn't Jill and Eustace make an adorable couple? Just look at them."
"Yes! I don't know why I'd never realized it. She's blushing, he's talking. I daresay it does seem as if they are flirting."
"It does, doesn't it?"
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By time the meal was over and everyone was in the enormous ballroom, Eustace and Jill were a couple in everything but not yet officially.
When it came time to dance, Jill found that Eustace was much better than any other previous partner.
They never danced, they floated.
Eustace found that Jill was very graceful.
"I say, you are the best dancing partner I've ever had."
"I say the exact same."
They danced together throughout the entire night. They were the very last two to leave, next to the musicians.
Eustace walked Jill to her chambers. When they reached the door, he gave her a light kiss goodnight.
"Good night, Jill."
"Good night, Eustace. Oh, and I do suppose you are courting me now?"
"If it is okay with you."
"It's perfect with me."
"Well then, I'm courting you now."