The party was planned dates were being made and there was a day, one day for Andie to find a date. She had been asked by plenty of guys, but she wanted to ask the guy. Unfortunately the one she wanted to go with had a date. Andie walked into lunch on Friday determined to find a date before dinner.
"So what about Seamus?" Andie asked Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny as they ate the customary victuals.
"Has a date," Harry said as he took a bite of a cookie.
"Dean?" Andie suggested.
"Not a good kisser," Harry said and everyone opened their mouths. Hermione nearly choked on her food. "Ginny, told me I was way better."
"Okay sure she did," Andie said with excessive sarcasm. "Wait, who all did you invite?"
"Everyone but the Slytherins." Ron said at the same time as Hermione.
"Okay well why don't I look at other houses?" Andie asked.
"Hufflepuffs are kind of the dorks," Ginny said.
"Well what if I like dorks?" Andie asked and Ginny just continued to eat.
"It's true and the Ravenclaws are usually very snobby," Harry said.
"If you guys say stuff like this about the other houses what do you think they say about us?" Andie asked.
"You care?" Harry countered.
"I like to know, it's interesting to see how other people judge me." Andie said as she finished her water and began to get up while still drinking. She turned around and bumped into the Ravenclaw she had seen during her first week of school, her drink completely spilled down the front of her shirt. "Damn."
"I am so sorry," He said as he grabbed a napkin and tried to start drying Andie off.
"Whoa! Back off, I can do this myself," Andie told him he began to blush and muttered sorry again. "It's okay. What's your name?"
"Jason," He stuck out his hand and Andie shook it.
"Andie," she responded.
"I know, you're the school celebrity," He said and Harry nearly choked. Andie heard and turned around.
"What are you jealous?" Andie questioned, she turned back to Jason. "Hey, you know the party that is going on tomorrow? You want to go with me?"
"Wow, of course. That's awesome." Jason ran off, and Harry was nearly purple.
"Breath, in and out Harry, most people learn this at birth." Andie mocked.
It was Saturday night; the Room of Requirement was set. Andie, Ginny, and Hermione were getting ready together. Ginny and Hermione had Andie help them pick their outfits with her spell. Hermione picked a red halter and black mini, and Ginny picked a long blue sweater and denim skirt. Andie was still constantly flicking her wand for a new outfit. Ginny and Hermione kept saying that she looked fine in everything, but Andie could never agree with them. After about ten minutes, which is along time when all you have to do is flick your wand to change clothes, Andie finally decided on an outfit. They walked down the stairs so that they could meet their dates, with the exception of Andie. Harry and Ron whispered under their breath as Andie, Ginny, and Hermione came down the stairs. They all got ready and walked out of the portrait hole, and as they walked past they heard a collection of 'wows' from many of the guys in the room. Andie found her date as soon as she stepped through the portrait hole.
"Hey!" Andie said, and she grabbed her date's arm and walked they hurried to the Room of Requirement. The party was scheduled to start at 7:00; it was 7:15, and the room was constantly expanding to fit all of the people. The problem was there seemed to be a lack of dancing. "Hey Jason, let's dan-"
"DUDE! Kevin, you came with EMILY?" Jason yelled and walked through the corwds to meet up with whoever Kevin was. Hermione and Ron left to go talk to some of the people. Andie looked around and Ginny was gone.
"Your date totally left you," Harry said.
"So did yours." Andie pointed out.
"Drinks." Harry explained. The party was so far a dud, no one was dancing, the music was playing, but there was lack of body movement.
"Harry, do you want to dance?" Andie asked, "Strictly for partying reasons."
"Ginny shouldn't mind sure." Harry said. They got out to the dance floor and as they danced other people started to join in.
"What does it matter I came with your ex? Your date is dancing with Harry," the guy named Kevin pointed out. Ginny overheard, and looked over. Jason threw his cup to the ground and began to stalk over to the dance floor. Ginny walked right in front of him and stopped.
"Jason right, your date and my date are dancing, so why don't we-" With the body built for a beater he picked her up and moved her aside.
"May I cut in?" He asked as he moved Harry to the side, and he began to dance with Andie. She slid underneath his arm and continued to dance with Harry.
"Wait for the next song." Andie demanded.
"But you asked me to come, not him." Jason started to make a scene.
"But the second we got here, you were complaining about someone coming with your ex." Andie pointed out.
"Well, I'm not anymore, so you can dance with me." Jason said.
"Well, Jason, we were just trying to get people to start having a good time. I didn't ask him, because he has a date, unlike me." Andie responded and walked away.
"But, I'm your date," Jason clearly did not get Andie's point.
"You just got dumped idiot." Harry said and he went to go catch up with Andie. "What was that all about?"
"Bad memories, last boyfriend at my old school was totally obsessive with his ex's, but if I talked to another guy he would totally freak, I broke up with him." Andie explained.
"Hey, Andie!" Ginny called over and met up with Harry and Andie. "What was with him?"
"Over protective. He's no longer going to talk to me I thinkā¦" Andie's voice drifted off as the song ended. "Hey, you think that I could sing? This song is kind of lame."
"Nothing's playing." Harry pointed out.
"That's what makes it lame," Andie said, and she headed to the front of the party and stepped onto the temporary stage. "Okay, I'm going to sing one of my favorite songs, Over My Head by the Fray.
I never knew
I never knew that everything was falling through
That everyone I knew was waiting on a queue
To turn and run when all I needed was the truth
But that's how it's got to be
It's coming down to nothing more than apathy
I'd rather run the other way than stay and see
The smoke and who's still standing when it clears
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind
Let's rearrange
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage
Say that we agree and then never change
Soften a bit until we all just get along
But that's disregard
Find another friend and you discard
As you lose the argument in a cable car
Hanging above as the canyon comes between
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind
And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and its effortless
Without a sound we lose sight of the ground
In the throw around
Never thought that you wanted to bring it down
I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind"
The room filled with applause as Andie finished and she stepped down from the stage with plenty of hands held out to help her down, but she refused to take even one. The crowd parted as she walked up to her friends.
"I didn't know you could sing!" Hermione exclaimed as Andie met up with them by the snack table.
"You were an idiot, you made your date dump you, and she's perfect, she can sing, dance, she's smart, pretty, an animagus, a metamorphmigus, and I hear she's the new Gryffindor Chaser." Kevin told a disgruntled Jason.
"Should I try and take her back?" Jason asked.
"She has every guy willing to dump their date just to talk to her, you think that she's going to want you back?" Kevin asked as he left to go see if Andie would dance with him. "Hi Andie, I'm Kevin, do you want to dance?"
"One minute. Hey, Emily is it okay if I dance with Kevin?" Andie called out to the crowd and as she looked back over in Kevin's direction, he ducked in and out of people, trying to make it across the room.
"So, that's how you get rid of these guys wanting to dance with you? You ask his date if it's okay?" Ginny asked.
"No, much easier then that, I pretend to ask his date if it's okay." Andie answered.
"I have an idea, you could sing for the rest of the night," Ron suggested, Andie politely declined.
"No thank you I came here to party." Andie walked off into the middle of the dance floor and started dancing with no one in particular. When swing music came on she was swinging with anybody, then would swing to the next person. She met up with her friends just before twelve chimes by the ancient clock on grounds, which could barely be heard inside the room of requirement. "I need to get some air," with that Andie left the room. She ran out and onto the grounds of the school near the black forest, a full moon rising into the sky.
Constantly glancing behind her she ran into the deep forest. Running past a tree, her arm cut, she didn't notice, all she knew was that she had to get to the clearing within the next ten minutes, or the worst conditions would ensue.
A/N check my profile for the pictures of the outfits, and a link to a video of the song, which the clips are random, but the song's good.
